20-12 Mt. Zion Society
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N 34° 23.019 W 081° 05.022
17S E 492305 N 3804698
The marker is in Winnsboro, South Carolina, in Fairfield County. The marker is at the intersection of Hudson Street and Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east on Hudson Street.
Waymark Code: WMZAXH
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2018
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Inscription.
A social and benevolent group dedicated to the promotion of education, the Mt. Zion Society was organized in January 1777 at Charleston S.C. John Winn was its first president. By the 1780s the society had founded a school for boys in Winnsboro. Under the leadership of J.W. Hudson, Mt. Zion Institute became an important educational force in antebellum South Carolina, it became a public school about 1878.
Erected 1970 by Fairfield County Historical Society. (Marker Number 20-12.)
Marker Name: Mt. Zion Society
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker number: 20-12
County: Fairfield
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