Cherokee County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Cherokee County      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Cherokee County South Carolina      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Cherokee County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cherokee County, South Carolina      (Source: Trails to the Past)

Adjacent counties

• Cleveland County, NC  to the north
• Rutherford County, NC  to the northwest
• Spartanburg County, SC  to the west
• Union County, SC  to the south
• York County, SC  to the east

Bible Records

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

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

• Cherokee Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Gaffney GEDCOM Index 

Blogs

• Cherokee County Memories 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Cherokee County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Cherokee County 
• Cherokee County  South Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cherokee County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Cherokee County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Cherokee County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Cherokee County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (14)

Church Records

• Cherokee Ave Baptist Church Nursery Class 1952, Gaffney, Cherokee Co, SC      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Cherokee Ave Baptist Church Nursery Class 1953-54, Gaffney, Cherokee Co, SC      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Court and Legal Records

• Limestone Township Jail  Index of Prisoners 1930     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)

Estate Records

• Cherokee County Probate      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Cherokee County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)

History (15)

Introduction and Guides (15)

Land Records

• Cherokee County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Land Grants  in South Carolina     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cherokee County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Limestone College Archives  A. J. Eastwood Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Cherokee County, South Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Cherokee Co., SC Queries      (Source: South Carolina Genealogy)
• Cherokee County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Cherokee County, SC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SC-OLD96-L 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-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SC-OLD96-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SC-OLD96-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCCHEROK-L Cherokee County genealogy

  • SCCHEROK-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SCCHEROK-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SCCHEROK-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCOLDCAMDEN-L Old Camden District, South Carolina

  • SCOLDCAMDEN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SCOLDCAMDEN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SCOLDCAMDEN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

• Cherokee County Pensions      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Cherokee County, South Carolina Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Cherokee County, South Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Cherokee County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Cherokee County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Migrations through Cherokee County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Cherokee County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Cherokee County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Chronicling America  Cherokee County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Cherokee County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• The Chronicle, Gaffney      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Gaffney Ledger 
• Gaffney Ledger  Gaffney, SC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Gaffney Ledger      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Gaffney, South Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Shuford and Hatcher Records Index  1915-1993

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cherokee County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Cherokee County  South Carolina Digital Collections
• Cherokee County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Cherokee County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The History of South Carolina Slide Collection 
• South Carolina--Cherokee County--Gaffney.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Limestone College, Gaffney  Historic Campus Architecture Project

Societies

• Cherokee County Historical & Preservation Society 
• Daniel Morgan Chapter  Gaffney     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Piedmont Historical Society  Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History
• The Piedmont Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (17)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Cherokee County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Cherokee County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Cherokee County, South Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1915 Deaths For Cherokee County South Carolina      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cherokee  South Carolina Death Records, including Undertaker's Certificates for Interstate Shipping, etc.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cherokee County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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