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Buford / Waxhaws Military Memory

Edited by Avery Parker for South Carolina Genealogy · Lancaster County topic · Last reviewed July 11, 2026 · How we work & cite

Revolutionary violence in the Waxhaws shapes pension and militia research.

Waxhaws military memory (including Buford’s Massacre context) feeds Revolutionary pension research. Separate commemorative lore from unit and pension evidence.