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Andrew Pickens
The county and its county seat are both named in honor of General Andrew Pickens, hero of the American Revolution, state legislator and Congressman. The Pickens family arrived in the Carolina backcountry in the mid-18th . . . — — Map (db m13205) HM
Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) Pickens County and its county seat are both named in honor of General Andrew Pickens, hero of the American Revolution, state legislator, and U.S. Congressman. The Pickens family arrived in the Carolina backcountry . . . — — Map (db m185616) HM
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Capt. Samuel Earle (1760-1833), an officer during the American Revolution, state representative, and U.S. representative, lived at nearby Beaverdam Plantation. He also furnished land for the town of Andersonville, once 12 mi. . . . — — Map (db m34563) HM
On February 4, 1938, Mrs. Ploma M. Adams, owner of this farm, assisted by the Upper Savannah Soil Conservation District, initiated the first Farm-Conservation Plan of any district in America. — — Map (db m26287) HM
Henry Craig was the body servant of John Craig and served with him during the War Between the States. John was a member of Company A, First South Carolina Rifles, Orr's Regiment, from 1861 until he was wounded at Gravely Hill, Virginia on August . . . — — Map (db m55172) HM
Memorial
Gateway
1860-1865
Dedicated to the
men of the Confederacy
who gallantly
defended the southland
during the
War Between the States. — — Map (db m13957) HM
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Oconee County Training School, which educated the African American children of this county from 1925 to 1955, was the successor of the Seneca Colored Graded School. This school, also known as OCTS, was founded in 1925 with Rev. . . . — — Map (db m13979) HM
Old Pickens Church
A Presbyterian congregation was probably organized in the 1840s. It is impossible to fix an exact date because the church records were destroyed in a fire around the turn of the 20th century. Construction on the church . . . — — Map (db m13179) HM
Old Pickens Presbyterian Church A Presbyterian congregation was probably organized in the 1840's. It is impossible to fix the exact date because the church records were destroyed in a fire around the turn of the 20th century. Construction on . . . — — Map (db m185418) HM
Built in 1850
A church/meeting house for early immigrants
of Scotch-Irish and English descent
who settled in the area.
Presented by
Col. John Robins Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century
in honor of . . . — — Map (db m185419) HM
A church/meeting house for early immigrants
of Scotch-Irish and English descent
who settled in the area.
Presented by
Col. John Robins Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century
In Honor of
Mrs. Kay Patricia Hunt Alford . . . — — Map (db m121930) HM
Founded August 14, 1873, as
"Seneca City," and chartered on
March 14, 1874, the town of
Seneca was named for an Indian
village on the Seneca River.
Its location was determined by
the junction of the Blue Ridge
Railroad and the . . . — — Map (db m13969) HM
This site, lot No. 126, was the first sold at auction by J.J. Norton and A.W. Thompson, August 14, 1873 when 14 lots sold and Seneca City was founded. Purchased by John M. Dumas, who was named the first Postmaster on April 15, 1873.
Site of: . . . — — Map (db m46925) HM
Marker Front:
Seneca Institute
The Seneca Institute (later Seneca Junior College) educated African American children of this region from 1899 to 1939. It was founded and sponsored by the Seneca River Baptist Association, which in 1898 . . . — — Map (db m27333) HM
