South Carolina, United States Genealogy

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Welcome to South Carolina, The Palmetto State

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About 80 percent of the settlers of colonial South Carolina were of English origin. Many of them came by way of Barbados and other colonies rather than directly from England. A group of Dutch settlers from New York came to South Carolina in 1671. Another smaller group was of French origin, mostly descendants of Huguenots, who came to the area beginning in 1680. More numerous were the Scottish dissenters, who were brought in beginning in 1682, and the Germans, who arrived during the eighteenth century. Blacks constituted a majority of the population from early colonial times until 1930. Indian wars drove most of the native Americans from the state, but there are still a few Catawba Indians in York County.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties:

Berkeley | Claremont | Craven | Granville | Lewisburg | Liberty | Orange | Pendleton CountySalem | Washington | Winton | Winyaw

Former Districts:

Abbeville District | Anderson District | Beaufort District | Berkeley District | Camden District | Charleston | Cheraws District | Chester District | Chesterfield District | Clarendon District | Colleton District | Darlington District | Edgefield District | Georgetown District | Ninety-Six District | Orangeburgh District | Pendleton District | Pinckney District | Washington District

Research Tools

 * Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * The South Carolina GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.

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