Greenville County, South Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Greenville County, South Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Greenville County Courthouse 305 E. North Street Greenville, SC 29601 Phone: 864-467-8551 Greenville County Website

County Pronunciation

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * To view a cemetery list, see Greenville County, South Carolina Cemeteries.
 * National Cemetery Administration
 * Cemetery GPS Mapping

Census Records

 * 1829-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images

1800
 * Phillipa, Oma Dee. Greenville District, South Carolina, 1800 Census. 975.727 X2p 1800

1820 Manufactures The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FS Library copies: 1024517 - 1024518. Published abstract:
 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977..

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See South Carolina, Greenville District on page 143.

Church Records
Greenville County Churches identifies dozens of churches in the area, courtesy: South Carolina Genealogical Society.
 * Gower, A.G. A short story of Presbyterian Church life in Greenville: its organizations and beginnings: seventy-fifth anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church, 1848-1923. Greenville, S.C: First Presbyterian Church, 1923?. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * McKoy, Henry Bacon. A History of the First Presbyterian Church In Greenville, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C: Keys Printing Company, 1962. Digital version at Hathi Trust.

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records
 * Historical Records Collection in Greenville SC at Greenville County

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:
 * Heinegg, Paul. Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1790 South Carolina Census, by County Free African Americans.com. Includes free blacks in Abbeville County.
 * McCuen, Anne K. Abstracts of Some Greenville County, South Carolina Records Concerning Black People, Free and Slave. 2 vols. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Co., 1991-2000.
 * South Carolina: Greenville County Enslaved and Free Persons and Slaveholders is a database of enslaved and free persons, and slaveholders extracted from Greenville's inventory and appraisal books 1825-1829.
 * Austin - Simpsonville - also called Gilder
 * C. Douglas Wilson Farm - also called George Salmon
 * George Salmon - also called C. Douglas Wilson Farm
 * Gilder - Simpsonville - also called Austin
 * Golden Grove
 * Great Plains
 * Oaklawn - Greenville
 * Polly
 * Prospect Hill
 * Spring Garden
 * Tall Pines
 * Tullyton - Fountain Inn

Genealogies

 * [Arnold] MacIvor, Hazel Arnold. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Benjamin Arnold, King William County, Virginia and Greenville, South Carolina. Lake Orion, Mich.: Arnold Family Association of the South, 1974.
 * [Blassingame] Lafo, Susan, Phyllis Harrison, Barbara Bleades, and Larry Tyner. "Blassingame Myths and Facts," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 1998):70-76.
 * [Brown] Brown, Richard L. and Robert E. Brown. A Brown Family of Spartanburg and Greenville Counties, South Carolina. Maplewood, N.J.: R.L. &amp; R.E. Brown, 1963. Item 5
 * [Butler] "A Butler Family of Greenville District," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter 1985):13-15.
 * [Cunningham] Paget, James Suddarth. Descendants of William Cunningham of Fauquier County, Virginia and Greenville County, South Carolina 28 July 1770 - 14 October 1853. Greer, S.C.: J.S. Paget, 1994.
 * [Davis] Davis, Robert S. "The Descendants of Jonathan Davis," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Spring 1989):86-87.
 * [Evans] Roberts, Lesbia Word. The Family of Philip Evans, Greenville Co., S.C. Fort Worth, Texas: Mrs. W.E. Roberts, Jr., 1996.
 * [Forrester] Ambrose, Lorene Burton. Mills, Stokes, Forrester of Primarily Greenville County, South Carolina. Greer, S.C.: L.B. Ambrose, 1979.
 * [Fowler] The House of Fowler. 1940. Free Lookups Available!
 * [Fuller] "An Unusual Migration in the Fuller Family," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Fall 1999):208-209.
 * [Kemp] Taylor, Jamie Kay Kemp. Kemps with Roots in Greenville County, South Carolina. Abernathy, Tex. J.K.K. Taylor, 1994. Item 8
 * [Lendermon] Boswell, Imogene May and Jean Boswell Pippenger. The Ancestors and Descendants of Henry D. Lendermon Randolph County, North Carolina; Greenville County, South Carolina; Maury County, Tennessee; Carroll County, Tennessee; Marshall County, Mississippi. Carrollton, Texas: I.M. Boswell &amp; J.B. Pippenger, 1988.
 * [Lester] Owen, Thomas McAdory. "Bryant Lester, of Lunenburg Co., Va., and His Descendants," Southern History Association. Its Publications, Vol. 1 (1897):127-137. Digitized by Internet Archive - free. Available in book form at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [McBee] McBee, Vardry. Portraiture of Vardry McBee of South Carolina Born in Spartanburg District, 19 June 1775; Died in Greenville, 23 January 1864. n.p.: n.p., 1852.
 * [Mills] Ambrose, Lorene Burton. Mills, Stokes, Forrester of Primarily Greenville County, South Carolina. Greer, S.C.: L.B. Ambrose, 1979.
 * [Nash] Nash, James Henry. The Georgia Descendants of Edward Nash of Greenville County, South Carolina: and Some Related Families. Somerville, Tenn.: J.H. Nash, 1973.
 * [Peden] Hewell, Eleanor M. The Pedens of America. Free Lookups Available!
 * [Snow] Franklin, Wanda Snow. Snow Family of Upper South Carolina Some Descendants of Barksdale Snow (c. 1786-1854) of Greenville District, South Carolina. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2000..
 * [Stokes] Ambrose, Lorene Burton. Mills, Stokes, Forrester of Primarily Greenville County, South Carolina. Greer, S.C.: L.B. Ambrose, 1979.
 * [Sullivan] Bland, Carolyn Copeland. "James Sullivan of Charlotte County and the Problem of Entrenched Disinformation," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Nov. 1987):3-13. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Trammell] "Some Clues for the Trammell Genealogy," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Fall 1999):211-212.
 * [Turner] Lennon, Rachael Mills. "The Wives of Jonathan Turner: Identification of Women in Pre-Twentieth-Century South Carolina," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 92, No. 4 (December 2004):245-255. 973 B2ng v. 92 (2004)
 * [Walker] Russell, Judith F. "Samuel Walker of South Carolina: Three Revolutionary Soldiers," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 2003):17-20.
 * [Watson] Descendants of John Watson I 1752-1823. Free Lookups Available!
 * [West] West, Broadus B. Genealogy of Isaac West, of Greenville County, South Carolina. Spartanburg, S.C.: unknown, 1929. Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($).

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records

The following chart show where you may best expect to find land records. Greenville County includes many Revolutionary War bounty land allotments. The original Greenville County deed books are kept at the county courthouse. Deed books have been digitized and the digital version must be used. The Register of Deeds Office does maintain the old books covering the time frame 1784-1787 which are referenced as Plats for land north of the Saluda River. These surveys were authorized by statute March 1784 and are not included in the deed indexes for the county. The years 1786 to 1865 have been microfilmed:. Books A through R have been published: Greenville County has placed the following records from their land and probates records online.
 * 1787-1835 Pruitt, A.B. Abstracts of Deeds, Greenville County, S.C. (1787-1835). Multi-volume. n.p.: A.B. Pruitt, 1997-2007.

Greenville County Register of Deeds Conveyance Books 1865 to 1872 Book AA 1865 - 1868 - 562 Viewable Page(s) Book BB 1868 - 1870 - 531 Viewable Page(s) Book CC 1870 - 1871 - 417 Viewable Page(s) Book DD 1872 - 1872 - 443 Viewable Page(s) Grantee Indexes 1787 to 1913 Book A 1897, 1900 - 1912 - 272 Viewable Page(s) Book G 1801 - 1819 - 188 Viewable Page(s) Book H 1819 - 1837 - 245 Viewable Page(s) Book I 1838 - 1846 - 85 Viewable Page(s) Real Estate Mortgage Books 1879, 1887 to 1889, 1893 to 1894, 1900 to 1901 Book II 1893 - 1894, 1901 - 585 Viewable Page(s) Book J 1879 - 422 Viewable Page(s) Book UU 1900 - 1901 - 459 Viewable Page(s) Book W 1887 - 519 Viewable Page(s) Book X 1887 - 1889 - 519 Viewable Page(s)

Warrants for Surveys 1868 to 1880

Greenville County Probate Court Records

Account Book 1896 to 1905, 154 pages Estate Records over 80,000 pages

Guardian and Trustee Accounts 1865 to 1878, 410 pages

Index to Estate Papers 1787 to 1976

Miscellaneous Administration and Guardianship Bonds 1816 to 1857, 1874 to 1905 1837 - 1848 - 191 Viewable Page(s) 1845 - 1857 - 217 Viewable Page(s) 1874 - 1888, 1894 - 214 Viewable Page(s) 1888 - 1905 - 481 Viewable Page(s) Book A, 1816 - 1838 - 250 Viewable Page(s)

Returns 1817 to 1824, 27 pages The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Greenville District land plats. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:
 * Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868 For information about the State Land Grants, see State Land Grants
 * Greenville District Land Plats, Vol. D: 1786, 1788-1799
 * Greenville District Land Plats, Vol. E: 1794-1799, 1803
 * Greenville District Land Plats, Vol. F: 1799, 1801-1803


 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * Crittenden, S.S. The Greenville Century Book: Comprising an Account of the First Settlement of the County, and the Founding of the City of Greenville, S.C. Greenville, S.C.: Greenville News, 1903. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Richardson, James McDowell. History of Greenville County, South Carolina: Narrative and Biographical. (Atlanta, Ga.: A.H. Cawston, 1930), 368 pages. ; [. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * South Carolina Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select Greenville County

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Greenville County for European settlers included:, and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast.
 * Old Cherokee Path pre-historic
 * Lower Cherokee Traders' Path pre-historic
 * Catawba Trail pre-historic
 * Old South Carolina State Road 1747
 * Upper Road about 1783 (overlapped Lower Cherokee Traders' Path)

Military Records
General
 * "Musters and Muster grounds 1794-1836," Greenville County Historical Society Proceedings and Papers, 1964, Volume 2. Greenville County Historical Society: Greenville, SC.

Revolutionary War
 * "William and Behethland Foote Moore butler bio., 1764-1853," Greenville Chapter Journal, Winter 2007, Volume 18, Issues 1-2. Greenville Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Greenville, SC.
 * "Battle of the Cane Brake, 1775," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, August 2006, Volume 20, Issue 3. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Colonel John Thomas reminiscences and family, 1800s-1900s," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, August 2006, Volume 20, Issue 3. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC. Also War of 1812.
 * "Selected final pension vouchers index, 1818-1864," Old Pendleton District Newsletter, March 2006, Volume 20, Issue 3. Old Pendleton District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Easley, SC.
 * "Lebanon Church monument to Revolutionary soldiers, 1770s - 1850s," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, November 2005, Volume 19, Issue 4. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Battle of the Great Cane Brake on the Reedy River, 1775," Greenville County Historical Society Proceedings and Papers, 2005, Volume 12. Greenville County Historical Society: Greenville, SC.
 * McGowan, William Campbell, "Washington the Great: Celebration of the Sixteenth Anniversary of the Greenville Guards, with the oration of Captain W.C. McGowan, of Abbeville, S.C. Greenville, South Carolina, Washington's day 1893" Greenville, SC, Press of the Daily News, 1893. (Includes names of the Greenville Guards. Digital version at the Internet Archive.)

War of 1812
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. . Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, South Carolina, Greenville County, p. 185. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments. Civil War service men from Greenville County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Greenville County or had many Greenville County men.
 * - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Reserves, Company B
 * - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters, Company B - (also known as the Sumter Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Company C
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company K
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Butler's) (1st Regulars), Company B (also called Company E)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Hagood's), 2nd Company F (also known as the Dixie Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (McCreary's) (1st Provisional Army), Company M - (also known as the Furman Guards and William H. Campbell's Company)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's), Company L (also known as Calhoun Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia), Company A
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Militia, Saluda Battalion and Tyger Battalion.
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops, Company E and Company H
 * -2nd Battalion, South Carolina Reserves, Company C (also known as the Spartan Rangers, the Spartanburg Rangers and the Spartan Rangers Independent Cavalry Reserves)
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (2nd Palmetto Regiment), Company B (also known as Butler's Guards)
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia), Company K
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles, Company E, Company G, Company L
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company E (also known as Dean's Cavalry), Company F (also known as the Easley's Cavalry), Company K (Formerly known as Company B, Cavalry Detachment, Hampton Legion, Brooks' Troops)
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company A (possibly called Captain Easley's Company)and Company C (also known as Captain Dean's Company)
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Lauren's) (James'), Company C and Company D
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A and Company F
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Militia
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion), Company A - (also known as Furman Artillery and Earle's Artillery), Company H and Company I (also known as Bowden's Battery Light Artillery)
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63), Company A, Company B, Company C, Company D, Company E, Company F, Company G, Company I, and Company K
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops (6 months 1863-64), Company G, Company I, and Company K
 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A, Company F (also known as Tyger Volunteers), Company G (also known as Saludia Guards) and Company I
 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Captain AC Earle's Company
 * - 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers), Company A and Company H
 * - 6th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company K
 * - 7th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Nelson's) (Enfield Rifles), Company H
 * - 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company C, Company G, and Company K
 * -13th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (4th) (Mattison's), Company B and Company D
 * - 16th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Greenville Regiment), Company C, Company D, Company E, Company F, Company G, Company I, and Company K
 * - 16th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company A
 * - 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company E
 * - 22nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company H
 * - Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina (Jenkins') (1st Palmetto), Company I
 * - South Carolina State Troop Regiments Seed Corn Units, Junior Reserves, 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia)

Other Resources
 * Units From Greenville County. Internet site, accessed 12/30/2010. Lists rosters for the 16th South Carolina Headquarters and Command, references to other units associated with Greenville County soldiers, and resource materials.
 * Eaton, Lafayette Claud. """Butler Guards: Company B, 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States army""" (Vallejo, Calif.: L.C. Eaton, 1996?), 151 pages. Includes index. Includes the final roll call of the original Butler Guards present at the surrender at Greensboro.The Butler Guards were originally a South Carolina state militia that became the core of Company B of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment. They later became a part of the United Confederate Veterans. Book found at

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)

Historic The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Greenville County, South Carolina on their Chronicling America website. For publication details, including dates of publication, frequency, preceding and succeeding titles, and to find out which libraries have holdings, click on the newspaper title. The Furman Library has digitized various issues (published 1851-1926) of the following Greenville newspapers. See Furman Library website.
 * Black Star (Columbia, S.C.) 1977-current.
 * Camp Wetherill News (Greenville, S.C.) 1829-????.
 * Evening Observer (Greenville, S.C.) 1900-1900.
 * Focus (Greenville, S.C.) 1973-1976.
 * Focus News (Greenville, S.C.) 1976-1981.
 * Fountain Inn Tribune (Fountain Inn, S.C.) 1911-1964.
 * Greenville County Observer (Greenville, S.C.) 1928-1932.
 * Greenville Daily Herald (Greenville, S.C.) 1902-1906.
 * Greenville Daily Piedmont (Greenville, S.C.) 1912-1916.
 * Greenville Democrat (Greenville, S.C.) 1891-1895.
 * Greenville Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1830-1855.
 * Greenville Republican (Greenville, S.C.) 1826-1828.
 * Greenville Semi-Weekly News (Greenville, S.C.) 1894-1914.
 * Greenville Weekly News (Greenville, S.C.) 1914-1915.
 * News and Notions (Fountain Inn, S.C.) 1908-1911.
 * Parker Progress (Greenville, S.C.) 1925-1928.
 * People's Paper (Taylors, S.C.) 1967-1971.
 * Semi-Weekly Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1866-1866.
 * Southern Crusader (Greenville, S.C.) 1942-194?.
 * Southern Sentinel (Greenville [S.C.]) 1832-1832.
 * The Advertiser (Greenville, S.C.) 1891-1???.
 * The Berea Regalia (Berea, S.C.) 1979-1980.
 * The Carolina News and Guide (Greenville, S.C.) 1963-1964. Some issues available online at the Furman Library.
 * The Cotton Plant (Greenville, S.C.) 18??-1904.
 * The County Fare and the Poinsett Register Greenville, S.C.) 1986-current.
 * The Daily Enterprise (Greenville, S.C.) 1876-1876.
 * The Daily Piedmont (Greenville, S.C.) 1908-1911.
 * The Enterprise Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1873-1892.
 * The Evening Democrat (Greenville, S.C.) 1892-1???.
 * The Evening Piedmont (Greenville, S.C.) 1907-1908.
 * The Greenville County Monitor (Marietta, S.C.) 1973-1979.
 * The Greenville Daily News (Greenville, S.C.) 1874-1920.
 * The Greenville Enterprise (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873.
 * The Greenville Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1866-1866.
 * The Greenville Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1893-1902.
 * The Greenville News (Greenville, S.C.) 1920-current.
 * The Greenville News: Semi-Weekly Edition (Greenville, S.C.) 1890-1894.
 * The Greenville Observer (Greenville, S.C.) 1932-1935.
 * The Greenville Piedmont (Greenville, S.C.) 1927-1995.
 * The Greenville Republican (Greenville, S.C.) 1873-1875.
 * The Greenville Semi-Weekly News (Greenville, S.C.) 1915-1919.
 * The Greenville Weekly News (Greenville, S.C.) 1874-1890.
 * The Greer Citizen (Greer, S.C.) 1917-current.
 * The Greer Observer (Greer, S.C.) 1905-1918.
 * The Greer Tribune and the Industrial News (Greer, S.C.) 1924-1935.
 * The Middle Earth Free Press (Greenville, S.C.) 1969-19??.
 * The Mountain City Echo (Greenville, S.C.) 1891-1891.
 * The Mountain Monitor (Travelers Rest, S.C.) 1979-1985.
 * The Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1829-1830.
 * The Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1866-1873.
 * The Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1902-1911.
 * The Northwest Sentinel (Travelers Rest, S.C.) 1980-current.
 * The Observer (Greenville, S.C.) 1935-1967.
 * The Palmetto Leader (Greenville, S.C.) 1945-current.
 * The Patriot and Mountaineer (Greenville, S.C.) 1855-1864.
 * The Piedmont (Greenville, S.C.) 1916-1927.
 * The Piedmont Messenger (Piedmont, S.C.) 1899-1902.
 * The Piedmont Observer (Piedmont, S.C.) 1904-1904.
 * The Saluda Valley Record (Piedmont, S.C.) 1962-1965.
 * The Semi-Weekly Times (Greenville, S.C.) 1899-1900.
 * The Southern Enterprise (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870.
 * The Southern Enterprise (Greenville, S.C.) 1914-19??.
 * The Southern Herald and Working Man (New York and Greenville, S.C.) 1874-1877.
 * The Southern News (Asheville, N.C.) 1936-19??.
 * The Southern Patriot (Greenville, S.C.) 1851-1855.
 * The Sunday Times (Greenville, S.C.) 1899-1900.
 * The Travelers Rest Monitor (Marietta, S.C.) 1985-current.
 * The Tri-Weekly Southern Patriot (Greenville, S.C.) 1851-1852.
 * The Upstate Monitor (Marietta, S.C.) 1993-current.
 * The Weekly Democrat (Greenville, S.C.) 1892-1895.
 * The Weekly Flag (Greenville, S.C.) 1879-1879.
 * Trench and Camp (Camp Savier, Greenville, S.C.) 1917-19??.
 * Tribune-Times (Fountain Inn, SC) 1964-current.
 * Cohen's Weekly
 * The Cotton Plant
 * The Daily Herald
 * Evening Observer
 * The Evening Piedmont
 * Greenville Daily Herald
 * Greenville Daily News
 * Greenville Democrat
 * Greenville Republican
 * Greenville Weekly News
 * Semi-Weekly Mountaineer
 * Semi-Weekly Times
 * Southern Herald and Working Man
 * The Southern Patriot Weekly
 * The Sunday Times
 * The Tri-State Odd Fellow
 * The Tri-Weekly Southern Patriot
 * The Weekly Democrat

University of South Carolina Library Catalog
 * Historical Newspapers of South Carolina at University of South Carolina Libraries - not complete

Current
 * GSA Business (Greenville, S.C.) Online editon.
 * The Greenville News (Greenville, S.C.) Online edition.
 * Greenville News Obituary Index

Periodicals
See: Periodicals for description.
 * Greenville Chapter Newsletter-South Carolina Genealogical Society (FS Library book 975.727 D25g .)
 * Greenville Mountaineer
 * Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly
 * Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records

Greenville County has placed some of their probate records online. The record sets below are viewable. Will Books 1820 to 1907 The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has microfilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed Will Transcriptions for 1782 to 1855 online. Index searchable by name and the image is available.
 * Book B, 1820-1840, 298 Viewable Page(s)
 * Book C, 1840-1853, 519 Viewable Page(s)
 * Book D - E, 185-1881, 294 Viewable Page(s)
 * Book F - G, 1881-1897, 654 Viewable Page(s)
 * Book H, 1896-1907, 81 Viewable Page(s)
 * 1799-1818 Greenville County Wills 1799-1818 (abstracts and transcripts).See list of testators. South Carolina Pioneers
 * 1787-1819 - Wills 1787-1819 (abstracts and transcripts) See names of testators. South Carolina Pioneers
 * South Carolina: Greenville County Enslaved and Free Persons and Slaveholders is a database of enslaved and free persons, and slaveholders extracted from Greenville's inventory and appraisal books 1825-1829.
 * 1670-1980 South Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980 at Ancestry.com — index & images ($)
 * 1671-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
 * 1732-1964 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
 * 1737-1964 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 at Ancestry - images ($)
 * 1782-1866 South Carolina, Will Transcripts 1782-1866 at Findmypast — index ($) — $, index
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records Published abstracts
 * South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Greenville County.
 * 1865-1867 Excise Tax and Licenses, 1865-67 (sel.), Greenville Chapter Newsletter-South Carolina Genealogical Society, Vol. 11, No. 9 (Oct. 1985)
 * 1883 Tax Ledger, 1883, Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1983); Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1983); Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1983).

Birth

 * 1766-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * 1915-1917 South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1917 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Marriage
Online Marriage Records and Indexes
 * 1826-1854 Some South Carolina Marriages and Obituaries and Miscellaneous Information, 1826-1854, Abstracted from Early Newspapers: the Greenville Republican, the Greenville mountaineer, the Laurensville Herald by Robert F. Simpson and Mrs. Charles R. Barham ▲  - index
 * 1826-1863 Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as Taken from Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863 by Brent H. Holcomb ▲ ; digital version at Ancestry ($) - index
 * 1916 to Present Greeville County Marriage License Search - index
 * There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Death
Online Death Records and Indexes
 * 1800-1900- CSI: Dixie collects 1583 coroners reports from six South Carolina counties for the years 1800-1900.
 * 1816-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1821-1969 South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1969 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1826-1854 Some South Carolina Marriages and Obituaries and Miscellaneous Information, 1826-1854, Abstracted from Early Newspapers: the Greenville Republican, the Greenville mountaineer, the Laurensville Herald by Robert F. Simpson and Mrs. Charles R. Barham ▲  - index
 * 1826-1863 Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as Taken from Greenville Newspapers, 1826-1863 by Brent H. Holcomb ; digital version at Ancestry ($) - index
 * 1915-1943 South Carolina, Deaths, 1915-1943 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1915-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * State-wide South Carolina Death Indexes. There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Anderson South Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Brevard North Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Cornelia Georgia FamilySearch Center
 * Gaffney South Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Greenville South Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Seneca South Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Spartanburg South Carolina FamilySearch Center


 * Greenville County Library System - an affiliate library
 * Union County Carnegie Library - an affiliate library
 * York County Libraries - Clover - an affiliate library

Libraries
The Greenville County Library system has 11 libraries plus a bookmobile. The branches have wireless capability. To view their online catalog, Click Here. Hughes Main Library Address: 25 Heritage Green Place Greenville, SC 29601 Telephone: 864-242-5000 Fax: 864-235-8375 Email: maincirc@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday thru Friday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Sunday 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM The South Carolina Room in the Hughes Main Library (email: [mailto:scroominfo@greenvillelibrary.org scroominfo@greenvillelibrary.org]) has an extensive collection of historical and genealogical research. While the major focus of the collection is Greenville and the Upstate South Carolina, there are many sources for other locations in the state and for other states. The information is available in books, manuscripts, microform, periodicals, databases, photographs, maps, and newspapers. Some of the specific records include obituaries from the Greenville News 1912-1993. An index is online. The South Carolina Room staff is available to assist researchers in person or through the Records Search Form. There are online research guides for various topics that can be downloaded. They include topics like African American, Cherokee Indian, getting started, German-Americans, North Carolina resources, and South Carolina sources for land, marriage, newspaper, and probate. The Library has obituaries from the Greenville News 1907-current. An index is online. to search the index, Click Here. Website Bob Jones University, J.S. Mack Library, Special Collections Address: 1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard Greenville, SC 29614-0001 Get Directions Campus Map Telephone: (864) 770-1331 For hours Click Here.Website Bob Jones University located in Greenville, South Carolina, is the foremost fundamental Christian university, with students from every state and more than 40 foreign countries. The Special Collections of the J.S. Mack Library has copies of the Greenville Mountaineer, one of the earliest newspapers from the local community. Copies date from 1826-1853.
 * Anderson Road - West Branch Address: 2625 Anderson Rd Greenville, SC 29611 Telehone: 864-269-5210 Fax: 864-269-3986 Email: [mailto:west@greenvillelibrary.org west@greenvillelibrary.org] Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to Saturday 9:00AM to 6:00 PM
 * Augusta Road - Ramsey Family Branch Address: 100 Lydia St Greenville, SC 29605 Telephone: 864-277-0161 Fax: 864-277-2673 Email: [mailto:augustaroad@greenvillelibrary.org augustaroad@greenvillelibrary.org] Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to-Sat 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
 * Berea Address 111 N. Hwy. 25 Byp Greenville, SC 29617 Telehone: 864-246-1695 Fax: 864-246-1765 Email: berea@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00AM to 9:00 PM; Friday to Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
 * Fountain Inn - Kerry Ann Younts Culp Branch Address 311 North Main St Fountain Inn, SC 29644 Phone: 864-862-2576 Fax: 864-862-6376 Email: fountaininn@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM; Friday to Saturday 9:00A to 6:00 PM
 * Greer - Jean M. Smith Branch Address: 505 Pennsylvania Avenue Greer, SC 29650 Phone: 864-877-8722 Fax: 864-877-1422 Email: greer@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:0 0M to 9:00 PM; Friday to Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
 * Mauldin - W. Jack Greer Branch Address: 800 West Butler Rd Greenville, SC 29607 Phone: 864-277-7397 Fax: 864-277-7389 Email: mauldin@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
 * Pelham Road- F.W Symmes Branch Address: 1508 Pelham Rd Greenville, SC 29615 Phone: 864-288-6688 Fax: 864-675-9149 Email: pelhamroad@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to Saturday 9:00AM to 6:00 PM
 * Simpsonville - Hendricks Branch Address: 626 NE Main St Simpsonville, SC 29681 Phone: 864-963-9031 Fax: 864-228-0986 Email: simpsonville@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to Saturday 9:00AM to 6:00 PM
 * Taylors- Burdette Branch Address: 316 W. Main St Taylors, SC 29687 Phone: 864-268-5955 Fax: 864-268-4275 Email: taylors@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 P M
 * Travelers Rest- Sargent Branch Address: 17 Center Street Travelers Rest, SC 29690 Phone: 864-834-3650 Fax: 864-834-4686 Email: travelersrest@greenvillelibrary.org Hours of Operation: Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday to Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Societies

 * Greenville County Chapter SCGS P.O. Box 16236 Greenville SC 29606-6236 Website
 * Greenville Historical Society 100 Lavinia Ave. Greenville, SC 29601 (864) 233-4103 [mailto:info@greenvillehistory.org/ghs info@greenvillehistory.org/ghs] Website Facebook

Websites

 * Greenville County, SCGenWeb
 * Greenville County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Greenville County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.