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November 17

Abbeville:
Obituaries:  surnames – Eddins, Martin, McWhortee, Cunningham
Linda Rodriguez contributed an obit for  Chesley Daniel.
Aiken:
Biographies:  John Howell contributed a short sketch on his gggrandfather, Carson Howell.
Anderson:
Yuna Black has contributed partial burial listing for the following cemeteries:  New Silverbrook,  Lebanon Baptist, Pendleton 1st Baptist.
Calhoun:
News section started
Charleston:
Biographies:  General James Connor
Chesterfield:
Biographies:  Ellerbe Cash
Edgefield: 
Biographies: Thomas Bacon, Milledge Bonham,  John H. Brooks
Georgetown: 
Obituaries: James Bogle from Linda Rodriguez
Greenville:
Probate:  Yuna Black contributed partial probate transcriptions for Hance Black and Jacob Black.
Kershaw:
Biographies:  General J. B. Kershaw, John D. Kennedy, Dr. T. W. Salmond.
Laurens:
Biographies:  Colonel R. P. Todd.
Lexington:
Obituaries:  Eugene Long, Eliz. Long and Hubert Long obits transcribed by D. Whitesell.
Partial tombstone transcriptions and photos contributed by Joe & Jane Long for: Pond Branch, St. Peters Lutheran and Nazerath Lutheran Cemeteries.
Biographies:  F. S. Lewie.
Marion:
Biographies:  William Carmichael, Andrew Harllee, Duncan McIntyre.
Marlboro:
Biographies:  Reminiscences of the Sixties by Chas. Crosland (recollections of the Civil War), transcribed by D. Whitesell
Newberry:
Biographies and Short Sketches: Young John Pope, Colonel James H. Williams,  J. W. Reid, William Drayton Rutherford.
Oconee:
Military:  History of the Fourth Regiment as written by J. W. Reid.
Yuna Black contributed partial burial listing for the following cemeteries: Oakway Wesleyan,  Center Methodist & Earle's Grove.
Pickens:
Obituaries:  Yuna Black contributed obits for Vina Black , Jake Black, Ruth Black, Wm. McKinney,.
Yuna Black also contributed partial listing for the following cemeteries:  Shady Grove, West View, Mile Creek,  Rock Springs, Mt. Calvary Wesleyan Methodist, Six Mile Baptist, Hillcrest, and Zion Methodist.
Richland:
Biographies: Colonel Wm. Wallace

South Carolina Main site updates:

Military:  Company K, 23rd Regiment (sketch by  W. J. Andrews)
Company K, 23rd Regiment Roll, also by W. J. Andrews
History of Kershaw’s Brigade by G. Augustus Dickert
Atlanta U.S. Federal Penitentiary Records - Inmates Tried in South Carolina Courts - 1902-1922
Marriages:  1766-1782 Marriages Announcements

November 1

Abbeville:  Obituaries: surnames – Eddins, Martin, McWhortee, Cunningham

Anderson: Obituaries: surnames – Newell, Wyatt, Stewart.
Pickens Chapel Cemetery contributed by Carl R. Garrison.
Wills: Carl R. Garrison contributed wills from MANY Pickens (surname) family.
Carl Garrison also contributed deeds and other misc. information regarding the Pickens family (located under BitsNPieces).

Barnwell:  Obituaries: surnames - Cain
Calhoun: News section started
Charleston:  Obituaries updated.  Also - Letter written by Eliza Lucas Pinckney contributed by John Howell.

Chester: Obituaries: surnames – Moffatt.
Biographies: Samuel Mobley contributed by John Howell. Also added biography for James Yarborough and Samuel Lathan.
Transcribed and added school photos for the 1934 High School year book, "The Cestrian" by D. Whitesell.


Edgefield: Obituaries: surnames – Henderson, LaBombg, Mays.
Fairfield:  Biographies: Cynthia Coleman, Geo. Mayes, Eliz. Darby.
Greenville:  Sandra Ferguson Kreiser contributed data on her uncle, Furman Clark, who died during WWII.
Horry:  Military: WWII Dead & Missing.
Laurens:  Obituaries: surnames – Garrett, Plant.
Marlboro:  Obituaries: surnames - Harris.

Newberry:
Nby Families: Cathy Schmidt contributed pictures for Jacob Lemuel Dickert’s family.
Cemeteries:   Rosemont Cemetery. UPDATED.... ALL of section E in now complete. (sections 1-14).
Partial listing of burials for St. Marks AME Cemetery contributed by Charlyce Goodwin.
Obituaries: surnames – Boyce, Carver, Franklin, Hamilton, McAlhaney, Ringer, Welling, Wicker, Swygert, Summers, Amick, Kirkland, Senn, Clark, Clarkson, Cope, Creekmore, Dennis, Koon, Pollard, Wiebe.
Cathy Schmidt contributed obit for surname Lefler.


Oconee:  More of the 1910 census (contributed by Ross Jones) has been added. About half way through with the 1910 census.
Orangeburg:  McMichael Commission sent in by John Howell.
Richland: Obituaries: McCully, Hendrix,.
Biographies: Conyers Elliott Frasier.

Spartanburg:  Biographies: Collins Family, Robert Gantt.
D. Whitesell has transcribed and included the school pictures from the 1930 Spartanburg High School year book, "The Scribbler".

October 1, 2009


Cherokee:  Obituaries: surnames - Lipscomb
Clarendon:  Obituaries:  surnames - Mahoney
Edgefield:  Obituaries:  surnames – Herin, Strother
Greenwood:  Obituaries:  surnames – Eddy.  News section updated
Kershaw:  Obituaries: surnames - Yarbrough
Lee:   Obituaries:  surnames - Carnes
Lexington:  Obituaries:  surnames - Smith
Marlboro:  Obituaries:  surnames - Easterling

Newberry:
Churches:  The Episcopal Churchwomen – 1966 directory of the Womens Guild
Cemeteries:  Rosemont Cemetery UPDATED.... section E1 through 6 complete.  All of section A has been completed. Donna Brummett is working hard to get this cemetery online.
Obituaries: surnames – Dickert, Lever, Rinehart, Rucker, Jackson, Jones, Matthews, McCarty, Long, Kelly, Lott, Wicker, Price, Pruitt, Rowe, Summer, Chapman, Grant.

Oconee:  Ross Jones transcribed Oconee census year 1900 NOW complete.
Orangeburg:  Morgan Cemetery and Stroman Cemetery transcription submitted by RO Williams.
Richland:   Obituaries:  Surnames - Summers
Spartanburg:  Patrick Oshields contributed a news article on one of his ancestors.
York:  SERVICE OF WILLIAM AKINS and ELIZABTH AKINS, submitted by K. Thorp

Sept. 19

Lexington:  Rankin family contributed by Linda Rankin
Newberry:
Cemeteries:  Rosemont Cemetery UPDATED....now starting section E. All of section A has been completed.
Donna has completed Lower Mt. Olive AME Cemetery.
Riser Family Cemetery added with photos by Lib Pitts.
Folk Family Cemetery added by Cynthia Sheppard.
Obituaries: surnames – Jones, Timmerman, Johnson, Parks, Smith, Wilkerson, Gresham, Johnson, Bouknight, Epps, Bouknight, Hazel, Kinney, Sommerville, Thompson, Gilbert, Smith, Wier, Wood, Baker, Bates, Boyd, Cannon, Davenport, Dominick, Feliz, Kibler, Lindler, Long, Moon, Pitts, Watson, Wheeler, & Wise.
Butch Youngier contributed obits for surnames Brogden & Gauntt.
Tragedies:  Butch Youngier contributed story of Mark Gantt is Shot to Death - Nephew Denies Guilt
Wills: Cynthia Shepherd contributed Will of Richard Sondley
Oconee: 1900 Census for for all Townships almost complete.

Sept 1, 2009

Greenwood:  New section FAMILIES McCary/Corley family submitted by Sue Summer.
Newberry:
New section FAMILIES McCary/Corley family submitted by Sue Summer.
Cemeteries: Donna has also started the VERY LARGE project of surveying and photographing Rosemont Cemetery. UPDATED....
Livingston Family Cemetery and Belmont Baptist Church Cemetery completed with photos, by Donna Brummett.
Donna has taken pictures of many of the tombstones from the Old Village Cemetery.
Obituaries: surnames Davis, Cromer, Hall, Eichelberger, Boyd, Caldwell, Boozer, Dufford, Hare, Keitt, Tribble, Pitts, Johnson, Henderson, Means, rivers, Strong, Tuggle, Williams
Probate:  Sue Summer contributed the Will of Thomas Davis.
Oconee:  Oconee 1900 Census for for all Townships almost complete.
Orangeburg:  News section updated with thanks to John Howell.

August 15, 2009

Charleston:  Charleston City Census 1861 is complete.
Chester: Deana Tribblet has contributed data on her family, James Franklin.
Newberry:
Cemeteries: The VERY LARGE project of surveying and photographing Rosemont Cemetery is moving along well. Must check out the Cemetery page to see what has been UPDATED....
Clarence Rikard submitted data on his family cemetery (Rikard Cemetery).
Obituaries: surnames Watters, Wilson, Thornton, Brooks, McCrackin, Monts, Suber, Bodie.
Oconee:
Ross Jones has transcribed all the Oconee censuses and contributed them to us. The 1880 census and mortality schedules has been completed.
1910 Center township & Chattooga township is now complete.
1900 Census for Center Twp complete.
South Carolina Main site updates:
43 & 44th Baptist State Convention – held in Darlington, 1863 and Greenville, 1864.
Misc. news section updated with thanks to Nancy Piper.

August 1, 2009

Charleston:
Charleston City 1861 city census. More has been added to this file.
News updated
Colleton:
News updated
Greenville:
Rev. War Pension Applicantion for Blackmon Ligon – transcribed by K. Thorp
Newberry:
Cemeteries:
Donna Brummett has completed Beth Eden Cemetery, St. James Lutheran Church Cemetery Donna has also started the VERY LARGE project of surveying and photographing Rosemont Cemetery.
Obituaries:
surnames Bagwell, Ballentine, Bishop, Braswell, Edwards, Dickert, Fulmer, Halfacre, Humphrey, Long, Shealy, Williams, Cunningham, Scott, Sligh, Suber, Bouknight, Christie, Johnson, Leitzsey.
Biographies:
Joyce Johnson has contributed photos of her ancestor Rev. Young Reeder and his family.
Oconee:
Ross Jones has transcribed all the Oconee censuses and contributed them to us. The 1870 census and mortality schedule has been completed. I have begun the 1880...check back frequently to see what has been completed.

July 22, 2009


Charleston:
Orphan House Commissioners from 1790-1861.

Charleston City 1861 city census. This is a work in progress, so check back frequently, as I add more items daily....

Newberry:
Cemeteries:
Baxter Cemetery and Mt. Zion completed by Donna Brummett. Donna has also completed Fairview Baptist (wht. Church), and Sweet Spring AME Cemetery. Photos are available for all the cemeteries, and if they are not online, just email me, and I'll get it to you.

Obituaries: surnames Ella B. Stevens, Altman, Massey, Metts, Enlow, Morris, Billingsley.

Tragedies: Updated with the shooting of Simeon Young & his wife and the murder of Walt Faulkner.

South Carolina Main site updates:
1778-1779 Jury List for South Carolina – now complete....all Districts listed

Querrie board updated

June 2009

Abbeville:  Biography of Joseph Baker
Charleston:  Biography of Susan Faber Bailey
Chesterfield:  News section updated; Biography of Colonel Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash
Greenville:  Obituary for Rev. Robert Baker
Horry:  Obituary for surnames: Vanderhoff, Cooke, Rabon, Young and Hughes.
Lee:  News section added
Newberry:
Cemeteries: Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery (African American) surveyed with tombstone photos contributed by Donna Brummett.
Donna has also completed Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery with the OLD and the NEW sections placed in separate databases. Photos are available for both these cemeteries.
Obituaries: surnames Griffin, Sims, Caldwell, Glymph, Carolyn Lane Marett, Cannon, Ola Belle Abbott, Bouknight.
Orangeburg:  A History of Dean Swamp Church contributed by John Howell
Some history of Willow Swamp Church, contributed by Phillip Mullins
Saluda:  Biography of William B. Travis
South Carolina Main site updates:
Medal of Honor Recipients from 1901 – 1972
1778-1779 Jury List for South Carolina (I still have some Districts to finish transcribing, but MANY are now online)

May 2009

Abbeville:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Aiken:
90 Years of Aiken County – transcribed by Dena
Anderson:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Barnwell:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Charleston:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Chester:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Chesterfield:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Darlington:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Edgefield:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Fairfield:
1790 Census
Fairfield County History as presented by William Ederington
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Greenville:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Horry:
Obituaries: Victor and Lucille Spivey
Kershaw:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Lancaster:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Laurens:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Lexington:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Marion:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Marlboro:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Newberry:
Cemeteries:
Liberty Hill Lutheran Cemetery surveyed with tombstone photos contributed by Donna Brummett.
Obituaries: surnames Leona and Leo Jennings, contributed by LG Jennings
Janet Sims Metcalfe contributed an obit for Carrie Dominick.
Other obits - Pitner, Jones, Boyd, Moorman.
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Tragedies: Butler Banks story updated; Wm. Dorran explosion at his place
Orangeburg:
Letter from Lord Cornwallis contributed by John Howell
History of Caption Rumph and his company
Pickens:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Richland:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Spartanburg:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Union:
Lee Cemetery surveyed and photographed by Donna Brummett, obituaries added.
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
Williamsburg:
Military: 1840 Census of Pensioners
York:
Obituaries: surnames Joseph Alexander contributed by Linda Rodriguez
South Carolina Main site updates:
South Carolina Officer's Honorary Retired List

April 30, 2009

Aiken:
90 Years of Aiken County – transcribed by Dena
Edgefield:
Obituaries: surnames – Lizze Gray contributed by Candi Horton
Greenville:
Obituaries: surnames – Norita Moss contributed obit for John Parnell.
Newberry:
Cemeteries:
Donna Brummett has completed surveying and photographing the following cemeteries: Enoree Baptist Church Cemetery, Lake Family Cemetery, Nance Family Graveyard and West End cemetery has been updated with photos (and more to come).
Obituaries: surnames Anderson, Slice, Crumpton, Felker, Long, DeHardt.

April 15, 2009

Clarendon:  Bagnal Family Cemetery with photos contributed by Melvin Price and Brenda Depp
Greenwood: 
Cochran family submitted by Janet Travis
Newberry:
   Churches:
History of Beth-Eden Lutheran Church
History of Trinity United Methodist Church 1835-1985 as written by Charlie Senn
History of Central United Methodist Church, 1972
Centennial Celebration of Central United Methodist Church, 1932
   Cemeteries:   Bethlehem Lutheran Ch. Cem. complete by Donna Brummett
   Obituaries: surname Maybin
   Births: Delayed birth certificate applications. Applicants born after 1880 are in this database. Have included surnames: Boland, Bowles, Baxter, Adkerson, Brehmer, Bates, Bell, Boozer, Bobo, Brooks, Bedenbaugh, Butler.

March 28, 2009

Abbeville:
Obituaries: surnames - Savage
Allendale: Military: Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009 and Obituaries: surnames – Smith, Youman
Aikens: Military - Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Anderson: Military - Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009 and Obituaries: surnames – Wagoner, Greenlee
Barnwell: Military - Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009 and Obituaries: surnames – Buggs, Defrenn, Moski
Beaufort: Obituaries: surnames – Glover, Furman
Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Beaufort National Cemetery updated with additional photos of markers contributed by Lois Anderson. BerkeleyMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames – Yancey, Phillips
Calhoun: Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
CharlestonMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames – Taylor, Gadsden, Hobart, Lemon
CherokeeMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
Chester: Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames - Tinsley
ChesterfieldMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
ClarendonOliver-Bagnal-Johnson Cemetery contributed by Melvin Price
ColletonMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
DarlingtonMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
DillionMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
DorchesterMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
Edgefield: Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing . Billie Jones has contributed Confederate Pension records for surnames Derrick, Rhoden, Holloway, Dean, Collins & Burnett.
Obituaries: surnames – Strother, Landrum
Billie Jones contributed obits for William Rauton, Alice Coursey, Agnes, Coursey, Annie Coursey
FairfieldMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
Obituaries: surnames – Hutchinson
FlorenceMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames - Stack
Georgetown: Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames - Anderson
Greenville:  Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missingand Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames – Ferguson, Hampton, Jones, Lewis, Walker
GreenwoodMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
Obituaries: surnames – Cochram
Hampton:  Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing
HorryMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraqi War Casualties 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames – Hildreth, Owens, Phillips
JasperMilitary: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing and Iraq War Deaths 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames - Patterson
KershawAnita Martin-Schwartz contributed the following cemeteries: Bible Holiness, Blaney Baptist Church, Bowen Cemetery
LancasterObituaries: surnames – Steele, Griffin
Military: Iraq War Casualties 2003-2009
LexingtonMilitary: Iraq War Casualities 2003-2009
Obituaries: surnames – Caughman, Fitzgerald, Torrence, Weimortz
MarionObituaries: surnames – Grice
MarlboroObituaries: surnames - McRae
NewberryCemeteries: Capers Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery transcribed and photographed by Donna Brummett.
Obituaries: surnames Fulmer, Lindler, Stoudemire, Oxner
Melvin Price contributed obituary for Julia Folk Crapps
OrangeburgObituaries: surnames – Bell, Jennings, Mack, Thompson
Military: Iraqi War Casualties 2003-2009
PickensObituaries: surnames - Davis
Richland: Many old time photos contributed by John Howell
Obituaries: surnames – Figeroux, Hammond, Derrick, Collado, Dunkin, Maybin, White
John Howell has contributed data and photos on Shady Grove School, Camp Jackson and the burning of Columbia. He has also written a fictionalized story about Congaree families.
Military: Iraqi War Casualties 2003-2009
SpartanburgObituaries: surnames Farrow, Sams, Lindsey, Adams, Fox
Military: Iraq War Deaths 2003-2009
SumterAnita Martin-Schwartz contributed the following cemeteries: Atkinson-Dinkins, High Hills Baptist Church Cemetery, Ellison, Black River Swamp Cemetery
YorkObituaries: surnames Parker, Love

South Carolina Main site updates
Obituaries: misc. obits from unknown counties.
Biographies and Short Sketches: Expansion of South Carolina 1729-1765 by Rob. Meriwether has been partially transcribed.
Military: South Carolina World War I Soldiers Buried on Foreign Soil and South Carolina World War II Soldiers Buried on Foreign Soil.
Querries board updated

February 28, 2009

Allendale:   Military:  World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing.
Aikens:  Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing.
Anderson:   Wills for Lewis Gibbes and John North.  Military: World War II Honor List of Dead & Missing.
Bamberg:  Military: WWII Casualty list.
Barnwell:  Military: WWII Casualty list.
Clarendon:  Butch Holladay contributed Holladay Bible records, Hollady Wills and plat information.
Obituaries: surnames – Graham, Thames, Nelson, Blackwell.
Butch also contributed cemetery data on Junk Yard Cemetery, Bethel UMC, Liberty Hill Free Will Cemetery, Holladay Family Cemetery, Gethsemane Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery, and Fellowship Cemetery.
Military: WWII Casualty list.
Newberry:
More Info:  Thomas Keitt trial regarding his bigamy charge contributed by Horretta Wilkins.
Cemeteries:    Bethel baptist Church Cemetery updated, photos added by Donna Brummett and obits by Dena.
Donna has also completed surveying and photographing Scurry Springhill Baptist Cemetery, and Welch Zion Baptist Cemetery.
Obituaries: surnames – Amick, Boatwright, Bundrick, Chandler, Cotney, Dennis, Dillashaw, Jarmon, Martin, Richardson, Rowe, Sanders, Smith, Taylor, Thomas, Hair, Jessie, Scurry, Williams, Chaplin, Davenport, Eichelberger, Miller, Werts.
Deaths:  Death certificate for James Todd contributed by Horretta Wilkins. 
Spartanburg:  Jil Woodruff Pulley contributed Wills for Absoloum Bobo and Samuel Woodruff.

February 19, 2009

Beaufort:
Cemeteries: Braddocks Point Cemetery surveryed, transcribed and photos by Kim Thorp.

Charleston:
St. Phillips Church Cemetery – a partial transcriptions of tombstones with pictures
Marriages announcements added
Obituaries: surnames – Henning, Jervey, Neyle, Wallace, Gadsden, Pinckney, Solomon, Love

Clarendon:  Butch Hollady has contributed civil war documents, Wills and cemetery information on his Hollady family....more to come

Newberry:
Cemeteries: Donna Brummett has compledted Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Gilders Creek, Reagin Family Cemetery, Mt. Hebron AME Church Cemetery, and Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery.  Also updated the Summer Family Cemetery..... 
Obituaries: surnames – McMurtury, Perry, Ramsey, Scott, Bookman, Brown, Cromer, Galloway, Hair, Holman, Jackson, Ruff, Wise, Rawl

South Carolina Main site updates under 'State Data':
Biographies and Short Sketches: John Caldwell Calhoun, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Christopher Gadsden, Daniel Huger

January 31, 2009

Abbeville:
Military -
1883 Pensioners
1919-1935 Confederate Pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Willie F. Jones
Aikens:
Military - 1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor – James P. Adams, Gaines Mosley
Anderson:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Robert M. Bailey, William L. Dickerson, Robert Gilmer, Milledge A.Gordon, Burton Holmes, Louias Lucius Ligon
Bamberg:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Bruce Stoney
Barnwell:
Military -1883 pensioners
Beaufort:
Military - 1883 pensioners
Obituaries: surnames –  JOHN M. VERDIER
Berkeley:
Military -1883 pensioners
Charleston:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Herman F. Bremer, Julius C. Cogswell, James H. Holmes, Frank Johnstone Jervey, Thomas M. Jervey, Franeis K. Lesesne, Carl W. T. Prausc, Edward L. Wells, Richard G. White
Cherokee:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Rufus R. Phillips
Chester: 
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor -Robert S. Cochrane,  Robert M. Wilson
Chesterfield:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Lawrence E. Caulder, Myren F. Funderburk, Frederick  O. Gaskins, Henry Boice Hunt, Robert M. McDonald, William E. Sellers, Hubert P. Terrell, Daniel Whitaker
Clarendon:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Julius A. Mood
Colleton:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Edward B. Hope, Curtis Mims Strickland, Youmum Z. Weeks
Darlington:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - McLaurin Baker, Thomas Cooper, John H. Gardner, William J. Hoover, Herbert H. Wallace
Edgefield: 
Military - 1883 pensioners
Fairfield:
Military - 1883 pensioners
Georgetown: 
Military - 1883 pensioners
Greenville:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - George Wells Batson, Roe Bradley, Melvin N. Hardin, Elliott R. Harbin, Herman Blair McManaway, William Edward Wood
Hampton:
Military - 1883 pensioners
Horry:
Military - 1883 pensioners
Kershaw:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Richmond H. Hilton, Louis W. Boone , Paul K. Sinclair, John C. Villepigue, Roland Calvin Thomas,
Lancaster:
Military -
Congressional Medal of Honor - Elliott White Springs
1883 pensioners
Laurens:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Ray N. Benjamin, James L. Van Hoy
Lexington:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor – James D. Heriot, Harry L.  Neene
Marion:
Military - 1883 pensioners
Marlboro:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - James K. Faison, Paul L. Hartley, William W. Palmer
McCormick:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Henry K. Bunch, George C. McCelvey
Newberry:
Marriages:  Joyce Johnson has completed transcribing  'colored' marriages.  Many thanks Joyce...
Oconee:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Homer E. Bryant
Orangeburg:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Ezra M. Muse, William J. Turbeville
Pickens:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Clarence R. Porter, George Blain Ward
Richland:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - John C. Carter, Marion P. McLeod, Cromwelll E. Murray, Malley Stewart, Henry L. Thompson
Saluda: 
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Earnest T. Rinehart
Spartanburg:
Military -
1883 pensioners
Congressional Medal of Honor - Garey Evans Foster, Dewey G. Arnold, Loater Loyd  McKinney, James Albert Schwing, Joe W. Turner
Sumter:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Ellison Moses, George D. Sims
Union:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - James Edward Fore, Witt Samuel Fore, William H. Hames, Reuben G. Hamilton, Fred H. Sexton
Williamsburg:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - Sandy E. Jones, Leroy Watson Smith
York:
Military - Congressional Medal of Honor - James C. Dozier, Thomas Lee Hall, Willie Harrison Nims, Callic A. Smith
South Carolina Main site updates:
History of the Military Pension and History of the Congressional Medal of Honor
Congressional Medal of Honor receipients from unknown counties:  John M, Jenkins,  Barnwell R. Legge, John H. Muncaster,  Martin C. Rudolph, George H. Yardborought, jr., Brodie West, Arthur Le Roy Bristol, jr., Johnson Hagood, Henry Jervey, Robert C. Richardson, jr.

 January 22, 2009

Anderson:
Many updates for this county. Cemetery transcriptions and church information added...to many to name, so check it out.
The biography of 'Traditions and History of Anderson County' by Louise Ayer Vandiver has been started. More to come on that biography....

Chester:
Church History: Catholic Presbyterian Church
Chesterfield:
Obituaries: Glenna Kinard contributed obits for
surname Porter
Colleton:
Obituaries: Glenna Kinard for surname Harrison and Janice Rice sent in an obit for Capt. Reuben Stephens.
Edgefield:
Obituaries: Glenna Kinard for surname Porter
Greenville:
Obituaries: Mahalla Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper and Mary Cooper obits contributed by Lowry Wilson.
Cemeteries: Cooper Family Cemetery added
Kershaw:
Obituaries: Glenna Kinard contributed obits for surnames – Higgins, Porter, Martin, and Hawkins
Laurens:
Obituaries: surname – Glenna Kinard contributed several obituaries for the surname Higgins
Newberry:
Cemeteries: Donna Brummett has completed transcribing and sending in photos for the Graham Family Cemetery and the Boozer Chapel Cemetery.
Updates for Lebanon Cemetery and Mt. Pleasant Methodist Cemetery has been added with photos of all the tombstones, thanks to Donna and the most recent burials have been added.
Obituaries: Surnames Cromer, Berley, Adams, Cooper, Fowler, Gilliam, Graham, Jenkins, Vaughn, Grimsley, Graham, Floyd, Crooks.
Marriages:  With the help of Joyce Johnson the 'colored' marriages have more additions. We are now finished to the 'S's.
Oconee:
Cemeteries: Adams Family Cemetery
Orangeburg:
Obituaries: Glenna Kinard contributed - McCants
Richland:
Cemeteries: Shady Oak United Methodist Church Cemetery partially surveyed.
Bickley Family Cemetery, AndHiller Family Cemetery completed. Irmo Penticostal Cemetery has a partial listing.
Obituaries: surnames – Black, Turnipseed, Hipp, richardson, Bouknight, Owens, Bollinger, Derrick, Folk, Hicks, Peeler and Brown.
Glenna Kinard has contributed MANY obits for the following surnames: Martin, Gardner, Harrison, Hawkins, McClellan, Hornsby, Davis, Anderson, Bryant, Platι/Platte, Porter, Peake, Braziel, Tucker, Fetner, Miller, and Cobb.
Marriages: Contributions added by Glenna Kinard
Spartanburg:
Deeds: Sara Hemp contributed deed record pertaining to William Bonner and Frances Robertson.
York:
Marriages updated with thanks to Glenna Kinard.


All South Carolina County pages have their cemetery pages updated. Paul M. Kankula and Gary L. Flynn have contributed their GPS data and findings to South Carolina Genealogy Trails. There are many 'unknown' named cemeteries so if you know the name of a cemetery and it's not listed, please let me or Paul know so this data can be updated.

The beginning to December 2008 updates


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