Major Crawford's Home

Major Crawford's Home is a South Carolina historical marker in Van Wyck vicinity, Lancaster County, dedicated 1970.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1970 · Rock Hill Hwy. (S.C. Hwy. 5), ¼ mi. W of its intersection with Charlotte Hwy. (U.S. Hwy. 521), Van Wyck vicinity, Van Wyck vicinity

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Near this site was the home of Major Robert Crawford, where President George Washington spent his last night in South Carolina on his Southern tour, May 27, 1791. Here Washington was met by a delegation of the Chiefs of the Catawba Nation, who set forth their apprehensions that attempts would be made to deprive them of their land.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Major Crawford's Home

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