Darlington County · Marker 16-05
Lamuel Benton
Cashua Ferry Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 34) at its intersection with Georgetown Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 16-495)
Front inscription
Owner of many acres north of here, Lamuel Benton was prominent in the Revolution as Colonel of the Cheraws militia under Francis Marion and as forager for Greene's Continental Army. Member S.C. House of Representatives, 1781-87; Delegate to the S.C. Constitutional Convention of 1790; Sheriff of Cheraws District, 1798 and 1791; Member of Congress, 1793-1799.