This page last updated  January 12, 2013

 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.
 

VITAL RECORDS
 

• 1790 Census of Dorchester - St. George's Parish

• 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)

• 1725 Census of St. George's Parish at Ancestry.Com  - You must now search the archives for this file - use BACK button to return
  
• Colleton County Census, including St. Georges Parish
  

• Diary of David Gavin of St. Georges Parish, South Carolina, 1855-1874, including marriage, birth, and death records and slave data for the area

WILLS

• David Gavin - 1871
• John W. Whetsell - 1883
• Jacob Whetsell - 1847

CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS

• CEMETERIES of Dorchester County

DEEDS

• G. L. Clayton to Maggie Clayton- 1899
• Richard S. Sillivant to Pinkney Brown - 1874

OBITUARIES

• Ann Darley Whetsell - 1858
• Mrs. Robert I. Limestone
• Lee H. Dawson
• Mrs. Florence D. Sineath
• Britt and Related Surnames
• Emma Bunch Smith
  

DIARIES

• David Gavin

BIOGRAPHIES

BIBLE RECORDS

• Isaac Simmons Utsey, Jr. 

(related families of Dukes, Connor, Horn/Horne, & others)

HISTORY

• History of Givhans Ferry State Park (and Givhans Family)

• South Carolina Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1890-91   
Includes Jedburg, Ridgeville, Summerville, & St. George
 
• The Town of Dorchester, In South Carolina - A Sketch of Its History  This article by Henry A. M. Smith first appeared in the South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol VI - No 2, April 1905

• Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site near Summerville

• History of the Dorchester County Library

• Middleton Place

 

MAPS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY
 

• Steve Coker's South Carolina Roots Site (Includes the 1825 Mills Atlas + hundreds more!)
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Historic Maps at the U. of SC
  

• Modern Dorchester County 

• Formations of Districts and Counties in South Carolina

SINGLE SURNAME WEB SITES

• The Rhode Family History
• Raysor Family Gathering
  

"LOW COUNTRY"

A few of our "Low Country" Neighbors - SCGenWeb Project
 Allendale | Bamberg  | Barnwell | Berkeley |  Beaufort
  Colleton |  Dorchester | Hampton | Jasper | Orangeburg

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 - Historic Sites

SOUTH CAROLINA

• SC GenWeb Project

• SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF HISTORY & ARCHIVES - INDEX NOW ONLINE!

• Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.com
  

• South Carolina Vital Records- where to write
• 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/

THE SOUTH

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

MAPS

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Historic Maps at the U. of SC

• Old Districts & County Formations of South Carolina 
  
• 1825 Mills Atlas - Colleton District (includes St. George's Parish)
  

• 1834 SC map: section includes Colleton Co
• 1895 Colleton Co SC map
• Modern map -Colleton County

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

South Carolina and the Revolutionary War

CIVIL WAR

• The American Civil War Homepage
• Selected Civil War Photographs American Memories site includes a Civil War Time Line

AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY
David Gavin Diary
Colleton & Dorchester Counties and Links to Related Sites

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)

HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

 

• Old St. Bartholomew Genealogical Chapter
• Upper Dorchester County Historical Society
• South Carolina Historical Society - historical and genealogical information.
• South Carolina Genealogical Society
• Palmetto Genealogical Association
• Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society

GENERAL GENEALOGY & HISTORY LINKS
(at Colleton County SCGenWeb- use BACK button to return here)

FULL BOOKS ON LINE (FREE ACCESS)

http://books.google.com (Advanced Search)

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" book.  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

Local Public Libraries.  Many public library systems offer home access to Heritage Quest, and  Ancestry.Com on library computers,  to library members.  Both are good resources for publications of local histories and genealogies.