Welsh Neck Settlement

Historical marker location:

Bennettsville, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 15 and Kolb's Tomb Road/River Landing Road (County Road 461), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 15.)

Marker installed: 1970

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.