Celebrating Black History: Black labor helped Fairfield County endure

  • By Brandon S Henderson
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Winnsboro town clock did not arrive all at once. In 1837, its machinery was ordered from Alsace, France, shipped through Charleston,...

Black History Month – Recalling the 1915 shootout at Fairfield County Courthouse

  • By Jim Young
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WINNSBORO – In 1915, the roads were dirt and cars were scarce, so it must have been quite a sight when on June 14 two...

Guest Editorial: Smith Escaped Lynching Only to be Gunned Down on Courthouse Steps

  • By Brandon Henderson | Jenkinsville
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It’s June 14, 1915. The night air is thick with the scent of blood and burning tobacco. The Courthouse steps in Winnsboro are still slick...

Celebrating Black History Tracing one black Fairfield family through history

  • By Moses Brown
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY – It was March 30, 1956, on the Fairfield County farm (a former plantation) owned by my grandfather Willie Weldon. My mother, Oreather,...

Blythewood Historical Society celebrates African American four-part Saturday series for children

  • By Barbara Ball
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BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society is celebrating Black History Month this year with a Saturday children’s series about African American inventors and writers, plus...

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