Ninety-Six District, South Carolina Genealogy

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Historical Facts
In 1768 South Carolina replaced all of her previous counties with seven court districts including the newly organized area of Ninety-Six District northwest of the previous counties. In 1785 South Carolina created six subordinate counties within the overarching Ninety-Six District:


 * Abbeville County 1785
 * Edgefield County 1785
 * Laurens County 1785
 * Newberry County 1785
 * Spartanburg County 1785
 * Union County 1785.


 * Greenville County was added in 1786
 * Pendleton 1789
 * Pinckney 1826

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

In 1800, South Carolina abolished administrative districts and went with the county concept, However they called the counties, districts until 1868, after the Civil War.

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