Sergeant McDonald

Here Sgt. McDonald bayoneted the fleeing Maj. Gainey, following the defeat of the Tories under Major Gainey by the Americans under Col. Peter Horry. This bloody skirmish took place, January, 1781, between the Sampit and the Black River roads.

Marker is on High Market Street (Alternate U.S. 17) west of Ridge Street, on the right when traveling north.

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