Jacob Bond I'On

Historical marker location:

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

( Marker is on Mathis Ferry Road (State Highway 10-56) near North Shelmore Blvd., on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1998

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.