Chesterfield County

Due to its location, the refuge is home to a variety of plants, animals, and habitat types characteristic of both the Atlantic coastal plain and the Piedmont Plateau. The rolling sandhills and deep sandy soils are remnants of an ancient coastal shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean.

Cheraw’s position on the Great Pee Dee made it an important point of trade and commerce from its inception.

On November 19, 1860, at Chesterfield Courthouse, one of the first secession meetings in the state was held. At the Secession Convention, John Inglis of Cheraw introduced the resolution calling for South Carolina to secede from the Union.

De Soto entered the territory of present-day South Carolina in search of the chiefdom of Cofitachiqui, reported to contain great wealth. Indians in present Georgia confirmed the account De Soto had heard but warned him of the great wilderness that lay between them and this powerful chiefdom.

Between big bands, Gillespie led small ensembles or performed with all-star aggregations such as Jazz at the Philharmonic. As a bandleader, he was among the first to introduce Latin musical elements into modern jazz.

During the siege of Boston, Greene began working with General George Washington, an association that would continue throughout the war. Greene’s service with the main (“northern”) army included being the first general to command troops not from his own state. His most important contribution was as quartermaster general, successfully reorganizing the main army’s supply system.

In 1864 Lynch journeyed to Rome as Confederate commissioner to the States of the Church (the Holy See), seeking papal recognition of the Confederacy and to turn European opinion in the South’s favor.

Pageland received its charter in January 1908, with a population of 157. By 1910 there were drug, furniture, clothing, and general stores.

Spanning the state in a broad northeast to southwest band, the Piedmont is the second-largest of South Carolina’s landform regions, encompassing 10,500 square miles, nearly one-third of the state’s total area.

From 1891 to 1893 Pollock served as clerk of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

From its outset, Sand Hills State Forest has been operated as “a demonstration conservation area, embodying the principles and objectives of multiple-use management.”

The Sandhills are gently rolling hills that form the uppermost portion of the coastal plain in South Carolina. They continue beyond South Carolina westward into Georgia and northward into Virginia.

(Cheraw). Old St. David’s was the parish church for St. David’s Parish, established in 1768 from portions of St. Mark’s…

The backcountry parish of St. David’s was established on April 12, 1768, and included the area of modern Marlboro, Darlington,…

South Carolina’s first backcountry parish and by far its largest in land area, St. Mark’s was established on May 21,…

(Chesterfield County). Sugarloaf Mountain is an erosional remnant located in the Sand Hills State Forest within the upper coastal plain…

Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) are members of the gourd family native to Africa. Both African slaves and European colonists were probably…

Governor. Wilson was born in Cheraw District in May 1784 to John Wilson and Mary Lyde. He studied law in…