Chester

Midlands

Built 1859, original furniture and plates in use. Read More

Blackstock

Midlands

Burrel Hemphill, a slave in the household of Robert Hemphill during the Civil War, was reportedly tortured to death by Union troops for refusing to disclose the location of the family's silverware and other valuables. A monument erected in his honor... Read More

Chester

Midlands

Chester County Historical Society Museum houses notable collections of Native American artifacts, firearms from the Revolutionary era to the present, period costumes and relics from the Civil War, and a recreated late 18th-century parlor of Samuel... Read More

Richburg

Midlands

More Revolutionary War battles were fought in South Carolina than any other colony and many of them were in the seven counties (Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Union and York) known as the Olde English District. The battles and the... Read More

Chester

Midlands

Learning of the disaster at Camden, Patriot Gen. Thomas Sumter pulled his troops northward and camped at Fishing Creek near Great Falls. Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton's mounted troops riding double caught up with Sumter's men on August 18, 1780 and overran... Read More

Chester

Midlands

Housed in a restored 1888 Freight Depot on Seaboard Railroad, displays here tell the story of the development of surface transportation in Chester County. Exhibits include buggies, wagons, a 1925 school bus, a cotton wagon, a 1916 Ford Model T, a 1934... Read More