Pickens Cemetery

Pickens Cemetery is a South Carolina historical marker in Pendleton, Anderson County, dedicated 1980.

Anderson County · dedicated 1980 · Three and Twenty Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 4-485), off S.C. Hwy. 88 near Anderson County-Pickens County line, Pendleton

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This land, Cherokee territory until 1777, became the final resting place after the American Revolution for early pioneers who settled the area. A number of soldiers of the Revolution are buried here, including Robert Pickens, who served in the state militia and was related to General Andrew Pickens.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Colonel John Robins Chapter, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century

Pickens Cemetery

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