Good Afternoon Everyone :-)
As Hostess of our list, I'm always trying to be on the 'look-out' for
information that I think might be helpful and useful in our research. I
recently found the following information on the WIREGRASS-L list
(received permission to repost from Barry Wetherington). I have
ancestors who either lived in South Carolina or at least passed through
that state during their migration into other states so this information
will be very vaulable in my personal research. I hope it will be a good
reference tool for some of you as well :-) Many thanks to Barry for
sharing this information with fellow list members on the Wiregrass
list. If any of you have similar information, please let me encourage
you to post it so that others might benefit.
Regards,
Nancy E Parr---Hostess
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South Carolina Formation of Counties - Timeline
Four counties created by the Lords Proprietors: 1682
Berkeley Area around Charleston; combined with Colleton County in 1769
to form Charleston District; separated from Charleston in 1882
Colleton Area south of Berkeley County to the Combahee River; combined
with Berkeley County in 1769 to form Charleston District; separated from
Charleston in 1880
Craven Area north of Berkeley County to the North Carolina border
1686 Granville Area south of Colleton County to the Georgia border
Seven judicial districts created by South Carolina's Colonial General
Assembly 1769
Beaufort From Granville County (see above)
Charleston From Berkeley and Colleton Counties (see above)
Georgetown From Craven County (see above)
Cheraws Area northwest of Georgetown
Camden Large area west of Cheraws District
Ninety Six Area northwest of Camden District
Orangeburg Area southwest of Camden District
Forty SC counties created after the American Revolution:
1785 Orange From Orangeburg District; abolished in 1791
Lewisburg From Orangeburg District; early version of Lexington County;
abolished in 1791
Winton From Orangeburg District; early version of Barnwell County;
abolished 1791
Kingston From Georgetown District; roughly equivalent to today's Horry
County; became inactive quickly; revived as Horry County in 1804
Williamsburg From Georgetown District; became inactive quickly; revived
- 1804
Chesterfield From Cheraws District
Darlington From Cheraws District
Marlboro From Cheraws District
Chester From Camden District
Claremont From Camden District
Clarendon From Camden District; absorbed by Sumter District in 1800;
then recreated from Sumter about 1855
Fairfield From Camden District
Lancaster From Camden District
Richland From Camden District
York From Camden District
Abbeville From Ninety Six District
Edgefield From Ninety Six District
Laurens From Ninety Six District
Newberry From Ninety Six District
Spartanburg From Ninety Six District
Union From Ninety Six District
1786 Greenville From Cherokee lands
1789 Pendleton From Cherokee lands
1791 Kershaw From parts of Claremont, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Richland
Salem From parts of Claremont and Clarendon
1800 Barnwell From Orangeburg
Marion From Georgetown
Sumter From Claremont, Clarendon, and Salem
1801 Horry From Georgetown; later version of Kingston County
1804 Lexington From Orangeburg; later version of Lewisburg County
1826 Anderson From Pendleton
Pickens From Pendleton
1868 Oconee From western part of Pickens
1871 Aiken From Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg
1878 Hampton From Beaufort
1888 Florence From Clarendon, Darlington, Marion, Williamsburg
1895 Saluda From Edgefield
1897 Bamberg From Barnwell
Cherokee From Spartanburg, Union, and York
Dorchester From Berkeley and Colleton
Greenwood From Abbeville and Edgefield
1902 Lee From Darlington, Kershaw, and Sumter
1908 Calhoun From Lexington and Orangeburg
1910 Dillon From Marlboro
1912 Jasper From Beaufort and Hampton
1916 McCormick From Abbeville, Edgefield, and Greenwod
1919 Allendale From Barnwell and Hampton