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History

Greenville County was created in 1786 and was first in the overarching Ninety-Six District, but from 1791 to 1798 it was part of the new over-arching Washington District. From 1798 to 1800, it was part of the short-lived over-arching Pendleton District. In 1798, all counties were re-identified as "elective districts" to be effective on January 1, 1800, and at that time the Greenville District was no longer part of Pendleton.

The Cherokees lived in the region beginning in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and all the land now called Greenville County was part of their hunting grounds.

During the Civil War, refugees came to Greenville, but the town wasn't in the path of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's march through Georgia and South Carolina, and it escaped the war unharmed.

By 1882, three textile mills — Vardry, Camperdown, and Huguenot — were built on the Reedy River, and by the 1930s Greenville had woven itself into a place that eventually would become known as the nation's textile center.

Camp Sevier and Donaldson Army Air Base operated in the county during both world wars.

Adjacent Counties

• Abbeville County
• Anderson County
• Pickens County
• Laurens County
• Henderson County, North Carolina
• Polk County, North Carolina
• Spartanburg County
• Transylvania County, North Carolina

Cities & Communities

• Berea
• City View
• Cleveland
• Conestee
• Dunean
• Five Forks
• Fountain Inn (part)
• Gantt
• Golden Grove
• Greenville (County Seat)
• Greer (part)
• Judson
• Marietta
• Mauldin
• Parker
• Piedmont (part)
• Sans Souci
• Simpsonville
• Taylors
• Travelers Rest

Links

Wikipedia

Carolana.com

National Register of Historic Places

Greenville County Digital Records

Genealogy Trails

SC Gen Web

USGW Archives

RAOGK

Greenville County Wills - 1787-1818

Forebears.io