Chattooga Town

Chattooga Town (HMDTK)

Location: Mountain Rest, SC 29664 Oconee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 53.795', W 83° 10.324'

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Chattooga was one of the Cherokee "Lower Towns" in what is now S.C. during the 17Th and early 18Th centuries and was a short distance north in the Chattooga River bottom. Chattooga Town, in a remote location in the backcountry, was the smallest of the Lower Towns in 1721 when it appeared as "Chattoogie," with only 90 inhabitants, in that year's British census of Cherokee towns.

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Chattooga Town was on a main trading path that crossed the Chattooga River and connected Lower Towns in what is now S.C. to those in what are now Ga. and N.C. Historical and archaeological research shows that the town was largely abandoned by 1740; accounts of expeditions to this area in 1760-61 do not mention it. Walter Adair, the last Cherokee to live here, sold his land in 1816.
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HM NumberHMDTK
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Marker Number37 16
Year Placed2007
Placed ByBy the USDA Forest Service, Sumter National Forest
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 6:13pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 301529 N 3863727
Decimal Degrees34.89658333, -83.17206667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 53.795', W 83° 10.324'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 53' 47.70" N, 83° 10' 19.44" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1000-1098 Highlands Hwy, Mountain Rest SC 29664, US
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