Anderson County · Marker 04-12
William Bullein Johnson (1782-1862)
307 Manning St., at First Baptist Church
Front inscription
President of Triennial, Southern, South Carolina Baptist Conventions. Johnson Female University, founded here in 1848 as Johnson Female Seminary, was named for him because of his support for female education. From 1853 to 1858, while Chancellor of the institution, he lived in the house at the south end of this street. His grave is in First Baptist churchyard.