William Sayle was the governor of South Carolina from 1670 to 1671. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area Ranked 40th - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 260 miles (420 km) - % water 6 - Latitude 32°430N to 35... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ...
William W. Scroggin, the only surviving member of a family of one son and two daughters, was reared in the wilds of Conway County, and has witnessed the county develop from a wilderness to its present high state of improvement, and his school days did not exceed three months.
Sayle was born in Robertson Co., Tenn., in September, 1835, being a son of Dr. Cornelius W. and Lucinda M. (Adams) Sayle, who were also natives of Tennessee, the father having been born in 1810 and the mother in 1813.
Their father was WilliamSayle, a North Carolinian by birth, but a pioneer of Robertson County, Tenn., where he became a well to-do farmer and spent the latter years of his life, dying there over 80 years of age.
Item, he appointed his brother Joh:Sayle & his kinsman Tho:Sayle & WilliamSayle super- visors of his children and to xxx xxx his last will performed her bequeathed to whomsoever of the said.....
Testes: John Sayle The supervisors are proven in Court in Charles Sayle form of Law January the 17, 1670: Issable Cleter enters her claime against the Executors of WilliamSayle & xxxx.......
Received by Alise Sayle & Dan: Jntoxxx[?] Robert Clerk the sum of 17:02 in xxxx xxxx.....