"The Poplars"

"The Poplars" is a South Carolina historical marker in Greenville, Greenville County, dedicated 1967.

Greenville County · dedicated 1967 · Intersection of Rutherford & Buncombe Rds., Greenville

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Front: This was approximately the center of the many-acred estate and "seat of hospitality" of Elias Earle, pioneer Greenville settler who began acquiring property here as early as 1787. His home, "The Poplars," stood at the NE corner of Rutherford and Buist streets. Reverse: June 19, 1762-May 19, 1823/Builder of the "Great Wagon Road" across the western mountains from South Carolina to Tennessee in 1797. Elias Earle served as State Legislator 1794-1798, State Senator 1798-1804, and U. S. Congressman 1805-1807, 1811-1815, and 1817-1821. Of distinguished Virginia ancestry, his family served South Carolina well.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Behethland Butler Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

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