Granville (1708-1768) County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States South Carolina  Granville (1708-1768) County, South Carolina

History
Not to be confused with the Granville County that existed 1785-1791.

In 1708 one of the original three counties, Carteret County, was renamed Granville (1708-1768) County. See the south Savannah River side of the 1760 South Carolina map.

This early Granville County was never surveyed or properly laid out. Its boundaries were ambiguous. Its county government never became functional. Most records were kept at the parish level; none were kept at the county level. There was no county seat. There were no political connotations to the county's existence. In this case the term "county" had no meaning other than to describe an approximate geographical area. It was a county in name only.

Granville (1708-1768) County was abolished in 1768.

For documents of people who lived in this area at this time, look in parish records, or for papers filed in Charleston, South Carolina.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating South Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Church

 * St. Luke's Parish
 * St. Peter's Parish

Genealogy

 * [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 (free).

French and Indian War

 * Weir, Robert M. "Muster Rolls of the South Carolina Granville and Colleton County Regiments of Militia, 1756," The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Oct., 1969), pp. 226-239. Digital version at JSTOR ($).

Published abstracts

 * [1768 Quit Rent Rolls] [Includes Granville County]

Websites

 * Granville County, South Carolina, courtesy: Carolana.com.