Laurens County

Laurens County was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1807 from Wilkinson County. Originally, it contained all of Pulaski and part of Johnson Counties. Among prominent residents of Laurens County were Gov. Geo. M. Troup and Gen. David Blackshear. It ...

Laurens County Veterans Monument

In honor

of our armed forces

past and present

dedicated to the

preservation of

freedom under God

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (State Highway 76) and North Carolina Street, in the median on West Main Street.

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Laurens County Training School

[Front]:

The Laurens County Training School, located here 1924-1954, had its origins in Gray Court School, a one-room school founded ca. 1890 on the grounds of Pleasant View Baptist Church. The training school, opened in 1924 in a building constructed with ...

Laurens County World Wars I & II Veterans Monument

Erected in loving memory

of the men of Laurens County, S.C.

who made the supreme sacrifice

World War I

White

Lewis Felton Abercrombie, Casper W. Waldwell, Mason L. Copeland, Earl A. Davidson, George Lawson Duncan, Burke Fuller, Claude S. Garrett, ...

Laurens County Confederate Monument

[Front]:

In Memory of

The Boys in Gray

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Erected 1910

by the Citizens of

Laurens Co.

Under the Auspices of

J.B. Kershaw Chapter

U.D.C.

Our Heroes

[Reverse]:

On flames eternal camp-

ing ground

Their silent tents are

spread

And glory guards with

solemn round

The bivouac of the dead.

Marker is on East Main Street, on the left ...

Laurens County / Laurens Historic District

Laurens County

Laurens County was one of six counties created from Ninety - Six District March 12, 1785. The courthouse here, built in 1838 by Dr. John W. Simpson, and remodeled and enlarged in 1858, 1911, 1940, and in 1973, ...