South Carolina from A to Z Walter Edgar

“L” is for Lizard Man. In midsummer 1988 a Lee County teenager spotted the Lizard Man.

“H” is for Hilton Head Island (Beaufort County; 2020 population 37,661). Located in the southeast corner of the state Hilton Head Island is the largest of the islands that flank South Carolina’s Atlantic coast.

“H” is for Hillsborough Township. Located on the upper Savannah River in present-day McCormick County, Hillsborough Township was named for Wills Hill, viscount of Hillsborough and president of the British Board of Trade.

“H” is for Hill, Daniel Harvey (1821-1889). Soldier. A native of York District, Hill graduated from West Point and served in a series of important battles in the Mexican War.

“G” is for Grayson, William John (1788-1863). Politician, planter, poet, essayist.

“F” is for Fuller, William Edward (1875-1958). Clergyman. Fuller became the new Colored Fire-Baptized Holiness Church's general overseer and its first bishop—a position he held until his death.