Abbeville County
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/abbe.html

Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the
French town of the same name. Originally part of Ninety-Six District, the area
was designated as Abbeville County in 1785. Parts of Abbeville later went to
form Greenwood (1897) and McCormick (1916) counties. The county was settled
primarily by Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers in the mid-eighteenth
century. A historic treaty with the Cherokee Indians was signed at Dewitt's
Corner (now Due West) in 1777. Abbeville was known as a hotbed of secession, and
at the end of the Civil War the last Confederate council of war was held there.
Abbeville's most famous native son was John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), United
States vice president, secretary of war and of state, and senator. 

Compiled by South Carolina State Library 1996. 
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/abbe.html

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