Richland County, South Carolina Compiled Genealogies

United States South Carolina  Richland County  Genealogy

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]

Family Histories at the Columbia SC Stake Famliy History Center by Surname is linked to WorldCat where possible and includes histories of families from surrounding counties.

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Richland, South Carolina at World Connect, produces more than 9,000 results.

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

Message Boards


 * Richland County, SC Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Richland County, SC Genealogy Forum (GenForum)

Bibliography


 * [Adams] Campbell, Julia Courtenay. Descendants of Joel Adams and Grace Weston of The Fork, Richland County, South Carolina. Typescript, microfilmed 1971. Item 7
 * [Adams] Hopkins, Laura Jervey. Lower Richland Planters: Hopkins, Adams, Weston and Related Families of South Carolina. Hopkins, S.C.: Hopkins, 1976. Reviewed in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Apr. 1977):153. Digital version of review at JSTOR ($).
 * [Adams] Massingill, Jim and Audrey Jean Cannady Massingill. The Adams and Morton Family Histories. Amarillo, Texas: J. &amp; A. Massengill, 2009.
 * [Benson] Smith, Leonard H. "Enigmas #6: Joshua Benson of Massachusetts and Joshua Benson of South Carolina: Coincidence or Bigamy?" The American Genealogist, Vol. 69, No. 3 (Jul. 1994):165-170.
 * [Brown] Terrar, Edward. Genealogical Information about the Brown and Related Gibson, Raines, Tompkins, Mann Families in Blythewood/Doko (Richland/Fairfield, Co.), South Carolina. Silver Spring, Md.: E. Terrar, 1992.
 * [Dreher] Sulton, Nancy Evelyn Dreher Reid and Ophelia Dreher Owens. Root Tracer: The Joyful Journey Backward. Grawn, Mich.: Kinseeker Pub., 1998.
 * [Fox] Steadman, Joseph Earle and Shirley Faucette. Ancestry of the Fox Family of Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina.
 * [Fox] McCain, William D. Eight Generations of the Family of Henry Fox (1768-1852) and His Wife, Sarah Harrell Fox (1772-1848) of South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Miss.: n.p., 1975-. ; digital version at.
 * [Frick] Ratliff, Annie Lee T. Frick. Columbia, S.C.: A.L.T. Ratliff, 1995. (?)
 * [Goodwyn] "Dinwiddie Co., Va., Richland and Orangeburg Districts, S. C., Goodwyns," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1899):26-37. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Hamiter] Hamiter, Aletha Barker. John Hamiter, 1802-1864: Some Ancestors and Descendants. Bradley, Ark.: A.B. Hamiter, 1955. ; digital version at.
 * [Hopkins] Hopkins, Laura Jervey. Lower Richland Planters: Hopkins, Adams, Weston and Related Families of South Carolina. Hopkins, S.C.: Hopkins, 1976. Reviewed in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Apr. 1977):153. Digital version of review at JSTOR ($).
 * [Howell] "An Early Richland Planter: William Howell," The State Newspaper (Columbia, S.C.), November 1927.
 * [Leland] Leland, E. Cater. The Leland Magazine. 5 vols. Saluda, N.C.: E.C. Leland, Jr., 1978-1981.
 * [Smith] Smith, Dorothy Emma. Daddy's Relatives. Salt Lake City, Utah: n.p., 1960.
 * [Turkett] Ratliff, Annie Lee T. Turket/Turquette and Some Descendants. Columbia, S.C.: A.L.T. Ratliff, [1995?].
 * [Turkett] Turkett, A. Keith. Turkett Genealogy. Batesburg, S.C.: Turkett Family, 1995.
 * [Weston] Hopkins, Laura Jervey. Lower Richland Planters: Hopkins, Adams, Weston and Related Families of South Carolina. Hopkins, S.C.: Hopkins, 1976. Reviewed in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Apr. 1977):153. Digital version of review at JSTOR ($).
 * [Weston] Hamrick, Elizabeth McRae. "Some Notes on the Weston Family," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Summer 1983):138-140.
 * [Weston] Colson, Lucy O'Gilvia Wiggins. Weston Family History, 1818-1872. Allied Family: Wiggins. Huntsville, Ala.: L.O.W. Colson, 1997.