Cowpens Administrative History

¹ List of Classified Structures Files, Cultural Resources Stewardship Division, Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service, Atlanta, hereinafter cited as CRS; The Cowpens, Cowpens, Hannah's Cowpens, Cowpens Battleground, National Register of Historic Places InventoryNomination Form, December 22, 1978, National Register of Historic Places Files, CRS.

² List of Classified Structures Files, CRS; Edwin Bearss, Chief Historian, to Chief of Registration Shull, Interagency Resources Division, March 6, 1987, National Register of Historic Places Files, CRS; Annual Reports, 1984, 1, 4; 1991, 2; 1994, 5; 1995, 5; 1996, 5; 1998, 5.

³ Edwin C. Bearss, Historic Structure Report, Robert Scruggs House, Historical Data, Cowpens National Battlefield Site, South Carolina (Denver: National Park Service, 1974), 1-115; Todd Rainwater, Historical Architect, to Regional Historical Architect, August 15, 1978, File A4027, COWP; Patricia Stanek to J.R. Barnwell, September 20, 1979, Reading Files, COWP; Keith H. Warner, Contracting Officer, to Moretti Construction, Inc., February 25, 1980, Cowpens Records, KIMO; John W. Walker, Archeological Investigations at the Richard Scruggs II House Site, Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina (Tallahassee, Florida: Southeast Archeological Center, 1990), i, 1-15.

⁴ Annual Reports, 1984, 1; 1991, 2; 1993, 3; Resource Management Project Sheets, September 23-26, 1985, July 1-2, 1986, Robert Scruggs Cabin Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; Center for Architectural Conservation, Historic Structure Assessment Report, Scruggs House, Building CP01, Cowpens National Battlefield (Atlanta: Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993), i-x, 1-17; Completion Report, Cowpens National Battlefield, Scruggs House 1993 Stabilization (Atlanta: National Park Service, 1993), 1-6, COWP; Chief, Historic Architecture Division, to Superintendent, Cowpens National Battlefield, April 2, 1993, COWP.

⁵ Walker, Archeological Investigations at the Richard Scruggs II House Site, i, 1-15; Annual Report, 1984, 1; Resource Management Project Sheet, November 2, 1990, Richard Scruggs Chimney Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP.

⁶ Superintendent to Chief, Programs and Budget, Southeast Region, December 3, 1984, Reading Files, COWP; Resource Management Project Sheets, August 20, 1985, April 10, 1987, August 22, 1990, U.S. Monument Records, COWP; Deputy Associate Regional Director to Superintendent, Cowpens, August 10, 1988, U.S. Monument Records, COWP; Superintendent, Cowpens National Battlefield, to Deputy Associate Regional Director, January 24, 1991, U.S. Monument Records, COWP; Gale, 2-4; Annual Reports, 1984, 1; 1991, 2; 1994, 3.

⁷ Gale, 5-7; List of Classified Structures Files, CRS; Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, 160-162.

⁸ Superintendent, Cowpens National Battlefield, to Deputy Associate Regional Director, January 24, 1991, U.S. Monument Records; Superintendent to Chief, Programs and Budget, Southeast Region, December 13, 1984, Reading Files, COWP; Gale, 5-7; Resource Management Project Sheets, May 15, 1985, July 1986, Washington Light Infantry Monument Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; Annual Reports, 1991, 2; 1993, 3.

⁹ Gale, 5-7; List of Classified Structures Files, CRS; Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, 160-162.

¹⁰ List of Classified Structures Files, CRS; Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, 160-162; Resource Management Project Sheets, June 26-27, 1985, March 5, 1987, Byars-Ezell Cemetery Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; Robert S. Armstrong, Superintendent, to J.A. Clark, February 13, 1991, Byars-Ezell Cemetery Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; J. Farrell Saunders to Glenda McWhirter Todd, April 30, 1998, Reading Files, COWP; J. Farrell Saunders to Glenda M. Todd, July 28, 1998, Reading Files, COWP.

¹¹ Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, 4; Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, 1-2.

¹² Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, 4; Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, 1-2; Battlefield Core Vegetation Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; Annual Reports, 1984, 1; 1987, 1; 1998, 4-5.

¹³ The NPS did briefly consider allowing a local farmer grazing rights in the battlefield core area, but the arrangement was not practical, and put off some visitors.

¹⁴ Agricultural Leasing Program Records, Agricultural Lease Battlefield folder, Office Files, COWP; Interview with Pat Ruff by Cameron Binkley, October 16, 2000.

¹⁵ Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, 26, 34.

¹⁶ "Students Find Few Relics at Site of Cowpens Battle," Spartanburg Herald, January 1968, COWP; Richard D. Faust, Chief, SEAC, to Superintendent, Cowpens, January 4, 1976, Cowpens Files, KIMO.

¹⁷ Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, iii, 160-162; Richard D. Faust, Chief, SEAC, to Superintendent, Cowpens, January 4, 1976, Cowpens Files, KIMO; Walker, Archeological Investigations at the Richard Scruggs II House Site, i, 1-15.

¹⁸ Other survey projects have occurred at Cowpens. In 1985 John W. Walker of SEAC surveyed four small tracts of land for archeological resources in preparation for the park's declaring them in excess; the tracts were ultimately retained as NPS property. The survey discovered no artifacts or significant information. Following the clearing of trees on the edge of the battlefield core in 1986, park staff conducted a metal detector survey under the guidance of SEAC and found one musket ball (John W. Walker, Archeological Survey of Four Small Tracts of Land Proposed to be Declared in Excess to Park Needs at Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina [Tallahassee, Florida: Southeast Archeological Center, 1986], 1-7; Resource Management Project Sheet, March 26, 1986, Battlefield Core Vegetation Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP).

¹⁹ Bearss, Historic Grounds and Resource Study, 160; Annual Reports, 1987, 1; 1995, 5; 1996, 5; Patricia A. Ruff to Donald R. Bagwell, September 5, 1995, "September 2, 1995-September 4, 1995" folder, Office Files, COWP; Donald Williams, interview by Cameron Binkley, February 28, 2001.

²⁰ Deputy Regional Director, Operations, Southeast Regional Office, to Superintendent, Cowpens NB, August 12, 1981, Cultural Resource Management Files, COWP.

²¹ Cowpens National Battlefield Scope of Collections Statement (with addendum and revisions), August 15, 1984, SERO Files; Sara Van Beck and Jenean Couch, SERO Curatorial Services, interviews by Cameron Binkley, June 13 and 20, 2001.

²² Pat Ruff, interview by Cameron Binkley, February 6, 2001; Wade Meyers, Harpers Ferry Center, interview by Cameron Binkley, February 8, 2001.

²³ Mike Loveless, Kings Mountain Superintendent, to Regional Director, December 23, 1980, Cowpens Files, KIMO; Superintendent to Associate Regional Director for Operations, Southeast Region, September 8, 1982, Reading Files, COWP; Pat Stanek to Alan Woodrow, June 30, 1982, Reading Files, COWP; Susan P. Bratton and Teri Butler, The Distribution of Exotic Plant Species at Cowpens National Battlefield (Gatlinburg, Tennessee: Uplands Field Research Laboratory, 1982), i, 1-17, COWP; Cowpens National Battlefield to Daniel Boone Council, Boy Scouts of America, December 30, 1981, Reading Files, COWP; Pat Stanek to Ron Gregory, April 6, 1982, Reading Files, COWP; Pat Stanek, to Dr. Nathan Lipscomb, May 23, 1984, Reading Files, COWP; Annual Report, 1994, 4-5; Superintendent to Associate Regional Director, Operations, August 8, 1984, Reading Files, COWP.

²⁴ Battlefield Core Vegetation Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; Pat Stanek to Ray Cantrell, July 22, 1981, Reading Files, COWP; Superintendent William Springer to William Jesse Sprinkle, Jr., September 26, 1984, Reading Files, COWP; Annual Report, 1996, 4.

²⁵ Cindy W. King, Botanical Survey of Cowpens National Battlefield, Chesnee, South Carolina: List of Vegetation, March 1, 1997, COWP; Annual Report, 1996, 2, 5.

²⁶ Air Resources Division, National Park Service, Annual Data Summary, Cowpens National Battlefield, 1998, Office Files, COWP; Pat Ruff, interview by Steve Davis, November 4, 1999.

²⁷ Case Incident Records, National Park Service, 1978, Laws and Legal Matters Vertical File, COWP.

²⁸ Superintendent Pat Stanek to Park Ranger Ron Gibbs, April 16, 1982, Reading Files, COWP.

²⁹ Annual Reports, 1991, 3; 1993, 4; 1994, 3; 1996, 3; 1997, 3; Terry Mitchell, Park Ranger, to Law Enforcement Specialist, Southeast Region, May 15, 1984, Reading Files, COWP; "Vandals strike park preparing for celebration," Spartanburg Herald-Journal, August 10, 1991, Newspaper Clipping Files, COWP; "Men fined for hunting at Cowpens Battlefield," Hometown News, March 11, 1998, Newspaper Clipping Files, COWP.

³⁰ Law Enforcement Program, Cowpens National Battlefield (National Park Service, 1985), 2, COWP; Annual Reports, 1991, 3; 1993, 4; 1994, 3; 1995, 4; 1996, 3; 1997, 3; Superintendent, Congaree Swamp National Monument, to James Mills, October 11, 1983, NPS/SC State Concurrent Jurisdiction Agreement (copy) folder, Office Files, COWP; Massey, 96-97; Inteview with Pat Ruff by Cameron Binkley, October 16, 2000.

³¹ Patricia Stanek to Antioch Volunteer Fire Department, March 10, 1981, Reading Files, COWP; Superintendent William Springer to Jim Gardner, December 12, 1984, Reading Files, COWP; Annual Reports, 1991, 3; 1997, 3.