The Royal Colony of South Carolina




The Royal Colony of South Carolina

Between 1729 and 1775, 25 new towns are established in South Carolana

Town	Established	Settled By

Camden	1732	Quakers and Scots-Irish from Virginia.

Amelia Township	1732	German Lutherans.

Purrysburgh	1732	Swiss/Palatines.

Kings Town	1734	Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.

Queensborough Township	1735	Scots-Irish and Welsh from Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Orangeburgh Township	1735	Swiss/Palatines.

Saxe-Gotha Township	1735	German Lutherans.

Kingstree	1737	Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.

New Windsor Township	1737	Swiss/Palatines.

Moretown	<1741	Unknown

Jacksonboro	1744	English/Welsh from Charles Town.

Ninety-Six	1750	English/Welsh from Charles Town.

Cheraw	1750	English, Welsh, Scots-Irish, and French Huguenots.

Moncks Corner	1753	French Huguenots.

Lancaster	1756	Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania.

Long Bluff	1760	Welsh from Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Boonesborough Township	1762	Scots-Irish Presbyterians from Virginia.

Edmundsbury	<1764	Landgrave Edmund Bellinger's descendents.

Radnor	<1764	Welsh.

New Bordeaux	1764	French Huguenots.

Granby Town	1765	Swiss/Palatines, Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania.

Londonborough Township	1765	Swiss/Palatines. (aka Belfast Township)

New Rochelle	1766	French Huguenots.

Statesburg	1767	English/Welsh from George Town, later Virginians.

McCrea's Crossroads	1760s	Scots-Irish and Welsh from Pennsylvania and Delaware.