History of Williamsburg : something about the people of Williamsburg county, South Carolina, from the first settlement by Europeans about 1705 until 1923. / by William Willis Boddie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boddie, William Willis, 1879-1940.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williamsburg County (S.C.)--History.

Williamsburg County (S.C.).

Williamsburg County (S.C.)--Census--1790.

South Carolina--Williamsburg County.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii pages, 1 leaf, 611 pages : portraits, folded maps, double plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : State Co., 1923.

Contents:

Before Williamsburg had a name

The King's Tree and Williamsburg Township

Original settlers

The people who settled Williamsburg

Economic conditions

Churches and churchmen

Growing pains and petitions

Colonial wills

Political and social matters

The War of the Revolution

Williamsburg soldiers in the Revolution

Government by the people

The town of Williamsburg, 1788

Williamsburg census, 1790

Presbyterianism regnant

Williamsburg taxpayers, 1811

Roads and ferries from 1788 to 1830

Government and officials, 1783-1830

Old wills and notes on them

Economic and social life, 1783-1830

Indiantown Church, 1819-1830

The nullification movement, 1832

Puritanism, Calvinism, and Arminianism

Things, political and social, 1830-1860

Transportation, 1830 to 1860

Slavery and secession

Williamsburg, C.S.A., 1861-1865

Reconstruction

Another Williamsburg

Public education since 1880

Religious denominations, 1865-1923

Banking in Williamsburg

Throbbing war drums call

Many things

General progress.

Other Format:

Online version: Boddie, William Willis, 1879-1940. History of Williamsburg.

OCLC:

2095076