Category: Edgefield County
Edgefield County South Carolina

Author: chris Published Date: December 17, 2020 Leave a Comment on Edgefield Baptist Association Building

Author: chris Published Date: December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment on Johnston Mural – International Peach Exchange

Author: chris Published Date: May 1, 2020 Leave a Comment on The Carnoosie House was originally built by M. Lebeschultz in 1860. In 1884, the home was purchased by John Calhoun Sheppard, who would become Governor of South Carolina in 1886. His son, James Orlando Sheppard would become Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina during the 1920s, also lived here until his death. The name “Carnoosie” is reputed to be a Cherokee word for cornfield, but it is unclear why and when the name was first applied to this house

Author: chris Published Date: November 9, 2019 Leave a Comment on Thurmond Place, in Edgefield, was built c.1897. J. Strom Thurmond was born here in 1902. Thurmond graduated from Clemson and initially began his career as a high school teacher. He then served as State Senator, Governor, Army Officer on D-Day (Normandy), and then US Senator

Author: chris Published Date: April 11, 2019 Leave a Comment on Previously the People’s Bank, the D A Tompkins Library moves in after the bank failed. Daniel Augustus Tompkins was the Co-Founder of the Charlotte Observer bequeathed funds to start library in Edgefield. It is now the home of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society