Biographical and anecdotical, with sketches of the Seminole war, nullification, secession, reconstruction, churches and literature, /with rolls of all the companies from Edgefield in the War of Secession, War with Mexico and with the Seminole Indians.

While most every county has a county history which was a life-long labor of love for someone and is generally of little interest beyond inhabitants of the county, Edgefield County, SC is unique for several reasons: 1. It was the end of the Great Wagon Road which stretched from New England all the way down the east coast. 2. Edgefield District once comprised much of the upstate of South Carolina. Augusta, GA at the navigable head of the Savannah River became the major trading post for the Indians and later the corridor for shipping products to market through Savannah. 3. Edgefield has played a key part in the politics of South Carolina and indeed for the entire country. From the earliest times before the Civil War, James Henry Hammond's "Cotton is King" set the narrative for much that followed leading up to Secession. Sen. Strom Thurmond dominated the political scene for most of the 20th Century. Edgefield County boasts 8 governors and 6 senators.

Excerpt from History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlement From his boyhood the author was a great reader and student Of history. Nothing pleased him better than to get hold of some good book telling of the deeds Of other times, and stories Of Marion and his men, and others of that heroic age. Unfor tunately, books that told the history of that period were too few; but he had Weems' Life of W ashington and Of Marion, and a book Of American Biographies published in 1830, all of which were well suited to cultivate a taste for history and make the reader long for more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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