Historic Camden

By: Thomas Kirkland and Robrt Kennedy, Pub. 1905, reprinted 2026, 518 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-022-0. Camden is the oldest inland city in the state of South Carolina. It was the main inland trade center for the colony of South Carolina. Due to geography and inland road, Camden was one of the main routes to the upcountry/back country for settlers looking west for new lands. This volume covers the history of Camden from its colonial period all the way through to the Revolutionary War with topics on early development, Indians, Pine Tree Hill, the Battle of Camden, the Battle of Hobkirk Hill, Cornwallis House, Loyalists/Tory, Washington's Visit, and etc. The author has even given mini biographical sketches on early representative families with the following surnames: Adamson, Alexander, Ancrum, Belton, Boykin, Brevard, Brisbane, Broome, Brown, Bynum, Cantey, Carter, Champion, Chestnut, Cook, Drakeford, Dubose, Dunlap.English, Haile, Hunter, Kershaw, Lang, M'Rae, Martin, Mickle, Murray, Nettles, Perkins, Ross, Rudolph, Starke, Trantham, and Whitaker,