Cherokee County
16 places on the trail: 14 highway markers, 2 battlefields and state sites.
People of Cherokee County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 11-05Frederick HambrightFrederick Hambright (1727-1817), a prominent militia officer of the American Revolution, lived his last 25 years in a ho...
- 11-12Limestone QuarryLimestone deposits here furnished lime used in the production of iron during the American Revolution and throughout the ...
- 11-01Limestone SpringsUsed as early as the American Revolution, this site became a "Summer Watering Place" in 1835. Low Country Aristocrats su...
- 11-04Whig HillThis plantation, 1.5 mi. S. near Thicketty Creek, was settled about 1767 by John Nuckolls, Sr. (1732-1780), a native of ...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 11-02GaffneyThe Grindal Shoals and Cherokee Ford roads crossed here when this land was originally granted to John Sarratt in 1799 by...
- 11-03Limestone CollegeFounded in 1845 as the Limestone Springs Female High School by Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son Dr. William Curtis, disting...
- 11-08Nuckolls-Jefferies HouseThis house was built in 1843 for William Thompson Nuckolls (1801-1855) and later owned for many years by John D. Jefferi...
Civil War (1861-1865)
New South (1877-1913)
- 11-14Dunton Chapel Methodist ChurchDunton Chapel Methodist Church can trace its origins to 1870, when Rev. J.R. Rosemond began preaching in the home of Mil...
- 11-13Gaffney's Old FieldMuch of the land in this area once belonged to Michael Gaffney, proprietor of Gaffney’s Crossroads. The area also served...
- 11-09Mulberry Chapel Methodist ChurchThis African American church, the first in what is now Cherokee County, was most likely built between 1880 and 1890. It ...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 11-06Carnegie LibraryThis Classical Revival building, built in 1913-14 and designed by Arthur W. Hamby, was one of 14 public libraries built ...
- 11-07Granard Graded and High SchoolThis is the original location of Granard Graded and High School, also known as Granard Street School. It was built here ...