35-17 Abel Kolb's Murder / Welsh Neck Cemetery
N 34° 31.682 W 079° 49.681
17S E 607558 N 3821328
Colonel Abel Kolb was a prominent Revolutionary War Patriot of this area.
Waymark Code: WM9YE4
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2010
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(Front) A band of Tory raiders, on the night of April 27-28, 1781, surrounded the home of Colonel Kolb and his family. He was shot while surrendering himself as a prisoner of war and his home was burned. His grave is in old Welsh Neck cemetery, one mile north, a short distance from his home site./ (Reverse) One mile north on the east bank of Pee Dee River is the site of Old Welsh Neck Baptist Church and its cemetery, where early Welsh settlers and their descendants are buried. Two stone monuments and several river rocks mark the few remaining graves of members of the Marshall, Kolb, and Wilds families. When the church moved to Society Hill, the cemetery was abandoned.
Erected by Marlboro County Historic Preservation Commission, 1973
Marker Name: Abel Kolb's Murder / Welsh Neck Cemetery
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 35-17
County: Marlboro
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