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LAURENS COUNTY

South Carolina



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Updated Nov. 15, 2009 - biographies


COUNTY HISTORY

Laurens became a separate county in 1785 being named for the Revolutionary War patriot Henry Laurens of Charleston. The town of Laurens became the county seat, and the first courthouse was erected in 1786. The current courthouse was built in 1840 and enlarged in 1857. Andrew Johnson, president of the United States, and his brother came to Laurens in 1824 and established a tailor shop.

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Greenville - Spartanburg - Union - Newberry - Greenwood - Abbeville - Anderson

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