Chesterfield County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Chesterfield County SCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Chesterfield County SCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Chesterfield County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Chesterfield History  Roots and Recall

Adjacent counties

• Anson County, NC  to the north
• Darlington County, SC  to the southeast
• Kershaw County, SC  to the southwest
• Lancaster County, SC  to the west
• Lee County, SC  to the south
• Marlboro County, SC  to the east
• Richmond County, NC  to the northeast
• Union County, NC  to the northwest

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

• Chesterfield Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Chesterfield County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Families from Kershaw, Lancaster, and Chesterfield Counties 

Blogs

• Carolina Family Roots 

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Chesterfield County, South Carolina      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Chesterfield County  South Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Chesterfield County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Chesterfield County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Chesterfield County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• Chesterfield County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (42)

Court and Legal Records

• Chesterfield County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779  includes Cheraws District     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Chesterfield District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Chesterfield County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Chesterfield County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Chesterfield County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• 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 Chesterfield County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980  includes Chesterfield County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (23)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• North Carolina Land Grants  in South Carolina     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Eastern South Carolina Heritage Region 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy  Chesterfield County Library System
• Library Directory for Chesterfield County, South Carolina      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Chesterfield County, South Carolina     (Source: Find My Past)
• South Carolina Archives Summary Guide  Chesterfield County
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCCHESTERFIELD Chesterfield County genealogy

  • SCCHESTERFIELD Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (22)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Chesterfield County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Chesterfield County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Chesterfield County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Chesterfield County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (18)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Cheraw Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Cheraw, South Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Chesterfield Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Pageland Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Pageland, South Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cheraw Photograph Album  1899-1904
• Chesterfield County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Chesterfield County      (Source: South Carolina Digital Library)
• Chesterfield County Courthouse 
• Chesterfield County Landmarks      (Source: South Carolina Picture Project)
• Chesterfield County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Chesterfield County, Cheraw  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Chesterfield County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• 1946 Jefferson High School Yearbook      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jefferson School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pageland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Chesterfield District Chapter  South Carolina Genealogical Society

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (37)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• 1850 Mortality Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1918 Pandemic Flu Statistics and Records for South Carolina  Chesterfield County     (Source: Families of the 1918 Pandemic)
• Chesterfield County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses  1911-1951     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses  1911-1951     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Chesterfield County, South Carolina     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Chesterfield County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

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

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