Sims Home Site

Sims Home Site is a South Carolina historical marker in Rock Hill, York County, dedicated 1970.

York County · dedicated 1970 · E. White St., between Stonewall St. and Jones Ave., Rock Hill, Rock Hill

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Near this spot stood the Rock Hill residence of Robert Moorman Sims, captain, C.S.A., who on April 9, 1865, carried the flag of truce, which led to the surrender of Lee's forces at Appomattox. He later was S.C. senator for Lancaster County, 1868-70, and S.C. secretary of state, 1876-80. He began the beautification of the S.C. State House grounds. He was born in Fairfield County in 1836 and died at Columbia in 1898.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Beulah Meredith Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy

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