Laurens County, South Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Laurens County, South Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
The County was named for Henry Laurens, the fifth president of the Continental Congress. The County is located in the northwest location of the state.

County Courthouse
Laurens County Courthouse 100 Hillcrest Square Laurens, SC 29360 Phone: 864-984-3538 Laurens County Website

County Pronunciation

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * To view a cemetery list, see Laurens County, South Carolina Cemeteries.
 * National Cemetery Administration

Census Records

 * 1829-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images

 Federal 

 1800 
 * Elliott, Irene Dillard. Second Federal Census, 1800 Laurens County, South Carolina. University of South Carolina, 1959. 975.731 X2e 1800; digital version at Ancestry ($).

 1820 Manufactures  The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FS Library copies: Published abstract:
 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. . Includes this county.

 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. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See South Carolina, Laurens District on page 142.

 1850 
 * Myer, Lois C. and University of South Carolina. Laurens County, South Carolina 1880 Census; Indexes to 1850 &amp; 1880 Censuses; Tombstone Inscriptions. Typescript. Microfilmed 1969.

 1880 
 * Myer, Lois C. and University of South Carolina. Laurens County, South Carolina 1880 Census; Indexes to 1850 &amp; 1880 Censuses; Tombstone Inscriptions. Typescript. Microfilmed 1969.

 State 

 1829 
 * "1829 Census of Laurens District," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1976):103-113; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 1976):139-151.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records Laurens County has court records from 1789 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court. Laurens County was a part of the Ninety-Six District from 1785 - 1800 and the records of the Ninety-Six District courts are housed in Abbeville County with the Clerk of Court. The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Laurens County. The FS Library court records for Laurens County.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:
 * United States African Americans
 * South Carolina African Americans
 * South Carolina: Laurens County Enslaved and Free Persons, and Slaveholders is a database of enslaved and free persons and slaveholders extracted from Laurens' inventory and appraisal books 1825-1826 and 1837-1839.
 * Garrett-Nelson, LaBrenda. The Source of Our Pride the Garrett, Neely, and Sullivan Families; Two Hundred Years of American History, Beginning in Laurens, South Carolina. San Jose, Calif.: Family Tree Press, 1996, 2000.
 * Garrett-Nelson, LaBrenda. The Source the Garrett, Neely, and Sullivan Families: Over Two Hundred Years of African American History, Beginning in Laurens County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family Heritage Publishers, 2008.
 * Heinegg, Paul. "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1790 South Carolina Census, by County," Free African Americans.com. Includes free blacks in Laurens County.
 * Motes, Margaret Peckham. Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC: 1785-1827 Listed in Deeds of Gift, Deeds of Sale, Mortgages, Born Free and Freed. Abstracted from Laurens County, SC Deed Books A-L and Newberry County, SC Deed Books A-G. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Transcription for some entries available at Genealogy Trails.
 * Rice, Lola M. McCrary. Genealogy of the Descendants of Dinah Williams of Laurens, South Carolina, 1830-1992 a Quest - Our Roots. Washington, D.C.: L.M.M. Rice, 1992.
 * Garrett-Nelson, LaBrenda. A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina and Selected Finding Aids. Thorofare, NJ: Xlibris, 2016
 * Ark
 * Buck's Upper Mill
 * Cherry Grove
 * Charlton Hall - Hickory Tavern
 * Doctor Wolf
 * Edens
 * Edghill
 * Jack's
 * Jeremiah Vereen's
 * Little River
 * Long Bay
 * Longwood
 * Lucas Bay
 * Old River Place
 * Oregon
 * Peachtree
 * Peter Vaught's
 * Petersfield
 * Rosemont - Waterloo
 * Snow Hill
 * Thomas Randall's
 * Tilghman Point
 * Withers
 * Woodbourne
 * Zack Gray

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

Bibliography
 * Adair - Adair Family Genealogy: An Accounting of Our South Carolina-Indiana-Idaho Adair Ancestry, with a Brief Analysis of Our Scotch-Irish Forefathers. Huntingdon Beach, Calif.: W.W. Adair, 1974?..
 * Blakely - Myer, Lois C. Descendants of William (Honest Bill) Blakely of Laurens Co., S. C. Including the Henderson, Boyd, Cunningham, McCullough; Samuel McClurkin Line with Descendants of David Ross Dorroh and Susan Lewers with Allied Lines of Peden, Gilliland, etc... Typescript, microfilmed 1969. Item 1
 * Campbell - Campbell, Thomas. Descendants of Capt. Angus Campbell of Laurens, South Carolina. Microfilmed 1983.
 * Carter - Katheder, Thomas. "Origins of James Carter, Sr. (ca.1741-1812) of Loudoun County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2003):295-310. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($);.
 * Coker - Jones, Gerald Edward. "The Coker Family: Laurens County, South Carolina and Colonial Virginia," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Winter 2010):14-28.
 * Daniel - Gee, Christine South. John Daniel, Sr., 1724-1819, of Essex County, Virginia and Laurens County, South Carolina: His Virginia Ancestry and Some of His Descendants. Columbia, S.C.: Privately printed for Mrs. C.S. Gee by McDonald Letter Shop, 1986. ; ; digital versions at Ancestry ($).
 * Davis Davis, Robert S. "The Descendants of Jonathan Davis," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Spring 1989):86-87.
 * 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.
 * Finley - Finley, Elizabeth M. Descendants of John R. Finley, 1843-1930 and His Wife Virginia Langston Finley of Laurens County, South Carolina. n.p.: E.M. Finley, 1975.
 * Griffin - "Fannie Monroe, Real Daughter of the Revolution in 1906," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer 1997):147-150.
 * Hanna - Montoye, Betty A. The Hanna Family, 1744-1974, Laurens District, South Carolina to Carroll County, Indiana. 1974.
 * Hellums Hellums, Earle C. The Hellums Family, 1765 to 1984 Beginning with John Hellums Sr. in Laurens County, South Carolina. Houston, Texas: E.C. Hellums, 1984.
 * Holdridge - Smith, Cynthia Holdridge. "William Holdridge (1763-1803) of Laurens County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Summer 2009):123-135.
 * Holland - Pitts, Esther H. Some of the Branches of the Holland Family, Laurens County, South Carolina. Clifton, S.C.: E.H. Pitts, 1967.
 * Hutchinson - Hutchinson, Frederick McAlpine. The Hutchinson Family of Laurens County, South Carolina, and Descendants. Houston, Tex.: Anson Jones Press, 1947. ; ; digital versions at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($) and Archive.org.
 * Langston - Langston, Carroll. Descendants of Solomon Langston of Laurens County, South Carolina, through His Son, Bennett. Williamsville, Ill.: unknown, 1990. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Martin - Gee, Christine South. Some of the Descendants of Daniel Martin (1745-1829) of Laurens County, South Carolina, and the Allied Families of Hudgens, McNeese, Rodgers, and Saxon. Greenwood, S.C.: C.S. Gee, 1963.
 * Motes Motes, Margaret Peckham. Motes Family Bible Records of Laurens County, South Carolina, 1750-1878. Stamford, Conn.: Mrs. J.H. Motes III, 1989. FS Library (?)
 * Power - McNees, Lucien L. Descendants of Alexander Power of Laurens County, South Carolina. Lexington, Miss.: L.L. McNees, 1967.
 * Power - Varndell, Elinor Power. Four Families of Laurens County, South Carolina William C. and Elliott Nancy Mahaffey Power; Dr. John Stevens and Betty Hudgens Wolff; William Simpson and Isabella Henderson; Samuel Lewis Power and Nancy Mary Poole. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2004.
 * Puckett Gee, Christine South. The Roots and Some of the Branches of the Puckett Family Tree. Greenwood, S.C., 1958. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Ramage - Ramage Family Reunion, Laurens Co., South Carolina 1990. MSS., microfilmed 1991. Item 2
 * Ramage - Ramage, Martis Donald and Ruth Ramage McElhaney. The Ramage Family of Laurens County, South Carolina. Belton, Miss.: M.D. Ramage, 1996.
 * Ramage - Ramage, Martis Donald. Collection of Photographs from the Ramage Family of Laurens County, South Carolina. Belden, Miss.: M.D. Ramage, 1999.
 * Sullivan - Bland, Carolyn Copeland. "James Sullivan of Charlotte County and the Problem of Entrenched Disinformation," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Nov. 1987):3-13. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * Templeton - Templeton, L.B. Templeton Family History Records and Descendants of the Templetons, Who First Settled in What is Now Laurens County, South Carolina: Together with Brief Sketches of Other Templetons, Who Settled in Other Parts of South Carolina and Other States. Union, S.C.: L.B. Templeton, Jr., 1953. Item 2; 2003 reprint:
 * Templeton - Templeton, Ronald H. "Possible North Carolina/South Carolina Templeton Relationships," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Summer 2007):123-130. Presents discoveries of previously unknown kinships based on the Templeton DNA study.
 * Watson - Watson, John Drake. Ancestors and Descendants of James Dorsey Watson and Virginia Carolina Campbell of Laurens County, South Carolina. Newberry, S.C.: J.D. Watson, 1997.
 * Williams Rice, Lola M. McCrary. Genealogy of the Descendants of Dinah Williams of Laurens, South Carolina, 1830-1992 a Quest - Our Roots. Washington, D.C.: L.M.M. Rice, 1992.
 * Wood - Wood, John Wilbert and Essie Meares Wood. The Wood Family of Laurens County, South Carolina. Charlotte, N.C.: Wood, 196?.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records

The following chart show where you may best expect to find land records. * Small portion taken to Greenville County in 1786 The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Laurens County land records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:
 * Laurens Land Records, Vol. A: 1785-1786
 * Laurens Land Records, Vol. B: 1787-1790
 * Laurens Land Records, Vol. D: 1791-1793
 * Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868 For information about the State Land Grants, see State Land Grants
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * Bolick, Julian Stevenson with a brief sketch of the development of Laurens County by Edna Riddle Foy. A Laurens County Sketchbook  (Clinton, S.C., Jacobs Press, c1973), 306 pages. Includes many drawings of houses. Short histories with names included. Aside from the historical, artistic and architectural appeal of the drawings, the text will prove valuable for those interested in genealogy, history, and folklore. Book found at and
 * Laurens County Historical Society (South Carolina). The Scrapbook, A Compilation of Historical Facts About Places and Events of Laurens County, South Carolina (Laurens, South Carolina: Laurens County Historical Society and Laurens County Arts Council, c1982), 704 pages. Includes biographies, battle stories and battle-related incidents, governmental passages, and articles from the Laurens County Advertiser and The Clinton Chronicle. Book found at and.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Laurens County for European settlers included: and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). ▲.
 * Old South Carolina State Road 1747

Military Records
General
 * "County pension roll, 1818, 1832," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, November 2002, Volume 16, Issue 4. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Laurens volunteers, 1836 Seminole war," Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly, October 1984, Volume 2, Issue 4. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "United Laurens riflemen history, 1802-57," Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly, October 1984, Volume 2, Issue 4. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.

Revolutionary War
 * "John Ridgeway, Jr., Rev. War pension application, 1833," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, August 2005, Volume 19, Issue 3. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Revolutionary war pension applications," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, December 1990, Volume 7, Issue 4. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Rev. War pension applications," Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Winter 1978, Issue 67. Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.: Greenville, NC..
 * South Carolina Court of Common Pleas (Laurens County). Revolutionary war pension applications, 1820 - 1830. Columbia, South Carolina: Filmed by the South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, 1970..

War of 1812
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. . Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, South Carolina, Laurens County, p. 186. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments.Civil War service men from Laurens County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed of many men from Laurens County:
 * - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company A
 * - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters, Company A (also known the Union Light Infantry and German Fusiliers), Company B (also known as the Sumter Guards), and Company C (also known as the Charleston Sharpshooters and Palmetto Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Company A (also known as Calhoun's Battery; Sumter Light Artillery, Sumter Battery, Preston's Battery, Blake's Battery and other name variations.)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Butler's) (1st Regulars), Company A (also called Company B and Beauregard Artillery)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia), Company name unknown - commanded by Captain Burns
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops, Company G
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company B (also known as Ferguson Rangers)
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company A (also known as the Boykin Mounted Rangers and Hampton Scouts), Company E (also known as Dean's Cavalry), and Company G (also known as Bonham's Light Dragoons and Lipscomb's Troop)
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles, Company A
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company C (also known as Captain Dean's Company)
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Lauren's) (James'), Company A, Company B (also known as the Williams Company), Company C, Company D, and Company E (also known as the Hunter Guards)
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion), Company F (also known as the Chestnut Light Artillery)
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63),, Company B
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A (also known as The State Guards or Staten Guards), Company B, Company C, Company E, Company F, Company G (also known as Lurens Briars), Company I, and Captain W.J.M. Jones Company.
 * - 4th Battalion, South Carolina Reserve, Company D and Company E
 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troop Junior Reserves, Company F
 * - 5th Battalion, South Carolina Rifles, Company A and Company F
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Ferguson's), Company K
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops, Company D and Company I
 * - 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers), Company A, Company C, and Company E
 * - 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company E
 * - 9th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves, Company A, Company B, Company C, Company, and Company E
 * - 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A and Company H
 * - 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company C, Company E, and Company F
 * - 15th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company B
 * - 16th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Greenville Regiment), Company F
 * - 16th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company A, Company C, and Company E
 * - 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company E
 * - 19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 20th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Reorganized Company E

Other Resources
 * South Carolina Genealogical Society.Laurens District Chapter. Laurens County Enrollment Book of Confederate Veterans 1902 (Greenville, South Carolina Southern Historical Press, c1998), 152 pages. As complete a list of Confederate veterans, as possible, but some of the entries are based on the memories of the veterans' families and friends and on hearsay. and.
 * Laurens County, Clerk of Court. Confederate Pension Roll and Record, 1898, 1933-1968. (Columbia, South Carolina Filmed by the South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, 1969). Original records in the Laurens County courthouse. Microfilm copy at

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)

Historic The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Laurens 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.
 * Free-Silver Democrat (Laurens, S.C.) 1896-1???.
 * The Laurens County Advertiser (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973.
 * The Laurens County Advertiser (Laurens, S.C.) 1973-current.
 * The Laurens advertiser (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973
 * The Laurens County News (Laurens, S.C.) 1899-1903.
 * The Laurensville Herald (Laurensville, S.C.) 1848-1933.
 * The Laurensville Weekly Herald (Laurensville, S.C.) 1845-1848.

University of South Carolina Library Catalog
 * Historical Newspapers of South Carolina at University of South Carolina Libraries - not complete

Periodicals

 * Georgia Genealogical Magazine
 * Piedmont Historical Society Quarterly
 * Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records

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. Probate records for Laurens County exist in the county probate court and the court of equity. An index to estate records of the probate court exists on microfilm from 1800-1931, with original records from 1800-1867. Search Aids South Carolina: Laurens County Enslaved and Free Persons, and Slaveholders is a database of enslaved and free persons and slaveholders extracted from Laurens' inventory and appraisal books 1825-1826 and 1837-1839.
 * Laurens County Will Bk A, 1787-1789, abstracts South Carolina Pioneers
 * Laurens County Will Bk C, 1797-1807, abstractsSouth Carolina Pioneers
 * Laurens County Will Bk D, 1799-1817, abstracts South Carolina Pioneers
 * Laurens County Will Bk E, 1819-1825, abstracts South Carolina Pioneers
 * Index to Laurens County Will Bk A, 1766-1802 South Carolina Pioneers
 * Index to Laurens County Will Bk F, 1826-1834 South Carolina Pioneers
 * 1670-1980 South Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980 at Ancestry.com — index & images ($)
 * 1671-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
 * 1732-1964 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
 * 1737-1964 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 at Ancestry - images ($)
 * 1782-1866 South Carolina, Will Transcripts 1782-1866 at Findmypast — index ($) — $, index
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records
 * South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Laurens County.
 * The 1865 tax book is kept at the county courthouse. Copies at:.
 * Tax duplicate books are also kept at the county courthouse. Copies of years 1868, 1870-1875, 1890, at:.

Birth

 * 1766-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * 1915-1917 South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1917 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Marriage
Online Marriage Records and Indexes
 * Marriage and Death Records from Laurens County, South Carolina Newspapers by Steven O'Dell Rayford  - index
 * 1826-1854 Some South Carolina Marriages and Obituaries and Miscellaneous Information, 1826-1854, Abstracted from Early Newspapers: the Greenville Republican, the Greenville mountaineer, the Laurensville Herald by Robert F. Simpson and Mrs. Charles R. Barham  - index
 * 1911-1950 Laurens County, South Carolina Marriage Licenses, 1911-1950  - records
 * 1911-1951 Laurens County, South Carolina Marriage Registers, 1911-1951 - index and records 
 * 1928-1951 Laurens County Marriage Index 1928-1951. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Death
Online Death Records and Indexes
 * Marriage and Death Records from Laurens County, South Carolina Newspapers by Steven O'Dell Rayford  - index
 * 1816-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1821-1969 South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1969 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1826-1854 Some South Carolina Marriages and Obituaries and Miscellaneous Information, 1826-1854, Abstracted from Early Newspapers: the Greenville Republican, the Greenville mountaineer, the Laurensville Herald by Robert F. Simpson and Mrs. Charles R. Barham  - index
 * 1915-1943 South Carolina, Deaths, 1915-1943 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1915-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * State-wide South Carolina Death Indexes. There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Anderson South Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Greenwood South Carolina FamilySearch Center


 * Union County Carnegie Library - an affiliate library

Libraries
Note: the societies have their own memberships, libraries, museums and collections.
 * Laurens District Chapter SCGS P.O. Box 1217 Laurens SC 29360-1217 (864) 313-1080 Email: [mailto:slollis@charter.net slollis@charter.net] Website Facebook

Websites

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


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Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Laurens County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
 * LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, A Guide to Researching in Laurens County, South Carolina and Selected Finding Aids. (Xlibris 2016). This book provides guidelines for researching in any SC County.