Long Canes Massacre

Long Canes Massacre is a South Carolina historical marker in Troy, Greenwood County, dedicated 1976.

Greenwood County · dedicated 1976 · Intersection of Main St. W. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 24-24) and Twigg St. (S.C. Hwy. 10), Troy

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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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