The ''Edgefield Advertiser'' is a newspaper published in
Edgefield, South Carolina
Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,750 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Edgefield County.
Edgefield is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.
Geography
Edgefield is l ...
. Founded in February 11, 1836, it is the oldest newspaper in South Carolina to publish continuously under the same nameplate.
History
The predecessor to the ''Edgefield Advertiser'' was the ''Anti-Monarchist and South-Carolina Advertiser,'' first published by Thomas M. Davenport on May 27, 1811. After the
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...
, Davenport sold the newspaper to Benjamin McNary who changed its name to ''South-Carolina Republican.'' In 1824, he sold the newspaper to John Lofton and Abner Landrum.
In 1829, the newspaper was sold again to Francis Hugh Wardlaw, John Bacon, and Warren Mays.
At some point the newspaper was acquired by James Parsons Carroll who changed the paper's name to the ''Edgefield Carolinian.''
In 1836, the newspaper was bought Maximillian LaBorde and James Jones, who changed its name to the ''Edgefield Advertiser.''
William Walton Mims assumed control of the newspaper in 1937 and ran it until retiring at the end of 2002. His daughter Suzanne Gile Mims Derrick became editor on January 1, 2003.
References
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External links
Newspaper website
Newspapers published in South Carolina
Newspapers established in 1836
1836 establishments in South Carolina