Michael Gaffney Home

* 1804 *

Michael Gaffney was born in Granard Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1797. After a short period in New York, he set sail for Charleston, South Carolina. He departed Charleston for the upstate and arrived at ...

Gaffney

Michael Gaffney

[Southeast Face]

Born Sept. 29,1775 in Granard,

County Longford, Ireland.

Came to Charleston S.C.

Feb. 3, 1800.

Married Miss. Polly Smith

of Smith's Ford Union County

July 21, 1803.

He established the present

site of Gaffney in 1804.

Was Captain in the war of 1812.

Died Sept. 6, 1854.

Interred in

Gaffney ...

Gaffney

Michael Gaffney

[Southeast Face]

Born Sept. 29,1775 in Granard,

County Longford, Ireland.

Came to Charleston S.C.

Feb. 3, 1800.

Married Miss. Polly Smith

of Smith's Ford Union County

July 21, 1803.

He established the present

site of Gaffney in 1804.

Was Captain in the war of 1812.

Died Sept. 6, 1854.

Interred in

Gaffney ...

Gaffney Cornerstone

A stone located on the

northeast corner of this

intersection commemorates

the point from which the

streets of the town of

Gaffney were laid out in

1873.

Marker is at the intersection of North Limestone Street (South Carolina Route 150) and East Buford Street, on the right ...

Michael Gaffney

1775 - 1854

Michael Gaffney

Founder

City of Gaffney

Memorial Wall Erected 1976

by City of Gaffney

Leonard Hope, Mayor

Ben L. Clary, City Administrator

Ray Clary, Frank Guyton, Fred Kirby

John Q. Little, Vernon Sanders,

J. Chad Sarratt

Councilmen

Cherokee Historic Preservation Society

Marker by Ruth and Hickson Jones

Marker is at the ...