South Carolina from A to Z

“S” is for Stoneman's Raid (May 1865). This minor cavalry raid through the South Carolina upstate occurred in the weeks following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the flight of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet from Richmond, Virginia.

“S” is for Stewart, Thomas McCants (1853-1923). Lawyer, civil rights leader.

“S” is for Stevenson, Ferdinan Backer (1928-2001). Lieutenant governor, civic leader, author.

"S” is for Steele, Henry Maxwell (1922-2005). Writer, educator.

“S” is for Steadman, Mark (1930-2020). Novelist.

“S” is for States’ Rights. The doctrine of states’ rights is a recurring theme of South Carolina political thought.

“S” is for Stateberg. The name of this town, located in western Sumter County in the High Hills of Santee, reflects Stateberg's raison d'être.

“S” is for state symbols. As sovereign political entities, all fifty states have adopted special symbols, a practice that came into vogue at the turn of the last century.

“S” is for state seal. The great seal of South Carolina was first used on a document dated May 22, 1777.

“S” is for State parks. As of 2026, South Carolina’s system of state parks consisted of forty-seven properties totaling more than 90,000 acres of land.

“C” is for Cunningham, Ann Pamela (1816-1875). Preservationist.

“C” is for Culp, Napoleon Brown (1929-2008). Musician. “Nappy Brown” was born in Charlotte but became identified as a South Carolina artist after settling in the Columbia area in the late 1960s.

“C” is for Crum, William Demosthenes (1859-1912). Physician, civic leader, political activist.

“C” is for Craven, Charles (1682-1754). Governor. Charles Craven had one of longest tenures of any proprietary-era governor, and despite political conflict and the outbreak of the Yamassee War in 1715, he was considered one of the most successful.

“C” is for Crafts, William (1787-1826). Legislator, writer, reformer.

“B “is for Burton, Edward Milby (1898-1977). Museum director, naturalist, historian.

“B” is for Burt, Armistead (1802-1883). Lawyer, congressman.

“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b 1942). Essayist, environmentalist, educator.

“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1834-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer.

“B” is for Burnettown (Aiken County; 2020 population 3,104). Burnettown is located in the Horse Creek Valley of Aiken County.

“S” is for state flag. South Carolina's blue Flag with its white crescent and palmetto tree is simple in design but profoundly symbolic of a long history.

“S” is for State Farmers Market. The State Farmers Market is a three-site system of state-sponsored facilities operated by the South Carolina State Department of Agriculture. M

“S” is for State Fair. The South Carolina State Fair, formerly the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina was established in 1869.

“S” is for State, the. The State newspaper was born in 1891 of a bitter political struggle between South Carolina’s conservative political establishment and the agrarianism of Governor Benjamin “Pitchfork” Tillman.

“S” is for Stackhouse, Eunice Temple Ford (1885-1980). Educator, clubwoman.