Smith, BenjaminMerchant, politician, planter. Smith was born in South Carolina in 1717, the eldest child of the planter and politician Thomas…
Smith, ThomasGovernor. Born in England around 1648, Smith immigrated with his family to Carolina in 1683, likely as a member of…
Smith, WilliamU.S. senator. Born near the North Carolina border, Smith spent most of his life in York District. After studying with…
Smith, William LoughtonLawyer, congressman, diplomat. Smith was born on October 2, 1758, the son of the prominent merchant Benjamin Smith and Anne…
South Carolina Jockey ClubHorse racing has been a favorite sport in England since the sixteenth century and naturally found its way to the…
Stono RebellionThe Stono Rebellion was a violent albeit failed attempt by as many as one hundred slaves to reach St. Augustine…
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.
Sumter, ThomasSoldier, congressman, U.S. senator. Sumter was born on August 14, 1734, in Hanover County, Virginia. His father, William, was a…
Theus, JeremiahPortrait painter. Born on April 5, 1716, in Chur, Switzerland, Theus immigrated to Orangeburg Township, Carolina, in 1735 with other…
Timothy, ElizabethNewspaper publisher. Little is known of Elizabeth Timothy’s origins and early life. Benjamin Franklin described her as “born and bred…
Timothy, LewisNewspaper printer. Timothy was born Louis Timothée, the son of a Huguenot who took refuge in Holland following the revocation…
Timothy, PeterNewspaper printer, patriot. Timothy was born in Holland to Louis and Elizabeth Timothée before they immigrated to Philadelphia in 1731…
Tobler, JohnPromoter, publisher. Born in Appenzell, Switzerland, Tobler became that canton’s governor until he was removed from office in a power…
Trott, NicholasJurist, scholar. Trott was born in London on January 19, 1663. His father, Samuel Trott, was a London merchant, but…
Tuscarora WarIn the first decade of the eighteenth century the Tuscaroras, an Iroquoian tribe, inhabited eastern North Carolina in fifteen towns…
Tynte, EdwardGovernor. Tynte was from a Somerset, England, family that had recently risen to a baronetcy, but neither his parents nor…
Vanderhorst, ArnoldusFollowing the war, Vanderhorst spent most of his time in Charleston. He operated a mercantile firm and came to own considerable property around the city.