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William Hayward Mookie Wilson is wearing a blue and orange baseball uniform and swinging a wooden bat

William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson

William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson is a former Major League Baseball player who played with the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays.

Samuel Dickson wearing a dark and light suit.

Samuel Henry Dickson

Samuel Henry Dickson was a poet, physician, writer, and educator. He was one of the founders of the Medical College of South Carolina (now the Medical University of South Carolina).

Color photograph of Matt Cordell

Matthew Cordell

Matthew Cordell is a children's book author and illustrator from Greenville, SC.

Black and white photograph of Harry Ashmore leaned back in a chair reading the newspaper.

Harry Scott Ashmore

Harry Ashmore was an author, editor, and Pulitzer Prize winner for his editorials in 1957 on the school integration conflict in Little Rock, Arkansas.

A red bricked house.

Cherokee County

Cherokee County was named after the Cherokee Indians who once made it their home.

A black and white lighthouse nestle between green trees next to a sandy beach.

Beaufort County

Both Beaufort County and its county seat Beaufort were named for Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.

A statue of a man stands on a large white column in the background is a large brick clock tower with a green triangle at the top.

Spartanburg County

Spartanburg County and its county seat, the city of Spartanburg, were named for the Spartan Regiment, a local militia unit that fought in the Revolutionary War.

A large brick building next to a smaller white building and tan brown building with a green awing.

Darlington County

The origin of the name of Darlington County is uncertain, but it may have been named for Darlington, England.

South Carolina Facts

South Carolina State Heritage Horse

The Marsh Tacky is a rare colonial Spanish horse breed found only in South Carolina. In 2010, the Marsh Tacky was designated as the official State Heritage Horse of South Carolina. 

South Carolina Glossary

brick and wooden cabins lined up by a dirt road.

antebellum

(adjective) - relating to the period of time right before the Civil War, especially in the South, between 1820 and 1860