Postcard images of Greenwood Co., S.C. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017 One of over 500 historic addresses – sites in Greenwood County to explore and enjoy on the pages of Roots and Recall!
NR File Photo / SC Dept. of Archives and History
Lander College had originated in Williamston, S.C. as the Williamston Female College
Postcard image of the school, courtesy of the Martin Postcard Collection – 2014
Bullock, W. P, and Paul L Grier. Official topographical map of Abbeville Co., South Carolina. [S.l.: P.L. Grier, 1894, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress – HABS Collection
The third generation owner of Stony Point figured prominently in South Carolina’s agricultural development. D. Wyatt Aiken, who married Joel Smith’s daughter, Virginia Carolina, in 1857, was a zealous advocate of progressive farming methods. He fought in the War-Between-the-States and after the war served ten years in the U.S. Congress (1876-1886). In 1871, Aiken organized the South Carolina Grange, as the Patrons of Husbandry were popularly called. During the nine years of its prominence, the Grange with its appeal to and for the small farmer flourished in the South Carolina Upcountry. Existence of the Grange stimulated legal and social movements for the benefit of the farmer. The D. Wyatt Aiken Grange in Greenwood was named in honor of Aiken. For several years, Aiken edited the Rural Carolinian, a magazine published monthly from 1869-1876 devoted to bringing the South Carolina farmer into the mainstream of agricultural progress. NR File Data / SC Dept. of Archives and History
