Barnwell Baptist Church Cemetary

Sometimes called the Red Hill Cemetary

Original Site of Barnwell First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is the Oldest Continual

Institution in Barnwell Established in 1502

Both the 1850 building and the 1926 building

stood on this site.

Earlier Church Buildings were located nearby

the ...

National Historic Landmark-Robert Barnwell Rhett House

National Historic Landmark- Robert Barnwell Rhett House

This large clapboard frame dwelling was the residence of Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), known as the Great Secessionist and one of the most effective and prominent of that circle of proslavery fire-eating radicals. ...

Barnwell Army Airfield

Barnwell Army Airfield was built to

serve as a satellite base to the

Columbia Army Air Base during WWII.

Construction of the Barnwell base

began in September, 1942, with the

first plane landing three weeks

later. The base was completed in

April, 1943.

B-25 Bomber Crews ...

Barnwell County Courthouse

[Marker Front]:

Barnwell County, originally Winton County,

was created out of Orangeburgh District

in 1785. Renamed Barnwell District in 1798

for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. militia

officer in the Revolution and afterwards,

it became Barnwell County in 1868. The

first courthouse was built at Boiling Springs

in ...

Barnwell County Courthouse

[Marker Front]:

Barnwell County, originally Winton County,

was created out of Orangeburgh District

in 1785. Renamed Barnwell District in 1798

for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. militia

officer in the Revolution and afterwards,

it became Barnwell County in 1868. The

first courthouse was built at Boiling Springs

in ...

Barnwell County Confederate Monument

1900

Our Confederate Dead

(West Face)

Who throughout a long

and bloody struggle dis-

played a heroism and de-

votion to duty unsurpass-

ed. If ever equaled in the

annuals of war.

(South face)

Who wrung from the great

commander of the opposing

armies the humiliating

confession that ...

Barnwell

Barnwell, originally called “Red Hill” and later “the Village,” was founded in 1800 when a courthouse was built on land donated by Benjamin Odom. Both Winton

County and its new county seat were renamed for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. ...

Barnwell Street

This street is named for General John Barnwell, St. Helena's Parish. He was elected to the Provincial Congress of 1775-76 and to the 1776 General Assembly.

A captain in the First Provincial Regiment, he was major, colonel and brigadier general ...