Front Description
Charles and Mary Moore built the Manor House in 1765 1½ miles SE on land granted by George III in 1763. They founded Rocky Spring Academy (1770-1850) the first in Spartanburg County. In a raid in 1780 “Bloody” Bill Cunningham, a Tory, murdered Capt. Steadman and two patriots here, beginning the Moore Family Cemetery.
Back Description
Walnut Grove Plantation, the home of Charles Moore, was also the childhood home of Kate Moore Barry who aided General Daniel Morgan prior to the Battle of Cowpens and her younger brother Thomas Moore, who fought there. Notorious Loyalist William “Bloody Bill” Cunningham undertook a destructive raid through South Carolina in the fall of 1781, killing many individuals known to be in support of the Patriots. Local tradition holds that in November 1781, Cunningham came to the Morre home where he killed three Patriot soldiers being shelter by the family.
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