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South Carolina People
Josiah Smith
Josiah Smith was a clergyman who championed the causes of the Great Awakening and later the American independence.
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman was the governor of South Carolina from 1890-1894 who founded what is now Clemson University.
John Blake White
John Blake White was a painter and playwright from Berkeley County. He is best known for his painting of Francis Marion.
South Carolina Counties
Charleston County
Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state. English settlers arrived in the colony of Carolina in 1670 and established a town at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River.
Orangeburg County
Orangeburg County and its county seat, Orangeburg, were named for William IV (1711-1751), Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II.
Marlboro County
Marlboro County was named after John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).
Union County
Union County was named for the old Union Church, which served both the Presbyterian and Episcopal congregations in the area.
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina State Poet Laurate
The official State Poet Laureate was designated by Joint Resolution Number 736 of 1934. This resolution allows the Governor to appoint a Poet Laureate for the State. In 2003, former Governor Mark Sanford named Marjory Heath Wentworth as South Carolina's sixth Poet Laureate.
South Carolina Glossary
Reconstruction
(noun) - the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
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