Editing Anderson, South Carolina (section)

===Anderson Court House===
[[Image:AndersonSCBenson1876.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown Anderson in 1876]]
[[Cherokee]] first settled the area of what is today the city of Anderson. During the [[American Revolution]], the Cherokee sided with the British. After the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Cherokee's land was acquired as [[war reparations]] and colonized. In 1791, the South Carolina Legislature created the Washington District, which comprised Greenville, Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties. The Washington District was then divided into Greenville and Pendleton districts. Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee comprised the newly created Pendleton district. Anderson was settled in 1826 and incorporated in 1828 as Anderson Court House, separate from the Pendleton district. The name Anderson is in honor of [[Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War)|Robert Anderson]], who fought in the American Revolutionary War and also explored the Anderson region in the mid-18th century. Anderson District (later [[Anderson County, South Carolina|Anderson County]] after 1867) was also established in 1826 out of the Pendleton district.

In 1851, the Johnson Female Seminary was established in Anderson as the first college of the town and was named after [[William Bullein Johnson]]. One year later, the seminary was renamed Johnson University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Johnson Female Seminary |url=http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/bro/id/902 |publisher=The Abbeville Banner |date=January 29, 1851 |access-date=November 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151208/http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/bro/id/902 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], Johnson University was closed and converted into a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[treasury]]. On May 1, 1865, [[Union Army|Union forces]] invaded Anderson looking for the Confederate treasury. The treasury office of Anderson was ransacked by Union forces, and the main building of Johnson University was used as a Union headquarters. A minor skirmish erupted at the [[Battle of Anderson]], leading to two Union casualties.<ref>{{cite news |title=Area schools affected by Civil War |url=http://archive.independentmail.com/news/local/area-schools-affected-by-civil-war-ep-413213245-345852102.html |access-date=20 November 2016 |publisher=Independent Mail |date=July 5, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151045/http://archive.independentmail.com/news/local/area-schools-affected-by-civil-war-ep-413213245-345852102.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After the war, a Union garrison was stationed in Anderson.
In 1902, citizens of Anderson erected a 38-foot tall Confederate War Monument that remains intact, in place, and facing the Anderson County Courthouse. The memorial is promeniently publicized in the Anderson County Clerk of Court website homepage communicating overt linkage between white supremacy, the courthouse, and the city of Anderson. |url=https://www.andersoncountysc.org/departments-a-z/clerk-of-court/ |url-status=live 
The city of Anderson Confederate Memorial inscription reads in part, 
"In grateful acknowledgement of their powers in war and of their achievements in peace, this monument is erected, that it may teach the generations of the future the story of the matchless, unfading and undying honor which the Confederate soldier won," and 
"The world shall yet decide,
In truth's clear, far-oil' light.
That the soldiers who wore the grey
and died
With Lee, we're in the right." |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=155713 |url-status=live