Hickory Tavern, South Carolina

Hickory Tavern, is an unincorporated community in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States.

It is believed that the town is named for a tavern that operated in a grove of hickory trees in the area.

The 1849 last will and testament of Joseph Sullivan bequeathed "one tract of land, suppose [sic] to contain four hundred acres (160 ha) including the Hickory Tavern" to his minor son, Milton A. Sullivan.

George W. Sullivan was named as the trustee "until my son Milton A arrives of age.

"[2] The Charlton Hall Plantation House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.