South Carolina

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General

See also Kansas, Maryland, and these surnames: Ballenger, Baskins, Claxton, Ferguson, Harris, Kirkpatrick, Miller, White.

"All Saints Parish Down By The Riverside." Charles Joiner, University of Illinois Press, 1984. This book is about a 10 year project of documenting the slaves that were on rice plantations in All Saints parish of South Carolina. There are 11 pages of index with about 200 to 300 names. some people have only one name and some use the plantation manster for a last. Some have their a different name. There is no one answer to that question. It describes the tasks assigned, living conditions, the creativty that made the plantations productive. There are also pictures of people and places. WRK

"ALSTONS & ALLSTONS of North and South Carolina." CBC

"The Diaries of Evan Pugh 1762-1801." Rev. Evan Pugh; St. David's Society, 1993. CM8

"Echoes in Time: The Murray, Connor, and Moorer Families of South Carolina." Monroe Black, Atlanta, Georgia, Higginson Book Company, 1997. TLF

"Forver Young - Kith and Kin of James & Mary (Kellough) Young." Miriam Young Pack. YOUNG and related families from South Carolina (1786) to Alabama (1818). JI

"The Genealogy of the Pendarvis-Bedon Families of South Carolina, 1670-1900." James Barnwell Heyward, Foote & Davis Co, Atlanta, 1905. The book I have is a copy made for my grandmother of the book JB Heyward compiled in 1905, and I have no way of knowing if what in it is true, although there are transcripts of wills and other documents that the author recorded. It contains the lineages of Joseph Pendarvis, the Carolina pioneer, and George Bedon, also a Carolina pioneer; both of whom settled in or near Charleston. Some of the related families are Screven, Posey, Proctor, Guerard, Heyward. LM1

"Kings Mountain and It's Heroes; A History of The Battle of Kings Mountain October 7, 1780, and the Events Which Led To It." L. C. Draper. Overland Mountain Press. Johnson City TN. 1996. HJW

"THE MANLY FAMILY of South Carolina." CBC

"Marylanders to Carolina; Migration of Marylanders to North Carolina and South Carolina Prior to 1800." Henry C. Peden, Jr., Willow Bend Books, 2000. KC4

"More Marylanders to Carolina; Migration of Marylanders to North Carolina and South Carolina Prior to 1800." Henry C. Peden, Jr., Willow Bend Books, 2001. KC4

"North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina." Brent H. Holcomb, (c) 1980, Published by A. Press in 1980 and reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009. Indexed by name and organized by county. Under copyright, so I can send you the results of a lookup, but not copy or scan pages. Until 1777, the border between North and South Carolina was disputed, and land grants were issued by four North Carolina counties (Anson, Bladen, Mecklenburg, and Tryon) for land that was subsequently deemed part of South Carolina. MLS

"North and South Carolina Marriage Records From the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War." William Montgomery Clemens. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc 1975. Some give date, some only names and county. Not complete record, some records were destroyed or lost. Marriage records prior to the 1900's are scarce for North (or South) Carolina. Until then, marriage licenses or bonds were not necessarily required by law, and many families opted to simply have banns read in order to meet the public notice requirement. Historians have generally relied on surviving church, court and private records (including submissions to publications like genealogical magazines) when compiling their resource materials, but they are far from inclusive. Family researchers should not be discouraged, therefore, by an inability to locate a surviving record. DN1

"Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770 - 1823." Indian, Spanish and other land passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina. Dorothy William Potter. Copyright 1982. P1

"Platz, Plats, Platts, Platt of South Carolina," Volume I. Platt & Williams 2017. Ancestors and descendants of German immigrants Johan Jacob and Christina (Rentz) Platz. CM8

"Probate Records of South Carolina Volume 3, Journal of the Court of Ordinary 1764-1771." Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Southern Historical Press 1979. The index includes names as well as parishes and some other place names mentioned within the journal. There is a listing of marriages for the year 1766 from January through July. Also listed are two marriages for December 1765. JK6

"Recollections of the Ball Family of South Carolina & the Comingtee Plantation." Anne Simons Deas, Ball Family, 1909. Descendants of Elias "Red Cap" Ball. MRC

"Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772." Jean Stephenson, Clearfield Company, 1971. Sub-Title: Rev. William Martin and His Five Shiploads of Settlers. P15

"South Carolina Baptists 1670-1805." Leah Townsend; Clearfield Co, Inc.; 1974, 1978 Reprinted. CM8

"South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799." Complied by: Brent H. Holcomb, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, MD 1980. Marriage records from early South Carolina. Marriages taken from parish registers, some Quaker records, church records, private papers, etc. JG11

"South Carolina Wills--1670 to 1853 or later." Mary Bondurant Warren, Heritage Papers, 1981, 1992. Alphabetical list of wills in South Carolina. Includes county, book, and page. Please note this is an index ONLY, and does not list heirs, survivors, etc. DN1

Aiken Co.

"Memories of Montmorenci, [South Carolina]." By Wayne Wade Hitt. Boyhood recollection of a small wealthy South Carolina town, and of life on nearby historic "Pascalina Plantation, " 1915 - 1926. Copyright 1994 by Wayne Wade Hitt, Second Edition. (121 pages). LS7

"Ninety Years In Aiken County." Gasper Loren Toole II, Self Published ca 1961, Reprinted by Higginson Book Co. Salem, Massachusetts. Please see Larry's Index to see if your person of interest is listed. If so, please provide Larry the full name and page number(s) for each person. Please do not request a lookup if your person of interest is not in the index. LS7

Anderson Co.

See also under these surnames: Hunter, Jones.

Barnwell District

"The Harters of Barnwell District, SC c. 1753." By Mickey Smith, 1994. CM8

Charleston Co.

"Epitaphs From St. Michael's, Charleston, South Carolina." Clare Jervey (editor), The State Company, Columbia SC, 1906. Inscriptions on the tablets and gravestones in St. Michael's Church and Churchyard, to which is added from the church records, a list of interments of persons to whom there are no stones. MRC

"Register of St. Philip's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, 1754 - 1810." D. E. Huger Smith & A. S. Salley (editors), University of SC Press, 1971. Records of St. Philip's Parish, Charleston, SC as follow: births: 1754 - 1774, burials: 1753 - 1803, marriages: 1755-1802, baptisms/christenings: 1756 - 1810. MRC

"Register of St. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina, 1810 - 1822." Elise Pinckney (editor), National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1973. Records of St. Philip's Church, Charleston, SC as follow: baptisms: 1810 - 1822, confirmations: 1813 - 1822, marriages: 1810 - 1822, burials: 1810 - 1822. MRC

Charles Town

"Resister of St. Phillips Parish 1720-1758." A. S. Salley, Jr. (editor), University of SC Press, 1971. Records of St. Philip's Parish, Charles Town [now Charleston], SC as follow: births: 1718 - 1758, burials: 1720 - 1753, marriages: 1720-1755, christenings: 1720 - 1758 MRC

Chesterfield Co.

"History of The Old Cheraws." Right Rev. Alexander Gregg, D. D; The Reprint Publishers, 1975, 1982 reprinted. Pee Dee section of SC (NE corner). The timeperiod covered is 1730-1810. It has an index, handy for genealogical research. CM8

Darlington Co.

"1800 Census of Darlington District S.C." (Compiled by Mr.& Mrs. Rembert V. Ham), Darlington County Historical Commission, no date. K27

"1810 Census of Darlington District S.C." Darlington County Historical Commission, August 1997. K27

"Darlington District, S.C. Cemetery Survey Volume One" (Compiled by The Old Darlington District Chapter of the S.C. Genealogical Society, 1993). K27

"Darlington District, S.C. Cemetery Survey Volume Two" (Compiled by The Old Darlington District Chapter of the S.C. Genealogical Society, 1994). K27

"Darlington District, S.C. Cemetery Survey Volume Three" (Compiled by The Old Darlington District Chapter of the S.C. Genealogical Society, 1997). K27

Edgefield Co.

"The Story of Edgefield (South Carolina)." Copyright Edgefield County Historical Society. (120 pages, many photos). LS7

Fairfield Co.

"Hill and Hill-Moberly Connections of Fairfield County, South Carolina." George A. Hill, self-published, copyright- 1989. Information on the Hill-Moberly-Hosch families of South Carolina. Also includes information on families as they moved to GA, and furthur West. Also included is information on the Funderburk/Funderburg family that married into the family. MB1

Georgetown Co.

"All Saints' Church, Waccamaw The Parish: The Place: The People: 1739-1948." by Henry DeSaussure Bull, Historical Activities Committee of the SC Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1948. History of the church, Baptisms, Confirmations, Communicants, Marriages,and Burials. M41

"Georgetown County, South Carolina Tombstone Inscriptions." Georgetown County Historical Society and the CDA, Regal Printing, 1980. Gives the location and names in Georgetown County Cemeteries. M41

"Georgetown Rice Plantations." by Alberta Morel Lachicotte, The State Commercial Printing Co., 1955. Gives history of rice plantations with some listing of the families that owned them. M41

"The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina." George C. Rogers, The Reprint Company, 1995. Gives a history of Georgetown county, with some listings of families and descendants. M41

Horry Co.

"1860 Census of Horry County SC." Horry County Historical Society, 1987. JA1

"Horry County SC Cemetery Records." Waccamaw Records. 9 of a ten volume set published from 1989 to 1996. JA1

"Independent Republic Quarterly, Horry County Historical Society SC." Horry County Historical Society SC 1988-1998. Almost complete set 1988 to 1998. Indexed. JA1

Kershaw Co.

"Historic Camden (2 Volumes)." Kirkland and Kennedy 1903; State Printing Co. Columbia, SC. CBC

Lexington Co.

"Lake Murray Records." Columbia Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society. From the records of the Lexington Water Power Company, regarding cemeteries effected by the damming of Lake Murray. Includes details of the removal of graves. VC

Marion Co.

"Early Pee Dee Settlers." John M. Gregg, Heritage Books, Inc. 1993. List of Pee Dee SC colonists. Gives names and any information known by individual. Eastern SC. CBC2

Marlboro Co.

"A History of Marlboro County, SC." Rev. J. A. W. Thomas; Regional Publishing Co; 1971;1978 reprinted. A history of Marlboro County, SC in the Pee Dee area (upper NE corner). Has name index handy for genealogical look-ups. CM8

Piedmont region

"Carolina Scots." Douglas F. Kelly, (c) 1998 by 1739 Publications. Described as "An Historical and Genealogical Study of over 100 years of immigration". Focused on immigrants from Scotland to the Cape Fear Valley and Pee Dee Valley in the Piedmont region of North Carolina and South Carolina (from 1739 to 1840s). Full name index. Under copyright, so I can send you the results of a lookup, but not copy or scan pages. MLS

Richland Co.

Union Co.

"Union County Cemeteries." Mrs. E. D. Whaley, Sr., A Press, Inc., 1976. SS4

"UNION COUNTY HERITAGE." Mannie Lee Mabry, Editor, 1981, Union County Heritage Committee. Extensive history of surnames in Union Co. SC, plus surrounding counties, Fairfield, Spartenburg, Newberry, Chester. Information consist of family history, births, deaths, pictures, decendants of surname, place of living. MEL

"Union County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court 1785-1799." Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Southern Historical Press, 1979. This book of the court proceedings is index. JK6

Williamsburg Co.

"History of Williamsburg." William Willis Boddie,The State Company, 1923 1705-1923, Index of places and individuals, Eastern SC, Williamsburg County. CBC2

"James Edward Calder Family Journal 1858-1997." Calder, Dixie Rhinehart Calder Ferris, 1997. Lists various individuals connected to the Calder family of Williamsburg, SC. CBC2