S.C. Code Ann. § 4-1-10: Division of State into counties; each county is a body politic and corporate.

The State of South Carolina is divided into forty-six counties. Each county is a body politic and corporate for the following purposes:

(1) To sue and be sued;

(2) To purchase and hold, for the use of the county, lands and personalty within the limits thereof;

(3) To make all contracts; and

(4) To do all acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary thereto.