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Battle of Mobley's Meeting House

Battle of Mobley's Meeting House is a South Carolina historical marker in Salem Crossroads, Fairfield County, dedicated 1969.

Fairfield County · dedicated 1969 · S.C. Sec. Rd. 20-18, just N of its intersection with S.C. Hwy. 215, N of Salem Crossroads, Salem Crossroads

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On May 26, 1780, one of the first victories for the Patriots after the fall of Charleston took place 1 ½ miles east on Little River. A body of Tories gathering at a Baptist meeting house in Mobley's settlement were attacked and dispersed by a band of Whigs under Col. Wm. Bratton, Maj. Richard Winn, and Capt. John McClure.

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

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