Legacy and Honors
- Pinckney's Snee Farm plantation is maintained as Charles Pinckney National Historic Site.
- His son, Henry L. Pinckney (September 24, 1794 – February 3, 1863) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and Mayor of Charleston. His daughter married Robert Young Hayne, U.S. Representative, Mayor of Charleston, and Governor of South Carolina.
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