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 1789 and was replaced by a courthouse
built here in 1800. Later courthouses here
were built in 1819 and 1848.
[Marker Reverse]:
The 1848 courthouse was burned by Federal
troops in 1865. Court was held at Barnwell
Presbyterian Church 1865-69 and again
1874-78. The county seat was moved to
Blackwell 1869-73 but returned to
Barnwell permanently in 1874. This
courthouse, the fourth on this site, was
built in 1878-79 and enlarged in 1901 and
1921. The nearby sundial, donated by state
senator J.D. Allen (1812-1880), was erected
in 1858.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (South Carolina Route 70) and Wall Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
