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GREENVILLE, South Carolina in the 1860s: 1 through 5 of 5

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  1. The 1860 Greenville, SC Census: A Sampling of Wealth
    date 1860map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags Greenville, SC, 1860 census, boarding houses

    The wealth of residents listed in Greenville’s 1860 census, pages 298 and 299, is obvious and not simply because of the assets they claim. All of the children listed had attended school in the last year including children over fifteen (who were required to list their occupation in the 1860 census). This not only implies that area families did not require their children’s labor, but also that the...

  2. A Letter From Shanghai
    date 1860map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags Christian, Missionaries, Cultural Life, China

    In his letter to Reverend Richard Furman, missionary J.B. Hartwell depicted the difficulties of embracing Chinese culture as well as spreading the Word of God in the non Christian community of Shanghai.  Hartwell  gave a summary of the current events that were taking place in Shanghai both with the group of missionaries in the field, as well as the ongoing practices of Chinese culture.  One aspect...

  3. Furman University's Philosophian Society Discusses Divisive Issues
    date March 22, 1861 to April 5, 1861map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Education, Government, Law, Migration/Transportation, Politics, Slavery

    On March 22, 1861 in Philosophian Hall at Furman University, a secretive meeting was called to order. A leather-bound book as tall as a man's forearm with robin's egg blue pages was then opened reverently, and a man's voice read aloud the last meeting's minutes. After he finished, his hand held a pen poised above the first line of a new page, ready to record in flowing script the minutes of the...

  4. The University Riflemen Head to War
    date April 17, 1861 to May, 1862map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags Hampton Legion, Furman University, Civil War

    It was April 1861, and Furman University was preparing for war.  The students at this university in Greenville, South Carolina had formed an infantry company called the University Riflemen as early as that January with the sectional crisis in mind and now events were reaching a climax.  On April 17, four days after the surrender of Fort Sumter to Confederate forces in Charleston, Professor John F....

  5. An Oath of Pretending
    date August 14, 1865map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags Confederacy, Civil War

    Four months after the end of the Civil War, Edwin Ware leaned down and signed an oath of loyalty to the United States government, swearing his support and protection of the constitution and union of the states, including the recently emancipated slaves. The former slave owner was the 2,560th person in Greenville, South Carolina to complete such an oath. Ware had effectively signed over all his beliefs...