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Reverend Joseph Armstrong Delaine was a civil rights leader from Summerton, SC, who helped end segregation in South Carolina schools.
Richard Hutson was a founding father of the United States and a lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, SC.
Charles Pinckney was a lawyer, governor of South Carolina, and signer of the United States Constitution.
Horry County was named for Revolutionary War hero Peter Horry (1743-1815). The county was originally a part of the Georgetown District, and at one time, it was called Kingston.
Georgetown County and its county seat, Georgetown, were named for King George II of England.
Berkeley County was named for two of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, Lord John Berkeley (d. 1678) and Sir William Berkeley (d. 1677).
Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name.
South Carolina is known as the Palmetto State in honor of the Palmetto tree, but did you know that South Carolina was nicknamed the Iodine State at one point? South Carolina received this name due to the large percentage of iodine found in the vegetation growing in the state.
(noun) - a canoe made from a hollowed-out log
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