"Three miles west is the site of an attack by Cherokee Indians  upon settlers of Long Canes in the Cherokee War of 1759-1761.  There on February 1, 1760, about 150 settlers,  refugeeing to Augusta were overtaken by 100 Cherokee.  Twenty-three victims left on the scene of action were buried in a mass grave."

This path leads to the burial place of Calhoun and Norris family members whose white markers can be seen just to the right of the large center tree. photo courtesy of Nancy Lindroth , 2007

Folks who had been at Long Cane (should have been 150 people)
Andrew Pickens , age 17, Hugenot
Patrick Calhoun, leader of Long Cane
Ezekiel Calhoun, the father of Rebecca
Rebecca Calhoun, dau. of Ezekiel, later wife of Andrew Pickens
William Calhoun, brother of Patrick (b 1723)
Agnes Long  Calhoun, wife of William Calhoun (b1733)
Rebecca Calhoun,
Ann Calhoun, age almost 5, daughter of William Calhoun, taken captive,  returned after 12 years)
Mary Calhoun, age almost 3,  daughter of William Calhoun, later scalped
Joseph Calhoun, son of William Calhoun, made it to safety with mother.
Richard Clark
Margaret Clark (husband killed )
Jane Clark, 6 yrs, daughter of Margaret Clark (husband killed ) missing
Mary (sister of Catherine M. Calhoun) taken prisoner and never seen again
Mary Winifred  Patrick Norris  (cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site, wife of John Norris, erected by son Robert Norris)(1689-1760)
Eliza Wrentz Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1726-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
Ezekiel Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site,)(1746-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
William Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1748-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
Sarah Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1759-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
(perhaps Robert Norris)
Benjamin Jones ESQ.
Daughter of Ben Jones, wife of Rosemonds.  
One child carried  off and never returned.  (unidentified)
Anne Calhoun ( later at age 30 married Isaac Matthews), taken captive as young injured child of age 6, raised by Indians, and later returned after 12 years captivity

Long Cane Cemetary Site. markers are (l to r) for Mary Winifred Patrick Norris,
Catherine Calhoun and several unmarked graves.
[photo courtesy of Nancy Lindroth 2007]

    
Cathrine Calhoun's marker had been enhanced with felt marker by someone. 

[photos courtesy of Nancy Lindroth]


Folks  killed at Long Cane.  (twenty three total according to plaque but list is incomplete)
Catherine Montgomery Calhoun, mother of Patrick Calhoun (died among her children) age 76
James (maybe the son of Catherine Calhoun) killed
James' wife, killed
Kitty Calhoun, daughter of William Calhoun, tomahawked in the back of the head
Daughter of Ben Jones, wife of Rosemonds. 
One child carried  off and never returned.
Mary Winifred Patrick Norris (cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site, wife of John Norris pictured in center above)(1689-1760)
Eliza Wrentz Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1726-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
Ezekiel Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1746-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
William Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1748-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
Sarah Norris(cemetary memorial marker at Long Canes site)(1759-1760)dates from Ellen Hazen
Richard Clark (buried in mass grave according to Clark relatives)

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The following items were printed in the South Carolina Gazette:

From Issue February 2-9, 1760:

The Long Cane Massacre

"Yesterday night the whole of the Long Cane settlers, to the number of 150 moved off with most of their effects in wagons to go towards Augusta in Georgia and in a few hours after their setting off, were surprised and attacked by about 100 Cherokees on horseback, while they were getting their wagons out of a boggy place.

They had amongst them 40 gunmen, who might have made a very good defense, but unfortunately their guns were in the wagons; the few that recovered theirs fought the Indians half an hour, and were at last obliged to fly. In the action they lost 7 wagons and 40 of their people killed or taken -- including women and children the rest got safe to Augusta whence an express arrived here with the same account on Tues. morning."

 

From Issue February 9-16, 1760:

Many children have been found wandering in the woods, of the party that were attacked removing from the Long Canes settlement; one man brought no less than 9 of them to Augusta, which he picked up in two different parties, some of them terribly cut with tomahawks and left for dead, and other scalp'd, yet alive.

 

From Issue February 16-23, 1760:

PATRICK CALHOUN, one of the settlers of Long Canes attacked by Cherokees on the 11th informs that of 250 settlers their loss amounted to about "50 persons, chiefly Women and Children, with 13 loaded waggons and carts; that he had since been at the place where the action happened, in order to bury the dead, and found only 20 of their bodies, most inhumanly butchered; that the Indians had burnt the woods all around, but had left the waggons and carts there empty and unhurt; and that he believes all the fighting men would return to and fortify the Long Cane Settlement, were part of the Rangers so stationed as to give them some assistance and protection."

 

From Issue No. 1334, March 1-8, 1760:

MISSING CHILD

MARGARET CLARK whose husband was killed with the Long Canes settlers, seeks her daughter, JANE CLARK, 6 yrs. who was not found dead among the dead.

sources:

Clark, Samuel - records about Richard Clark. email of 25 Mar 2007
Hazen, Ellen Z. - records and dates  - Ellen@ellzwhere.com
Lindroth, Nancy- photos of Long Cane Massacre site and cemetary. ndlind@knology.net
South Carolina Gazette, Feb.,  1760
U. S. National Historical Plaque,  Long Cane, Troy, South Carolina.