Lincolnville, South Carolina was created by African Americans in 1867, just two years after the Civil War, as a place where Black families could live in freedom. According to the National Park Service, Lincolnville was “founded in 1867 by seven African American men who purchased 620 acres to create a community of homes, churches, and schools for African American people.” The new residents were primarily Gullah Geechie people who moved from the Sea Islands after slavery ended. Recently, the site was added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network.
Lincolnville was named after Abraham Lincoln by its settlers. The original founders of Lincolnville were Reverend Richard Harvey Cain, Daniel Adger, Marc Buffett, Reverend Lewis Ruffin Nichols, Hector Grant, Reverend M.B. Salters and Walter Steele and later, Amos Williams
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