Caleb Coker House

Caleb Coker House is a South Carolina historical marker in Society Hill, Darlington County, dedicated 2000.

Darlington County · dedicated 2000 · S. Main St. (U.S. Hwy. 15/401) at Pressley Ave., Society Hill, Society Hill

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This house, built ca. 1832, was the home of Caleb Coker (1802-1869) and the birthplace of his son Maj. James Lide Coker (1837-1918), Confederate officer, industrialist, and founder of Coker College. Caleb Coker, a merchant, was also a director of the Cheraw & Darlington RR, librarian of the Society Hill Library Society, and a charter member of the Darlington Agricultural Society.

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