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Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests - About Us (1133 words) |
 | Andrew Pickens is the namesake for the mountain district of the Sumter National Forest in the northwest corner of South Carolina. |
| Andrew Pickens served in the Cherokee War of 1760-1761 and was an officer in a provincial regiment that accompanied Colonel James Grant and British regulars in an expedition against the Lower Cherokee towns in 1761. |
| Andrew Pickens was leading a detachment of 25 men to destroy Tamassee when they were attacked by a large Cherokee force estimated at over 150 men and surrounded in an open field. |
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