Posted on: Cherokee Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/SC/Cherokee/10148 Surname: Sanders, Barnett, Griffin, Humphries, Sarratt ------------------------- "SC Microfilm Post Office Department reports of site locations 1837-1950" ONE OF THE MOST FACINATING AND INFORMATIVE RESOURCES IN LIBRARY 1876 notice to Postmaster at Hurricane Shoals, Spartanburg, South Carolina shows notation "change to Cowpens June 188?" Thickety listed as nearest creek other post offices nearby in 1876 were: Spartanburg, Limestone Springs, Batesville, and Martinsville SC. I did not copy page for Clifton and do not know when it was named. P O Dept to Cowpens Postmaster dated Dec 1 1898 with drawing next page lists most prominent river Pacolet and nearest creek Thickety nearest post office at that time was Powells 4 miles north. Jno R. Webster was Postmaster Cowpens, Spartanburg Co., SC Dec 6 1898