Stewart, Thomas McCantsLawyer, civil rights leader. Born in Charleston on December 28, 1853, to free black parents, George Gilchrist Stewart and Anna…
Stoneman's RaidThis 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.
Stoney, Samuel GaillardArchitect, author, historian, preservationist. Stoney is considered by many to be the quintessential Charlestonian. Born in Charleston on August 29,…
Stono RebellionThe Stono Rebellion was a violent albeit failed attempt by as many as one hundred slaves to reach St. Augustine…
Stowers, FreddieSoldier, Medal of Honor recipient. This Anderson County native was the nation’s only African American from World War I to…
Strawberry Chapel(Berkeley County). James Child, founder of Childsbury Town on the Cooper River in St. John’s Berkeley Parish, bequeathed an acre…
Strawberry FerryInitially, the ferry served to transport livestock, enslaved people, carriages, and other passengers across the Cooper River to and from the short-lived town of Childsbury, which surrounded Strawberry Chapel.
Stretch-outIn the aftermath of World War I, with pressure to maintain profit margins in the face of increasing competition and…
Strickland, LilyComposer, writer, artist. Strickland was born in 1884 in Anderson, the only daughter of Charlton Hines Strickland, an insurance salesman,…
Striped bassState fish. The striped bass, or ocean rockfish (Morone saxatilis), became the official state fish in legislation signed by Governor…
Stroyer, JacobClergyman, author. Stroyer was born and raised a slave in antebellum South Carolina. After emancipation, he authored an engrossing autobiographical…
Stuart, JohnSoldier, colonial official. Stuart was born on September 25, 1718, in Inverness, Scotland, the son of John and Christian Stuart.…
Stuart's TownThe Scots disembarked near present-day Beaufort, calling their settlement Stuart’s Town. The site was promising, but Stuart’s Town lay on the disputed frontier between rival Spanish and English claims. It was also occupied by several feuding Indian nations.
Stumphouse Mountain TunnelThe Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel is an unfinished nineteenth-century railroad tunnel located near Walhalla. The variation of the name “Stump House”…
Sugarloaf Mountain(Chesterfield County). Sugarloaf Mountain is an erosional remnant located in the Sand Hills State Forest within the upper coastal plain…
Sullivan's Island(Charleston County; 2020 pop. 1,938). Sullivan’s Island was discovered in 1666 by Captain Robert Sandford and named for Captain Florence…
Sullivan's Island, Battle ofThe Battle of Sullivan’s Island was the first major patriot victory in the Revolutionary War. In February 1776, after British…
Sully, ThomasPortraitist. Sully was born on June 8 or 9, 1783, in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to Matthew Sully and Sarah Chester,…
Summers, Eliza AnnEducator. Summers was born on January 17, 1844, at Spruce Bank Farm near Woodbury, Connecticut. She was the youngest daughter…
Summerville(Dorchester County; 2020 pop. 53,301). Summerville, the “Flower Town in the Pines,” was established as a summer refuge for plantation…
