Used in the Revolutionary War by both the American and British Army, this old cannon later became part of South Carolina's public life rather than actual warfare. It first came into this section in 1814 in charge of the military forces of this district and was later used amid great enthusiasm in general and camp musters. In 1860 it was used to spread news of South Carolina's secession and to rally the manhood of the section to the Southern cause. In 1876, when the Democrats of the state sought to wrest political control from the Carpetbaggers, it was again called into service, and the shot fired from it reverberated from the mountains to the sea. During those trying days it was christened "Old Reformer" for the service it was seen to have performed.