Jasper County · Marker 27-06

Gillisonville

Main St.(U.S. Hwy. 278), Gillisonville

Front inscription

Shown on the 1820 Beaufort District map by Vignoles and Ravenel, Gillisonville had a free school by 1831, and a post office in 1840. The seat of Beaufort District from 1840 to 1868, Gillisonville was burned by General William T. Sherman's army on its march through South Carolina in early 1865.

County
Jasper

Region
Lowcountry

City or vicinity
Gillisonville

Year approved
1984

Erected by
Citiznes of Gillisonville and Jasper County Bicentennial Committee

Coordinates
32.6092, -80.9998

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