Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Break, between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thompson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. The Tories were completely routed and Cuningham himself narrowly escaped.

Marker is on Fork Shoals Road south of One Hundred Road (County Road 565), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources: