A large group enjoyed a lovely day in Boykin, SC, on our Fall Tour Nov. 9, 2008. Sites included Deer Hope Lodge, home to Boykin Hunt Club; Boykin Grist Mill, with demonstration; Pear Tree; Old Stockton Schoolhouse; Swift Creek Church; and Battle of Boykin, Civil War skirmish site.
Tille and Baynard Boykin share information about the 1865 battle commemorated by the marker behind them.
Inside Swift Creek Baptist Church, Alice Boykin describes its restoration.
Seen through the window of restored Stockton School, groups outside are engaged in conversation with Boykin area residents.
Jamie Guy tells old hunting stories at Deer Hope Lodge,
grounds of the Boykin Hunt Club.
Kershaw County Historical Society 
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