Benton, Lemuel b. 1754 d. May 18, 1818 US Congressman. A native of Granville County, North Carolina, he served as a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Elected to represent South Carolina's 3rd District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1793 to 1799. He was defeated in 1798. He also served as a Member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives from 1782 to 1788, County Justice from 1785 to 1791, and as a Delegate to the South Carlina State House of...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Benton Family Burial Ground, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA
Brasington, Harold Witherspoon b. May 10, 1909 d. February 4, 1996 Builder of the Darlington Motor Speedway and home to the Darlington 500, he helped give birth to NASCAR. He also built North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. He was inducted into the NMPA Stock Car Hall of Fame in 1992. Grove Hill Cemetery, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA
Ervin, James b. October 17, 1778 d. July 6, 1841 US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced law practice in Peedee, South Carolina. From 1800 to 1804 and in 1811, he was a member of the State House of Representatives and solicitor of the northern judicial circuit, 1804 to 1816. In 1817, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, serving until 1821. He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination and engaged in agricultural pursuits on his estate. From 1826 to 1829, he was a member of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Ervin Home and Estate, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA
Sims, Alexander Dromgoole b. June 12, 1803 d. November 22, 1848 US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth Congresses, he served from 1845 until his death. The nephew of US Congressman George Coke Dromgoole, Sims was born near Randals Ordinary, Virginia. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 1823 graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York. In 1826 he moved to Darlington, South Carolina, where he headed the Academy for two years before...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) First Baptist Churchyard, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA
b. May 10, 1909 d. February 4, 1996