Citation Information
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Title
York County
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Coverage
1785 –
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Author
Michael S. Reynolds
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Keywords
York County was one of seven counties created in 1785 from the judicial district of Camden, Patriots routed the Loyalist force of Captain Christian Huck on July 12 in a skirmish that came to be known as “Huck’s Defeat.”, Two of York County’s leading tourist attractions are associated with the Revolutionary War: Kings Mountain National Military Park and Historic Brattonsville, After the Civil War most poor whites and newly freed slaves became sharecroppers, Winthrop Normal and Industrial College was moved from Columbia to Rock Hill, cotton textile mills,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/york-county/view/images
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Access Date
April 18, 2024
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Original Published Date
July 7, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 22, 2022
