The Cherokee war left a vacuum in the backcountry, and from that vacuum grew the Regulator movement. The “Regulators” were ordinary settlers—farmers, traders, and veterans of the Cherokee War—who banded together to suppress cattle thieves, bandits, and petty tyrants who preyed on isolated homesteads. Figures such as Thomas Sumter, Richard Richardson, and Joseph Kershaw became…
The ink had scarcely dried on the parchment at Saluda Old Town when it became clear that the two sides who had signed the treaty carried distinctly different understandings of what it meant. To Governor Glen and the Colonial government the document marked a clear transfer of territory and sovereignty over vast tracts of Cherokee…
In the summer of 1755, amid the escalating French and Indian War in the northern colonies, South Carolina’s Royal Governor, James Glen, worked urgently to secure Cherokee neutrality or alliance against French influence. The Cherokee, facing pressure from encroaching European settlers and rival tribes, sought reliable supplies of guns, ammunition, and trade goods. Both sides…
In the wake of the Yamasee War, the colony of South Carolina was still traumatized by its destruction and its many human losses.
There was not yet a “Saluda County” during the Lords Proprietor years, but though the name did not exist, the land (as shown on the map above) always did.
There was not yet a “Saluda County” during the Lords Proprietor years, but though the name did not exist, the land (as shown on the map above) always did.
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