History of Edgefield County from the Earliest Settlements...
Chapman, John A. While most every county has a county history which was a life-long labor of love for someone and is generally of little interest beyond inhabitants of the county, Edgefield County, SC is unique for several reasons:
1. It was the end of the Great Wagon Road which stretched from New England all the way down the east coast.
2. Edgefield District once comprised much of the upstate of South Carolina. Augusta, GA at the navigable head of the S...