Execution of Adam Cusack

Execution of Adam Cusack is a South Carolina historical marker in Society Hill, Darlington County, dedicated 2002.

Darlington County · dedicated 2002 · Main St. (U.S. Hwy. 15/401), at Bradshaw St., Society Hill, Society Hill

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In August or September 1780 Major James Wemyss’s 63rd Regiment of Foot marched from Georgetown to Cheraw burning and looting Patriot houses and farms. When Adam Cusack, who ran a ferry over Black Creek, refused to take some British officers across he was arrested. Convicted in an extralegal court martial, he was hanged nearby as his wife and children pleaded with Wemyss for mercy.

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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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