Long Cane Massacre Site

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Long Cane Massacre Site
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Long Cane Massacre Site, March 2012
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LocationWest of Troy off South Carolina Highway 10, near Troy, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°59′41″N82°20′23″W / 33.99472°N 82.33972°W / 33.99472; -82.33972 Coordinates: 33°59′41″N82°20′23″W / 33.99472°N 82.33972°W / 33.99472; -82.33972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1760 (1760)
NRHP reference No. 83002203 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1983

Long Cane Massacre Site is a historic site located near Troy, McCormick County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 40 contributing buildings in Mount Carmel. The site includes a gravestone marking the place where 23 Long Cane settlers were killed in a bloody massacre by the Cherokee on February 1, 1760. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John C. Blythe, Jr. (April 1982). "Long Cane Massacre Site" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. "Long Cane Massacre Site, McCormick County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 141, Troy vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 29, 2014.