Abbeville, the Revolutionary past is (quite literally) under your feet

Abbeville, the Revolutionary past is (quite literally) under your feet describes how historical research is being uncovered through construction at a public park in Abbeville. The story follows a group walking along a path being carved as kudzu is cut back, which the article says is exposing grounds linked to Fort Pickens, a Revolutionary War fort named for Andrew Pickens. Historians place the fort in the under-construction park near Pickens Spring, though its exact location was long unknown. The reporting also turns to John McCord, a 13-year-old who reportedly volunteered around 1780 to fight with Pickens against the British, later becoming a bodyguard; details remain limited, including where he is buried. The article quotes Anna Lagrone, CEO of the Abbeville Chamber of Commerce, emphasizing Abbeville’s Revolutionary-era battles rather than Civil War claims, and lists several local engagements to be recognized.