“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960)

“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960). Historian, teacher, author, editor. After graduating from Winthrop College, Gregorie began an eleven-year teaching career in Lynchburg, Chester, and Christ Church Parish. In 1925 she earned a master's degree in history from the University of South Carolina; and in 1929 became the first woman to receive a doctorate from the university’s Department of History. The Depression ended her teaching career; in 1936 she became the director of the South Carolina Historical Records Survey, a WPA agency that inventoried county and church records. Gregorie was the author of Thomas Sumter, The History of Sumter County, and Christ Church Parish, 1706-1959.From 1948 to 1958 she served as editor of the South Carolina Historical Magazine. As a historian, Anne King Gregorie demonstrated the validity of good local history and the importance of local records.