HISTORY IS BEHIND NAMES OF SITES, STREETS IN KERSHAW
What’s in a name? Many of the sites and streets around Kershaw County have a story behind how they got their monikers. KAMSCHATKA This stately home was built in 1854 by Col. James Chesnut for his wife, Civil War diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut. The couple named their summer home after the remote Siberian peninsula with a slightly different spelling, Kamchatka. There are two reports on … Continue reading HISTORY IS BEHIND NAMES OF SITES, STREETS IN KERSHAW