Saluda Old Town Treaty, July 2, 1755
"I bring a little child that he might tell future generations what is now agreed to."
At Old Saluda Town, about ten miles north of here, July 2, 1755, Governor Glen obtained from Old Hop and other chiefs of the Cherokee Nation the cession of the territory embraced by the present counties of Spartanburg, Cherokee west of Broad River, Union, Newberry, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda and a part of Aiken.
Marker is at the intersection of West Church Street (U.S. 378) and North Main Street (State Highway 39), on the left when traveling east on West Church Street.
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