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John Yeamans (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
d call the country Carolina......March 20, 1663 Grant of land to the Earl of Clarendon and others enlarged and extended to lat. 29° N......June 30, 1665 Capt. William Sayle explores the coast......1667 Settlement near Port Royal by a few English colonists with William Sayle as governor......1670 Settlers at Port Royal remove to the western bank of the Ashley River and found Old Charleston......1671 Settlement at Charleston increased by a small colony from Barbadoes under Sir John Yeamans. With this colony came the first slaves in South Carolina......1671 Freemen of Carolina meet at Charleston and elect representatives for the civil government of the colony......1674 Fundamental constitutions framed by John Locke, and amended by the Earl of Shaftesbury in 1669, are put into operation in South Carolina......1674 By invitation a colony of Dutch from New York settle on the southwest side of the Ashley River......1674 Settlers remove from Old Charleston to Oyste
Richard Worley (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
uncil so advising, proprietors repeal the duty of 10 per cent. on all goods of British manufacture, and also the act regulating elections and that enabling the Assembly to nominate a public receiver......1717 Governor and council impeach the administration of Chief-Justice Trott. The proprietors uphold Trott, and order the governor to publish at once the repeal of the late popular acts of the legislature, and to convene a new council and a new Assembly......1718 Steed Bonnett and Richard Worley, pirates, and forty followers, captured, convicted, and hanged......1718 Governor Johnson, by letter of Alexander Skene, George Logan, and William Blakeway, asked to accept the government from the people under the King......Nov. 28, 1719 Governor Johnson declining the office of governor, the People's Association proclaim James Moore governor, and elect twelve councillors, choose Richard Allein chief-justice, and appoint Col. John Barnwell agent for the province......1719 Lords o
John Winthrop (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
he unveiling of a statue of Gen. Daniel H. Morgan......May 11, 1881 Exodus of 5,000 colored people from Edgefield county, bound for Arkansas and Beaufort county......Dec. 24-31, 1881 State military academy at Charleston reopened......Oct. 1, 1882: Constitution amended, forbidding counties to contract a debt greater than 8 per cent. of the taxable valuation......1884 Earthquake destroys $5,000,000 worth of property; first shock felt at Charleston, 9.51 P. M.......Aug. 31, 1886 Winthrop training-school for teachers at Columbia, opened......1886 Act passed providing a pension of $5 per month for disabled Confederate soldiers and the widows of those killed in the Confederate service......1887 Legislature accepts a devise of 814 acres in Ocanee county by Thomas G. Clemson, on condition that the State erect and maintain an agricultural and mechanical college......1888 First colored State fair ever held in the State opens at Columbia......Jan. 1, 1890 Act passed c
Hugh Williamson (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
rell's Point, and with artillery drives the British vessels from Charleston Harbor......December, 1775 Constitution framed by the Provincial Congress of South Carolina adopted, March 26, 1776, and courts of justice opened......April 23, 1776 British fleet under Sir Peter Parker unsuccessfully attacks Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island.......June 28, 1776 Thomas Heyward, Jr., James Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge sign the Declaration of Independence......1776 Colonel Williamson, with 2,000 men, marches against the Cherokees, Sept. 13, and lays waste all their settlements east of the Apalachian Mountains......September, 1776 Cherokee Indians by treaty cede to South Carolina all their land eastward of the Unaka Mountains......May 20, 1777 Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, chosen president of the Continental Congress......Nov. 1, 1777 Constitution passed by the General Assembly as an act, March 19, 1778, goes into effect......November, 1778 State S
Roger Williams (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
une 1, 1780 All paroles to prisoners not taken by capitulation and not in confinement at the surrender of Charleston are declared null and void after June 20, and holders required actively to aid military operations or be treated as rebels......June 3, 1780 Affair at Rocky Mount......July 30, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock......Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Camden; Americans under General Gates attack the British under Cornwallis and are repulsed......Aug. 16, 1780 Americans under Colonel Williams defeat the British at Musgrove's Mills on the Ennoree......Aug. 18, 1780 Sixty distinguished citizens of South Carolina are seized by the British and transported to St. Augustine as prisoners......Aug. 27, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain......Oct. 7, 1780 Col. Thomas Sumter extends his campaign into South Carolina; he captures a British supply train, Aug. 15; is surprised by Tarleton and defeated at Fishing Creek, Aug. 18; defeats Maj. James Wemyss in a night attack on Broad Riv
Thomas Whitmarsh (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
of the House......1721 Lords proprietors surrender the charter and government to the King, except Lord Granville's one-eighth......1729 Sir Alexander Cumming, .sent out by Great Britain, makes a treaty with the Cherokees at Nequassee, who proclaim allegiance to the King......April 3, 1730 On assuming the government, the crown divides Carolina, and appoints Robert Johnson governor of South Carolina......April 30, 1730 First newspaper in South Carolina published at Charleston, Thomas Whitmarsh, editor......Jan. 8, 1732 Forty thousand acres of land on the Savannah is given to John Peter Pury and his colony of some 370 Swiss; Purysburg is settled......1732-33 Williamsburg township formed by Irish settlers......1734 Boundary-line between North and South Carolina partly established......1738 Negro insurrection at Stono suppressed, and its leader, Cato, and principals hanged Fire consumes nearly one half of Charleston......Nov. 18, 1740 Ship-building begun; fiv
James Wemyss (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
g. 16, 1780 Americans under Colonel Williams defeat the British at Musgrove's Mills on the Ennoree......Aug. 18, 1780 Sixty distinguished citizens of South Carolina are seized by the British and transported to St. Augustine as prisoners......Aug. 27, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain......Oct. 7, 1780 Col. Thomas Sumter extends his campaign into South Carolina; he captures a British supply train, Aug. 15; is surprised by Tarleton and defeated at Fishing Creek, Aug. 18; defeats Maj. James Wemyss in a night attack on Broad River, Nov. 8, and defeats Colonel Tarleton at Blackstock Hill......Nov. 20, 1780 Battle of Cowpens, near Broad River; Americans under Morgan defeat the British under Tarleton; Andrew Jackson, then a boy of fourteen years, takes part in the engagement......Jan. 17, 1781 Francis Marion, appointed brigadiergeneral by Governor Rutledge in July, 1780, joins General Greene on his return to the State......April, 1781 Battle of Hobkirk's Hill; Americans und
Delia A. Webster (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
rom Port Royal Island by General Moultrie......Feb. 3, 1779 Americans repulsed at Stono Ferry......June 20, 1779 British fleet from New York against Charleston lands forces under Sir Henry Clinton 30 miles from the city......Feb. 11, 1780 Royal fleet commanded by Admiral Arbuthnot anchors near Fort Johnson on James Island......April 9, 1780 Governor Rutledge retires from Charleston northward......April 12, 1780 American cavalry surprised by British under Colonels Tarleton and Webster, and routed at Monk's Corner......April 14, 1780 Fort Moultrie, weakened reinforcing Charleston, surrenders to Captain Hudson, of the British navy......May 6, 1780 Charleston capitulates......May 12, 1780 British forces under Colonel Tarleton surprise the Americans under Colonel Buford, at Waxhaw on the North Carolina border; the Americans lose 117 killed and 200 taken prisoners, while the British lose but five men killed and twelve wounded......May 29, 1780 Sir Henry Clinton an
William H. Wallace (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
counties for irregularities in elections......Nov. 22, 1876 On the assembling of the legislature, sixty-four Democratic members, including those from Edgefield and Laurens counties, withdraw to Carolina Hall and organize separately with William H. Wallace as speaker......Nov. 28, 1876 Senate and Republican House canvass the votes for governor and lieutenantgovernor, and declare D. H. Chamberlain elected governor, Dec. 5; sworn into office......Dec. 7, 1876 Speaker Wallace, having a cerSpeaker Wallace, having a certificate from the secretary of State of the votes cast for governor and lieutenant-governor, proceeds to canvass the votes and declares Wade Hampton and William D. Simpson, Democrats, elected; oath of office is administered by Trial-Judge Mackay......Dec. 12, 1876 Both governors, being invited to Washington, hold a private conference with President Hayes, which results in a proclamation by Governor Chamberlain withdrawing his claim......April 11, 1877 F. L. Cardoza, State treasurer under
Hovenden Walker (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-south-carolina
ns the blockade at Charleston, avoiding eleven United States vessels......Dec. 27, 1861 Gen. David Hunter declares free the slaves in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina......May 9, 1862 Battle of Secessionville (James Island), in which Col. T. G. Lamar defeats the Federals under Gen. Henry W. Benham......June 16, 1862 Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard assumes command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia......Sept. 24, 1862 Gen. J. M. Brannan defeats the Confederates under General Walker in the battle of Pocotaligo......Oct. 22, 1862 Commodore Samuel F. Dupont's squadron is repulsed in the battle of Charleston Harbor......April 7, 1863 Colonel Montgomery, with United States troops, makes a raid from Beaufort up the Combahee River, securing 800 slaves and a quantity of provisions and horses......June, 1863 Federals victorious in the battles of Morris Island, July 10; Fort Wagner, July 11; James Island......July 16, 1863 Fort Wagner bombarded by Gen. Q. A. Gill
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