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Greenwood County, South Carolina

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Profiles

  • Ruble Marvin Ball, Sr. (1931 - 1994)
    MILITARY SERVICE: UNITED STATES ARMY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
  • Henry 'Hy' Nash (b. - 1871)
    The Fairfield Herald - Feb 22 1871 Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963 Text: "...There was unfortunately, a difficulty in our town, on Saturday, which resulted in the death of ...
  • Alma Christina Ball (1935 - 2021)
    Alma Wines Ball, 85, resident of Hodges, widow of Ruble Ball, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born July 26, 1935, in Cosby, TN, she was a daughter of t...
  • Mary Thomasine Brice (1949 - 2014)
    From Mary Thomasine Blanton Brice, 64, of St. Matthews, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at the Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Brice was born in Greenwood County, a daughter of Matilda Hooks Blanton and...

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Greenwood County was formed in 1897. It was named for its county seat, Greenwood. This had been named around 1824 after a plantation owned by John McGehee, an early resident. The area was developed largely for cotton plantations and was dependent on slave labor. It has continued to be agricultural in the 21st century.

Greenwood County was the site of the November 1898 Phoenix Election riot. The race-based riot was the outcome of increasing tensions between not only the Republican and Democratic parties. A group of local Democrats attempted to stop a Republican election official from taking the affidavits of blacks who had been denied the right to vote.

Adjacent Counties

Cities, Towns & Communities

  • Bradley
  • Callison
  • Cokesbury
  • Coronaca
  • Greenwood (County Seat)
  • Hodges
  • Kirksey
  • Ninety Six
  • Pittsburg
  • Promised Land
  • Troy
  • Ware Shoals (part)

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of South Carolina

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Sumter National Forest (part)

Genealogy Trails

Forebears.io

Roots & Recall



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