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Francis Marion
Francis Marion , c.1732-1795, American Revolutionary soldier, known as the Swamp Fox, b. near Georgetown, S.C. He was a planter and Indian fighter before joining (1775) William Moultrie's regiment at the start of the American Revolution. In 1779 he fought under Benjamin Lincoln at Savannah and... Read more |
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South Carolina
South Carolina state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.1% increase since the 1990 census. Capital and largest city, Columbia. Statehood, ... Read more |
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Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America Also called the Confederacy. the eleven southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, thus precipitating the Civil War.... Read more |
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James H. Hammond
James Henry Hammond James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was governor of South Carolina and a U.S. senator. He was a radical proponent of the doctrine of states' rights. James Henry Hammond was born on Nov. 17, 1807, in the Newberry district of South Carolina. After graduating from South Carolina... Read more |
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson 1767-1845, 7th President of the United States (1829-37), b. Waxhaw settlement on the border of South Carolina and North Carolina (both states claim him). Early Career A child of the backwoods, he was left an orphan at 14. His long military career began in 1781, when he fought... Read more |
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William Richardson Davie
William Richardson Davie 1756-1820, American Revolutionary soldier and statesman, b. Egremont, Cumberland, England. During the American Revolution he served under Casimir Pulaski and later took part in the Carolina campaign, becoming Gen. Nathanael Greene's commissary general. After the war he... Read more |
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John Sevier
John Sevier , 1745-1815, American frontiersman and political leader. He was born near the site of New Market, Va., the town he founded in his young manhood. In 1773 he moved with his family to W North Carolina, where he became a leader of the Watauga Association . In the American Revolution ,... Read more |
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George Moses Horton
Horton, George Moses c. 1797c. 1883 The poet George Moses Horton was born a slave on a farm in Northampton County, North Carolina. When he was six years old, his master moved to Chatham County, near the University of North Carolina. At an early age, Horton began to compose poems based on... Read more |
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piedmont
piedmont any area near the foot of a mountain, particularly the plateau (the Piedmont ) extending from New York to Alabama E of the Appalachian Mts. and W of the Atlantic coastal plain. In Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina it is E of the Blue Ridge Mts. The plateau is cut by numerous small... Read more |
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Asheboro
Asheboro, North Carolina/USA Asheborough Founded in 1796 and named after Samuel Ashe (1725–1813), governor of North Carolina (1795–8).... Read more |
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Llamas line up to leave: Owner moving from Grafton to North Carolina.
...Town of Grafton -- Drivers...Nancy Fox's llamas. But the...Fox, who is moving to a farm...participating in a llama rescue program...approximately 25 llamas she has on...literally woke up one morning...llamas ... |