Kingstree

Midlands

This plantation home of James Witherspoon (1700-1768) was built in Williamsburgh Township in 1749. In August 1780, the house and grounds served as an encampment for 100 British dragoons and a large number of Tories. House was moved into Town limits in... Read More

Kingstree

Midlands

The original town was laid out as Williamsburg by the Lords Proprieters in colonial time. But a lone, unusually large white pine was found along the Black River, far to the south of the species' normal range. Since tall white pines were ideal for use as... Read More

Hemingway

Midlands

Hemingway was created from a crossroads community named Lamberts in 1911 by Dr. W. C. Hemingway, in an effort to secure a depot for the proposed Seaboard Airline Railway Company, which was to run from Mullins to Andrews. Land owned by Dr. Hemingway was... Read More

Kingstree

Midlands

Springbank offers a quiet rural setting with woodlands and water gardens, a simple, casual life style, and a prayer and ritual with an earth-oriented and creation-centered perspective. The sights and sounds of nature, the silence, all contribute to the... Read More

Nesmith

Midlands

The highlight of the year is the annual Muscadine Festival that is held on the weekend of Labor Day. Visitors from all over come to celebrate the sweet fruit in a variety of ways and to re-live if only in spirit day-to-day life on the farm. The... Read More

Kingstree

Midlands

For 26 years, Brown's Bar-B-Q has been tantalizing taste buds with their spicy barbecue cooked with what they call barbecue gravy. It's the sauce made with vinegar and peppers, poured on the pork while it's cooking, then removed and customers later pour... Read More