Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina Genealogy

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

Quick Facts
Clinton was first settled by Scots-Irish immigrants two decades before the American Revolutionary War. It incorporated as a town in 1852, and was named after Henry Clinton Young, a lawyer from Laurens, who helped lay out the first streets.

Archives and Libraries
note: Public libraries, public county and college archives


 * Presbyterian College James H. Thomason Library Items of Interest: American History in Video America's Historical Newspapers Biography in Context Cambridge Histories Online Encyclopaedia Universalis (French) The Greenville News (newspaper) InfoTrac/Gale Databases JSTOR Literature Resources from Gale The New York Times Archive The State (Columbia, SC) (newspaper) and offering THOMCAT (Online catalog of library materials at Presbyterian College)

Presbyterian
South Carolina Revolutionary patriot, Joseph Ramage, of Laurens County, South Carolina
 * Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church

Colleges

 * , founded 1880. Official website

Current

 * The Clinton Chronicle, a weekly newspaper established in 1900, and also, a website of Clinton and Laurens County news that is updated every day.


 * The Clinton Chronicle (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current.
 * Thornwell Life (Clinton, S.C.) 19??-current.

Historic

 * The Clinton Enterprise (Clinton, S.C.) 1887-1888.
 * The Clinton Weekly Gazette (Clinton, S.C.) 1888-1???.
 * The Thornwell Messenger (Clinton, S.C.) 1910-19??.

Societies, Libraries and Museums
note: the societies with their own memberships, libraries, museums and collections.