St. David's Academy

St. David's Academy is a South Carolina historical marker in Society Hill, Darlington County, dedicated 1970.

Darlington County · dedicated 1970 · At modern St. David's Academy, S. Main St. (U.S. Hwy. 15-401), Society Hill

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The St. David's Society, organized in 1777 and chartered in 1778, built the first public academy in St. David's Parish ¾ mile northeast in 1786. Alexander McIntosh, George Hicks, Abel Kolb, William Pegues, and Thomas Evans were early officers. The academy was removed to this site about 1840 and the present building was erected in 1957.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Darlington County Historical Commission

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