South Carolina Newspapers

The Family History Library has acquired very few copies of South Carolina newspapers. The best collections are at the University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Charleston Library Society.

The library has copies of published indexes and abstracts of genealogical information for the following newspapers:


 * Baptist Church papers, 1835 to 1865
 * Charleston Courier, 1803 to 1808
 * Charleston Gazette, 1732 to 1775
 * Charleston Observer, 1827 to 1845
 * Charleston Times, 1800 to 1821
 * Columbia newspapers, 1792 to 1839
 * Georgetown papers, 1791 to 1861
 * Greenville papers, 1826 to 1863
 * South Carolina Gazette, 1732 to 1801
 * Southern Patriot, 1815 to 1830
 * York County papers, 1823 to 1865

Online Resources

 * Southern Christian Advocate Obituary Index