The city of Anderson is founded in South Carolina and named after General Robert Anderson.
Anderson, SC, becomes an incorporated city.
Johnson Female Seminary (or Johnson Female University) established to provide Southern Baptist education to women of Anderson, named after the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention: William B. Johnson.
Johnson Female Seminary closes due to the Civil War, when the Confederate army used the facilities as a treasury and location of their printing press.
Union troops destroy Confederate printing presses and used Johnson Female Seminary buildings as headquarters for First Maine Infantry.
Buildings of Johnson Female Seminary used for other educational uses, both for the Carolina Collegiate Institute and for the Patrick Military Academy.
Inspired by Jonson Female Seminary, a group of Southern Baptists raise $100,000 to acquire 32 acres of land for a new institution of higher learning in Anderson, SC.
Anderson College accepted by the South Carolina Baptist Convention