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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84Y_first-term-of-court_Edgefield-SC.html
First Term of Court Held in thisBuilding Spring Term 1839John S. Richardson - Presiding JudgeGeorge Pope - Clerk of CourtW.H. Moss - SheriffJames J. Caldwell - SolicitorA.B. AddisonChairman Public Buildings
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84X_religion-education_Edgefield-SC.html
Religion has played an important part in the lives of the people of Edgefield County. In the 1760's, the great evangelist Daniel Marshall, came to this area and established Big Stevens Creek and Horn's Creek Churches. In 1826 Edgefield Baptists, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84V_industrial-history_Edgefield-SC.html
About 1810, Dr. Abner Landrum developed Edgefield's first major industry, a pottery factory at "Pottersville." The most famous potter in Edgefield's history was an African American slave named "Dave."
In the 1820's, Henry Schultz, a native of H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84Q_agricultural-history_Edgefield-SC.html
In the 18th century, Edgefield County had largely a subsistence economy in which the settlers consumed what they raised. Beginning around 1800, following the invention of the cotton gin, planters began to grow cotton, which became an extremely pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84M_edgefield-county_Edgefield-SC.html
Present-day Edgefield County was first settled in the 1750's, then a portion of a vast unsettled region of virgin forests, abundant wildlife and Indian tribes. From the time of the first settlements through the period of the American Revolution, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83W_the-name-edgefield_Edgefield-SC.html
The origin of the name "Edgefield" is shrouded in mystery. There are six principle theories as to how the name may have come to be applied to this county and town:
(1) Robert Mills, in his 1826 Statistics of South Carolina, said that the distri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83Q_political-heritage_Edgefield-SC.html
Beginning early in the 19th century, Edgefield developed a strong tradition of political leadership, contributing ten South Carolina governors, five lieutenant governors, and seven United States Senators. Many of these leaders practiced law; other…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83P_a-history-of-violence_Edgefield-SC.html
From its earliest history, Edgefield developed a reputation for violence. The bloody fighting of the Cherokee War of 1760 was followed by years of lawlessness and retribution during the Regulator period. period. During the American Revolution this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM82S_turners-country-store_Edgefield-SC.html
In the antebellum period this site was occupied by a store owned by Marshall Frazier, a prosperous Edgefield planter, and until the end of the 19th century, this location was known as "Frazier's Corner."
The present building was built by J.M. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM82O_israel-mukashy-building_Edgefield-SC.html
Prior to the fire of 1881, this was the site of the store and barroom of A.A. Clisby (1848-1916) where the infamous Booth-Toney Shootout of 1878 occurred. (See the that marker for further information.) The present building was built in 1891 by Jam…