James Urquhart Jackson

Historical marker location:

North Augusta, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Carolina Avenue and Georgia Ave., on the right when traveling north on Carolina Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2007

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.