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Tamassee Town

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Front Description

Near this site once stood the Cherokee “lower town” of Tamassee. On August 12, 1776 a Revolutionary War battle known as the “Ring Fight” was fought here between the Cherokee and the South Carolina Militia under Captain Andrew Pickens. The Cherokee were defeated and many years later Gen. Pickens built his house here when he retired. The Cherokee became his neighbors and friends.

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