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Cambridge (Old Ninety Six) Village Site

Landmark

The location of the colonial village of Cambridge, the original settlement at Ninety Six that predated the fort. The village was a trading post and courthouse town before the Revolution, its name derived from the ninety-six-mile distance from the Cherokee village of Keowee as counted along the trade path. Archaeological remains lie within the NPS site.

Visiting Today

Address

Ninety Six National Historic Site, SC 29666

Connected Events

Oct 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain

Major Patrick Ferguson

May 1781
Greene Begins Siege of Ninety Six

Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger, Major General Nathanael Greene, Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Jun 1781
Final American Assault on Star Fort

Lord Francis Rawdon, Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger, Major General Nathanael Greene

Jun 1781
Rawdon Relieves Ninety Six

Major General Nathanael Greene, Lord Francis Rawdon

Jul 1781
British Abandon Ninety Six

Lord Francis Rawdon