Clarendon County
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http://www.sccounties.org/counties/clarendon.htm

Clarendon County was named for Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674), one
the the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. The county was first established in 1785;
in 1800 it became part of Sumter District but then was split from Sumter in
1857. The county seat is Manning. Several Revolutionary War skirmishes took
place in this area; at Fort Watson in 1781 British soldiers were driven from a
large Indian mound that had been fortified. During the Civil War Union troops
under General Edward Potter moved through the area, burning several plantations.
In the 1950s Clarendon County schools were sued over the issue of racial
segregation. The case, Briggs v. Elliott, was one of several cases that
eventually led the U. S. Supreme Court to abolish segreation in 1954. Clarendon
County can claim five South Carolina governors, all related: James Burchell
Richardson (1770-1836), Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836), John Peter
Richardson (1801-1864), John Laurence Manning (1816-1889), and John Peter
Richardson (1831-1899). Children's author Peggy Parish (1927-1988) and tennis
player Althea Gibson are also Clarendon natives. 

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

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