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Click
above to learn more about the history of our counties.
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Come explore
the past and present of the Pendleton District
- and perhaps see a bit of the future!
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Cherokee Indians
lived in this region long before the American Revolution.
It was the Cherokee's choice to side with Great Britain
during the war for independence, which led to the loss of
their land in what is now the northwest corner of South Carolina.
Two months of fighting in the summer of 1776 between the Patriot
militia and the Cherokees, aided by Loyalists, brought Indian
defeat. By 1789 this region became Pendleton County, later
named Pendleton District. Today that area is Anderson,
Oconee
and Pickens
counties, but a common bond remains. |
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