South Carolina from A to Z

“W” is for Women's clubs 01.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“W” is for Women's clubs. The South Carolina women's club movement was a powerful force for social change.

“W” is for Wofford, Kate Vixon (1894-1954) 31.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“W” is for Wofford, Kate Vixon (1894-1954). Educator. The author of two books, Kate Vixon Wofford was nationally renowned for her expertise in rural education.

“S” is for Slave codes 30.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for Slave codes. South Carolina’s earliest formal code of law regarding enslaved persons (1690) borrowed heavily from statutes governing slavery on Barbados.

“S” is for Slave Badges 29.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for Slave Badges. Slave badges served as the physical proof required to demonstrate the legal status of enslaved persons hired out by their masters.

“S” is for 6-0-1 Law 28.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for 6-0-1 Law (1924). The 6-0-1 Law, passed in March 1924, guaranteed at least a seven-month school term for all White children.

“S” is for Seneca 25.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for Seneca (Oconee County; 2020 population 8,850).

“R” is for Rock Hill Movement 24.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“R” is for Rock Hill Movement. Following the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery and the 1960 lunch-counter sit-ins in Greensboro, African Americans in Rock Hill took the lead in energizing the civil rights movement in South Carolina.

“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793) 23.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793). Planter, matriarch.

“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825) 22.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825). Soldier, statesman, diplomat.

“M” is for Mennonites 21.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Mennonites. The Mennonites of South Carolina are a Protestant group descended from the Anabaptists of the Reformation.

“S” is for Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy 18.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy. In 1829 the Catholic Bishop John England founded Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy in Charleston.

“R” is for Rugeley, Rowland (1738-1776) 17.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“R” is for Rugeley, Rowland (1738-1776). Author. One of South Carolina's earliest writers, Rugeley was born in England.

“R” is for Rubin, Lewis Decimus, Jr. (1923-2013) 16.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“R” is for Rubin, Lewis Decimus, Jr. (1923-2013). Teacher, author, editor, publisher.

“P” is for Pollock, William Pegues (1870-1922) 15.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pollock, William Pegues (1870-1922). U. S. Senator.

“P” is for the Pollitzer sisters 14.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for the Pollitzer sisters. Educators, suffragists, reformers. Carrie, Mabel, and Anita Pollitzer were all born in Charleston.

“M” is for Molloy, Robert (1906-1977) 11.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Molloy, Robert (1906-1977). Novelist, editor, critic.

“M” is for Moore, Darla Dee 10.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Moore, Darla Dee. Business woman, philanthropist.

“M” is for Moore, Andrew Charles (1866-1928) 09.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Moore, Andrew Charles (1866-1928). Biologist, educator.

“L” is for Lucas, Jonathan (ca.1754-1821) 08.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“L” is for Lucas, Jonathan (ca.1754-1821). Millwright. Born in England, Lucas immigrated to South Carolina around 1786, which proved a fortuitous time and place for the arrival of a talented young millwright.

“L” is for Loyalists 07.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“L” is for Loyalists. Perhaps twenty-five percent of White South Carolinians either actively opposed the movement for independence or supported British authority against the state government during the American Revolution.

“H” is for Huguenots 04.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Huguenots. Huguenots are French Calvinists.

“H” is for Huguenot Church (Charleston) 03.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Huguenot Church (Charleston). Located at 140 Church Street, the French Protestant Huguenot church was the first Gothic Revival ecclesiastical building erected in Charleston.

“G” is for Gregg, William (1800-1867) 02.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Gregg, William (1800-1867). Manufacturer, industrial promoter.

“G” is for Greer, Bernard Eugene (b. 194 01.07.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Greer, Bernard Eugene (b. 1948). Writer.

D” is for Dunovant, John (1825-1864) 30.06.2025 0:59 ↓

“D” is for Dunovant, John (1825-1864). Soldier.