South Carolina Fast Facts and Key Resources

In honor of National South Carolina Day, let’s learn a bit more about the Palmetto State.

Statehood: 1788

British colony status: 1729

First federal census: 1790

State censuses: 1829, 1839, 1868, 1869, 1875

Statewide birth and death records begin: 1915

Statewide marriage records begin: 1950

State-land state

Counties: 46

Contact for vital records:

Division of vital Records South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull St. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 898-3630 <www.scdhec.net/vr>

Web Sites

Cyndi’s List: South Carolina

<cyndislist.com/sc.htm>

The SCGenWebTM Project

<http://sciway3.net/scgenweb/>

South Carolina Genealogy and Family History

<www.sciway.net/hist/genealogy>

South Carolina Genealogy Trails

<http://genealogytrails.com/scar/>

South Carolina in the Civil War

<members.tripod.com/mwyckoff>

Resources

• Carolina Scots edited by Douglas F. Kelly (1739 Publishers)
• Colonial South Carolina: A History by Robert M. Weir (University of South Carolina Press)
• The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius (Family Tree Books).
• A Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research by Brent H. Holcomb (self-published, out of print)
• Original Index Book Showing the Revolutionary Claims Filed in South Carolina by Janie Revill (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
• Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer Moss (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
• South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Battlefield History by John W. Gordon (University of South Carolina Press)
• South Carolina: A History by Walter B. Edgar (University of South Carolina Press)
• South Carolina Marriages, 1688-1799 by Brent H. Holcomb (Genealogical Publishing Co., out of print)
• South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850 by Brent H. Holcomb (Genealogical Publishing Co., out of print)
• South Carolina’s Civil War: A Narrative History by W. Scott Poole (Mercer University Press)

Organizations and Archives

Piedmont Historical Society

Box 1842, Spartanburg, SC 29304, <piedmont-historical-society.org>

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223, (803) 896-6100, <www.state.sc.us/scdah>

The South Carolina Genealogical Society

Box 492, Columbia, SC 29202, <www.scgen.org>

South Carolina Historical Society

100 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401, (843) 723-3225, <www.schistory.org>

South Carolina State Library

1500 Senate St., Columbia, SC 29211, (803) 734-8666, <www.state.sc.us/scsl>

University of South Carolina, Thomas Cooper Library