The Pineville Academy was incorporated by the State of South Carolina in 1805. It had the right to own real and personal property and to produce income not exceeding $5,000 a year. A provision allowed the academy to receive escheated (confiscated by the state) property in St. Stephen’s Parish. A controversy arose when Mrs. Elizabeth
In 1791 the United States of America took its place among nations of the world, George Washington toured South Carolina, and the men of Pineville sat down with Col. Hezekiah Maham, hero of the Battle of Fort Johnson, to establish the St. Stephen Jockey Club. After all, Southern planters needed sports of the turf as