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Author: Doug Sexton
Phillip Holcombe (1757-1820) was born in Granville County, S.C. to Benjamin Holcombe and Alice Bogan. Locating in Union County, S.C., he married Sarah Farmer. They were planters. Phillip donated land for the Fairforest Meeting House in the rural Fairforest, S.C. community. He was a religious leader in his community.
After the fall of Charleston, S.C., Phillip enlisted in Colonel Thomas Brandon’s regiment, which was also known as the Second Spartan Regiment of militia which fought in many small engagements but were also present at Kings Mountain, the Cowpens and the Siege of Ninety Six.
Phillip returned home to raise their four children and was a responsible member of the Fairforest community. There is a War Department marker placed in the Lower Fairforest Baptist Cemetery bearing his name, although Phillip was actually buried in the Old Lower Fairforest Cemetery where the church formerly stood.
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