Patrick Calhoun Burial Grounds
5.5 miles southeast is the burial ground of Patrick and Martha Caldwell Calhoun, Parents of John C. Calhoun; Deputy Surveyor 1756; First Representative from Up Country to Commons House of Assembly, 1769-1772; Member of First Provincial Congress, 1775; Second, 1775-1776; General Assembly, 1776; and frequently after until his death, 1796. His greatest service to his state was his successful fight for the Circuit Courts Act, 1762. Across the road is his home site.
Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 72 and Mt. Carmel Road (State Highway 823), on the left when traveling south on State Highway 72.
Courtesy hmdb.org
