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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHB_the-ccc-in-york-county-tom-johnston-camp-scs-10-ccc_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The CCC in York CountyOne of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), created in 1933. It gave many young men and World War veterans jobs planting trees, fighting forest fires and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHA_ebenezer_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893. Dr. W.B. Fewell was the first intendant, and the first wardens were J.W. Avery, A.A. Barron, S.A. Fewell, and J.B. Neely. The post office here from 1890-1911 was called Old Point. Earlier post offices…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA9_hucks-defeat_McConnells-SC.html
On July 12, 1780, at Williamson's Plantation about one-fifth of a mile east from here, Loyalist forces under Capt. Christian Huck were defeated by American forces led by Cols. William Bratton, William Hill, Edward Lacey, Richard Winn, as well as C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA8_mcconnells_McConnells-SC.html
After the Kings Mountain Railroad was completed in 1852, the McConnellsville Post Office was established here in 1854. The town, named for the McConnell family, was incorporated in 1906. The first intendant was J.T. Crawford; wardens were J.F. Ash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA7_laceys-fort_Sharon-SC.html
[Marker Front]Col. Edward Lacey (1742-1813), prominent officer in the American Revolution in the S.C. backcountry, occupied this hill west of Turkey Creek in the late summer of 1780. Lacey, who commanded S.C. militiamen in the battles of Rocky Mou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA6_bullock-creek-presbyterian-church_Sharon-SC.html
Under leadership of Dr. Joseph Alexander, pastor 1774-1801, this church, organized in 1769, was a Whig stronghold during the Revolution.
Three hundred yards west is the site of one of the earliest academies in upper South Carolina, established …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA4_dickey-sherer-house_Sharon-SC.html
[Front]:A two-story log house built ca. 1771 for John Dickey (1703-1789) stood about 100 yds. NE until 1988, when it was moved to Kings Mountain State Park. Dickey, a native of Ireland, emigrated to Virginia with his wife Martha McNeely Dickey in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA3_town-of-sharon-stone-marker_Sharon-SC.html
According to tradition, after the Battle of Kings Mountain, troops led by Colonel Edward Lacey retired to the high hills of Bullock's Creek. In 1876 York historian Rev. Robert Lathan fixed that location to be north of Scott's Mill, about five mile…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA2_town-of-sharon-sharon_Sharon-SC.html
Town of SharonJohn L. Rainey, owner of large tracts of land on which Sharon was established, conveyed land to the Presbyterian church in 1889 and 1898, the Methodists in 1897, and the Methodist Episcopal Zion church in 1904. The First National Ban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGA0_first-national-bank-of-sharon_Sharon-SC.html
[Front]:This bank, built in 1909-10 by W.W. Blair, was the first bank in the town of Sharon, incorporated in 1889. Its first officers were J.H. Saye, president; J.L. Rainey, vice president; and A.M. Haddon, cashier. From 1910 to 1929 the U.S. Bure…