Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States  South Carolina  Abbeville County

History

 * The History of South Carolina, 4 vol., David D. Wallace; pub. New York, 1934
 * Abbeville County History
 * Abbeville County Timeline 1740-2010 (Google)

Parent County
1785-- Abbeville County was created 12 March 1785 from Ninety-Six District. County seat:  Abbeville

Boundary Changes
Abbeville District/County Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

 * Anderson
 * Elbert County, Georgia
 * Greenville
 * Greenwood
 * Laurens
 * McCormick

Resources

 * Inventory of County Archives of South Carolina, 14 vol., Historical Records Survey; pub. Columbia, South Carolina, 1937-1941


 * Research Materials in South Carolina, by John H. Moore; pub. Columbia, South Carolina, 1967


 * Bibliography of South Carolina, 1563-1950, 6 vol., Robert C. Turnbull; pub. Charlottesville, Virgina 1956-1960

Biographies

 * First Settlers of South Carolina, 1670-80, by Agnes L. Baldwin; pub. Columbia, South Carolina, 1969
 * Aiken, Virginia Carolina Smith, 1831-1900. Diary, 1872-1898.

Cemeteries

 * Adams-Vann Family Cemetery
 * Aiken Cemetery
 * Ashley Cemetery
 * Bells Chapel Cemetery
 * Bells United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Big Adams Cemetery
 * Broadmouth Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Broadmouth Cemetery
 * Broadmouth Church Cemetery
 * Brownoh A M E Church Cemetery
 * Calhoun Cemetery
 * Carlisle Cemetery
 * Cedar Springs Cemetery
 * Clinkscales Family (Private)
 * Cold Spring Mennonite Church Cemetery
 * Daniels Cemetery
 * Donalds Cemetery
 * Donalds Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Due West ARP Church
 * Due West Cemetery
 * Duncan Cemetery
 * Ebeneezer Cemetery
 * Emmanuel Church Cemetery
 * Episcopal Cemetery
 * Flat Rock A.M.E. Church Cemetery (Antreville)
 * Forest Lawn Cemetery
 * Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
 * Gaines Chapel Cemetery
 * Gigal Cemetery
 * Gilmore Cemetery
 * Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Harper's Cemetery
 * Hester Cemetery
 * Hobson Cemetery
 * Jacob Chapel A.M.E. Church
 * Kay Cemetery
 * Keowee Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Lakeview Cemetery
 * Latimer Cemetery
 * Lebanon Cemetery
 * Lebanon Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Lindsay Cemetery (Lindsay Burial Grounds)
 * Linton
 * Little Adams Cemetery
 * Little Mountain Cemetery
 * Little River Cemetery
 * Long Cane Cemetery
 * Upper Long Cane Cemetery
 * Lower Long Cane Cemetery
 * Magnolia Cemetery
 * McClain Cemetery
 * Melrose Cemetery
 * Midway Cemetery
 * Morton Family Cemetery
 * Old Cedar Spring Cemetery
 * Old Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Old Gigal Cemetery
 * Old McCalla Cemetery
 * Old Rocky River Cemetery
 * Old Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery
 * Old White Meeton Yard
 * Old Zion Cemetery
 * Powers Burial Ground
 * Powers Cemetery
 * Providence Cemetery
 * Ridge Cemetery
 * Rocky River Cemetery
 * Rocky River Cemetery
 * Saint John Cemetery
 * Saint Johns Cemetery
 * Salem Cemetery
 * Salem Cemetery
 * Sharon ARP Church Cemetery
 * Sharon Cemetery
 * Sharon Methodist Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Smyrna Cemetery
 * Smyrna Cemetery

Census
1779 Census-96th District (online)

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Abbeville

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Abbeville, South Carolina at World Connect, results in more than 40,000 entries.

The late Leonardo Andrea was a professional genealogist who specialized in South Carolina research. Surname indexes to his Files, Folders, and Resources are available online, courtesy: The Andrea Files: South Carolina Genealogical Research. The original manuscripts are kept at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. FHL has microfilmed several Andrea collections. The Catalog breaks down the surnames that appear in several of these collections:


 * 1029 folders (51 films) and printed index
 * Genealogical correspondence (21 films)
 * Miscellaneous genealogical data (2 films)

Bibliography

Land
Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868

This series consists of recorded copies of plats for state land grants for the Charleston and the Columbia Series with their certificates of admeasurement or certification. All personal names and geographic features on these plats are included in the repository's On-line Index to Plats for State Land Grants

The South Carolina Constitution of 1790 required the surveyor general to maintain offices in both the new capital at Columbia and in Charleston. The surveyor general began to use separate volumes for recording plats in his Columbia office in 1796. Before that, all plats were recorded in the set of volumes begun in Charleston in 1784. After 1796, most plats for land grants in the Upper Division of the state were recorded and filed in Columbia. The surveyor general chose to make the Columbia volumes a continuation of the state plat volumes begun in Charleston and gave the initial Columbia volume the number thirty-six to correspond with the number of the volume that had then been reached in the Charleston series. As a result, there are volumes numbered thirty-six through forty-three from each office, but the records in them are not duplicative.

Also included are the Plan Books containing Plats and Plans.

Maps
Abbeville County Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina (South Carolina Digital Collections)

Topographical Maps of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1888-1975 (South Carolina Digital Collections)

Military
Abbeville County, South Carolina Military Index (South Carolina Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers
The Abbeville Press Vol. 8, no. 28 (Nov. 9, 1860) - v. 17, no. 22 (Sept. 24, 1869) The Abbeville Banner Vol. 4, no. 1 (Mar. 3, 1847) - v. 25, no. 47 (Sept. 9, 1869) The Abbeville Medium  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 29, 1871)-Ceased in 1923. The Abbeville Press Banner Vol. 17, no. 23 (Oct. 1, 1869) - Jan. 30, 1925

Probate
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has holdings of 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.

Taxation

 * 1794 Tax Records Abbeville County
 * 1787 tax lists from Ninety Six District, S. C. Covers the area of Edgefield and Abbeville Counties in the 1790 census [copied by] Brent Holcomb

Vital Records
Abbeville County Vital Records Abbeville County Clerk P.O. Box 99 Abbeville, SC 29620-0099 Phone: (864) 459-5074

Abbeville Public Health Department 905 West Greenwood Abbeville, SC 29620 (864) 366-2131


 * 7500 marriages from Ninety-Six and Abbeville district, S.C., 1774- 1890, Pursley, Larry E., Southern Historical Press, 2001, ©1980.


 * Abbeville County marriages, 1780-1879, implied in Abbeville County, South Carolina equity records Langdon, Barbara R. Aiken, SC : Langdon &amp; Langdon, ©1994.
 * Abbeville County, South Carolina marriage registers and licenses,1911-1951 South Carolina. Probate Court (Abbeville County) Microreproduction of original licenses at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.
 * Abbeville District, South Carolina marriages, 1777-1852 Lucas, Silas Emmett, Southern Historical Press, ©1979.


 * Abbeville District, South Carolina marriages, 1777-1852 : these marriages are taken from old wills, equity records, etc. Young, Pauline
 * South Carolina Deaths 1915-1943; 1944-1955:

Societies and Libraries
Boonesborough Historical Society - Abbeville and Anderson counties - especially Donalds, Due West, and Honea Path

South Carolina Genealogical Society - Old 96 District Chapter

Abbeville County Libraries Abbeville County Library Erskine College Piedmont Technical College

Abbeville County Archives South Carolina Digital Library - scroll down for Abbeville's online collections

Web Sites

 * Abbeville County SCGenWeb project.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)