Last Updated July 11, 2008

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
  

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 at Teaching U.S.History
  

• Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site near Summerville

• South Carolina State Library: Dorchester history (use your BACK button to return here)
  

• 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!)
• Historic Maps of South Carolina at Univ. of Alabama
• 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
Charleston |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!

• South Carolina Death Indexes, 1915-1954

• 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

• South Carolina Vital Records- http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/vit.htm

• USGenWeb Archives - South Carolina

• South Carolina American Local History Network
• 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- SC- research volunteers

THE SOUTH

• H-SOUTH: The History of the American South
• George Washington's South Carolina Journey
• Documenting the American South-University of N.C.- Chapel Hill

MAPS

• Historic Maps of South Carolina at Univ. of Alabama

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

• Charles Town District - Old Parishes of South Carolina (Berkeley Co SCGenWeb)
• 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
• Maps, Maps, Maps

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

South Carolina and the Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Diaries, Letters and Orders - SC
Battle of Sullivan's Island
Battle of Kings Mountain
Battle of Cowpens
Presbyterian Rebellion and the Battle of Huck's Defeat
Fort Moultrie National Monument

CIVIL WAR

• Life in the Confederate Army by Arthur P. Ford

Published 1905,  Entire book online - Palmetto Guard(s) & 2nd Infantry

• 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
• Special Projects - South Carolina in the Civil War

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
Micah J. Jenkins Camp (SC, NC, GA, VA, FL)

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
• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company I
• Charleston Multimedia Project - a project of the Charleston County Library and local historic agencies. Provides a guidebook of the Historic District, essays, and online tours of landmark buildings.
• Historic Charleston Foundation
• National Society of the Children of the American Revolution
• Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of South Carolina
• South Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
• 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

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

GENEALOGY MATERIALS (commercial sites)
(at Colleton County SCGenWeb- use BACK button to return here)