Major William Seaborn Bamberg became one of the most influential businessmen in this section of the state. Through his foresight, leadership, and ingenuity, he had the town incorporated when it was no more than a country crossroad. The original charter, according to records, was dated December 19, Five men owned, in , the site of the present city, according to a deed filed that year in the Barnwell Court House. They were G. Bamberg, W. Bamberg, I.
Simmons, Owen R. Faust, and Howell Easterling. Major Bamberg, Dr. Raysor, and J. The lot is the present Restland Cemetery. Major Bamberg, who died in , is buried in Restland Cemetery. Although only a crossroads at the time, the town was chartered on December 19, , and in , Bamberg had about residents.
Countys, and H. Later, arrived Thomas and Dr. Brabham caused the bridges to be built across the Edisto River in , at the site of the present U. Highway bridge. It was erected in Bamberg Cotton Mill - to The Bamberg Cotton Mill was principal to Bamberg's well-being from to around The building was operated for the last twenty years of its existence as the Bamberg Textile Mills.
It was demolished in It was originally known as the Cope House. The school was named after James H. Carlisle, president of Wofford College from The public school building burned in November, and classes were held temporarily in the court house. The cornerstone of the new school was laid May 7, , and E. Allen became school superintendent, serving in that capacity for 40 years. The original building is still in existence. Bamberg, situated in the northern part of Bamberg County, is in the southern region of South Carolina, known as the Coastal Plains.
For many years the incorporated area of the city of Bamberg was in the form of a circle with a three to four-mile radius from a center point at the old Southern Railways passenger station. Through the years the configuration of the town limits have changed but a marker signifying the old center of town is visible just off of the intersection of U.
