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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ET_reidville-public-school_Woodruff-SC.html
Built in 1948 on the site of Reidville Female College (operated 1871-1910), one of two private schools founded in 1857 by Rev. Robert Harden Reid and located on lands given by James N. Gaston, James Wakefield, and Anthony Wakefield. Reidville Male…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EO_nazareth-church-stone-marker_Moore-SC.html
In 1765 Narareth's first meeting house was built on this site. Made of logs cut from surrounding forest, pulpit of clapboard, seats of crude wooden plank, without backs and dirt floor.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6DU_nazareth-church_Moore-SC.html
This Presbyterian Church, located about .4 miles SE, was organized soon after 1766 by Scotch-Irish who settled the area. From Revolutionary War days the congregation has been influential in religious, educational, and civic affairs of Spartanburg …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6DT_walnut-grove-plantation_Roebuck-SC.html
Charles and Mary Moore built the Manor House in 1765 1½ miles SE on land granted by George III in 1763. They founded Rocky Spring Academy (1770-1850) the first in Spartanburg County. In a raid in 1780 "Bloody" Bill Cunningham, a Tory, murdere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6DS_kate-barry_Roebuck-SC.html
1½ miles SE is Walnut Grove, home of Margaret Catherine Moore Barry (1752-1823). Local tradition says she was known as "Kate Barry" and acted as a scout for the Patriots before the Battle of Cowpens, Jan. 17, 1781. With her parents, and her h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6D8_calvary-church-glenn-springs_Spartanburg-SC.html
Calvary ChurchThe Reverend John D. McCullough was the first rector of this Episcopal Church, which was established in 1848. The original building, consecrated in 1850, stood at the cemetery about 1/2 mile to the north. The congregation's present h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CS_dexter-edgar-converse_Spartanburg-SC.html
[Front Inscription]:Founder of this CollegeBorn in Swanton, VermontApril 21, 1829Died in Spartanburg, South CarolinaOctober 4, 1899[Reverse Inscription]:"Oh, it is great — and thereis no other greatness — to makeone nook of God's creat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CQ_daniel-morgan-avenue_Spartanburg-SC.html
This street is named for General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802). Revolutionary war leader whose victory at Cowpens on January 17, 1781, was one of the significant events of that war. Daniel Morgan served as a wagoner on Gen. Braddock's expedition in 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CH_hampton-heights-historic-district_Spartanburg-SC.html
Located one block west, this historic district was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 because of its historical and architectural significance as an example of an intact early twentieth-century neighborhood. A number of po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6CF_boiling-springs-south-carolina_Boiling-Springs-SC.html
This bubbling spring gave the community of Boiling Springs its name. Earliest records indicate settlement in the area began around this site in the mid-1700s. Prior to that trappers stopped here as they traveled the Piedmont en route from the moun…
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