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Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site is a historic site in Union County South Carolina that preserves the home of William H. Gist (1807-1874) the 68th governor of South Carolina. Gist helped instigate a Secession Convention in South Carolina which led to the creation of the Ordinance of Secession that preceded the Civil War.William Gist was the natural son of Francis Fincher Gist (c.
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