Lawrence Faulkner / Simon Brown

Lawrence Faulkner, born about 1840 and a resident of Darlington County by 1871, was a black school teacher, later a merchant, and Society Hill's postmaster from 1877 to 1889. A trustee of nearby Union Baptist Church, he died in 1898, and his store and dwelling stood on this site. Simon Brown, a former slave from Virginia, lived in Society Hill around 1900 and for years was employed by Faulkner's widow to work on her farm. His small house stood adjacent to the Faulkner house on this site, and his black folk tale allegories were recorded after his death by the Smithsonian Institution.

Society Hill, South Carolina · United States