1670:
The Founding of the English Colony of Carolina
Introduction
On March 17, 1670, English settlers arrived aboard the Carolina at Bulls Bay on the South Carolina coast. Two days later 80-year-old William Sayle, the proprietary governor of Carolina, came ashore on land that King Charles II had granted to the Lords Proprietors, eight English peers who would rule Carolina until 1719. Within a month they had established a settlement on Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River. On the 350th anniversary of English colonists' arrival in what would become South Carolina, this exhibit highlights some of the oldest records from the earliest days of the colony.
