Ninety-Six District, South Carolina Genealogy

United States   South Carolina    Ninety-Six District

History
Ninety-Six District formed 1769 from the South Carolina lands. Districts and counties were formed from the district:


 * Abbeville 1785
 * Edgefield 1785
 * Greenville 1786
 * Laurens 1785
 * Newberry 1785
 * Pendleton 1789
 * Pinckney 1826
 * Spartanburg 1785
 * Union 1785.

The following two cites have maps and histories and the districts.

Ninety Six District, South Carolina, This is a great site that has maps and a history of the District.

In 1800, South Carolina abolished administrative districts and went with the county concept, However they called the counties, districts until 1868, after the Civil War.

Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Ninety-Six District, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Census
See Ninety-Six District, SC census assignments, including links to transcribed files [The USGenWeb Census Project®]

1779

 * Sarrett, Paul R. 1779 Census Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.

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]


 * [Butler] Jervey, Theodore D. "The Butlers of South Carolina," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1903). ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Drake] Drake, Charles E. "The Drake Family of Ninety Six District and Abbeville County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Fall 2001):183-195.

Land
The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Ninety-Sixth District land records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats, Vol. A: 1784-1794
 * Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats, Vol. B: 1785-1787
 * Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats, Vol. C: 1786-1788