Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States  South Carolina  Abbeville County

Quick Dates
Abbeville County's civil records start the following years:

History
The county is named after Abbeville, France.


 * 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

"Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Neighboring Counties
Anderson | Elbert County, Georgia | Greenville | Greenwood | Laurens | McCormick

Research Guides

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

African American

 * Fair, Robert A. Our Slaves Should Have the Bible: An Address Delivered Before the Abbeville Bible Society, At Its Anniversary, July, 1854 by Robert A. Fair, Esq., Abbeville, S.C. Due West, S.C.: Telescope Press, 1854. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * 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.]
 * Will of George Galphin. Typescript, 2002. [Chiefly the will of George Galphin of Abbeville, South Carolina. He gave all the legatees listed in his will their freedom and discharged them from all manner of slavery and bondage. He also left items to family members living in Ireland.]

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
To be thorough, search online and printed versions of a cemetery's gravestones. If you have the opportunity, visiting the cemetery in person can yield important clues.

Cemeteries Bibliography


 * Bratcher, R. Wayne. Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: A Press, Inc., 1982. *Bratcher, R. Wayne. Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, South Carolina, Volume Two. Greenville, S.C.: A Press, Inc., 1983.
 * Daughters of the American Colonists. Piedmont Chapter. Cemetery Records. Typescript.
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Buzzard Roost Cemetery Records, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. Item 1
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Cemetery, Lower Long Cane Church, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983.  Item 7
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Ebenezer Cemetery Records, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. Item 2
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Gilgal Methodist Church Cemetery Records, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. Item 3
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Lindsay Cemetery (Abbeville County, South Carolina). Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. ; Item 4
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Power Family Cemetery Records, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. Item 5
 * Genealogical Committee (LDS Church). Wilson and Beauford Family Cemetery Records, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Slat Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. Item 6
 * LDS Church Members. Cemetery Records of North Carolina [and South Carolina]. 8 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1947-1961. [Abbeville County is included in Vol. 8]
 * W.P.A. Some Cemetery Records of Abbeville County, South Carolina. 1937. ; Item 1;  Item 2; reprint: Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. ; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * Young, Pauline. A Brief History with Tombstone Inscriptions of Old Little River Church: Founded 1791, Abbeville County, South Carolina. 1949? ;
 * Young, Pauline. A Genealogical Collection of South Carolina Wills and Records, Volume 1: and a Brief History with Tombstone Inscriptions of Old Little River Church, Abbeville County South Carolina. Vidalia, Ga.: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1969.
 * Young, Pauline. Old Greenville Church Cemetery near Donalds, S.C. 195-?. Item 1

Census
1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Abbeville County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see South Carolina Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

1779


 * 1779 Census-96th District (online)

1800


 * Ware, Lowry P. The Second Census of the United States, 1800, Abbeville District, South Carolina. 1972.

1810


 * Pursley, Larry E. Federal Census of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1810-1840. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2006.

1820


 * Pursley, Larry E. Federal Census of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1810-1840. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2006.

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: 1024517 - 1024518.

Published abstract:


 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. 973 X2m 1820; digital version at Lineages. [Includes this county.]

1830


 * Pursley, Larry E. Federal Census of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1810-1840. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2006.

1840


 * Pursley, Larry E. Federal Census of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1810-1840. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2006.

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 Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841. 973 X2pc 1840;  2321; digital version at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. [See South Carolina, Abbeville District on page 142.]

1850


 * Lawrence, Harold. The 1850 Census of Abbeville District, South Carolina. Tignall, Ga.: Boyd Pub. Co., 1981.

1860


 * McKinney, Margaret Vaughan. Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1860 Census. Augusta, Ga.: Augusta Genealogical Society, 1991.

Church
The Inventory of (SC) Church Archives 1937-1939 is available for free online, courtesy: South Caroliniana Library. Abbeville County's W.P.A. reports are included.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Abbeville

Presbyterian


 * The Constitution and Bye Laws, of the Upper Long-Cane Society of Abbeville District. Abbeville, S.C.: John Taggart, 1832. Digital version at Internet Archive.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Charleston County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.

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.

Surname indexes to Leonardo Andrea's Files | Folders | Resources are available online, courtesy: The Andrea Files: South Carolina Genealogical Research. Learn more.


 * Andrea, Leonardo. Laurens, Newberry and Abbeville County Data. Typescript, microfilmed 1974. Item 14

Message Boards


 * Abbeville County, SC Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Abbeville County, SC Genealogy Forum (GenForum)

Bibliography


 * [Adams] Brothers, Mary A. The History and Genealogy of the Families of Mary Catherine Adams (1920- ) and Lionel Raymon Brothers (1904-1991). DeLand, Fla.: M.A. Brothers, 1994. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Andrea] Descendants of Auguste Andrea and Mary Jane Wyatt, 1857-1970. 1970?
 * [Baker] Fowler Family Bible Records, 1788-1873. Item 4
 * [Barmore] Barmore, N. Jane. History of the Barmore Family. Typescript, 1960. Item 1
 * [Baskin] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Baskins-Baskin Family: Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina. Includes supplement
 * [Baskin] Beck, William Henry. A Family Genealogy: Harkness, Carmichael, Lester, Greene, Andrews, Brown, White, Polhill, Beck Families. Griffin, Ga.: W.H. Beck, 1958.
 * [Baskin] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Baskin(s) Family: South Carolina--Pennsylvania: With Stephens and Martin Notes. Washington, Pa.: R.M. Bell, 1975. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Blain] Shackleton, Bernice Close. The Blain Family, 1794-1980, from Kentucky to Kansas.
 * [Blackwell] Preston, Peter. The Children of John Blackwell: An American Odyssey. Mathews, Va.: P. Preston, 2009. FHL CD-ROM no. 5702; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Boshell] Boshell, Muris R. Boshell Family History. [Haleyville, Ala.]: M.R. Boshell, 1987.
 * [Boyce] Boyce, Earnest. The Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Boyce Family in America. [Ann Arbor, Mich.: E. Boyce], 1972.
 * [Breckenridge] Breckenridge, Roger Carroll. The Breckenridge Papers. Apple Valley, Minn.: R.C. Breckenridge, 1994.
 * [Brown] Brown, Kenneth B. Le Brun: A Compilation of the Descendants of Julius "Jules" Brown Jr., an Immigrant from Ireland to America: and the Following Related Families: Calhoun, Hair, Jackson, Lassater, Ledbetter, Mc Kenzie, Mc Neely, Pruitt, Summerlin, Thornhill. Rancho Cordova, Calif.: K.B. Brown &amp; Assoc., 1998.
 * [Calhoun] Salley, A.S. "The Calhoun Family of South Carolina," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1906):81-98; Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1906):153-169. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Calhoun] Calhoun, Alan T. Genealogical Tree of Calhoun family of America, 1733-1912 from Donegal County, Ireland to America, 1733: James Calhoun and Catherine Montgomery, His Wife, were the First Calhouns to Emigrate from Donegal County, Ireland to America, 1735: Members of This Family Moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina, Known as "the Calhoun Settlement". Typescript, 1956. Item 2
 * [Calhoun] Dundas, Francis de Sales. The Calhoun Settlement, District of Abbeville, South Carolina. Staunton, Va.: F.S. Dundes, 1950.
 * [Calhoun] Calhoun, Robert Dabney. The Calhouns of Ninety Six, South Carolina, &amp; Their Descendants. MSS., William King Hunt Collection, Salt Lake City. Microfilmed 1958. {{FHL|162011} Item 7
 * [Calhoun] Coldiron, Kara Lee. Our Calhoun and Hamilton Families: A Partial Genealogy. Lincoln, Nebraska: K.L. Coldiron, 1993.
 * [Calhoun] Johnson, Ellen R. History of the Colquhoun/Calhoun Families and Their Ancestral Homeland. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1993.
 * [Calhoun] Brown, Kenneth B. Le Brun: A Compilation of the Descendants of Julius "Jules" Brown Jr., an Immigrant from Ireland to America: and the Following Related Families: Calhoun, Hair, Jackson, Lassater, Ledbetter, Mc Kenzie, Mc Neely, Pruitt, Summerlin, Thornhill. Rancho Cordova, Calif.: K.B. Brown &amp; Assoc., 1998.
 * [Callaham] Callahan, Anna Deihls. A History of the Callaham and Carwile Families. Charlotte, N.C.: Delmar Publishers and Printers, 1976.
 * [Carwile] Callahan, Anna Deihls. A History of the Callaham and Carwile Families. Charlotte, N.C.: Delmar Publishers and Printers, 1976.
 * [Clark] Clark, Eva Turner. Jacob Clark of Abbeville, South Carolina and Some of His Descendants: Notes on Allied Families and Letters of Reverend Jacob Clark; a Family Memorial. New York, New York: Downs Printing, 1926.
 * [Clearman] Baker, Ola Grace. Flowers of the Field: A Genealogy of These Family Names: Clearman, Cotton, Gilmore, Holladay, Henderson, Hollingsworth, Phillips, Rush, Swift and Others. Montgomery, Ala.: Paragon Press, 1974. Item 3
 * [Cooper] Andrea, Leonardo. Cooper. Typescript, National Library, DAR. Microfilmed 1971. Item 10
 * [Cosby] Cosby, Karen. Sweet Remembrance: Carney Valley Childhood Memories of Flora Adella Adams Cosby. Sims, Ark.: Noah Cosby Printing, 1984.
 * [Cothran] Cothran, William Benjamin and Samuel Alexander Cothran. Cothran-Chiles Notes: and an Update After More Than a Half-century. Aiken, S.C.: S.A. Cothran, 1992.
 * [Craig] Craig, Marion Stark. The American Ancestry of Marion Stark Craig, M.D. (Born 1920) and Brother, Robert Andrew Craig, D.D.S. (Born 1922). Little Rock, Ark.: M.S. Craig, 1985. and three supplements
 * [Craig] Craig, Marion Stark. James Craig (RW Soldier) of (Now) Abbeville County, SC (Killed 1 February 1781) and Son, John Craig: A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Ark.: M.S. Craig, 1991.
 * [Devlin] Soulé, Hiram Ellsworth. Genealogy of Hiram (10) Ellsworth Soulé, Jr.: Starting with George (1) Soulé, Who Came from England on the Mayflower and Landed at Plymouth in the Year 1620; to Hiram (9) Ellsworth Soulé, Sr., Then to All of His Descendants as of June 1st. 1983. Memphis, Tenn.: H.E. Soulé, 1984-1985. Item 3
 * [Dodson] Lucas, Silas Emmett. The Dodsons (Dotsons) of Southwest Virginia. [Birmingham, Ala.: Lucas, 1959].
 * [Elgin] Darrell, Genille. Elgin Family Records, ca. 1748-1975. Typescript, microfilmed 1987. Item 4
 * [Fooshe] Geer, Samuel Taylor and James Dudley Fooshe. Soldier, Planter, Philosopher: The Life of J.D. Fooshe. [Dallas, Texas?]: S.T. Geer, 1999.
 * [Gilmer] Walker, Robert B. Our Family Genealogy. Typescript. Microfilmed 1960. Item 4
 * [Green] Russell, Lauretta Snodgrass. John Green, Pioneer Alabama Legislator and His Descendants. [San Antonio, Texas]: Russell, 1963-1966.
 * [Griffin] Sharp, Eron M. The Griffin Family. Memphis, Tenn.: E. Sharp, 197-? Item 6
 * [Hackleman] Hackleman, Phyllis Ann Clem and Burr Keith Hackleman. Hacklemans in America, 1749-1988. Rochester, N.Y.: P.A. Hackleman, 1988.
 * [Hagood] Hagood, Melvin A. Hagood Looking: Genealogy of the Hagood Family and Allied Families of Melvin A. Hagood. Corvallis, Oregon: M. Hagood, [1993].
 * [Harkness] Beck, William Henry. A Family Genealogy: Harkness, Carmichael, Lester, Greene, Andrews, Brown, White, Polhill, Beck Families. Griffin, Ga.: W.H. Beck, 1958.
 * [Harrison] Hatchett, Bessie M. Descendants of Daniel R. Harrison and Margaret Susannah (Rucker) Harrison, 1780-1952. Microfilmed 1974.
 * [Hawthorn] McBryde, Sara Chappell. Genealogy: Means--Hawthorn--Cook. 1935.
 * [Hawthorn] Bowie, C. Newell. Hawthornes of Long Cane Headwaters. Due West, S.C.: C.N. Bowie, [1987?]. Item 8
 * [Heard] Zarnowitz, Elsie L. The Heard Journal: &amp; Herd, Hird, Hurd, Too. Bellingham, Washington: Family Tree Helpers, 1984-1995.
 * [Heard] Fontenot, Eunice Fox. Heards, Logans, Wardlaws: of Old '96/Abbeville District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2002.
 * [Hodges] Griffen, William J. and Charles Dochterman. Hodges Family. Typescript, 197-. Item 6
 * [Hodges] Meier, Grace. Hodges Family Genealogical Data, 1713-1976. Typescript, Ripley County Historical Museum, Versailles, Ind., 1981. Item 42
 * [Johnson] Block, Frank E. Johnson, Dalton, Staton of Western North Carolina: Working Paper: with Some Account of Arledge, Blackwell, Boone, Capps, Corn, Henderson, Holbert, Lankford, Stover, Walker and Other Families of Western North Carolina. Atlanta, Ga.: F.E. Block, 1989.
 * [Jones] Jones, Frank Merlin. Jones of S.C. and Allied Families. Decatur, Ala.: Budget Print Center, 1981.
 * [Kay] Kay, William D. The Descendants of John Kay, 1777-1855: Abbeville County, South Carolina. [Mt. Pleasant, S.C.]: W. Kay, [1985?]. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Lewis] Craig, Marion Stark. John Lewis Craig (1801-1864) and wife Margaret Ann Harding (1817-1910): Ancestors, Descendants and Allied Families. Little Rock, Ark.: M. Craig, 1989.
 * [Lockridge] Walters, Robert B. and Harriet H. Walters. Descendants of James and William Lockridge: Pioneer Brothers of Early Augusta County, Virginia. 1997.
 * [Logan] Logan, Richard K. Logan: A Directory of the Descendants of Andrew and Lydia Logan of Albany, New York and Abbeville, South Carolina. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1994.
 * [Logan] Fontenot, Eunice Fox. Heards, Logans, Wardlaws: of Old '96/Abbeville District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2002.
 * [McAdams] Edgar, Kelly and Ina May Ogletree McAdams. The McAdams Family of Walker County, Texas: A Texas Sesquicentennial History Written to Honor the Memory of John McAdams, Jr., Who Fought in the Texas Revolution and His Father, John McAdams, Sr., a Methodist Circuit Rider Minister, Who in 1829 Rode into Texas from Alabama, to Preach the Protestant Gospel in Catholic ... Austin, Texas: K. Edgar, 1985.
 * [McAdams] McAdams, William H. A History of the Thomas McCadam Family: of County Down, Northern Ireland; Abbeville District, South Carolina; Fayette, Lamar &amp; Pickens Counties, Alabama and Other States, 1757-1900 and Beyond. Rockland, Maine: Penobscot Press, 2006.
 * [McBryde] MacBryde, David Caldwell. MacBryde (McBryde--Macbride) of Auchinnie, Parish of Port Montgomerie (Portpatrick) Co. of Wigton, Galloway, Scotland. Richmond, Va.: Genealogical Bureau of Virginia, 1921.
 * [McCleskey] McCleskey, Charles S. Descendants of James and Joseph McCleskey, Soldiers of the Revolution, the Texas Group. Baton Rouge, La.: C.S. McCleskey, 1978. Item 2
 * [McClinton] McClinton, Arthur T. McClinton Families of Old Ninety-six and Abbeville Districts, South Carolina: and Their Westward Movement in the Colonial and Early Years of America. Stephens City, Va.: C.M. McClinton and A.T. McClinton, 1993.
 * [McCurdy] Zook, B. Jesse. McCurdys of Long Canes, South Carolina to Upshur County, Texas. Camden, Ind.: B. Zook, 1988.
 * [McCurdy] McCurdy, John C. The McCurdys of Long Canes: "A Settlement of Ulster Scots." [Atlanta, Ga.]: J.C. McCurdy, 1989.
 * [McDill] Myer, Lois C. Descendants of John McDill and Jane Bell, Belfast, Ireland, Died in Illinois. MSS., microfilmed 1969. Item 1
 * [McGaw] Folan, Ruth Magaw. McGaw - Mcgaw Family History, 1563-1978. Typescript, 1979. Item 29
 * [McMurtrey] "Group Sheets and Support Data Pertaining to Samuel McMurtrey (1745-1796) of Augusta County, Virginia and Abbeville County South Carolina," in Richard K. McMurtry, MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. Item 4
 * [McMurtrey] "Support Data Pertaining to Samuel McMurtrey (1745-1796) of Augusta County, Virginia and Abbeville County, South Carolina," in Richard K. McMurtry, MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. Item 1
 * [McWhorter] Hinrichs, Mabel Woods. McWhorter Family. Typescript, National Library, DAR, 1965. Items 2-7
 * [McWhorter] Wright, Shirley McWhorter, E.R. McWhorter and Lottie Wherry McWhorter. Some Descendants of David McWhorter (McWhirtir) (c. 1741-1789) and His Wife, Mary Poston (Posten) McWhorter (1750-1846). Typescript, 1978. Item 2
 * [Martin] Bagwell, William. A History: The Martin Family of Abbeville District, South Carolina. Donalds, S.C.: W.F. Bagwell, c1981, 1988.
 * [Mattison] Gadbury, Ruth and Mary Hood. A Branch of the Madison Tree: With Supplements: Ware, Barley, Sample [and] Rusler. [Austin, Texas: Shelby Print], 1974.
 * [Morris] Morris, S.L. The Records of the Morris Family. Atlanta, Ga.: Hubbard Bros., 1922. Item 10
 * [Moseley] Andrea, Leonardo. Moseley Family Records, 1415-1888. Typescript, 1948.
 * [Norris] Young, Pauline. The Norris Family of Abbeville, South Carolina (Old Ninety Six District). Typescript, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, 1948. Microfilmed 1977. Item 10
 * [Parnell] Dowdey, H. Grady. Parnell -- Camp: Genealogy and Records. Fort Worth, Texas: Miran Publishers, [1975?]. ; 1989 reprint:
 * [Patterson] Egger, Marjory Ann Baldy. Reining in the Family Lines. Mesa, Ariz.: n.p., 1997.
 * [Perrin] Harrison, Thomas Perrin. The Honorable Thomas Chiles Perrin of Abbeville, South Carolina: Forebears and Descendants. Greenville, S.C.: N.M. Perrin, 1983.
 * [Pettigrew] Robberson, Richard Wilkerson and Verna Lerdall. Descendants of Abednego Robberson and Elizabeth Jane Pettigrew Robberson: with Allied Families Croak, Franssens, McClure, and Pettigrew. Oklahoma City, Okla.: V.R.W. Lerdall, 1991.
 * [Prewitt] Gephart, Reba, Ruth Pruitt, and Chelsea Orem Dinn. Moses and William Pruitt, Indiana Pioneers. Franklin, Ind.: C. &amp; R. Dinn, 1973.
 * [Pyles] Lucas, Silas Emmett. The Dodsons (Dotsons) of Southwest Virginia. [Birmingham, Ala.: Lucas, 1959].
 * [Rasor] Pattie, Grace Huffman. The Rasor Family in Indiana, 1808-1958.
 * [Reid] Reid, Wayne Alexander. The 1860 Diary of Lemuel Reid, an Abbeville District, South Carolina Planter: with His Genealogy and Descendants. Melbourne, Fla.: W.A. Reid, 1994.
 * [Richey] Richey, Frank Miller. Descendants of Andrew W. 'Andy' &amp; Mariah Park Sims Richey. Lilburn, Ga.: F.M. Richey, 1997.
 * [Sample] Franklin, Frances Sample. The Ancestry of Frances Sample Franklin. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Pub., 1972.
 * [Shirley] Moore, Augusta Letitia Shirley. A Brief History and Genealogy of the Shirley Family. Oklahoma City: A.L.S. Moore, 1911. Item 11
 * [Shoemaker] Shoemaker, Clara and Virdie Hodnett Egger. Shoemaker, Russum, Dean, Hall, Smith, Winiford, Robertson, Norvel. Colorado City, Texas: C. Shoemaker, 1983.
 * [Sims] Sharp, Eron M. Nathan Sims of Granville Co., N.C. and Abbeville Co. S.C.: His Ancestors and Descendants. Memphis: E. Sharp, 1973. Item 6
 * [Smith] Smith, Carl Barnard. My Ancestors and Descendants. Tampa, Fla.: Rinaldi Printing, 1972. Item 11
 * [Smith] Glenn, Nell McCullough and Inez McCullough Lawson. Family Data, Records, Incidents, Traditions, and Obituary Notices Concerning: the Smiths, Fullers, Cooks, McDavids, Shumates, McCulloughs. Typescript. Microfilmed 1974. Item 18
 * [Spruill] Cox, Clarice S. Gabriel Spruill of Carroll County, Georgia - Descendants and Allied Families. Carrollton, Ga.: C.S. Cox, 1984.
 * [Stallworth] Stallworth, Hugh Wagner. Stallworths and Related Families with Their Descendants and Connections: Compiled from Original Records, Letters and Other Material. [Nashville, Tenn.]: H.W. Stallworth, 1966. Item 11
 * [Stone] Brunson, Lavorne.Derry Stones: The Family of William and Jane Stone, of Londonderry, Ireland. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, 1998.
 * [Stone] Stone, Ilona Hinrichs. A Collection of Stones and Most of Them -- Gems: The Descendants of William and Jane Stone, Immigrants from Londonderry, Ireland; Including Information about the Allied Families of Graham, Gilkeyson/Gilkerson and Richey. Tucson, Ariz.: I.H. Stone, 2002.
 * [Towles] Andrea, Leonardo. Towles in S.C.Typescript, 1962. Item 1
 * [Uldrick] Bratcher, R. Wayne. The Uldrick Book. n.p.: R.W. Bratcher, 1993.
 * [Wadlington] Metzger, Donna Humphrey. That Wadlington Family and Others. Chico, Calif.: D.H. Metzger, 2007. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Wardlaw] Wardlaw, Diane. Wardlaw Chronicle: A History of the Wardlaws in America from Their Coming to America in the Early 1700's. [San Luis, Colo.: D. Wardlaw, 199?].
 * [Wardlaw] Fontenot, Eunice Fox. Heards, Logans, Wardlaws: of Old '96/Abbeville District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2002.
 * [Whitten] Alexander, Virginia Wood. Whitten and Allied Families. [Columbia, Tenn.]: V.W. Alexander &amp; W.C. Whitten, 1984.
 * [Wilson] Wilson, Barnett. The Wilson, Hallmark, Hendricks, Hewitt Families. [Fort Payne, Ala.]: B.F. Wilson, [19--].
 * [Wright] Kay, William D. Robert Norris Wright, Esquire: 1812-1885, His Life and Four Generations of His Family, Anderson County South Carolina. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: W.D. Kay, 2005.
 * [Youngblood] Lant, Kay Freels and Kathryn Libbert Freels. Southern Indiana Youngbloods: Their Ancestors and Descendants. Evansville, Ind.: K.F. Lant, 1968. {{FHL|929.273 Y88L}; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Youngblood] Youngblood, Delois Kelley. Research and Remembrances of Youngblood, Martin, Perry, Mann, Kelley, McKinney, McWhorter. Charlotte, N.C.: Dekey Publisher, [1987?].

Immigration

 * Moragne, W.C. An Address, Delivered at New Bordeaux, Abbeville District, S.C., November 15, 1854, on the 90th Anniversary of the Arrival of the French Protestants at that Place. Charleston, S.C.: James Phynney, 1857. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Porter, H. Leonard. Destiny of the Scotch-Irish: An Account of a Migration from Ballybay, Ireland to Washington County, New York; Abbeville District, South Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Preble County, Ohio; Randolph County, Illinois and the Central Illinois Prairie, 1720-1853. 1985.

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.

Local Histories

 * Davis, Mary Katherine. "The Feather Bed Aristocracy: Abbeville District in the 1790s," The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 80, No. 2 (Apr. 1979):136-155. 975.7 B2s v. 80 (1979); digital version at JSTOR ($).

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.

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Abbeville wills and probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * Abbeville Will Books 1-2: 1787-1837
 * Abbeville Probate Records: Loose Records 1770s-1840s

Additional Abbeville County probate records include:


 * Young, Willie Pauline. South Carolina Historical Records: Records of Will Books of County of Abbeville (Ninety-six District) South Carolina. Multi-volume. Washington, D.C.: A.W. Burns, 1947. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).

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

Marriage

 * 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

Death

 * 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)