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South Carolina Important Dates


Important Dates in South Carolina History

  • 1670 The first permanent English settlement was made at Albemarle Point (Charles Town).

  • 1713 - 1719 The South Carolina region separated from North Carolina and became a royal colony. Records were kept in Charleston.

  • 1730 Settlers began to move into the interior when the colonial government provided incentives for landowners in new townships.

  • 1760 - 1761 The Cherokee War ended in a treaty that opened the up country for settlement. The Bounty Act of 1761 offered public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies began pouring into the up country.

  • 1769 Nine original judicial districts were established, but records continued to be kept in Charleston until 1780.

  • 1788 South Carolina became a state. The state government was moved from Charleston to Columbia in 1790, although some functions remained at Charleston until after the Civil War.

  • 1830 - 1840 Overseas immigration to South Carolina, which had begun to decline about 1815, virtually ceased in this decade.

  • 1860 South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. The Civil War began there in 1861. About 63,000 men from the state served in the Confederate armed forces.

  • 1868 South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. Districts were now called counties.

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