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Jacob Kelley House

Darlington County · dedicated 1969 · Kelleytown Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 16-12), Kelleytown, 3 mi. W of Hartsville, Hartsville

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This house, home of Jacob Kelley (1780-1874), was used as a Union headquarters on March 2-3, 1865 by Major-General John E. Smith, Commander of the Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. During the encampment by Federal forces, the mills near Kelley Town were run for the benefit of the Third Division and foraging parties roamed the area.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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