Revolution in the South Carolina Up-Country

Revolution in the South Carolina Up-Country

HISTORY	FAMILY INVOLVED	FAMILY PARTICIPATION
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John Foster

John Foster, if he was born in 1752 would have been 28 when the Revolutionary War began and 36 as the war concluded.

There are records of John Foster serving with Col. Thomas Brandon of the 2nd Spartan Militia and then with Henry Foster Sr. and Jr. serving under a Captain Dunlap  of the Fairfield Regiment and Kershaw’s Regiment.  No evidence proves this is our John Foster.

These regiments were drawn widely from Nintey-Six, including now Spartanburg and Union counties. Which would suggest John Foster would mean John Foster arrived in South Carolina long before he leased land on Sandy Run.

 

James Moseley

 

Thomas Young story http://sc_tories.tripod.com/thomas_young.htm

 

Grindal Shoals

The Revolution and its effects on Grindal Shoals

Grindal Shoals was a valuable ford – a place where men and equipment could get across a river in the rural areas before bridges.

It played prominently in the stories of horseshoe Robinson which while likely reflecting real characters and circumstances is at least partly fiction.

Grindal Shoals was the gathering place of General Daniel Morgan as he baited British Col. Banatre Tarlton into a fight that became the Battle of Cowpens.

Several other battles of the Revolution took place in the relative vicinity : Nintey-Six, Blackstocks, Musgrove’s Mill, Kings Mountain.  According to historian Bobby G. Moss, this is because of the tremendous ironworks located in regions of Union county, now Cherokeee County which the British wanted to use to supply their move north once the south was under control.  The British also believed that their operations in the south where land grants from the King were fairly recent would solidify popular support and furnish Tory militia in great numbers as well as material for use in putting down the New England rebellion.  While many did initially opt for the stability of British rule over the uncertainty of this new idea stemming from far away Boston and Philadelphia,  the British strategy  over estimated their support especially after widly published reports of atrocities committed by Col. Banastre Tarlton “Bloody Ban”.

 

Battle of Blackstocks Farm

 

At Musgrove’s Mill down along the Enroree River.