Ninety-Six District, South Carolina Genealogy

United States   South Carolina    Ninety-Six District

History
Ninety-Six District formed 1769 from the South Carolina lands. Districts and counties were formed from the district:


 * Abbeville 1785
 * Edgefield 1785
 * Greenville 1786
 * Laurens 1785
 * Newberry 1785
 * Pendleton 1789
 * Pinckney 1826
 * Spartanburg 1785
 * Union 1785.

The following two cites have maps and histories and the districts.

Ninety Six District, South Carolina, This is a great site that has maps and a history of the District.

Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Ninety-Six District, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Census
See Ninety-Six District, SC census assignments, including links to transcribed files [The USGenWeb Census Project®]

1779

 * Sarrett, Paul R. 1779 Census Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.

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]


 * [Butler] Jervey, Theodore D. "The Butlers of South Carolina," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1903). ; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Drake] Drake, Charles E. "The Drake Family of Ninety Six District and Abbeville County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Fall 2001):183-195.

Land
The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Ninety-Sixth District land records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats, Vol. A: 1784-1794
 * Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats, Vol. B: 1785-1787
 * Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats, Vol. C: 1786-1788