Editing Due West, South Carolina (section)

==History==
Some say the name is a mispronunciation of "DeWitt's Corner", while others believe the town was due west on a pioneer trail.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Moyer| first1=Armond| last2=Moyer| first2=Winifred| title=The origins of unusual place-names| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=43| year=1958| publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates| page=39}}</ref>

The  [[Treaty of Dewitt's Corner]], a historic peace negotiation in May 1777 with the [[Cherokee|Cherokee Indians]], was signed in Due West.<ref name="abbhist">{{cite web |url=http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/abbeville-county.html |title=Abbeville County |author=Mary Morgan |access-date=October 15, 2007 |date=March 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820050437/http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/abbeville-county.html |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  As a result of the treaty, the [[Cherokee people]]s broke into two factions.  One of them, the [[Chickamauga Cherokee]], continued fighting area settlers for another 17 years.

The [[Erskine College-Due West Historic District]], [[Lindsay Cemetery]], and [[Young Place]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>