Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room

United States South Carolina  Greenwood County, South Carolina  Greenwood County Library

Contact Information
Greenwood County Library Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room 600 South Main Street Greenwood, SC 29646 E-mail: ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org For hours, please call 864-941-4655 If you visit the Library when the Lawrence Room is closed, please ask the Reference Librarian for assistance. Library staff will be happy to retrieve materials for you.

Microfilm
Four microfilm reader/printers are available for viewing the microfilm in this room. Newspapers Church Records Military Records Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (South Carolina 1-1 through 12 and Continental Troops 1-16-2) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Abbeville and Greenwood) Virginia Court Records A list of court records of the Virginia Counties on microfilm in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library US Census 1790-1930 South Carolina State Census, 1829 South Carolina State Census, 1839 South Carolina 1868 Agricultural Census South Carolina State Census, 1869 South Carolina State Census, 1875 US Census for Maryland Counties
 * Abbeville Press and Banner, 1846-1903
 * Edgefield Advertiser, October 15, 1856-April 22, 1868
 * Greenwood Light, 1885-1886
 * Greenwood Tribune, 1886-1888
 * Greenwood Times, 1889
 * McCormick Advance, 1886-1887
 * McCormick News, 1892
 * Ninety-Six Guardian, 1878-1889
 * Ninety-Six Star, 1906
 * Psalm Singer, 1886
 * Saluda Argus, 1884
 * Greenwood Index, September 12, 1895-1918 (1906 missing)
 * Greenwood Journal., November 1, 1897-1918 (1906 missing)
 * Greenwood Index-Journal, 1939-present
 * Broadmouth Baptist Church, 1837-1966
 * Siloam Baptist Church, 1834-1876
 * Turkey Creek Baptist Church, 1785-1909
 * Fairfield
 * Laurens
 * Beaufort
 * Chesterfield
 * Kershaw
 * Lexington
 * Aiken-Charleston
 * Clarendon-Sumter
 * Fairfield County (Townships 8-13)
 * Williamsburg-York
 * 1840 US Census -Prince George and Queen Anne Counties
 * 1850 US Census - Montgomery and Prince George Counties
 * 1870 US Census - Prince George County

Books
City Directories African American Cemeteries
 * Promiseland, A Century of Life in a Negro Community by Elizabeth Raul Bethel, Published by Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1981 (GEN 975.733 BETHE)
 * Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume One, By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1996 (Gen 929.5 G V. 1)
 * Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume Two, By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2008 (Gen 929.5 G V. 2)
 * Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume Three, By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2010 (Gen 929.5 G V. 3)

Greenwood County Histories
 * Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families, by Margaret J Watson; Harry Legare Watson, Publisher: Greenwood, S.C., Attic Press [1970] (975.7 W)
 * Greenwood County: A History, Ann Herd Bowen, Published by The Museum, Greenwood, SC, 1992 (GEN 975.733 BOWEN)

Land
 * Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1679, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1910 (GEN 929.375 SOUTH 1672-79)
 * Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1680-1692, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1911 (GEN 929.375 SOUTH 1680-92)
 * Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1692-1711, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1915 (GEN 929.375 SOUTH 1692-17)

Online Resources
Obituary Index Obituary and death notice index for the Greenwood Index-Journal newspaper, abstracted from the Greenwood County Library's microfilm holdings by the GCL Reference Department staff and volunteers.

Heritage Quest

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