This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cherokee and Union Counties South Carolina Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QeB.2ACI/193.1 Message Board Post: Gowdeysville is located in the south east portion of present Cherokee County north of Union County. Before 1897 it was a community within Union County SC. There is an 1895 map at http://cherokee.ourfamily.com/formationhistory.htm showing Gowdeysville in 1895 due east of Spartanburg and north of the Pacolet River. Hope this helps a little.... CoachT