Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ferry 1. ENOREE BAPTIST CHURCH Vies with Bush River Baptist as the oldest Baptist Church in Newberry County. Early church building with gallery is still in 2. MT. BETHEL ACADEMY Founded by the early Methodists, ML Bethel Academy during die first half of the 19th century was immensely influential in die field of education. It furnished die first students and grad uates of South Carolina College. 3. HENDERSON HOME Theododa Burr, da mountains die night On this ill-fated voyage her ship was lost at sea with all hands on board. One of die mysteries of die sea, there was never die slightest clue as to what misfortune befell die ship. 4. FERGUSON’S ROUTE THROUGH NEWBERRY COUNTY After Cates’ disaster at Camden, Col. Ferguson was sent by Lord Cornwallis to rally Tory support in the bade country. Crossing Broad River at Shirey's Ferry, he camped at Hentz’s plantation on Hellers Creek for several days. Moving up the River Road, he crossed the Enoree and stopped at Col. James Lyles. Two months later he was killed and his army destroyed at Kings Mountain. 5 and 6. THE HARDY HOME AND MAYBINTON ton. Clustered near the River Road, plantation mansfomspeak L The home of the ^Hardy’s is sdll Boxwood garden now so tall eloquently of a gracious i surrounded by a formal 1 and overgrown as to make The Pre-Revolutionary home of die Ly now housing tenants, still displays oroudly i work mantels and hand forged nails. Maybinton, home ped enroute to die mountains, still displays r i»y of the Maybinton Races won in 1820. .<Iow yews, magnolias, tea olives and other rarities, taller than the pines growing among them, mark the site of die Chick House. walks impassable. home of die Lyles of Lyles Ferry, displays proudly its Georgian gouge- id forged nails, of die Maybins, where stagecoaches ' * ‘tys the silver 7. EBENEZER METHODIST CHURCH, MAYBINTON One of the oldest Methodist Churches in Newberry County, this congregation was organized near the home of Thomas tunu aow. Francis Asbury met with this congregation. Hardy around 1800. Bishop 8. PENNINGTON’S FORT A fort called Pennington’s was built in 1760 on the Enoree near Indian Creek for protection against raiding bands of Cherokees during die French and Indian War. 9. WHITMIRE In Pre-revolutionary War days, George Frederick Whitmire’ built his home where the River Road crossed the Island Ford Road. Later he established a trading post at his home and die settlement that grew up bears his name. 16. SALUDA OLD TOWN Artifacts dating back 13,000 years have been found in die fields near this rord across Ate Saluda. In historic times atiribe of Shaunee Indians called the Salutahs lived here until they emigrated to Pennsylvania around 1700. Just across the river are mounds of a more ancient people. In 1756, AttacullacuBa, "Little Carpenter,” chief of die Cherokees, heading a delegation of W0 warriors met with Sir James Glenn, Royal Governor of South Carolina at Saluda Old Town. In die ensuing negotiations all upper South Caro lina as far as Keowee was deeded to the crown, in return for the promise of a fort to be built in Indian country. 26. FROG LEVEL Level. Sensi- > interests. 27. STONEY BATTER AND HAMMONDS STORE Janies H. Hammond, Governor of South Carolina was bom near this spot His father was Elisha Hammond who was one of ML Bethel Academy's great teachers. Abo during the Revolution, Col. Washington put tojlight a band of Tories near here. They fled to Willi MudUck. Williams Fort on 17. TURNERS BLOCK HOUSE William Turner fortified his home with a stockade and thus successfully defended his and his neighbor’s families against an attack by Cherokee Indians. Some friendly native warned die settlers of die impending raid in time for them to take surrounded die fort but the seige was 28. LITTLE MOUNTAIN , , “Ruff Mountain” in colonial times, the country round about was settled by German emigrants from the Rhine in the 1750’s. one refuge. The Indians B lifted when die backwoodsmen made a sally and of die attackers. 18. BUSH RIVER QUAKER SITE Bush River Meeting House stood northeast of the cemetery. Begun by Friends removed from near Camden, S. C. around 1765, it grew to such prominence that by 1808 it held Juris diction over meetings in South Carolina and Georgia. From 1808 to 1812 its members began a removal to die Ohio Valley. By 1822 die meeting had been “laid down.” The old church records are preserved in die library of Guilford College, N. C. Wilbam^yNeal operated a min during War times at die spot on Bush River where the Charleston Road crossed the river to Join up with the Cherokee Path in Edgefield. He was die father of John Belton O’Neal. 29. Around ST. JOHN'S 11784 CHURCH Swiss settlers of die Crim’s Creek LUTHERAN man and Swia H B neighborhood began a place of worship here. Christian Theus and John Gasser were early pastors. The “White Church” igas erected in 1806. This well preserved old Church, the new brick sanctuary and die cemetery are contained in a tract of 400 acne granted by King George III in 1763. 30. SUMMER-HUGGINS HOUSE AND POMARIA NURSERIES Now the residence of Mrs. Marie Huggins, a descendant of John Summer who built die house ca. 1838. William Summer, his son, developed die huge Pomaria Nurseries in the mid 1800V. From die little Post Office which still stands in the yard, and from die nursery, die town of Pomaria got its name. 31. PEAK The village of Peak was named after H. T. Peak, Superintend ent of die Columbia and Greenville Railroad. He was in charge of constructing the trestle*over Broad River in ca. 1850. v fframers a trassrvdds XinanCs i Revolutionary L The English: h its residue c 32. A TOUR BACK THROUGH Sir Banastre to Cowpens. By ITOOtheL still in the East The L _ the. South with its residue of Tory . shipped his army south. Charleston and! and British trooix placed at all strong points I South Carolina. After Cates’ crushing defeat at Camden, Lord L. British ground forces commander, went into winter at Winn s plantation near Winnsboro. Gen. Green ~ Cates as American Field Commander, divided army, he himself camping at Cheraw and stationing Gas Ran with a few hUbdred Continentals augmented by hundred partisans at Grindal Shoals on the Paoolet Things looked bleak for the Patriots, but exu» son led to his defeat and death at the hands of « woodsmen «t Kings Mountain. Sumter, Marion ««* rwM » headed bands of inflamed Partisans and a bloody civil war burned over South Carolina. Sensing m opportunity to crush a divided American may and receiving reports that Col. Washington, Gen. Morgans cavalry officer was threatening Ninety Six, on Jan. 2,178l7LL Col. Tarletoo crossed Broad River at Brierlcys Ferry with his 900 cavalrymen. Accompanying him were 200 untndned Irish recruits under Newhouse. Throe he was escorting to Ninety Six for training under Cruger. The country being forest, he “cut" his road before him by way of St. Johns Church and camped the first night at the plantation of Col. Adam Summer which he "ate (But TV next day he readied the already laid out Bush River road. This he followed by Slighs, Stoney Batter and die Rock House to Phillip Brook s Plantation where he camped. The next day the troops nurched up die Charleston Roan by Springfield to cross Bush River at the present Belfast Road crossing! After the. untrained recruits had crossed Bush River and while the cavalrymen were re-coonoitering for CoL Washing ton near Goate’s Shop now Newberry, terrific rains fell. Bush River rose to flood and Tarieton faced a dilemma. His foot soldiers were on die west bank of now impassable Bush River at the possible mercy of Washington. His cavalry was on the east side unable to aid if needed. The only bridge was five miles down the river at O'Neals Mill. The divided army marched down the river, die foot soldiers crossed over and die reunited army camped another night at Brook’s Plantation. The site of Brook’s Plantation is unknown but presumably it was near Hartford Community Center. Tarletoo now spent die next week about the present city of Newberry, first encamping at Coate’s Shop and later near die celebrated Tea Table. The Green Dragoon was ill. The weather was miserable. ’ Streams swollen by continuous rain made communications with Cornwallis difficult. More days were spent at Cromer’s Crossroads, Whitmire and Union. It wasn’t until January 17. all co-ordination with Cornwallis lost that Tarieton faced Morgan alone at The Cowpens—and lost the decisive battle of the American Revolution. gfei Garyslone *®. JalapA 12 E /T? ( .. ■ ktudlick i 15 ® ; su verst eg Saluda. Jjj.. .22 1-26 />- S3 30/ ’ i ■ S ■ k $ ' I utteMtn IS- 10. JASPER HALL Jasper Hall, home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Abrams was built ca. 1840 by Dr. James Epps. House is four stories with spiral stair case reaching top floor. Medallion oh parlor ceiling is said to be the work of ringer. i*i#. Historic Map of the City and County of Newberry, South Carolina (r ''A Ofa,. .f! L. MOLLOHON , , , [ollohon, home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Abrams, was built 190-1800 by Col. Benjamin Herndon, who received land rant for his military service in the Revolution. House built of /press and oak wim peg construction. 20. SPRINGFIELD Site of the home of John Belton O’Neal, author of "Annals of Newberry,” “Bench and Bar of South Carolina,” and Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. 2 TARLETON’S TEA TABLE lir Banastre Tarieton, the feared Green Dragoon with his orce of cavalrymen, camped here a few days in 1781 enroute o the fateful Battle of Cowpens. Legend has it that local ladies dined he and his officers m the outcroppings of granite. So content he was that his trmy did'not meet Lord Cornwallis in time for their combined irmies to face Gen. Morgan. 3. SUMMER-SMITH HOUSE Tie home of Miss Linda Lou Smith was built by Jacob Sum- ler, ancestor of the present owner sometime around 1854. It i a typical farm house of die period. The two UrgeMagnolia ■ees in the front of the house were brought from Charleston nd planted at the home during the War between the States. 22. THE ROCK HOUSE 14. BUSH RIVER BaPTIST CHURCH Constituted in 1771, this church for many years was one of the largest and most powerful Baptist Churches in this area. It has been called die Mother Churcn of Newberry Baptist Churches. 5 CHAPPELLS Lbout 1756 Thomas Chaple settled on the Saluda near present lay Chappells. His descendants operated a ferry across the iver. Inis area of upper Newberry County suffered greatly rom die Partison warfare of the Revolution. "Bloody BUT Cunningham and the Turners met weir natches in the Williams and die Caldwells of Mudlick Creek. Jacob Hoffman obtained a grant of 200 acres in IJSS.'Tfe probably began to build his house soon after as all evidence points to the Rock House’s great age. Cemented with mud, no metal was used in its construction. It faced an Indian trail which later became the Bush River Road running from Granby by way of the Quaker settlements on Bush River to Ninety Six. 23. CHAPMAN GRAVE YARD Shrine of the Tunker faidi, the German Baptists of early New berry. Master James Howe, who held school south of Bush River, is buried here. 24. EBENEZER METHODIST CHURCH, NEWBERRY An eartyMethodist congregation worshipped in their homro in this neighborhood before 1800 ministered to by "Horseback RiCMHrs* In 1814 a log chunk was built on land purchased dv that year. Hie present Chunk, remodeled in 1964, was ' in 1876. Lons known as "Watson’s Camp Ground.” open air revivals under brush arbors continued to be held through 1885. on the grounds 25. FAIR HOME Plantation house built during the first half of the 19th Century by Janies Fair. '///a Courtesy Of NEWBERRY COUNTY TRICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE