Santuc, South Carolina

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Santuc is an unincorporated community in Union County, South Carolina, United States. [1]

Cane Creek Church is a historic congregation in Santuc. The Union County Dragway is outside of Santuc. [2]

It has had a volunteer fire department for decades since its formation on August 5, 1968. [3]

Dan Jenkins, a 24-year-old construction gang laborer, was lynched and shot hundreds of times on June 17, 1930, in Santuc. He had been accused of an attempted assault on two sisters. The National Guard arrived twenty minutes after the lynching. [4] [5] [6]

The community is noted in a comptroller's document from 1900. [7] Mansions were built in the area of Santuc and Fish Dam. [8]

In 1933, Santuc was described as "a crossroads trading center with scarcely a dozen houses in it, a railroad depot, three stores, and two filling stations." [9] [10]

A former slave, Eison Lyles, who was born in Santuc, was interviewed as part of a Works Project Administration effort. [11] [12]

The Santuc Series is a recognized series of layered soils consisting of five main soil types in seven main layers. [13]

The Seven Springs House (1810) was photographed in Santuc and is part of the University of South Carolina's digital collection. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Santuc, South Carolina
  2. ↑ Times, Union (June 21, 2018). "Union County Dragway reopens". Union Daily Times.
  3. ↑ Times, Union (August 11, 2018). "'Providing an exemplary service'". Union Daily Times.
  4. ↑ Politics, Kings County (February 24, 2020). "The Jim Crow Era: A Solemn Roll Call Of Those Brutally Murdered".
  5. ↑ Raper, Arthur F. (March 15, 2012). The Tragedy of Lynching. Courier Corporation. ISBN   9780486149196 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Simon, Bryant (November 9, 2000). A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN   9780807864494 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Office, South Carolina Comptroller General's (June 10, 1900). "Report of the Comptroller General" – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Kibler, James E. (June 10, 1998). Our Fathers' Fields: A Southern Story. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN   9781570032141 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Gee, Wilson Parham (June 10, 1933). "The Qualitative Nature of Rural Depopulation in Santuc Township, South Carolina, 1900-1930". South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Qualitative nature o". June 10, 1933 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Eison Lyles, Santuc, South Carolina, January 20, 1938". Library of Congress.
  12. ↑ Administration, Work Projects. Slave Narratives: Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives—Part 3. Lulu.com. ISBN   9781300533733 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "Official Series Description - SANTUC Series". soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov.
  14. ↑ "Seven Springs House (1810) Santuc, S.C. No. 4". digital.tcl.sc.edu. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

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