Darlington County · Marker 16-09
St. David's Academy
At modern St. David's Academy, S. Main St. (U.S. Hwy. 15-401)
Front inscription
The St. David's Society, organized in 1777 and chartered in 1778, built the first public academy in St. David's Parish ¾ mile northeast in 1786. Alexander McIntosh, George Hicks, Abel Kolb, William Pegues, and Thomas Evans were early officers. The academy was removed to this site about 1840 and the present building was erected in 1957.