Abbeville County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Abbeville County SCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Abbeville County South Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Abbeville County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Abbeville History  Roots and Recall
• The Long Cane Webpage 

Adjacent counties

• Anderson County, SC  to the northwest
• Elbert County, GA  to the southwest
• Greenville County, SC  to the north
• Greenwood County, SC  to the east
• Laurens County, SC  to the northeast
• McCormick County, SC  to the south

Bible Records

• Abbeville County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Abbeville Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Abbeville County Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Abbeville County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy  List of published Abbeville County, South Carolina family histories     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Notable Men of Abbeville County, South Carolina      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (41)

Church Records

• South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 10  includes Early Records of Cedar Springs A.R.P Church     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• 96th district South Carolina  Extracts from the Carolina Genealogist     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Abbeville County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Court of Equity Minutes, 1839-1858      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity court records, 1791-1875; miscellaneous papers, 1813-1906      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Abbeville District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Old (obsolete) index to equity rolls, 1791-1868      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Surrogate's records, 1776-1783  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Abbeville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abbeville County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Millwood Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Abbeville County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Abbeville County Probate Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Abbeville County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Abbeville County Wills Books      (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Abbeville County, South Carolina Will Testators      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina  includes Abbeville County, 1787-1855     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Bound Volumes 1671-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964  includes Abbeville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980  includes Abbeville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (19)

Introduction and Guides

• Abbeville County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Abbeville County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy Resources  SCIway
• Cyndi's List of 96 District links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Cyndi's List of South Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Cyndi's List of The Piedmont links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Abbeville County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Belfast.gz  An attempt to reconstruct the Royal Grants of Colonial South Carolina that were granted in the Long Cane Section of the Colony and located in or near the township known as Belfast.     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Ninety-Sixth District Land Plats      (Source: Strictly by Name)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Abbeville County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Abbeville County, South Carolina      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Abbeville County, South Carolina     (Source: Find My Past)
• South Carolina Archives Summary Guide  Abbeville County
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SC-OLD96 For anyone with a genealogical interest in "Old 96" which is an old South Carolina district that encompassed the present-day counties of Edgefield, Greenville, Newberry, Abbeville, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, and part of Cherokee

  • SC-OLD96 Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCABBEVI Abbeville County genealogy

  • SCABBEVI Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (31)

Military Records and Histories

• Abbeville County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Abbeville County, South Carolina Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Abbeville, SC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Abbeville District     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Abbeville County, South Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Abbeville County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Confederate Newspaper Project  Abbeville County, South Carolina

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Abbeville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Abbeville County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• The South Carolina National Heritage Corridor 

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Abbeville County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Abbeville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Calhoun Falls Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Abbeville County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Abbeville County      (Source: South Carolina Digital Library)
• Abbeville County Courthouse 
• Abbeville County Landmarks      (Source: South Carolina Picture Project)
• Historical Postcards of Abbeville County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Abbeville County Schools      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Calhoun Falls School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Due West School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Erskine College, Due West     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Abbeville County Historical Society 
• Abbeville County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• The Boonesborough Historical Society 
• The Piedmont Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (174)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Abbeville County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Abbeville County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Abbeville County Plantations      (Source: South Carolina Plantations)
• Building histories of Abbeville County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Abbeville County, South Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Abbeville County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Abbeville County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Abbeville County, South Carolina     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Abbeville County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Abbeville County, South Carolina Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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