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Cruger assumed command at Ninety Six in August, 1780, and quickly strengthened the defenses. By October he had built a stockade and ditch around "ye Court house and the principle houses" and added blockhouses, probably on the Island Ford and Charl…
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After several days of digging an approach trench to get to this point, a first parallel was established. In siege warfare a series of trenches that face the enemy's defenses are called parallels. The first parallel established a secure position fr…
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After a series of disastrous defeats in South Carolina, George Washington, head of the Continental Army, took action. He named General Nathanael Greene to command Patriot forces in the South in December 1780. Greene drove into the backcountry hopi…
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The earliest roads in Ninety Six were Indian trails, used for travel by foot and horse and for hunting. White settlers followed these trails to explore the countryside, trade, and eventually, to settle. As the stream of settlers into the region in…
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Ninety Six National Historic SiteA Brief History of Ninety Six National Historic SiteThe Ninety Six National Historic Site is an area of unique historical and archaeological significance. In the late 1700s traders gave the town its unusual name be…
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This young English Jew settled near Coronaca in 1774, representing Ninety Six District in the provincial congresses of 1775-1776, and died in defense of his adopted home on Aug. 1, 1776. He was the first South Carolinian of his faith to hold an el…
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[Marker Front]:This church, originally known as Rocky Creek Presbyterian Church, was founded in 1770 by ministers sent to upper S.C. from the Synods of New York and Philadelphia. The first church here, a frame structure, was replaced in 1815 by a …
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[Original Marker]Site of Old Tabernacle Methodist Church. Buried here are Confederate Generals Martin Witherspoon Gary, Nathan George Evans and other Confederate officers and soldiers. [Second Marker]1000 feet east is Tabernacle Cemetery on the…
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Erected byThe Allen University AlumniClub of Greenville CountyNovember 1970In Honor ofPayne InstituteEstablished in 1870 byThe African Methodist Episcopal ChurchMoved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1860And Renamed Allen University
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The spiritual mentor ofMartin Luther King, Jr.Born here in 1894. Servedas president of MorehouseCollege 1940-67 and aspresidential advisor.Died in 1984.
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