Long Canes Massacre
Three miles west is site of an attack by Cherokee Indians upon settlers of Long Canes in the Cherokee War of 1759-1761. There on February 1, 1760, about 150 settlers, refugeeing to Augusta, were overtaken by 100 Cherokee warriors. Twenty-three victims left on the scene of action are there buried in one grave.
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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Abbeville District Historical Association, Town of Troy, McCormick County Historical Commission
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