Graham's Historic Farm has been in the Graham family since 1736. At the time of the Revolution, it was owned by Hugh Graham, who served in the South Carolina Patriot militia during the war. Hugh's brother John was a Captain in the militia, and his brother William was a Deputy Commissary General of Forage for the Southern Continental Army.
Original documents show that the farm actively supplied food for the Continental Army during the war, and was also used as a stop-over camp site for Patriot forces, including Francis Marion's brigade of partisans and captured British troops. Marion also actively recruited farmers from this region, and trained them in the neighboring town of Kingstree. Graham's farm played an important role in support of Patriot forces, both before and after the Fall of Charleston in May 1780.
The farm remains in the Graham family today. All of the period buildings have been lost to time, but the farmland itself remains in active use, and the site is largely untouched by modern intrusions.
Original documents show that the farm actively supplied food for the Continental Army during the war, and was also used as a stop-over camp site for Patriot forces, including Francis Marion's brigade of partisans and captured British troops. Marion also actively recruited farmers from this region, and trained them in the neighboring town of Kingstree. Graham's farm played an important role in support of Patriot forces, both before and after the Fall of Charleston in May 1780.
The farm remains in the Graham family today. All of the period buildings have been lost to time, but the farmland itself remains in active use, and the site is largely untouched by modern intrusions.