Local Writers

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Books about Pickens County history and Pickens County people:

Aheron, Piper Peters: Images of America: Pickens County

 

Alexander, Jerry Lamar: Living, Loving, Working, and Dying in 1838-1868 Antebellum Old Pickens District, SC

 

Alexander, Jerry Lamar: The Cateechee Story: A Definitive Look at Life in a Unique, Southern Cotton Mill Village

 

Allen, Mattie Mary Morgan: Central Yesterday and Today

 

Andrew, Rod: The Life and Times of General Andrew Pickens

 

Bagwell, Ben and Tankersley, L.C., Jr: The Big Blue: A History of Pickens High School Blue Flame Football 1925-1975

 

Barton, Don: The Carolina-Clemson Game

 

Blackman, Sam; Bradley, Bob: and Kriese, Chuck: Clemson, Where the Tigers Play: The History of Clemson University Athletics

 

Blythe, LeGette: Mountain Doctor (about Dr. E. Gaine Cannon)

 

Brightwell, Gary Hagood (compiler): Hagood Mill Historic Site: A History of a Place and Its People

 

Coke, Carol and Pickens Middle School students: Gristmills of Pickens County and Other Historic Sites

 

Coke, Carol: Back Country of Old Pickens District: Brief History of Towns and Communities That Were Part of Pickens District  (19 pages)

 

Cook, Harriet Hefner: Fort Hill, John C. Calhoun Shrine

 

Cornelison, Jimmy; Fant, Reese; Hembree, Mike: and Robertson, Dot (Jackson, Dot): Journey Home

 

Crenshaw, Theron: Uncle Theron

 

Edens, Ethel Massingill; Elrod, Evonne Edens; and Gilcrease, Mildred Snow: A History of Oolenoy Baptist Church and the Lives of the People Who Have Worked for Its Growth 1795-1995    

 

Ellison, Elizabeth: Oolenoy Lady: An Upcountry Life

 

Ellison, Elizabeth and Lynch, Alma: Echoes: Oolenoy-Pumpkintown

 

Hannah, Blanche and Porter, Effie:  Twin Springs and a Grove of Trees: A History of the Congregations (about Mountain Grove Baptist Church in Pickens)

 

Hannah, Blanche; Sheriff, Anne; and book committee: Pickens County Heritage South Carolina

 

Hayes, Lib; Brown, Aldine; Pilgrim, Sybil; Boggs, Nan; Crenshaw, Ladell; Smith, Paula; Anthony, Jo Anne; Mullinax, Rev. Jack; Evette, Ray Franklin; Davis, Johnny Joe: Griffin Baptist Church: A History of Growth Through Witnessing

 

Hembree, Claudia (coordinator) and Dacusville Middle School students Paul Biege, Abby Cantrell, Keith Carson, Matt Edens, Tim Fuller, Brad Futrell, Jeremy Hall, Jami Halstead, Jordan Hunt, LeAnn Lesley, Robert Leslie, Josh McCarson, LaTasha Owens, Amber Parnell, Jennifer Phillips, Dale Proctor, Jim Quinn, Curtis Smart, Dale Stancil, Travis Williams, and Felicia Zuber: Down Home: Dacusville Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

 

Hembree, Michael and Jackson, Dot: Keowee: The Story of the Keowee River Valley in Upstate South Carolina

 

Henderson, Marion Freeman: Of Keith and Kin

 

Hester, Dr. Jack W.: My Story for His Glory

 

Hood, Charles: Looking for Space: My Pickens Journey

 

Howard, Frank and Perkins, Virgil: Howard: The Clemson Legend

 

Hughes, Jerry: Pickens Mill Elementary School History

 

Lynch, Alma and Ellison, Elizabeth:  Echoes: Oolenoy-Pumpkintown

 

McCravy, John: The History of Easley

 

McFall, Pearl Smith: It Happened in Pickens County, South Carolina

 

Morris, Jane Boroughs: Pickens: The Town and the First Baptist Church

 

Nimmons, Rocky Bruce: Sitterle’s Pride: D.W. Daniel Lions Program of the ‘90’s

 

Owens, Brantli Jane: Images of America: Easley

 

Pence, Dot and Jay; Hope, Louise (edited by): Through the Years 1878-2003: Pickens Presbyterian Church, Pickens, South Carolina: Glimpses Along Our Way

 

Perry, Tom: Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams 1880-1955

 

Pickens County Schools Historical Committee: A History: The Schools of Pickens County

 

Reece, Bert Hendricks: History of Pumpkintown-Oolenoy, Land of Grain and Clear Water

 

Robertson, Ben: Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory

 

Sheriff, G. Anne and Woodson, Julia Jean: Liberty, South Carolina 1876-1976 One Hundred Years

 

Sheriff, Anne (teacher), Forest Acres/McKissick Quest Program students Eric Adams, Susan Adkins, Jennifer Aiken, Nic Alexander, David Bagwell, Melissa Borden, Jason Breazeale, Heather Campbell, Ginny Clark, Chad Clark, Andrew Colvin, Laura Daniels, Nicholas Davis, Eric Dewar, Jay Dunn, Jason Ellenburg, Stephen Ferguson, Jennifer Fisher, David Forrest, Kim Fung, Beth Furr, Angie Giffin, Katie Glassmoyer, Allison Goebel, Kristy Grafton, Josh Hughes, Meg Hunnicutt, Cherly Irwin, Tami Jones, Joseph Kass, Leona Kay, David Knight, Adam Kolkowski, Heather LaBrash, Josh Lachen, Brett Lamb, Jason LaCroy, Kevin Lemere, Paul Lesley, Cristy Lewis, Elizabeth Lawrence, Carla Beth Marienfield, Adam Masters, Britney Minnis, Drew Moore, Erin Nicholson, Jenny Nicholson, Jessie Ninestein, Greg Peace, Tim Pressley, Melanie Reagan, Jilly Redgrave, Jill Roberts, Jay Robinson, Chris Seaborn, Eric Seymore, Will Spearman, Nikki Speed, Black Stabler, Sally Stansell, Bryan Stone, David Stone, Blake Suddeth, Brooke Suddeth, Pam TerMeer, Anne Thurber, Dawn Tompkins, Chad Trammell, Matthew Trent, Robin Vickery, Stacey Waldrop, Brad Watson, David Young, and Summer Young: Pickensville-Easley History

 

Shirley, Wanda Harper: A Brief History of John Ambrose Gilstrap of the Eastatoee Valley area of Pickens County, South Carolina and Some of his Descendants

 

Simonson, Katherine McCoy: Growing Up in the Upstate (and other stories)

 

Stewart, R. Chad: A Brief History of Easley

 

Stewart, R. Chad: Remembering Easley High School

 

Woodson, Julia Jean and Sheriff, G. Anne: Liberty, South Carolina 1876-1976 One Hundred Years


The above list has been compiled by The Pickens County Chronicle's Publisher, Karen Brewer, and more may be added.