22-10 Skirmish At Black Mingo Creek
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member David Taylor
N 33° 37.348 W 079° 25.981
17S E 645351 N 3721398
Marks a Revolutionary War battle site.
Waymark Code: WM2GG1
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mvillian
Views: 78

SKIRMISH AT BLACK MINGO CREEKOn Sept. 14, 1780, Gen. Francis Marion's Patriots routed a Tory force commanded by Capt. J. Coming Ball. The Tories, attacked on one flank by Capt. Thomas Waties and the other by Col. Peter Horry, fled into Black Mingo Swamp. The short but sharply-contested action cost each side nearly one-third of its men.ERECTED BY THE GEORGETOWN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2005 REPLACING A MARKER ERECTED BY GEORGETOWN COUNTY IN 1941

Note: This marker is incorrectly inscribed as 21-10. The correct number is 22-10 since it is in Georgetown County. 21 is for Florence County. The SC Archives publication list of Historical Markers (c1998) also has it as 22-10 contrary to the marker.
Marker Name: 21-10 Skirmish At Black Mingo Creek

Marker Location: Roadside

Type of Marker: Battle (war)

Marker number: 22-10

County: Georgetown

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