Travis, William BarretSoldier. Travis was born on August 9, 1809, in Edgefield District, the son of Mark Travis and Jemima Stallworth. In…
Treadwell, Henrie MonteithEducator, activist. Born Henrie Dobbins Monteith in 1946 to R. Rebecca Monteith in Columbia, South Carolina, Treadwell is a third-generation…
Treaty of AugustaAt the end of the French and Indian War, John Stuart, the superintendent of Indian affairs in South Carolina, negotiated…
Trenholm, George AlfredMerchant, financier. Trenholm was born on February 25, 1807, in Charleston, the son of William and Irene Trenholm. His father…
Trescot, William HenryWriter, diplomat, historian. Trescot was born on November 10, 1822, in Charleston, the son of Henry Trescot and Sarah McCrady.…
Trott, NicholasJurist, scholar. Trott was born in London on January 19, 1663. His father, Samuel Trott, was a London merchant, but…
Truck FarmingTruck farming is the production of annual fruit and vegetable crops to be sold fresh. Truck farming began after the…
TuberculosisIn any historic survey of tuberculosis (TB) in the South, two things stand out. First, until about the 1920s it…
Tucker, Cornelia DabneyPolitical activist. Tucker was born on October 15, 1881, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the daughter of Harvey Mayfield Ramseur and…
Tugaloo RiverThe Tugaloo River is formed by the Chattooga and Tallulah Rivers near the juncture of Georgia, North Carolina, and South…
Tukey, Richard ElleryCivic leader. Richard “Dick” Tukey was a crucial figure in the post–World War II economic development of the South Carolina…
Tuomey, MichaelGeologist. Tuomey was born in county Cork, Ireland, on September 29, 1805, the son of Thomas Tuomey and Nora Foley.…
Turner, Henry McNealClergyman, politician. Turner was born in Newberry on February 1, 1834, the son of Hardy Turner and Sarah Greer. Turner,…
Tuscarora WarIn the first decade of the eighteenth century the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited eastern North Carolina in fifteen towns…
Tuttle, JonPlaywright, scholar, educator, administrator. Jon Tuttle was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1959. He moved to New Mexico…
Two Seed in the Spirit BaptistsTwo Seed in the Spirit Baptists are one of several so-called “hardshell” Baptist groups of the early nineteenth century. Like…
Tybee Island National Wildlife RefugeLocated in Jasper County at the mouth of the Savannah River, across the river from the Georgia town of Tybee…
Tyger RiverThe North, Middle, and South Tyger Rivers begin in Spartanburg County and join to form the Tyger River near the…
Tynte, EdwardGovernor. Tynte was from a Somerset, England, family that had recently risen to a baronetcy, but neither his parents nor…
UnionLittle expansion or alteration of the downtown area occurred in the twentieth century, and Main Street continued to look much as it had in the late nineteenth century. By 2000, however, Union’s historic downtown had become a cherished asset.
