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South Carolina People

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Henry Dargan McMaster

Henry McMaster is the 117th governor of South Carolina.

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Anna DeCosta Banks

Charleston native, Anna DeCosta Banks, was the first head nurse at the Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Charleston, South Carolina. 

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Richard Hutson

Richard Hutson was a founding father of the United States and a lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, SC.

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Thomas Lynch, Jr.

Thomas Lynch, Jr. from Georgetown County, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

South Carolina Counties

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Darlington County

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

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Aiken County

Aiken County and its county seat, the town of Aiken, were named for William Aiken (1806-1831), president of the South Carolina Railroad.

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Newberry County

The origin of the name Newberry is unknown. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of the Ninety Six District.

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York County

York County and its county seat, the city of York, were named for York County, Pennsylvania.

South Carolina Facts

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By Robert Henry Thurston, author. - "The Growth of the Steam-Engine. Part III: The Non-Condensing Engine, and its Application in the Locomotive." The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. XII, January 1878. Fig. 34, p. 270., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11039764

South Carolina Firsts

  • In 1526, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón founded San Miguel de Guadalupe, the first white European settlement near present-day Georgetown. The Spanish settlement was unsuccessful and failed within a few months. 
  • The Stono Rebellion was not the first slave revolt in South Carolina. The enslaved Africans that came with the Spanish colonizers revolted in November 1526.

South Carolina Glossary

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cash crop

(noun) - a crop grown to be sold to other people, not to be used by the people who grew it

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