Union County, South Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Union County, South Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
The County was named for the "Union" church. A log church or meetinghouse was built and shared among several denominations that could not yet afford their own separate structures. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Union County Courthouse 2322 East Main Street Union, SC 29379 Phone: 864-429-1630 Union County Website

County Pronunciation

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:

Cemeteries

 * To view a list, see Union County, South Carolina Cemeteries.
 * National Cemetery Administration

Census Records

 * 1829-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images

See Union County/SCGenWeb for specific information on Union County Census Records.

1820 Manufactures The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FS Library copies: 1024517 - 1024518.
 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufacturers Census of 1820, 1964.

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, Union District on page 143.

1850
 * Brock, Pettus and Broad River Basin Historical Society. 1850 Federal Census of Union County, South Carolina. Hickory Grove, S.C.: Broad River Basin Historical Society, 1993.

Church Records
Baptist
 * Padgett's Creek - minutes and membership lists, etc. (1784-1905) available on microfilm at the University of NC Davis Library (Serial 1-1272 1784-1905).

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records
Online Court Indexes and Records Union County has court records from 1785 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court. Union County was a part of the Ninety-Six District from 1785 - 1791 and the Pinckney District from 1791 - 1800.You may wish to search the records of the Ninety-Six District court which are housed in Abbeville County with the Clerk of Court and the records of the Pinckney District courts housed in York County with the Clerk of Court. The records of Western and Pinckney Equity Circuit Districts are housed in Union County. The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Union County. The FamilySearch Library collection includes books and microfilm regarding court records for Union County.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:
 * Wilson, Johnny J. Index of African-Americans in the 1870 Census for Union County, SC, available online, courtesy: Afrigeneas.
 * Wilson, Johnny J. Index of African-Americans in the 1880 Census for Union County, SC, available online, courtesy: Afrigeneas.
 * Cross Keys - Cross Keys
 * David Johnson's - Lockhart
 * Fair Forest
 * Hillside - Carlisle
 * Jim Gist's
 * Juxa - Union
 * Orange Hall - Goshen Hill
 * Rose Hill
 * William Blackstock - Cross Anchor
 * Woodland - Carlisle
 * Wyoming - Jonesville

Genealogies
Genealogies about several Union County families are kept at the Winthrop College Archives and Special Collections in Rock Hill, S.C.
 * [Addington] Patterson, Naomi Louise Addington. Addington, a Directory of the Descendants of Henry and Sarah Addington of Union County, South Carolina. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1989.
 * [Austin] Curtis, Janet Austin. "Southside Virginia Austins," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1961):147-154. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..
 * [Blassingame] Lafo, Susan, Phyllis Harrison, Barbara Bleades, and Larry Tyner. "Blassingame Myths and Facts," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 1998):70-76.
 * [Brandon] "General Thomas Brandon," [Taken from the Union Times newspaper, November 25, 1870], The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Spring 1983):63-67.
 * [Campbell] Temple, Sarah E. Our Campbell Ancestors, 1742-1937: Traditions and History of the Family of Five Campbell Brothers and Sisters, John, James Douglas, Hester, Mary and Samuel; Including What is Known of Them in New Jersey, York County, Pennsylvania, Union County, South Carolina, and in Ohio; A Genealogy of the Known Descendants of John Campbell through His Son James, and Samuel Campbell through His Son Ralph; Also Brief Ancestral Notes on Families Connected by Marriage with the Foregoing, viz; Parnell, Clark, Spray, Wilson, Haskett, Mendenhall and Underhill. Burbank, Calif.: Ivan Deach, Jr., 1939.
 * [Coleman] Rosson, Etta Coleman and Mrs. J.T. McBryde. Descendants of Robert Coleman and Elizabeth Roe: and Some Other Colemens of Fairfield and Union District, South Carolina. Typescript, National Library, DAR. Microfilmed 1971. Item 1
 * [Farr] Farr, Eugene. Farr and Near Farr Descendants of Col. William Farr of Union County, South Carolina from 1735: (Allied Families: Alley, Bailey, Fowler, Garner, Glenn, Lipsey, Lowry, McDuff (McElduff), Stribling, Thomas and Many, Many Others. Chesterfield, Mo.: E. Farr, 1997.
 * [Foster] Martindale, Donald L. Some Descendants of George Foster of Charlotte CO., VA, 1695-1997 Emphasizing Three Foster Families (James, Allen, and Singlton) Who Migrated from Union County, South Carolina to Yell County, Arkansas in 1842. Roanoke, Va.: D.L. Martindale, 1998.
 * [Fowler] "Who Was John Fowler V?" The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter 1996):15.
 * [Gee] Gee, Wilson. The Gee family of Union County, South Carolina. Charlottesville, Va.: Priv. print. for the author by Jarman's, 1935. Item 29; ; digital versions at Ancestry ($).
 * [Getzendanner] Getzendanner, David. Thomas Getzendanner of Maryland and South Carolina; His Descendants: The Getson and Danner Families of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. Salem, Ore.: D. Getzendanner, 1993. [Some descendants used the surnames Getson and also Danner.]
 * [Gossett] Gossett, Jeffrey. The Gossetts of South Carolina. Rock Hill, S.C.: J.L. Gossett, 1997. 929.273 G696g
 * [Holder] Woolen, Edward A. Holder Family Biographical and Historical Records and Genealogy of Daniel Holder, 1758-1843 of Fauquier &amp; Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia and Union County, South Carolina. Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, 1992.
 * [Huey] "Some Notes on the Huey Family," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter 1992):22-26.
 * [Humphries] "Charles Humphries of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer 1979):188-190.
 * [Humphries] Holcomb, Brent H. and Katherine L. Hester. Ancestors and Descendants of Charles Humphries (d.1837) of Union District, South Carolina, 1677-1984 Including Records from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Other States. Columbia, S.C.: B.H. Holcomb, 1985.
 * [Humphries] Herreid, Charlene Humphries. "Richard Humphries of Union District and Some of His Descendants," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Spring 2008):71-75.
 * [Humphries] Herreid, Charlene Humphries. "A Tale of Two Charners," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Spring 2010):71-78.
 * [Lockhart] Sudberry, Sabra. Descendants of James and Ann Lockhart of Union County, South Carolina. Jasper, Ala.: S. Sudberry, 1998.
 * [McLure] Butt, Mary McLure and Sarah Porter Carroll. While the Cotton Blooms a Pre Civil War History of the Family of John William McLure of Chester and Union Counties, S.C., Including the History of the Church of the Nativity, the Diary of Jane Poulton, Letters from the McLure Family Collection. Greenville, S.C.: A Press Printing Co., 1990.
 * [McLure] Butt, Mary McLure and Sarah Porter Carroll. Shadows on the Southland for the Family of John William McLure of Union County, South Carolina in the Wake of the War Between the States. Greenville, S.C.: A Press, [1993?].
 * [Morgan] Morgan, Spencer. Autobiography, and Family Bible. MSS. Microfilmed 1958. 176628 Item 5
 * [Mullinax] Mullinax, Jack D. The Mullinax Family of Northern South Carolina (York, Union and Cherokee Counties) and Southern North Carolina (Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln Counties). Chesnee, S.C.: Chesnee Hardware, 1983..
 * [Norvell] Norvell, Grace. "James Norvell of Goochland County, Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):157-168; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):237-246. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Potts] Whisenant, Dora Gordon. Potts from Union District, South Carolina to Tennessee. Fayetteville, Tenn.: D.G. Whisenant, 2009.
 * [Prince] Prince, Vivian Christine, Frances Prince Gaddy, and Louis R. Prince. Prince - The Descendants of William Prince (1788-1869) of Union County and Pickens County, South Carolina. n.p.: V.C. Prince, F.P. Gaddy, and L.R. Prince, 1985.
 * [Ray] Davis, Carrie L. Ancestors and Descendants and Allied Families of Medora Virginia Ray Union District, South Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: C.L. Davis, 1988.
 * [Shelton] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Sims] Gee, Wilson. "The Bowles, Anderson and Shelton Families as Related to the Descendants of William Sims (1765-1833), and His Wife, Elizabeth Shelton Sims (1767-1833), of Union County, South Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Ser., Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct. 1936):602-608. 973 H25w ser. 2 v. 16 (1936); digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * [Skelton] Skelton, Earl F. "The Skeltons of Colonial Virginia," Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (August/September 1994):86-100; Vol. 3, No. 3 (November/December 1994):151-162. 975.51 D25t
 * [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.
 * [Thomas] Andrea, Leonardo. "Folder no. 888. Thomas of Union, Chester, and Fairfield," Genealogical Folders in the Leonardo Andrea Collection. MSS. Microfilmed 1974:.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records Orignial deed books are located at the Union County Courthouse. Abstacted deeds Union County, South Carolina deed abstracts, Brent Holcomb (Columbia, South Carolina SCMAR, 2000-c2007) 5 vols.
 * This series consists of recorded copies of plats for state land grants for the Charleston and the Columbia Series with their certificates of admeasurement or certification. All personal names and geographic features on these plats are included in the repository's On-line Index to Plats for State Land Grants
 * The South Carolina Constitution of 1790 required the surveyor general to maintain offices in both the new capital at Columbia and in Charleston. The surveyor general began to use separate volumes for recording plats in his Columbia office in 1796. Before that, all plats were recorded in the set of volumes begun in Charleston in 1784. After 1796, most plats for land grants in the Upper Division of the state were recorded and filed in Columbia. The surveyor general chose to make the Columbia volumes a continuation of the state plat volumes begun in Charleston and gave the initial Columbia volume the number thirty-six to correspond with the number of the volume that had then been reached in the Charleston series. As a result, there are volumes numbered thirty-six through forty-three from each office, but the records in them are not duplicative. Also included are the Plan Books containing Plats and Plans.
 * The following chart shows where you may best expect to find land records.
 * Some early records may be found in North Carolina counties Anson, Mecklenburg, or Tryon

Local Histories
The county is named after Union Church, the first Christian place of worship in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Union County for European settlers included:
 * Old South Carolina State Road 1747

Military Records
General
 * "County statistics in wars," Historical Newsletter, April 2007. Union County Historical Foundation: Union, SC.
 * "Militia list of 1814," Broad River Notebook, March 1993, Volume 2, Issue 1. Broad River Basin Historical Society: Sharon, SC.
 * "Militia petition, 1825," Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly, Spring 1992, Volume 16, Issue 1. Pinckney District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Spartanburg, SC.
 * "Records, militia, 1760," Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly, Spring 1992, Volume 16, Issue 1. Pinckney District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Spartanburg, SC
 * "Militia roll, 1858," Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly, Winter 1992, Volume 16, Issue 3. Pinckney District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Spartanburg, SC
 * Union County/SCGenWeb site has useful military links.

Revolutionary War
 * "Cely Rogers, widow of Nathaniel Rogers pension application, 1839," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, February 2007, Volume 21, Issue 1. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Nathaniel Rogers Revolutionary War pension application and depositions, 1832-1833," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, February 2007, Volume 21, Issue 1. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
 * "Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Fairforest Prebyterian Church Cemetery (sel.)," Old Newberry District Quarterly, Summer 2004, Volume 13, Issue 2. Old Newberry District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Newberry, SC.
 * "Tarleton Cavalry," Gleanings, October 2001, Volume 8, Issue 4. Steele Creek Historical and Genealogical Society: Charlotte, NC.
 * "County veterans," Cass County Connections, June 1998, Volume 24, Issue 2. Cass County Genealogical Society: Atlanta, TX.

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, Union County, p. 189. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * 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 Union County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were formed in Union County or from many of its men:
 * - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters, Company C (also known as the Charleston Sharpshooters and Palmetto Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Company A (also known as Calhoun's Battery; Sumter Light Artillery, Sumter Battery, Preston's Battery, Blake's Battery and other name variations) and Company K
 * - 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (6 months, 1861), Company E (also known as the Union Volunteers)
 * -2nd Battalion, South Carolina Reserves, Company C (also known as the Spartan Rangers, the Spartanburg Rangers and the Spartan Rangers Independent Cavalry Reserves)
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion), Company G (also known as the DeSaussure Light Artillery and the DePass Light Battery)
 * - 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company D and Company K
 * - 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Reserves, Company A
 * - 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troop Junior Reserves, Company A and Company B
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Ferguson's), Company K
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina State Troops, Company H and Company M
 * - 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A (also know as Johnson Rifles), Before Reorganization Roster--After Reorganization Roster, Company B, Company C, Company D (also known as Tyger River Volunteers and Goshen Hill Volunteers) - (Santuc) Roster, Company E (also known as Pea Ridge Volunteers)--Before Reorganization Roster--After Reorganization Roster, Company G, Company H, Company I, and Company K
 * Companies A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, K--See the Regimental page: 5th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry for additional information on these companies.
 * - 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company C, Company D, and Company E
 * - 12th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A
 * - 15th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company B, Company D, Company F, and Company H
 * - 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A, Company B, Company C, Company E, and Company F
 * - 19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company D

Other Resources
 * South Carolina, Confederate Pension Board. Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1919-1920. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961). Original at the Union County courthouse. Microfilm copy at
 * Register of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961) Originals at the Union County courthouse. Arranged by surname. Microfilm copy at
 * Gorski, Eddie L. Civil War abstracts from the Gaffney ledger: from the local newspaper. (Gaffney, South Carolina E.L. Gorski, c1989-c1991). 2 volumes. These abstraction also contain some of those who were living in near by counties such as Union, York and Spartanburg"--Vol. 1, pref., 1st prelim. p. Names are in alphabetical order by surname. Vol. 2 includes information from the Union Times. Books found at

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)

Historic The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Union 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.
 * Progress (Union, S.C.) 1900-1924.
 * The Baptist Press (Greenwoood, S.C.) 1905-1907.
 * The People's Recorder (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925.
 * The New Era (Union, S.C.) 1897-1898.
 * The Review (Union, S.C.) 1929-1931.
 * The Union County News (Union, S.C.) 1966-1987.
 * The Union Daily Times (Union, S.C.) 1917-current.
 * The Union Times (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918.
 * The Unionville Journal (Unionville, S.C.) 1851-1859.
 * The Unionville Times (Unionville, S.C.) 1859-1868.
 * The Vindicator (Union, S.C.) 1899-1899.
 * The Weekly Union Times (Union, S.C.) 1869-1894.
 * Union Daily Progress (Union, S.C.) 1925-1925.
 * Union Weekly Progress (Union, S.C.) 1925-1929.

University of South Carolina Library Catalog
 * Historical Newspapers of South Carolina at University of South Carolina Libraries - not complete

Current
 * The Union Daily Times (Union, S.C.) Online edition.

Periodicals

 * Old Newberry District Quarterly
 * Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly
 * Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records The South Carolina Department of Archives and History hasmicrofilms 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 records for Union County probate court, 1787-1906, are available on microfilm, as well as other court records. Probate records for Union County may be found in the court of ordinary, probate court, and the court of equity. Some of these estate records are also available on microfilm through the FamilySearch Library. See also:
 * Brent H. Holcomb, comp. Union County, South Carolina will abstracts 1787-1849. Columbia, South Carolina B.H. Holcomb, c1987.
 * Union County Wills, 1777-1800 (transcripts). See names of testators. South Carolina Pioneers
 * Index to Union County Will Bk A, 1777-1814; Will Bk B, 1815-1849South Carolina Pioneers
 * 1670-1980 South Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980 at Ancestry.com — index and images ($)
 * 1671-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
 * 1732-1964 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
 * 1737-1964 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 at Ancestry - images ($)
 * 1782-1866 South Carolina, Will Transcripts 1782-1866 at Findmypast — index, ($) — $, index

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Tax Records
Online Tax Indexes and Records
 * South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Union County.
 * The road tax ledger, 1872-1874, has been microfilmed:.
 * Tax duplicate books for the years 1889-1890, 1892, and 1910 have also been microfilmed. Copies at: and SCDAH.

Birth

 * 1766-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
 * 1915-1917 South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1917 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)

Marriage
Online Marriage Records and Indexes
 * 1851-1912 Union County, South Carolina Marriage Records: from Early Newspapers, 1851-1912, Marriage Registers, Deed Books & Probate records by Tommy J. Vaughan & Michael Becknell WorldCat - abstracts
 * 1911-1950 (index to 1955) - Union County, South Carolina Marriage Licenses, July 1911-Dec. 1950; Indexes, 1911-1955  - index and records
 * There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found insome counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Death
Deaths - Indexes and Records
 * 1800-1900 CSI: Dixie collects 1583 coroners reports from six South Carolina counties for the years 1800-1900.
 * 1816-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1821-1969 South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1969 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1900; 1913-1914 - South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 Available at Ancestry ($) - index and records, includes Union City death records;
 * 1915-1943 South Carolina, Deaths, 1915-1943 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($)
 * 1915-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & 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.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Greenville South Carolina Family History Center
 * Spartanburg South Carolina Family History Center
 * York South Carolina Family History Center


 * Fairfield County Genealogical Society - an affiliate library
 * High Point Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Spartanburg County Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries
Union County Carnegie Library Address: 300 East South Street Union, South Carolina 29379 Telephone: (864) 427-7140Website The Union County Library provides the amateur family historian with quality resources, the active support of trained staff who care about research and personal investigation, and access to genealogy databases and web based sources. We help researchers get started, we celebrate their success, and we provide suggestions and recommendations along the way

Museums
Union County Museum The Union County Museum has a wealth of resources such as family histories, city directories, marriage indexes, cemetery books, and vertical files. Website 127 West Main Street Union SC 29379 Phone: 864-429-5081 Email: uncomus@bellsouth.net Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am until 4 pm, Saturday 2 pm until 5pm. Other times by appointment arranged in advance.

Societies

 * Pinckney District Chapter SCGS P.O. Box 5281 Spartanburg SC 29304-5281 Email: [mailto:pcd_lindac@yahoo.com pcd_lindac@yahoo.com] Website
 * The Piedmont Historical Society 1171 Goldmine Road Spartanburg, South Carolina 29307 Website
 * Union County Historical Society and Museum 127 W. Main St. Union, SC 29379 (864) 429-5081 Email: [mailto:uncomus@bellsouth.net uncomus@bellsouth.net] Website Facebook

Websites

 * Union County, SCGenWeb
 * Union County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers
 * South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers


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Research Guides

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