H*4783 Concurrent Resolution, By Kennedy and Clyburn
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME
 THE INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 378 AND
 DOUBLE BRIDGES ROAD IN SALUDA COUNTY "CORLEY CROSSROADS" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE
 MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "CORLEY
 CROSSROADS".

   02/26/14  House  Introduced (House Journal-page 7)
   02/26/14  House  Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
                     Resolutions (House Journal-page 7)
   02/27/14  House  Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
                     Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 47)
   03/04/14  House  Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 71)
   03/05/14  Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 13)
   03/05/14  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 13)
   05/21/14  Senate Committee report: Favorable General
                     (Senate Journal-page 21)
   05/22/14  Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence
                     (Senate Journal-page 67)

COMMITTEE REPORT

May 21, 2014

H. 4783

S. Printed 5/21/14--S.

Read the first time March 5, 2014.

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4783) to request that the Department of Transportation name the intersection located at the junction of United States Highway 378 and Double Bridges Road in Saluda County "Corley Crossroads" and erect appropriate, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

LAWRENCE K. GROOMS for Committee.

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 378 AND DOUBLE BRIDGES ROAD IN SALUDA COUNTY "CORLEY CROSSROADS" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "CORLEY CROSSROADS".

Whereas, the Corley family has a rich history that predates the founding of our nation; and

Whereas, Richard Corley, the earliest Corley of record in the American colonies, was born around 1620 in England and died around 1708 in Hanover County, Virginia; and

Whereas, certain descendents of Richard Corley migrated from Virginia to Edgefield County; and

Whereas, members of this family played prominent roles in the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War; and

Whereas, the Corley of record for Saluda County ancestry was Cartlett Corley. He was born in 1758 and died in 1808. He was a private in the South Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War, and a survivor of that war. Cartlett Corley and several members of the Corley family fought in the Revolutionary War's Clouds Creek Massacre; and

Whereas, Cartlett Corley along with seven generations of the Corley family are buried in Saluda County within a three mile radius of the intersection of United States Highway 378 and Double Bridges Road; and

Whereas, the area along this crossroad and the nearby Sardis Baptist Church, of which the Corley's have been continuous members since its founding, has been owned by the Corley family for many generations; and

Whereas, the Newberry side of the crossroad has been owned by the family since the early 1900s; and

Whereas, it is believed that the Batesburg side of the crossroad came into the family's possession during the life of Nathaniel Corley; and

Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to pay tribute to the significant impact that the Corley family has played in the history of this country, State, and Saluda County by having the intersection located at the junction of United States Highway 378 and Double Bridges Road in Saluda County named in their honor. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly request that the Department of Transportation name the intersection located at the junction of United States Highway 378 and Double Bridges Road in Saluda County "Corley Crossroads" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this intersection that contain the words "Corley Crossroads".

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.