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Welcome, South Carolina. / 34.82222°N 82.44833°W / 34.82222; -82.44833. Welcome is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,668 at the 2010 census. [6] It is part of the Greenville – Mauldin – Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Welcome has been noted for its ...
Prior to its acquisition by First Citizens BancShares Inc. of Raleigh, First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc. was a bank holding company based in Columbia, South Carolina with over $8 billion in assets. First Citizens Bank of South Carolina had branches in both South Carolina and Georgia. [2] It was the second-largest commercial bank headquartered ...
Citizens and Southern National Bank ( C&S) began as a Georgia institution that expanded into South Carolina, Florida and into other states via mergers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia; it was the largest bank in the Southeast for much of the 20th century. C&S merged with Sovran Bank in 1990 to form C&S/Sovran in hopes of fending off a hostile ...
Thomas Bennett Jr. (August 14, 1781 – January 30, 1865) was an American businessman, banker and politician, the 48th Governor of South Carolina from 1820 to 1822. A respected politician, he had served several terms in the state legislature since 1804, including four years as Speaker of the House, and a term in the state Senate.
Wadmalaw Island is located generally to the southwest of Johns Island and more than halfway encircled by it. To the north it is bordered by Church Creek; to the northeast and east by Bohicket Creek; to the south by the North Edisto River; and to the west by the Bohicket Creek. The island's only connection to the mainland is via a bridge over ...
People's Office Building. Coordinates: 32.776957°N 79.927822°W. The People's Office Building, 18 Broad St., Charleston, South Carolina. The People's Building at 18 Broad St. was Charleston, South Carolina 's first "skyscraper", erected in 1910 and 1911 at a cost of $300,000. It was designed by a Swedish architect, Victor Frohling of Thompson ...
The charter of the Second Bank of the United States (B.U.S.) was for 20 years and therefore up for renewal in 1836. Its role as the depository of the federal government's revenues made it a political target of banks chartered by the individual states who objected/envied the B.U.S.'s relationship with the central government.
South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...