Landrum, J. B. O. History of Spartanburg County. Atlanta, Georgia: Franklin Prtg. and Pub. Co., 1900.

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History of the South Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and the Blind

Cedar Spring, situated four miles south of Spartanburg, is a place of historic and educational interest. It was near here that two memorable engagements took place during the Revolution - one on the 12th day of July, 1780, and the other on the 7th day of August of the same year. The first of these was fought near the Cedar Spring (known in the annals of Revolutionary history as Green Spring), and the other mainly at the old Thomson place, near Glendale (R. R.) Station, known in history as the second battle of Cedar Spring, or Wofford's Iron Works. In another volume we have given an extended account of both of these battles. To the mind of the present generation it at once suggests the home of the South Carolina Institution for the Deaf and the Blind. However, it must not be forgotten that the educational interest of the place dates back further than the establishment of the above mentioned institution.

In 1824 the Word Academy was erected in the grove near the spring. This school was well attended. Rev.