In the News
Local Expert Featured
TV · WSPA 7NEWS
Zip Trip: Liberty, SC History Insights
David sat down with WSPA 7NEWS during their Zip Trip stop in Liberty, SC to talk through the town's railroad-era roots and its later boom as a textile mill town, the kind of local history that shapes how a place feels to live in today.
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Social · Adam Taylor & Team
Agent Spotlight: Building a Name From Scratch
Adam Taylor & Team featured David in an Agent Spotlight on Instagram. The post tells the story of moving to South Carolina in 2022 without knowing a single person, joining the team in February 2025, and going from fear of the unknown to walking confidently into any situation with the team's support and systems behind him. In David's words: "I moved here not knowing anyone, and this team gave me a place to belong while I built something."
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Speaking
Talks and Presentations
Talk & Newsletter · Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society
Walnut Grove & Backcountry Patriots
David spoke to the Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society on "Walnut Grove & Backcountry Patriots: Life, Loyalty, and Patriots in Revolutionary South Carolina." The society's newsletter then featured David as its October meeting speaker, with a write-up of the talk and a profile of his background and The Realtorian. He gives history talks to groups around the Upstate.
Class · Real Estate Investors
Direct Mail with Dave: The Investor's Playbook
In August 2026, David taught a direct mail marketing class for real estate investors, with attendees joining both in person and online. Want the highlights? His free Direct Mail Marketing Guide covers postcards vs. yellow letters, list building, mailing costs and ROI.
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Print & Publications
In Local Print
Editorial · Dine Magazine
Walnut Grove Plantation
David wrote a history feature for the Fall 2026 issue of Dine Magazine (pages 37 and 38). The piece tells the story of Charles and Mary Moore's Backcountry home in what is now Spartanburg County, Kate Moore Barry and the other women who rode out with warnings for the Patriot militia, and the raids of Loyalist William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham.
Newsletter · The Dispatch
Named Assistant Director of the Library and Museum of Revolutionary War
The Fourth Quarter 2026 issue of The Dispatch, the newsletter of the Library and Museum of Revolutionary War, welcomed David as the museum's new assistant director, effective January 1, 2027. The welcome also introduced David as a Simpsonville resident, married and the proud father of two children. The museum has locations in Abbeville, Gaffney and Greenwood. The same issue's "Lest We Forget" column honored David's Revolutionary War ancestors from the Harlan, Pettit, Roebuck and Cole lines.
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Print Ad · Dine Magazine
"Want to Eat Like a President?"
The Realtorian runs a recurring ad in Dine Magazine's Greenville dining guide, with a QR code linking readers straight to David.
History Journal · Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
At the Battle of Cedar Springs Reenactment
David appears in this photo from the Battle of Cedar Springs reenactment, published in The Journal of the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution alongside a piece on the reenactment during the Revolution's 250th anniversary.
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Newsletter · SC SAR Palmetto Patriot
Inducted into the Daniel Morgan Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
The September 2026 issue of the Palmetto Patriot, the South Carolina SAR newsletter, covered the Daniel Morgan Chapter's June 16 meeting at Burwell Hall at Wofford College in Spartanburg, where David was one of six new members installed. Each new member received a rosette and a framed copy of his membership certificate.
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Coming This Fall
Publications in the Works
Fall 2026
Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution Journal
David is writing a feature article for this monthly journal, drawing on the same Revolutionary War research behind the Heroes of the Southern Campaign section of this site.
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