Santuc, South Carolina Explained

Santuc is an unincorporated community in Union County, South Carolina, United States.

Cane Creek Church is a historic congregation in Santuc. The Union County Dragway is outside of Santuc.[1]

It has had a volunteer fire department for decades since its formation on August 5, 1968.[2]

Dan Jenkins, a 24-year-old construction gang laborer, was lynched and shot hundreds of times on June 17, 1930, in Santuc. He had been accused of an attempted assault on two sisters. The National Guard arrived twenty minutes after the lynching.[3] [4] [5]

The community is noted in a comptroller's document from 1900.[6] Mansions were built in the area of Santuc and Fish Dam.[7]

In 1933, Santuc was described as "a crossroads trading center with scarcely a dozen houses in it, a railroad depot, three stores, and two filling stations."[8] [9]

A former slave, Eison Lyles, who was born in Santuc, was interviewed as part of a Works Project Administration effort.[10] [11]

The Santuc Series is a recognized series of layered soils consisting of five main soil types in seven main layers.[12]

The Seven Springs House (1810) was photographed in Santuc and is part of the University of South Carolina's digital collection.[13]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Union County Dragway reopens. Union. Times. June 21, 2018. Union Daily Times.
  2. Web site: 'Providing an exemplary service'. Union. Times. August 11, 2018. Union Daily Times.
  3. Web site: The Jim Crow Era: A Solemn Roll Call Of Those Brutally Murdered. Kings County. Politics. February 24, 2020.
  4. Book: Raper, Arthur F.. The Tragedy of Lynching. March 15, 2012. Courier Corporation. 9780486149196. Google Books.
  5. Book: Simon, Bryant. A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948. November 9, 2000. Univ of North Carolina Press. 9780807864494. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Report of the Comptroller General. South Carolina Comptroller General's. Office. June 10, 1900. Google Books.
  7. Book: Kibler, James E.. Our Fathers' Fields: A Southern Story. June 10, 1998. Univ of South Carolina Press. 9781570032141. Google Books.
  8. Web site: The Qualitative Nature of Rural Depopulation in Santuc Township, South Carolina, 1900-1930. Wilson Parham. Gee. June 10, 1933. South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Google Books.
  9. Web site: Qualitative nature o. June 10, 1933. Google Books.
  10. Web site: Eison Lyles, Santuc, South Carolina, January 20, 1938. Library of Congress.
  11. Book: Administration, Work Projects. Slave Narratives: Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives—Part 3. Lulu.com. 9781300533733. Google Books.
  12. Web site: Official Series Description - SANTUC Series. soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov.
  13. Web site: Seven Springs House (1810) Santuc, S.C. No. 4. 2021-11-22. digital.tcl.sc.edu. en.

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