Florence County · Marker 21-01

Moses S. Haynsworth

S. Charleston Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 21-35), just N of Cecil Rd., N of I-95 between Exits 164 and 169,

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Born in Darlington District in 1845, this Confederate War veteran witnessed the firing attack on the Union steamer "Star of the West" as it attempted to reinforce Ft. Sumter Jan. 9, 1861. He participated in skirmishes at Tullifinny River near Yemassee Dec. 1864. Owner of this plantation, "Idylwild," he died in 1928, and is buried in Florence, S.C.

County
Florence
Region
Pee Dee
City or vicinity
Florence vicinity
Year approved
1975
Erected by
Governor Robert Gibbes Chapter, National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century
Coordinates
34.24215, -79.787117

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