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Doing research in the GoldenCorner (Anderson-Oconee-Pickens) counties of South Carolina might be time consuming for you, because of how these counties were formed. Based on your time-period, you might need to research all (3) counties. As a result, you'll find that many of the webpage links on the left side of this page will represent all (3) counties.

- Prior to ~1783, no lawful White settlements were above present southern Anderson

County border.

- In 1789 Pendleton County was formed as part of the 96 Judicial District from Indian

Country.
- In 1795 Pendleton County was placed in the Washington Judicial District.
- In 1799, Pendleton County was named Pendleton District by the State legislature

and Washington Judicial District was discontinued.
- In 1826/27, Pendleton District was divided into the Anderson & Pickens Districts.
- In 1868 the state legislature decided to change all districts to counties.

- Oconee County (est. 1868) represents part of old Pickens County & added Indian

Land.
- Pickens County (est. 1825) represents part of old Pickens District.
- Anderson County (est. 1826) represents the old Anderson District.
- In 1986, Pickens County annexed Oconee County land that included Clemson

University and land extending SE to Anderson County.

- SC County History at http://sciway3.net/scgenweb/oconee-county/history-county.htm

Oconee County takes its name from an Indian word. It was formed in 1868 from Pickens District, and the county seat is Walhalla. This area in the northwest corner of the state on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains was home to the Cherokees, but the Indians gave up their lands in treaties signed in 1777 and 1816. After the American Revolution, settlers from other parts of the state began moving in, including the Germans from Charleston who founded the town of Walhalla in 1850. In 1856 work began on a tunnel for the Blue Ridge Railroad that would have linked Charleston with Knoxville, Tennessee, but the Civil War ended that project; the unfinished Stumphouse Tunnel can still be seen today. Several Revolutionary War heroes moved to present day Oconee County after the war, including Andrew Pickens (1739-1817), Robert Anderson (1741-1813), and Benjamin Cleveland (1738-1806). (Submitted by: SC State Library / Mary Morgan, 31-Mar-2008)

Paul - NN8NN Gary - KE8FD

Paul M Kankula = gcgenweb@bellsouth.net - Oconee County Homestead Coordinator

Gary L Flynn = ke8fd@bellsouth.net - SC Mapping Coordinator

The SC GoldenCorner GenWeb County Homesteads (Anderson-Oconee-Pickens) are due to the volunteer efforts of Paul Kankula (NN8NN) and Gary Flynn (KE8FD). We have spent thousands of dollars and over 12-years of spare time in order to bring you these GoldenCorner county homesteads. Our only reward is knowing that all our hard-work will be permanently preserved in the GenWeb Project Archives and enjoyed by endless generations to come. See Remembering & Preserving Our Past Heritage.