St. Mark's ParishSouth Carolina’s first backcountry parish and by far its largest in land area, St. Mark’s was established on May 21,…
TobaccoThree times in the history of South Carolina, tobacco has risen to the status of a major cash crop, and…
Yeamans, Sir JohnWhen Yeamans belatedly came to South Carolina in the summer of that year, he claimed the office of governor. Interim governor Joseph West and the Grand Council initially rejected his claim, but they accepted Yeamans as governor when a proprietary commission arrived in April 1672.
