South Carolina Biography

A continuing index to all published South Carolina biographical sketches is Richard N. Côté and Patricia H. Williams, The Dictionary of South Carolina Biography, Volume 1 (Easley, South Carolina: The Southern Historical Press, 1985; Family History Library book 97[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=446012&disp=Dictionary+of+South+Carolina+biography%20%20&columns=*,0,0 5.7 D36c). ]This first volume indexes 13,300 sketches from 52 published sources. Other volumes in the set are currently being prepared for publication.

Two representative biographical encyclopedias are:  Hemphill, James C. Men of Mark in South Carolina ''. . . A Collection of Biographies of Leading Men of the State''. Four Volumes. Washington, DC: Men of Mark Publishing Co., 1907-9. (Family History Library film 1000581 items 1-4.)

Snowden, Yates, and Harry G. Cutler. History of South Carolina. Five Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1920. (Family History Library book 975.7 H2s; film 1000580 Volumes 1-5.) Volumes 3-5 are biographical.