Lost and Forgotten Towns under South Carolina Lakes

Presentation by Tom Taylor

Presentation:

Books:

Maps:

Towns:

Vienna

Andersonville

Ferguson

Merritsville

Jocassee

Countsville

Underwater Cemeteries:

Presentation

Link to Presentation (PDF Format)

These are the resources, both online and in print, used to create the presentation “Lost and Forgotten Towns under South Carolina Lakes.”

Books

• Historic Canals & Waterways of South Carolina - Robert J. Kapsch

• Website
• Google Books
• Amazon

• Jocassee Valley - Claudia Whitmire Hembree

• Website
• Amazon

• Sunken Plantations:  The Santee Cooper Project - Douglas W. Bostick

• Google Books
• Amazon

• One Foot in Eden (novel) - Ron Rash

• Website
• Google Books
• Amazon

• Whippoorwill Farewell:  Jocassee Remembered -  Debbie Fletcher

• Website
• Google Books
• Amazon

• Keowee - Michael Hembree and Dot Jackson

• Google Books
• Amazon

• Robert Mills’ Atlas of South Carolina 1825

• Website
• Google Books
• Amazon

• Lake Murray Records - SCE&G, South Carolina Historical Society

• No online reference exists.  Copies are available in public libraries, or from the follow, per notes on the book’s publication page:                                                                                                                             

FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES CONTACT THE COLUMBIA CHAPTER OF THE S C. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO. BOX 11353, COLUMBIA, S. C. 29211-1353

COST: $25.00 PLUS $3.95 POSTAGE AND HANDLING

Maps

• Google Maps
• USGS Historic Topographic Map Explorer
• USC Digital Archives South Carolina Soil Survey Maps
• USC Digital Archives Robert Mills 1938 Atlas of South Carolina
• David Rumsey Map Collection - Contains the 1825 Robert Mills Atlas, as well as other historical maps.

Towns

• General Reference - Carolana.com list of South Carolina post offices.
• South Carolina Country Stores

• Report (PDF)
• Appendix (PDF)

Vienna, Petersburg, and Lisbon

• Ghost Towns of Petersburg, Lisbon, and Vienna
• Augusta Chronicle articles about Petersburg:

• Drought-lowered reservoir offers glimpse of lost city Petersburg
• Falling water levels expose town site
• A Past Washed Away

• Edgefield Advertiser 1893 - story about towns on the Savannah
• Moses Waddell - Wikipedia
• Moses Waddell - blog post on Like the Dew
• Willington Academy Marker

Andersonville

• An Old Town--Reminiscences of the Past--Bad Guns
• Anderson County Historical Survey (PDF)
• Picnic to Old Andersonville
• Charter for Proposed Railroad
• Andersonville on Wikipedia
• Captain Samuel Earle Marker

Ferguson

• Railroad Historian discusses lost SC town - The Item, Sumter
• Ferguson - Visiting a town that has been underwater for over 50 years
• South Carolina’s Greatest Generation video - contains Santee Cooper interview with Bill Fletcher, starting at 6:48
• Finding Ferguson - The Item, Sumter
• Series in The Columbia Star

Merrittsville

• “Below the Surface” - Greenville Journal
• “Merrittsville...Now only a Nostalgic Memory” - Dean Campbell, Tryon Daily Bulletin
• Poinsett Bridge - Wikipedia
• Poinsett Bridge - Sciway
• "Merrittsville: Lost Village of the Dark Corner." Film documentary with Mann Batson, historian. Produced by Anne Blythe; Directed by Ron Long. June 2011.  (unavailable online)

Jocassee

Countsville

• Countsville AME Cemetery on Find-a-Grave
• Countsville AME Church on Panoramio
• Lake Murray Wikipedia (includes sonar scan images)
• Various pre-1923 news articles referencing Countsville
• Map showing Dreher Canal and Saluda Canal

Underwater Cemeteries

• Lake Hartwell Cemetery/Grave Re-interments - Text file
• YouTube visit by blogger from Drive.Dive.Devour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dMu3Saqrs
• Old Pickens Presbyterian on Find-a-Grave