SC-40-46 Woodlands and Millwood


Marker text: WOODLANDS AND MILLWOOD
1 1/2 mi. south was WOODLANDS, built before 1800 by Wade Hampton, I (1752-1835), Colonel in Revolution, Major General in War of 1812. 1/4 mi. north was MILLWOOD, built before 1820 by Wade Hampton II (1791-1858), aide to Gen. Jackson, War of 1812. Boyhood home of Wade Hampton, III (1818-1902), Lieutenant General, C. S. A.; Governor of South Carolina 1876-79. Union troops burned both houses 1865.
Erected in 1938 by the Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936

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