John Lyde Wilson Near this site stood Stony Hill, boyhood home of John Lyde Wilson, State Senator and Representative

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John Lyde Wilson Near this site stood Stony Hill, boyhood home of John Lyde Wilson, State Senator and Representative, Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824, and author of The Code of Honor (1838), widely used by ante-bellum duellists. His parents, John Wilson and Mary Lide, are buried in nearby Wilson family cemetery. In 1957, a tornado destroyed the home. Erected by the Marlboro County Historic Preservation Commission, 1971

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Location: United States of America, South Carolina, Marlboro County
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