South Carolina From A To Z

“W” is for Williamsburg County (947 square miles; 2020 population 29,825).

“S” is for Seigler, Marie Samuella Cromer (1882-1964). Educator, girls’ club founder.

“S” is for Segregation. Segregation, the residential, political, and social isolation of African Americans was accomplished in South Carolina by a long and varying effort in the aftermath of emancipation and Reconstruction.

“R” is for Robinson, Bernice Violanthe (1914-1994). Educator, civil rights activist. The workshops that Bernice Violanthe Robinson created helped transform the political and economic status of thousands of disenfranchised Blacks in the American South.

“P” is for Pike, John Martin (1840-1932). Clergyman, editor, publisher. In 1893 John Martin Pike became editor of The Way of Faith and through it exercised pivotal influence on the planting of Holiness and Pentecostal strains of Protestantism in South Carolina.

“M” is for McTyeire, Holland Nimmons (1824-1889). Clergyman. McTyeire was the author of a number of books including A Manual of Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and A History of Methodism.

“M” is for McSweeney, Miles Benjamin (1855-1909). Governor. In 1900 McSweeney won election as governor, but his tenure was disappointing.

“L” is for Logan, Martha Daniell (1704-1779). Colonial horticulturist.

“H” is for Hinton, James Miles (1891-1970). Clergyman, businessman, civil rights leader.

“H” is for Hines, John Elbridge (1910-1997). Clergyman, civil rights activist.

“G” is for Great Migration. During the 1910s and 1920s, hundreds of thousands of African Americans left the South for the urban centers of the Northeast and Midwest.

“F” is for Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669-1698). Part constitution and part promotional tract, the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina comprised a much revised document that the Lords Proprietors devised to govern their New World province.

“E” is for Exchange Building (Charleston). One of the grandest and most significant public buildings constructed in colonial America, the Exchange and Customs House on East Bay was constructed by Peter and John Horlbeck between 1767 and 1771.

“D” is for Dorchester County (575 square miles; 2020 population 165,737).

“C” is for Charleston Museum. Founded in 1773, the Charleston Museum is the oldest municipal museum in the United States.

“C” is for Charleston Library Society. The Charleston Library Society is the third-oldest institutional library in the United States.

“B” is for Billings, John Shaw (1898-1975). When he retired in 1954, Billings was the editorial director of all Time Inc. publications.

“W” is for Williams, Hanna English (d. 1722). Naturalist. Hannah English Williams was the first female in the British colonies to gather plant and animal specimens for scientific collections.

“S” is for Seabrook, Whitemarsh Benjamin (1793-1855). Governor. As a member of the most radical political factions in the state, Seabrook urged Carolinians to prepare for secession and the military defense of the state and its institutions.

"L" is for Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle & Wolff. At its peak in the 1960s, LBC&W employed more than 350 architects, engineers, planners and support staff in states across the Southeast.