After the War of 1812, Davenport sold the newspaper to Benjamin McNary who changed its name to South-Carolina Republican.
[1] In 1829, the newspaper was sold again to Francis Hugh Wardlaw, John Bacon, and Warren Mays.
[1] At some point the newspaper was acquired by James Parsons Carroll who changed the paper's name to the Edgefield Carolinian.
[2] In 1836, the newspaper was bought Maximillian LaBorde and James Jones, who changed its name to the Edgefield Advertiser.
[1] William Walton Mims assumed control of the newspaper in 1937 and ran it until retiring at the end of 2002.