Near Tamassee in Oconee County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cheowee Town

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

1. Cheowee Town Marker (Front)

Inscription.
(front)
Cheowee Town, sometimes spelled “Chehohee,” and meaning “otter place,” was one of several Cherokee “Lower Towns” in what is now S.C. Located on the headwaters of Little River, it predated European contact and was considered a significant town when the British took a census of the Lower Towns in 1721. Leaders representing Cheowee signed treaties with S.C. in 1734 and again in 1751. (Continued on other side) (back) (Continued on other side) Conflict with the Creeks, and the threat of an attack on Cheowee, led most residents to abandon the town in 1751. A band of Creeks looted it the next year. The Cherokees later returned and resettled the town. In 1776, after the Cherokees sided with the British during the American Revolution, Maj. Andrew Williamson’s S.C. militia burned Cheowee and the other Lower Towns in S.C

Erected 2014 by Oconee County Arts and Historical Commission. (Marker Number 37-21.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1721.

Location. 34° 54.85′ N, 83° 3.631′ W.

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Marker is near Tamassee, South Carolina, in Oconee County. It is on Robin Way 0.1 miles west of Cherokee Lake Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 419 Robin Way, Tamassee SC 29686, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s and pstate,

in the Foothills, in the Golden Corner. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tamassee Town (approx. 2.3 miles away); Tamassee DAR School (approx. 3.1 miles away); Josephine C. Peters — West Virginia Cottage (approx. 3.2 miles away); Texas Friendship Cottage (approx.

Cheowee Town Marker (Back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

2. Cheowee Town Marker (Back)

3.2 miles away); Indian Trail and Thong Tree (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different marker also named Tamassee DAR School (approx. 3.2 miles away); May Erwin Talmadge Auditorium/Gymnasium (approx. 3.2 miles away); In Memory of George R. Ryder (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tamassee.

Cheowee Town Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

3. Cheowee Town Marker

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

4. Cheowee Town Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 891 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 20, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.