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Whig Hill

Cherokee County · dedicated 1998 · Union Hwy. (S.C. Hwy. 18), S of its junction with Round Tree Rd., approximately 5 mi. S. of Gaffney, Gaffney

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This plantation, 1.5 mi. S. near Thicketty Creek, was settled about 1767 by John Nuckolls, Sr. (1732-1780), a native of Virginia. During the American Revolution, as the war in the backcountry became a vicious civil war, the plantation became known as "Whig Hill" for Nuckolls's support of the patriot cause. He was murdered by Tories in December 1780 and is buried on his plantation.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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