Sumter County · Marker 43-15

Richard Richardson

Millcreek Rd., 1.5 mi. S of S.C. Hwy. 261, Fulton Crossroads vicinity

Front inscription

An early plantation owner in this area, he was a Commissioner of St. Mark's Church who donated land for its construction. He was Magistrate and Delegate to the First and Second Provincial Congresses. In the Revolution he was Colonel in the Snow Campaign and later Brigadier General. Six Governors of South Carolina are among his descendants.

County
Sumter
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Fulton Crossroads vicinity
Year approved
1969
Erected by
Sumter County Historical Society
Coordinates
33.747767, -80.5121

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