Newberry County, South Carolina Genealogy

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South Carolina Online Genealogy Records

Description
The County is located in the central location of the state.

County Courthouse
Newberry County Courthouse 1226 College St. Newberry, SC 29108

Clerk of Court 1226 College St. P.O. Drawer 10 Newberry, SC 29108 Phone: 803-321-2110 Court and land records

Probate Court 1309 College St. Newberry, SC 29108 Phone: 803-321-2118 Probate and marriage records

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday

History
The origin of the county's name is unknown. Many German immigrants settled in the Dutch Fork Area during the eighteenth century.

Parent County
1795--Newberry County was created in 1795 from District 96. County seat: Newberry

County Pronunciation

 * 1) Hear it spoken

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating South Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
Pre-1881 General Sessions Indictments and pre-1870 Judgment Rolls were lost at an undetermined date, under unknown circumstances.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties

 * Fairfield
 * Greenwood
 * Laurens
 * Lexington
 * Richland
 * Saluda
 * Union

Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Newberry County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

African Americans

 * United States African Americans
 * South Carolina African Americans


 * Greisser, Edith. African-American Cemeteries, Newberry, South Carolina. 2004?.
 * Heinegg, Paul. "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1790 South Carolina Census, by County," Free African Americans.com. Includes free blacks in Newberry County.
 * Motes, Margaret Peckham. Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens &amp; Newberry Counties, SC: 1785-1827 Listed in Deeds of Gift, Deeds of Sale, Mortgages, Born Free and Freed. Abstracted from Laurens County, SC Deed Books A-L and Newberry County, SC Deed Books A-G. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. Digital versions at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($). Publisher's website.

Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:


 * Belfast
 * Halfacre
 * Hardy
 * Moon-Dominick
 * Oak Grove
 * Piester and Gray
 * Pomaria - Pomaria

Cemeteries
There are more than 450 burial grounds in the county. To view a list, see Newberry County, South Carolina Cemeteries.


 * National Cemetery Administration

Census

 * 1829-1920 - at FamilySearch — index and images

1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Newberry County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see South Carolina Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Newberry County, SC census assignments, including links to transcribed files The USGenWeb Census Project®

1790

 * Sease, David Edmond and Edith Greisser. Federal Census Newberry South Carolina 1790, 1800, 1810. 2007. 975.739 X2s

1800

 * Sease, David Edmond and Edith Greisser. Federal Census Newberry South Carolina 1790, 1800, 1810. 2007. 975.739 X2s

1810

 * Sease, David Edmond and Edith Greisser. Federal Census Newberry South Carolina 1790, 1800, 1810. 2007. 975.739 X2s

1820

 * Greisser, Edith. 1820 Federal Census Newberry, South Carolina. 200-?. 975.739 X2g 1820

1820 Manufactures
The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: 1024517 - 1024518.

Published abstract:


 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. 973 X2m 1820; digital version at Lineages. Includes this county.

1830

 * Greisser, Edith. 1830 Federal Census Newberry County, South Carolina. 200-?. 975.739 X2g 1830

1840

 * Greisser, Edith. 1840 Federal Census Newberry County, South Carolina. 200-?. 975.739 X2g 1840

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841. 973 X2pc 1840;  2321; digital version at Google Books. See South Carolina, Newberry District on page 142.

1850

 * Wicker, Eleanor Clyburn et al. Newberry County, South Carolina, 1850 Census with Genealogical Data on Many Families. Newberry, S.C.: Newberry County Historical Society, 1985. 975.739 X28w 1850

1860

 * Sease, David Edmond. 1860 Census, Newberry County, South Carolina. n.p.: n.p., n.d. 975.739 X2s 1860 Includes 1860 Mortality Schedule.

1870

 * Bundrick, Betty Mooney. Newberry County, South Carolina 1870 Census: With Mortality Schedules, Agriculture Schedules, Census Index. Chapin, S.C.: Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Geneal. Society, 1990. 975.739 X2b 1870

1880

 * Greisser, Edith and Old Newberry District Genealogical Society. 1880 Census Newberry County, SC: Including the Townships of Newberry, Caldwell, Maybinton, Cromer, Reeder, Floyd, Moon, Mendenhall, Stoney, Battery, Cannon &amp; Heller. Clearwater, S.C.: Eastern Digital Resources, 2006. CD-ROM no. 5920

Church
The following Newberry County church records have been indexed on the International Genealogical Index:

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Church of England (Anglican, Episcopal)
See St. Paul's Parish.

Court
Newberry County has court records from 1776 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court. Newberry County was a part of the Ninety-Six District from 1785 - 1800. The records of the Ninety-Six District courts are housed in Abbeville County with the Clerk of Court.

The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Newberry County.

The Family History Library] collection includes books and microfilm regarding court records for Newberry County.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Charleston County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.

Genealogy

 * [Abrams] Abrams, George Carter. The Abrams Family Genealogy, 1745-1979. Newberry, S.C.: G.C. Abrams, 1979..
 * [Adams] Johnson, Flora Adams. Ancestors of Adams - Adams, Proctor - Rudd. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990..
 * [Adams] Morris, Scott. Fate Adams "Not Found Wanting:" The Life and Times and Genealogical Background of George Washington LaFayette Adams and His Outstanding Contribution to the Religious Heritage of Mitchell County and Wiregrass Georgia. Sale City, Ga.: S. Morris, 1990..
 * [Adams] Traiteler, Eugene P. The Legacy of George Adams, c1748-1808, Patriot and Planter. Beaumont, Texas:E.P. Traiteler, 1991..
 * [Anderson] McNees, Lucien L. Descendants of Capt. Henry Anderson, Sr. of Newberry County, South Carolina. Ebenezer, Miss.: L.L. McNees, 1972. Item 2
 * [Arnold] Arnold, Jesse. Recollections of the Arnold Family: Ancestors and Children of Moses Arnold. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Press of W.D. Page, 1889..
 * [Bedenbaugh] Vorwaller, Joyce B. Frank P. and Catha Lee Bedenbaugh: Their Ancestors and Descendants. Tallahassee, Fla.: Durra-Print, 1990..
 * [Bedenbaugh] Holcomb, Brent H. The Bedenbaugh-Betenbaugh Family: Descendants of Johann Michael Bidenbach from Germany to South Carolina, 1752. Columbia, S.C.: SCMAR, 1995..
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Boozer-Gantt Bible Record of Newberry County, S.C. Family group sheets prepared 1995..
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Daniel B. Boozer of Newberry County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 1998.
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Henry Boozer of Newberry County, South Carolina (1782-1859). Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 1998. Item 7
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of David Elijah Boozer, Sr. of Itawamba County, MS. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2002..
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas L. Moore-Boozer Family of Ebenezer Methodist Church of Newberry County, S.C. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2007. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Boozer from Newberry, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2007.
 * [Boozer] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Hair-McCullough-Boozer Family of Newberry County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008.
 * [Bowers] Bowers, Ralph Lee. The Ancesters [sic] and Descendants of Levi and Elizabeth Ann Young Bowers. Greenville, S.C.: R.L. Bowers, 1968..
 * [Boyd] Sanders, Owen Kent. A History of the Boyd Family of South Carolina. Long Beach, Calif.: O.K. Sanders, [1990?]..
 * [Brooks] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Samuel Brooks of Newberry County, South Carolina (1819-1891). Camden, S.C.: D.L.& Phelps, 2006. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Brown] Brown, James Alvan and Jane Brown Bunn. The Sims Brown Family of Newberry County, 1750-1981. Newberry, S.C.: J.A. Brown, 1981..
 * [Butler] Butler, Paul. My Ancestors, Butler, Bumgarner and Kinsmen of North and South Carolina. Tryon, N.C.: P. Butler, 1985..
 * [Butler] Castleman, Thelma Shirley Butler. Our Butler Family. Weatherford, Okla.: T.S.B. Castleman, 1987..
 * [Butler] Dixon, Judith Holden. The Butlers: Ancestors and Descendants of James Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Walker) Butler. Joplin, Mo.: J.H. Dixon, 1993. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Caldwell] Hampton, Luther W. and Eleanor Clyburn Wicker. The Cromer Family: Beginning in 1752 with the Immigration from Germany to South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.: L.W. Hampton, 1993..
 * [Caldwell] McConnell, James F. "Peeling an Onion: Finding a Caldwell Ancestor," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Winter 2005):3-8.
 * [Calmes] Family Records of Larry D. Crose ca. 1675-1987. Typescript, 1988..
 * [Cannon] Cannon, Charles. The Genealogy of the Cannon, Gates, Hill, Lucas Family. MSS. Microfilmed 2000..
 * [Casey] Casey, Walter E. Notes and Comments on Casey and Allied Families. Houston, Texas: W.E. Casey, 1979..
 * [Clary] Rowland, Ralph Shearer and Star Wilson Rowland. Clary Genealogy, Four Early American Lines and Related Families: Clary, Haly, Price, Tack, Deveron, Armstrong, Greene, Kuykendall, Westfall, Turner. Fairfax, Va.: Rowland, 1980..
 * [Coate] Park, Ernest S. and Linda Coate Dudick. The Ancestors and Descendants of Marmaduke Coate of South Carolina and Ohio. Gahannah, Ohio: L.C. Dudick, 1994..
 * [Conwill] Conwill, Joseph Dillard. Joseph Daniel Conwill of Mississippi and Oklahoma, 1852-1935. His Life, His Ancestors, His Descendants. 199-?..
 * [Cook] Gould, Francis P. The Ancestry of the the [sic] Cook Family of Hale, Bibb and Perry counties [Alabama]. 1987. Update: Stone Mountain, Ga.: F.P. Gould, 1994. ; digital version at [ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/583505-the-ancestry-of-the-the-sic-cook-family-of-hale-bibb-and-perry-counties-alabama?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
 * [Copeland] Jantz, Virginia Copeland. Copeland, Bostick, Patton and Allied Families: Including Martin, Clement, Thompson and Cobb. Waco, Texas: V.C. Jantz, 1981..
 * [Cothran] Cothran, William Benjamin and Samuel Alexander Cothran. Cothran-Chiles Notes and an Update After More than a Half-century. Aiken, S.C.: S.A. Cothran, 1992..
 * [Crenshaw] Crenshaw, Charles Edward. "A Sketch of Judge Anderson Crenshaw," Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. 4 (1899-1903):301-305. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Crumly] Crumly, Jerry M. and Scott M. Crumly. Pioneer Ancestors, Crumly, Copeland, et al. Pensacola, Fla.: J.M. Crumley, 1996..
 * [Davis] Mentzel, Laura W. Davis Families of the Savannah River Valley: Containing a Record of the Descendants of Van and Harmon Davis from 1725-1978, Covering the Counties of Newberry, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee Counties of South Carolina; Habersham, Franklin, Hart, Stephens, Polk, Paulding, Gwinnett Counties of Georgia. Salt Lake City, Utah: Hobby Press, 1978.
 * [Davis] Wheeler, Dona Davis, Nathan Wheeler, and Myrtelle Wheeler Molyneaux. Some Ancestors and Descendants of John Marion Davis and Eliza Caldonia Simpson. Long Beach, Calif.: M.W. Molyneaux, 1983..
 * [DeWalt] McCrary, Clara Johnstone and Fanny A. Johnstone. The DeWalt Family, Connections and Traditions, 1746-1920. Typescript, 1921. Copy:.
 * [Dickey] Dickey, Grover C. John and Alexander Dickey, Immigrants, 1772. Oklahoma City, Okla.: C.G. Dickey, 1976..
 * [Dobbins] Dobbins, John William. Ancestry of John William Dobbins. Iva, S.C.: J.W. Dobbins, 198-?..
 * [Dodgins] Cox, Allen B. A Summary of the Descendants of William Dodgins, Sr. of Newberry Co., South Carolina (ca. 1740-1804). Austin, Texas: A.B. Cox, 1985. ; digital version at Internet Archive.
 * [Duncan] Duncan, George O. and N.R. Roy. Marshall Duncan, the First and Some of His Descendants. Typescript. Donated 1961..
 * [Duncan] Beeler, Vernon R. and Hazel Halliburton. The Nicholas Dickson, 1730 Prior to 1876, Samuel Dunkin (Duncan), 1722 - 1770, Connectionl. 2 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: V.R. Beeler, 2000. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2.
 * [Duncan] Russell, Judith F. "Margaret Smith Edmunson Duncan Parham (1763-1836)," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Fall 2004):194-197.
 * [Duncan] Duncan, Ida B. Dunkin/Duncan Family History. Piqua, Ohio: I.B. Duncan, n.d..
 * [Durrett] Harter, Mrs. Bert. "Durrett Family," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1971):3-9; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1971):99-104; Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1971):174-180; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1971):279-286; Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1972):29-33; Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1972):96-103; Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1972):173-178; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):268-274; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):33-41; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):101-106. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Edmunson] See also Smith.
 * [Edwards] Quisenberry, Marie Edwards. The Edwards Family of Early Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990..
 * [Elmore] Elmore, J. Pitts. Elmore Ancestry. Modesto, Calif.: J.P. Elmore, 1987..
 * [Elmore] Hirtzel, Richard D. Mathias &amp; Charity Elmore of Burlington County, New Jersey; Frederick County, Virginia; Berkley County/District, South Carolina. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 1999..
 * [Elmore] Hirtzel, Richard D. The Family of Joseph Elmore of Newberry County, South Carolina and Miami County, Ohio. Pleasant Grove, Utah: R.D. Hirtzel, 2002.
 * [Elmore] Gick, Julie P. Notes on the Early Elmores of Newberry County. New York, N.Y.: J.P. Gick, 2003.
 * [Floyd] Schertz, Mary Fay Campbell. Descendants of John and Nancy Floyd. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson, 1973. ; digital version at [ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/594072-descendants-of-john-and-nancy-floyd?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
 * [Gary] Gary--Thomas--Preston Family Bible Records, ca. 1790-1919. MSS. Microfilmed 1991..
 * [Glasgow] Glasgow, Harold G. All My Life: A Family Record of the Glasgow, Hunter, Williams, McKinney, Hightower, Prater, Harlan, and Related Families 1735-2008. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2008..
 * [Glenn] DeVos, Julius E. and Florence M. Baker. The John Glenn Family. Typescript. Microfilmed 1981..
 * [Gordon] Marshall, Erminie Northcutt. Gordons of the Deep South. Austin, Texas: [E.N. Marshall], 1961. 929.273 G653ma
 * [Gray] Hughes, T.P. The Paternal and Maternal Ancestors, Uncles, Aunts, and Cousins of Mary Parker Hughes Gray Chapter. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971..
 * [Griffin] Harris, S. Henry. The Ancestry of S. Henry Harris, Jr. North Potomac, Md.: S.H. Harris, 1994..
 * [Hair] DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis. Aid in Genealogical Research on the Hair Family of Barnwell County, South Carolina. Augusta, Ga.: E.W. DeHuff, 1966..
 * [Hair] Hair, Tony L. and Joseph Eddie Hair. The Peter Hair Family. Batesburg, S.C.: T.L. Hair, 1998. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Hair] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Hair-McCullough-Boozer Family of Newberry County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008.
 * [Hazel] Andrea, Leonardo. Hazel--Hazle. Typescript, Polk County Historical Library, Bartow, Fla. Microfilmed 1975..
 * [Herron] Millis, Harriett Harding and William A. Millis. The Family of Thomas Herron March 12, 1755 - October 5, 1936. Crawfordsville, Ind.: n.p., 1936..
 * [Hodges] Meek, Melton P. "Hodges, volume 2 - James Hodges/Martha (will: 1787 Newberry Co., SC - Halifax Co., Va.) through 'Clues to Use It' by Geraldine E. Cook," Meek Genealogical Collection. Online at FamilySearch.
 * [Hoggle] Hoggle, Bertha Jean Thomas Johnson. Our Hoggle Family: Descendants of John Frederick Hoggle, Immigrant from Germany to South Carolina, 1752. Greensboro, Ala.: B.J. Hoggle, 2000..
 * [Hortman] Mitchell, Walter William. Ancestry of Walter William Mitchell, III 1740-1954. Typescript. Microfilmed 1991..
 * [Jenkins] MacVeigh, George E. The Issacher &amp; Esther Pearson Jenkins Family of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana. Typescript..
 * [Johnson] Johnson, A.M. Genealogy of a Branch of the Johnson Family and Connections, Incidents and Legends. Chattanooga, Tenn.: A.M. Johnson, 1893..
 * [Jones] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William A. Jones of Edgefield and Saluda County, S.C. 2003. Item 109
 * [Keasler] Winans, Inez. The Keasler Book: Descendants of Henry Kesler, Planter, of Newberry County, South Carolina. 1977.
 * [Kinard] Kinard, S. Bert, Gayle DeGraffenried, James A. Middlebrooks and Lois McMichael. Barney C. Kinard (7 May 1820 - 29 Nov. 1893), Prudence Jane Vickers Kinard (22 Oct. 1834 - 23 Mar. 1920): A Family History. Macon, Ga.: n.p., 1980..
 * [Kinard] Dupree, James William. Some Descendants of John Kinard (1755-1844/1850) South Carolina Revolutionary War Soldier: Also Included is Lineage Data on These Surnames, Battle, Chambliss, Collins, Daniel, Dupree, Purifoy, Varner, Waggoner and Webb. Americus, Ga.: J.W. Dupree, 2002. ; digital version at [ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/437477-some-descendants-of-john-kinard-1755-1844-1850-south-carolina-revolutionary-war-soldier-also-included-is-lineage-data-on-these-surnames-battle-chambliss-collins-daniel-dupree-purifoy-varner-waggoner-and-webb?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].
 * [Kuhns] Brown, Kathleen S. Family History, Kuhns-Koon-Koons-Kohn-Coon Kith and Kin, Suber-Wedaman-Miller-Folk-Hickman-Craft-Cash. Gordo, Ala.: K.S. Brown, 1990..
 * [Langford] Langford, George Shealy. Langfords in America Sketches on Early Arrivals and Migrations: Genealogical Recording on Descendants from Early Saluda River, South Carolina Families (Lexington, Newberry, Saluda and Old Edgefield Counties), 1773-1975: Some Related Families [of] Holley, Waters, Shealy, Timms, Robertson. College Park, Md.: Langford, 1977.
 * [Langford] Langford, George Shealy. Sketches About Langfords, 1632-1980. Book 2. College Park, Md.: G.S. Langford, 1981..
 * [Large] Cagle, Olene Large. The Family Tree of Samuel Large and Sallie Gilliam Large and Descendants. Maryville, Tenn.: O.L. Cagle, 2003..
 * [Lightsey] Davis, Patricia Lightsey. The Lightsey Family History: From South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas. Daleville, Miss.: P.L. Davis, [1990?]..
 * [Long] Evans, Eytive Long. A Documented History of the Long Family, Switzerland to South Carolina, 1578-1956, Including Allied Families a Documentary Record of the Long (Lang) Family of Newberry, Edgefield, and Saluda Counties, South Carolina, Including Many Allied Families. 1956.
 * [McCullough] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of George McCullough of Newberry County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2001.
 * [McCullough] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Hair-McCullough-Boozer Family of Newberry County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008.
 * [McDonald] Burns, Norman. The McDonald Family: Early Settlers in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio. Arlington, Va.: N. Burns, 1970. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [McKinsey] Barry, Ruby Mundell. The McKinsey's, McKensey, McKensie, McKinsey Family Descendants of George K. McKinsey and His Wife Sarak (Thomas) McKinsey of Newberry County, South Carolina, and Warren County, Ohio, and the Migrations of Their Children into Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., 1900.
 * [Marbut] Marbut, Jason David. The Marbut Family: Includes - Marbutt, Marbert &amp; the Original Spelling of Meerbott. 2 vols. Covington, Texas: J.D. Marbut, 2009..
 * [Moore] Andrea, Leonardo. "Folder no. 639. Moore of Newberry Co., S.C.," Genealogical Folders in the Leonardo Andrea Collection. MSS. Microfilmed 1974..
 * [Moore] Harrell, Thelma. The Cannon Creek Moores of Newberry, S.C., 1767-1961. Typescript. Microfilmed 1974.
 * [Moore] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William Moore of Ireland and Newberry County, S.C. (1730-1824). Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2003.
 * [Moore] Phelps, Dallas L. Moore-Boozer Family of Ebenezer Methodist Church of Newberry County, S.C. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2007. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Moore] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William Moore (1730-1824) of Newberry County, South Carolina: Revolutionary War Patriot. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2007.
 * [Mote] Motes, Jesse Hogan and Margaret Peckham Motes. Laurens and Newberry Counties, South Carolina, Saluda and Little River Settlements, 1749-1775 Neighborhood Maps and Abstracts of Colonial Surveys and Memorials of Land Titles; Including a Case Study, Jonathan Mote 1727-1763, Migration to Little River. Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1994.
 * [Murdock] Malone, Royleta Clopton. Hamilton Murdock and Some of His Descendants, 1736-2001: Other Surnames Include Ashley, Banister, Cain, &amp; Malone. Hemet, Calif.: R.C. Malone, 2001..
 * [Nabers] Nabers, Thomas Augustus and Deborah Lynne Gist Nabers. James Monroe Nabers Family. Muscle Shoals, Ala.: T.A. Nabers, 1983..
 * [Nabers] Nabors, Grover Cooley, William Mengert Nabors, and John Whitman Monroe Neal. Neighbours, Neighbors, Nabours, Nabors, Nabers. 2 vols. Dallas, Texas: G.C.T. Nabors, 1994..
 * [Neighbours] See Nabers.
 * [Nichols] Nichols, John T. Nichols: George and Elizabeth of Newberry District, South Carolina and Their Descendants, 1755-2002. Montgomery, Ala.: J.T. Nichols, 2002.
 * [Parham] See also Smith.
 * [Pearson] Pearson, Geo. M. Benjamin and Esther Furnas Pearson: Their Ancestors and Descendants. Los Angeles, Calif.: Times-Mirror Printing &amp; Binding House, 1941..
 * [Pearson] Diller, Corinne Hanna. Quaker Pearsons, 1999. Houston, Texas: C.H. Diller, 1999..
 * [Perkins] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Thomas and Jacob Perkins of Newberry County, S.C. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 1992.
 * [Perkins] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Desc. of Thomas Perkins, Sr. of Orange County, North Carolina. MSS., 2001..
 * [Perkins] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Jacob Perkins of Newberry County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2009. FHL ?
 * [Pettypool] Hartsough, Carolyn S. "The William Pettypool Family of Southside Virginia: Lineage Reconstruction Based on Current Review of Evidence," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):57-75; Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2003):139-146. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Pitts] Pierce, Doreecie Pitts. My Pitts Ancestors. Typescript. Microfilmed 1971..
 * [Plunkett] Ivy, Emma Plunkett. Ten Thousand Plunketts: A Partially Documented Record of the Families of Charles Plunkett of Newberry County, South Carolina, and His Brother Peter Plunkett of Old Barnwell District, South Carolina, and Related Families. 2 vols. Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree Letter Service, 1969. .Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Pool] Owens, Tench Pool. Tench Carson Pool, His Ancestors and Descendants. Clinton, S.C.: T.P. Owens, 1986..
 * [Pratt] Smith, Presley Edward. The Descendants of Jonathan Pratt and Related Families. Dallas, Texas: P.E. Smith, 1995..
 * [Proctor] Johnson, Flora Adams. Ancestors of Adams - Adams, Proctor - Rudd. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990..
 * [Ragin] Fuhlhage, Dorothy. Thomas Reagan Family. Benedict, Kansas: D.V. Fuhlhage, 1992..
 * [Ramage] Ramage, Martis Donald. South Carolina Revolutionary Patriot, Joseph Ramage, of Laurens County, South Carolina. MSS..
 * [Ramage] Dedication of the Memorial in the Memory of Joseph Ramage and His Family Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Larens County, South Carolina, October 11, 1987, 2:00 p.m. 1986..
 * [Rhodes] Rhodes, Hollis H. Rhodes. Oklahoma City, Okla.: H.H. Rhodes, 1982..
 * [Richey] Sorensen, Paul Wayne. The Richey-Hansen-Adair-Hougaard and Related Families. Flagstaff, Ariz.: P.W. Sorensen, 1982?..
 * [Rikard] Franks, Ima Whitman. All About the Rikards. Shreveport, La.: I.W. Franks, 198-?..
 * [Rudd] Johnson, Flora Adams. Ancestors of Adams - Adams, Proctor - Rudd. Typescript. Microfilmed 1990..
 * [Rutherford] Rutherford--Mathis--Gilmore Families, ca. 1734-1926. Typescript. Microfilmed 1964..
 * [Singley] Soule, Mary Lou. Martin Singley in South Carolina. MSS..
 * [Slater] Bell, Phyllis R. Slaters - A Genealogy of the Known Descendants of John D. Slater and Harriet Slater. Cawker City, Kan.: Cawker City Ledger, 1972..
 * [Smith] Russell, Judith F. "Margaret Smith Edmunson Duncan Parham (1763-1836)," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Fall 2004):194-197.
 * [Summer] Hampton, Luther W. The Summer Book: The Continuing Story of this Family that Touches Nearly Every Other Family in the Dutch Fork Area of South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.: L.W. Hampton, 1993..
 * [Taylor] Taylor, C. Otis. Taylor: Beginning with the Dutch Fork Settlement. Newberry, S.C.: C.O. Taylor, 1985..
 * [Taylor] Taylor, Charles Jackson. Jackson Taylor and Mary J. Dalloz Family Ancestors, Descendants and Allied Families. Fort Myers, Fla.: C.J. Taylor, 1995..
 * [Thomas] Thomsa, Sylvia Lucille Spearman. The Thomas Family History: For Our Sons Tracy Seborn Thomas, Darrell Mason Thomas. Baton Rouge, La.: S.L.S. Thomas, 1982. ; see also Index Aid: ; see also Index ..
 * [Thomas] Hoggle, Bertha Jean Thomsa Johnson. The Families of John and Dempsey (Pool) Thomas. Greensboro, Ala.: B.J. Hoggle, 2000..
 * [Thomas] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Timothy Thomas, Sr. of Newberry County, South Carolina (1747-1825). Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2003. Item 21
 * [Tinsley] Wilkinson, Sue Tinsley. John Tinsley is My Name ... Wills Point, Texas: S.T. Wilkinson, 1995..
 * [Towles] Andrea, Leonardo. Towles in S.C. Typescript. Microfilmed 1975..
 * [Uldrick] Bratcher, R. Wayne. The Uldrick Book. n.p.: R.W. Bratcher, 1993..
 * [Valentine] Valentine, John Jackson. Family Records of John Jackson Valentine. Memphis, Tenn.: J.J. Valentine, 1957..
 * [Welch] Welch, Brian E. Welch Records in Sumter District and Other Areas of South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.: B.E. Welch, 1995..
 * [Whitten] Alexander, Virginia Wood. Whitten and Allied Families. Columbia, Tenn.: V.W. Alexander &amp; W.C. Whitten, 1984..
 * [Wicker] Wicker, Eleanor Clyburn. Our Wicker Family: Descendants of Matthias Wicker, Immigrant from Germany to South Carolina. Greenville, Miss.: D.H. Wicker, 1933..
 * [Wicker] Harwell, Carolyn Lewis. Christian's Children: A Branch of the Wicker Tree. S.C.: C.L. Harwell, 1981..
 * [Williams] Cannon, Charles. The Genealogy of the Cannon, Gates, Hill, Lucas Family. MSS. Microfilmed 2000..
 * [Winchester] Crowe, Winifred Winchester. Our Winchester Generation, 1975. Typescript. Microfilmed 1978. 1036648 Item 25
 * [Yon] Bennett, Judy. The Ancestors of Donald Ferdinand Bennett (1930-1995). Panama City, Fla.: J.B. Bennett, 1997..
 * [Yon] Bennett, Judy. The Descendants of George Adam Yon. Panama City, Fla.: J.B. Bennett, 1997..
 * Summer, George Leland. Newberry County, South Carolina Historical and Genealogical. Newberry, S.C.: n.p., 1950. ; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * Wicker, Eleanor Clyburn, Glenda Wood Bundrick, Mary Coe Kerr and Newberry County Historical Society. Newberry County, South Carolina, 1850 Census with Genealogical Data on Many Families. Newberry, S.C.: Newberry County Historical Society, 1985. 975.739 X28w 1850

Land and Property
Because of South Carolina’s history as an agricultural state many residents owned land. For more information abou types of land records see South Carolina Land and Property.

Genealogists have platted the early land records of Newberry County.

Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor’s residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart shows where you may best expect to find land records for Newberry County:

* Small portion ceded to Lexington County in 1788

** Small portion ceded to Lexington District in 1808


 * Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868 For information about the State Land Grants, see State Land Grants

Local Histories

 * O'Neall, John Belton. The Annals of Newberry: In Two Parts. Newberry, S.C.: Aull &amp; Houseal, 1892. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * O'Neall, John Belton and John Abney Chapman. The Annals of Newberry in Two Parts (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 1995). 861 pages. Part first by John Belton O'Neall, The Annals of Newberry, Historical, Biographical and Anecdotical, originally published in 1859. The 2nd part by John Abney Chapman, The Annals of Newberry; Historical, Biographical and Anecdotical ; also Religious, Medical and Literary, and includes biographical information and Civil War rosters. Civil War pages 374-445, 455-560 &amp; 803-804. Digital copies at Google books and Internet Archives. Book at  and Other Libraries.
 * Pope, Thomas H. The History of Newberry County, South Carolina. 2 volumes. (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1973).Contents: v. 1. 1749-1860. This volume deals with the settlement of the area, establishment of its ecomony, emigration from the district, changing the minds of the people because of the pressures of slavery, and the development of the county. Vol 2: 1860-1990. Overcoming the adversity of war and economic depression... Book at   and Other Libraries


 * Reviews:
 * By Daniel W. Hollis in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Jan. 1974):53-55. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * By Eric Russell Lacy in The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 40, No. 2 (May 1974):341-341. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * By W.W. Abbot in The Journal of American History, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Mar. 1974):1096. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * By Richard K. MacMaster in The American Historical Review, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 1974):1251-1252. Digital version at JSTOR ($).


 * Pope, Thomas H. The History of Newberry County, South Carolina. Vol. II: 1860-1990. 975.739 H2p v. 2.


 * Reviews:
 * By Allan D. Charles in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 94, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):148-149. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * By G. Wayne King in The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):145-147. Digital version at JSTOR ($).


 * Summer, George Leland. Newberry County, South Carolina : Historical and Genealogical Annals. (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980, ©1950.). 483 pages. Originally, interested in making researches on Summer family and other pioneer families, added historical information.Book found at and Other Libraries.

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Newberry County for European settlers included:


 * Old South Carolina State Road 1747

General

 * "State militia court martial, 1818," Old Newberry District Quarterly, Winter 2002, Volume 11, Issue 4. Old Newberry District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Newberry, SC.

Revolutionary War

 * "Pensioners in county, 1840," Old Newberry District Quarterly, Winter 2002, Volume 11, Issue 4. Old Newberry District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Newberry, SC.
 * "Daniel Dewalt, Sr., Tory in War," Old Newberry District Quarterly, Summer 1999, Volume 8, Issue 2. Old Newberry District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Newberry, SC.
 * "Loyalists in the Southern Campaign," Old Newberry District Quarterly, Spring 1999, Volume 8, Issue 1. Old Newberry District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Newberry, SC.
 * "Revolutionary War claims," Dutch Fork Digest, July 1989, Volume 4, Issue 3. Dutch Fork Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Chapin, SC.
 * "Stub incidents, 1786," Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, December 1948, Volume 82, Issue 12. Daughters of the American Revolution " Washington D.C.
 * "Revolutionary soldiers, Newberry," American Irish Historical Society Journal, 1913, Volume 12. American Irish Historical Society Journal: New York, NY.

War of 1812

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, South Carolina, Newberry County, p. 187. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments. Civil War service men from Newberry County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regimens that were formed of many men from Newberry County:


 * - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters, Company A (also known the Union Light Infantry and German Fusiliers) and Company C (also known as the Charleston Sharpshooters and Palmetto Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (McCreary's) (1st Provisional Army), Company B (also known as Rhett's Guards) and Company L (also know as Rhett's Guards)
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company G (also known as Bonham's Light Dragoons and Lipscomb's Troop)
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles, Company A
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops (6 months 1863-64), Company F
 * - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia), Company D
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Lauren's) (James'), Company D
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion), Company F (also known as the Chestnut Light Artillery)
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company B (also known as Williams Guards), Company C - Prosperity (also known as Frog Level and Pickens Guards), Company E (also known as Quitman Rifles), Company F, and Captain J. N. Brown Company
 * - 4th Battalion, South Carolina Reserve, Company A and Company C
 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troop Junior Reserves, Company H
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Ferguson's), Company K
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops, Company C
 * - 5th Battalion, South Carolina Rifles, Company A
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company D
 * - 6th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Meriwether's), Company G
 * - 7th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Nelson's) (Enfield Rifles), Company H
 * - 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company C, Company D, and Company E
 * - 9th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves, Company F
 * - 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company D, Company G, and Company H
 * - 15th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company I
 * - 19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company D
 * - 20th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company G, Reorganized Company F, and Reorganized Company M

Other Resources
 * O'Neall, John Belton and John Abney Chapman. The Annals of Newberry in Two Parts (Baltimore, Maryland] : Clearfield, 1995). 861 pages. Part first by John Belton O'Neall, The Annals of Newberry, Historical, Biographical and Anecdotal, originally published in 1859. The 2nd part by John Abney Chapman, The Annals of Newberry; Historical, Biographical and Anecdotal; also Religious, Medical and Literary, and includes biographical information and Civil War rosters. Civil War pages 374-445, 455-560 &amp; 803-804. Digital copies at Google books and Internet Archives. Book at and Other Libraries.

Newspapers
Historic

The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Newberry County, South Carolina on their Chronicling America website. For publication details, including dates of publication, frequency, preceding and succeeding titles, and to find out which libraries have holdings, click on the newspaper title.


 * The Anderson Intelligencer
 * The Conservatist (Newberry, S.C.) 185?-1???.
 * The Conservatist (Newberry, S.C.) 1858-1861.
 * The Courier &amp; Citizens Journal (Whitmire, S.C.) 1990-current.
 * The Eagle Eye (Prosperity, S.C.) 1901-1903.
 * The Evening Telegram (Newberry, S.C.) 1904-1904.
 * The Herald and News (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937.
 * The Intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1916
 * The Keowee courier (Pickens, SC) 1861-1900
 * The Lutheran Visitor (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904.
 * The Newberry Herald (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884.
 * The Newberry Herald and News (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903.
 * The Newberry Mirror (Newberry, S.C.) 18??-18??.
 * The Newberry News (Newberry, S.C.) 1878-1884.
 * The Newberry Observer (Newberry, S.C.) 1883-1901.
 * The Newberry Observer (Newberry, S.C.) 1929-1937.
 * The Newberry Observer and Herald and News (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-current.
 * The Newberry Sentinel (Newberry, S.C.) 1849-1855.
 * The Newberry Sun (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972.
 * The Observer (Newberry, S.C.) 1901-1929.
 * The Orangeburg News (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1911
 * The Peak News (Peak, S.C.) 1888-1890.
 * The Press and Reporter (Prosperity, S.C.) 1885-1897.
 * The Progressive Age (Newberry, S.C.) 1873-187?.
 * The Prosperity Advertiser (Prosperity, S.C.) 1897-1898.
 * The Rising Sun (Newberry, S.C.) 1856-186?.
 * The Sun (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865.
 * The Tri-Weekly Herald (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865.
 * The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1922
 * The Whitmire Courier (Whitmire, S.C.) 1989-1990.
 * The Whitmire News (Whitmire, S.C.) 1934-1936.
 * The Whitmire News (Whitmire, [S.C.]) 1949-1989.

Periodicals
Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers new to their area may not encounter. Periodicals at various levels (county, region, and state) may carry articles useful to research in this area. For this county, see:


 * Old Newberry District Quarterly

Probate
Probate is the “court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid” and encompasses “all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc.” Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. For further information see probate records in South Carolina.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has microfilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed Will Transcriptions for 1782 to 1855 online. Index searchable by name and the image is available.

Estate indexes are available on microfilm from 1785-1985 at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, with actual records from 1785 to circa 1889. Another microfilm of this estate index from 1785-1945 available through the Family History Library. A printed estate index has also been published:


 * Glenda Bundrick [and] Ann (Smith) King, comp. Newberry, SC probate index, 1785-1992. Newberry, South Carolina: Bundrick and King, 1992?.

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Newberry District/County estate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * Newberry District Estate Records, Book A: 1787-1796
 * Newberry County Estate Records, Book B: 1800-1814
 * Newberry County Estate Records, Book C: 1800-1803
 * Newberry County Estate Records, Book D: 1803-1815
 * Newberry County Loose Estate Records 1790s-1820s
 * Newberry County Wills, 1774-1790, transcripts. See names of testators. South Carolina Pioneers
 * Index to Will Book A, 1776-1814; Book E, 1805-1826; Book F, 1823-1860; Book 4, 1840-1858 South Carolina Pioneers

Online Probate Records
 * 1670-1980 - South Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1671-1977 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1732-1964 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1782-1866 - South Carolina, Will Transcripts 1782-1866 at findmypast — $, index

Taxation
Tax-related records are kept by the offices of the county Assessor, Auditor, Sheriff, and Treasurer. Taxes were levied on real and personal property and can help establish ages, residences, relationships, and the year an individual died or left the area. They can be used as substitutes for missing or destroyed land and census records.


 * South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Newberry County.

For advice on Newberry tax records, see:


 * Tax Record Tip, Deed Tip, Old Newberry District Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring 2007).

Original sources

Tax records, kept at the county courthouse, survive. Copies of years 1945, 1949:.

Published abstracts


 * 1840 - 1840 Tax Return for Newberry District, The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 1990):3-10; Vol. 18, No. 2 (Spring 1990):90-96.
 * 1840 - Tax List, 1840, Old Newberry District Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 2002).
 * 1851 - General Tax List, 1851, Old Newberry District Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 2001).
 * 1911 - Taxation of Unmarried Men, Banning of Tights on Stage, and Beach Apparel Restrictions, 1911, Newberry County Historical and Museum Society Bulletin (Fall 2007).
 * 1913 - Taxes, 1913, Newberry County Historical and Museum Society Bulletin (Fall 2008).

Vital Records
Birth, marriage, and death records were not recorded by South Carolina until the 1900s, thus leaving a lack of vital records. Substitute records, when available, are used to obtain this information. These substitute records including newspapers, court records have been added to this section, when applicable.

Birth
State-wide birth registration began in 1915. For a copy of a birth from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Newberry County Health Department also has copies but they provide only an abbreviated form with limited information. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.


 * 1766-1900 - at FamilySearch — images

Marriage
In South Carolina, marriage licenses were not required by local governments until 1 July 1911. However, in the 1700s, the Church of England parish churches were required to record all marriages - even if the couple were not members of the denomination. Not all churches recorded these marriages and some have not survived. See South Carolina Vital Records for more information.

The Newberry County probate court holds marriage licenses issued from 1 July 1911 to the present. Statewide registration of marriages began in July 1950 and the South Carolina Division of Vital Records has copies of licenses issued after 1 July 1950 through November 2009.

Newspapers are used as a substitute to locate marriage information. See South Carolina Newspapers.

Marriages and Marriage Substitutes - Indexes


 * Marriages of Lexington, Newberry, and Orangeburgh [sic] Counties, South Carolina by Martha H. Spivey WorldCat - index
 * 1858-1877 - Early Newberry: Abstracts from Newberry Newspapers WorldCat - index
 * 1874-1877 - Early Newberry: Abstracts from Herald and Newberry Herald, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 by Edith Greisser WorldCat - index
 * There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Death
State-wide death registration began in 1915. For a copy of the death certificates from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Newberry County Health Department only has copies for deaths occurring in the last 5 years. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Deaths and Death Substitutes - Indexes and Records
 * 1816-1990 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1858-1877 - Early Newberry: Abstracts from Newberry Newspapers WorldCat - index
 * 1874-1877 - Early Newberry: Abstracts from Herald and Newberry Herald, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 by Edith Greisser WorldCat - index
 * 1879-1893 - Coroner's inquisitions, Newberry County, South Carolina, 1879-1893 by Edith Greisser WorldCat - index
 * 1915-1965 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * State-wide South Carolina Death Indexes. There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Obituaries


 * Obituary abstracts - time span varies; provided by the Newberry Public Library

Libraries
Newberry County Library Sysyem From the Library's main page you can search the catalog.


 * Hal Kohn Memorial Library - Main Library 1100 Friend Street Newberry, South Carolina 29108-3416 Telephone: (803)276-0854
 * Whitmire War Memorial Library 1510 Church Street Whitmire, South Carolina 29178-1431 Telephone: (803)694-3961

Family History Centers

 * DutchFork/Irmo South Carolina Family History Center (Irmo)

Museums

 * Newberry County Museum 1503 Nance Street Post Office Box 186 Newberry, SC 29108 The Society aims to preserve and document the history of Newberry County. We strive to foster a love of local history, to collect, preserve and display historical artifacts, books, manuscripts, charts, photographs, genealogies and similar items.

Societies - Genealogical, Historical, Lineage
Old Newberry District Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society ONDC was organized November 20, 1991 and received its charter from the South Carolina Genealogical Society (SCGS). Its purpose is to educate and promote interest in genealogy and the history of one's ancestors and Newberry County; also to provide a forum for the exchange of genealogical and historical information.

The Newberry County Libraryis the repository for materials donated to the chapter. All donated records, books and microfilm are deposited there.

The Society publishes a quartery journal, and sponsors publications of interest to Newberry County researchers. The site contains a Newberry County Surname Registry and other resourses of interest.

Family History Centers
Dutch Fork/Irmo South Carolina 7449 Broad River Rd Irmo, Newberry, South Carolina, United States Phone: (803) 276-8716 Hours: T-W 7PM-9PM Attention: new phone number (803) 732-0251 if you'd like to leave a message

Websites

 * Newberry County, SC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * Newberry County, SCGenWeb
 * Newberry County, USGenWeb Archives
 * South Carolina Genealogy Trails: Newberry County
 * Newberry County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers
 * South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers