Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 11

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Location	South Carolina
Year	1875
Month	7
Modern address	Chester SC
City	Chester
State	SC
Nickname	Jefferson Davis
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Aiken Courier Journal, July 5, 1875: “Jefferson Davis is the name of a base ball club recently organized in Chester.”

Chester SC (current pop. about 5600) is about 45 miles SW of Charlotte NC.

Sources

The Aiken Courier Journal, July 5, 1875