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Abbeville South Carolina is beautiful quaint town is where the Confederacy was born and died. The first reading of the secession papers giving birth to the Confederacy was held at the Burk-Stark Mansion Abbeville South Carolina. The "cause" died here as well when President Jefferson Davis and his war council met and formally disbanded the armies. The town square of Abbeville South Carolina offers delightful shopping and dining opportunities, and a restored opera house that is the hub of live theater activity.
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Abbeville SC is a city in Abbeville County, South Carolina, 86 miles (138 km) west of Colombia. Abbeville SC population was 5,840 in 2000 census. Abbeville SC is the county seat of Abbeville County . Settled by French immigrants, he was appointed at the same time as the county of the French town of that name. 4A census of 2000 there were 5,840 people, 2,396 households and 1,574 families residing in the city. The Abbeville SC population density was 995.2 people per square mile (384.1/km ²). There were 2,654 homes at an average density of 452.3/sq mi (174.6/km ²). The racial makeup of the city was 50.46% White, 48.48% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0, 19% from other races, 0 48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
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Abbeville SC is the location of the tallest building in South Carolina, Prysmian copper wire Tower. Built in 2009, the tower is 373 feet (106 m) long and has 30 floors.
Abbeville SC Notable residents
* James S. Cothan, (1830-1897), born near Abbeville, U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
* Henry John Logan (1822-1885), born in Abbeville, a physician, was a surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a professor at Atlanta Medical College and director of Atlanta Medical Journal .
* Benjamin Glover Shields (1808-1850), born in Abbeville, was a member of Congress from Alabama.
* John C. Calhoun, 7th U.S. vice president under Andrew Jackson, the remarkable states rights activist, and later Secretary of State on 16 U.S.
* Robert Reid Hemphill (1840-1908), another important resident of Abbeville, General Robert Reid Hemphill, who fought in the Civil War and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1876 to 1880 and 1884 1886. There was also a senator from 1886 to 1894 in Abbeville SC County, secretary and later (1894-1908) of the South Carolina Senate. He was also editor of "Middle of Abbeville SC. Robert died in Abbeville SC.
* Howie D. Thomas (12 April 1908 to 17 July 1944) was a U.S. Army officer killed in the Battle of Normandy during World War II, when trying to capture the French town of Saint-Lo. He was known as the "Mayor of St. Lo."
There were Abbeville SC 2,396 households out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.1% were married couples living together, 23.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3 % were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% of individuals 65 years or more. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the Abbeville SC city the population was 27.2% less than 18 years, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years or more. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 80.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.9 males.
The median income for a Abbeville SC household in the city was $ 25,756 and the median income for a family was $ 30,040. Males had a median income of $ 28.339 vs. $ 21.824 for women. The per capita income for the Abbeville SC city was $ 13,274. Approximately 16.3% of families and 19.8% of the population lives below the poverty line, including 29.2% of those under age 18 and 20.9% of those aged 65 or older .
Abbeville SC is the center of a small town with a population of 6038 (Census 2000).
Abbeville SC and the Civil War
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Abbeville has the unique feature of being both the birthplace and deathbed of the Confederacy. 22. November 1860 meeting was held at the Abbeville SC site called "Secession Hill", the launch of South Carolina Union withdrew a month later, the state of South Carolina was the first state to resign.
E 'was also the birthplace of more states' rights' lawyer John C. Calhoun.
At the end of the civil war with the Confederacy in ruins, fleeing Abbeville SC Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia and headed south, stopping for a night at Abbeville SC in the house of his friend Armistead Burt. Abbeville SC was the May 2, 1865, in the first part of what is now known as the Burt-Stark Mansion, the Jefferson Davis officially acknowledged the dissolution of the Confederate government.
Abbeville SC 2003 Right of Way Standoff
Abbeville Standoff
8. December 2003, the 14-hour standoff that was due to land dispute a report two men had shot down a law Abbeville West resident Steven Bixby in Abbeville. This siege has been compared to both supporters of the Bixbys and contrast events at Waco and Ruby Ridge. In Abbeville SC February 2007, Steven Bixby was convicted in 1917 of two counts of murder, and also less costly for the kidnapping and conspiracy. He received two death sentences and murders more than 125 years in prison in other charges.
