Mark's Photo Travels

Pinckneyville is an extinct town located about 18 miles northeast of Union, South Carolina in northeastern Union County near where Pacolet River empties into Broad River. The town was established by a law passed in 1791 that created the Pinckney District which consisted of Union, Spartanburg, Chester, and York counties. The intent of the town's designers was to create an upcounty version of Charleston. When Pinckney District was abolished nine years later in 1800, the population of Pinckneyville stagnated then declined as the county seat of Union took over in importance. In 1835, the legislature passed a law authorizing the sale of Pinckneyville's public land and buildings. While the area remained somewhat populated into the 20th century, Pinckneyville was finished as a town. The area is so remote these days that the nearest home is two miles away. The last major event to take place in Pinckneyville was the dedication of a stone monument on July 6, 1936 where the old courth...

Most of the blog post below is wrong. Sorry! This followup post benefits from a few years of experience. Several roads in Greenville County by their names alone hint at places that no longer exist. Duncan Chapel Road is one such road, but I've co ve red that already. Reid School Road is another road named after something that no longer exists, Reid School. What little information I learned about Reid School was obtained from Greenville County's Register of Deeds website. The earliest deed I know of that definitively refers to the school is from 1923 in Book 76, page 170 where Reid School District #9E purchases land adjoining the existing Reid School land. Book 888, page 280  shows that in 1970 the School District of Greenville County sold off the land as a quit-claim. Looks like they couldn't find the original deed either! So where was the school? A  plat survey  for a nearby land places the school near where Reid School Road meets State Park Road on propert...

A decaying cemetery locals call The Children's Graveyard near the intersection of Old Buncombe Road and Duncan Chapel Road a few miles north of Greenville, SC is the most visible remains of where Duncan Chapel Methodist Church once stood. The "residents" of the cemetery are listed at Find A Grave . Also nearby on 1/4 acre of land deeded by the church was Duncan Chapel Public School until it moved to a new location in 1917. I tried to link in the entry to every piece of available information about the church, graveyard, and school. Several bloggers have already visited and written about the site: Haunted Children's Graveyard  (August 25, 2008) by Eric at A Day's Drive from Greenville, SC The Children's Graveyard  (September 27, 2008) by Tom Taylor at RandomConnections Children’s Graveyard – Followup and History  (September 29, 2008) by Tom Taylor at RandomConnections I haven't gone there yet, but I will when colder weather kills off some of the veg...