Smith, Charles AureliusBanker, governor. Smith was born in North Carolina on January 22, 1861, the son of Joseph Smith. After attending local…
Smith, Ellison DurantU.S. senator. Smith was born in Sumter District (later Lee County) on August 1, 1864, one of ten children born…
Smith, Gregory WhiteWriter, publisher, and Pulitzer Prize winner. Born in Ithaca, New York, in 1951, to William R. Smith, a hotel administrator,…
Smith, Nell WhitleyLegislator, educator, businesswoman. Smith, the daughter of Arthur Hugh Smith and Alice Beryl Whitley, was born in Washington, North Carolina,…
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…
Smyth, Ellison AdgerIndustrialist. Smyth was born on October 26, 1847, in Charleston, the son of the Reverend Thomas Smyth and Margaret M.…
Smyth, ThomasClergyman, author. Smyth was born on June 14, 1808, in Belfast, Ireland, the son of Samuel Smyth, a merchant, and…
Snow's Island(Florence County). Snow’s Island, in the southeast corner of Florence County, was the legendary campsite of the Revolutionary War general…
Snowden, Mary AmarinthiaPhilanthropist. Snowden was born in Charleston on September 10, 1819, the daughter of Joseph Yates and Elizabeth Saylor. Her father,…
Society for the Preservation of SpiritualsThe city of Charleston was incorporated in 1783 with the motto “Aedes Mors Juraque Curat” (She guards her buildings, customs,…
SonocoThis Hartsville-based international packaging manufacturer had its beginnings in the late nineteenth century, when Major James Lide Coker and his…
South Carolina Baptist State ConventionThe historical significance of the South Carolina Baptist State Convention in the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention and other state conventions should not be ignored. Major architects of Baptist life in America—Oliver Hart, Richard Furman, Basil Manly, and William Bullein Johnson, among others—did their creative work in South Carolina.
South Carolina Botanical GardenThe South Carolina Botanical Garden (SCBG) was dedicated in 1992. Located on the Clemson University campus, the SCBG was formed…
South Carolina Department of EducationThe South Carolina Department of Education is the administrative arm of the State Board of Education. The department promulgates and…
South Carolina Historical SocietyLocated in Charleston, the South Carolina Historical Society is the state’s oldest historical society and one of South Carolina’s largest…
South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian ExpositionHeld in Charleston from December 1, 1901, to June 20, 1902, the West Indian Exposition followed world’s fairs in other…
South Carolina Lunatic Asylum / State HospitalThe South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, located in Columbia, was established by the General Assembly in 1821. It did not open,…
