Florence County · Marker 21-03
Witherspoon's Ferry
Kingsburg Hwy. (S.C. Hwy. 51/41) between American Legion Hut # 144 and Odell Venters Landing, just N of Johnsonville
Front inscription
In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon's Ferry was the site where Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780. Ownership of the ferry lands passed from Robert to John Witherspoon in 1787; in 1802 John bequeathed the land to Aimwell Presbyterian Church. The church had closed by 1820.
Johnsonville
In 1819, former South Carolina Governor David R. Williams, son-in-law of John Witherspoon, obtained these ferry lands. In 1842 William Johnson acquired the land and in 1843 a post office, named Johnsonville, was established near here.