14-10 Clarendon County / Manning - Manning, SC
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N 33° 41.700 W 080° 12.710
17S E 573045 N 3728617
Located at West Boyce Street (SC 261) and South Mill Street (SC 260), Manning
Waymark Code: WM16NKE
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2022
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CLARENDON COUNTY
Five SC governors have come from this area, which was part of the Parish of St. Mark (1757) and Camden District (1769) before becoming Clarendon County in 1785. The county was then part of Sumter circuit court district (1799) before becoming Clarendon District (1855) and finally Clarendon County again in 1868, taking its name from the Earl of Clarendon, one of the original Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
MANNING
Manning, established in 1855 as the seat of Clarendon District, was incorporated in 1861, its town limits extending ½ mile from the courthouse in all directions. In 1865, the town was partially burned by Union troops under General Edward E. Potter. About two blocks N. of here on Church St. is the grave of Pvt. Josiah B. Pratt, one of Potter's soldiers, who was killed in this foray only a few days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Erected by Clarendon County Historical Society, 1988
Marker Name: Manning / Clarendon County
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker number: 14-10
County: Clarendon County
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