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Edwin Seibels was a businessman from Edgefield, SC, who invented a vertical filing system that revolutionized record-keeping.
John Rutledge was a signer of the US constitution and the first governor of South Carolina following the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
William Gilmore Simms was a poet, novelist, and historian who wrote History of South Carolina (1842), which became a standard school textbook on the state’s history.
Solomon Blatt was a long-time Democratic legislator of South Carolina from Barnwell County.
Calhoun County was named for John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), who served as the United States vice president, secretary of state and of war, and senator.
Colleton County was named for one of the Lords Proprietors, Sir John Colleton (1608-1666).
Clarendon County was named for Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
Porgy and Bess was designated as the official Opera of the State by Act Number 94 of 2001. Porgy and Bess is an opera based on the novel Porgy written by South Carolina native Edwin Dubose Heyward.
(noun) - one or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned
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