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Moses S. Haynsworth

Florence County · dedicated 1975 · S. Charleston Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 21-35), just N of Cecil Rd., N of I-95 between Exits 164 and 169,, Florence vicinity

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Born in Darlington District in 1845, this Confederate War veteran witnessed the firing attack on the Union steamer "Star of the West" as it attempted to reinforce Ft. Sumter Jan. 9, 1861. He participated in skirmishes at Tullifinny River near Yemassee Dec. 1864. Owner of this plantation, "Idylwild," he died in 1928, and is buried in Florence, S.C.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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