South Carolina-Georgia borderOn June 29, 1977, an altercation between Georgia law enforcement officers and a South Carolina shrimp boat captain attracted national…
South-Carolina GazetteThe publication of a newspaper in colonial South Carolina received its impetus from the General Assembly. The need for a…
Southern Quarterly ReviewThe Southern Quarterly Review (SQR) originated in January 1842 in New Orleans but moved to Charleston later that year, where…
Spanish MossSpanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a gray treeborne epiphyte native to the coastal plain of the southeastern United States. As…
Spencer, James AlexanderLegislator, educator. Spencer was born in Charleston on October 23, 1850, the eldest son of James A. Spencer, a porter,…
SpoletoIn the mid-1970s no one could have imagined staid, conservative Charleston welcoming an invasion by more than 150,000 people for…
St. Andrew's ParishOn November 30, 1706, St. Andrew’s Day, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act establishing the Church…
St. Andrew's Society of CharlestonThe St. Andrew’s Society is a social and benevolent organization that was founded in Charleston on November 30, 1729. Its…
St. Bartholomew's ParishOne of the ten original parishes established by the Church Act of 1706, St. Bartholomew’s Parish, located in modern Colleton…
St. Cecilia SocietyNamed for the patron saint of music, the St. Cecilia Society of Charleston was formed in 1766 as a private…
St. George's Dorchester ParishThe South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act creating St. George’s Dorchester Parish on December 11, 1717. The…
St. Helena's ParishOn June 7, 1712, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act designating all of the land between…
St. James Goose Creek ParishA long, narrow rectangle extending northwestward from the Cooper River through modern Charleston, Berkeley, and Orangeburg Counties, St. James Goose…
St. James Santee ParishThe parish of St. James Santee was established on April 9, 1706, and included the northeastern portions of modern Berkeley…
St. John's Berkeley ParishOne of the ten original parishes created by the Church Act of 1706, the parish of St. John’s Berkeley stretched…
St. John's Colleton ParishPreviously a part of St. Paul’s Parish, St. John’s Colleton Parish was established by the South Carolina Commons House of…
St. Luke's ParishThe South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act creating St. Luke’s Parish from St. Helena’s Parish on May…
St. Michael's Church(Charleston). In 1751 the General Assembly divided Charleston into two Anglican parishes and authorized construction of a new church on…
St. Michael's ParishOn June 14, 1751, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act dividing the city of Charleston into…
St. Paul's ParishSt. Paul’s Parish was one of the original ten parishes created in South Carolina by the Church Act of 1706.…
