Letter from Colonel A. Williamson to President John Rutledge detailing an ambush on his men and his subsequent burning of Seneca.
COLONEL A. WILLIAMSON TO GOVERNOUR RUTLEDGE
Camp two miles below Keowee, August 4, 1775.
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Spartan Regiment Fought at Cowpens
The following article is based on the research of South Carolina State Representative Sam Manning and was published in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on January 17, 1981, the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens.
The Spartan Regiment, as reorganized in the summer of 1780 was a volunteer organization whose officers and men served without pay and without provisions. Their one desire was to throw off the yoke of British tyranny and to achieve freedom and independence. Continue reading
History of the Spartan Regiment
From the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, July 3, 1776
The Spartan Regiment, composed of two hundred men from the area, began its service in August of 1755, after being organized at the suggestion of William Henry Drayton and William Tennent, commissioners of the Council of Safety. Continue reading
Colonel John Thomas, Sr.
John Thomas, Sr., was born May 4, 1718 (or April 5, 1720) in Cardiff, Wales. Shortly after his birth, his family immigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania where he spent his childhood. Although raised Episcopalian, in 1740 he married Jane Black, a spirited young lady and zealous Presbyterian.