Research and Resources

If your ancestors lived in Upper Colleton County, be sure to check out the Dorchester County SCGenWeb.

This page last updated 12-17-2012

COUNTY FORMATIONS AND CENSUS DISTRICTS

There are excellent maps showing South Carolina county formations at this site: Formation of South Carolina Districts and Counties.

Dates of formation of counties are on this page at the USGenWeb Archives. You'll also find excellent detailed historic maps of South Carolina at the University of Alabama.  On the second page, a 1930 Census map denotes the voting districts and townships mentioned in Census records.

TRANSCRIPTIONS & FEATURES 

VITAL RECORDS ON THIS AND OTHER SITES


• CENSUS RECORDS - LIST OF  ALL AVAILABLE YEARS
  


• Marriage Records of William States Lee 1816-1871

• Miscellaneous Marriages abstracted by Judy Ballard from the marriage book at the Colleton County Courthouse

• Marriage of Oren B. Risher and Blanche Risher - 1912

• Jury List 1731

• 1760 Tax List Colleton County

• 1775 Volunteer Roll - St. Mark's Parish (On this site)
• 1775 Muster Roll (On This Site)
• Death Records Online, 1915-1958 at S.C. Department of Health
  

ALBUM
Places and People of Colleton County

BIOS

• South Carolina Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1890-91 (Colleton County towns)
• Early Methodism In The Carolinas" (Excerpts including Colleton County)
• History of Ireland Creek Methodist Church (also called Island Creek)
• Round O Church Histories
• Colleton County History
• Colleton County History Timeline
• Early Epidemics in South Carolina
• A Family History by Madison Peyton Howell, Jr., July 1, 1942   Wonderful narrative of  earlier  times in Colleton County- many area families are mentioned!

• Diary of Maj. David Gavin of St. Georges Parish, Colleton Co - Marriages, Deaths, Births, and  Slave information for Upper Colleton County, SC, 1855-1874 at the Dorchester Co SCGenWeb
• Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site near Summerville

• African American Heritage

• Cemeteries and Churches

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MAPS

• Formation of South Carolina Districts and Counties.

• Steve Coker's South Carolina Roots Site (Includes the 1825 Mills Atlas + hundreds more!)
  
• 1825 Mills Atlas - Colleton District  (Steve Coker's scans are better quality)
  
• Historic Maps of South Carolina at Univ. of Alabama
• Modern map -Colleton County
• Sanborn Fire Insurance - Historic Maps in Detail at the U. of SC
  

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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
 

 Old St. Bartholomew Chapter of the S.C. Genealogical Society

Historic Charleston Foundation

South Carolina Historical Society

Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society

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LINKS TO RELATED SITES
(use your BACK button to return)

COLLETON COUNTY

• 1790 Census Records South Carolina in .PDF and ZIP files from U.S. Census Bureau -  Also includes CT, ME, MD, MA, NH, NY, NC, PA, RI,SC, VT, VA.  (Use your BACK button to return here)

• USGenWeb Archives Project

• South Carolina Department of Archives and History- Search Index by name or location
• Sourth Carolina Vital Records
  

• South Carolina Death Indexes, 1915-1958
• Charleston County, SC - Search Marriages and Probate Records
  

• Images of Schools in Colleton, S.C. Dept. of Archives and History (black and white schools)
• Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society
  

• Hendersonville High School - Old Photos, History, and Memories
  

• Press and Standard Newspaper - Index of notices of births, engagements, marriages, deaths - indexed by Larry Ulmer (not all years available)
• The State Newspaper - Columbia - Articles about SC history
  

• Largest Slave Holders from Colleton's 1860 Slave Census,  and Corresponding Surnames of African Americans - 1870 Census      - Tom Blake's site

• Census Online for South Carolina

The USGenWeb Project - Links to Special Projects

• USGenWeb Archives Project
• Census Project 1
• Census Project 2
• Family Group Sheet Project
• Tombstone Project Registry
• Tombstone Transcription Project (Main Page)
• USGenWeb Main Page (where you'll find links to all the States and other Special Projects)

SINGLE NAME AND FAMILY ASSOCIATION SITES

Raysor Family Gathering

Vaughan Family of Lodge, SC

"LOWCOUNTRY"

Rise of the Georgetown Rice Culture

Charles Town District - Old Parishes of South Carolina

Berkeley County Huguenot Society

SponsorYour Family Project

Low Country Vintage Postcards

South Carolina Heritage Corridor

SOUTH CAROLINA

• SC GenWeb Project

• SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF HISTORY & ARCHIVES
• South Carolina American Local History Network
• South Carolina Vital Records- http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/vit.htm
• South Carolina Vital Records by County
• South Carolina State Library Reference: Counties
• South Caroliniana Library , University of South Carolina

Columbia, S.C. 29208   http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/
• South Carolina: Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places

includes features about Edisto Beach State Park and Walterboro
• Brief History of South Carolina
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness-  research volunteers

RESOURCES

FREE BOOKS ONLINE!

 http://books.google.com

There are many books on South Carolina History, French Hugenots, Swiss German settlers, Slavery, and the Civil War.  Search by Name, Place or Topic.  Click on the option to show "full" books (the others are excerpts from books for sale).  Just a few available titles:

• "Twentieth Century Sketches of the South Carolina Conference, M.E. Church"
• "Men of Mark In South Carolina," 1907
• "Men of the Time: Sketches of Living Notables," 1902
• "An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina," 1820

THE SOUTH

• H-SOUTH: The History of the American South
• Documenting the American South-University of N.C.- Chapel Hill

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

CIVIL WAR

• Life in the Confederate Army by Arthur P. Ford

Published 1905,  Entire book online - Palmetto Guard(s) & 2nd Infantry
 
• Declaration of War! - from the Colleton and Beaufort Sun, 1861

• Links Related to The Confederacy
• Virginia Tech: Manuscript Sources For Civil War Research
• The American Civil War Homepage
• Selected Civil War Photographssite includes a Civil War Time Line
• 27th. South Carolina Volunteers - re-enactment group
• South Carolina in the Civil War - Query Board
• Battle of Secessionville - On June 16, 1862, Union Brigadier General Henry Benham defied orders and launched an unsuccessful frontal assault on the Confederate-held Fort Lamar commanded by Brigadier General Nathan Evans.
• Civil War @ Charleston - history and heritige of the American Civil War @ Charleston, SC Schedule, historic info, organizations, graphics, links, and more
• History of the CSS Hunley and its recent rediscovery - the Confederate States Submarine Hunley, its attack on the USS Housatonic and recent findings in Charleston Harbour.
• Assault of Battery Wagner, The - July 18, 1863.
• Battle of Bloody Bridge - July 7-9, 1864.