26-11 Galivants Ferry
N 34° 03.361 W 079° 14.773
17S E 661860 N 3769754
Historic SC river crossing.
Waymark Code: WM4VN8
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2008
Views: 27
GALIVANTS FERRY
In 1792 Galivants Ferry was named for Richard Gallevan, owner of ferry rights for Elirsee's Landing on the Little Pee Dee River. The ferry was an important crossing on the road to Conwayborough, the county seat, later renamed Conway. "Evans Store" appears here in Robert Mills's Atlas of S.C. (1825). In 1869 Joseph william Holliday (1827-1904) opened a general store here.
By 1900 J.W. Holliday was one of the leading tobacco farmers in the region and Galivants Ferry was the center of a large community of tenant farmers who grew tobacco on Holliday's land. The Galivants Ferry Historic District, including houses, barns, and other agricultural buildings, was listed in the Nation Register of Historic Places in 2001.
ERECTED BY HORRY COUNTY 2004
Marker Name: 26-11 Galivants Ferry
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 26-11
County: Horry
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