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Greg Bobo outlines plan to support Hanging Rock Battlefield Park with kiosks, trails and cleanup
Summary
Greg Bobo, state president of the South Carolina Society Children of the American Revolution, presented a historical overview of the Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock and described a state project, "Hanging on the Edge of Freedom," to build interpretive kiosks, blaze trails and remove graffiti at the future Hanging Rock Battlefield Park.
Greg Bobo, state president of the South Carolina Society Children of the American Revolution, presented a historical overview of the Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock and outlined a preservation project for the site.
Bobo said Patriots led by Thomas Sumter and William Richardson Davie mounted a surprise attack on a British outpost at Hanging Rock to seize supplies. He told listeners the engagement lasted "three to four hours" and described it as a Patriot victory that yielded about 100 horses and 250 muskets—material gains that helped replenish depleted Patriot forces.
“The South Carolina CAR state project, Hanging on the Edge of Freedom, will go to support the Hanging Rock Battlefield Park by creating 2 or more interpretive kiosks telling the stories about how the battle occurred,” Bobo said. He added the project will blaze hiking trails, clean up the park and promote local and state awareness of the battlefield.
Bobo recounted local anecdotes and broader wartime context: he said a young Andrew Jackson stood at Hanging Rock Creek holding horses for the militia, and he described the Catawba Nation’s participation, saying about 35 Catawba warriors served as scouts and riflemen on the Patriot side. He also quoted historians and contemporaries to underscore the battle’s local significance.
Bobo noted the Hanging Rock State Historic Site is open year-round to foot traffic only, while the future Hanging Rock Battlefield Park remains privately owned and not open to the public. Among specific preservation tasks he listed were removing graffiti from large boulders and removing gold spray paint from a Daughters of the American Revolution marker that was erected in the 1940s.
The presentation did not include a formal vote, funding breakdown or timetable. Bobo said the state project will include two projects at the state historic site but did not specify funding sources or a schedule. Next steps were described as project activities—kiosk construction, trail blazing and cleanup—rather than formal approvals.
