Early Settlers / Potatoe Ferry

Historical marker location:

Andrews, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Thurgood Marshall Highway (State Highway 527) and County Line Road (State Highway 41) on Thurgood Marshall Highway.)

Marker installed: 1989

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.