Browntown

Browntown is a South Carolina historical marker in Prospect Crossroads, Florence County, dedicated 1982.

Florence County · dedicated 1982 · At the Browntown Museum, 3114 Johnsonville Hwy. (U.S. Hwy. 341), about 10 mi. E of Lake City and 5 mi. W of Prospect Crossroads, Prospect Crossroads

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This area is part of several royal landgrants to Moses Brown in 1768-69 which developed into a family community known as Browntown. Family holdings here eventually comprised over 8,000 acres. Many indications of pioneering ingenuity and farm-related industry remain, including a notable cotton gin with wooden gears which continued operating through the late 19th century.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

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