“P” is for Presbyterian College. A liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Clinton, South Carolina, Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by William Plumer Jacobs.

“P” is for Pratt, Nathaniel Alpheus (1834-1906). Chemist, engineer, inventor.

“P” is for Praise houses. Praise houses (sometimes called “prayer houses”) functioned on antebellum South Carolina plantations as both the epitome of slave culture and symbols of resistance to slaveholders’ version of Christianity.

"M “is for Mullis, Kary Banks (1944-2011). Scientist.

“M” is for Mullins (Marion County; 2020 population 4,026).

“C” is for Coogler, John Gordon (1865-1901). Poet.

“C” is for Conway (Horry County; 2020 population 24,849). Conway, originally named Kingston Village, was established on a bluff of the Waccamaw River about 1735.

“C” is for Converse College. Converse College was founded in 1889 by a group of Spartanburg leaders to provide for the education of young middle-class women.

“B” is for Brewton, Miles (1731-1775). Merchant, legislator.

“B” is for Brawley, Edward McKnight (1851-1923). Missionary, educator.