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For some, like John Campbell, the uncivil war never ended

John (called John the younger) Campbell, second child of John Landrum and Nancy Williams Campbell, was born in ...

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Master gunsmith, carpenter, Baptist preacher

Marcus Lafayette Davis, son of Morgan and Ellie Lindsey Davis, was born June 10, 1836, in Greenville County. ...

Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell

Jesse Dill’s killer never came to trial

On April 8, 1830, a military muster was held near the Lewis H. and Mary Dickey house at ...

Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell

Dandelions once were staple foodstuffs for people

Before dandelions became the scourge of well-manicured lawns and picture-perfect, equestrian pastures, the rugged, colorful and masterful plants ...

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Hogback and Glassy Mountains headwater four rivers in Dark Corner

The earliest settlers to the upper Spartanburg District of South Carolina and Cherokee Nation territory, now known as ...

Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell

Hogback and Glassy Mountains headwater four rivers in Dark Corner

The earliest settlers to the upper Spartanburg District of South Carolina and Cherokee Nation territory, now known as ...

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Singing families chose ballad as their theme song

Dark Corner families that had two or more members, who  blended in close harmony when singing old ballads ...

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Ward infant killed during war between distillers

During the fiercest fighting between illicit distillers themselves and Revenue Agents during the 1870s and 1880s, a number ...

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One moonshiner trained steers to help in his operation

One of the less widely known tales of the Dark Corner is the one about an unnamed, yet ...

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Family genealogy – an inexact, exact science

Some of us, who have a calling to research many areas of history, can sometimes cringe when confronted ...

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