That settlement takes its name from a tribe of Indians. the Waxhaws. before the white settlers came. occupying the territory between Rocky River and Catawba River. the said tribe of Indians being so "discommoded" by an epidemic of smallpox in 1740 that the tribe disbanded and joined the Catawbas and other neighboring tribes. When this territory was so abandoned land agents were quick to Induce settlers to locate. Fortunately. the best class of immigrants settled in that section. From Pennsylvania came Scotch Irish in 1751 and made what was called "the Waxhaw settlement." which comprises Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships in Union County. N.
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