H*4227 Concurrent Resolution, By Breeland, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, 
Bailey, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, Beck, Bowers, G. Brown, H. Brown, 
J. Brown, T. Brown, Campsen, Canty, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, 
Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, 
Emory, Fleming, Gamble, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, 
Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Howard, 
Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, 
Lanford, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, 
Mack, Maddox, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McKay, M. McLeod, W. McLeod, McMahand, 
Meacham, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Ott, Parks, 
Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, 
Sandifer, Scott, Seithel, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, D. Smith, F. Smith, 
J. Smith, R. Smith, Stille, Stuart, Taylor, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, 
Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon, Woodrum and 
Young-Brickell
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SALUTING THE MARYVILLE COMMUNITY IN CHARLESTON COUNTY
 FOR MAINTAINING AN IDENTITY AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR MANY DECADES,
 AND RECOGNIZING THE FORMER TOWN OF MARYVILLE AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
 MUNICIPALITY IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

   06/02/99  House  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-68
   06/03/99  Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-9

SALUTING THE MARYVILLE COMMUNITY IN CHARLESTON COUNTY FOR MAINTAINING AN IDENTITY AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR MANY DECADES, AND RECOGNIZING THE FORMER TOWN OF MARYVILLE AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUNICIPALITY IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, in 1936, Charleston County's smallest municipality, the Town of Maryville, was stripped of its status as a town during the era of segregation when the General Assembly revoked Maryville's charter; and

Whereas, up until that time, Maryville had been one of the very few political subdivisions in the entire South controlled by African-Americans; and

Whereas, The Honorable Thomas Carr was the Mayor of Maryville when the town's charter was revoked sixty-three years ago; the town was situated in Charleston County across the Ashley River on the Ashley River Road; upon revocation of its charter as a municipality, Maryville was immediately placed under the jurisdiction of the magistrate and rural policemen in St. Andrew's Parish; and

Whereas, Maryville, as a town, was made up almost entirely of African-Americans, although its 1936 population of five hundred had been augmented by a few additional Caucasian citizens in the years immediately preceding the town's dissolution; the legal and political efforts to abolish the township had continued for years; the town had been incorporated about the year 1886, and its charter had been saved in 1933 in a last minute deal; but by 1936, the officials and citizens of Maryville were no longer able to withstand and combat the effort to abolish the town; and

Whereas, it behooves South Carolinians of all races to pay tribute to the state's rich and diverse history by recognizing the former Town of Maryville for its long existence as an essentially African-American municipality during an era when this was a rare thing indeed; in the hearts and minds of many persons and their descendants for over six decades, the Town of Maryville has continued to live on and will never die; the time has come for an appropriate recognition of Maryville as a former township, important in history, and as a cherished present community of long-maintained identity. Now, therefore,

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

That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, salutes the Maryville community in Charleston County for maintaining an identity as an African-American community for many decades and recognizes the former Town of Maryville as an African-American municipality important to the history of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to leaders of the Maryville community in Charleston County.