Indians, bloodshed, tears, churches and schools
Subtitle: it all started at Fort Gowen
By: by James V. Gregory and James Walton Lawrence, Sr.
Contributors: Lawrence, James Walton.
Publisher: Lawrence
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Landrum, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Gowen family.; Fortification -- South Carolina -- Gowensville Region -- History.; Frontier and pioneer life -- South Carolina -- Gowensville Region.; Pioneers -- South Carolina -- Gowensville Region -- Biography.; Gowensville Region (S.C.) -- History.; Gowensville Region (S.C.) -- Biography.; Gowensville Region (S.C.) -- History, Military.; South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; Spartanburg County (S.C.) -- Genealogy.; Spartanburg County (S.C.) -- Census, 1790.
Genres: Biography.; Genealogy.; Census, 1790.
Other titles: It all started at Fort Gowen
Notes: Includes index and 1790 census (First census) of the Spartanburgh District.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The white man came; title: Governor Glenn's Treaty of 1755; title: The forts; title: Settlers organize; title: Settlements served by Fort Prince; title: More about Fort Prince; title: What about Fort Gowen; title: Captain John "Buck" Gowen; title: Fighting begins; title: Mrs. John "Buck" Gowen; title: The Old Gowen's Fort; title: Fort Gowen withstands Bates and Tories; title: Jane Thomas; title: Col. John Jones comes to Fort Gowen; title: The second Fort Gowen; title: Little stories about Major Gowen and the Fort; title: The black watchman; title: A 1770 true soap opera; title: The Gillie rescue; title: Major Gowen carries on after war's end; title: John "Buck" Gowen in public life; title: John "Buck" Gowen's children; title: The Earles and Gowensville; title: Gowensville seminary; title: A new school; title: Early school days at Gowensville; title: The Rev. Thomas J. Earle, minister; title: Thomas J. Earle, businessman; title: Corn whiskey; title: Fort Gowen sees further service; title: Major John "Buck" Gowen's family; title: Gowensville, S.C.; title: Gowensville Baptist Church; title: The Shanklee school; title: Interesting items about Gowensville; title: 1790 Census of Spartanburgh District; title: The Williams family; title: Another needle in the haystack.