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Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates
10/11/07 - 12/6/98
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By Brian Scott, July 5, 2008 | |
| | | 1. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Marker - Southwest | | |
Inscription.
[Southwest]:
Don't look at me in sympathy, I'm glad I'm this way for I feel good and I'm knocking on wood, as long as I can say you just watch me peg it. You can tell by the way I leg it that I'm Peg Leg Bates, the one legged dancing man. I mix like fantastic, but with hot gymnastics I'm Peg Leg Bates, the one legged dancing man.
"Life means, do the best that you can with what you have, with all your mind and heart. One can do anything in this world if one wants to do it badly enough." -- Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates
[Southeast]:
Bronze
Ralph Hendricks
Greenville Metropolitan Art Council
American Legion Post #3
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Samuel N. Madden, Pastor
Mount Carmel A.M.E. Church
Phillip C. Anderson, Pastor
Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Robert E. Dennis, Pastor
Melvin and Dollie Younts
Marilyn Fuller Perry
[Northeast]:
Silver
Fountain Inn Development Corporation
Dorothy A. Berry Chapman
Ruby B. Parks
Rosa S. Epps
[Northwest]:
Gold
Wayne Davis, Mayor
Fountain Inn, SC
Robert E. Dennis, President
Emma Stewart, Mother
Alice Bates, Wife
Melodye | | | | 
By Brian Scott, May 17, 2009 | |
| | | 2. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Marker - Southeast | | |
Bates (Preston) Holden
James T., Annie C. Bates
John W., Vivian D. Bates
Drs. Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr.
John Fowler
DeEthel Hicks
Pastor Henry and Evelyn Berry, Jr.
The Reverend Dr. James Moone
The Reverend Dr. Ruby Moone
Willie E. Byrd, Jr.
Richard Dawkins
Beasley Funeral Home, Inc.
Location. 34° 41.677′ N, 82° 12.015′ W. Marker is in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, in Greenville County. Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (South Carolina Route 14) and East Fairview Street on North Main Street. Click for map. The statue is located in a park dedicated to famed newspaperman Robert Quillen, who also called Fountain Inn home. The park was once part of the gardens owned by Quillen. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 North Main Street, Fountain Inn SC 29644, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Mrs. Emmie Fulmer (a few steps from this marker); Snow Campaign Chapter Marker (within shouting distance of this marker); Eve (within shouting distance of this marker); Fountain Inn Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Fountain Inn (approx. 1 miles away); Cherokee Boundary (1767) (approx. 1.1 miles away); Stone's Mill / Jones' Mill (approx. 2.4 miles away); Simpsonville Veterans Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Hendricks' Plaza (approx. 4.3 miles away); Simpsonville Clock Tower (approx. 4.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Fountain Inn. | | | | 
By Brian Scott, May 17, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Marker - Northeast | | |
Also see . . .
1. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates. "For his contribution to dance and to society, Bates was given the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest honor. He called it the proudest moment of his life." (Submitted on July 11, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
2. Peg Leg Bates. Clayton 'Peg Leg' Bates (1907 – 1998) was an Afro-American entertainer from Fountain Inn, South Carolina. (Submitted on May 20, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
3. Clayton "PegLeg" Bates - Tap. YouTube video of Bates tap dancing. (Submitted on May 20, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
4. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Dancing. Another video of Bates. (Submitted on May 20, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
5. Performer Clayton `Peg Leg' Bates Dies At 91 In South Carolina. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, the world renowned performer who tap danced his way into the hearts of millions with his famous wooden peg leg, recently died at his cousin's house in Fountain Inn, SC. (Submitted on May 20, 2009, by Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina.)
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By Brian Scott, May 17, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Marker - Northwest | | |
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By Brian Scott, May 17, 2009 | |
| | | 5. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907-1998) | | |
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By Brian Scott, July 5, 2008 | |
| | | 6. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates | | |
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By Brian Scott | |
| | | 7. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907-1998) | | |
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