page_title: Abbeville County, South Carolina
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Abbeville County, South Carolina / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)
context_page_description: Abbeville County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,417. Its county seat is Abbeville. It is the first county in the United States alphabetically.
  Abbeville County is traditionally included in the Upstate region of South Carolina. For a time, the county was included in the Greenwood, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area, but as of 2018 it was no longer included.
context_section_description: John C. Calhoun, (1782–1850), born in the Abbeville District, United States Congressman and United States Senator from South Carolina, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and Vice President of the United States
  Langdon Cheves, (1776–1857), born in Abbeville County at Rocky River, banker and United States Congressman from South Carolina
  Francis Alanson Cunningham, (1804–1864), born in the Abbeville District, physician and United States Congressman from Ohio
  Joshua Hill, (1812–1891), born in the Abbeville District, United States Senator from Georgia
  Abner Smith Lipscomb, (1816–1890), born in the Abbeville District, member of the Alabama Legislature and Supreme Court Justice of both Alabama and Texas.
  Anthony Crawford, (ca. 1865 – October 21, 1916), Prominent landowner, farmer and businessman who was lynched for not selling his cotton at the price demanded.
  James L. Petigru, (1789–1863), born in the Abbeville District, was the attorney general of South Carolina and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.  He was the leader of the anti-nullificationalists in the state house.
  Thomas D. Howie, (1908-1944),  was an American army officer, killed during the Battle of Normandy during World War II, while trying to capture the French town of Saint-Lô. He is known as "The Major of St. Lo".
  Leomont Evans, (born 1974), is a former American football player in the NFL and the first iteration of the XFL.
caption: Portrait of John C. Calhoun, famous politician from Abbeville County.
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