Clarendon County now has an official county flag.
Clarendon County Council voted Mar. 9 to adopt a flag designed by Harvest Community School senior Jayce Scott, months after the student first presented the idea as a project aimed at promoting county pride ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.
Scott returned to council this month with an updated version of the design after council members previously opened a 30-day window for alternate submissions and requested a few changes to his original concept. According to council discussion, no alternate designs were submitted.
“Some of you were here a couple of months back whenever this young man, Mr. Jayce Scott, designed a county flag for us,” Council Chairman Jay Johnson said before inviting Scott to present the revised design. “We opened that up one month to see if anyone wanted to design an alternate flag. And no one did.”
Scott told council the revised version reflected the board’s requested changes and was ready for approval.
“This is the current design based on the changes that the board wanted, and it is double-sided and is ready to go, to be flown,” Scott said. “What I’m looking for tonight is a vote or approval by the board and what the next steps are.”
County Administrator Walt Ackerman told council a motion would be appropriate to accept the design as the official flag of Clarendon County government.
“[It] would be appropriate to accept the current offering or the current design as the official flag of Clarendon County government,” Ackerman said. The motion passed unanimously.
Johnson then directed Scott to follow up with Ackerman on the next steps for producing and flying the flag.
Scott first presented the design to council in August 2025, explaining that only a fraction of South Carolina counties have official flags and arguing that Clarendon should adopt one as a symbol of unity and local pride.
His design includes a green stripe representing community spirit, white stars symbolizing Summerton and Turbeville, the outline of Clarendon County marking Manning’s place, and the county seal at the center. It also incorporates a white crescent and the word “Liberty,” drawing inspiration from South Carolina’s historic Moultrie flag.
At the time, Scott said his goal was to create a flag that honored Clarendon County’s history while giving residents a symbol they could rally around.
