Barnwell County - Steven J. Coker
Subject: Barnwell County
From: Steven J. Coker
Date: December 15, 1998

Barnwell County
http://Barnwellweb.com/
http://www.sccounties.org/counties/barnwell.htm


Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War
leader John Barnwell (1748-1800). The county was originally part of Orangeburg
District, and in 1785 it was named Winton County. It was given its current name
in 1800. Barnwell County has decreased in size over the years as new counties
were created within its boundaries (Aiken in 1871, Bamberg in 1897 and Allendale
in 1919). The South Carolina Railroad, which connected Charleston to Hamburg on
the Savannah River, was built through this area, creating the towns of
Blackville and Williston in the mid-nineteenth century. In more recent years the
county was the home of several powerful state politicians, known collectively as
the "Barnwell Ring." Included were state Senator Edgar A. Brown (1888-1975),
Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt (1895-1986), and Governor Joseph E. Harley
(1880-1942).

Compiled by South Carolina State Library 1996. 
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/barn.html

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