Johnsonville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Johnsonville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon's Ferry was the site where Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780. Ownership of the ferry lands passed from Robert to John Witherspoon in 1787. In 1802, John bequeathed the land to Aimwell Presbyterian Church.
Witherspoon's Ferry was a strategic ferry in the northeastern area of Williamsburg County, vested in John Witherspoon in 1801 and remaining in his charge until his death in 1815. According to the terms of John Witherspoon's will, the ferry was vested in J.D. Witherspoon, executor, for a term of 14 years, "in trust for and having the sole benefit of the incorporated Presbyterian Church at Aimwell on the Pee Dee River."
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Johnsonville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Johnsonville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBrowntown Cotton Gin, SC Route 34…, 1987: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Johnsonville
See all 1 →Johnsonville, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Johnsonville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Johnsonville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pleasant Hill Consolidated School in Hemingway, 10.3 miles away.
Johnsonville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Browntown Cotton Gin, SC Route 341 between Johnsonville & Lake City, Johnsonville vicinity (Florence County, South Caro… (1987) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.