Greenville County, South Carolina Genealogy

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Parent County
1798--Greenville County was created in 1798 from Washington District. County seat: Greenville 

Neighboring Counties

 * Abbeville
 * Anderson
 * Henderson County, North Carolina
 * Laurens
 * Pickens
 * Polk County, North Carolina
 * Spartanburg
 * Transylvania County, North Carolina

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Augusta
 * Greenville

Land
Greenville County has placed many of their land and probates records online.

The record sets below are viewable at the following site greenvillecounty.org/apps/historical_records_search/default.aspx

Greenville County Register of Deeds

Conveyance Books 1865 to 1872 Book AA 1865 - 1868 - 562 Viewable Page(s) Book BB 1868 - 1870 - 531 Viewable Page(s) Book CC 1870 - 1871 - 417 Viewable Page(s) Book DD 1872 - 1872 - 443 Viewable Page(s) Grantee Indexes 1787 to 1913 Book A 1897, 1900 - 1912 - 272 Viewable Page(s) Book G 1801 - 1819 - 188 Viewable Page(s) Book H 1819 - 1837 - 245 Viewable Page(s) Book I 1838 - 1846 - 85 Viewable Page(s) Real Estate Mortgage Books 1879, 1887 to 1889, 1893 to 1894, 1900 to 1901 Book II 1893 - 1894, 1901 - 585 Viewable Page(s) Book J 1879 - 422 Viewable Page(s) Book UU 1900 - 1901 - 459 Viewable Page(s) Book W 1887 - 519 Viewable Page(s) Book X 1887 - 1889 - 519 Viewable Page(s)

Warrants for Surveys 1868 to 1880

Greenville County Probate Court Records

Account Book 1896 to 1905, 154 pages

Estate Records over 80,000 pages

Guardian and Trustee Accounts 1865 to 1878, 410 pages

Index to Estate Papers 1787 to 1976

Miscellaneous Administration and Guardianship Bonds

1816 to 1857, 1874 to 1905 1837 - 1848 - 191 Viewable Page(s) 1845 - 1857 - 217 Viewable Page(s) 1874 - 1888, 1894 - 214 Viewable Page(s) 1888 - 1905 - 481 Viewable Page(s) Book A, 1816 - 1838 - 250 Viewable Page(s)

Returns 1817 to 1824, 27 pages

Probate
Greenville County has placed some of their probate records online.

The record sets below are viewable.

Will Books 1820 to 1907 Book B, 1820 - 1840 - 298 Viewable Page(s) Book C, 1840 - 1853 - 519 Viewable Page(s) Book D - E, 1853 - 1881 - 294 Viewable Page(s) Book F - G, 1881 - 1897 - 654 Viewable Page(s) Book H, 1896 - 1907 - 81 Viewable Page(s)

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has 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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog