Cork Family gathering – exploring the old homplace, 2016.
Farmers delivered their picked cotton to local gins within reasonable hauling distances of their farms. Many of these gin operations were owned by the local merchant who in essence acted as a banker. He often supplied the farmer with fertilizer, seed, credit and equipment during the year and carried the loan until it was paid off with the sale of the farmer’s cotton in the fall. Unfortunately, farmers often failed to profit from their crops and lost their property to the local merchants for non payment. This invoice was from the bagging and tie company of Charleston, S.C. They supplied the necessary course cloth and ties to bind the ginned cotton for shipping.
James McQuiston Blaine’s home on Two Creeks Road in Fairfield County, S.C.
Shelton School – Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History – 1983
Train schedule for the Spartanburg and Union Railroad line in the 1870s.
Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History – 1983
1900 – Sanborn Map diagram of the area with improvements.
1884 – Sanborn Map diagram of the Aiken Hotel and home.
Historic Aiken Home and Hotel – circa 1910.
Courtesy of the New York J.H. Colton and Company, 1856; from Colton’s Atlas of the World
Mount Hope – 2013
1884 – Sanborn Map diagram of the historic Winnsboro Town Hall and Clock Tower.
Image courtesy of the Van Center Collection – 2014 showing the building to the far left.
1900 – Sanborn Map diagram showing the historic Cathcart House. Currently used as the headquarters of the Fairfield County Museum.
Image taken in 2012
