Abbeville County · Marker 01-05
Birthplace of Calhoun
S.C. Hwy. 823, 7 mi. S of Abbeville
Front inscription
On this land settled by his father Patrick Calhoun in the 1750s, defended against the Indians in the Cherokee War and the enemies of liberty in the American Revolution, John Caldwell Calhoun, American statesman and champion of the old South, was born, March 18, 1782, and nurtured to young manhood.