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Barbados (Barbados) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
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 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 Carol
Neuse (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
a single blow. Within forty days, in the spring of 1715, the Indian tribes from the Cape Fear to the St. Mary and back to the mountains had coalesced in the conspiracy, and before the people of Charleston had any intimation of danger, 100 white victims had been slain in the remote settlements. The Creeks, Yamasees, and Apalachians in the South had confederated with the Cherokees, Catawbas, and Congarees in the West, in all about 6,000 strong, while more than 1,000 warriors issued from the Neuse region to avenge their misfortunes in the war of 1712-13. The people were filled with terror. Governor Craven acted with the utmost wisdom and energy. He declared the province to be under martial law, and at the head of 1,200 men, black and white, 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. A
France (France) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
said, I think the only policy for us is to arm as soon as we receive authentic intelligence of the election of Lincoln. It is for South Carolina, in the quickest manner and by the most direct means, to withdraw from the State seal of South Carolina. Union. In the course of the debate the fact came out that emissaries had already been sent from the Southern States to Europe to prepare the way for aid and recognition of the contemplated Southern Confederacy by foreign governments; and that France had made propositions for the arrangement of such relations between that country and the government about to be established in South Carolina as would insure to the former such a supply of cotton for the future as its increasing demand for that article would require. On Nov. 12 the legislature passed an act authorizing a State convention. That legislature also declared that a sovereign State of the Union had a right to secede from it; that the States of the Union are not subordinate to t
Cape Fear (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
ates of the Union. It is supposed by some that Verazzani 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.
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
man as he. He tried to enforce the fundamental constitution, 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 Carolinians were often annoyed by Indian depredations incited by the Spaniards in Florida. In 1703 the Apalachian Indians, in league with the Spaniards, were attacked by Governor Moore and a body of white men and Indians. Their chief village was desolated; nearly 800 of the Apalachians were made prisoners, and their whole territory was made tributary to the white people. A few years later a secret general Indian confederacy was formed to ext
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
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 Carolinians were often annoyed by Indian depredations incited by the Spaniards in Florida. In 1703 the Apalachian Indians, in league with the Spaniards, were attacked by Governor Moore and a body of white men and Indians. Their chief village was desolated; nearly 800 of the Apalachians were made prisoners, and their whole territory 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 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. T
Oyster Point (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
ed 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 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 In
James Colleton (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
the national Constitution March 11, 1869. Population in 1890, 1,151,149; in 1900, 1,340,316. See United States, South Carolina, in vol. IX. Proprietary governors. William SayleappointedJuly 26, 1669 Joseph WestappointedAug. 28, 1671 Sir John YeamansappointedDec. 26, 1671 .Joseph WestappointedAug. 13, 1674 Joseph MortonappointedSept. 26, 1682 Joseph WestappointedSept. 6, 1684 Richard KirkappointedSept. 6, 1684 Robert QuarryappointedSept. 6, 1684 Joseph Mortonappointed1685 James Colletonappointed1686 Seth Sothelappointed1690 Philip Ludwellappointed1692 Thomas Smithappointed1693 Joseph Blakeappointed1694 John Archdaleappointed1695 Joseph Blakeappointed1696 James Mooreappointed1700 Proprietary governors—Continued. Sir Nathaniel Johnson1703 Edward Tynte1709 Robert Gibbes1710 Charles Craven1712 Robert Daniel1716 Robert Johnson1717 James Moore1719 Temporary republic. Arthur Middleton1719 Royal governors. Francis Nicholson1721 Arthur Middleton1725 R
Josiah J. Evans (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
t Y. Hayne18th to 22d1823 to 1832 William Harper19th1826 William Smith20th to 22d1826 to 1831 Stephen D. Miller22d1831 to 1833 John C. Calhoun22d to 28th1833 to 1843 William C. Preston23d to 27th1833 to 1842 George McDuffie27th1843 to 1846 Daniel E. Huger28th1843 to 1845 John C. Calhoun29th to 31st1845 to 1850 Andrew P. Butler29th to 35th1846 to 1857 Franklin H. Elmore31st1850 Robert W. Barnwell31st1850 R. Barnwell Rhett31st to 32d1851 to 1852 William F. De Saussure32d1852 Josiah J. Evans33d to 35th1853 to 1858 Arthur P. Hayne35th1858 James H. Hammond35th to 36th1857 to 1860 James Chestnut35th to 36th1859 to 1860 37th, 38th, 39th Congresses vacant. Thomas J. Robertson40th to 45th1868 to 1877 Frederick A. Sawyer40th to 43d1868 to 1873 John J. Patterson43d to 46th1873 to 1879 Matthew C. Butler45th to 54th1877 to 1895 Wade Hampton46th to 52d1879 to 1891 John L. M. Irby52d to —1891 to 1897 B. R. Tillman54th to —1895 to — John L. McLaurin54th to —1897 to — T
John Matthews (search for this): entry state-of-south-carolina
s Craven1712 Robert Daniel1716 Robert Johnson1717 James Moore1719 Temporary republic. Arthur Middleton1719 Royal governors. Francis Nicholson1721 Arthur Middleton1725 Robert Johnson1730 Thomas Broughton1735 William Bull1737 James Glen1743 William H. Littleton1756 William Bull1760 Thomas Boone1762 William Bull1763 Charles Montague1766 William Bull1769 William Campbell1775 Governors under the Constitution. John Rutledge1775 Rawlin Lowndes1778 John Rutledge1779 John Matthews1782 Benjamin Guerard1783 William Moultrie1785 Thomas Pinckney1787 Arnoldus Vanderhorst1792 William Moultrie1794 Charles Pinckney1796 Edward Rutledge1798 John Draytonacting1800 James B. Richardson1802 Paul Hamilton1804 Charles Pinckney1806 John Drayton1808 Henry Middleton1810 Joseph Alston1812 David R. Williams1814 Andrew J. Pickens1816 John Geddes1818 Thomas Bennet1820 John L. Wilson1822 Richard J. Manning1824 John Taylor1826 Stephen D. Miller1828 James Hamilton183
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