Laurens County, South Carolina
History and Genealogy

Volunteers Dedicated To Free
Genealogy - Part of the Genealogy Trails Group Always Free, Always Updating

Welcome to Laurens County, South Carolina Trails. Our goal is helping you find your ancestors by placing data online for the Free use of all researchers.  We are proud to expand into South Carolina, providing our "experience" gained from years of researching our ancestors and website hosting.  We want to hear about you and the history of your ancestors. We need help with contributions of your data, history and stories to make this a great site for research.  Everything is helpful: Obituaries, Biographies, Photos and County History, to name a few.

As data becomes available, we put it online, including it's county's page.  Information will be posted as fast as we can find, type and/or receive it.  We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions.

You are welcome to browse the information here to gather the data needed in your research. Please remember that this data represents hours of painstaking research by the State Coordinator, Volunteers, and Contributors, who donate to this site. Show your respect for these efforts by not using it on other websites or publications without written permission of the host and/or Contributors nor claim as your own.

This county is available for adoption

If you would like to find out more about hosting or helping with a South Carolina Genealogy Trails county, or any other county within the United States, please visit our
Volunteer Information Page.

Submit Data/Query

Join Mailing List

Submit Obituary

Laurens became a separate county in 1785 from the Ninety-Six District, 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.

Laurens County was the location of many battles and skirmishes during the American Revolution. These included the Battle of Musgrove Mill, Lindley's Fort, and Hammond's Store.

Records of Interest

Contributors

Neighboring Counties

Greenville - Northwest

Spartanburg  - North

Union - Northeast

Newberry - West/Southwest

Greenwood - South

Abbeville - Southeast/East

Anderson - East

This website and its contents in the format presented, except where otherwise noted on the page, are copyrighted by Genealogy Trails and may not be copied, altered, converted nor uploaded to any electronic system or BBS, nor linked from any "pay-for-view" site, linked in such a manner as to appear to be part of another site including "frame" capturing, nor included in any software collection or print collection of any type without the express written permission of the author of this site.

Information is furnished for the free use of researchers who are interested for the purpose of researching their family histories and genealogies. However, copying & pasting the information presented here onto another website is prohibited! This website is considered to be a compilation of facts, and is therefore covered under current copyright laws.

While every effort has been made to provide accurate information, there is no warranty of any kind regarding the accuracy of any information found on this or any other genealogy website presented by this author. It is the responsibility of the interested party to research and document the information located on this or any other website. Links to other sites should be considered referrals only and should not necessarily be taken as endorsements.