Download or read book It Happened in Pickens County, South Carolina written by Pearl Smith McFall and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: Pearl Smith McFall, Pub. 1959, Reprinted 2020, 224 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-613-4. Pickens County was created in 1826 from Pendleton District. It is located in the nortwestern portion of the sate which saw large numbers of settlers heading west. This book is a history of the county with the usual topics being covered, such as: creation of the county, Indians, first towns, wars, labor, and etc.... But it is more so an accumlation of facts and traditional stories the author has collected over a 25 year time frame. This type of county history book can help one develop ideas or paths to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of the local residents.