Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Memorialization

Memorialization

• Castle Pinckney, a fort in Charleston Harbor, was completed in 1797 and named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
• Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge on the site of the Pinckney family's plantation, is named after Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
• Pinckney Elementary School in Lawrence, Kansas is named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
• A school in Fort Jackson, South Carolina is called C.C. Pinckney Elementary.
• During World War II, a 422-foot Liberty Ship was built in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1942 and named SS Charles C. Pinckney in his honor.
• Pinckney St. in Madison, WI was named in his honor.
• Pinckneyville, Illinois was named after him.
• Pinckney Hwy (SC 9) in Chester,SC was named in his honor.