Database

Tamassee

Other names:
General Pickens Monument, Tomassy, Tomassee

What:
*Col. Andrew Williamson vs. Lower Town Cherokee, burned, 12 Aug 1776

Where: 34.88092512 -83.0587617 Tamassee

Maps: [map notes]

Sources:

  • Margaret Mills Seaborn,     From 1730 through 1776, Cherokee Indian Towns of Oconee County, South Carolina, with Principal Paths, 1774     Oconee County Library, 1975
    Tamassee 83° 3.7', 34° 52.9' .. Gen Pickens' house built on mound
    [Note: this is presumably NAD27. Seaborn's map places Tamassee at the Pickens Monument location.]

    Cheohee

  • Cherokee Prayer Site Guide Including atrocity sites, death camps, missions, towns, battlefields, spiritual sites, etc.
    X 14. Tamasee, or Tomassee
    8/10/1776- Near this town, Williamson's men ambushed in a "Ring Fight." Counter-attack led by Andrew Pickens. 16 Cherokees killed, 17 wounded, or 83 dead or wounded.
    8/12/1776- Williamson's men destroyed town

  • NBBAS:One p.161.
    Ring Fight: Revlist post

  • RevWar75  
  • Aug 1776 listing   8/12/1776 Tamassy (Tamasee, Cheowee, Eustaste) American victory. Per O'Kelley.

Related locations:
Ring Fight,  

Confidence level:: See above.