Long Cane Massacre Site, Historic site near Troy, South Carolina.

Long Cane Massacre Site is a historic site near Troy in McCormick County, South Carolina. It is marked by a gravestone where 23 Long Cane settlers were killed by Cherokee on February 1, 1760. The district includes 40 contributing buildings in Mount Carmel, and the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

In February 1760, Cherokee warriors attacked a group of Scots-Irish settlers heading toward Fort Moore during rising tensions over land claims. This confrontation became part of the broader conflict that eventually led to negotiations between the two sides.

The site's granite marker records the names of the 23 Long Cane settlers killed on February 1, 1760, and stands where the dead fell. The surrounding Mount Carmel district holds 40 contributing buildings, and the whole property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The site lies near Troy in McCormick County, with the district's 40 contributing buildings concentrated in Mount Carmel. The grave marker stands at the spot where the 23 settlers were killed on February 1, 1760. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The site's one-acre plot is crossed by a stream spanned by a metal footbridge built in 1945, and the surrounding Mount Carmel district holds 40 contributing buildings recorded in the National Register listing of 1983. The gravestone itself marks the spot where the 23 settlers fell on February 1, 1760.