Saluda in Saluda County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Saluda Old Town Treaty, July 2, 1755
"I bring a little child that he might tell future generations what is now agreed to."
At Old Saluda Town, about ten miles north of here, July 2, 1755, Governor Glen obtained from Old Hop and other chiefs of the Cherokee Nation the cession of the territory embraced by the present counties of Spartanburg, Cherokee west of Broad River, Union, Newberry, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda and a part of Aiken.
Erected 1998 by Ralph H. Waldrop.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Native Americans • War, French and Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1755.
Location. 34° 0.102′ N, 81° 46.333′ W. Marker is in Saluda, South Carolina, in Saluda County. Marker is at the intersection of West Church Street (U.S. 378) and North Main Street (State Highway 39), on the left when traveling east on West Church Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 North Main Street, Saluda SC 29138, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Clock Donated to the Town of Saluda and Saluda County (within shouting distance of this marker); Pierce M. Butler / The Palmetto Regiment (within shouting distance of this marker); Travis / Bonham Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Saluda County Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); At Old Saluda Town... (about 300 feet away); Historic Saluda (about 400 feet away); Red Bank Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Colonel William Barrett Travis (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mr. Philemon B. Waters (approx. 0.4 miles away); Saluda County Stockyard and Livestock Market (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saluda.
Also see . . .
1. Saluda Old Town Site. This is an important site with a background of several significant occupations extending from prehistoric to historic times. (Submitted on December 26, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
2. Biography of Governor James Glen. American governor. Born in Linlithgow (West Lothian), Glen served for a time as an excise inspector before studying law at the university in Leiden. (Submitted on December 26, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
3. Kanagatucko. Kanagatucko, known in English as Old Hop, (the Cherokee translates as "Stalking Turkey"), was a Cherokee elder, serving briefly as the First Beloved Man of the Cherokee from 1753 until his death in 1760. (Submitted on December 26, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)
Additional commentary.
1. James Glenn
James Glen, it will be recollected, had been appointed Governor on the 23rd of December, 1738; but though frequent announcements were made in England that he was about to sail, but he did not actually arrive in the province until the 19th of December 1743. James Glen was born at Linleithgow, Scotland, in 1701, and was educated at the University of Leyden. In 1722 he inherited from his father two estates, Bonnington and Longcroft. He belonged to a set of young Scotchmen who held political office in London and in America. He himself was Inspector of Seigniories in Scotland, and retained that office for several years after his appointment to the governorship of South Carolina. The Gazette of the 21st thus announces his coming:
Last Saturday arrived here in the Tartar man-of-war, commanded by Captain Ward, his Excellency, James Glen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province and Vice Admiral of the same. Upon the signal of five guns being discharged from Fort Johnson, the Charlestown Regiment was drawn up under arms upon the Bay, extending in two lines facing one another from the Council Chamber and Gibb's wharf. His Excellency, in passing by Fort Johnson, was saluted by the guns of that fort; when the ship came before the town by the guns also at Granville's, Craven's, and Broughton's batteries. As soon as she came to anchor the Clerk of the Council and master in the Chancery, having been first sent on board to wait on his Excellency and to show him a proper place of landing, he was received by the Honorable Edward Atkin and Charles Pinckney, Esquires, as members of his Majesty's Council, who conducted his Excellency through the two lines of foot to the Council Chamber, to his Honor, the Lieutenant Governor, attended by the rest of the members of the Council then on the spot.
On the same day Governor Glen issued his proclamation, assuming administration of the government. Hewatt describes Governor glen as a man of considerable knowledge, courteous and polite, exceedingly fond of military parade and ostentation. He did not, however, bring with him to his office a reputation which would have favorably predisposed the province to his administration. Indeed, the "Traders of South Carolina," upon seeing the paragraph in the newspapers announcing his appointment, addressed the Duke of Newcastle a paper, intimating that they were afraid that he was wanting in ability and experience, and hoping that his Grave would not be guided by the mere recommendations of friends, but would fully investigate the merits and qualifications of a person before ratifying him in an appointment of so much importance. Governor Glen's appointment, as Hewatt says, was so far proper, as he possessed qualifications which rendered his government in the settled part of the province respectable, and the people living under it for several years happy and contented. Bus his conduct in regard to the Indians and the settlement of the upper part of the province, which during his administration was to become the chief executive business, has been severely criticised. indeed, Adair, a sufficiently intellectual though not altogether disinterested contemporary, Logan observes, does not hesitate to charge him with the deliberate sacrifice of the public interest to the promotion of his own private aggrandizement, but in what particulars is not stated. Governor Glen's administration is nevertheless indissolubly associated with the beginning of the era of prosperity to the province, and it was while he was Governor that a new chapter was opened in its history, its extent greatly enlarged, and another people added to its population. (Source: The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Government, 1719-1776 by Edward McCrady, pgs 250-251.)
— Submitted December 26, 2010, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.