Long Bluff

Long Bluff

Darlington County Historical Marker

Map excerpt showing the Courthouse at Long Bluff, on the banks of the Great Pee Dee River.

Left to Right; P.L. McCall, Mr. White & Gary E. Byrd Jr. At the site of the Long Bluff Courthouse in September 1973 .

Long Bluff Archaeological Event.

Long Bluff Archaeological Event.

A Red Oak near Long Bluff.

Inscription:

Front: 

Long Bluff, 314 mile east on Great Pee Dee River, was the site of the first courthouse and jail for old Cheraws District in 1772. The town was known as Greeneville after the Revolution and remained the seat of justice until the formation of Darlington, Marlboro and Chesterfield Districts. Circuit courts and elections were conducted for a while longer.

Reverse:

At a Circuit Court held here on November 15, 1774, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence, the Grand Jury of Cheraws District denied the right of Parliament to levy taxes on them and declared themselves ready to defend with their lives and fortunes the right to obey only those laws made by their own elected representatives.

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