“S” is for Shaw Air Force Base. Established in 1941 on the outskirts of Sumter to train pilots for World War II, Shaw Air Force Base later evolved into a home for U.S. Air Force tactical units.

“S” is for Shand, Gadsden Edwards (1868-1948). Architect, engineer.

“R” is for Rogers, George Calvin, Jr. (1922-1997). Author, historian.

“R” is for Rogers, Frank Mandeville (1857-1945). Farmer, businessman. Frank Mandeville Rogers led a group of businessmen to found the state’s first bright leaf tobacco market in Florence in 1891.

“P” is for Pinckney, Josephine Lyons Scott (1895-1957). Poet, novelist, civic leader.

“P” is for Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863). Legislator, congressman, editor.

“M” is for Miles, William Porcher (1822-1899). Educator, congressman. In 1880 Miles was named president of the South Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanics (the former South Carolina College).

"M” is for Milburn, Frank Pierce (1868-1926). Architect.

“M” is for Mignot, Louis Rémy (1831-1870). Painter. Some scholars have maintained that Louis Rémy Mignot “was arguably the most accomplished southern-born painter of his generation.”

“L” is for Londonborough Township. By the time of the 1790 census, most of the original families were no longer listed, and the entire Londonborough community disappeared in the first decades of the nineteenth century.