Site of Manchester

Site of Manchester is a South Carolina historical marker in Wedgefield, Sumter County, dedicated 1949.

Sumter County · dedicated 1949 · N. King’s Hwy. (S.C. Hwy. 261), about 3 mi. S of Wedgefield Post Office between Wedgefield and Pinewood, Wedgefield

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A flourishing town once stood here; settled before 1799; stage-coach relay; shipping center for cotton traffic by boat to Charleston; a busy point on Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, 1852-1872, (station was 1 mile southeast); noted for its taverns, horse-racing, games of ball-alley, and cock-fighting; raided by Union troops, 1865; and abandoned by railroad, 1872, in favor of Wedgefield.

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