Anderson

Anderson, SC

(Front) Anderson was dubbed "The Electric City" in 1895 when William C. Whitner, an engineer and native of Anderson, built a...

Anderson, SC

Founded in 1888, Anderson Cotton Mills, later a division of Abney Mills, was the first textile plant established in the town of Anderson.

This plantation on the old road to Pickensville has been the home of several prominent S.C. families.

Founded in 1821, this is the boyhood church and burial place of Olin D. Johnston.

Pendleton, SC

Born Charleston, S.C. 1824.

Williamston, SC

One of the oldest congregations and the mother of several others in Anderson County, it was organized in 1788 by Elder Moses Holland who...

Honea Path, SC

Honea Path is the smallest town of the fourteen South Carolina communities with libraries funded by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.

Belton, SC

(Front) This house, built c. 1854 for railroad supervisor Charles C. Chamberlain, was among the first homes constructed in Belton.

Pendleton, SC

(Front) Confederate Brig. Gen. Clement H. Stevens (1821-1864) is buried nearby in the Bee family plot.

Williamston, SC

On May 1, 1865, cadets from the Arsenal Academy at Columbia, under Capt. John Peyre Thomas, who were enroute from Greenville to Newberry...

DEAN (Front) Dean is named for the Dean family, whose cemetery is located about a mile west.

Ebenezer Community, SC

(Front) This church, formally organized by about 1800, is thought to be the oldest Methodist congregation in Anderson County.

Pendleton, SC

Built 1826-1828/Home of Pendleton Farmers Society.

(Front) This church, the first Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation in what is now Anderson County, was organized about 1790...

Iva, SC

Oldest Presbyterian church in continuous existence in Anderson County.

(Front) This cemetery, dating from the early 19th century, is at the third site of Good Hope Presbyterian Church, founded in 1789.

Anderson, SC

(Front) This parish, organized in 1851 with the Rev. Benjamin Webb as its first vicar, grew out of occasional Episcopal services held in...

Belton, SC

GREENVILLE & COLUMBIA RR (Front) The Greenville & Columbia Railroad, founded in 1845, began construction in 1849.

This Baptist church, which was first located about 1.5 miles northwest, was constituted in 1803.

MOFFETTSVILLE (Front) At this site once stood the town of Moffettsville, originating with the establishment of Moffett's Mill Post Office...

Easley, SC

(Front) Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church was founded in 1791 as Brush Creek Church with 10 members.

NAZARETH ON THE BEAVERDAM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Front) This is the first known site of Townville Presbyterian Church, founded in this area...

Located 1.09 miles northwest, this cemetery marks the original site of Hopewell Baptist Church which was constituted in 1803.

The first cotton gin to be powered by electricity transmitted over a long distance stood near this site on the farm of Oliver "Duck" Bolt...

Pelzer, SC

(Front) The first Pelzer Mills School, built in 1881, was a two-story frame building.

Pendleton, SC

On April 8, 1790, the Justices of the Peace for Pendleton County purchased this land to establish the courthouse town of Pendleton.

Pendleton Vincinity, SC

This land, Cherokee territory until 1777, became the final resting place after the American Revolution for early pioneers who settled the...

Anderson, SC

Half mile West on Seneca River the Portman Shoals Power Plant, built by William C. Whitner, began in 1897 the transmission of...

Pendleton, SC

This London newspaper publisher and defender of a free press emigrated to Charleston in 1783 where he served as state printer and...

Born in 1840, Colonel Simpson, lawyer, farmer, and legislator, drafted and executed Thomas Green Clemson's will, establishing Clemson...

Organized by 1789 and sometimes called Simpson's Meetinghouse, this church is one of Anderson County's oldest Presbyterian churches.

Sandy Springs, SC

SANDY SPRINGS CAMP GROUND (Front) This Methodist camp ground, named for the large spring nearby, dates to 1828, when a fifteenacre site...

Anderson, SC

Organized in 1828, this was the first church in Anderson.

Easley, SC

(Front) This church, founded in 1803, held its first services in the home of John Wilson and was first known as Wilson’s Chapel.

Anderson, SC

(Front) Anderson’s Jewish community dates to the antebellum era but grew significantly after 1900 with the arrival of several families...

Pendleton, SC

A native Philadelphian and leading agriculturist, Mr. Clemson was U.S. chargé d'affaires to Belgium, U.S. Superintendent of Agriculture,...

Townville, SC

(Front) This church, founded as Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church, was established in 1803.

Anderson, SC

Three educational institutions have been in this immediate area: Johnson Female University (1856-63) named for William Bullein Johnson;...

Anderson, SC

President of Triennial, Southern, South Carolina Baptist Conventions.

Williamston, SC

This college was founded Feb. 12, 1872, by the Reverend Samuel Lander, DD, Methodist minister.

Pendleton, SC

Some 200 yards west of here stands Woodburn, built by S.C. Lieutenant Governor Charles Cotesworth Pinckney by 1832.