On U.S. 221 south of Griffin Street, on the right when traveling south.
(Front)
Bradley Civilian Conservation Corps Camp F-7, opened in Nov. 1934, was the first CCC Camp on the Long Cane Ranger District. CCC Company 1449, which was stationed here, worked for the USDA Forest Service on conservation projects from . . . — — Map (db m238604) HM
On Cedar Springs Road, on the right when traveling east.
[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 . . . — — Map (db m7184) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11378) HM
On U.S. 221 at Callison Road (South Carolina Highway 24-48), on the left when traveling north on U.S. 221.
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 . . . — — Map (db m36941) HM
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) HM
Near North Hospital Street north of Brewer Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
(Front)
This house, originally 14 mi. SE on U.S. Hwy. 178 in the Epworth community, was the birthplace of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984), Baptist minister, college president, author, and civil rights pioneer. Mays was the eighth child of Hezekiah . . . — — Map (db m238587) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m16422) HM
Near North Hospital Street north of Brewer Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Aug 1, 1894 - Mar 28, 1984
A Son of Former Slaves
Born and Reared in Greenwood's Epworth Community
President of Morehouse College, 1940-1967
Mentor and Eulogist for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Advisor to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and . . . — — Map (db m238594) HM
On East Cambridge Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
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 . . . — — Map (db m11631) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m16531) HM
On Christian Road (Old State Highway 72) at Laurens Highway (State Highway 221), on the right when traveling south on Christian Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m11117) HM
Near North Hospital Street north of Brewer Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The youngest of eight children and born to parents who were both ex-slaves, Dr. Benjamin Mays went on to become a distinguished minister, educator, scholar, social activist, advisor to three presidents, mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and . . . — — Map (db m238602) HM
On Monument Street, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m16333) HM
On Main Street North, on the left when traveling west.
First:
In memorial to Daniel W. Urquhart WWII Navy Veteran Original Crew member of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV31) Organizer and life member of Greenwood DAV Chapter 42 Organizer Newberry DAV chapter 60 Vice Commander District 3 CFW Chapter 8131 . . . — — Map (db m104012) WM
On Monument Street at Park Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Monument Street.
Dedicated
to All Veterans
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To the gallant men and
women who served our
country with honor during
peacetime and war
We Shall Not Forget — — Map (db m16330) HM
On West Cambridge Avenue (South Carolina Route 72) at Calhoun Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Cambridge Avenue.
Joseph W. Butler James A. Lyda
Charles B. Harris Manning Holsonback
Travis E. Gambrell Jesse C. Motes
Dallas N. Yeargin Fred G. Lyda
Grady H. Canup William B. Sizemore
William H. Walters
Erected by the employees and management of . . . — — Map (db m238575) WM
On South Emerald Road (State Highway 24-100) at North Emerald Road (State Highway 24-236), on the right when traveling north on South Emerald Road. Reported missing.
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 . . . — — Map (db m73346) HM
On Callison Highway, 1.6 miles south of U.S. 25, on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m11369) HM
On State Highway 10 at State Highway 225, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 10.
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 . . . — — Map (db m16425) HM
Near North Hospital Street north of Brewer Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, white mobs lynched over 6,500 Black people across the U.S. Following the Civil War, white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for Black Americans and sought to uphold an ideology of white . . . — — Map (db m238729) HM
On Oak Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Oak Street.
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. . . . — — Map (db m16345) HM
On Main Street at Riley Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
On this spot December 9, 1921
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Supreme Commander
of the Allied Armies in 1918
expressed to the
people of South Carolina
his appreciation and that of France
for the aid by which the enemy
was checked and . . . — — Map (db m70120) HM
On Columbia Avenue at South Carolina Highway 178, on the left when traveling east on Columbia Avenue.
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 . . . — — Map (db m16328) WM
On Long Street at West Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Long Street.
Sponsored by
the Greenwood Beautification
Commission with contributions
from individual, businesses,
civic groups and city funds
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Dedicated September 18, 1864
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Beautification Commission
Mrs. George A. Byrd, . . . — — Map (db m19456) HM
On Reynolds Street (U.S. 221) at Rock Church Road, on the left when traveling north on Reynolds Street.
[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 . . . — — Map (db m11115) HM
On Oak Avenue at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Oak Avenue.
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 . . . — — Map (db m80435) HM
On Monument Street at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Monument Street.
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) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m80436) WM
[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 . . . — — Map (db m9692) HM
On Cokesbury Road (State Highway 254), on the right when traveling south.
Park's: America's Most Trusted Gardening Resource
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 . . . — — Map (db m11628) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11094) HM
On Cokesbury Road (State Highway 254), on the left when traveling east.
[Original Marker]
Site of Old Tabernacle Methodist Church. Buried here are Confederate Generals Martin Witherspoon Gary, Nathan George Evans and other Confederate officers and soldiers.
[Second Marker]
1000 feet east is . . . — — Map (db m11095) HM
You are standing in a partial reconstruction of the Stockade Fort as it appeared in 1781. Archaeologists have identified remnants -- see the outlines -- of log buildings that existed here. An elevated firing step, called a banquette, was located . . . — — Map (db m11345) HM
On State Highway 248 north of Louden Road, on the right when traveling north.
An unusual name for a place! But there is a logical reason, of course. Notice on the map the location of the frontier Indian trails that later became roads. This place was chosen for a trading post because it was a convenient campground along the . . . — — Map (db m99686) HM
"Not a man could shew his head but what he was immediately shot down."
General Nathanael Green
Approach trenches, called saps, connected one parallel to the next. These angled ditches allowed troops to move toward the fort without . . . — — Map (db m125699) HM
The Cherokee referred to themselves as
Tsalagi or Aniywiyai which means the
"Principal People". Cherokee used the
area around Ninety Six as a hunting
ground, where they hunted deer,
turkey and even buffalo. — — Map (db m48494) HM
The trench that ran here, from the fort to the stockaded town, was not actually covered, but was used for cover. It was the route for official couriers, Loyalist relief troops, and slaves who risked Patriot fire to bring water from . . . — — Map (db m125703) HM
Robert Gouedy established a trading post on this site in 1753. He supplied cloth, tools, gunpowder, lead, and rum to the soldiers, Indians, slaves, and settlers who passed through Ninety Six on the way to or from Charleston and the Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m33594) HM
Once dense forest, this area was gradually cleared by people. Fire, storms, and the introduction of non-native plants and animal species also contributed to changing the landscape. If you lived here in the 1700s, you would have seen these woods . . . — — Map (db m32790) HM
After several days of digging an approach trench to get to this point, a first parallel was established. In siege warfare a series of trenches that face the enemy's defenses are called parallels. The first parallel established a secure position . . . — — Map (db m11179) HM
The Gouedy trail is a 1.5-mile nature path that takes you through the woods and into a lesser known for historically significant part of the park. This route passes the presumed location of Robert Gouedy's trading post, established in 1751, and . . . — — Map (db m33537) HM
On Saluda Street (State Highway 248) south of Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Left Column:
Raymond H. Barnett, Milton Capps, Robert E. Chaney, George W. Chapman, Lewis F. Ferguson, J. Leonard Goldman
Right Column:
J. Jennings Jamison, R. Fielding Jones, Morris T. Matthews, Lewis O. McIntosh, William . . . — — Map (db m35026) HM
The earliest roads in Ninety Six were Indian trails, used for travel by foot and horse and for hunting. White settlers followed these trails to explore the countryside, trade, and eventually, to settle. As the stream of settlers into the region . . . — — Map (db m11159) HM
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
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Erected by . . . — — Map (db m11314) HM
On East Scotch Cross Road (County Route 131) 0.1 miles north of Pembroke Road, on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m11332) HM
A Lake is Formed
The Great Depression of the 1930s altered the economy and landscape of Greenwood County. Farmers were impoverished, land values declined, and local textile mills struggled to survive. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New . . . — — Map (db m30443) HM
The Ninety Six jail stood on this site and the courthouse was about 100 yards from it, near the Charleston Road. After the Revolutionary War, the jail fell into disrepair and its bricks were reused for other purposes. But from 1772, when it was . . . — — Map (db m125704) HM
Andrew Logan built this house in the late 1700s. The house was the first home built in the nearby town of Greenwood, SC and was actually found hidden in the core of an old house. It was moved here in 1968 where it was put under the protection of . . . — — Map (db m30719) HM
Built by Andrew Logan in the late 1700s, this well preserved example of a log house of that time was discovered in nearby Greenwood. The historic stricture has been hidden under siding and obscured by alterations from a much later period. . . . — — Map (db m30731) HM
On Saluda Street (State Highway 246) south of Cross Avenue.
WT 52 Tons
Main Gun 105 MM
Produced 1956-1987
This tank was acquired from the SC ARNG
with the help of Sgt. Charles A. Price.
This marker was dedicated by
VFW Post #8131
Star Fort Post 103
Ninety Six American Legion
This model . . . — — Map (db m35021) HM
(A part-time soldier who was not part of a standing army.)
During both battles at Ninety Six,
citizens took part. These men were not
trained regular soldiers. After the battles
ended, they returned back to their homes
and . . . — — Map (db m48559) HM
This stone honors James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian to lose his life for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Birmingham, a member of the Long Cane Militia, received his fatal wound from a Loyalist musket ball. He fought under the . . . — — Map (db m11312) HM
On State Park Road at Ware Street / Woodland Way (South Carolina Highway 702), on the right when traveling north on State Park Road.
Rock walls communicate that a place is important and worth of protection -- a sanctuary. In the 1940s, Civilian conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees were using the boulders scattered before you to erect a rock wall guarding Lake Greenwood State . . . — — Map (db m30424) HM
The convergence of roads at Ninety Six ensured its success as a hub of commerce, center for law and order, and haven for settlers in colonial times. In 1775 the village had a dozen dwellings, a jail, and, most importantly, a courthouse, making it . . . — — Map (db m11304) HM
On Ninety Six Highway (State Highway 34) 0.1 miles west of Cambridge Street N, on the right when traveling east.
Front
The Ninety Six Colored School, built nearby between 1927 and 1953, was a combined elementary and high school through the 1951-52 school year and an elementary school through the 1955-56 school year. It was a six-room frame . . . — — Map (db m83914) HM
Near South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) 1.2 miles south of Johnston Road (State Highway S-24-72), on the left when traveling south.
Ninety Six played a significant role in the struggle for American independence from British rule. It was the site of the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War, in 1775, and the scene of its longest field siege, in 1781. Early in the . . . — — Map (db m95759) HM
On South Cambridge Road (State Highway 248) at County Route 225, on the right when traveling south on South Cambridge Road.
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in the backcountry of South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m30565) HM
On State Highway 27, on the right when traveling south.
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in the backcountry of South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m35098) HM
Near South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) 0.1 miles north of Louden Road, on the left when traveling south.
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in the backcountry of South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m125710) HM
On South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) at County Route 225 on South Cambridge Street.
Ninety Six National Historic Site
A Brief History of Ninety Six National Historic Site
The Ninety Six National Historic Site is an area of unique historical and archaeological significance. In the late 1700s traders gave the town its . . . — — Map (db m11129) HM
On Highway 246 South (State Highway 246), on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m11465) HM
General Nathanael Greene had about
1,000 Patriot troops from Maryland,
Delaware, and Virginia. The average
height of an adult during the
Revolutionary War was 5 feet 5 inches.
See how you stand up to this Patriot
while standing in the . . . — — Map (db m48534) HM
On Main Street West at Cambridge Street (South Carolina Highway 248), on the right when traveling south on Main Street West.
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 . . . — — Map (db m215256) HM
By June 3, the sappers had finished the approach trench and established a second parallel. Now that he was in position to attack Cruger's stronghold, Greene, in keeping with the etiquette of siege warfare, made a formal demand for the Loyalists' . . . — — Map (db m11229) HM
Near South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248). Reported missing.
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 . . . — — Map (db m11346) HM
On Siloam Church Road (State Highway S-24-29) 0.3 miles west of State Highway 246, on the right when traveling west.
This church was organized in 1799 by Rev. John Waller, Rev. David Lilly, William Chiles, and Meshec Overby, with 32 charter members. Waller, its first minister, served until his death in 1802. Other notable pastors included Revs. John Broadus, . . . — — Map (db m27322) HM
On Main Street West at Cambridge Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street West.
(front)
This depot, built for the Southern Railway in 1915, is an outstanding example of an early-20th century combination passenger and freight depot. A settlement called Ninety Six predates the Revolution, but the modern town grew up . . . — — Map (db m203531) HM
A plentiful water source was essential for the colonial residents of Ninety Six and for both Patriot and Loyalist troops garrisoned here during the Revolutionary War. The water surely flowed more freely in colonial times. During the sweltering . . . — — Map (db m125706) HM
You are standing at the site of the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War. The men fighting here were all Americans. The Loyalists supported British rule; the Patriots wanted independence from the Crown.
The location of Ninety . . . — — Map (db m11308) HM
Once a parallel was dug, troops could move artillery forward and place cannon in position to batter the enemy garrison. Greene's six-pounders (guns firing six pound cannon balls) were placed here on platforms that sat on earthen fortifications . . . — — Map (db m125698) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11249) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11183) HM
Having established the third parallel and dug a mine, the Patriot troops were exhausted. Promised reinforcements from the Virginia militia failed to arrive. A frustrated Greene wrote to Congress: "...our poor Fellows are worne out with fatigue, . . . — — Map (db m33029) HM
On South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) at County Route 225, on the right when traveling south on South Cambridge Street.
After the Revolution, the American government confiscated land that belonged to prominent Loyalists. You are standing on such a tract, and it became the site of a new town of Ninety Six in 1783. The old town, near the Star Fort -- never rebounded . . . — — Map (db m125707) HM
"We shall be in the ditch of the enemies works by tomorrow night or early morning; and the powder is wanting to blow up the works. I beg you will send the powder the moment this reaches you."
General Nathanael Greene to General Andrew . . . — — Map (db m125702) HM
After a series of disastrous defeats in South Carolina, George Washington, head of the Continental Army, took action. He named General Nathanael Greene to command Patriot forces in the South in December 1780. Greene drove into the backcountry . . . — — Map (db m11175) HM
"Our success is very doubtful."
General Nathanael Greene
May 23, 1781
General Greene entrusted Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko with the task of creating siegeworks -- a system of trenches -- that would allow his men to . . . — — Map (db m32831) HM
"Our success is very doubtful."
General Nathanael Greene
May 23, 1781
General Greene entrusted Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko with the task of creating siegeworks -- a system of trenches -- that would allow his men to . . . — — Map (db m32863) HM
In a single night -- June 13 -- a 30-foot tower made of interlocking logs was erected under Kosciuszko's supervision. From the wooden platform marksmen could aim down into the fort. The Loyalists responded to this threat by making the walls . . . — — Map (db m125701) HM
Near South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) 1.2 miles south of Johnston Road (State Highway S-24-72), on the left when traveling south.
In November 1775 — just months after American and British troops traded musket fire at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts — the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War was fought here in Ninety Six. Later, in 1781, the . . . — — Map (db m30623) HM
On assuming command of Ninety Six in 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Cruger set out to fortify the town in the event of a Patriot attack. The Star Fort was the center of his defense and today offers a rare view of original British military field . . . — — Map (db m11265) HM
Near State Highway 248 at Louden Road, on the right when traveling north.
The British built this “stockade fort on the right” in 1781 on property owned by James Holmes, a Loyalist, to protect the garrisons water supply.
An irregular fortification built around a barn and several out building, the . . . — — Map (db m99687) HM
Water was critical to the survival of the men confined to the Star Fort, but the town's only water source, Spring Branch, lay well beyond its walls and within range of Patriot fire. Cruger hoped to remedy this dire situation by digging a well . . . — — Map (db m11293) HM
Roads and paths allowed trade between
the Cherokee and early traders. In 1753
Robert Gouedy set up the first
permanent trading post at old Ninety Six.
Many road traces can still be seen today. — — Map (db m48532) HM
Near State Highway 248, 0.1 miles north of Louden Road, on the left when traveling south.
Follow the paved path to explore a colonial roadbed, Revolutionary War siegeworks and the original Star Fort, the site of the early town of Ninety Six, the reconstructed Stockade Fort of 1781, and the Logan Log House. The one-mile walk starts out in . . . — — Map (db m125696) HM
On State Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
About Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area
Lake Greenwood became a part of the South Carolina State Park System in April 1938. the land for the park was donated by Greenwood County. Originally the park consisted of 1,114 acres. Later the . . . — — Map (db m30441) HM
The quiet field before you was the site of the once-thriving 1700s town of Ninety Six. In 1781 it had about a dozen homes, a courthouse, and a jail. When Lieutenant Colonel Cruger arrived in 1780, he fortified it against attack. One visitor . . . — — Map (db m33468) HM
Near South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) 1.2 miles south of Johnston Road (State Highway S-24-72), on the left when traveling south.
The origin of Ninety Six's unusual numeric name remains a mystery. There are many theories. One plausible explanation is that English traders who passed through here in the 1700s estimated this location to be 96 miles from the Cherokee village of . . . — — Map (db m30703) HM
As many as 100 Loyalist families took
refuge in the town of Ninety Six during
the 1781 siege. They had to suffer the
same hardships and disease as the
Loyalist soldiers. After the battle many
families followed the British Army to . . . — — Map (db m48535) HM
