Other names:
Green River Road (1825 Mills Atlas)

Historic significance:
Daniel Morgan's camp before Cowpens was located nearby on land owned by Alexander Chesney and his father Robert.

Where: Cherokee & Union Counties, South Carolina

Data files

• Ozi-Explorer track data:   grindal-west.plt,   grindal-east.plt,   grindal-north.plt,  
• Ozi-Explorer waypoint data:  : morgan-camp.wpt,  
• morgan-camp-shp.zip. .shp files for waypoints & tracks, WGS84, lat-lon.

Maps:

• Custom Google map. Red pins mark waypoints. "Mouse-over" any pin for identification. Note the several map backgrounds available (Google map, Google terrain, aerial, hybrids, two sources of topo maps, multi-scales of topos, etc.). "Click and drag" works. Ozi waypoint data used for this map.
  Morgan's camp extended from waypoint shown, with some units camping as far north as intersection of SC-18 and SC-211.
  With map viewed on Google map background, an alternate route of the Green River Road went thru Arrowhead Road and Becknell Road. These roads are on private property and are currently closed. That route is shown by dashed line on the Cowpens Green River Road map, below.
  All except the most northern part of this track in on private land and is posted.

• Grindal Shoals as shown in the GNIS database. Note the various mapping options (AcmeMapper recommended). This is a short distance upstream from the track in the custom Google map, above. There is little remaining on the river banks to indicate where the ford crossed.

• Mills Atlas, Union District, surveyed 1820.
  Click for larger view..

• Benson's 1786 map of (later) Spartanburg District. Dot at lower right is Grindal Shoals. Line toward NNE is road. Byce's Mill is about 2 miles west of Thicketty. No road is shown leading to Cowpens. A "Green River Road" is shown north from Wofford's Iron Works. Note road on south side of Pacolet River leading to Grindal Shoals.
  Click to see larger view.

• Old and modern roads associated with the Green River Road, from Cowpens NB brochure.
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Submitted by: John Robertson

Description:
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Sources and References:

• John Robertson, "The Historic Significance of Grindal Shoals, Pacolet River, Cherokee/Union Counties, South Carolina". This includes a map showing land plats in the vicinity (use Adobe Readers rotate tool). It appears that Grindal owned the land on both banks at the ford, but not that in the stream between.

• J.D. Bailey, History of Grindal Shoals and Some Early Adjacent Families", 1927.

• John P. Kennedy, Horse Shoe Robinson, p.192. Description of Grindal Shoals. Pendleton visited the area in the early 1830's when in the process of writing this historical novel. This is 1852 revision of the book.

Confidence level of road/trail data:
4 (on scale of 0-5)

Related locations:
Morgan's Camp,   Grindal Shoals,   Easterwood Shoals,   Adam Goudelock house,