Excerpt from The History of Orangeburg County South Carolina: From Its First Settlement to the Close of the Revolutionary War
It is a remarkable fact that very many persons are prone to study the history of every other country, while totally neglecting that of their own country: and yet the study of local history is one of the most delightful of studies.
The State of South Carolina, in historic interest, stands among the very first of our States; but, nevertheless, the numerous valuable historical works on South Carolina have long since passed out of print because of the lack of interest manifested in them, and many people in this State to-day accept as history the false writings of uninformed partisan writers, and, what is worse, permit their children to be taught these falsehoods as truths.
Orangeburg County is rich in historic treasures, and although a few of these treasures have been collected and given to us in several works on South Carolina, they are still out of the reach of the average reader, on account of the scarcity of these works to-day. It is my purpose to present in these pages the various extracts pertaining to Orangeburg, from several of the works referred to above, and. in addition, to give much history of Orangeburg County that has never before been published, including the record of marriages, births and deaths, kept by Rev. John Ulrick Uiessendanner and his successor. Rev. John Giessendanner, from 1737 to 1761.
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