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Robert Scruggs House
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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008 | |
| | | 1. Robert Scruggs House Marker | | |
Inscription. Robert Scruggs married Catherine Connell, and in 1828 his father, Richard Scruggs, gave them 200 acres of land. They had eleven children and added onto the house as the family grew.
Life at the time was hard; yeomen farmers raised corn, wheat, potatoes and livestock, while their wives tended to household tasks such as spinning wool into yarn, rendering animal fat into soap and maintaining a vegetable garden.
Erected by Cowpens National Battlefield Park.
Location. 35° 7.884′ N, 81° 48.262′ W. Marker is near Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County. Marker can be reached from Chesnee Highway (State Highway 11) near Battleground Road (State Highway 110). Click for map. This marker and House is in Cowpens National Battlefield. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4001 Chesnee Hwy, Gaffney SC 29341, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The British Army (approx. 0.3 miles away); Soword Clash on Green River Road (approx. 0.3 miles away); January 17, 1781 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Skirmishers Retreat, British Advance (approx. 0.5 miles away); Sharpshooters at the Skirmish Line (approx. 0.5 miles away); Form the Line of Battle (approx. 0.5 miles away); Let'em Get Within Killing' Distance (approx. 0.5 miles away); Colonel Howard's Misunderstood Order (approx. 0.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Gaffney. | | | | 
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Robert Scruggs House | | The appearance of the Scruggs cabin had changed over the years from the time it was built in 1828. Log walls had been covered with paneling and additional rooms had been added onto the cabin. | | |
Regarding Robert Scruggs House. The Robert Scruggs House was built about 50 years after the Battle of Cowpens. Its purpose today is to show how people lived during that time, and how many things have changed since the Scruggs family lived in this house.
Also see . . . Backcountry Lifestyles. (Submitted on September 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008 | |
| | | 3. Robert Scruggs House | | Beginning during the earliest years of settlement before the Revolutionary War and continuing throughout the 1800s, cabins such as this one provided homes for most of the people living in the South Carolina Backcountry. Additions and modern improvements to the cabin were removed and Robert Scruggs' cabin was restored to its original condition. | | |
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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008 | |
| | | 4. Furninshings of Scruggs Cabin | | The furnishings in the cabin are indicative of the type that might have been used in the 1850's. | | |
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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008 | |
| | | 5. A Dreary Appearance | In 1849, journalist-historian Benson Lossing traveled to the Scruggs farm seeking information about the Cowpens Battle. Using the house as a point of reference, he located fields "within a quarter mile of the Scruggs" where the battle raged more than half a century before.
Journalist Lossing noted that the battlefield presented " a most dreary appearance." Ax and plow had turned an open hardwood forest into stumps, pine thickets and cornfields. | | |
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| Credits. This page originally submitted on September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 462 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Submitted on September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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