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George Galphin became a highly respected trader among the Lower Creek tribes in the Georgia and South Carolina region within a few years of arriving in America. Adair praised his skill in negotiating with the Creek to stay neutral during the French and Indian Wars (1760–1761). [3] Eventually he came to own the Silver Bluff trading post. In ...
In addition to its ten governors of South Carolina listed below, Edgefield County was the home of numerous local notables: George Galphin (1709–1780);Samuel Hammond (1757–1842); Parson Mason Locke Weems (1759–1825); Rebecca "Becky" Cotton (1765–1807); Billy Porter (aka “Billy the Fiddler”), a slave (1771–1821); Rev. William ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of South Carolina that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
Edgefield is located slightly east of the center of Edgefield County at (33.7868, -81.9278 U.S. Route 25 passes through the southwest part of the town, bypassing the center, and leads north 33 miles (53 km) to Greenwood and south 26 miles (42 km) to Augusta, Georgia.
Location of Edgefield County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Edgefield County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States.
Both sides of U.S. 25 through town of Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina Coordinates 33°49′58″N 81°48′04″W / 33.83278°N 81.80111°W / 33.83278; -81
McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his SUV plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon -- just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers resigned.
Others have South Carolina historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference. These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.