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Existing County | Cultural Resources

In January of 1778 Ebenezer Baptist Church
was constituted by pioneer minister Evan
Pugh and Richard Furman, for whom
Furman University is named. Admitted to
34° 10.738′ N, the Charleston Baptist Association in 1778,
21-05 Ebenezer Church
79° 51.14′ W the church was incorporated in 1791 as
"The Baptist Church, Ebenezer, Jeffries's
Creek." Timothy Dargan was an early
minister, who served the church until his
death in 1783.
In 1925 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover, later U.S. president, inspected Fred
Young's dairy farm following recognition of
one of its Jerseys, Sensation's Mikado's
34° 9.558′ N, Millie, as a world
21-06 Young Farm
79° 51.738′ W champion butter-fat producer. The house
here, built c. 1877 according to family
tradition, was remodeled 1968 by Edward L.
Young, S.C. House member 1958-60, U.S.
Congressman 1972-74.
Located about ½ mile east, this bluff, part of
a Royal land grant to Edward Crofts in 1740,
was named for the DeWitt family, who
settled nearby prior to 1767. This area of
33° 59.419′ N,
21-07 Dewitt Bluff Prince Frederick Parish was known as
79° 31.530′ W
Queensborough Township, one of 11 such
townships planned by the British Crown in
1730 to foster settlement and protect the
interior of the province.
President of Wilmington & Manchester
Railroad and a founder of the city of
Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a
general in the SC Militia, signer of Ordinance
34° 7.716′ N, of Secession, Lt. Governor (1860-62),
21-08 William W. Harllee
79° 37.404′ W member of the General Assembly, and
president of the SC Bar Association. Both he
and his daughter, from whom Florence
takes its name, are buried here in Hopewell
Cemetery.

Florence County, SC | Comprehensive Plan pg. 82