Early Charleston Road

Early Charleston Road is a South Carolina historical marker in Stateburg vicinity, Sumter County, dedicated 1952.

Sumter County · dedicated 1952 · N. King’s Hwy (S.C. Hwy. 261) at its intersection with U.S. Hwy. 378/76, Stateburg vicinity, Stateburg vicinity

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This road largely followed an old Indian path (1691). Widened by Public Act, 1753, and called "The Great Charleston Road," it joined that city with Camden and "The Back Country." Over it came Indians, pack-animals laden with hides, drovers, rolled hogsheads of produce, wagoners, and stagecoaches. The armies of two wars passed over it. Like other main roads, it has often been called "The King's Highway."

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

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