Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Historical marker location:

18 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Meeting Street and Lamboll Street, on the right when traveling north on Meeting Street.)

House, circa 1803.

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.