Historical Marker
Maj. Thomas D. Howie
Historical marker location:
118 West Pinckney Street, Abbeville, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of West Pinckney Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling south on West Pinckney Street.)
Marker installed: 1995
The Major of St. Lô.
The state of South Carolina was named after King Charles I of England, whose father, King James I, granted a charter for the colony in 1629.