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The Abbeville Messenger Archive

  • Abbeville, South Carolina
  • 18841887

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The Abbeville Messenger (1884-87) was one of several short-lived newspapers that arose in Abbeville County, South Carolina, in the late 19th century to challenge the dominance of the leading weekly papers, the Abbeville Press and Banner and Abbeville Medium. The Abbeville Messenger began as the Greenwood Saluda Argus in 1881. Although only a few issues of the Saluda Argus have survived, contemporary sources depict it as a struggling enterprise. In 1884, Milledge Lipscomb Bonham, James Sumter Perrin, and Thomas Perrin Cothran purchased the Saluda Argus and renamed it the Abbeville Messenger. The first issue appeared on October 1, 1884.

Archive Info

  • 638
  • Abbeville, South Carolina
  • 18841887

Source Information

The Abbeville Messenger, 1884–1887 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: May 14, 2016

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The Abbeville Messenger
Abbeville, South Carolina
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The Abbeville Messenger
Abbeville, South Carolina
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233 Acres from Estate of Henry J. Burton Being Sold
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Messenger call for water reservoirs on Square for fire protection.
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Abbeville Grand Jury P&B 10-21-1885

Abbeville Grand Jury P&B 10-21-1885

The Abbeville Messenger
Abbeville, South Carolina
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The Abbeville Messenger
Abbeville, South Carolina
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Archive Info

  • 638
  • Abbeville, South Carolina
  • 18841887

Source Information

The Abbeville Messenger, 1884–1887 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: May 14, 2016