Witherspoons Ferry

The City of Johnsonville has rededicated a historic marker at Witherspoon’s Ferry, where Francis Marion took command of the Williamsburg militia in 1780. The original marker, placed in 1979 by the Three Rivers Historical Society, had become damaged. Lawrence Eaddy and his family led the replacement effort in honor of their mother, the former chairperson of the organization. Mayor Keith Callicutt led the ceremony, with remarks from Dr. William Bolt of @Francis Marion University. The town’s administrator, Holly Swann, championed the SC250 grant application for the project, which is part of the ongoing development of Odell Venters Landing.