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Cherokee Boundary & Mountain Settlement

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

Western Pickens sits against a deep Indigenous and mountain settlement history.

Pickens County’s western edge touches mountain geography and a longer Cherokee borderland story. Early settlement research should consider treaties, later Oconee County creation (1868), and migration from North Carolina mountain counties.