Dr.

Weyeneth Fall 2018

The Historian’s Craft
Marker Selection Assignment

Jenna Jacobik
Long Canes Massacre

Present location: off of Charleston Road West in Troy, South Carolina, in McCormick County
Who erected it: Abbeville District Historical Association, Town of Troy, McCormick County
Historical Commision
When was the marker erected: 1976

Why I believe this text should be revised:

By calling an event a “massacre”, a negative connotation about those involved is formed by the

reader. I believe that the name of the marker itself should be changed to more accurately

describe the event without using words that are designed to criminalize a group. This marker is

also set to designates a place that European settlers encountered Cherokee Native Americans,

and instead of telling the history between the two groups it only speaks about the killing of

European settlers by the Cherokee people. These casualties were not just a random act of

violence between two groups of people, but part of a war. I believe that instead of just

mentioning the war, the marker should include more detail about why the war was being

fought.
Dr. Weyeneth Fall 2018
The Historian’s Craft
Marker Selection Assignment
Dr. Weyeneth Fall 2018
The Historian’s Craft
Marker Selection Assignment

Long Canes Massacre

Three miles west is site of an attack by Cherokee. Indians upon settlers of Long Canes in the

Cherokee Wat of 1759-1761. There on February 1, 1760, about 150 settlers, refugeeing to

Augusta, were overtaken by 100 Cherokee warriors. Twenty-three victims left on the scene of

action are there buried in one grave.