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 Family Cemetery.
[Northeast Face]
Alderman from 1876 to 1906
W.F. McArthur, A.M. Gilmer, L.G. Byars, Wm. W. Gaffney, R.O. Sams, C.C. Harris, W.H. Richardson, N.H. Littlejohn, J.E. Webster, L. Baker, J.J. Brown, Martin Bishop, W.C. Carpenter, J.N. Lipsbomb, H.D. Wheat, T.G. McCraw, R.A. Jones, R.M. Wilkins, E.R. Cash, E.J. Barnett, A.N. Wood, J.L. Sarratt, J.H. Turner, G.A. Cotton, T.L. Brown, J.N. Nesbitt, J.A. Carroll, W.L. Settlemyer, J.A. Gaffney, M.L. Ross, W.F. Brown, W.W. Gaffney, G.W. Webster, J.F. Fincken, Gus. Abernathy, A.L. Hallman, H.L. Spears, R.O. Ballenger.
[Northwest Face]
Town of Gaffney Incorporated
March 3, 1875
First Town Council
John R. Wesbter, Mayor, Nathan Lipscomb, T. Davenport, R.M. Gaffney, B.K. Humphries.
Mayors from 1876 to 1931
Nathan Lipscomb, M.S. Lynn, Moses Simon, Wm W. Gaffney, L. Baker, J.A. Corry, J.A. Carroll, A.N. Wood, D.A. Thomas, N.H. Littlejohn, J.Q. Little, R.M. Gaffney, W.H. Ross, T.B. Butler, J.H. Turner, R.A. jones, V.H. Lipscomb.
Clerks from 1876 to 1931
L. Baker, Wm. W. Gaffney, W.F. McArthur, R.O. Sams, C.C. Harris, W.H. Richardson, N.H. Littlejohn, J.E. Webster, G.E. Hood, W.H. Ross, Boyce Whisonant.
[Southwest Face]
Aldermen from 1906 to 1931
Z.A. Robertson, P.V. Gaffney, R.S. Lipscomb, T.H. Littlejohn, W.D. Johnson, B.A. holmes, C.C. Kirby, J.D. Parris, L.Y. Randall, W.H. Smith, W.H. Perry, W.R. Tattersall, G.T. Greene, M.D. Fowler, B.B. Morgan, N.S. Thackston, J.H. Curry, W.R. Tanner, E.L. Gossett, C.E. Hamrick, J. Boyce Gaffney, D.W. Hicks, J.S. Camp, J.J. Ramsey, C.C. Green, E.T. Parker, P.D. Willis, M.V. Fitzgerald, G.D. Harris, J.K. Wood, J.R. Osborne, F.L. Sparks, W.M. Bonds, W.R. Lipscomb, Franch Z. McCraw, Alex Quinn, Guy Queen, R.C. Blackwell.
Marker is on North Granard Street (U.S. 29) near West Buford Street, on the right.
Courtesy hmdb.org
