Colonial Government

1620 - 1754. Learn key people involved in the colonial government, the proprietary regime, the period of royal government and South Carolina's Regulator Movement.
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Broughton, Thomas | South Carolina Public Radio

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"B" is for Broughton, Thomas (d.1737). Legislator, lieutenant governor. By the 1690s, Broughton had immigrated to South Carolina from the West Indies. He quickly became involved in the Indian trade...
Bull, William, II | South Carolina Public Radio

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"B" is for Bull, William, II (1710-1791). Lieutenant governor. Educated in England and the Netherlands, Bull was a member of the Commons House (1736-1749) and, on occasion, its speaker. In 1749, he...
Archdale, John | South Carolina Public Radio

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"A" is for Archdale, John [1642-1717]. Proprietor. Governor. In 1664 Archdale was in New England. In 1681, he purchased a share of the Carolina Proprietorship in trust for his son Thomas Archdale...
Bull, William | South Carolina Public Radio

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"B" is for Bull, William (1683-1755). Planter, lieutenant governor. Bull had a long political career that began in the proprietary era and continued for thirty-five years after South Carolina became a...
Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Colonial Agents. South Carolina, like Britain’s other American colonies, had no elected representatives in Parliament to argue for its interests. The problem for the colony then was how to...
Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Colleton County (1,056 square miles; 2010 population 38, 909). Colleton County was one of three original counties organized in Carolina in 1682. Lying south and west of Charleston between...
Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Colleton, James (d. 1706). Governor. Colleton was the son and brother of Carolina proprietors. He was named governor in 1686 with instructions to clamp down on illegal trade with pirates...
Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio

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"C" is for Colleton, Sir John (1608-1666). Proprietor. Colleton was a soldier and courtier of King Charles I and spent more than, £40,000 of his own money to support the king during the English Civil...
Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection
Plat Map Of Camden | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The town of Camden was one of the first official settlements to be laid out in the interior of South Carolina in the 1730s. Settlers flooded into the backcountry during the quarter century of peace...