Civil War
Steen Family Cemetery
The family cemetery of Lt. Col. James Steen (d. 1781), S.C. militia officer during the American Revolution, is on his plantation nearby, along Thicketty Creek. Steen, who commanded units in several campaigns from 1775 to 1781, was killed in 1781 while attempting to arrest a Loyalist in N.C.
11-10Cherokee County
Where it stands. El Bethel Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 11-15) at the bridge over Thicketty Creek, Gaffney vicinity, Gaffney vicinity