| Brusi |
Aleksander | The man from Nature Conservancy |
| Sloan |
Bissette | Eliza's grandmother |
| Magnolia |
Bluff | A racehorse |
| Leila |
Chalmers | Sloane's friend, Tripp's mother |
| Arthur Milton |
Chalmers III | Eliza's first husband. Aka: Tripp |
| Arthur |
Chalmers IV | Eliza's son |
| Horace |
Coxwold | Eliza's teacher |
| Covey Wilton |
Davis | Eliza's childhood friend. Aka: Les |
| Wilton |
Davis | Caretaker and manager of Mayfield; Covey's father |
| Norah |
Davis | Covey's granddaughter |
| Desmond |
Davis | Covey's son, Norah's father |
| Eliza |
Delancey | Protagonist; also called Eliza Pinckney Rivers Chalmers. Aka: Lizzie |
| James Livingston |
Delancey | Eliza's husband, Arthur's stepfather |
| Mr. |
Deveraux | The mailman |
| John |
Drayton | One of Eliza's suitors |
| Estelle |
Dubois | Parisian dress designer |
| Colonel |
Dunlap | Rawlins's friend; the man who recruited Heyward |
| Mr. |
Flog | A long piece of hickory |
| Father |
Johannes | The priest who wedded Arthur and Eliza |
| Hana |
Nakamura | Eliza's assistant |
| Bobby Lee |
Pearlman | Eliza's lawyer |
| Eliza Lucas |
Pinckney | Eliza's ancestor, the girl she was named after |
| Charles |
Pinckney | Eliza Pinckney's husband |
| Hugh |
Rhodes | Eliza's neighbor and first love |
| Gerald |
Rhodes | Hugh's father |
| Chatham |
Rhodes | Hugh's brother |
| Hugh |
Rhodes | Hugh's brother |
| Carolina |
Rivers | Arthur's wife |
| Ashley |
Rivers | Arthur and Carolina's daughter |
| Lesesne |
Rivers | Eliza's brother |
| Heyward |
Rivers | Covey's husband; Eliza's brother |
| Rawlins Heyward |
Rivers | Eliza's father |
| Sloane |
Rivers | Eliza's mother |
| Marsh |
Tacky | Heyward's favorite horse line |
| Barbara |
| Eliza's school friend |
| Camila |
| Eliza's maid |
| Capitano |
| Rawlins's horse. Aka: Captain, Cap |
| Clementine |
| Eliza's family housekeeper |
| Mariama |
| Clementine's daughter |
| Savannah |
| One of Eliza's granddaughters |