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Edgefield history ties violence and legends to courthouse square
Archivist Tricia Glenn recounts Edgefield leaders and figures like Tillman and Brooks, noting a long history of violence around the courthouse. She recalls Rebecca Cotton’s notorious murder, the town’s bloody legends, and today’s low violent crime rate as Teddy Kulmala reports for the Aiken Standard.
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South Carolina
Edgefield
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Ben
Tillman
Glenn
Uss
Preston Brooks
Massachusetts
Charles Sumner
USS. Senate
Sumner
Brooks
Rebecca
Becky” Cotton
John Cotton
Cotton
Slade Lake
State Law Enforcement Division
Edgefield Square