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South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...
South Carolina Golf Club founded. [18] 1788 – Charleston becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina. [16] 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded. [19] 1790 College of Charleston opens. [2] Population: 16,359. [20] Brown Fellowship Society [21] founded. 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated. 1792
South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788. [1] Before it declared its independence, South Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, [2] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. [3]
Governors of the Province of South Carolina (1719 to 1775) No. Governor (birth-death In Office Notes Monarch 20 James Moore Jr.(1682-1724) December 21, 1719 – May 30, 1721 George I: 21 Francis Nicholson(1655-1728) May 30, 1721 – May 7, 1725 22 Arthur Middleton(1681-1737) May 7, 1725 – December 15, 1730 George II: Robert Johnson(1682-1735 ...
At the 2019 census estimate, South Carolina had an estimated population of 5,148,714, which is an increase of 64,587 from the prior year and an increase of 523,350, or 11.31%, since the year 2010. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 36,401 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of ...
"The Traditions of the Free Negro in Charleston, South Carolina". Journal of Negro History. 25 (2): 139– 152. doi:10.2307/2714595. JSTOR 2714595; Fraser, Walter J (1991). Charleston! Charleston! The History of a Southern City (Reprint ed.). Charleston, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0872497979.
1801 - University of South Carolina was founded; 1803 - Washington Street Methodist builds the first church building in Columbia; 1804 - Columbia Library Society founded. [4] 1805 Town chartered. [1] John Taylor elected intendant (town leader). [1] South Carolina College opens. [2] 1809 - First Baptist Church founded. 1813 - Trinity Episcopal ...
South Carolina: A History, (1998) the standard scholarly history; Edgar, Walter, ed. The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, (2006), ISBN 1-57003-598-9, the most comprehensive scholarly guide; Rogers Jr., George C. and C. James Taylor. A South Carolina Chronology, 1497-1992 2nd Ed. (1994) Wallace, David Duncan.