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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Robert L. Stephenson (March 1970). "Adamson Mounds Site" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Adamson Mounds Site, Kershaw County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
