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St. Augustine (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
ution, but soon gladly withdrew from the turbulent community. The good Quaker, John Archdale, came in 1695 as governor, and by his mild republican rule made the people happy. In 1702 Governor Moore led an expedition against the Spaniards at St. Augustine. It was unsuccessful, and burdened the colony with a debt of more than $26,000, for the payment of which they issued bills of credit for the first time. Before the settlement of Georgia was begun, below the Savannah River, the South Care, he marched to meet the foe. The Indians were at first victorious, but after several bloody encounters the Southern warriors were driven across the Savannah River (May, 1715), and halted not until they found refuge under the Spanish guns at St. Augustine. The Cherokees and their northern neighbors had not yet engaged in the war, and they wearily returned to their hunting-grounds, deeply impressed with a sense of the greatness and strength of the white people. The first part of this excit
Edisto (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
th fifty families and a large number of slaves from Barbadoes. The next year representative government was established, under the title of the Carteret County Colony—so called in honor of Sir George Carteret. Ten years afterwards the colony removed to Oyster Point, at the junction of the Ashley and Cooper rivers, and there the city of Charleston was founded. Very soon some Dutch families, dissatisfied with English rule at New York, went to South Carolina, and planted themselves along the Edisto and Santee rivers. Like the settlers in North Carolina, those of the Southern colony refused to be governed by the constitution framed by Shaftesbury and Locke. Political and religious quarrels distracted the colony a long time, and finally the coast Indians made raids upon them, plundering the plantations of grain and cattle, and menacing the inhabitants. They were subdued in 1680. In 1690 a large number of Huguenots, or French Protestants, settled in the colony, and afterwards a consid
Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
ded on Beaufort Island, on the spot where the Huguenots had dwelt, and there Sayle died, in 1671. The immigrants soon afterwards abandoned Beaufort, entered Charleston Harbor, went up the Ashley River, and seated themselves on its banks, a few miles above the site of Charleston. West exercised the authority of chief magistrate un, and A bit of Charleston, S. C. were declared void by the Queen in 1705, but the Church party remained dominant. French and Spanish war-vessels entered Charleston Harbor with troops, to capture the province and annex it to the Spanish domain of Florida; but they were repulsed with great loss. The proprietors appearing indiffgn State. They also furnished him with a copy of the ordinance of secession. They urged the President to immediately withdraw all the National troops from Charleston Harbor, because they were a standing South Carolina medal. menace. The President was highly offended by the arrogance of the commissioners, acting under the pecu
United States (United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
n the matter should be made to the Supreme Court of the United States against the validity of an act of the legislature to thh Carolina and other States under the name of the United States of America is hereby dissolved. This ordinance had been fraicers resigned their places under the government of the United States. Judge McGrath, of the United States district court at his court, For the last time, I have, as a judge of the United States, administered the laws of the United States within the United States within the limits of South Carolina. So far as I am concerned, the temple of justice raised under the Constitution of the United Statesir official authority to treat for the delivery, by the United States, of all forts and other public property in South CaroliPopulation in 1890, 1,151,149; in 1900, 1,340,316. See United States, South Carolina, in vol. IX. Proprietary governors.1894 William H. Ellerbe1897 Miles B. McSweeney1899 United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Term. Pierce Butler1s
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
arolina were disapproved by some of the proprietors as well as by the people. These acts were referred to the lords of trade and plantations, and A bit of Charleston, S. C. were declared void by the Queen in 1705, but the Church party remained dominant. French and Spanish war-vessels entered Charleston Harbor with troops, to e South asks of you now is to Bring with you every ship and man you can, that we may use them against the oppressors of our liberties and The custom-house, Charleston, S. C. the enemies of our aggravated but united people. Vigilance committees were organized to discover and suppress every opposition sentiment and movement in zure of the arsenal at Charleston, and gave them to understand that he should defend Fort Sumter. Two days later the commissioners replied A colonial gate, Charleston, S. C. to this, in a long and extremely insulting letter, in which they charged the President with perfidy, and taunted him with dereliction of duty. The Preside
Beaufort, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
egion was made by John Ribault, at the head of some Huguenots, in 1562. Settlers in South Carolina. The region was granted to eight of the favorites of Charles II., in 1663, and in 1670 they sent three ships with emigrants, under the direction of Sir William Sayle and Joseph West, to plant a colony below Cape Fear. They entered Port Royal Sound, landed on Beaufort Island, on the spot where the Huguenots had dwelt, and there Sayle died, in 1671. The immigrants soon afterwards abandoned Beaufort, entered Charleston Harbor, went up the Ashley River, and seated themselves on its banks, a few miles above the site of Charleston. West exercised the authority of chief magistrate until the arrival of Gov. Sir John Yeamans, in December, 1671, with fifty families and a large number of slaves from Barbadoes. The next year representative government was established, under the title of the Carteret County Colony—so called in honor of Sir George Carteret. Ten years afterwards the colony remove
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
had just passed by, when the proprietors attempted to establish the Anglican Church ritual as the state method of worship in South Carolina. In 1704 the Provincial Assembly of South Carolina passed an act for the establishment of the Church of England as the legal Church of the colony, and requiring all public officers to conform to its doctrine and ritual. The province was divided into ten parishes, lands were granted for glebes and churchyards, and salaries, payable from the provincial trering indifferent to the sufferings of the colonists, the people arose in their might in 1719, deposed the proprietary governor, and appointed Colonel Moore governor of the colony. This course was sustained by the crown, and in 1729 the King of England bought the two Carolinas for $80,000, and they became separate royal provinces. From that time until the French and Indian War the general history of the Carolinas presented nothing very remarkable, excepting their brave efforts for defending t
Beaufort Island (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
i visited its coast in 1524. D'Allyon was there in 1520 (see America, discoverers of); but the first attempt to colonize that region was made by John Ribault, at the head of some Huguenots, in 1562. Settlers in South Carolina. The region was granted to eight of the favorites of Charles II., in 1663, and in 1670 they sent three ships with emigrants, under the direction of Sir William Sayle and Joseph West, to plant a colony below Cape Fear. They entered Port Royal Sound, landed on Beaufort Island, on the spot where the Huguenots had dwelt, and there Sayle died, in 1671. The immigrants soon afterwards abandoned Beaufort, entered Charleston Harbor, went up the Ashley River, and seated themselves on its banks, a few miles above the site of Charleston. West exercised the authority of chief magistrate until the arrival of Gov. Sir John Yeamans, in December, 1671, with fifty families and a large number of slaves from Barbadoes. The next year representative government was establishe
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
h ritual as the state method of worship in South Carolina. In 1704 the Provincial Assembly of SouthFrench settlements on the Fig-growing in South Carolina. Santee and the Dutch settlement on the e acts establishing the Anglican Church in South Carolina were disapproved by some of the proprietorreign commerce of the State, the people of South Carolina would hold themselves absolved from all fulling home, You need have no more doubt of South Carolina's going out of the Union than of the worldaled, and the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States under the name of the Uniree inches in size, with the great seal of South Carolina attached. The governor and his council ann has been signed, and I proclaim the State of South Carolina an independent commonwealth. A great of the United States within the limits of South Carolina. So far as I am concerned, the temple of nan, James. In April, 1861, citizens of South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter, and compelled its ev[20 more...]
Columbia (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
fatal political excitement began in South Carolina in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected President. On the day of his election the legislature assembled at Columbia, when joint resolutions of both Houses providing for a State convention to consider the withdrawal of the State from the Union were offered. Some of the more cae secession in any event whatever. This promise was uttered before the members of the convention had been chosen. They were chosen Dec. 3, 1860. They met at Columbia on the 17th, and chose David F. Jamison president. The great prevalence of small-pox there caused the delegates to adjourn to Charleston, where they proceeded athe life of the republic. At the close of the war a provisional governor was appointed (June 30, 1865) by the President, and in September a State convention, at Columbia, repealed the ordinance of secession, and declared slavery abolished. In October James L. Orr was chosen governor, with other State officers, and the government
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