Historical Marker

Cherokee Boundary 1767

#1: WOODRUFF RD. (S. C. HWY. 296), JUST E OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH SCUFFLETOWN RD., MAULDIN VICINITY · Mauldin · Greenville

South Carolina marker

Inscription

(Front) In 1766-67 S.C. & N.C. negotiated with the Cherokee to establish a boundary between Indian land to the west and new settlement to the east. This north-south line ran past this point to N.C. and on to Va. In S.C. it ran north from near present-day Honea Path, crossed the Reedy River near present-day Princeton, and ended at the S.C.-N.C. line.

(Reverse) The Cherokee ceded all land east of the 1767 line to the colonies of S.C. and N.C. In 1786, when S.C. created its first counties, the line from the Reedy River to the S.C.-N.C. line south of Tryon, N.C. was the boundary for Greenville County between both Spartanburg and Laurens Counties. In 1793 the Greenville boundary shifted east to accommodate new settlers south of the Enoree River.

Erected by the Greenville County Historic Preservation Commission, 2005

Location

Address#1: WOODRUFF RD. (S. C. HWY. 296), JUST E OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH SCUFFLETOWN RD., MAULDIN VICINITY
CityMauldin

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