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Abbeville County – South

Abbeville County – South

 The Old Ninety Six Graded School – Courtesy of the Martin Postcard Collection – 2014

The Old Ninety Six Graded School – Courtesy of the Martin Postcard Collection – 2014

ABBEVILLE COUNTY POST OFFICES – 1896

City Directories and History:   Click on the MORE INFORMATION / MAPS links, found under the primary picture, to see an enlargeable postal maps (both the north and south sections), of Abbeville County Post Office locations in 1896.  Enter the specific name in R&R’s search box to locate additional information on each of these locations found on R&R’s pages. (Old Postal Maps of Abbeville, S.C.)

1902 & 1917 SC POSTAL MAPS

LIST OF LOCATIONS:

Abbeville
Aix
Algary
Antreville
Bordeaux
Bradley
Calhoun Falls
Calvert
Cokesbury
Donalds
Due West
Globe
Greenwood
Greenwood
Hester
Hodges
Hunter
Jones
Latimer
Lebanon
Level Land
Link
Lowndesville
Lulah
McCormick
Midway
Monterey
Mount Carmel
New Marker
Ninety Six
Petigrue
Phoenix
Quarry
Rileys
Saluca
Sandover
Troy
Verdery
Watts
Wideman’s
Willington

Monterey is located between Calhoun Falls and Abbeville on the Old Calhoun Highway. Records show that the first post office at the Monterey site was

Bullock, W. P, and Paul L Grier. Official topographical map of Abbeville Co., South Carolina. [S.l.: P.L. Grier, 1894, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress

established May 6, 1847, in District Ninety Six and William Andrew Giles was appointed postmaster. During the Mexican War, South Carolina troops played an important part No doubt South Carolina had more troops than any other state in the union. Tradition tells us that the Post Office Department in Washington gave the first postmaster the privilege of naming the post office. At about that time the news of the Battle of Monterey was received and the part that South Carolina troops played in the capture of that Mexican stronghold was given wide publicity, especially in South Carolina. Later history tells us that they were among the first troops to climb over the wall of the Mexican city and hoisted the flag which was a South Carolina state flag, carried by Fredrick W. Selleck, a native of Abbeville. So William Andrew Giles, the first postmaster, sent in the name Monterey as a tribute to the South Carolina troops who participated in the Mexican War and Washington approved the name of Monterey and made it a matter of record.

Bull Town is located on the land owned by Mr. J. T. Clinkscales. It is between his home and Rocky River Presbyterian Church on the Old Calhoun Highway. (It would be about six miles from Calhoun Falls.) It was so named in honor of Gov. Bull of Charleston, who made a satisfactory treaty with the Cherokee Indians that brought peace to the settlers of the up country. Later the section became known as Monterey and this took in Bull Town.

Bullock, W. P, and Paul L Grier. Official topographical map of Abbeville Co., South Carolina. [S.l.: P.L. Grier, 1894, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress

(Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC)

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