Andrew Pickens

Historical marker location:

214 East Main Street, Pickens, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 178) and Pendleton Street (U.S. 178) on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1933

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.