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History/Timeline

1745 - The settlement that later became the town and city of Newberry, SC, the county seat includes the early architecture details of the early settlement. Adam Summer began the settlement here. Downtown business has many blocks where each building is listed upon the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Main St Hist. District
Caldwell Street, Historical Dist.
1750's German, Scots-Irish, and English) migrated in great numbers to South Carolina and settled here.Wikipedia phrases these as yeomen farmer. In fact there were so many German immigrants that the area was also called Dutch Fork (Deutsch). Many plantations began here and grew short-staple cotton. The processing was greatly speeded by the cotton gin invention and use.[2][3]
1758 The Rock House was built in Newberry County, SC. At this time the Rock House was near the main road running from Charleston and Upstate South Carolina. Currently in recent times this little house is a mile from any road.. The house did not move, the roads moved... It is the oldest building in the county and shows its age. (It was built during the French and Indian War, and had two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. Part of the building's walls have crumbled, a dozen or more bricks from the chimneys are lying in the inside of it. The east side is covered by vegetation, which may be bothering the construction.[4]
Old Rock House
1761 Newberry County, part of the South Carolina upcountry was on the frontier and stayed this way until after the Cherokee war in 1761. Old Ninety-Six District contained this area from above the fall line to South Carolina colony bandary and between the savannah and Broad rivers. This area was settled somewhat. The American Revolution caused more battles/skirmishes. South Carolina legislature divided the enormous territory into 6 counties in 1785. [5]
1776-1781 An interest personality of Newberry's history is Emily Geiger. She delivered a message from Major General Nathaniel Green to Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.[2]
1780-81 Newberry county also has stories about Hannah Gaunt, a Quaker girl, defending her father's house during a Loyalist attack in the Revolutionary War. [2]

http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/newberry_county_sc.html

Dec 31, 1780 American Revolution battle on the Williams' Plantation.[3]
1780 - British Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton camped in Newton area as he and Union troops marched to Cowpens.
March 2, 1781 American Revolution battleat Mud Lick. [6]
May, 1781 - American Revolution battle at Bush River. [7]
map.
1785 - With an act by the South Carolina legislature,Newberry County, of the lower level of the piedmont counties, was formed from District Ninety-Six.
March, 1789 John Coate donated 2 acres for public buildings such as the county Courthouse in Newberry, SC., the county seat. It is considered that the name, "Newberry" was a captain of Sumter's state troops.
1785 -Newberry County was formed from Ninety-Six District. Many sources have been checked for who/what the county was named in honor of.[3]
Theory 1) a different spelling for the English town "Newbury." [2]
Theory#2 -were the fields and forests were great, similar to that of a "new berry".
Theory#3 from Carolana was a name of a captain of Sumter's state troops.[2]

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1789 - The town of Newberry, SC was founded as the county seat of Newberry County. It is frequently called Newberry Courthouse. [3]This site was chosen because of its nearness to the center of the county. [2]
1798 - Another Act of the legislature, re-organized Newton County. at Newberry, the county seat
Newberry, SC Opera House.
May 27, 1809 The town of Newberry Court House, received a U.S. Post Office with a postmaster (Thomas Pratt) By 18920 the Post Office Department officially changed the name to what is known today as Newberry, SC. It has operated continuously since. [8]
mid 1800s Many of the small farms were absorbed by the larger farms.. Later advances in agriculture, decreased the need for as large labor force to farm the cotton farms. The Railways connected Newberry also helped Newberry become one of the larger cotton markets..[2]
Child "doffers, Sweeps, in Mollahan Mills
1851 Railroad connected Newberry County to other major towns and markets. Newborn, SC became a trade center. Cotton became the primary crop prior to the Civil War.[3]

With the railroad arrival, Newberry became a thriving trade center.

1854 The Laurens Railroad built depots at Jalapa and Kinards. [9]
1856 - Lutheran Church established Newberry College which is an important part of the area. [3] [2]
Newberry College
1862-65 - Civil War changed the social order of the community, interrupted the town's growth. A stronger community (later town) survived the war and reconstruction.[2]
1862-65 County growth ceased or slowed down in Newberry county; the warfare and loss of lives of many southern men disrupted the state economy. [3]
Boundary St Citizen Mills.
1880's The first cotton mills were built in the county. These boosted the economy and accelerated the process of cotton milling, thus growth in the county economy. The mills provided more jobs for county citizens. [3]cotton was the primary crop before the American Civil War.
1881 - The Cotton mills began in Newberry, SC as its first industry other than agriculture.
Oakland Mills
post 1881 The image of Newberry, SC has cosmetically changed due to fires, storms, and the inevitable economic slumps,. The city of Newberry today retains many historic buildings to remember the past as well a revitalized downtown area. [2]
1891 Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad started the incorporation of Little Mountain. Whitmire was incorporated after the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad was added. a trading center on the Enoree River, was incorporated.
Although Newberry is both the county Seat and most populated town, Prosperity and Whitmire are moderately populated. [10]
1920-30's Agriculture was mechanized and labor needs were decreased. .[3]
1970s forward the population of Newberry County has been growing due to increasing local economic prosperity.[3]Today’s farmers rotate crops such as corn, millet, wheat, and soybeans.http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/newberry_county_sc.html

TODAY

Newberry County of today has many sites of early Indian relics within its borders.
Newberry County area has sites of the American Revolution battlefields.[2]
Frederick Nance House
George Mower House.
Newberry County has many beautiful homes and plantations with a history of their own. [2]Today Newberry County has many acres of controlled reforestation to prevent land depletion and soil erosion. There are dairy, poultry, and cattle farms here. [2]
Many other small communities also grew at highway crossroads and at railroad depots. Some incorporated towns from the Greenville and Columbia Railroad were Peak, Pomaria, Frog Level (now Prosperity), Silverstreet, and Chappells. [2]
John Belton O'Neall was a prominent judge in Newberry County until his death in 1863. "The Annals of Newberry" is Newberry County early history.[2]
Job Johnstone (1793-1862), a Newberry lawyer,was Chancellor in South Carolina for 31 years and served on the State Court of Appeals.[2]
Another Newberry lawyer, John Fletcher Hobbs, left for Australia in 1882 and, by 1893, had become chief of two tribes of cannibals.[2]
Coleman Livingston Blease (1868-1942) was the only permanent resident of Newberry to be governor of South Carolina. A lawyer, Representative and United States Senator, he was elected governor in 1910 and 1912. Interestingly, his two opponents in 1912 were also from Newberry.
Newberry County, South Carolina has the following scenic and historic sites.
The Rock House (pre-Revolutionary, the oldest house in the county)
Quaker Cemetery (used from the 1760s - 1820s)
Tea Table Rock (site of a British encampment during the Revolutionary War)
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Pomaria (1808)
Little Mountain (800 feet above sealevel, highest point in county)
Gauntt House, Newberry (1808, oldest home in city)
Hardy House, Maybinton (1825, typical of early 1800's)
Pomaria Plantation, Pomaria (1826, site of a well-known nursery)
Old Court House (1851)
Newberry College (founded 1856)
Jasper Hall, Whitmire (1857, fine ante-bellum residence)
Rosemont Cemetery (1863)
Newberry Opera House (1881)
Oakhurst, Newberry (1891, a fine Victorian home)
Lake Murray; and Lynches Woods (a scenic road winds through the forest).

Old Newberry County Court House (2007)

In Newberry town, SC (population 1920, 5,894), are Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal churches. In the county's 10 cities and towns have graded schools. Rural schools have also progressed more than 5 years ago. The one-teacher schools are now 4-9 from a high of 28 in other years. The State accredited high schools now are 9 high schools from earlier years there were 4. The best is there are 5 state accredited high schools in the county. [2]
Newberry Opera House.
1925 Newberry County was still high ranking in cotton growth in a list of 8 Southern states. Willie Pat Boland, a Newberry County boy won the price for the best 10 ears of corn. The growing season is 215 days. Interest is developing in dairying, and in the marketing of a fine quality of granite.[2]
Oakland Mills.
1925 3 cotton mills at Newberry and one at Whitmire, were earning $4,500,000, with 181,472 spindles manned by native white labor, consumed 117,590 bales of cotton.[2]


The Southern, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens railways have a mileage length of 79, connect the county to the other counties. Highways have been built. State highways connect through Newberry, SC, the capital to the Piedmont. Busses also make daily runs on the highways. The towns have sufficient banks and 3 strong banks in Newberry, SC [2]</ref>


Whitmire has 1,955 inhabitants; Prosperity, 748; Helena, 435; Little Mountain, 399 ; Silver Street, 297 ; Pomaria, 288; Kinards, 236; Chappels, 207; Peake, 160.



Government Offices

1776 Newberry County has court records dating from 1776 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court.
1785-1800 Newberry County was a part of the Ninety-Six District. The records of the Ninety-Six District courts are housed in Abbeville County with the Clerk of Court.
Old Newberry County Courthouse.
  • The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Newberry County.
Newberry County Courthouse, 1908

Geography

Rivers/Creeks Entree River is on NE of Newton County, the Broad River forms the Southern border. Many other rivers, streams also dump water into the county.
County Seat Its county seat is Newborn. The name is of unknown origin.
Size - total area of (601 square miles) 647 square miles (1,680 km2), of which 630 square miles (1,600 km2) is land and 17 square miles (44 km2) (2.7%) is water
Newberry County comprises the Newberry, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area
Soils - 61 % of Newberry Co. soils are the Cecil variety, 11% are the Appling variety, 8% are the Meadow variety, and 5% are the Georgeville type soils.
Crops - cotton, as well as corn, oats, and cover crops.
Growing season -growing season is 215 days.
Minerals

Adjacent counties

  • Union County - north
  • Fairfield County - east
  • Lexington County - southeast
  • Richland County - southeast
  • Saluda County - south
  • Greenwood County - southwest
  • Laurens County - northwest

Protected areas

Demographics

In 2000 there were 36,108 people living in the county with a population density of 57 people/sq. mi. [11] In 2010 there were 37,508 people living in the county with a population density of 59.5 people/sq. mi. The racial makeup of the county was 62.1% white, 31.0% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 5.0% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 7.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 16.8% were German, 14.2% were American, 9.0% were English, and 7.7% were Irish. The median income for a household in the county was $41,815 and the median income for a family was $49,560. The per capita income for the county was $21,410. About 13.3% of families and 16.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.6% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over. [12]

  • 1925 Newberry County was still high ranking in cotton growth in a list of 8 Southern states. A Newberry County boy won the price for the best 10 ears of corn. Willie Pat Boland, a Newberry boy, won the prize for the best ten ears of corn. The growing season is 215 days. Interest is developing in dairying, and in the marketing of a fine quality of granite.

[13]

  • The county maintains an excellent health unit, and efficient home and farm demonstration agents. Clinics are regularly held to take care of the health of school children.
  • In the county's 10 cities and towns are graded schools. Rural schools have also progressed more than 5 years ago. The one-teacher schools are now 4-9 from a high of 28 in other years. The State accredited high schools now are 9 high schools from earlier there were 4 in previous years. The best is there are 5 state accredited high schools in the county.

Cities

Newberry (county Seat)

Towns//Uninco Communities

Prosperity, 748; Helena, 435; Little Mountain, 399 ; Chappels, 207; Peake, 160.

Unincorporated communities

County Resources

  • "Little Mountain Town Reunion" during the month of August.
  • first meeting of the South Carolina Lutheran Synod was in the house of John Eigleberger, who lived in Pomaria. Some of the later presidents of The Synod lived in or preached in and around Pomaria.
Hope School, Pomaria.

Pomaria - establishment of the Hope School. (a Rosenwald School to help rural African-Americans attend school). The land was donated by the family of James Haskell Hope, who later became the longest serving Superintendent of Education of South Carolina.

  • The county maintains an excellent health unit, and efficient home and farm demonstration agents. Clinics are regularly held to take care of the health of school children.
County
Notables
  • John Buzhardt, Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Carl Edwards Jr., Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Charles Cecil Wyche, United States federal judge
  • Billy O'Dell, Major League Baseball two-time All-Star pitcher from 1954 to 1967
  • Donnie Shell, safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers of NFL from 1974 to 1987
  • John Belton O'Neall (1795-1863), historian, Newberry County native
  • David Duncan Wallace (1874-1951) Newberry County Native.
  • John Belton O'Neall - prominent judge in Newberry County until his death in 1863, wrote. "The Annals of Newberry"
  • Job Johnstone (1793-1862), lawyer, Chancellor in South Carolina for 32 years and the State Court of Appeals.
  • John Fletcher Hobbs, lawyer left for Australia in 1882 and, by 1893 was ruling 2 tribes.
  • Marie Boozer, beautiful, and books: "La Belle" and "Another Jezebel."
  • Coleman Livingston Blease (1868-1942) resident of Newberry- lawyer, Representative and United States Senator, he was elected governor in 1910 and 1912) His 2 opponents in 1912 were also from Newberry.
  • John Fletcher Hobbs, left for Australia in 1882 and, by 1893, had become chief of two tribes of cannibals.!!

Census

1790 --- 9,342 —
1800 --- 12,006 28.5%
1810 --- 13,964 16.3%
1820 --- 16,104 15.3%
1830 --- 17,441 8.3%
1840 --- 18,350 5.2%
1850 --- 20,143 9.8%
1860 --- 20,879 3.7%
1870 --- 20,775 −0.5%
1880 --- 26,497 27.5%
1890 --- 26,434 −0.2%
1900 --- 30,182 14.2%
1910 --- 34,586 14.6%
1920 --- 35,552 2.8%
1930 --- 34,681 −2.4%
1940 --- 33,577 −3.2%
1950 --- 31,771 −5.4%
1960 --- 29,416 −7.4%
1970 --- 29,273 −0.5%
1980 --- 31,242 6.7%
1990 --- 33,172 6.2%
2000 --- 36,108 8.9%
2010 --- 37,508 3.9%
Est. 2016 --- 38,079

Cemeteries


Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.carolana.com/SC/Towns/Newberry_SC.html
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/newberry_county_sc.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_County,_South_Carolina
  4. ↑ https://southcarolina1670.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/rock-house-an-anti-plantation-sc-colonial-home/
  5. ↑ https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2009/3800.html
  6. ↑ http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Newberry_County%2C_South_Carolina
  7. ↑ http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Newberry_County%2C_South_Carolina
  8. ↑ http://www.carolana.com/SC/Towns/Newberry_SC.html
  9. ↑ http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Newberry_County%2C_South_Carolina
  10. ↑ http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Newberry_County%2C_South_Carolina
  11. ↑ http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Newberry_County%2C_South_Carolina
  12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_County,_South_Carolina
  13. ↑ http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/newberry_county_sc.html




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