Colleton County, South Carolina
Genealogical Research and Resources
If you are just getting started in
your Colleton
County research, or if you are planning a trip to South Carolina for
genealogy
research, be sure to stop by our VISITOR'S
CENTER.
If your ancestors lived in Upper
Colleton County,
be sure to check out the Dorchester
County SCGenWeb.
Some of the links on this page date back a number of years. Please let me know if you discover any broken links.
colletonsc AT patsab in.com
COUNTY FORMATIONS AND CENSUS DISTRICTS
There are excellent maps
showing South Carolina county
formations at this site: Formation of
South Carolina Districts and Counties
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
ALBUM
Places and People of Colleton County
BIOGRAPHIES
Formations 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
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES
Historic
Charleston
Foundation
South Carolina
Historical
Society
Orangeburgh
German-Swiss Genealogical Society
 LINKS
TO RELATED SITES
(use your BACK
button to return)
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)
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
History
of
Colleton County (Walterboro Chamber of Commerce)
Colleton
County
Museum
Discovering
Colleton
(historic sites)
South
Carolina
State
Library Reference: Counties: Colleton history
Colleton County 911
Home Page
The
Political
Graveyard: Colleton Co, SC
DHEC
Statistics for
Colleton County
HPI
County
InfoSystem:
Colleton County, SC
The
USGenWeb Project - Links to 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
 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
docsouth.unc.edu
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
BOOKS AND CDS FOR SALE
Used
& New Genealogy Books for Sale
about
Lowcountry South Carolina
CD
List Related to Colleton County
Colleton County Memorial Library's Genealogy
Resources in Print
Colleton County Memorial Library's Genealogy
Resources on Microfilm
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- 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.
GENERAL
GENEALOGY & HISTORY LINKS
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(Many links and features contributed by Jane Hurd, former
County
Coordinator)
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