Michael Gaffney Home - Gaffney, SC
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N 35° 04.427 W 081° 38.889
17S E 440907 N 3881417
The cabin is a replica of the original Michael Gaffney home. It has twenty-four logs from the original cabin.
Waymark Code: WMXCX9
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2017
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"Michael Gaffney was born in Granard Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1797. After a short period in New York, he set sail for Charleston, South Carolina. He departed Charleston for the upstate and arrived at Smith's Ford on the Broad River on December 17, 1800. There he met and married Mary "Polly" Smith, daughter of John Smith, on July 21, 1803.
Gaffney purchased 805 acres of land from John McKie on January 20, 1804, for $600.00. He then constructed this home, store and trading post at the corner of present day N. Granard Street and Baker Boulevard. This intersection was a Native American trail and wagon road. It became known as Gaffney's Crossroads later Gaffney's Old Field.
Michael and Polly's first child was born June 1, 1804, most likely in this log home.
This hand hewed log home is donated to the City of Gaffney by the Gaffney Bicentennial Commission and Committees on this day June 23, 2006."
Source: Plaque at street-side on the current cabin site.
Link to the Homestead: [Web Link]
Structure Type: Log Cabin
History if no Link: Not listed
Additional Parking or Point of Interest: Not Listed
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