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    The SC SAR is holding a compatriot grave marking on Nov 2 2019 for SC Gov John Peter Richardson on Nov 2 2019 at the Old Quaker Cemetery in Camden, SC.

    SC Gov. John Peter Richardson SAR Grave Marking

    9:30 AM-10:30 AM
    November 02, 2019
    Old Quaker Cemetery
    713 Meeting St, Camden, SC 29020, USA

    Grave Marking Service for

    Former SC Governor and 1st President of the South Carolina SAR

    Saturday, November 2, 2019

    9:30am at the Old Quaker Cemetery in Camden, SC

    John Peter Richardson, III, was the 83rd Governor of South Carolina from 1886 to 1890. It was during his term of Governor that the South Carolina Society SAR was founded and he was appointed its first President.

    If you will be presenting a wreath or participating in the Color Guard, you are requested to register by 9 AM. The ceremony is hosted by the Compatriots and men forming a new chapter in Florence, SC; the Compatriots and men revitalizing the Colonel Joseph Kershaw Chapter in Camden, SC; the Compatriots of the Colonel Matthew Singleton Chapter in Sumter, SC; the Compatriots of the Colonel Thomas Taylor Chapter in Columbia, SC; the Compatriots of the Godfrey Dreher Chapter in Lexington, SC. Please remember that we will be honoring our first State President, every chapter in South Carolina should be represented at this ceremony! So please attend!

    Download the RSVP here.

    For more information, please email Guy Higgins at .

    Directions to Old Quaker Cemetery in Camden, SC.

Annual NCSSAR Events

See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.

 

1 February 1781 Battle of Cowan’s Ford Huntersville, NC
27 February 1776 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Currie, NC
15 March 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse Greensboro, NC
12 April 1776 Adoption of the Halifax Resolves Halifax, NC
16 May Battles of Alamance County Burlington, NC
20 May 1775 Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence Charlotte, NC
20 June 1775 Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves Fayetteville, NC
20 June 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Lincolnton, NC
21 July 1780 Battle of Colson’s Mill Norwood, NC
29 July 1781 Attack at the House in the Horseshoe Deep River, NC
2 August 1781 Battle of Rockfish Creek Wallace, NC
14 August 1775 Issuance of the Tryon Resolves Bessemer City, NC
25-27 August 1774 Issuance of the New Bern Resolves New Bern, NC
1 October 1780 Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford Morganton, NC
7 October 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC
14 October 1780 Battle of Shallow’s Ford Huntsville, NC

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