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Elements of Early Community in Southeast Greenville County, 1775 - 1830Entry/Object ID
RG134-12-03Description
Steve Richardson’s Elements of Early Community in Southeast Greenville County, 1775–1830 explores the formation of rural communities in what is now the Simpsonville area. Settlers, mainly from Virginia and North Carolina, migrated along frontier routes, often intermarrying to form tightly knit extended families. Anchored by churches and springs, these settlements grew around accessible water sources. The Austin and Reed families played key roles in local development, while shifting Indian boundaries and post-Revolution land grants shaped land ownership. The paper traces how early homesteads evolved into small towns through religious, familial, and geographic networks that prefigured modern Simpsonville.Collection
Proceedings and PapersCopyright
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Greenville Country Historical SocietyCopyright Details
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