Pinckneyville was established on February 19, 1791, by the General Assembly of South Carolina Act #1491 along with the Washington district,[2] and is one of the earliest settlements in the South Carolina backcountry.

[4] The property includes the original site of Pinckneyville and contains the ruins of the brick structure mistakenly referred to as the jail[2] and one other brick building, usually referred to as the old store.

[7] It was a combination of the railroad and population growth in the surrounding areas that killed it.

[4] And the railroad because it redirected traffic which starved out the town after the court left.

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