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WILLIAM LAWRENCE MAULDIN was the Lt. Governor during the late 1880's. The town of Mauldin, SC was named for him because he persuaded the railroad into putting the tracks where the people wanted rather where the railroad wanted. William Lawrence never lived in Mauldin, SC, as far as I know. I read that the Calhoun estate was offered to the state but there was a tie vote in the legislature and William Lawrence cast the deciding vote to accept the property. He must have had a lot on the ball to have been a captain in Wade Hampton's Red Shirts and to later have been the Lt. Governor.
As I remember, WILLIAM LAWWRENCE MAULDIN's father was EASLEY MAULDIN, Easley's father was JOAB MAULDIN (1770-1818) and Joab's father was JOHN MAULDIN (1737+- to ?), the blacksmith in Granville NC. JOHN MAULDIN probably descended from the RICHARD MAULDING family from Virginia.
There was a WILLIAM MAULDIN on the gun crew that fired on Fort Sumter, but I don't think that was the same person as the Lt. Gov. Story goes that this William Mauldin got up about 4:00am, went for a jog and then aimed the cannons at Fort Sumter.
Maybe "Pope Mauldin" was a derogatory term because someone thought his word was law. Anyway, I've never heard of POPE MAULDIN.
Aaron Mauldin
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