Eric Chalmers Poston

Eric Chalmers Poston is an American author, attorney, and South Carolina native whose writing focuses on family history, local heritage, and the documentary record of the Pee Dee region. His work examines the Poston family of South Carolina, the history of Poston, South Carolina, and the broader relationship between genealogy, land, memory, and regional identity.

A graduate of Duke University and the University of Virginia School of Law, Poston brings a lawyer’s attention to evidence, chronology, and documentary detail to his historical writing. His books and archival projects are grounded in family records, public documents, newspaper accounts, photographs, and inherited local knowledge, with a particular interest in preserving the stories of South Carolina families and communities whose histories are often scattered across private collections and public archives.

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