Calhoun County
Amelia Township, parts of Orangeburg District and Sax Gotha make up what is now known as Calhoun County. This area is located in the center of South Carolina traversed in the 1700’s by the Congaree River, McCord’s Ferry, the Cherokee Path, the Monks Corner Road, and the Orangeburg to Camden and Charleston to the the Wilderness roads.
These routes were traveled extensively and were important to the Indians, Colonists and the British as trading paths and high interest areas for fortifications to provide and protect supplies into the Wilderness. Several locations in the present day Calhoun County were plantations of Colonel William Thomson, Rebecca Brewton Motte, and Commodore Alexander Gillon. It is also the burial place and/or Memorials for John James Haig, John Geiger, William Thomson, Emily Geiger and John Adam Treutlen.
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Contact Name: Winnie Rickenbaker
Contact Phone Number: 803-707-4646
Contact Email: wrick56@gmail.com
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