C. The New Nation | South Carolina Hall of Fame

1781- 1860

Learn the South Carolinians involved in the beginnings of the New Nation after the American Revolution.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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5-minute historical visualization of the biography of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney who is an example of the enormous contribution South Carolinians made to the formation of the government of the United...
Charles Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Statesman Charles Pinckney's beliefs helped forge the United States Constitution. Fluent in five languages, yet educated and reared entirely on South Carolina soil, this man was elected four times to...
Pierce Butler | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Biography of statesman Pierce Butler, who was an American Revolutionary War leader, South Carolina delegate to both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Conventions, as well as a United States...
Robert Mills | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Robert Mills was born in SC in 1781 and became the first native born American to study specifically in a career in Architecture. He went on to build buildings from New Orleans, to Newberry Port Mass...
Travis & Bonham | S.C. Hall of Fame

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William Barret Travis and James Butler Bonham were born in what is now Saluda County. These two men fought and died at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. We will look back to their South Carolina roots...
William "Singing Billy" Walker | S.C. Hall of Fame

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"Amazing Grace: The Story of William "Singing Billy" Walker is about the Spartanburg resident, religious music composer and publisher. Walker became famous in the mid 1800's for changing the way...
William Gregg | S.C. Hall of Fame

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William Gregg (1800-1867) was born in Charleston and was a leading advocate of Southern industrialization. He founded a successful cotton mill in Graniteville, South Carolina and brought the concept...