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Marlboro County was established in 1785
uh... and has been a county since then we're very fortunate we have all of our
county records since that time and I understand they're the fourth oldest
set of county records in the state
we are very lucky during the civil war our courthouse was not burned
all of our records are complete back to then
the courthouse was originally down along the riverbank of the great PeeDee river
and in 1819
they decided the Scottish settlers who came in from the North Carolina side
said it was too far to come all the way across the county to the river to
conduct business so they petitioned the legislature to move the courthouse to a
more central location
they selected 3 acres of John Sands Thomas apple orchard
where Bennetsville was built and Bennetsville was built
was named for Governor Thomas Bennet who was then the governor who signed
the legislation creating the new county seat town
when you come into the Marlboro County Historical Museum we have
Indian airheads we have farm implement tools
upstairs we have a military room and we have a textiles room
and of course when you first walk in you'll see a victorian parlor and then
we have a rotational art exhibit room
which changes each month
we have also a 2 room
schoolhouse out back which is a female academy which was established in 1881
we have a medical museum out front
we also have a home in the back that was built in 1826 by
one of the earlier doctors
it was also occupied by Sherman when
his troops came through Bennetsville in 1865
so we have 4 major places here that are part of the facilities