Reverend John Simpson

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In Memory of

The Reverend John Simpson

1740-1808

Wife

Mary Remer

1743-1812

Minister

Educator

Soldier

Patriot

Married 1765- New Jersey

Graduated Princeton College with high honors 1768

Studied Divinity two years under private minister

Licensed to preach by ...

Simpsonville Veterans Memorial

To all veterans for their supreme sacrifice

faithful to the last full measure

always to be remembered.

Marker is on North Main Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Simpsonville Baptist Church

National Historic Site

Church Organized 1888

Built 1913

Entered in National Historic Register

October 13, 1992

Marker is on Church Street (County Route 220) south of County Route 219, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Elizabeth Simpson Drewry

First black woman elected to West Virginia legislature, 1950; retied in 1964. Leading advocate for labor and education; in 1955 she sponsored bill to allow women to serve on juries. Born 22 September 1893, she began teaching in 1910. Drewry ...

Old Stage Road / Railroads in Simpsonville

Old Stage Road

The town of Simpsonville grew up around a stagecoach stop nearby operated by Thomas Goldsmith (1788-1868). Goldsmith's house, on the Old Stage Road from Laurens to Greenville, was near a crossroads where the Old Stage Road met an ...

Simpsonville

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This town grew up around a stagecoach stop from Laurens to Greenville. For many years the community was known as "Plain," the name given to its first post office, opened in 1838 with Jesse T. Cook as postmaster. It was ...