South Carolina Pioneers

Scottish Settlers to Port Royal were Flogged by the Spanish Claverhouse in Scotland In 1683 a few Scotch families were brought to Port...

Images of York County Wills, Estates, Land Warrants York County was first established in 1785 and was part of Camden District. From 1791 t...

Waccamaw River The beautiful Waccamaw River flows across Horry County from its northern boundary of North Carolina to its southern boundar...

A Prisoner Exchanged Hampton Stroud of Chester County served under Captain George Wade and General Sumpter and fought at Sumpter's Bat...

The Scotch Settlement of Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church About 1758 John Duncan of Aberdeen, Scotland, going first to Pennsylvania, then ...

Laurens County Probate Records Laurens County was established in 1785 as part of the Ninety Six District. It was named for Revolutionary W...

Richland County South Carolina Wills Richland County was formed in 1785 as part of Camden District. In 1791 a small portion of it went to ...

Newberry County Probate Records In 1783 an ordinance was passed to divide the districts of Charleston, Georgetown, Cheraw, Camden, Ninety-...

The Real Story Behind the Boston Tea Party The American colonists, like their British counter-parts, took their tea drinking seriously, c...

Sumter County Probate Records Sumter County was taken from portions of Claremont, Salem and Clarendon Counties in 1800. Sumter County Wi...

Lancaster County Wills and Estates Lancaster County was formed in 1785. It was originally part of the Camden District, and was named after...

County Records Offer the Genealogist the Most Hope! Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin After the census records are researched, the next sto...

Dorchester County, South Carolina Genealogy Dorchester County was named for Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1696 Congregationalists from tha...

Ruins on Highway 17 (coastal Highway Several Revolutionary War skirmishes occurred in Colleton County and the state legislature met in the...

Barnwell County Wills, Marriages, Maps Barnwell County was originally part of Orangeburg District, and in 1785 it was named Winton County....

Swords and Sabres The sabre used by the cavalry during the American Revolutionary War usually had a brass hilt or a plain cherry grip. A s...

Granville County Wills and Estates Old Granville County, South Carolina was located south of Colleton County and went to the Georgia bord...

Finding the Old Home Place Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin Finding one's past can be as simple as locating the old home place. It cre...

Georgia Pioneers (8 Genealogy Websites) has wills, estates, traced families etc in AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN and VA.  In particular, our Virgin...

Elegant Funerals Funerals during the 17th century had flare! Here are a few things which have been forgotten. People wore a plain funeral ...