JOCASSEE VALLEY
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………. ix
Notes Useful to Genealogical Research………………………………………………… x, xi

I

Memories of Jocassee………………………………………………………
Author’s memories of childhood spent in Jocassee Valley
1

II

The Early Years……………………………………………………………….
Indian legends, explorers, botanists, and records of early visitors
9

III

Along the Rivers………………………………………………………………
Flora and fauna, fords, bridges, floods, Toxaway Dam break, Chapman Bridge, Whitewater Falls
23

IV

The Churches…………………………………………………………………..
Records of Jocassee Methodist, Mt. Carmel Baptist and McKinney Chapel Methodist
45

V

The Schools……………………………………………………………………..
Elementary school at Jocassee, records, teachers, school life, some students; schools at Boone’s Creek, McKinney Chapel and Horse Pasture
61

VI

Camp Jocassee………………………………………………………………..
History of the Girls’ Camp as told by Sarah Godbold, camp life, community involvement, the new camp site
77

VII

Life in Jocassee……………………………………………………………….
Daily activities, grist mills, health, hotels, housing, liquor, post offices, weddings and funerals, slaves, WPA
91

VIII

Timber!……………………………………………………………………………
Major land owners, Carolina Timber Co., Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Co., fire tower, saw mills, Crescent Land and Tmber Co.
111

IX

The Power of Duke…………………………………………………………..
Keowee-Toxaway Project, the dams, cemetery relocations, state parks, recreation, Jocassee Gorges
121

X

Jocassee Folks…………………………………………………………………
Permanent residents along with summer visitors keyed to maps; genealogical information with some stories and anecdotes
135

Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………… 211
General Index……………………………………………………………………………………… 215
African American / Native American Index……………………………………………. 219
Name Index………………………………………………………………………………………… 221