Gaffney

Gaffney (HM4GI)

Location: Gaffney, SC 29340 Cherokee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 4.376', W 81° 39.07'

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Michael Gaffney

[Southeast Face]
Born Sept. 29,1775 in Granard,
County Longford, Ireland.
Came to Charleston S.C.
Feb. 3, 1800.
Married Miss. Polly Smith
of Smith's Ford Union County
July 21, 1803.
He established the present
site of Gaffney in 1804.
Was Captain in the war of 1812.
Died Sept. 6, 1854.
Interred in
Gaffney Family Cemetery.

[Northeast Face]
Alderman from 1876 to 1906
W.F. McArthur, A.M. Gilmer, L.G. Byars, Wm. W. Gaffney, R.O. Sams, C.C. Harris, W.H. Richardson, N.H. Littlejohn, J.E. Webster, L. Baker, J.J. Brown, Martin Bishop, W.C. Carpenter, J.N. Lipsbomb, H.D. Wheat, T.G. McCraw, R.A. Jones, R.M. Wilkins, E.R. Cash, E.J. Barnett, A.N. Wood, J.L. Sarratt, J.H. Turner, G.A. Cotton, T.L. Brown, J.N. Nesbitt, J.A. Carroll, W.L. Settlemyer, J.A. Gaffney, M.L. Ross, W.F. Brown, W.W. Gaffney, G.W. Webster, J.F. Fincken, Gus. Abernathy, A.L. Hallman, H.L. Spears, R.O. Ballenger.

[Northwest Face]
Town of Gaffney Incorporated
March 3, 1875

First Town Council
John R. Wesbter, Mayor, Nathan Lipscomb, T. Davenport, R.M. Gaffney, B.K. Humphries.

Mayors from 1876 to 1931
Nathan Lipscomb, M.S. Lynn, Moses Simon, Wm W. Gaffney, L. Baker, J.A. Corry, J.A. Carroll, A.N. Wood, D.A. Thomas, N.H. Littlejohn, J.Q. Little, R.M. Gaffney, W.H. Ross, T.B. Butler, J.H. Turner, R.A. jones, V.H. Lipscomb.

Clerks from 1876 to 1931
L. Baker, Wm. W. Gaffney, W.F. McArthur, R.O. Sams, C.C. Harris, W.H. Richardson, N.H. Littlejohn, J.E. Webster, G.E. Hood, W.H. Ross, Boyce Whisonant.

[Southwest Face]
Aldermen from 1906 to 1931
Z.A. Robertson, P.V. Gaffney, R.S. Lipscomb, T.H. Littlejohn, W.D. Johnson, B.A. holmes, C.C. Kirby, J.D. Parris, L.Y. Randall, W.H. Smith, W.H. Perry, W.R. Tattersall, G.T. Greene, M.D. Fowler, B.B. Morgan, N.S. Thackston, J.H. Curry, W.R. Tanner, E.L. Gossett, C.E. Hamrick, J. Boyce Gaffney, D.W. Hicks, J.S. Camp, J.J. Ramsey, C.C. Green, E.T. Parker, P.D. Willis, M.V. Fitzgerald, G.D. Harris, J.K. Wood, J.R. Osborne, F.L. Sparks, W.M. Bonds, W.R. Lipscomb, Franch Z. McCraw, Alex Quinn, Guy Queen, R.C. Blackwell.
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HM NumberHM4GI
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Year Placed1930
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 8:26pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 440632 N 3881324
Decimal Degrees35.07293333, -81.65116667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 4.376', W 81° 39.07'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 4' 22.56" N, 81° 39' 4.20" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1 W Buford St, Gaffney SC 29340, US
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