Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States  South Carolina  Abbeville County

History

 * The History of South Carolina, 4 vol., David D. Wallace; pub. New York, 1934
 * Abbeville County History
 * Abbeville County Timeline 1740-2010 (Google)

Parent County
1785-- Abbeville County was created 12 March 1785 from Ninety-Six District. County seat:  Abbeville

Boundary Changes
Abbeville District/County Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

 * Anderson
 * Elbert County, Georgia
 * Greenville
 * Greenwood
 * Laurens
 * McCormick

Resources

 * Inventory of County Archives of South Carolina, 14 vol., Historical Records Survey; pub. Columbia, South Carolina, 1937-1941


 * Research Materials in South Carolina, by John H. Moore; pub. Columbia, South Carolina, 1967


 * Bibliography of South Carolina, 1563-1950, 6 vol., Robert C. Turnbull; pub. Charlottesville, Virgina 1956-1960

Biographies

 * First Settlers of South Carolina, 1670-80, by Agnes L. Baldwin; pub. Columbia, South Carolina, 1969
 * Aiken, Virginia Carolina Smith, 1831-1900. Diary, 1872-1898.

Cemeteries

 * Adams-Vann Family Cemetery
 * Aiken Cemetery
 * Ashley Cemetery
 * Bells Chapel Cemetery
 * Bells United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Big Adams Cemetery
 * Broadmouth Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Broadmouth Cemetery
 * Broadmouth Church Cemetery
 * Brownoh A M E Church Cemetery
 * Calhoun Cemetery
 * Carlisle Cemetery
 * Cedar Springs Cemetery
 * Clinkscales Family (Private)
 * Cold Spring Mennonite Church Cemetery
 * Daniels Cemetery
 * Donalds Cemetery
 * Donalds Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Due West ARP Church
 * Due West Cemetery
 * Duncan Cemetery
 * Ebeneezer Cemetery
 * Emmanuel Church Cemetery
 * Episcopal Cemetery
 * Flat Rock A.M.E. Church Cemetery (Antreville)
 * Forest Lawn Cemetery
 * Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
 * Gaines Chapel Cemetery
 * Gigal Cemetery
 * Gilmore Cemetery
 * Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Harper's Cemetery
 * Hester Cemetery
 * Hobson Cemetery
 * Jacob Chapel A.M.E. Church
 * Kay Cemetery
 * Keowee Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Lakeview Cemetery
 * Latimer Cemetery
 * Lebanon Cemetery
 * Lebanon Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Lindsay Cemetery (Lindsay Burial Grounds)
 * Linton
 * Little Adams Cemetery
 * Little Mountain Cemetery
 * Little River Cemetery
 * Long Cane Cemetery
 * Upper Long Cane Cemetery
 * Lower Long Cane Cemetery
 * Magnolia Cemetery
 * McClain Cemetery
 * Melrose Cemetery
 * Midway Cemetery
 * Morton Family Cemetery
 * Old Cedar Spring Cemetery
 * Old Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Old Gigal Cemetery
 * Old McCalla Cemetery
 * Old Rocky River Cemetery
 * Old Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery
 * Old White Meeton Yard
 * Old Zion Cemetery
 * Powers Burial Ground
 * Powers Cemetery
 * Providence Cemetery
 * Ridge Cemetery
 * Rocky River Cemetery
 * Rocky River Cemetery
 * Saint John Cemetery
 * Saint Johns Cemetery
 * Salem Cemetery
 * Salem Cemetery
 * Sharon ARP Church Cemetery
 * Sharon Cemetery
 * Sharon Methodist Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Smyrna Cemetery
 * Smyrna Cemetery

Census
1779 Census-96th District (online)

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Abbeville

Family Histories
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 Abbeville, South Carolina at World Connect, results in more than 40,000 entries.

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

Bibliography


 * [Adams] Brothers, Mary A. The History and Genealogy of the Families of Mary Catherine Adams (1920- ) and Lionel Raymon Brothers (1904-1991). DeLand, Fla.: M.A. Brothers, 1994. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Barmore] Barmore, N. Jane. History of the Barmore Family. Typescript, 1960. Item 1
 * [Baskin] Bell, Raymond Martin. The Baskins-Baskin Family: Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina. Includes supplement
 * [Blackwell] Preston, Peter. The Children of John Blackwell: An American Odyssey. Mathews, Va.: P. Preston, 2009. FHL CD-ROM no. 5702; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Brown] Brown, Kenneth B. Le Brun: A Compilation of the Descendants of Julius "Jules" Brown Jr., an Immigrant from Ireland to America: and the Following Related Families: Calhoun, Hair, Jackson, Lassater, Ledbetter, Mc Kenzie, Mc Neely, Pruitt, Summerlin, Thornhill. Rancho Cordova, Calif.: K.B. Brown &amp; Assoc., 1998.
 * [Calhoun] Calhoun, Alan T. Genealogical Tree of Calhoun family of America, 1733-1912 from Donegal County, Ireland to America, 1733: James Calhoun and Catherine Montgomery, His Wife, were the First Calhouns to Emigrate from Donegal County, Ireland to America, 1735: Members of This Family Moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina, Known as "the Calhoun Settlement". Typescript, 1956. Item 2
 * [Calhoun] Dundas, Francis de Sales. The Calhoun Settlement, District of Abbeville, South Carolina. Staunton, Va.: F.S. Dundes, 1950.
 * [Calhoun] Calhoun, Robert Dabney. The Calhouns of Ninety Six, South Carolina, &amp; Their Descendants. MSS., William King Hunt Collection, Salt Lake City. Microfilmed 1958. {{FHL|162011} Item 7
 * [Calhoun] Johnson, Ellen R. History of the Colquhoun/Calhoun Families and Their Ancestral Homeland. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1993.
 * [Calhoun] Brown, Kenneth B. Le Brun: A Compilation of the Descendants of Julius "Jules" Brown Jr., an Immigrant from Ireland to America: and the Following Related Families: Calhoun, Hair, Jackson, Lassater, Ledbetter, Mc Kenzie, Mc Neely, Pruitt, Summerlin, Thornhill. Rancho Cordova, Calif.: K.B. Brown &amp; Assoc., 1998.
 * [Clark] Clark, Eva Turner. Jacob Clark of Abbeville, South Carolina and Some of His Descendants: Notes on Allied Families and Letters of Reverend Jacob Clark; a Family Memorial. New York, New York: Downs Printing, 1926.
 * [Cooper] Andrea, Leonardo. Cooper. Typescript, National Library, DAR. Microfilmed 1971. Item 10
 * [Cothran] Cothran, William Benjamin and Samuel Alexander Cothran. Cothran-Chiles Notes: and an Update After More Than a Half-century. Aiken, S.C.: S.A. Cothran, 1992.
 * [Devlin] Soulé, Hiram Ellsworth. Genealogy of Hiram (10) Ellsworth Soulé, Jr.: Starting with George (1) Soulé, Who Came from England on the Mayflower and Landed at Plymouth in the Year 1620; to Hiram (9) Ellsworth Soulé, Sr., Then to All of His Descendants as of June 1st. 1983. Memphis, Tenn.: H.E. Soulé, 1984-1985. Item 3
 * [Dodson] Lucas, Silas Emmett. The Dodsons (Dotsons) of Southwest Virginia. [Birmingham, Ala.: Lucas, 1959].
 * [Green] Russell, Lauretta Snodgrass. John Green, Pioneer Alabama Legislator and His Descendants. [San Antonio, Texas]: Russell, 1963-1966.
 * [Hawthorn] McBryde, Sara Chappell. Genealogy: Means--Hawthorn--Cook. 1935.
 * [Hawthorn] Bowie, C. Newell. Hawthornes of Long Cane Headwaters. Due West, S.C.: C.N. Bowie, [1987?]. Item 8
 * [Heard] Zarnowitz, Elsie L. The Heard Journal: &amp; Herd, Hird, Hurd, Too. Bellingham, Washington: Family Tree Helpers, 1984-1995.
 * [Heard] Fontenot, Eunice Fox. Heards, Logans, Wardlaws: of Old '96/Abbeville District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2002.
 * [Johnson] Block, Frank E. Johnson, Dalton, Staton of Western North Carolina: Working Paper: with Some Account of Arledge, Blackwell, Boone, Capps, Corn, Henderson, Holbert, Lankford, Stover, Walker and Other Families of Western North Carolina. Atlanta, Ga.: F.E. Block, 1989.
 * [Jones] Jones, Frank Merlin. Jones of S.C. and Allied Families. Decatur, Ala.: Budget Print Center, 1981.
 * [Kay] Kay, William D. The Descendants of John Kay, 1777-1855: Abbeville County, South Carolina. [Mt. Pleasant, S.C.]: W. Kay, [1985?]. ; digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Lockridge] Walters, Robert B. and Harriet H. Walters. Descendants of James and William Lockridge: Pioneer Brothers of Early Augusta County, Virginia. 1997.
 * [Logan] Logan, Richard K. Logan: A Directory of the Descendants of Andrew and Lydia Logan of Albany, New York and Abbeville, South Carolina. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1994.
 * [Logan] Fontenot, Eunice Fox. Heards, Logans, Wardlaws: of Old '96/Abbeville District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2002.
 * [McAdams] Edgar, Kelly and Ina May Ogletree McAdams. The McAdams Family of Walker County, Texas: A Texas Sesquicentennial History Written to Honor the Memory of John McAdams, Jr., Who Fought in the Texas Revolution and His Father, John McAdams, Sr., a Methodist Circuit Rider Minister, Who in 1829 Rode into Texas from Alabama, to Preach the Protestant Gospel in Catholic ... Austin, Texas: K. Edgar, 1985.
 * [McCleskey] McCleskey, Charles S. Descendants of James and Joseph McCleskey, Soldiers of the Revolution, the Texas Group. Baton Rouge, La.: C.S. McCleskey, 1978. Item 2
 * [McClinton] McClinton, Arthur T. McClinton Families of Old Ninety-six and Abbeville Districts, South Carolina: and Their Westward Movement in the Colonial and Early Years of America. Stephens City, Va.: C.M. McClinton and A.T. McClinton, 1993.
 * [McCurdy] Zook, B. Jesse. McCurdys of Long Canes, South Carolina to Upshur County, Texas. Camden, Ind.: B. Zook, 1988.
 * [McCurdy] McCurdy, John C. The McCurdys of Long Canes: "A Settlement of Ulster Scots." [Atlanta, Ga.]: J.C. McCurdy, 1989.
 * [McDill] Myer, Lois C. Descendants of John McDill and Jane Bell, Belfast, Ireland, Died in Illinois. MSS., microfilmed 1969. Item 1
 * [McMurtrey] "Group Sheets and Support Data Pertaining to Samuel McMurtrey (1745-1796) of Augusta County, Virginia and Abbeville County South Carolina," in Richard K. McMurtry, MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. Item 4
 * [McMurtrey] "Support Data Pertaining to Samuel McMurtrey (1745-1796) of Augusta County, Virginia and Abbeville County, South Carolina," in Richard K. McMurtry, MacMurtrie Clan Family Records, 2005 Publication. {{FHL}1783651}} Item 1
 * [McWhorter] Hinrichs, Mabel Woods. McWhorter Family. Typescript, National Library, DAR, 1965. Items 2-7
 * [McWhorter] Wright, Shirley McWhorter, E.R. McWhorter and Lottie Wherry McWhorter. Some Descendants of David McWhorter (McWhirtir) (c. 1741-1789) and His Wife, Mary Poston (Posten) McWhorter (1750-1846). Typescript, 1978. Item 2
 * [Martin] Bagwell, William. A History: The Martin Family of Abbeville District, South Carolina. Donalds, S.C.: W.F. Bagwell, c1981, 1988.
 * [Mattison] Gadbury, Ruth and Mary Hood. A Branch of the Madison Tree: With Supplements: Ware, Barley, Sample [and] Rusler. [Austin, Texas: Shelby Print], 1974.
 * [Moseley] Andrea, Leonardo. Moseley Family Records, 1415-1888. Typescript, 1948.
 * [Norris] Young, Pauline. The Norris Family of Abbeville, South Carolina (Old Ninety Six District). Typescript, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa, 1948. Microfilmed 1977. Item 10
 * [Perrin] Harrison, Thomas Perrin. The Honorable Thomas Chiles Perrin of Abbeville, South Carolina: Forebears and Descendants. Greenville, S.C.: N.M. Perrin, 1983.
 * [Pyles] Lucas, Silas Emmett. The Dodsons (Dotsons) of Southwest Virginia. [Birmingham, Ala.: Lucas, 1959].
 * [Reid] Reid, Wayne Alexander. The 1860 Diary of Lemuel Reid, an Abbeville District, South Carolina Planter: with His Genealogy and Descendants. Melbourne, Fla.: W.A. Reid, 1994.
 * [Sims] Sharp, Eron M. Nathan Sims of Granville Co., N.C. and Abbeville Co. S.C.: His Ancestors and Descendants. Memphis: E. Sharp, 1973. Item 6
 * [Smith] Glenn, Nell McCullough and Inez McCullough Lawson. Family Data, Records, Incidents, Traditions, and Obituary Notices Concerning: the Smiths, Fullers, Cooks, McDavids, Shumates, McCulloughs. Typescript. Microfilmed 1974. Item 18
 * [Towles] Andrea, Leonardo. Towles in S.C.Typescript, 1962. Item 1
 * [Wardlaw] Fontenot, Eunice Fox. Heards, Logans, Wardlaws: of Old '96/Abbeville District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 2002.
 * [Whitten] Alexander, Virginia Wood. Whitten and Allied Families. [Columbia, Tenn.]: V.W. Alexander &amp; W.C. Whitten, 1984.
 * [Wright] Kay, William D. Robert Norris Wright, Esquire: 1812-1885, His Life and Four Generations of His Family, Anderson County South Carolina. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: W.D. Kay, 2005.
 * [Youngblood] Youngblood, Delois Kelley. Research and Remembrances of Youngblood, Martin, Perry, Mann, Kelley, McKinney, McWhorter. Charlotte, N.C.: Dekey Publisher, [1987?].

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.

Maps
Abbeville County Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina (South Carolina Digital Collections)

Topographical Maps of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1888-1975 (South Carolina Digital Collections)

Military
Abbeville County, South Carolina Military Index (South Carolina Genealogy Trails)

Newspapers
The Abbeville Press Vol. 8, no. 28 (Nov. 9, 1860) - v. 17, no. 22 (Sept. 24, 1869) The Abbeville Banner Vol. 4, no. 1 (Mar. 3, 1847) - v. 25, no. 47 (Sept. 9, 1869) The Abbeville Medium  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 29, 1871)-Ceased in 1923. The Abbeville Press Banner Vol. 17, no. 23 (Oct. 1, 1869) - Jan. 30, 1925

Probate
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has holdings of 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.

Taxation

 * 1794 Tax Records Abbeville County
 * 1787 tax lists from Ninety Six District, S. C. Covers the area of Edgefield and Abbeville Counties in the 1790 census [copied by] Brent Holcomb

Vital Records
Abbeville County Vital Records Abbeville County Clerk P.O. Box 99 Abbeville, SC 29620-0099 Phone: (864) 459-5074

Abbeville Public Health Department 905 West Greenwood Abbeville, SC 29620 (864) 366-2131


 * 7500 marriages from Ninety-Six and Abbeville district, S.C., 1774- 1890, Pursley, Larry E., Southern Historical Press, 2001, ©1980.


 * Abbeville County marriages, 1780-1879, implied in Abbeville County, South Carolina equity records Langdon, Barbara R. Aiken, SC : Langdon &amp; Langdon, ©1994.
 * Abbeville County, South Carolina marriage registers and licenses,1911-1951 South Carolina. Probate Court (Abbeville County) Microreproduction of original licenses at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.
 * Abbeville District, South Carolina marriages, 1777-1852 Lucas, Silas Emmett, Southern Historical Press, ©1979.


 * Abbeville District, South Carolina marriages, 1777-1852 : these marriages are taken from old wills, equity records, etc. Young, Pauline
 * South Carolina Deaths 1915-1943; 1944-1955:

Societies and Libraries
Boonesborough Historical Society - Abbeville and Anderson counties - especially Donalds, Due West, and Honea Path

South Carolina Genealogical Society - Old 96 District Chapter

Abbeville County Libraries Abbeville County Library Erskine College Piedmont Technical College

Abbeville County Archives South Carolina Digital Library - scroll down for Abbeville's online collections

Web Sites

 * Abbeville County SCGenWeb project.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)