40-168 Harriet Barber House - Hopkins, SC
N 33° 53.735 W 080° 52.643
17S E 511337 N 3750585
The Harriet Barber House is located at Lower Richland Blvd. and Barberville Loop Rd.
Waymark Code: WMRBRZ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2016
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In 1872 Samuel Barber (d. 1891) and his wife Harriet (d. 1899), both former slaves, bought 42 1/2 acres here from the S.C. Land Commission, established in 1869 to give freedmen and freedwomen the opportunity to own land. Barber, a well-digger as a slave, was a farmer and minister after the Civil War. The Barber family has owned a major portion of this tract since Samuel and Harriet Barber purchased it in 1872.
Samuel Barber´s wife Harriet (d. 1899) received title to this land in 1879. This one-story frame house was built ca. 1880. The Barbers´ son Rev. John B. Barber (1872-1957) inherited the property in 1899. He was a schoolteacher and pastor of St. Mark and New Light Beulah Baptist churches. This house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The marker was placed by the South Carolina Rural Community Outreach in 2010.
Marker Name: Harriet Barber House
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-168
County: Richland
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