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A young Sarah Mae Flemming wearing a dark dress and light pearl necklace.

Sarah Mae Flemming

Sarah Mae Flemming sued bus owners in Columbia, SC for an incident that occurred 17 months before Rosa Parks took her stand in Montgomery, Alabama.

William H. Johnson wearing a cowboy styled hat.

William H. Johnson

William H. Johnson was an African American painter from Florence who painted distinctive modernist imagery of African American life.

Henry Laurens wearing a powdered wig ad a burgundy coat with a white ruffled tie.

Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens was a merchant, political leader, and rice planter who was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

A wooden building with a red rooftop.

Kershaw County

Kershaw County was named for Joseph Kershaw (1727-1791), an early settler.

A square brick building with three curved archways for the front door and windows.

Union County

Union County was named for the old Union Church, which served both the Presbyterian and Episcopal congregations in the area.

A white house with a gray roof

Williamsburg County

Williamsburg County was probably named for King William III of England (1650-1702). Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot settlers began moving into this part of the Lowcountry around 1732.

A dark and light house with a manicured lawn.

Berkeley County

Berkeley County was named for two of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, Lord John Berkeley (d. 1678) and Sir William Berkeley (d. 1677).

South Carolina Facts

South Carolina State Grass

Indian Grass was designated as the official State Grass by Act Number 94 of 2001. Indian Grass can be used to make baskets. 

South Carolina Glossary

Map of South Carolina with a green, yellow, and magenta lines to represent Cherokee lands, Fall Line, and Backcountry/Lowcountry

fall line

(noun) - the border between the soft rock of the Coastal Plain and the hard rock of the Piedmont region. Often, rivers will have rapids or waterfalls as they cross the fall line.