Skirmish at Black Mingo Creek

Skirmish at Black Mingo Creek is a South Carolina historical marker in Rhems, Georgetown County, dedicated 1941.

Georgetown County · dedicated 1941 · County Line Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd.. 22-51/41), just N of Mingo Landing Trail, 1.6 mi. N of Rhems, Rhems

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On Sept. 14, 1780, Gen. Francis Marion's Patriots routed a Tory force commanded by Capt. J. Coming Ball. The Tories, attacked on one flank by Capt. Thomas Waties and on the other by Col. Peter Horry, fled into Black Mingo Swamp. The short but sharply-contested action cost each side nearly one-third of its men.

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