Marlboro County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States  South Carolina  Marlboro County

Quick Dates
Marlboro County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse
Marlboro County Courthouse 105 Main Street Bennettsville, SC 29512

Clerk of Court 105 Main Street Bennettsville, SC 29512 Phone: 843-479-5613 Court and land records

Probate Judge P.O. Box 455 Bennettsville, SC 29512-0455 Phone: 843-479-5610 Probate and marriage records

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

History
The county is named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).

Parent County
1798--Marlboro County was created in 1798 from Cheraws District. County seat: Bennettsville 

Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Neighboring Counties
Anson County, North Carolina | Chesterfield | Darlington | Dillon | Florence | Richmond County, North Carolina | Robeson County, North Carolina | Scotland County, North Carolina

Research Guides

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

Cemeteries

 * Beaver Dam Cemetery Epitaphs, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Typescript, Carolinian Library, Columbia, S.C. Microfilmed 1951. 22725 Items 5-6
 * Bynum, Curtis. "Graves in Gillespie-Shipp Family Graveyard, Rose Hill Plantation, Marlboro County, near Kollock, South Carolina," The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr., 1932), pp. 175-176. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Drake, Elizabeth C. and Jacquelyn M. Rainwater. Cemetery Records of Marlboro County, South Carolina. 1970. 975.764 V3d
 * Epitaphs from Marlboro County, South Carolina. Typescript, Carolinian Library, Columbia, S.C. Microfilmed 1951 22725 Item 8
 * Fletcher's Cemetery Epitaphs, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Typescript, Carolinian Library, Columbia, S.C. Microfilmed 1951. 22725 Item 4
 * Hebron Cemetery, South Carolina 1852-1996. Rockingham, N.C.: P. Rhyne, 199-?. 975.764 V39r
 * Kendall, Jerry T. Confederate Burials, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Bennettsville, S.C.: J.T. Kendall, 2001. 975.764 M2k
 * Parker Cemetery Epitaphs, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Typescript, Carolinian Library, Columbia, S.C. Microfilmed 1951. 22725 Item 3 and Item 7

Census
1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Marlboro 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.

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.]

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 versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. [See South Carolina, Marlborough [Marlboro] District on page 144.]

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

Family Histories
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]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Marlboro, South Carolina at World Connect, produces more than 10,000 results.

Surname indexes to Leonardo Andrea's Files | Folders | Resources are available online, courtesy: The Andrea Files: South Carolina Genealogical Research. Learn more.


 * Thomas, J.A.W. A History of Marlboro County, with Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families. Atlanta, Ga.: Foote &amp; Davis, 1897. Item 5; digital version at World Vital Records ($).

Message Boards


 * Marlboro County, SC Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Marlboro County, SC Genealogy Forum (GenForum)

Bibliography


 * [Adams] Pate, Julia Claire. Pate, Adams, Newton and Allied Families Principally in Richmond, Scotland and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina. Red Springs, N.C.: J.C. Pate, 1958.
 * [Drake] Watson, John Drake. Descendents of Zachariah Alford Drake of Marlboro County, S.C. Newberry, S.C.: J.D. Watson, 1981.
 * [Grant] Kendall, Jerry T. The Grant Family Descendants of Duncan Grant, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Bennettsville, S.C.: J.T. Kendall, 2002.
 * [McCollum] McCollum, J. Kinloch. The Family of John McCollum (1792-1867) of Bennettsville (Marlboro County) South Carolina. Middleburg, Fla.: J.K. McCollum, 1999.
 * [Newton] Pate, Julia Claire. Pate, Adams, Newton and Allied Families Principally in Richmond, Scotland and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina. Red Springs, N.C.: J.C. Pate, 1958.
 * [Pate] Pate, Julia Claire. Pate, Adams, Newton and Allied Families Principally in Richmond, Scotland and Robeson Counties in North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina. Red Springs, N.C.: J.C. Pate, 1958.

Land
Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868

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.

Local Histories

 * McColl, D.D. Sketches of Old Marlboro. 1916. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * Thomas, J. A. W. A History of Marlboro County: With Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families. Atlanta, Ga.: Foote &amp; Davies Co., Printers and Binders, 1897. Digital versions at Ancestry ($), Google Books, and Internet Archive.

Probate
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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Marlboro County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)