Zachariah W. Wines

Marker #:

16-21

Title:

Zachariah W. Wines

GPS:

N 34° 30′ 27.30″  W 79° 51′ 03.79″

Address:

290 Church St. (off #15)

Society Hill

Erected:

1979

 

Inscription

Front:

Black merchant and educator Zachariah Wines, born 1847 in Society Hill, represented Darlington County in the S.C. House 1876-78 and was commissioned Captain in the National Guard by Gov. Wade Hampton in 1877. He taught at nearby Waddell School and later served as Society Hill Postmaster, 1897-1904. He died in 1920 and is buried about 1/3 mile northeast.