Harriet Barber House







			11.14.08 Tri-City Visionaries announces its Third Annual Patient’s Choice Awards Banquet scheduled for Friday, November 14, 2008, 7:00PM at the Brookland Baptist Church Banquet and Convention Center. This event is co-sponsored by the Saint John Baptist Church, Hopkins and the Mount Nebo Baptist Church, Eastover. The purpose of this event is to celebrate our community’s most accomplished physicians and dentists. more 05.26.08 Memorial Day / Heritage Day Celebration (sponsored by SERCOM) Monday May 26th, 2008 more

	The Harriet Barber House Foundation received, in May 2008, an additional grant of $25,000 from the Richland County Conservation Commission to complete the exterior work. The grant will be used to provide funds for roofing, new siding, front porch repair, painting, and other structural work. The house will be used for community events and meetings more	The Harriet Barber House is significant for its association during the late 19th century with the South Carolina Land Commission, a unique attempt by a southern state to give freedmen the opportunity to own land. Samuel Barber, a former slave, purchased land in 1872 from the commission. In 1879 his wife Harriet, also a former slave, received title to the land. more

			Donations are needed to complete the interior work by the spring of 2008. Send donations to: South East Rural Community Outreach Ministries c/o Marie B. Adams, Post Office Box 332, Hopkins, SC 29061

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