Steamer Heading Down RiverAn unidentified steamer heads down the Waccamaw River. These steamers were often used to carry goods to and from Georgetown and other area towns.
Steele, Henry MaxwellWriter, educator. Max Steele was born in Greenville on March 30, 1922, the son of John M. Steele and Minnie…
Stevenson, Ferdinan BackerLieutenant governor, civic leader, author. “Nancy” Stevenson was born on June 8, 1928, in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter…
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.
