Burrel Hemphill, a slave in the household of Robert Hemphill during the Civil War, was reportedly tortured to death by Union troops for refusing to disclose the location of the family's silverware and other valuables. A monument erected in his honor reads: "
Blackstock, SC ChurchesThis institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedman. It became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions of th...
Quiet, peaceful. Several small, rustic cabins fronting on Lake Wateree....