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Encamped at Cheraw Hills in the summer of 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. The Fraser Highlanders were recruited in Scotland in 1775 by their Clan Chief Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat, to serve in the army of King George III. They fou…
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(Front):Erected by Ladies Memorial AssociationTo the memoryof our Heroic Deadwho fell at Cherawduring the War1864 - 1865. (Left Side):Fallen but not dead!"They have crossed over the riverAnd they rest in the shade of the trees." (Right Side…
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Front Francis Asbury (1745-1816), pioneer bishop of American Methodism, came to Cheraw in 1785, on his first visit to S.C. Asbury had just been ordained a general superintendent at the first General Conference in Baltimore on December 27, 1784. He…
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Captain Mose Rogers Died Nov. 11, 1821 Commander S.S. SavannahFirst Steam Ship To Cross the Atlantic Crossed in 1819
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North CarolinaColonized, 1585-87, by first English settlers in America; permanently settled c. 1650; first to vote readiness for independence, Apr. 12, 1776 South CarolinaFormed in 1712 from part of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663, it was…
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[Front]:John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born in a house on this site on Oct. 21, 1917. His family lived here until they moved to Philadelphia in 1935. A founder of modern jazz, Gillespie was an innovative trumpeter and bandleader known for his be…
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[Front]This church, formally organized in 1867, had its origins in Cheraw Baptist Church, founded in 1837. Shortly after the Civil War 285 black members there received permission to organize a separate church. Rev. Wisdom London, the first pastor …
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St. David's, authorized by the General Assembly in 1768, was the last parish established in colonial S.C. Said to be buried in its churchyard are soldiers of British forces occupying the Cheraws in 1780. The steeple and vestibule of this Episcopal…
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Cash HomesiteAbout 100 yards east of here was the home of General Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash, widely known for his 1880 duel with challenger Colonel William M. Shannon, whom he killed. Subsequently, all officers of the state and members of the b…
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Organized in 1881, this Negro Presbyterian (USA) school was founded by the Rev. J.P. Crawford with support from Mrs. C.E. Coulter from whom it received its name. The Rev. G.W. Long was academy president from 1908 until 1943, and Coulter offered ju…
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