Manuscript Collection

King's Mountain Iron Company Minute Book - Accession 390

King's Mountain Iron Company Minute Book - Accession 390

Files

Identifier

Accession 390

Inclusive Dates

1837-1867

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

1 reel of microfilm

Language

English;

Historical Note

According to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory- Nomination Form for the Early Ironworks of Northwestern South Carolina submitted on March 31, 1987, the King’s Mountain Iron Company was formed in somewhere between 1815 and 1830 by Jacob Stroup. “The King’s Mountain Company was originally incorporated in 1832 as the South Carolina Iron Manufacturing Company…In 1836 it secured a new charter as the King’s Mountain Iron Manufacturing Company.” “At its height of production the King’s Mountain Iron Company was composed of the Cherokee Ironworks, which included the Cherokee Furnace, a forge, a blacksmith shop, grist mills, saw mills, and a number of buildings for laborers; the two outlying furnaces and a rolling mill. The King’s Mountain Iron Company existed under the organizational structure of the 1936 charter until just after the Civil War.”

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of microfilm copies of minutes of the King’s Mountain Iron Company located in Cherokee County, SC, which includes the Cherokee Iron Works. The collection consists of minutes of the annual meeting of the company’s Board of Directors as well as financial reports.

Additional Notes

Digital surrogates of the microfilm are available for use in the Winthrop Archives Research Area.

Provenance

The King's Mountain Iron Company Minute Book was purchased by the Winthrop Archives from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History on April 3, 1981.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

King's Mountain Iron Company Minute Book - Accession 390

LC Subject Headings

Kings Mountain Iron Company--Records and correspondence; Cherokee Iron Works; Iron-works--South Carolina--York County--History--19th century--Sources; Iron-works--South Carolina--Cherokee County--History--19th century--Sources; Iron industry and trade--South Carolina--York County--History--19th century--Sources; Iron industry and trade--South Carolina--Cherokee County--History--19th century--Sources; York County (S.C.)--History--Sources; Cherokee County (S.C.)--History--Sources

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