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History of Clarendon County South CarolinaSelect a City, Town, Village or Township: No Data Yet -- Coming Soon! Our database does not include an historic photo for Clarendon County South Carolina, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Wihiam Alexander Guerry - A Biography Wihiam Alexander Guerry, educator, was born in Clarendon county. S.C., July 7, 1861; son of the Rev. Le Grand F. and Sirena Margaret (Brailsford) Guerry; grandson of William Capers and Virginia (Felder) Guerry, and a descendant of Pierre Guerry, a French Huguenot, who came from the province of Poitou, France, and settled in Charleston district, S.C., about 1695. He also descended on his mother's side from Maj.-Gen. William Moultrie of Revolutionary fame. He was graduated from the University of the South, A.M., 1884; B.D., 1891; was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1889, and a priest in 1890. He held rectorships at Florence, Marion and Darlington, S.C., 1888-93, and in the latter year accepted the chair of homiletics and pastoral theology at the University of the South. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
South Carolina Facts: Clarendon County Facts: Seat: ManningEstablished: 1855 Formed from: Sumter |