| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Bradley — 24-18 — Cedar Springs A.R.P. Church |
| |
[Front]:
This church was organized 1779-1780 by Dr. Thomas Clark (d. 1791), who had emigrated from Ireland to N.Y. in 1764. Clark moved to this area permanently about 1786, preaching here, at Long Cane (now Lower Long Cane), and at Little Run. He is the father of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in the South.
[Reverse]:
The first church, then called Cedar Creek, was a log building 2 mi. SE. The congregation was renamed Cedar Springs in 1790. It moved here and . . . — Map (db m7184) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Bradley — 24-8 — Londonborough Settlement |
| | Two miles west is Power Spring, traditional site of the town laid out for the Londonborough settlers in 1765. abandoned by their promoter in London, some three hundred German settlers were brought to South Carolina, given aid and bounty, and granted land in Londonborough Township. They settled in this area along Hard Labor Creek and Cuffytown. — Map (db m11378) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Donalds — Greenville Presbyterian Church |
| | Organized 1773
Burial Place of
Revolutionary Soldiers — Map (db m11846) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Epworth — 24-13 — Dr. Benjamin E. Mays |
| | The spiritual mentor of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Born here in 1894. Served
as president of Morehouse
College 1940-67 and as
presidential advisor.
Died in 1984. — Map (db m11044) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Constance Pope Maxwell 1875-1883 |
| |
South Side:
At the request of Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Maxwell, major benefactors, the orphanage was named in memory of their daughter, who died at the age of seven.
Connie Maxwell Orphanage, a ministry of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, received the first child in care at the infirmary building on this site, May 22, 1892.
In 1946, the name was changed to Connie Maxwell Children's Home as more dependent children were placed in care.
Through this . . . — Map (db m16422) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Dr. Benjamin James Sanders, Jr. 1899-1990 |
| |
The first born son and seventh child of Benjamin and Elsie Goodman Sanders was born in Allendale, S.C. near Appleton in Barnwell County. The son of a farmer with no school in his community, he attended a one-room one-teacher school that housed grades one through five. He later entered Hardin Academy which was six miles away and walked twelve miles daily to school, unless the horse was free. Determined to get an education, he entered S.C. State as a preparatory student and later received B.S. . . . — Map (db m11631) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Emerald Farm A Working Goat Farm |
| |
Emerald Farm, 'a very special place,' is part of an original 450-acre working farm dating from the late 1800s. In keeping with its agricultural heritage, Emerald Farm continues to raise livestock, harvest hay, pecans, herbs and fruit on a small scale. What makes Emerald Farm so special is that we offer a hands-on educational facility providing visitors with the opportunity to learn about the wonders of nature and the relationships among the resident species, from the goat to the honey bee. . . . — Map (db m16531) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — 24-11 — Francis Salvador 1747-1776 |
| | This young English Jew settled near Coronaca in 1774, representing Ninety Six District in the provincial congresses of 1775-1776, and died in defense of his adopted home on Aug. 1, 1776. He was the first South Carolinian of his faith to hold an elective public office and the first to die for American independence. — Map (db m11117) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Greenwood County Confederate Monument |
| |
South Side:
Our
Confederate
Soldiers
East Side:
1861 - 1865
Patriots
Who animated by the same faith, actuated by the same love of country, beset with the same trials and dangers, enduring with the same fortitude and fought as heroically to maintain local self government as did the colonial fathers to attain, the same and with then are immortalized in the same hall of glory.
North Side:
But their memories e'er shall remain for us,
and their . . . — Map (db m16333) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — In God We Trust |
| |
Dedicated
to All Veterans
----------
To the gallant men and
women who served our
country with honor during
peacetime and war
We Shall Not Forget — Map (db m16330) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — 24-6 — John Henry Logan |
| | December 7, 1821 - March 29, 1885 Teacher, Historian, Physician Born and reared near this spot, John Henry Logan first practiced medicine and taught school in this region before publishing in 1859 his History of Upper South Carolina. He served as a Confederate Army Surgeon and afterwards taught at Atlanta Medical College. — Map (db m11125) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — 24-7 — John Perkins Barratt May 11, 1795 - September 29, 1859 |
| | Physician, naturalist, versatile intellect, agricultural leader, president of Abbeville District Medical Society, 1835. Friend of Agassiz, Audubon and other major scientists, by his own advanced thinking, he outlined a theory of serial evolution and foretold airplanes and lunar trips. His home was across this road. — Map (db m11369) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — 24-14 — Louis Booker Wright |
| |
Louis Booker Wright (1899-1984), scholar of American colonial history and Elizabethan culture, was born in the Phoenix community and spent his early years at Maxwellton near this site. A prolific author, he was educated at Wofford College and received the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of N.C. He was director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. 1948-68. — Map (db m16425) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Main Street "Broadest Street in the World' |
| |
Made
316 feet wide by the City and the
S.C. Highway Department after
moving the C.&W.C. Railways Depot
facilities from this plot in,
1949
Paul B. Ellis, Mayor
J.J. Rauch, City Manager
Councilmen
R.C. Herman, J.E. Greer
E.Y. McDonald, J.P. Childress
H.L. Reynolds, J.S. Burnett
S.C. Chief Highway Comm.
C.R. McMillan — Map (db m16345) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Marshal Ferdinand Foch |
| | On this spot December 9, 1921
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Supreme Commander
of the Allied Armies in 1818
expressed to the
people of South Carolina
his appreciation and that of France
for the aid by which the enemy
was checked and defeated
and freedom secured
Thousands of South Carolinians
attended this official welcome
to the great soldier
whose visit was sponsored
by the American Legion — Map (db m16409) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Mathews Mill Veterans Monument |
| |
West Side:
Forever Honour'd Forever Mourn'd
This tablet is reverently dedicated to the memory of
Thomas L. Hitt
Carl Henry Holder
who gave their lives for their country in the Korean Conflict
South Side:
Erected 1947
by
Employees and Management of
Mathews Mill
East Side:
In Memoriam
Here in enduring bronze are
recorded the names of those
from Mathews Mill who gave
their lives for their country
in World War II:
William E. . . . — Map (db m16328) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Municipal Fountain |
| | Sponsored by
the Greenwood Beautification
Commission with contributions
from individual, businesses,
civic groups and city funds
----------
Dedicated September 18, 1864
----------
Beautification Commission
Mrs. George A. Byrd, Chairman
Mrs. J.G. Jenkins, Vice-Chairman
Mrs. Paul Baker, Secretary
Thomas H. Maxwell, Jr., Mrs. Bruce Barksdale
Dr. H.B. Odom, Mrs. Robert May
Col. E.R. Rosenberg, Mrs. Allston Calhoun
City Council
W.L. Leary, Mayor
Ernest Carpenter, . . . — Map (db m19456) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — 24-16 — Rock Presbyterian Church |
| | [Marker Front]:
This church, originally known as Rocky Creek Presbyterian Church, was founded in 1770 by ministers sent to upper S.C. from the Synods of New York and Philadelphia. The first church here, a frame structure, was replaced in 1815 by a larger frame church built by John and Adam Blake. This church, incorporated in 1844 was renamed Rock Presbyterian church by the S.C. Presbytery in 1845.
[Marker Reverse]:
Rev. John McLees (d. 1882) was minister here 1847-1882 . . . — Map (db m11115) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — 24-5 — Tabernacle Cemetery |
| |
1000 feet east is Tabernacle Cemetery on the site of Tabernacle Methodist Church and Tabernacle Academy. Buried here are Generals M.W. Gary & N.G. Evans and other Confederate veterans. From Tabernacle Academy organized in 1820 by Stephen Olin developed Mount Ariel and Cokesbury Conference School. — Map (db m11095) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — Textile Workers Monument |
| |
Not until each loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the pattern
And explain the reason why...
The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver's skillful hand,
As the threads of gold and silver...
For the pattern which he planned.
In dedication to management and workers of the testile industry whose sacrifices helped to achieve the goals of our armed forces in past wars. — Map (db m16359) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — To The People of Greenwood County |
| |
May the 100 Yoshino Cherry trees planted here and at the Greenwood County Civic Center always grow as a symbol of our friendship and commitment to our new home.
Presented in commemoration of the grand opening of
Fuji Photo Film, Inc. — Map (db m16332) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Greenwood — World War Memorial |
| |
North Side:
Erected November 11, 1929
by the Greenwood Post No. 20
of the American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary and the
Citizens of Greenwood County
in honor of the brave men who
sacrificed their lives so
that liberty and justice might
reign throughout the world.
West Side:
Dedicated to the memory of those who
gave their lives in the World War I
South Side:
Korean and Vietnam Conflicts
East Side:
Dedicated to the memory of those . . . — Map (db m16405) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Hodges — 24-17 — Good Hope Baptist Church |
| | [Marker Front]:
This church, founded about 1870, has its origins in Walnut Grove Baptist Church, founded in 1820. Walnut Grove included both white and black members before the Civil War, but after the war black members asked for letters of dismissal to organize a new church. Good Hope was founded by David Agnew, Doc McIntosh, Henry Moon, Wesley Posey, and others, with Rev. W.L. Evans as its first pastor.
[Marker Reverse]:
Good Hope Baptist Church grew to more than 250 . . . — Map (db m9692) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Hodges — Moorefield Memorial Highway |
| |
In Memory of
Charles Henry Moorefield
State Highway Engineer
of South Carolina
1920 - 1935 — Map (db m16326) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Hodges — Parks / Greenwood County |
| | [Park's Side]
Building a Family Tradition Since 1868
It all started in 1867 when 15 year-old George Watt Park, a very enterprising lad, passed around to friends and neighbors a list of seeds he had grown and collected in his mothers Pennsylvania garden. He then decided to advertise his seeds for sale in The Rural American at a cost of $3.50—and it brought him $6.50 in seed orders! He then saved up $10.00, bought a hand press and in 1868 printed his own 8-page . . . — Map (db m11628) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Hodges — Payne Institute |
| | Erected by
The Allen University Alumni
Club of Greenville County
November 1970
In Honor of
Payne Institute
Established in 1870 by
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
Moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1860
And Renamed Allen University — Map (db m11094) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Approach Trench |
| | The Americans "appear to be advancing by regular approaches, working very industriously..." Cruger reported to Lord Francis Rawdon, the British commander in Charleston.
Cruger and his men watched the American tranches inch closer to the fort. Occasionally raids from the garrison were launched to harass and disrupt. Kosciuszko's sappers, but the American progress was relentless.
The approach trenches ran generally perpendicular to the Star Fort and allowed Patriot troops to move closer . . . — Map (db m11213) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Approach Trench |
| | On June 3, 1781, Cruger reported to Lord Rawdon that the Patriot sappers "continue industriously at work [and]...are within less than sixty yards of our Star Redoubt..."
The Americans pushed the approach trench relentlessly toward the Star Fort. By June 9, the siege trenches were within forty yards of the fort and Patriot troops could threaten the defenders with musket fire. — Map (db m11240) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Battle of Ninety Six November 19-21, 1775 |
| | The first southern battle of the American Revolution occurred on this site November 19-21, 1775. A force of 532 Patriots, commanded by Majors Andrew Williamson and James Mayson, built a rude fort of fence sails, cow hides, and bales of straw on John Savage's plantation which they defended against a Tory army of 1,890 men, led by Colonel Joseph Robinson.
The Loyalists took possession of Ninety Six jail and surrounded the Patriot fort. When they seized two Patriots who wandered outside the . . . — Map (db m11312) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Circa 1787 |
| | Andrew Logan was the builder of this house around 1787. It was the first house built in the nearby town of Greenwood and was found in 1967 hidden in the core of an old house on Spring Street. It was moved to this site in 1971. It is portrayed as a backcountry tavern of the late 1700s. Taverns played a vital role in the community's life of this period. It was a place where a night's lodging, food and drink could be purchased. — Map (db m11322) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Communications Trench |
| | A communications trench joined the town stockade with the Stockade Fort which lay 200 yards to the west. This "covered way" allowed troops in the garrison to get water from Spring Branch or move from the town to the Stockade Fort without being exposed to rifle or musket fire. — Map (db m11308) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Covered Way |
| | When Greene first saw the British fortifications at Ninety Six, he observed that "all the works communicated with each other by covered way."
A covered way was a trench 4-5 feet deep and 2-3 feet wide which allowed troops to move from one defensive position to another. Other covered ways connected the Star Fort, the town of Ninety Six, the jail and the Stockade Fort. — Map (db m11301) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — First Blood Shed for Liberty |
| | To commemorate
The Cherokee Trail
Old Ninety Six
First White Settlement
and
First Court House in Upper S.C.
First Blood Shed for Liberty
in the State
Nov. 19, 1775
Erected by
Star Fort Chapter D.A.R.
1925 — Map (db m11327) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Island Ford Road |
| | Colonial roads often followed footpaths established by Indians. As Europeans moved into the Carolina upcountry, the roads were used by hunters, traders, soldiers, and settlers.
Island Ford Road ran from Ninety Six to a crossing on the Saluda River and on toward Camden. Other roads - to Augusta, Charleston, and the Cherokee villages - also converged at Ninety Six. — Map (db m11159) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — James Birmingham |
| | Sacred to the Memory
of
James Birmingham
Volunteer
Long Cane Militia
Killed at this Site
In the Battle of
November 19-24, 1775
The First South Carolinian
To Give His Life in the
Cause of Freedom
----------
Erected by
The American Legion
Star Fort Post 103
Ninety Six, South Carolina
November 19, 1975 — Map (db m11314) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — 24-10 — John Waller 1741-1802 |
| | One half mile south is the grave of John Waller, early minister of the Baptist faith in Virginia, where he is credited with founding eighteen churches. He was persecuted and imprisoned by the established church and civil authorities. In 1793, he moved to South Carolina, where he founded Bethabara and Siloam churches. — Map (db m11332) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Ninety Six National Historic Site / Greenwood County |
| |
A Brief History of Ninety Six National Historic Site
The Ninety Six National Historic Site is an area of unique historical and archeological significance. In the late 1700s traders gave the town its unusual name because they mistakenly believed this was the estimated number of miles to the Cherokee village of Keowee in the upper South Carolina foothills.
By the mid-1700s European colonists found the town a favorable place to settle in spite of increasing troubles with local . . . — Map (db m11129) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — 24-3 — Old Ninety Six (2 miles south) |
| |
Even before 1730 the fork in the Cherokee Path 96 miles south of Keowee, was called Ninety Six. Here a trading post was operated, a fort was built and a courthouse town was established. Here the first land battle of the Revolutionary War was fought, Nov. 19-20, 1775; and here Gen. Nathanael Greene besieged the British in Star Fort, May 22-June 20, 1781. — Map (db m11465) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — 24-4 — Preston Brooks Dinner |
| | National attention was focused here on Oct. 3, 1856, when some ten thousand people honored Preston S. Brooks, Congressman from this district, with a public dinner in vindication of his assault on Charles Sumner of Massachusetts on the Senate floor for a speech insulting to this state. The Preston Brooks home was five miles south on Highway 245. — Map (db m11466) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — Siege Trenches |
| | On the night of May 22, Greene began constructing an assault position only 70 yards from Star Fort, hoping to overrun the fort quickly with a frontal attack. The Americans were driven away, however, by heavy cannon fire and an attack party from the fort led by Lieutenant John Honey which captured their tools.
Greene and his chief engineer, Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko, then began digging siege trenches about 220 yards from the Star.
Construction of the American siegeworks . . . — Map (db m11346) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Artillery |
| | The American army attacked Ninety Six and the Loyalist defenders used heavy cannon fire against each other.
Cruger had three small cannon, firing only three pound shot, mounted on wooden platforms in the Star Redoubt. The British artillerymen were able to direct their fire against the Patriots until marksmen on the rifle tower drove the gunners to cover.
Greene's army had four six pounders which he mounted on artillery batteries near the siegeworks. As the siege trenches moved toward . . . — Map (db m11194) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Attack |
| | By June 17, the Ninety Six garrison was low on food and ammunition. Cruger had expected a relief expedition from Charleston, but hope was turning into despair.
Suddenly, a farmer, casually riding near the American lines, spurred his gorse and dashed into the fort through heavy Patriot fire. He brought word to the beleaguered garrison that Lord Rawdon, with 2000 reinforcements was only two or three days away. Greene learned of Rawdon's approach from his scouts the same day.
Greene . . . — Map (db m11249) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The British Fortifications |
| | Cruger assumed command at Ninety Six in August, 1780, and quickly strengthened the defenses. By October he had built a stockade and ditch around "ye Court house and the principle houses" and added blockhouses, probably on the Island Ford and Charleston roads.
Cruger hinted to Lord Charles Cornwallis that 'the Ideas of an Engineer would not injure us..." Lieutenant Henry Haidans, a military engineer, reached the post in early December and reported "the works in a much better state than . . . — Map (db m11183) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The First Parallel |
| | In a ravine nearly 400 yards from the Star Fort, the Polish-born engineer, Kosciuszko, trained the Americans in the art of siege warfare. Groups of soldiers whose main duties included building defense works began digging the first section of approach trenches which zig-zagged across the terrain for almost 100 yards.
Digging trenches in the baked red clay required exhausting work. Kosciuszko commented that the "Ground was very hard and approaching very much like Soft Stone..." Intense heat, . . . — Map (db m11179) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Jail |
| | The South Carolina provincial assembly passed a law in 1769 "for establishing Courts, building Gaols, and appointing sheriffs" in the colony. This act created seven judicial districts with a courthouse and jail for the westernmost district located at Ninety Six.
The Ninety Six jail was a two-story building with brick walls 16 inches thick, and including a third floor lookout room and a dungeon below ground.
In peacetime, the jail served as a district prison for horse thieves, . . . — Map (db m11307) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Mine |
| | From the third parallel, Kosciuszko began constructing a mine. American sappers dug a perpendicular shaft about six feet deep, then began a tunnel toward the Star Fort.
Kosciuszko planned to extend the tunnel to a chamber beneath the fort wall. Gunpowder packed in the chamber would be exploded to blow an opening in the fort parapet and allow Patriot troops to charge inside.
Kosciuszko's mine was not used, however, because the siege ended before the tunnel was finished. — Map (db m11243) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Patriot Force Arrives |
| | On May 22, 1781, a Patriot army, commanded by Major General Nathanael Greene, marched down Island Ford Road and began the siege of Ninety Six. Greene's army consisted of 984 men from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and North Carolina and was later joined by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee's Virginia Legion and South Carolina militia.
Loyalist militia from New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger and numbering about 550 men, garrisoned the . . . — Map (db m11175) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Rifle Tower |
| | As the Patriots moved within musket range of the Star Fort, British marksmen subjected them to intense fire. A number of Americans were killed or wounded.
To counter this hazardous fire, Greene ordered the construction of a rifle tower. On June 13, under cover of darkness, the Americans worked feverishly to build a log tower about thirty feet high. At daybreak on June 14, Greene stationed riflemen on the tower who could now fire over the fort wall at men inside. The American rifle fire was . . . — Map (db m11242) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Second Parallel |
| | At the onset of the siege, Greene had violated the customary etiquette of war by failing to request an immediate surrender. On June 3, with the completion of the second parallel, Greene sent Colonel Otho Holland Williams "with a flag of truce" to demand the garrison's surrender.
Williams insisted that the Loyalist position was hopeless and urged Cruger to avoid further casualties. Since British losses numbered only one officer and eight privates killed, Cruger's situation was far from . . . — Map (db m11229) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Star Fort |
| | The Star Fort was a regular earthen fortification laid out in the shape of an eight pointed star. One point was replaced by a communications trench, or covered way, which connected the fort with the town stockade. The fort was surrounded by a deep ditch with an abatis placed on a line about 30 yards away.
The Star Fort was build to protect the eastern flank of the town and to control the approach along Island Ford Road.
During the siege, the fort was the major objective of the . . . — Map (db m11265) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Stockade Fort |
| | The British built this "stockade fort on the right" in 1781 on property owned by James Holmes, a Loyalist, to protect the garrison's water supply.
An irregular fortification built around a barn and several out buildings, the stockade was surrounded by a ditch and abatis, and was linked to the town by a communications trench.
When he arrived from Augusta, Georgia, in June 1781, Lt. Col. Henry Lee assumed command of the Patriot attack against the Stockade Fort. In the final American . . . — Map (db m11345) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Town of Ninety Six |
| | The village of Ninety Six developed about 1772 when a courthouse and jail were built to serve the westernmost judicial district of the province. Judges rode circuit and held court at Ninety Six twice each year. Trials typically involved horse-stealing, "uttering counterfeit money," and "keeping disorderly Tippling houses."
In 1780, a Loyalist officer, Anthony Allaire, described Ninety Six: "It is a village or country town -- contains about twelve dwelling houses, a court-house and a . . . — Map (db m11304) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ninety Six — The Well |
| | By June 12, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee's Virginia Legion was able to fire directly into the ravine where the British garrison's water supply was located. In the intense June heat, the lack of water caused great suffering among the soldiers and civilian refugees alike.
Although Cruger set his men to digging a well inside the fort which reached a depth of 25 feet, they failed to find water. Until the siege ended in June 19, water was brought into the fort at night by naked slaves who . . . — Map (db m11293) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Troy — 24-2 — Long Cane Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church |
| | 4.5 miles northwest is Long Cane Church. Organized in 1771 as Associate Presbyterian, with the Rev. William Ronaldson as first stated supply. It united with Cedar Springs, March 7, 1786, under Dr. Thos. Clark; withdrew Sept. 15, 1808; part of congregation under the Presbyterian Church, 1818-1819; all reunited with Cedar Spring, Feb 28, 1828; withdrew, Jan. 18, 1892. The present building was dedicated, July 20, 1856. — Map (db m9719) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Troy — 24-1 — Long Canes Massacre |
| | Three miles west is the site of an attack by Cherokee Indians upon settlers of Long Canes in the Cherokee war of 1759-1761. There on February 1, 1760, about 150 settlers, refugeeing to Augusta, were overtaken by 100 Cherokee warriors. Twenty-three victims left on the scene of action are there buried in one grave. — Map (db m9433) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Troy — 24-9 — Patrick H. Bradley 1813–1887 |
| | His efforts brought R.R. through this town which bears his name. He was Brig. Gen. State Militia, Captain in Confederate War, Member of S.C. Legislature, Trustee of Erskine College and First President of the Augusta-Knoxville Railroad. He lived nearby and is buried in Cedar Springs Church yard. — Map (db m9436) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ware Shoals — Benjamin DeWitt Riegel 1878-1941 |
| | Beloved
Leader, Educator,
Industrialist
He Built for the Future — Map (db m15598) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ware Shoals — Irvin Pitts Park / Ware Shoals |
| | Irvin Pitts Park
Saluda River Natural Resources
Irvin Pitts Park is a corridor of land sandwiched between the Saluda River and a canal, which conducts water from the dam to the hydroelectric powerhouse that supplied electricity for Riegel textile mills and the village of Ware Shoals for most of the twentieth century.
In fact, the Saluda River was the natural resource that spawned the town of Ware Shoals.The dam, the mill and the town were born in the same year - 1902 - and . . . — Map (db m15616) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ware Shoals — Marion P. Carnell Bridge |
| | Honoring Greenwood County
native and lifelong
resident of Ware Shoals
for his dedicated public
service and contributions
to sound government
as a member
S.C. House of Representatives
1961 - 64 1967 - — Map (db m15604) |
| South Carolina (Greenwood County), Ware Shoals — The William T. Jones, III Bridge |
| | This man was born and reared on the land adjacent to and southwest of this bridge where his ancestors settled in the late 1750's. His forbears were very civic minded and patriotic and included many doctors and lawyers. Among them were a Senator, a Legislator, a Mayor, a Judge, a Sheriff, a Brigadier General, a Colonel, three Captains in State Militia and Confederate Army and one Captain in the American Revolution. This man has striven to uphold their legacy and owns several hundred acres of . . . — Map (db m11093) |
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