Charles and Mary Moore built the Manor House in 1765 one and one-half miles southeast on land granted by George III in 1763. They founded Rocky Spring Academy, which operated from 1770 to 1850 and was the first in Spartanburg County. In a raid in 1780, "Bloody" Bill Cunningham, a Tory, murdered Capt. Steadman and two patriots here, beginning the Moore Family Cemetery.