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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9Y_hickory-grove_Hickory-Grove-SC.html
(Front:) The land on which the town of Hickory Grove developed was granted to John McKenney in 1771 by George III of England. The Hickory Grove Post Office was in operation as early as 1831, and a free public school was located here by 1851. In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9X_town-of-smyrna_Smyrna-SC.html
This town was named for Smyrna Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, organized ca. 1842. An academy was established here by 1870, and in 1888 the Charleston, Cincinnati, and Chicago Railroad completed its line here. Four years later the post off…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9J_the-battle-of-hucks-defeat_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The information on the historical marker to the left[sic] is not accurate, The inscription on the back is an honorable tribute to Martha Bratton's bravery prior to the battle. Watt's tombstone, a reproduction, is in tribute to his significant p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9H_field-of-hucks-defeat_Rock-Hill-SC.html
[Front Marker]Where 75 Whigs led byColonel William Brattondefeated a British and Toryforce of 500 menJuly 12, 1780.On this date, Sept.30, 1953, there stands 200 feet to the north of this stone, the Revolutionary home of Col. William Bratton and hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9F_bratton-home_McConnells-SC.html
This structure, built by William Bratton about 1770, is one of the oldest in York County. The original log house was a two-story home. The timber frame wing at the back of the house was added later. The home was built on the Lincoln Road, sometime…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9D_backwoods-cabin_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The upper part of South Carolina was opened to settlement during the mid-1700s. Traveling down the Great Wagon Road from Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, settlers brought with them vast knowledge needed for life in the wilderness - how t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG99_brattonsville_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Here in the 1760's settled the brothers, William, Robert, and Hugh Bratton, who fought in the Revolutionary War. One-quarter mile east of here at James Williamson's was fought the Battle of Williamson's Plantation on July 12, 1780. The outnumbered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKG_kings-mountain-battlefild-trail_Blacksburg-SC.html
If you follow the trail to your left, you will circle the base of Kings Mountain, as gathering patriot forces did on the afternoon of October 7, 1780. The path climbs to a rock-strewn ridge line which was defended by more than 1,000 American loyal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKF_kings-mountain-battleground_Blacksburg-SC.html
Kings Mountain BattlegroundYork CountySouth Carolina
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKD_two-parks-one-mountain_Blacksburg-SC.html
Kings Mountain National Military ParkThe sacrifices and significance of what happened on this mountaintop echo loudly through two centuries of American history. Five times-in 1815, 1855, 1880, 1909, and 1930-great crowds of Americans from far and …
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