Things To Do in Paxville, South Carolina

Inscription. [Front]: On Dec. 12, 1780, an old tradition says, British Major Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Francis Marion, but avoided all-out battle by slipping away after pretending to agree to a staged combat, twenty ... More on HMDB

(St. Mark�s Church) St. Mark�s Episcopal Church, built in 1855, is significant for its architectural style representative of the Gothic Revival Style prevalent in the mid-nineteenth century and for... More on Nationalregister.sc.gov

Inscription. (Front text), By Act of Assembly St. Mark's Parish was established in 1757. The first Church stood at Halfway Swamp. Others were built near Williamsburg-Sumter Line, near Rimini, and n... More on HMDB

Inscription. An early plantation owner in this area, he was a Commissioner of St. Mark's Church who donated land for its construction. He was Magistrate and Delegate to the First and Second Provincial Congresses. In the Revolution ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front]: Born at Fulton Crossroads, Sept. 4, 1859, David DuBose Gaillard spent his boyhood in this section. He was graduated from West Point in 1884, rising to rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers. During the Spanish ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Black institute built soon after school district purchased the land in 1933. School closed in 1953 with 5 teachers/ 159 students. Now a community center. , Erected 1992 by Pleasant Grove School Committee. (Marker Number ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Torries under Col. Samuel Tynes near here. Marion's forces suffered no casualties. With the dispersion of Tynes's ... More on HMDB

Senn�s Grist Mill, Blacksmith Shop, and Orange Crush Bottling Plant is a small commercial complex comprised by three interconnected early twentieth-century buildings of similar size and constructio... More on Nationalregister.sc.gov

Inscription. This complex, featuring a blacksmith shop (ca. 1903), grist mill (ca. 1905), and bottling plant (ca. 1921), was operated for many years by John G. Senn (1851-1942) and his son-in-law F... More on HMDB

Inscription. During the American Revolution, December 1780, over 750 recently arrived British fusiliers were marching from Nelsons Ferry on the Santee River. Major McLeroths British troops from Moncks Corner joined them as an escort ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front]: This church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in the Methodist church before the Civil War. The first worship site, a renovated carriage ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front] This church, organized about 1865, held its early services in a nearby brush arbor but built a permanent sanctuary here soon afterwards. Rev. Daniel Humphries, its first pastor, served both Mt. Zion and its sister ... More on HMDB