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Doing research in the “Golden Corner” of South Carolina (Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Counties) 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.
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General Information
Church of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City UT
Church of Latter-day Saints Microfilm Index:
College & University Library Locator
Cyndi's List - Libraries, Archives & Museums Index
Cyndi's Microfilm & Microfiche Catalog Index:
Daughters of American Revolution Library
GA - Department of Archives & History
Genealogy.org Microfilm Index:
Heritage Quest Microfilm Index:
Historical Record Repositories
NC - Division of Archives & History
SC - Department of Archives & History
Genealogy Reference Resources:
● Federal Census Records for SC:
Population Schedules and Indexes, 1790-1880, 1900-1930.
Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (Indexes 1850 and 1860).
Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880.
Slave Schedules, 1850 and 1860.
Industrial Schedules, 1820, 1850-1880.
Social Statistics, 1850-1880.
1835 Census of the Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi.
1840 Census-Pensioners for Revolutionary or other Military Service.
1890 Special Census Schedules, Civil War Union Veterans and their Widows (National Archives microfilm).
● Colonial and State Records:
Combined Alphabetical Index, 1675-1919 .
Green's Land Index, 1675-1766.
Warrants for Lands in South Carolina, 1672-1711, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr.
Records in the British Public Records Office Relating to South Carolina 1663-1782 (two-volume index).
First Settlers of South Carolina, 1670-1700 by Agnes Baldwin.
Charleston County Will Transcripts 1671-1868 (one-volume index).
Transcripts of South Carolina Wills, Inventories and Miscellaneous Records, 1687-1746 (one-volume index).
Probate Records of South Carolina: Volume 1, Index to Inventories, 1746-1785 by Brent Holcomb.
South Carolina Council Journals 1671-1775 (guide at reference desk).
A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina 1763-1773 compiled by Janie Revill.
Miscellaneous Records, Indexes 1729-1870.
General Assembly Index, 1782-1866 .
State Grants and State Plats, Indexes 1784-1882.
Combined Alphabetical Index to State Plats, 1784-1868 .
Marriage Settlements, Indexes 1775-1887.
Voter Registrations, 1868 and 1898.
Death Certificates, 1915-1952 (microfiche index 1915-1949).
● County Records:
South Carolina County Will Transcripts, 1785-1853 (one-volume index).
Charleston County Will Transcripts, 1671-1868 (one-volume index).
Abstracts of Old Ninety Six (estate records) by W.P. Young.
(*) Estate Papers 1785- (microfilmed indexes).
(*) Conveyances 1785- (microfilmed grantor and grantee indexes).
(*) Equity Records 1785- (microfilmed indexes).
Judgment Rolls (civil court cases) 1785- (microfilmed indexes).
General Sessions Rolls (criminal court cases) 1785- (microfilmed indexes).
(*) = For individual county indexes and for a complete listing of records by county, please consult:
See the web version of The Summary Guide to Local Records,
The reference room microfilm cabinets,
The Local Records summary Guide notebooks and microfilm lists in the Reference Room,
And A Guide to Local Records in the South Carolina Archives (one volume, at reference desk).
● Military Records:
Colonial Soldiers of the South by Murtie Jean Clark
Expedition to Fort Prince George, 1759-1760 (card index).
Accounts Audited for Revolutionary Services in South Carolina (card index).
Revolutionary War Pension Applications (federal pensions for all states, one-volume index).
Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Moss.
Loyalists of the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War (two volumes) by Murtie Jean Clark.
South Carolina Pay Lists, War of 1812 (card index).
Compiled Service Records, South Carolina, War of 1812 (index only, National Archives microfilm).
Service Records of Veterans of the War of 1812 South Carolina by Edna Manning.
South Carolina Mexican War Records (card index).
South Carolina Confederate War Records (card index).
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, South Carolina (National Archives microfilm; the microfilmed index includes all states).
Confederate States Army Casualties: Lists & Narrative Reports, 1861-1865 (National Archives microfilm; roll 3 includes South Carolina).
"Roll of the Dead South Carolina Troops" Civil War (National Archives microfilm).
Honor Roll of South Carolina Confederate Troops.
Confederate Pension Applications
Annual Reports of the Comptroller General, Pension Rolls, 1889-1920
Applications for Artificial Limbs, Civil War Veterans.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion.
South Carolina Spanish American War Records (card index).
South Carolina in the Spanish American War by J. W. Floyd
The Official Roster of South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-18.
The Official Roster of South Carolina Servicemen and Servicewomen in World War II, 1941-1946.
Combat Connected Naval Casualties World War II by States, Volume II South Carolina.
For other military records, please consult the Temporary Summary Guide listing of state records at the Reference Desk.
● Citizenship Records:
South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850 by Brent Holcomb
General Assembly Index, 1782-1866 .
Citizenship Records Card Index (reference room).
County Citizenship Indexes 1785-
"Federal Naturalization Oaths, Charleston S.C., 1790-1860," in the South Carolina Historical Magazine, Volume 66, 112-24, 183--92, 218-28.
Records of Admissions to Citizenships, District of South Carolina, 1790-1906 (National Archives microfilm)
● Extant State Census Records:
1829-Population, Fairfield and Laurens Districts.
1839-Population, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Kershaw and Lexington Districts.
1868-Agriculture, twenty-six counties.
1869-all counties except Clarendon, Oconee, and Spartanburg.
1875-complete population schedules for Clarendon, Newberry, and Marlboro counties; partial population schedules for Abbeville, Beaufort, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Sumter counties; also scattered agriculture returns.
● Church and Cemetery Records:
See the web version of the Guide to Church Records.
Listing of Church Records in the Baptist Historical Collection, Furman University.
For published church records and church histories, please consult our card catalog
● Tax Records:
Treasurer of the Lower Division, Tax Returns, 1783-1799 (finding aid at reference desk).
Comptroller General, Tax Returns, 1800-1867 (mostly 1860-1867, finding aid at reference desk).
Comptroller General, 1824 Tax Returns (indexed on Combined Alphabetical Index 1675-1919 and on-line).
County Tax Records: Auditor's and Treasurer's Tax Duplicate Books, primarily post-Civil War (for these and other local tax records, please consult the listing of county records at the reference desk).
● Newspapers:
The South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1782 (microfilm).
South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775 by Cohen Hennig.
The Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff (two-volume index, microfilm).
The Georgia Gazette. University Microfilms International (microfilm).
The Remembrance. University Microfilms International (microfilm).
South Carolina Newspapers by John H. Moore
For death and marriage notices taken from newspapers and published in book form, please consult our card catalog.
For a complete listing of newspapers in our holdings, see the web version of The Guide to Newspaper Records or the List of Newspaper Records in the Summary Guide to Private Records notebook in the Reference Room.
● Locations and History of Place Names:
Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XXX.
Palmetto Place Names.
Towns of South Carolina.
Mills Atlas Place Name Index.
Combined Alphabetical Index Place Name List (reference desk).
Research Cards for a South Carolina Gazetteer (microfilm).
South Carolina in the 1880s: A Gazetteer compiled and edited by John H. Moore.
South Carolina Map Collection (card index).
Mills Atlas (1825 district maps).
South Carolina Topographic Maps (index in reference room).
1883 Agriculture Department Map of South Carolina (shows townships).
1989 South Carolina Highway Map (reference room).
South Carolina: A Geography by Charles F. Kovacik and John J. Winberry.
Guide Maps to the Development of South Carolina Parishes, Districts and Counties (reference desk).
Union County Historical Foundation Land Grant Maps (index at reference desk).
The formation of counties in South Carolina (pamphlet, at reference desk).
● Guides to Genealogical Research in South Carolina:
Local and Family History in South Carolina: A Bibliography by Richard N. Cote.
"Genealogical Research in South Carolina" by Ge Lee C. Hendrix, National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (December 1987), 249-70.
"Regional Genealogy: South Carolina" by Alexia J. Helsley in Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources, 303-11.
Hunting Your Ancestors in South Carolina: A Guide for Amateur Genealogists by Evelyn Frazier (subject file Q-1).
South Carolina Genealogical Research by George K. Schweitzer.
A Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research and Records by Brent Holcomb.
South Carolina: A Guide for Genealogists by Theresa Hicks.
● Other Sources:
See web version of the South Carolina Archives Summary Guide to Holdings
A guide to Local Records in the South Carolina Archives (reference desk).
South Carolina Department of Archives and History: Selected Readings in South Carolina History (pamphlet and on-line).
South Carolina Historical Magazine 1900 to present (three-volume index).
Dictionary of South Carolina Biography by Richard N. Cote.
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate 1776-1985 by N. Louise Bailey et al (three volumes).
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume I, Session Lists 1692-1973 edited by Walter Edgar.
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volumes II-V, 1692-1828 edited by N. Louise Bailey and Alexander Moore.
Guide to the Study and Reading of South Carolina History: A Bibliography by J. H. Easterby.
Research Materials in South Carolina: A Guide by John H. Moore.
A Guide to the Manuscript Collection of the South Caroliniana Library by Allen H. Stokes, Jr.
South Carolina Historical Society Manuscript Guide by David Moltke-Hansen and Salley Doscher.
Directory of South Carolina Historical Organizations (on-line and at reference desk).
Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States (second edition) by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Selected bibliography of county, city, and town histories and related published records in the South Carolina Archives reference library by Robert H. Mackintosh, Jr. (on-line version)
● For additional published sources, please consult card catalog.
Search Archives & History Website:
Search On-Line Records Index: Search 304,067 documents by Personal Name, Location, Topic, Time Span or combination.
Confederate Pension Applications 1919 - 1938
Criminal Journals 1769 - 1776
Index to Multiple Record Series ca. 1675 -1929
Legislative Papers 1782 - 1866
National Register of Historic Places
Plats for State Land Grants 1784 - 1868
School Insurance Photographs 1935 - 1952
Will Transcripts 1782 - 1855
SC - Genealogical Society (Hartsville SC)
SC - Heritage Library (Hilton Head Island SC)
Anderson County
Anderson County Public Library - Excellent resource!
300 N. McDuffie St
Anderson, SC 29621
864-260-4500
Monday-Thursday: 4-10 PM, Saturday: 2-6 PM, Sunday: 2-9 PM
Pendleton District Historical Commission Library - Excellent resource!
(Laptop PC w/Scanner is NOT AUTHORIZED)
125 East Queen Street
Box 565
Pendleton, SC 29670
1-800-862-1795
864-646-3782
E-Mail: pendletontourism@bellsouth.net
Monday-Friday: 9 AM-4:30 PM
Collection Includes: Local History Resources, Genealogical Resources, Family Papers, Textile Records, Business Records, Oral Histories,
W.P.A. Microfilm Surveys and Photographic Collections.
Oconee County
Family History Center Library
Church of Latter-day Saints
5003 Wells Highway
Seneca, SC
864-882-1208
Tuesday: 9 AM-5 PM, Thursday: 9 AM-5 PM, Saturday: 9 AM-1 PM
Card Catalog Index:
Books
On indefinite loan film rolls
1881 microfische
Grey File Drawers:
Top Drawer - 1881 Census for England:
Surname Index - England & Wales
Birthplace Index - England & Wales
As Enumerated Index - England & Wales
Early Colonial - 1600-1819
2nd Drawer - Accelerated USA Index:
USA - 1820-1829
USA - 1830-1839
Mortality Research by Surname
Microfische Collection - USA
3rd Drawer - International Genealogical Index:
USA & Canada
1881 Census - Scotland
Christenings & Marriages - Scotland
4th Drawer - Library:
Surnames, Authors, Titles, Subjects & Localities
5th Drawer - International Genealogical Index:
England, Ireland & Wales
Family Register of Surnames
6th Drawer - International Genealogical Index
Surnames - Continental Europe
7th Drawer - International Genealogical Index
Continuation of drawer #6 for rest of countries
8th Drawer - Films ordered by their patrons
9th Drawer - Films on indefinite loan to their patrons
10th Drawer - Miscellaneous
Brown Cabinet:
Films on indefinite loan to their patrons
Family, Census, Records, etc..
Oconee County Library System
WebSite http://ocplibrary.org
Note: Before you can use this website, it will be necessary for you to visit a library location,
show your library card and obtain a password. The website basically gives you access to the
South Carolina library system, not just for Oconee County.
Walhalla Main Branch
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Excellent resource!
501
West South Broad Street
Walhalla, SC 29691-2105
864-638-4133, 864-638-4132 (Fax)
Monday-Tuesday: 9 AM-9 PM, Wednesday-Friday: 9 AM-6 PM, Saturday: 9 AM-1 PM, Sunday (Sep-May): 2 PM-5:30 PM
Southern Wesleyan University - Clayton Room - EXCELLENT Oconee & Pickens resource!
(Laptop PC w/Scanner is authorized)
Pickens County
Clemson University Strom Thurmond Institute - Special Collections
Pickens County Library System
(Laptop PC w/Scanner is authorized)
Easley Main Branch
- Excellent resource!
864-850-7077, 864-850-7088 (Fax)
Monday-Thursday: 9 AM-9 PM, Friday: 9 AM-6 PM, Saturday: 9 AM-4 PM, Sunday: 2:30 PM-5:30 PM
Church Histories for Pickens County
285 Centennial History of the Easley Presbyterian Church 1886-1986
285 Fort Hill Presbyterian Church
235 Min Minute Book of Griffin Baptist Church
285 Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Pendleton. SC
286 Black Rock Springs Baptist Church
286 Centennial Celebration of the Oolenoy River Baptist Education and Missionary Association and its Auxiliaries
286 Childress A History of Flat Rock Baptist Church 1870-1986
286 Flynn A History of Secona Baptist Church and the Pickens area
286 New Hope Baptist Church
286 A History of Oolenoy Baptist Church and the Lives of the People Who Have Worked for its Growth 1795-1995
286 Porter Twin Springs and A Grove of Trees
286 Souvenir Program of Cold Spring Baptist Church
287.1 Ali Alice Wesleyan Church
289 Brackett The Old Stone Church
Genealogy Guide Books
929.1 Handy The Handy book for Genealogists
929.1 Helsley Researching Family History: A Workbook
929.1 Holcomb A Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research & Records
929.1 South Carolina Department of Archives and History Genealogy Starter Kit
Genealogical Sources General
929.3757 SC A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical & Family Records
929.3757 SC Some South Carolina County Records
929.3757 SC Pickens A Beginning Guide to Genealogical Investigation in the Northwest Corner
929.3757 SC Pickens Citizenship Papers of Old Pickens District
929.3757 SC Pickens "Historical Records " of Old Pendleton District 929.3757 SC Pickens Oconee & Pickens Counties South Carolina 1868 Voter Registration
929.3757 SC Pickens District, SC 1866 Tax List
929.3757 SC Pickens The People's Journal
929.3757 SC Pickens The Pickens Sentinel
Marriage/Birth/Death
929.375 Southeast Marriage & Death Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate 1837-1860
929.375 Southeast Marriage Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate 1867-1878
929.3757 SC Index to the 1850 Mortality Schedule
929.3757 SC 1860 Mortality Census of Upper South Carolina
929.3757 SC Marriage & Death Notices from Baptist Newspapers of South Carolina v.I 1835-1865 v.2 1866-1887
929.3757 SC Marriage & Death Notices from Upper South Carolina Newspapers 1843-1865
929,3757 SC South Carolina Marriages
929.3757 SC Anderson Marriage & Death Notices from the Pendleton Messenger 1807-1851
929.3757 SC Charleston Marriage & Death Notices from the Southern Patriot v.1=1815-1830, v.2=1831-1848
Wills/Deeds
929.3757 SC A Collection of South Carolina Wills & Records
929.3757 SC Pendleton District & Anderson County, S.C. Wills, Estates, & Legal Notices
929.3757 SC Pendleton District Deeds, 1790-1806
929.3757 SC Pendleton District Deeds, 1807-1810
929.3757 SC Pendleton W.P.A. Will Transcripts of Pendleton District & Anderson County
929.3757 SC Pickens Abstracts of Pickens District, SC (1834-1838)
Census
929.3757 SC South Carolina Census Indexes 1790-1870
929.3757 SC Pickens County Census 1800, 1810, 1830,1840,1850,1860
929.5 Cemetery Surveys
World Wars I and II
940.54 Official Roster of South Carolina
Revolutionary War
973.3 Copy Revolutionary Claims in South Carolina
973.3 South Carolinians in the Revolution
973.3 South Carolina Patriots in the Revolution
973.3 Pickens County Revolutionary War Soldiers
Civil War
973.7 Broken Fortunes
973.7 Roll of the Dead
973.7 They They Fell to the Southern Cause
973.7 Baldwin The Struck Eagle
973.7 Rebels in Grey: Soldiers from the Pickens
973.7 Roster The Roster of Confederate Soldiers
973.7 South South Carolina Confederate Soldiers
County History/ City Histories
929.3757 SC Pickens Pickens County Heritage Book
975.723 Aheron Pickens County
975.723 McFall It Happened in Pickens County
975.723 Morris Pickens: The Town & the First Baptist Church
975.723 Pickensville-Easley History
975.723 Pickens County Centennial 1868-1968
975.723 Woodson Liberty, South Carolina
Pendleton District History
975.725 Klosky The Pendleton Legacy
975.725 Simpson History of Old Pendleton District & Genealogy of Leading Families
Microfilm
Southern Wesleyan University - Clayton Room - EXCELLENT Oconee & Pickens resource!
(Laptop PC w/Scanner is authorized)
907 Wesleyan Drive
Central, SC 29630-1020
864-644-5000
Monday-Thursday: 7:45 AM-11 PM, Friday: 7:45 AM-4:30 PM, Saturday: 12 PM-5 PM
Anne Sheriff at claytonroom@swu.edu normally is available for assistance on Wednesday mornings.
864-644-5000 Extension: 5088
E-mail her to setup an appointment time.
Collections normally represent the lifetime research work of an individual.
47. Abbeville, Barnwell, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville
48. Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton
49. Georgetown, Winyaw, Waccamaw, Kingston, Kershaw, Marion, Liberty, Williamsburg, Orangeburg, Lexington, Orange, Lexington, Sumter, Claremont, Clarendon, Selem, York
50. Lancaster, Laurens, Marlboro, Newberry, Pendleton, Spartanburg, Union
1810 Census for South Carolina M252
60. Abbeville, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Chester, Chesterfield, Colleton
61. Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Pendleton, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, Williamsburg, York. State recapitulation.
62. Darlington, Edgefield, Greenville, Horry, Kershaw, Fairfield, Georgetown
1820 Census for South Carolina M33
118. Abbeville, Colleton, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lancaster, Orangeburg
119. Barnwell, Charleston, Chesterfield, Horry, Kershaw
120. Beaufort, Chester, Georgetown, Greenville, Pendleton, Spartanburg, Williamsburg
121. Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Richland, Sumter, Union, York
1830 Census for South Carolina M19
169. Abbeville, Barnwell, Laurens, Chester, Fairfield
170. Charleston, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Horry, Beaufort
171. Kershaw, Marlboro, Newberry, Union, Spartanburg, Lexington, Richland, Colleton
172. Marion, Sumter, Edgefield, Chesterfield, Greenville
173. Orangeburg, Lancaster, Anderson, Darlington, Pickens, York
1840 Census for South Carolina M704
507. Abbeville, Anderson
508. Barnwell, Beaufort
509. Charleston
510. Colleton, Chester, Chesterfield
511. Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield
512. Greenville, Georgetown, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster
513. Laurens, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro
514. Newberry, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland
515. Sumter, Spartanburg
516. Union, Williamsburg, York
1850 Census for South Carolina M432
848. Abbeville, Anderson
849. Barnwell, Beaufort
850. Charleston
851. Chester, Chesterfield, Colleton, Darlington
852. Edgefield, Fairfield
853. Georgetown, Greenville
854. Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster
855. Laurens, Lexington
856. Marion, Marlboro, Newberry
857. Orangeburg, Pickens
858. Richland, Spartanburg
859. Sumter, Union
860. Williamsburg, York
1850 Slave Census for South Carolina
861. Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Beaufort
862. Charleston
863. Chesterfield, Colleton, Darlington
864. Edgefield, Georgetown, Fairfield
865. Greenville, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens
866. Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg
867. Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter
868. Union, Williamsburg, York
1860 Census for South Carolina M653
Pickens District
Anderson County
Pickens County
Pickens District
1870 Census for South Carolina
Oconee County
Pickens County
1880 Census for South Carolina
Oconee County
Pickens County
1910 Census for South Carolina
Pickens County
1920 Census for South Carolina
Pickens County
Record of Appointment of Postmasters
October 1789 to 1832 (4 rolls)
Record of Appointment of Postmasters
1832 – 1971. (2 rolls)
SC Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens who died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North 1861-1865. (1 rolls)
SC Former confederates for Presidential Pardons 1865-1867, Group I, Ad-Du
Pardon Applications Submitted by Persons from the South SC LA-RY
Pardon Applications Submitted by Persons from the South SA-ZI
Amnesty Oaths (Special File)
Two or More Name File
Miscellaneous File
SC Admission to Citizenship 1790-1906
1810 Census for South Carolina (3 Rolls)
1820 Census for South Carolina (3 Rolls)
1830 Census for South Carolina (3 Rolls)
1840 Census for South Carolina (2 Rolls) Roll 162, 163
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