South Carolina from A to Z

“G” is for Greeks. Greek immigrants began arriving in South Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century and they quickly found a niche as entrepreneurs within the service sector.

“C” is for Charleston Riot (1876).

“B” is for Bishopville (Lee County; 2020 population 2,994).

“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960). Historian, teacher, author, editor.

“C” is for Clover (York County; 2020 population 6,800).

“C” is for Clinton (Laurens County; 2020 population 8,091).

“B” is for Boone, Thomas (ca. 1730-1812). Governor.

“B” is for Bonnet, Stede (1688-1718). Pirate.

“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). Educator. The author of two books, Kate Vixon Wofford was nationally renowned for her expertise in rural education.

“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. 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 (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 (Oconee County; 2020 population 8,850).

“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). Planter, matriarch.

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

“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. 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). Author. One of South Carolina's earliest writers, Rugeley was born in England.

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

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

“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). Novelist, editor, critic.

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

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

“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. 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. Huguenots are French Calvinists.

“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). Manufacturer, industrial promoter.

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

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

“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949). Musician. Classified by many as a country-music artist, Martha Marshall Chapman,II, and her style nonetheless have been difficult to categorize.

“C” is for Cleveland, Georgia Alden (1851-1914). Writer, activist.

“B” is for Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. (1946-2017). Soldier, astronaut.

“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005). Legislator. Boineau was the first Republican to be elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in the twentieth century.

“B” is for Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890). Soldier, congressman, governor.

“W” is for Wofford College. A four year liberal arts college in Spartanburg, Wofford College was founded with a $100,000 bequest from Methodist minister and Spartanburg native Benjamin Wofford.

“W” is for WIS Radio and Television. WIS Radio and Television stations in Colombia played an influential role in the development of South Carolina's media as a result of being among the state's pioneer commercial broadcasters and located in the state's capital city.

“W” is for Winthrop University. Located in Rock Hill, Winthrop University traces its roots to1886 when Winthrop Training School, a teacher-training school for Columbia teachers opened.

“S” is for Sirrine, Joseph Emory (1872-1947). Architect, engineer.

“S” is for Sinclair, Bennie Lee (1939-2000). Novelist, poet.

“R” is for Royal Council. The Royal Council was a twelve-man governing board created in 1720 to serve as an advisor to the governor, as a court of appeals, and as an upper house of the legislature.