Jasper County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States  South Carolina  Jasper County County in South Carolina Lowcountry.

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

County Courthouse
Jasper County Courthouse 305 Russell St. Ridgeland, SC 29936 Phone: 843-726-7728

Register of Deeds 358 Third Ave. Ridgeland, SC 29936 Phone: 843-717-3615 Land records

Clerk of Court 265 Russell Street Ridgeland, SC 29936 Phone: 843-726-7710 Court records

Probate Court P.O. Box 1028 Ridgeland, SC 29936 Phone: 843-726-7718 Probate and marriage records

Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday

History
The county is named after Sergeant William Jasper (c1750-1779).

Parent County
1912--Jasper County was created 30 January 1912 from Beaufort and Hampton Counties. County seat: Ridgeland

County Pronunciation

 * 1) Hear it spoken

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

Neighboring Counties
Beaufort | Chatham County, Georgia | Effingham County, Georgia | Hampton

Research Guides

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

African Americans
United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans

Cemeteries
Jasper County in S.C. Cemetery Project, courtesy: South Carolina Genealogical Society. List of cemeteries in the county.

Census
1920 and 1930 federal population schedules of Jasper 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.

Church of England
See also St. Luke's Parish

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ridgeland

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

Genealogy
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 Jasper, South Carolina at World Connect, produces more than 800 results.

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

Message Boards


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

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.

Local Histories

 * Perry, Grace Fox. Moving Finger of Jasper. unknown: unknown, 1952. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Todd, John Reynard and Francis M. Huston. Prince William's Parish and Plantations. ( Richmond [Virginia] : Garrett &amp; Massie, c1935), 265 pages. Written with the idea of tracing, as briefly and accurately as possible, the physical development and transition of the Prince William's Parish secion of South Carolina from the earliest days of settlement to the present. Book found at and Other Libraries.

Migration
Early migration routes in Jasper County for European settlers included:


 * Atlantic Ocean about 1670
 * Charleston-Savannah Trail (an extension of the King's Highway)

Revolutionary War

 * "Head Quarters muster roll, 1779," Carolinas Genealogical Society Bulletin, Fall 1970, Volume 7, Issue 2. Carolinas Genealogical Society : Monroe, NC. Book 975 B2c.

Newspapers
Historic

The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Jasper 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.


 * Jasper County Record (Ridgeland, S.C.) 1924-1951.
 * The Beaufort-Jasper News (Beaufort, S.C.) 1939-1939.
 * The Jasper Herald (Ridgeland, Jasper County, S.C.) 1911-1919.

Periodicals
Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers new to their area may not encounter. Periodicals at various levels (county, region, and state) may carry articles useful to research in this area. For this county, see:


 * Carolinas Genealogical Society Bulletin

Family History Centers
Ridgeland South Carolina Grays HWY (278 West) Ridgeland, Jasper, South Carolina, United States Phone: 843-726-8241 Hours: Monday - Saturday by appt. Wed. evening 6-8PM

Web Sites

 * Jasper County, SCGenWeb
 * Jasper County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jasper County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)