Fairfield County · Marker 20-10

Battle of Mobley's Meeting House

S.C. Sec. Rd. 20-18, just N of its intersection with S.C. Hwy. 215, N of Salem Crossroads

Front inscription

On May 26, 1780, one of the first victories for the Patriots after the fall of Charleston took place 1 ½ miles east on Little River. A body of Tories gathering at a Baptist meeting house in Mobley's settlement were attacked and dispersed by a band of Whigs under Col. Wm. Bratton, Maj. Richard Winn, and Capt. John McClure.

County
Fairfield
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Salem Crossroads
Year approved
1969
Erected by
Fairfield County Historical Society
Coordinates
34.487117, -81.29575

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