H*4331 Concurrent Resolution, By Bowers and Rivers
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HAMPTON COUNTY, ONE OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA'S MOST HISTORIC AND SCENIC AREAS, ON THE OCCASION OF ITS ONE HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.

   05/29/03  House  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-71
   05/29/03  Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-16

House:    Bowers, Rivers

Attorney:    Draffin

Stenographer:    Kubala

Date:    May 29, 2003

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TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HAMPTON COUNTY, ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST HISTORIC AND SCENIC AREAS, ON THE OCCASION OF ITS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.

Whereas, Hampton County this year is celebrating its one hundred twenty-fifth birthday; and

Whereas, an 1877 petition of citizens living in the northernmost section of Beaufort County submitted a plea to the state legislature for a new county with a courthouse to call their own within reasonable travel time of their homes; and

Whereas, Hampton County is the thirty-third of the state's forty-six counties, created by act of the General Assembly on February 18, 1878, when the northern portion of Beaufort County became Hampton County; and

Whereas, the county and the county seat are named for General Wade Hampton II, distinguished South Carolina soldier and statesman, Governor and United States Senator; and

Whereas, Hampton County today is a modern yet elegant area where its citizens and leaders are cognizant of the county's past and are looking forward to its future; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, would like to recognize and honor this truly wonderful part of South Carolina's Lowcountry on the occasion of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly recognize and honor Hampton County, one of South Carolina's most historic and scenic areas of the Lowcountry on the occasion of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary.

Be it further resolved that a copy of the resolution be presented to the people of Hampton County on the occasion of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary at the sixty-first Watermelon Festival.