Our mission prompts study of all times & places of Kershaw County history—highlighting the unfamiliar among the familiar, & covering varied sections, people groups, & periods from prehistoric to present. We present interesting & informative programs. We research, write, &…
Kershaw County Historical Society
Continuing the legacy of scholarly historical research for and about Kershaw County, South Carolina.
Blog Archives
A “Ground-breaking” Journey into the Ancient Past
You are invited! Join the Kershaw County Historical Society for a fascinating afternoon as we welcome you to:A “Ground-breaking” Account🗓 Sunday, October 5, 2025🕒 3:00 p.m.📍 Liberty Hall, Kershaw County Revolutionary War Visitor Center212 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020 Topic:…
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Bringing home the Vietnam War
KCHS Program June 15, 3 p.m., Liberty Hall, Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St., Camden. Hear Glen Inabinet speak & View his photos from his new book Mekong Memoirs. Vietnam veteran Inabinet, retired Camden High history teacher, a past…
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Tours—Popular in Our Society Programming
Tour of Historic Quaker Cemetery Were you part of the KCHS’s recent Members-Only walking tour of Quaker Cemetery April 13, 2025? Society members sometimes have members-only tours when crowd-size must be limited due to space or special circumstances. Sometimes members…
Did You Celebrate at our 2025 Happy-Birthday History Fair?
Enthusiasm was high among the nearly 100 attendees at the KCHS’s first-time History Fair Jan. 26 which was planned to highlight the many historical interests of Society members as we celebrated passing 70 years of existence. Moving among the many…
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Lovely Historic Gardens at The Terraces
In April a planning committee of the Kershaw County Historical Society visited the spacious and beautifully revived landscaping of an historic garden of winding woodland paths on an artfully terraced hillside that slopes beside an early ninteenth-centuty plantation home, The…
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The Battle of Camden Play
The Kershaw County Historical Societywill host a special performance ofThe Battle of Camden Playby Tony Scullyfor members of the KC Historical Society and the Camden/Kershaw County communityon Sunday, April 23, at 3:00 p.m.at Westminster Hall, Bethesda Presbyterian Church502 E. DeKalb Street…
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Upcoming Program: “Jak Smyrl’s Camden & Kershaw County”
The Kershaw County Historical Society invites you to our Society Program on Sunday afternoon, July 24, 2022, 3 p.m. at the Woolard Technology Center (WTC) at 70 Innovation Drive, Camden, SC, a cool place to enjoy in hot July! This…
“Growing Up Southern—Then and Now”
The Kershaw County Historical Society invites you to our Society Program on Sunday afternoon, June 5, 2022, 3 p.m. at Liberty Hall, Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad Street, Camden, SC (beside Historic Camden). Come early. A great place and…
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Moving Forward!
The Kershaw County Historical Society has been ON THE MOVE—literally. The historic Bonds Conway House, which has served for 42 years as the Society’s headquarters at 811 Fair Street, Camden, was moved with great excitement on March 30 to a…
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