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- ↑ "LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1730–2021" (PDF). scstatehouse.gov. South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ↑ Eelman, Bruce W. (2004). "Entrepreneurs in the Southern Upcountry: The Case of Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1815—1880". Enterprise & Society. 5 (1): 77–106. Retrieved 2 June 2023.