SC-40-61 Pickens Street

Marker text: PICKENS STREET

This street was named for Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). One of the three S.C. Partisan Generals in the Revolution, he fought in the battles of Cowpens and Eutaw Springs both in 1781. Pickens served fourteen years in the S.C. House of Representatives, four in the S.C. Senate and two in Congress. From 1785 to 1791, he was appointed several times by Congress to treat with the Indians. He is buried at Old Stone Church near Pendleton.

Erected by Richland County Bicentennial Commission Sponsored by Richland County Historical Society, 1977

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Location: Pickens St and Gervais St., Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

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