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May 2008

Anderson:
Obituaries: surname – Hubbard, Jeffers, M'Alister
Beaufort:
Obituaries: surnames – Neatherly, Trask, Kinghorn, Orford, Mills
Beaufort National Cemetery updated
Evergreen Cemetery with photos contributed by Lois Anderson
Charleston:
News section: John W. Yarbrough bankruptcy notice
Chester:
Obituaries: surnames – Blanks, Houze, Childress, Hardin, Crowder, Chapman, Lacey
Chesterfield:
Obituaries: surnames – Wells, Reddy, Duvall
Fairfield:
Obituaries: surnames - Newton
Greenville:
Obituaries: surnames – Hammett, Henson, Deweese, Cox, Goodlett (x2)
Laurens:
Obituaries: surnames – McKelvn, Cunningham 
Lexington:
Obituaries: surnames – Shuler, Shealy
Newberry:
Obituaries: Surnames: Nichols
Oconee:
Obituaries: surnames – Smith, Lee
Saluda:
Obituaries: surnames – Hazel, Culbreath, Maffett, Crawford, Smith
Biographies: Joseph Culbreath
Spartanburg:
Obituaries: surnames – White, Lipscomb, Collins, Brown, Abbott, Jamison, Yarbrough, Grimball, Dearman, Barnett, Walker, Petty
Union:
Obituaries: surnames – McBeth, Farnandis, Haile
York:
Probate: Ashcraft/Chambers

April 30, 2008 

Abbeville:  Biographies: Charles Cornelius Nash
Aikens:  Obituaries: George C. Klatte
Beaufort:  Obituaries: surnames – Orford, Hunsinger, Cook, Mort, Jaskiwicz
Charleston:
Obituaries: J. S. Sanders
Charleston Orphan House – an introduction to Carol King's book/records dating 1860-1899 on the orphan house
Cherokee:  Obituaries: Ida E. Potter
Chester:  Obituaries: C. F. Schulte
Fairfield:  Biography: James T. Rosrorough
Georgetown: 
Obituaries: George Coleman Foxworth
Old Postcards added
Greenville:  Old Postcards added
Greenwood:  Obituaries: Thomas J. Burnett, David C. Bullock
Lancaster:  Obituaries: R. H. Sapp
Laurens:  Biographies: Archibald Perry Park
Lexington:
Obituary and short story on Eva C. Boozer
Richard Johnson has contributed an obituary index for over 900 obituaries he has collected over the years. The surname family is Wessinger and includes their related families.

Newberry:
Cemeteries:
Stein(Stone)/Bobb: surveyed with photos of markers included
Kinard Cemetery (first one of three): surveyed with photos of markers included
DeWalt-Gray-Gallman Cemetery: full survery and photos
Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery: full survey and photos
Ellisor-Suber Family Cemetery
Glymph Familyl Cemetery
Rosemont Cemetery has been updated and now easier to page through.
Bachman Chapel Church Cemetery
Beth Eden Lutheran Church Cemetery
Obituaries:
Surnames: Thomasson, Wilson, King, Smith, Joiner, Higgins, Byrd, Pope, Kinard, Ellisor, Richardson, Kibler, Bobb, Metts, Wicker, Rikard, Jackson, Day, Derrick, Householder, Lollis, Crumpton, Koon,  Charles, Oxner, Glymph, Wicker, Baker, Folk, Franklin, Whipple, Epling, Derrick, Bobb, Gilstrap, Cook, Elrod, Bundrick, Schumpert, Sheppard
Marriages:
50th Anniversary announcement for Texie and Andrew Thomasson
Davis/Wherry marriage announcement
Military:
Sketch of Isaac F. Hunt, Dr. Spencer Glasgow Welch, and James Wood Davidson
Biographies and Short Sketches:
Newton P. Abrams
Probate:
Guardianship Index from 1800 – abt. 1900

Pickens:  Obituaries: Mrs. W. C. Jackson
Richland:  Old Postcards updated
Spartanburg:
Military:
Company B 22nd Regiment Volunteer Roster
Sketch of Willis A. Benson
Sumter:  Obituary: William A. Kinard 
York:
Obituaries: Charles P. Blackenship, Mrs. E. L. Garison

South Carolina Main site updates:
News section updated
Biographies: Major James Lovel
Military:  The First Shot Fired – an account of the first shot fired, starting the Civil War in SC 1861

March 31, 2008

Anderson:
Old Postcards added
Beaufort:
Lois Anderson has contributed tombstone photos for Forest Lawn Cemetery
Old Postcards added
Charleston:
Obituaries: Samuel Eveleigh
News section updated
Marriages added
Will of William Hopton December 1785
Old Postcards added
Chester:
Mary Brocklebank contributed a will for: Halcott Jones Pride
Chesterfield:
Postcards added
Horry:
Old Postcards added
Laurens:
Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church History
Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Newberry:
Obituaries: Mary Pope contributed by Joy Cornwell
Randy Butler contributed death certificate information on: Elizabeth Waites, Eula Lane Wilson
News section updated

South Carolina Main site updates:
Passenger Ships records:    Germans to South Carolina and    Italians to South Carolina
Slave ads when slaves ranaway, their owners would place ads in the Charleston Courier. Here you will find some of those ads.
Slave Ships a descriptive list of slave ships used to transport Negro's from Africa to 'their new home'.
South Carolina Old Currency many photos of the old currency, dated.


March 10, 2008

Abbeville: News stories updated
Biography: James W. McDavid, Judge
Anderson: Biographies: William H. Bowie, Dr. Dozier B. McPherson, Judge James W. McDavid
Beaufort: Lois Anderson has taken may photos of markers from the Beaufort National Cemetery. She has graciously contributed these photos to our site. More will be added....
Charleston: News stories updated
Darlington: News stories updated
Dillion: News stories added
Florence: News stories added
Greenville: Biography: James S. Terry
Greenwood: News Stories added
Horry: News stories added
Kershaw: Cleveland School House Disaster, May 1923, Camden school destroyed by fire, many children, teachers and parents killed.  J. O. Moseley wrote a book about the disaster, focusing on each individual/family that lost their life.
Obituaries: David B. Witherspoon
Laurens: News stories updated
McCormick: News stories updated
Newberry:
Randy Butler contributed death certificate for Annie Purdy Willingham
Randy Butler contributed Wills for: John Pitts, Joseph Pitts, Jonathan Pitts, William Pitts, Josuha Pitts, and Thomas Pitts.
Tradegies section updated: Hanging of Tony Lyles (for the rape of a white woman) and also added a story called 'Fire Bugs in 1883
', about arson in 1883
Biographies: William James Lake, Hampson Gary (son of Franklin Newman Gary)
Orangeburg: News stories updated
Richland: News stories updated
Spartanburg: Biography: William T. Norris
Sumter: News stories updated
Union: News stories updated
York: Marriages from 1823-1865

South Carolina Main site updates:

  • Lois Anderson has taken may photos of markers from the Beaufort National Cemetery. She has graciously contributed these photos to our site. More will be added....

  • Scotch-Irish in South Carolina several short bio's on Scotch-Irish South Carolinians

  • South Carolina News updates contributed by Kim Thorp

  • Lunacy Records for 1881-1921

  • South Carolina Marriages for years: 1600-1820, 1688-1799, 1766-1929, 1732-1883. More to come...

  • World War II Dead Prisoners of War (South Carolina)

February 2008

Charleston:  Biography: Judge Montgomery Moses, and Robert Smalls

Chester: 
Obituary: Mrs. Mary Lunette Weir Loftis O'Sullivan – contributed by Sharon Ashcraft
Biography: Joseph Joel Ashcraft, written and submitted by Sharon Ashcraft
Edgemoor Harmony Baptist Church History – contributed by Shaon Ashcraft
News stories updated

Clarendon: 
News stories updated

Hampton:  News stories updated

Kershaw:  News stories updated

Laurens:  Will abstracts contributed by Jeana Gallagher for: John Finney & William Milwee
Marlboro:   News stories updated

Newberry:
Biography: John A. Boyd, Dr. A. F. Langsford
Land Records for Andrew Cornelius Thomasson – 1903
Land Records for Texanna E. Thomasson – 1902
Wills: Munson P. Davis, James Lewis Thomasson
Randy Butler contributed Wills for: Hetty Butler, William J. Butler, Henry Butler, Robert Butler, George Goggans, Henry Pitts, John Johnston, Thomas Dalrymple
Newspaper section has been updated
Death Certificates: Randy Butler contributed death certificates for George Elton Norris, Susie W. Willingham, Nanie B. Butler, Lucretia Milton Hilton, Annie Bell Butler, and Wilson Abney Norris.
Contributed by Dena - the following death certificates: Andrew Cornelius Thomasson, Daniel Jacob DeHardt, Texie E. Wilson Thomasson, John Beauregard Thomason.
Deeds for: Nancy Hendrix to J. Calvin Schumpert; Elias Hendrix to George Dominick
Marriage announcement of Madge Craft and Edward Arthmur Thomasson

Union:  Wills abstracts contributed by Jeana Gallagher for: Christopher Brandon, George Brandon, John Brandon, Thomas Brandon & William Brandon
Obituaries: Rev. George E. Turbeville

Williamsburg:  News stories updated

York:  Will abstracts contributed by Jeana Gallagher for: John Brandon

South Carolina Main site updates:
Trivial Matters – 15 South Carolina Ghost Counties
Trails of South Carolina's Blacksheep – new addtion. List of some 'wrong do'ers', some of which were executed for their crime.
World War I Casualities – list of soldiers, their hometown and many of them have their photos included.
Federal Officers of the Judicial District of SC 1871-1884
Carolinians Sketches – short sketches of many South Carolinians, some of which have moved into Georgia

January 31, 2008

Abbeville:

  • Notes on Robert and John Green – contributed by William D. Lindsay 

Newberry:

  • Obituaries: Warren G. Peterson. John Brown, Lathan
  • Newspaper section updated
  • Newberry Station Methodist Church 1873-1886 – records include church members, baptisms, marriages
  • History of the Methodist Churches in Newberry County
  • 1790 Census - completed

South Carolina Main site updates:

  • Almshouse Register – here you will find those born in South Carolina who lived elswhere in a poor house

January 2008 

Abbeville:
Biography: Christie Benet – contributed by Anna Newell
A- Surname marriages 1774 – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
Deed for John Green and Robert Green – contributed by William D. Lindsay

Allendale:
Several news stories added – contributed by Christina Anthony
Obituary: -Floride Stevenson Wood from CAYCE, SC - contributed by Anna Newell

Aikens:
Cemetery transcription and contribution by Marla Snow:
    St. John Methodist Cemetery
    St. Thaddeus Cemetery
    First Baptist Church Yard Cemetery

Anderson:
News story about the execution of William Anderson for murdering his wife.
Additional news articles added to the news section
Biographies: Bristow, Louis Judson, Breazeale, John Enoch – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Bamberg:
Obituaries: Segris Hightower, Harold Larkin "Hal" Kinard – contributed by Anna Newell
Biographies: Henry Jasper Bradham; James Benjamin  Black, M. D. - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Barnwell:
Obituaries: Vertie Rogers Youngblood Crouch, Kathryn Craven Lemon – contributed by Anna Newell
Biography: Brown, Clinton Capers, D. D – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Beaufort:
History of the City of Beaufort – contributed by Pam Rathbone
Biography: Robert Barnwell – contributed by Anna Newell

Berkeley:
Obituaries:  Clarence Fenton (Mr. C.) Chambers;  Sheriff Raymond O. Isgett – contributed by Anna Newell

Calhoun:
Obituary: Mr. Prince Albert Tillman, Jr – contributed by Anna Newell

Charleston:
Misc. news articles contributed by Shauna Williams
Historical information has been added about Sullivan's Island
Biographies: George Dwight Bryan; John Somers  Buist - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Cherokee:
Biography: Lee Davis Lodge – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
1915 Death Index – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Chester:
Contributed by Sharon S. Ashcraft:
      Will of John Ashcraft
      1831 Petition of close road
      Will of George Gill Sr.
      Confederate Records for Joseph Joel Ashcraft
      Landowners 1843, 1850, 1851 – plat map and deeds 
      Will of Rececca Ashcraft
      Ashcraft Gift to Children
      Estate Sale of John Scarborough
      John Ashcraft Warrant of Appraisement
Biography: William Huggins Brawley – contributed by Anna Newell

Chesterfield:
Newspaper: news story on a Memorial exercise held, May 12, 1908 – contributed by Pam Rathbone
1850 Mortality Schedule transcribed and contributed by Shauna Williams
Biographies: Contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer - Whiteford Smith Blakeney;  Charles William
Boyd, Rev. 

Clarendon:
1860 Mortality Schedule – transcribed and contributed by Shauna Williams
Obituary: Elbert Davis

Colleton:
Biography: Joseph Bellinger – contributed by Anna Newell
Daniel Judson
Bradham – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
John Rice
Bellinger – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Darlington:
Biography: Lemuel Benton – contributed by Anna Newell
1850 Mortality Schedule – transcribed and contributed by Shauna Williams

Dillion:
1915 Death Index transcribed and contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Edgefield:
Biographies: James William
Devore,  Arthur Smyly Tompkins,  Rev. G. W. Bussey – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Fairfield:
Biography: David Aiken – contributed by Anna Newell
Biographies: 
- J. H. Means Beaty, Osmund Woodward Buchanan,  contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Georgetown:
1820 Census – contributed by Peggy Thompson
Biography: Edward Porter Alexander – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Greenville:
Biography: Joseph Raleigh  Bryson, – contributed by Anna Newell
Biographies: 
: William Edgeworth  Beattie,  William Clifton Black, M.D. contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Greenwood:
Biography: Wyatt Aiken - contributed by Anna Newell
Biography: Harry Ashby Bagby - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Hampton:
1880 Mortality Schedule – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Horry:
1915 Death Index – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Jasper:
News additions: News from 1880 and 1916 contributed by Brenda Duckworth
1915 Death Index – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Kershaw:
Biography: Joseph Brevard  – contributed by Anna Newell

Lancaster:
Deed of Gift: Joel Ashcraft from John Scarborough - contributed by Sharon S. Ashcraft
Biography: James Blair – contributed by Anna Newell

Laurens:
Biography: John Duncan Adams –contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Lexington:
Biography: Norman Alonzo Bates - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Marion:
Biography: William L. Bass - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Marlboro:
Biography: History of Bleheim – contributed by Shauna Williams
Biography:
History of Marlboro County (chapters include info on several families, military records, and in general - history) – contributed by Sharon Wick
Military: Civil War data added from contents of the 'History of Marlboro County'  

McCormick:
Biography: John Caldwell  Calhoun – contributed by Anna Newell
1915-1918 Deaths – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Newberry:
Death Returns for 1885 – 1898 contributed by Dena Whitesell
Ray Alvin Martin has been added to “The Pen of Charlie Senn”
Biography: John Rowland Leavell
Murder of Eugene Leavell (under tragedies)
Cemetery: Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery
The Re-interment of the Buzzard Family – when the family plot was moved, it was found that several members were buried in metal coffins.

Oconee:
1915 Death Index transcribed and contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Richland:
Biography: Gen. John Chapel Boyd – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
Obituaries contributed by Brenda Duckworth: Capt. W. D. Starling and Robert C Shand
News section – news stories contributed by Brenda Duckworth

Saluda:
Misc. News Articles – transcribed and contributed by Kim Thorp

Williamsburg:
1820 Census – contributed by Peggy Thompson

York:
Contributed by Sharon S. Ashcraft:
      Will of Robert McCreight
     
Landowners 1843, 1850, 1851 – plat map and deeds
Biography: John White Audrey - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
Biography: Hugh Ratchford
Black,  M. D. - contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

South Carolina Main site updates:
South Carolina Seals and some history to the towns/counties that use them.

Newspaper section updated with notices on runnaway slaves – contributed by Shauna Williams.
Also added 'Events of the Week from June 2, 1918 – contributed by Brenda Duckworth.

Some burials from the Florence National cemetery – contributed by  Shauna Williams

Contributed by Kim Thorp – an excerpt from “Pioneer of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial”.

Early South Carolina Marriages 1732-1790 – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Biography of Martin Frederick Ansel, Governor 1907 – contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

Fisk Metallic Case Co. - history of the coffin maker with additional info added (by Dena Whitesell)

South Carolina Death Notices 1732-1775 ( taken from the South Carolina Gazette) – contributed by Peggy Thompson

December 2007
Chester:
 
Will for Joel Ashcraft contributed by Sharon Spielman Ashcraft. Thanks Sharon...
Sharon also contributed Joel Ashcraft estate/probate records.

Newberry:

Passport applications from 1795-1925. You will find info. On several Newberians who went abroad during this time period. On the passport application you may find fathers name, place of birth, occupation and more. Some have photos of the applicant included.
Hentz Family Cemetery added.
Court cases related to David Hentz added to the probate records.

Orangeburg:

Obituary for Eleanor Garrick West submittted by e-mail (contributor Lindancv@..)

South Carolina Main site updates:

Biographies: The Life and Times of William Lowndes by (his granddaughter) Harriet H. Ravenel. Mr. Lowndes was the brother of Thomas Lowndes, representative for South Carolina in the early 1800's.

Biography of Andrew Jackson – a president from South Carolina

South Carolina Passports Applicants for years 1795-1925. Database base includes name, birthplace/birthdate, and current residence. If original passport application ordered from NARA, you will get (in addition) fathers name, occupation, travel destination, family members that are traveling with you, and possible a photo of the individual.

South Carolina News Articles – additions made

Newspapers: several news articles added the this new section on our main page. Articles contributed by Nancy Piper

Flag's – history of the South Carolina flag, county and town flag's. Photo's of flag's included.

Military – Iraq war casualities from 2003-2007. List of servicemen/servicewoman from South Carolina who have lost their lives from this war.

November 30, 2007

Abbeville: Mrs. Francis Cummins obit
Charleston: Obituary surnames: Cutler
Greenville: Obituaries: surnames Bramlett, Hipp
Laurens: Obituaries: surnames Copeland, Carroll, Pitts
Lexington: Obituaries: surnames - Hicks

Newberry:
On the main Newberry County page I have added 'The Pen of Charlie Senn'. Charlie was a writer who told stories/wrote of Newberry and it's people. It's unknown how many stories Charlie had written, and as I find more, I will include them. Regrettably, Charlie died in 2004.
Births:  Delayed Birth Certificate requests for years 1942-1956
More Info:  Times and Gazette 1830 issued of this paper from Columbia
Listing of admissions to the South Carolina State Lunatic Asylum
Ebenezer Methodist Church, Maybinton Register of Members
Obituaries:   surnames Ferguson, Lathan, Summer, Senn
Probate Records:  Misc. Court Records - 1835-1837: Reuben Pitts vs. Joseph A. Wicker; State v. Wm. Nates; Archibald Caldwell vs. Geo. Garmany; State vs. John L Harmon; Mary Woods, est. of husband Josiah.
Several unrecorded Deeds - abstracted
Misc. Deeds Abstracts 1800-1806
Record Book P, 1816-1822 abstracted records to the Clerk of Court
Land Owners and Settler on Crims Creek
Misc. Courts Records regarding Common Pleas 1813 thru 1825
Wills:  Thomas Darby, James Basket
News:  The newspaper section has been updated
Biographies:  Dr. P. B. Ruff, John O. Peoples, Diary of Mrs. Sue Sample Crump

Union: Deed Abstract: Bobo/Hunt submitted by Audrey Pool
York: Obituaries: surname - Toland

South Carolina Main site updates:
Military section: World War II Prisoners from South Carolina
Sales of Land 1821
History of the South Carolina State Lunatic Asylum
South Carolina Vital Statistic - helpful data on how to obtain vital records, address/phone numbers for county locations 


November  11, 2007

Kershaw:  obituary for: Nancy Ellisor Turkett
Laurens:  obituary for: Dr. B. C. Hart, Paul Kilgo
Lexington:  obituary for Donald Koon
Newberry :
Obituaries: Surnames: Doolittle, Boland, Cromer, Swittenberg, Stoudemayer, Rawls, Ruff, Turkett, Shirley.
Contributed by Elizabeth Dickert Massa - obituaries for Wilson Chapel Dickert and Wilson C. Dickert.
Cemeteries:  Enoree Baptist Church Cemetery
Oconee:  obituary for Ruth Stone
York:  Cemeteries: Barnwell Family, Bolin-Ramsey Family, and Fowler Family Cemeteries have been added.

South Carolina Main site updates:
Our main page has changed a little.  I have added a census page and a state data page.
On the State Data page you will find:
- some early century maps of various places in South Carolina.
- a Timeline from 1525-1975 has been added.
- a South Carolina Dictionary – various terms are listed that you may not have heard of.
- some very usefull State links.
- Historical Places and Museums of South Carolina.
- South Carolina trivia.

October 28, 2007

Abbeville: obit: Harden, Simpson, Harris, Black, Key, Cromer, Buchanan, Riley, Hawthorn, Fraser,
News: misc news stories added
Marriages: Pyles/Rasor, Ware/Gains, Tucker/Boyd, Baker/Davis, Clinkscales/Pratt
Aikens: obits for Dr. W. L. Seigler, Carl J. Shealy
Anderson: obits for: Mrs. James Jones, Mr. J. H. Jones, Rev. Thomas W. Seigler, Ann Shanklin, M. A. Cobb
Reunion of Company D, Hampton Legion, Emilee Campbell, Lucy Taylor Belcher
Barnwell: obits for surnames: Martin, Ashley
Beaufort: obit: Mary J. Rice
Charleston: obit for Capt. P. H. O'Brien, Mary Harriet Walpole, Dr. J. D. Boyd
Clarendon: Obituaries for surnames: McKnight, Plowden
Colleton: obit for surnames: Beach, Moorer, Roberts
Darlington: obits for:Howie, Lizzie Plume Wicks, Neva Rogers Garden
Edgefield: Obituraies for surnames: Seigler, Holmes, Bledsoe, Canfield
Georgetown: obits: Benjamin, Cribb, Johnson
Greenville: Obituaries for surnames: McLean, McGee, Bates, McClanahan, Batson (2), Lester
Greenwood: Obituary/Death Notices for surname: Culbreath
Kershaw: obits: Love, Hollie, Adamson, Schenk
Lancaster: obits: John J. Blackman, Carl Baker, Amos Mungo
Laurens: Mason, Dennan, Cunninghan, Franks, Hammons, McCasian, Draughon
Lexington: obituary for W. J. Williams
Newberry:
Marriages: Dr. William C. Gilliam and Miss Fannie Jones Blake; McSwain and Lominack
Tradegies: Henry Gilliam – Murders his Wife
Around and About Newberry: More news articles added
Obituaries: Abbie Merchant Culbreath, John Leonard Sease, Thomas Murphy, Fannie Ramage, Frances Suber, Anna Ruff Chapman, Pauline Hentz Crooks, Ruth Kinard, Myrtle Summer Gilliam Dawkins, Mary Miller, William Harris, Reba Stuck, Dorothy Stuck, Ellen Stuck, John Calvin Sligh, Surnames: (Dorothy Eustacia Antoinette) Chalmers, Ruff (2), Williams, Livingston, Lindsay, Fair, Jones, Holland, Aull, Floyd, Abrams, Mayer, Richardson (2) , Wicker (3), Dominick (2), Farr, Dowd, Nichol, Hawkins, Hunter, Metz, Cannon, Amick (2), Epting, Lathrop, Evan
Tradegies:
The Murder of David Waters
The Murder of James S. Gilliam
1907 Newberry Fire – the town was almost destroyed by this fire
Cemeteries:
Ramage/Sheppard Family Cemetery
Sease/Fike Family Cemetery
St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery
St. Philips Lutheran Church Cemetery
Dickert - Livingston Family Cemetery
Williams Family Cemetery
Bethel Baptist Cemetery also updated.
More Info:
Old time physicians of Newberry county – info taken from “Annals of Newberry”. Also upated the town of Pomaria
Orangeburg: obits for: Dr. Oscar Glover III, Albergotti, Zeigler, Myers
Spartanburg: Obituaries for surnames: Fleming, Trimmier, Rowland, Hudson, Letherwood
Marriage of: Dr. William C. Gilliam and Miss Fannie Jones Blake
Sumter: Obituaries for surnames: Chandler, Hair, Palck, Merrimon, Campbell, Hardeman, Bronson
Williamsburg: obits for surnames: Burgess
York: obits for surnames: Bigger, Hall, Taylor, , Lytle, Rice
South Carolina Main site updates:
Several Irish immigrants came to South Carolina in 1846-1851. See who they are here -
Famine Passenger list

September 30, 2007

Abbeville: Under 'More Info' - Notable Men of Abbeville Co.; Short sketch about Francis LeJan Parker, early physician/surgeon (located in 'More Info')
World War II Casualties
Obituaries: Rapley
Selected Polling Places for Abbeville County, South Carolina - 1826
Aikens: World War II Casualties
Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname Coffine, Geddings (located in 'More Info')
Obituary: Butler
Anderson: Short sketch on Physicians and Surgeons (prior to 1878) - Surnames: Nardin
Obituaries: Vernon Kay, Isaac Long, Mrs. J. D. McDonald, Samuel Milwee, William Smith Pickens, Mrs. Sharpe, Louise Rice Horton
Marriages: McConnel/Conwill, Grubbs/ Clement
Bamberg: Obituary for surname: Turner
Charleston: Short sketch on Physicians and Surgeons (prior to 1878) - Surnames: Ancrum, Brodie, Buist, Carrere, Fraser, Geddings, Kellers, Kinloch, Lockwood, Nardin, Parker, Porche, Prioleau, Simons, Tesscot.
Death notice - Rev. John Kershaw, Jr.
Chester: Obituaries for Edward Fouts and Abbie Franklin
Chesterfield: Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname Kollock
Darlington: Obituary for Mrs. W. J. Rogers
Edgefield: Obituaries for surnames: Holland, Johnson, Stevens
Fairfield: Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname Ladd
Greenville: Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname Trescot
Greenwood: Obit for Enly Buchanan
Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname Gary
Kershaw: Obit for Major Thomas Jones Wooten, Horton, Johnson, Estridge, Hasseltine
Physicians and Surgeons (prior to 1878) - Surnames: Baruch, McDaniel, Moore
Several news stories added
Lancaster: Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname Foster
Laurens: Obit for Rudolph Barker
Short sketch on early physician/surgeon's - surname McSwain 1835 Revoluntionary War Pensioners
Newberry:
Bio's and Short Sketches:
Charles Charity, Goggan's Store, William Calmes Military: 1835 Revolutionary War Pensioners More Info:
Physicians and Surgeons of the United States - short bios, by William Biddle Atkinson, March 1878, on physicians on or before 1878. Included here are those from Newberry County. Selected Polling Places in Newberry County - 1826
Orangeburg: Physicians and Surgeons (prior to 1878) - Surnames: Bowman, Legare
Spartanburg: Physicians and Surgeons (prior to 1878) - Surname: Kennedy
Obituaries for surnames: Anderson, Brown, Foster, McLure, Patterson, West
Sumter: Obituary for Kathleen Bostick Rickenbacker
Physicians and Surgeons (prior to 1878) - Surname Hughson
York: Wills for Elizabeth Burns and Isaac Enloe contributed by Nan Lambert Starjak

South Carolina Main Page updates:

County Map added

A Voice for South Carolina by John A. Leland

September 8, 2007

Abbeville - marriages
Aikens - deaths
Anderson - deaths
Charleston - Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Charleston County upon application
Cherokee - deaths
Chester - Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Chester County upon application
Edgefield - Obituaries added; Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Edgefield County upon application
Fairfield - deaths and marriages
Greenville - Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Greenville County upon application
Greenwood - deaths
Laurens - deaths
Lexington - marriages
Marion - Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Marion County upon application
Newberry - Obituaries: Raymond L. Hawkins, Pressley Boozer, Lawrence Bragg, J. D. Livingston, Forest Krell.
Military: World War II Casualites
Tradgedies: The accidental death of Harold Hawkins
More Info: Men of the Time updated. Have added William Coleman, D. M. Crosson, Daniel Herbert, Walter I. Herbert.
Officer Down - three civic servants who died while in the line of duty. Includes news stories and their obits.
Orangeburg - marriages; Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Orangeburg County upon application
Pickens - Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Picken County upon application
Saluda - deaths
Spartenburg - deaths and marriages; Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Spartenburg County upon application
Union - Military pensioners - some pensioners from Virginia who resided in Union County upon application
York - marriages

June 19, 2007

Main Page
All Early Settlers added

March 24, 2007

York County
Family History page created
Family History of Robert Kennedy/Ann Porter-Donated by Chris Walters
News Articles page created
Main Page
News Article - White & Red Wine grapes- Donated by Nancy Piper

March 18, 2007

Mississppi Grave Registrations - donated by Debora Reese
Lexington County - Obit of Frank Thomasson - donated by Dena Whitesell
Obit Index created
Abbeville County - Obit of James Thomasson - donated by Dena Whitesell
Obit Index created
Greenville County - Obit of Roy Thomason - donated by Dena Whitesell
Obit of Marvin Thomason - donated by Dena Whitesell
Obit page created
Charleston County - News Articles created
Fire at Fort Moultrie
Georgetown County - News Articles created
Hurricane Damage
South Carolina Surname Registery
Surnames of: Cooper,Dillingham,Elemon,Fuller, Holt, John, Lomax, Nelson, Simmons, Williams, Young

March 17, 2007

Charleston County - Death Notices page created
Death Notice of Hon. John Drayton - contributed by Nancy Piper

March 16, 2007

Updates page created

March 1, 2007

All counties are now online and need adopted

February 2007

Newberry County hosted by Dena Whitesell
Lookup Volunteers added
African American Research added
A-L First Settlers of South Carolina
Slavery Era Insurance Policies Registry


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