Cherokee

Gaffney, SC

This Classical Revival building, built in 1913-14 and designed by Arthur W. Hamby, was one of 14 public libraries built in S.C. between...

Gaffney, SC

(Front) Dunton Chapel Methodist Church can trace its origins to 1870, when Rev. J.R. Rosemond began preaching in the home of Milton Hardy.

(Front) Frederick Hambright (1727-1817), a prominent militia officer of the American Revolution, lived his last 25 years in a house which...

Gaffney, SC

The Grindal Shoals and Cherokee Ford roads crossed here when this land was originally granted to John Sarratt in 1799 by the State of...

Gaffney, SC

GAFFNEY’S OLD FIELD (Front) Much of the land in this area once belonged to Michael Gaffney, proprietor of Gaffney’s Crossroads.

Gaffney, SC

(Front) This church, the oldest in the Broad River Association, was founded in 1770 and was first called Thicketty Branch Baptist Church.

Gaffney, SC

GRANARD GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL (Front) This is the original location of Granard Graded and High School, also known as Granard Street School.

Gaffney, SC

Founded in 1845 as the Limestone Springs Female High School by Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son Dr. William Curtis, distinguished Baptist...

Gaffney, SC

(Front) Limestone deposits here furnished lime used in the production of iron during the American Revolution and throughout the 19th...

Gaffney, SC

Used as early as the American Revolution, this site became a "Summer Watering Place" in 1835.

Pacolet, SC

(Front) This African American church, the first in what is now Cherokee County, was most likely built between 1880 and 1890.

Pacolet, SC

(Front) This house was built in 1843 for William Thompson Nuckolls (1801-1855) and later owned for many years by John D. Jefferies...

Gaffney, SC

The family cemetery of Lt. Col. James Steen (d. 1781), S.C. militia officer during the American Revolution, is on his plantation nearby,...

This plantation, 1.5 mi. S. near Thicketty Creek, was settled about 1767 by John Nuckolls, Sr. (1732-1780), a native of Virginia.