South Carolina, United States Genealogy

United States   South Carolina

South Carolina Counties
Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. Extinct Counties: Salem· Berkeley· Claremont·Craven· Granville · Lewisburg· Liberty· Orange· Pendleton· Washington· Winton· Winyaw

Former Districts:  Beaufort District· Camden District· Charleston District· Cheraw District· Georgetown District· Ninety-Six District· Orangeburgh District· Pendleton District· Pinckney District· Washington District

Districts that became Counties 1800–1868: Abbeville District· Anderson District· Beaufort District· Charleston District· Chester District· Chesterfield District· Clarendon District· Colleton· Darlington District· Edgefield District· Pickens District·

Colonial Parishes
All Saints· Christ Church· Prince Frederick· Prince George· Prince William· St. Andrew's· St. Bartholomew's· St. David's· St. George Dorchester· St. Helena's· St. James Goose Creek· St. James Santee· St. John's Berkeley· St. John's Colleton· St. Luke's· St. Mark's· St. Matthew's· St. Michael's· St. Paul's· St. Peter's· St. Philip's· St. Stephen's· St. Thomas and St. Denis

Colonial Townships
Amelia·Congaree·Edisto·Fredericksburg·Hillsborough·Kingston·Kings Town·Londonborough·New Windsor·Orangeburgh·Purrysburg·Queensboro·Queensborough· Saxe-Gotha·The Welsh Tract·Williamsburg

Major Repositories
South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History· South Carolina Historical Society· South Caroliniana Library· Charleston Library Society· National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)· Dallas Public Central Library

Migration Routes
Savannah River· Augusta and Cherokee Trail· Augusta-Savannah Trail· Augusta-St. Augustine Trail· Camden-Charleston Path· Catawba and Northern Trail· Catawba Trail· Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail· Charleston-Savannah Trail· Cisca and St. Augustine Trail (or Nickajack Trail)· Coosa-Tugaloo Indian Warpath· Fall Line Road (or Southern Road)· Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path· Fort Moore-Charleston Trail· Great Valley Road· King's Highway· Lower Cherokee Traders' Path· Lower Creek Trading Path· Middle Creek Trading Path· Occaneechi Path· Old Cherokee Path· Old South Carolina State Road· Savannah-Jacksonville Trail· Secondary Coast Road· Tugaloo-Apalachee Bay Trail· Unicoi Trail· Upper Road· Ports:  Beaufort· Charleston· Georgetown

Background
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.

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