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Patrick Calhoun Family Burial Ground

Patrick Calhoun Family Burial Ground is a South Carolina historical marker in Abbeville, Abbeville County, dedicated 1950.

Abbeville County · dedicated 1950 · Intersection of S.C. Hwy. 72 & S.C. Hwy. 823, SE of Abbeville, Abbeville

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5.5 miles south of Abbeville is the burial ground of Patrick and Martha Calhoun, parents of John C. Calhoun. Patrick was made deputy surveyor, 1756; first representative from Up-Country to Commons House of Assembly, 1769-1772; member of First Provincial Congress, 1775; of the Second, 1775-1776; of the General Assembly, 1776, and frequently thereafter until his death, 1796. His greatest service to his state was his successful fight for the Circuit Court Act of 1769. Across the road opposite the burial ground is his home site.

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