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What:
Battle, 20 Nov 1780, BG Sumter vs. Lt.Col. Tarleton

Where: 34.679405 -81.811314 Blackstocks

Maps: [map notes]

• 34.679405,-81.811314 (NAD83/WGS84), Blackstocks
• ACME Mapper.
• National Map
• Google

Sources:

• Patrick O'Kelley
  
  • NBBAS: Vol.Two, p.365-373, battle, 20 Nov 1780
  • RevList post

• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. Search for blackstock. 155 returns (through 9-2006), many relevant.

• Blackstock Plantation trail brochure. Map of unmanned marked site of Battle of Blackstocks Plantation in Union Co. SC. Go to page 2.

• Blackstock site trails from SCTrails.org

• From RoyalProvincial.com:
  • Pictures of Blackstocks Plantation (initial). From RoyalProvincial.com

  • Pictures of Blackstock's Plantation #1. From RoyalProvincial.com. Collection #1. Click on image for larger view. The state historical marker has been since repainted. The face of the stone marker has since been ground off, and the inscription has been engraved into the stone.

  • Pictures of Blackstock's Plantation #2. From RoyalProvincial.com. Click on images for larger view.

  • Pictures of Blackstock's Plantation #3. From RoyalProvincial.com. Click on image for larger view. To the left of the road leading into the battle site, there is a cattle gate across a dirt road leading down to the site of the ford in 1820 (and likely at the time of the battle). Just beyond this road a small parking area has been built with a rail fence. A kiosk has been added with a map of the site.

• Pictures related to Blackstocks Plantation. From Phil Norfleet's website. The SC marker has been repainted. The battle monument has since been ground off and re-inscribed. Other improvements have been made to the area.

• Map images available from Wisconsin Historical Society. These are "teaser" maps. Better copies can be purchased via the preceding link. Search for blackstock.
  Blackstock's Plantation Battlefield
  Blackstock's Plantation Battlefield Map
  Submitted by Dan Wilbanks.

• Sherman, "Calendar..."   online. Search for blackstock. 49 returns, many relevant.
  Blackstocks, (battle) 223, 224, 225, 230, 249, 272.
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• RevWar75   listing 11/20/1780 Blackstocks Plantation (Blackstock's Ford, Tyger River). Draw.

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