Florence County · Marker 21-08
William W. Harllee
At Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 5314 Old River Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 21-57), just E of the intersection of S.C. Sec. Rd. 21-57 & S.C. Sec. Rd. 21- 327, Florence vicinity
Front inscription
President of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a general in the SC Militia, signer of Ordinance of Secession, Lt. Governor (1860-62), member of the General Assembly, and president of the SC Bar Association. Both he and his daughter, from whom Florence takes its name, are buried here in Hopewell Cemetery.