Greenwood County · Marker 24-01
Long Canes Massacre
Intersection of Main St. W. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 24-24) and Twigg St. (S.C. Hwy. 10)
Front inscription
Three miles west is site of an attack by Cherokee Indians upon settlers of Long Canes in the Cherokee War 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.