South Carolina Sources

Repository Abbreviations

• GPL:  Greenville Public Library, Greenville, SC
• NCSL:  State Library of North Carolina, Genealogical Services Branch, Raleigh, NC
• SCL:  South Caroliniana Library, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• SCSA:  SC State Archives, Columbia, SC

Published Works

1. Burns, Annie Walker, Abstract of pensions of South Carolina soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 & Indian Wars (Washington:  the author, 1960?). (SCL)
2. Early South Carolina (Bountiful, Utah:  Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1980) (SCL)
3. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790: South Carolina (Baltimore:  Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978 (GPL) (NCSL) (have photocopy of Spartanburg & Union Counties)
4. Index to State Plats (COM index produced by SC State Archives) (GPL)
5. South Carolina 1800 Census (Provo, Utah:  Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1973) (GPL)
6. South Carolina 1810 Census Index (Bountiful, Utah:  Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976) (GPL)
7. South Carolina 1820 Census Index (Bountiful, Utah:  Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976) (GPL)
8. South Carolina 1830 Census Index (Fort Worth, TX:  GEN RE PUT, n.d.) (GPL)
9. South Carolina 1840 Census Index (Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1977) (GPL)
10. South Carolina 1850 Census Index (Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1976) (GPL)
11. South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868 (microfilm SC-Ar-M/9-1 AD518, GPL)
12. Union County Historical Foundation, Land Grant Maps:  these land grant maps cover parts of Chester, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg and Union Counties in South Carolina (Greenville, SC: A Press, 1976), with Index, Land Grant Maps (SCL)

Original Records

1. 1790 Census Schedules of South Carolina, S.C. M637, Roll No. 11 (GPL)
2. 2nd Census, 1800, Greenville District, S.C., S.C. 32, Roll No. 47 (GPL)
3. 1800 Census, Pendleton District, SC (NCSL)
4. 1810 Census, Pendleton District, SC (NCSL) S.C. 252, Roll No. 61 (GPL)
5. 1810 Census, Greenville District, SC, S.C. 252, Roll No. 62(GPL)
6. 1820 Census, Greenville Co., SC, S.C. 33, Roll No. 120 (GPL)
7. 1820 Census, Spartanburg Co., SC (GPL)
8. 1830 Census, Greenville Co., SC, S.C. 19, Roll no. 172 (GPL)
9. 1830 Census, Pickens Co., SC, S.C. 19, Roll no. 173 (GPL)
10. 1850 Census, Greenville Co., SC, M432, Roll no. 853 (GPL)
11. Charleston County Grantee Index, 1719-1800 (SCSA, nothing found)
12. Charleston County Revised Grantor Index, 1800-1881 (SCSA, nothing found)
13. Charleston County Court of Equity.  General Index to Equity Records, vol 4, 1721-1868, Bills, 1721-1861, Decrees 1788 nos. 1&2; 1843-1861, Reports 1846-1868 (SCSA, nothing found)
14. Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Greenville County, SC, Records, 1857-1899, microfilm from Furman University Baptist Historical Collection, microfilm 286.06, S724f, reel 2
15. Greenville County Probate Judge, Index to Estate Papers, N-Q, 1787-1976 (microfilm, GPL)
16. Greenville County Probate Judge, Estate Records (microfilm, GPL)
17. James Harrison's Account Book, 1783-1793 (microfilm) (GPL)
18. Washington District/Greenville County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, Index to Judgements (microfilm, GPL)

Send comments to Gwyneth Duncan.  Last updated 6/17/97.