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Laurens was established by an act of the General Assembly on March 15, 1785, as a location for commercial activities. It was one of the six counties created from the Old Ninety-Six District of South Carolina. [6] Laurens was originally named Laurensville. On December 15, 1845, a charter was issued with the name of Laurensville.
John Carlisle Kilgo was born to James Tillman Kilgo and Catherine Mason Kilgo on July 22, 1861 in Laurens, South Carolina. His father was a circuit preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Kilgo attended Wofford College but dropped out after his sophomore year. [1]
Kate Vixon Wofford (October 20, 1894 – October 31, 1954) [1] was an educator from South Carolina. In 1922, she became the first woman in the state to hold elected office when she was elected superintendent of schools of Laurens County .
Davis was born in Laurens, South Carolina in the Piedmont region, [2] on a farm that was, by his recollection, "way down in the sticks; so far you couldn't hear a train whistle blow unless it was on a cloudy day." [2] Of the eight children his mother bore, he was one of two who survived to adulthood. [6] He became blind as an infant.
The George and Ira Grainger family of Mullins, South Carolina, was a big one — nine children. Irene was born April 6, 1956 and graduated from Mullins High School. She attended Winthrop for two ...
Laurens, South Carolina, U.S. Died: June 22, 2002 (aged 74 ... 2002, at age 74 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. [2] Head coaching record. Statistics overview Season
John Bolt Culbertson (September 16, 1908 – March 21, 1983) was a member of the South Carolina General Assembly, an advocate for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and one of the defense attorneys for the trial of the lynching of Willie Earle in Greenville, South Carolina.
John Laurens Manning Irby (September 10, 1854 – December 9, 1900) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens , he attended Laurensville Male Academy (Lauren), Princeton College ( Princeton, New Jersey in 1870-1871, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville from 1871 to 1873.