Stateburg, South Carolina
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Stateburg is a census-designated place in the High Hills of Santee in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Sumter, South Car
Historic Church of the Holy Cross, High Hills of the Santee, Stateburg. It is built of rammed earth.
Joel Roberts Poinsett
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Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American medical doctor, botanist, politician, and diplomat. He was the first U.S. agent in Hispanic America, a member of the South Carolina Legislature, and later a Unite
Stateburg, South Carolina
…Stephen Decatur Miller, U.S. congressman, state governor, and U.S. senator Joel Roberts Poinsett, congressman, physician and botanist who died in Stateburg Thomas Sumter, American Revolutionary War general…
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The United States Frigate Essex arrived in Valparaíso, Chile in September 1813 at which time Poinsett received the first official news of the War of 1812
Statue of Joel Poinsett by Zan Wells (2001), Greenville, South Carolina.
The poinsettia, which takes its name from Poinsett.