JENKINSVILLE – The Old Brick Church, formerly known as Ebenezer Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, is considered the birthplace of the ARP Church in South Carolina. Every three years on the last Sunday in October, an ARP worship service is held at the church. Pictured below left, a letter from a Union soldier apologizes for ripping […]
Trick or Treat
November 2, 2023 By
Businesses around Winnsboro were ready for Halloween on Tuesday. Pictured above, Fairfield Medical Associates employees. Below, staff at Fairfield County Library dressed as crayons. The library hosted its annual Trunk or Treat for the community Tuesday evening.
Witch stories of Fairfield County
November 2, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Everyone has heard of the Salem, Massachusetts witch mania of 1692 which resulted in the deaths and persecutions of innocent people victimized by the malicious antics of some bored teenagers and the ensuing mass hysteria. Just 100 years later in 1792, a similar fate befell three old persons over 80 years of […]
BHS&M cuts ribbon on donated land
October 26, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It was a day spent in the Blythewood history books on Sunday as many old-timer Blythewoodians gathered along with Blythewood newcomers to celebrate Cindy Nord’s generous gift of land to the Blythewood Historical Society and Museum. The property is an important and visible track of land located in the original center of Blythewood. […]
American Revolution celebration set for Sat.
October 26, 2023 By
Day-Long Event Will Include Grave Ceremony & Cannon Fire WINNSBORO – On Saturday, Winnsboro will honor its American Revolutionary Patriots with a grave-marking ceremony in the morning, and in the afternoon, guests to the Fairfield County Museum will witness a re-enactment of a 1780 encampment complete with cannon fire and costumed characters from the Revolutionary […]
Railroad Museum ready for Halloween
October 26, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Winnsboro’s Railroad Museum is in full costume, ready for Halloween, thanks to the Winnsboro Garden Club. A visit there right now is a real treat. “For the third year in a row, the Winnsboro Garden Club has decorated the museum and grounds as part of our outreach to make people more aware of […]
Fairfield Museum gets new sign
October 26, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – “The sign was an idea I had for a long time,” said the Fairfield County Museum’s Director Pelham Lyles. “Then Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor, who was then the County Administrator, urged me to go ahead and hire a graphics company. So I did. The result is fabulous and so fitting for the […]
Duke Gives to Lake Wateree Association
October 26, 2023 By
LAKE WATEREE – The Duke Energy Foundation presented a check to the Lake Wateree Association (LWA) for $7,500 for their continued water sampling project of Lake Wateree in conjunction with the WaterWatch program. WaterWatch, along with the University of South Carolina Research Foundation, samples water at different locations and depths for analysis. Pictured, from left: […]
Commemorating Winnsboro’s American Revolutionary War patriots
October 19, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – On Saturday, Oct. 28, a 300-year-old cemetery deep in the countryside west of town and the Fairfield County Museum will be the scenes of a daylong celebration of Winnsboro’s Patriots of the American Revolution. There will be a morning event in the formerly named Winnsborough community just west of Hwy. 34, lunch at […]
Christmas Child gifts due Nov. 13-20
October 19, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – For many children in developing countries, there will be no soccer ball, no stuffed animal, no Christmas joy, without Operation Christmas Child, an annual global nonprofit program that provides Christmas shoebox gifts for children in poor and developing countries around the world. This year’s local Christmas Child workshop for Fairfield, Richland and Kershaw […]
