A new chapter in South Carolina’s Revolutionary War history will be commemorated on Saturday, June 21 at 1:00 p.m., with the dedication of a South Carolina Historical Marker at the Church at the Culbertson Backcountry Settlement in Gray Court.
The event will honor Joseph Kellett (1728–1785) and the historic Kellett Blockhouse, which once stood on Rabon Creek, near the Cherokee Boundary in the Ninety Six District of colonial South Carolina.
Joseph Kellett first entered historical records in 1767 as a chain bearer in North Carolina. He later settled in South Carolina, where he constructed a fortified structure known as the Kellett Blockhouse…