Comments on: #85 The Right (River) Shoes for the Job http://www.cvillepublicmedia.org/rambler/2008/04/24/88-the-right-river-shoes-for-the-job/ stories of landscapes, conservation, and people in and beyond the Rivanna Watershed Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:43:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tom Powers http://www.cvillepublicmedia.org/rambler/2008/04/24/88-the-right-river-shoes-for-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Tom Powers Wed, 28 May 2008 19:00:38 +0000 http://www.cvillepublicmedia.org/rambler/2008/05/16/88-the-right-river-shoes-for-the-job/#comment-103 Does anyone know if this area is near the birthplace and childhood home of General Thomas Sumter (1734-1832)? Supposedly, it was in the Preddy's Creek area, though one source suggests that it was actually on some high ground overlooking Marshall Creek not far from Three Forks. Sumter's father is said to have run a gristmill near where Preddy's Creek enters the North Fork of the Rivanna. Since this show talks about wading in that creek, I just wonder if anyone has come across anything relevant to the Sumter home. --tom powers Sumter, South Carolina Does anyone know if this area is near the birthplace and childhood home of General Thomas Sumter (1734-1832)? Supposedly, it was in the Preddy’s Creek area, though one source suggests that it was actually on some high ground overlooking Marshall Creek not far from Three Forks. Sumter’s father is said to have run a gristmill near where Preddy’s Creek enters the North Fork of the Rivanna.

Since this show talks about wading in that creek, I just wonder if anyone has come across anything relevant to the Sumter home.

–tom powers
Sumter, South Carolina

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