South Carolina: Saluda County Historical Commission
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This site, approximately halfway between Augusta and Columbia, was the location of Jacob Odom's house, where George Washington spent the night of May 21, 1791, on his trip northward through South Carolina. His escort at this time consisted of Colonels Wade …
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At Chestnut Hill Baptist Churchis the grave of Lucinda Horn,Confederate War heroine, wife ofCornelius Horn and mother ofWilliam Horn, both members ofCompany K, 14th S.C. Volunteers.She accompanied her husband andson to the front and remainedwith McGowan's B…
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At Butler Church, about one mile west, is the burial plot of the Butler family. Among the graves are those of William Butler, captain in the American Revolution, United States congressman, and major general of S.C. militia; Andrew Pickens Butler, United Sta…
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Red Bank Baptist Church antedates the Town of Saluda by about a century. The congregation, which is said to have been founded in 1784, was incorporated by the state on December 18, 1802. According to tradition, the first church building was a log house. In …
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Pierce M. ButlerSix miles NE, in a family cemetery at Butler Church, is the grave of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, governor of South Carolina from 1836-1836. During his military career, he was a captain in the U.S. Army, a lt. colonel in the Seminole War, and w…