SC 522, 0.25 mi. S of SC 9, Tradesville, South Carolina. County/parish: Lancaster.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 15, 1990. NRIS 90000091.
Part of Lancaster County MPS (NRIS 64500566).
1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Buford's Massacre Site, also known as Buford's Battleground, is a historic site and national historic district located near Lancaster, South Carolina. Two monuments at the site mark the battleground where the Battle of Waxhaws (also known as Buford's massacre) took place. A white monument ten feet tall, erected on June 2, 1860, marked the gravesite of American soldiers who died during the battle. This marker was gradually damaged over time by souvenir hunters who chipped off pieces, which led local authorities to erect a new monument on May 1, 1955, bearing the same inscription. The Battle of Waxhaws was a minor engagement during the American Revolutionary War between the Continental Army and Loyalist forces led by British colonel Banastre Tarleton.
It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996226