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Address: 3087 Fishing Creek Church
Chester,SC 29706
Phone: (803) 789-3076
Come visit us in Chester, South Carolina
Fishdam Ford was the site of the battle on November 9, 1780, in which Gen. Thomas Sumter's men repelled a night assault by Maj. James Wemyss and the British 63rd Regiment. Gen. Sumter had camped at Fishdam Ford in order to draw off troops from Lord Charles Cornwallis'
Chester, SC Other AttractionsAn 18th century victorian home, the Pinckney Inn has a spacious executive suite located in downtown Chester. Suite has living area/bedroom/bathroom & kitchen. Also a smaller suite has bedroom with couch, kitchennete and bath. Weekly &
Chester, SC BusinessesHouses notable collections of Native American artifacts, firearms from the Revolutionary era to the present, period costumes and relics from the Civil War in a 1914
Chester, SC MuseumsThis institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedman. It became Brainerd Institute in 1868
Chester, SC Other Attractions"Rebuilt" in 1915, this was the childhood church of famed jazz artist Dizzy Gillespie....
Founded in 1774, cemetery....
Built 1859, original furniture and plates in use. Please call the church or the Chester County library (803-377-8145) for de...
Begun in 1866 as a brush arbor church, built of poles, tree branches and bushes by freed slaves. The first wooden structure ...
Burrel Hemphill, a slave in the household of Robert Hemphill during the Civil War, was reportedly tortured to death by Union ...