Download or read book Historical Outline of Kershaw County South Carolina written by John Kershaw DeLoach and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Kershaw County South Carolina written by Joan A. Inabinet and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Kershaw County is a much anticipated comprehensive narrative describing a South Carolina community rooted in strong local traditions. From prehistoric to present times, the history spans Native American dwellers (including Cofitachiqui mound builders), through the county's major roles in the American Revolution and Civil War, to the commercial and industrial innovations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Joan and Glen Inabinet share insightful tales of the region's inhabitants through defining historical moments as well as transformative local changes in agriculture and industry, transportation and tourism, education and community development. Kershaw County is home to some of South Carolina's most notable prehistoric sites as well as the state's oldest inland city, Camden, thus giving the region an impressive and richly textured human history. Still the most familiar icon of the county is an early weathervane silhouette honoring the Catawba Indian chief King Hagler for protecting pioneer settlers. An important colonial milling and trading center, Camden was seized by the British under Lord Cornwallis during the American Revolution and fortified as their backcountry headquarters. Eight battles and skirmishes were fought within the modern boundaries of Kershaw County, including the Battle of Camden on August 16, 1780, and the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill on April 25, 1781. Named for Revolutionary War patriot Joseph Kershaw, the county was created in 1791 from portions of Claremont, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Richland counties. Kershaw County developed its local economy through plantation agriculture, an enterprise dependent on African slave labor. Distinctive homes were built on rural plantations and in Camden, and a village of well-to-do planters grew up at Liberty Hill. Six Confederate generals claimed the county as their birthplace, and the area also was home to Mary Boykin Chesnut, acclaimed diarist of the Civil War. In their descriptions of Kershaw County in modern times, the Inabinets chronicle how the railroad and later U.S. Highway 1 brought opportunities for the expansion of tourism and led to Camden's development as a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners. Small towns and villages emerged from railroad stops, including Bethune, Blaney (later Elgin), Boykin, Cassatt, Kershaw, Lugoff, and Westville. The influx of new money coupled with local equestrian traditions led to an enthusiasm for polo and the creation of the Carolina Cup steeplechase at the Springdale Course. Aside from early developments in textile manufacturing, industrialization proceeded slowly in Kershaw County. The completion of the Wateree Dam in 1919 gave the region a valuable source of electricity as well as much-needed flood control and a popular new recreational area in Lake Wateree. Despite these incentives for new industry, agricultural ways of life continued to dominate until World War II influenced advances in aviation, communication, and industrialization. In describing these changes, the Inabinets map the circumstances surrounding the building of the DuPont plant which opened in 1950 and the expansion of several other industries in the area. Through perceptive text and more than eighty images, this first book-length history of Kershaw County illustrates how the region is steeped in a rich history of more than two centuries of struggles and accomplishments in which preserving lessons of the past holds equal sway with welcoming opportunities for the future.
Download or read book A Guide to Selected Historical Sites in Kershaw County District South Carolina written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kershaw County South Carolina Minutes of the County Court 1791 1799 written by Brent Holcomb and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-31 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kershaw County was formed in 1791 from the counties of Fairfield, Lancaster and Richland. Therefore, prior to 1791, the county records of those counties should be researched for persons who appear in the county court minutes herein. These records are typi
Download or read book A History of Kershaw County South Carolina written by Joan A. Inabinet and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of the central northern South Carolina county provides a survey of the place and its people from the burial mounds of its earliest Native American inhabitants through the infrastructure and technology of the twenty-first century. Special attention is paid to the role of the county and its inhabitants during key periods in American history from its post-Revolutionary economic development and its reliance on slave labor, to its distinction as the birthplace of numerous Confederate officers and role during and after World War II as a regional industrial center. The work contains over eighty black and white images. Joan and Glen Inabinet are retired high school teachers and local historians. Both are former presidents of the Kershaw County Historical Society. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book The History of the Samuel Jones Family Kershaw County South Carolina 1756 1960 written by Hazel Parker Jones and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rush Family History Kershaw County Branch South Carolina written by John Dewitt Rush and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legacy II written by Joan A. Inabinet and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camden and Kershaw County South Carolina written by Kershaw County (S.C.). Greater Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1977* with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fifth Federal Census 1830 South Carolina Kershaw County written by Kershaw County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local and Family History in South Carolina written by Richard N. Côté and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Names of libraries are included with each title unless the item is deemed as "COMMON" to four or more libraries.
Download or read book A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers written by and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State. These roadside markers identify and interpret places valuable for understanding South Carolina's past, including sites of consequential events and buildings, structures, or other resources significant for their design or their association with institutions or individuals prominent in local, state, or national history. This volume includes a concise history of the South Carolina Historical Marker Program and an overview of the marker application process. For those interested in specific historic periods or themes, the volume features condensed lists of markers associated with broader topics such as the American Revolution, African American history, women's history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. While the program is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, most markers are proposed by local organizations that serve as a marker's official sponsor, paying its cost and assuming responsibility for its upkeep. In that sense, this inventory is a record not just of places and subjects that the state has deemed worthy of acknowledgment, but of those that South Carolinians themselves have worked to enshrine.
Download or read book Addendum to the Third Federal Census 1810 South Carolina Kershaw County written by Kershaw County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1850 Kershaw County South Carolina Census written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fairfield County South Carolina Minutes of the County Court 1785 1799 written by South Carolina. County Court (Fairfield County) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: Brent Holcom, Pub. 1981, Reprinted 2018, 198 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-212-0. Fairfield was one of the counties formed from the Camden District in 1785. It is surrounded by the counties of: Chester, Kershaw, Newberry, and Union. Part of this county was taken in 1791 to form Kershaw County. These minutes contain lists of deed recorded, wills, and estates probated, road juries, petit and grand juries, tavern licenses issued and small court cases.
Download or read book Kershaw County South Carolina Proceedings in Equity 1791 1867 written by South Carolina. Court of Equity (Kershaw County) and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kershaw County South Carolina written by Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
