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Please add profiles of persons born in and associated with Marion County. Note that Marion and Dillon county have overlapping territory depending upon year of birth with Dillon County being formed in 1910 from a northern piece of Marion County. Profiles from some individuals before that time can indicate Marion County as place of birth. Seller's History of Marion County Marion County, Sou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Horry County, SC.
This project is used to relate all units from South Carolina who served in the Confederate Army.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dillon County, South Carolina. Official Website Founded in 1910 from a portion of Marion County, both Dillon County and the city of Dillon were named for prosperous local citizen James W. Dillon (1826-1913), an Irishman who settled there and led a campaign to bring the railroad into the community. Adjacent Counties Columbus ...
Scope of Project We will create documented and accurate Geni Master Profiles for the 45 families of Huguenot settlers in the Carolinas during the Colonial American period (migrations: 1690-1730) and ensure their ancestral and descendent lines are unduplicated and well represented. Overview from: The Huguenots were members of the Protestantism|Protestant Reformed Church of France|R...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Anderson County, South Carolina . Official Website Overview Anderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina . As of the 2010 census, its population was 187,126. Its county seat is Anderson. Named for Revolutionary War leader Robert Anderson, the county is located in northwestern South Carolina , along the...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Cro...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Spartanburg County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Florence County, South Carolina. Official Website Formed in 1888, Florence County was named for the daughter of General W. W. Harlee. Adjacent Counties Dillon County Marion County Darlington County Marlboro County Lee County Clarendon County Sumter County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Beaufort County, South Carolina. It is not to be confused with Beaufort, North Carolina History From the early days of plantations, African slaves outnumbered the European minority in the colony. The plantations on the Sea Islands had large concentrations of slaves, and frequently limited interaction with whites. The islands wer...
From Winthrop University (Winthrop or WU) is a public university in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was founded in 1886 by David Bancroft Johnson, who served as the superintendent of Columbia, South Carolina, schools. He received a $1,500 grant from Robert Charles Winthrop, a Boston philanthropist and chair of the Peabody Education Board in Massachusetts. The school was originally established i...
Wikipedia Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson University consists of six colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Business and Behavioral Sciences; Engineering and Science; Health and Human Development; and Education. As of 2015,...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hampton County, South Carolina. Official Website The county is named for Wade Hampton III, one of the country's leading slaveowners and a Lieutenant General for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. After the war, a leading proponent of the rose-tinted Lost Cause of the Confederacy interpretation of the war, he led the Re...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Saluda County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chester County, South Carolina. Official Website Chester County, South Carolina had its beginning in 1750 when the Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia made their way into the area, settling on Rocky Creek and Fishing Creek. The County was originally part of Craven County, a large region which encompasses much of the Upcount...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Richland County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Columbia, South Carolina. Official Website History Columbia is the capital and second largest city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia metropolitan statistical area. The na...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Edgefield, South Carolina. Official Website History Edgefield District was created in 1785, and it is bordered on the west by the Savannah River. It was formed from the southern section of the former Ninety-Six District when it was divided into smaller districts or counties by an act of the state legislature. Parts of the distr...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Charleston City or County, South Carolina. Official Website History of Charleston Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II of England. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Darlington County, South Carolina. Darlington County was named by an act in March 1785. Adjacent Counties Chesterfield County Marlboro County Kershaw County Florence County Lee County Cities, Towns & Communities Clyde Darlington (County Seat) Hartsville Lamar Lydia North Hartsville Society Hill ...
This project is for those from South Carolina and/or their Counties. For accurate information about the history of North Carolina and South Carolina, go to carolana.com . Please go to following link for more information.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Aiken County, South Carolina . History Both Aiken County and its county seat of Aiken are named after William Aiken (1779–1831) , the first president of the South Carolina Railroad Company. Aiken County was organized during the Reconstruction era in 1871 from portions of Barnwell , Edgefield , Lexington , and Orangeburg counties.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kershaw County, SC.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Colleton County, South Carolina. History The county is named after Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, one of the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. In 1682, Colleton was created as one of the three original proprietary counties, located in the southwestern coastal portion of the new South Carolina Colony and borde...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Williamsburg County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Georgetown County, South Carolina. Official Website The county was founded in 1769. It is named for George III of England. Adjacent Counties Berkeley County Williamsburg County Charleston County Horry County Marion County Cities, Towns & Communities Andrews (part) Belle Isle DeBordieu Garden City (part)...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lancaster County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Abbeville, South Carolina. History Abbeville County, located on the Savannah River in Northwestern South Carolina was first settled by people of mostly Scots-Irish descent around 1756. A small group of French Huguenot refugees also settled at New Bordeaux in Southwest Abbeville County. Dr. John de la Howe, of Huguenot descent and ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Greenville County, South Carolina. Official Website 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 cou...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Greenwood County, South Carolina. Official Website 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 ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Official Website The county was erected (formed) in 1785, but was part of what was then known as Cheraws District until 1800, at which time Chesterfield became a district itself. Under the post-American Civil War (1861-1865) state constitution of 1867, passed during the Reconstruction era, Sout...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Barnwell County, South Carolina . History The Barnwell District was created in 1797 (effective in 1800) from the southwestern portion of the Orangeburg District, along the Savannah River. It was named after John Barnwell , a local figure in the Revolutionary War. In 1868, under the South Carolina Constitution revised during Rec...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Greenville, South Carolina. Official Website Greenville is the county seat of Greenville County. History The land of present-day Greenville was once the hunting ground of the Cherokee, which was forbidden to colonists. A wealthy settler from Virginia named Richard Pearis arrived in South Carolina around 1754 and es...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived, or died in Lexington County, SC.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Sumter County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pickens County, SC.
Wikipedia Beaufort National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Beaufort County, in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina. Find a Grave
Traders in Some Southeast Indian Nations 1750 ~ 1754 from First People of Tennessee Traders to the Catawbas Robert Steel Robert Tool Mathew Toole Licensed Traders to the Cherokee from Carolina James Adair The Augusta Company James Baldridg Charles Banks William Bates James and Thomas Beamer Samuel Benn Robert Bunning John Butler Cornelius Daugherty ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lee County, SC.
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Orangeburg County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Official Website Dorchester County is named for its first settlement area, which was established by Congregationalists in 1696. These settlers applied the name "Dorchester" after their last residence in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Dorchester was not established as a separate county until 1897. H...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Berkeley County was established in 1682. It was named after John and William Berkeley, co-owners of the Province of Carolina. It became part of the Charleston District in 1769. It did not exist as a District during most of the 19th century and generally was part of the Low Country culture. In 1882, f...
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Official Website History Clarendon County was officially established in 1785, shortly after the American Revolutionary War, when the legislature divided Camden District into seven counties. One was Clarendon County. It was named after Edward Hyde, who was a Lord Proprietor and earl of Clarendon. During th...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Newberry County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Union County, SC.
Wikipedia Coastal Carolina University, commonly referred to as CCU or Coastal, is a public, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, United States. The campus is located eight miles (13 km) west of the oceanfront resort town of Myrtle Beach. Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The university is a national sea-grant institution and owns...
This project is used to relate all units from South Carolina who served in the Union Army.
Wikipedia Furman University is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, United States, slightly north of Greenville, the city it is normally associated with by campus address and brand identity. Furman is South Carolina's oldest private university. Founded in 1826, Furman enrolls approximately 2,700 undergraduate students on its 750-acre (304 ha) campus...
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Wikipedia Francis Marion University (formerly Francis Marion College) is a state-supported liberal arts university located six miles (11 km) east of Florence, South Carolina, USA. It is named in honor of American Revolutionary War hero Brigadier General Francis Marion. Notable Alumni
Wikipedia Florence National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Florence, South Carolina. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Bamberg County, South Carolina. Bamberg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,987, making it the fourth-least populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Bamberg. Adjacent Counties Orangeburg County Dorchester County Colleton County Hampton...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Official Website History It is alleged that the county name originated from a statement made by General Cornwallis when he declared "How Fair These Fields" during the British occupation of the area in 1780-81. The house Cornwallis stayed in during the occupation is still standing. Several year...
Wikipedia The College of Charleston (informally known as CofC or The College) is a public, sea-grant and space-grant university located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The college was founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, making it the oldest college or university in South Carolina, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning[2] in the United States and the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cherokee County, South Carolina. History This area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples and by the historic Cherokee people before European encounter. When European traders and settlers entered the area, they used the existing Native American paths: called collectively the Trading Path. The Upper Road and Lo...
Wikipedia Erskine College is a private Christian college in Due West, South Carolina. It offers an undergraduate liberal arts college and a graduate theological seminary. The college was founded in 1839 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and its sports teams compete in NCAA Division II as a member of Conference Carolinas. Alumni
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jasper County, SC.
This project is just what it sounds like; a place to gather together any profiles available of Governors of South Carolina.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Allendale County, South Carolina . Official Website History Allendale County was formed in 1919 from southwestern portions of Barnwell County , along the Savannah River. It is the location of the Topper Site, an archeological excavation providing possible evidence of a pre-Clovis culture. The site is near a source of chert on pr...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Laurens County, SC.
This project is to explore the Petticrew / Pettigrew families of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and South Carolina. Our family history is that the Pettigrew family of South Carolina are cousins to our Pennsylvania/Virginia/Ohio Petticrew family (also spelled Pettycrew in Virginia). Are these various families related? Also, are they Scotch, Scotch-Irish, Huguenot or all three? Before I...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in York County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Calhoun County, South Carolina. Official Website History Calhoun County was home to the Congaree Tribe. During the American Revolutionary War, Calhoun County was home to the famous Siege of Fort Motte. Located in a rural upland area long devoted to cotton plantations, part of the Black Belt of the South, the county was formed ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Oconee County, SC.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McCormick County, SC.
In June of 1864, the Confederate Army imprisoned five generals and forty-five Union Army officers as human shields against federal artillery in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, in an attempt to stop Union artillery from firing upon the city. In retaliation, United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton ordered fifty captured Confederate officers, of similar ranks, to be taken to Mo...
Wikipedia Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private non-denominational Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina, known for its conservative cultural and religious positions. It has approximately 2,800 students, and is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. In 2008, the university estimated the number of its graduates at 35,000. The university's...
This project is a sub-project of the American slave owners project, and a sister project to the Ball Family of South Carolina project. Summary Notables Timeline resources, references and links Slaves In The Family by Edward Ball
This project is about Sullivan's Island as the African-American Ellis Island Summary South Carolina's Lowcountry holds a major place of importance in African-American history for many reasons, but perhaps most importantly as a port of entry for people of African descent. According to several historians, anywhere from 40 to 60 percent of the Africans who were brought to America during the ...
The Siege of Fort Motte was a military operation during the American Revolutionary War. A force of Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots led by General Francis Marion|Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion and Lt. Colonel Henry Lee III|"Light Horse" Harry Lee set out to capture the Kingdom of Great Britain|British post at Fort Motte, strategically located at the confluence of the Congaree River|Congaree a...
The Badwell Cemetery, in McCormick County, South Carolina, had to be partially moved in the 1970's, by the Corps of Engineers, to make way for a lake, which is part of Sumter National Forest. In the 1990s the cemetery was severely vandalized, and had also naturally deteriorated. There had been a cast iron Grim Reaper, that was famous in the area, attached to the cemetery gate, in the mid 1800s,...
Please click the photo for a detailed explanation of the historical context. If anyone has any other pictures of the SC 10th Reg Inf that are less instigating/offensive please submit them (along with citation) for use. We cannot change our history but we can certainly learn from it. 10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its member...
United States Senators from South Carolina List of United States Senators from South Carolina (from U.S. Senate web site--no links) List of United States Senators from South Carolina (with wikipedia links)
2nd Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 by consolidating the 4th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion of Hampton's South Carolina Legion. The unit served under the command of Generals Hampton, M.C. Butler, P.M.B. Young, and Gary. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia at Second Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station,...
Please click the photo for a detailed explanation of the historical context. If anyone has any other pictures of the SC 5th Reg Cav that are less instigating/offensive please submit them (along with citation) for use. We cannot change our history but we can certainly learn from it. 5th Cavalry Regiment was organized in January, 1863, by consolidating the 14th and 17th Battalions South Carolin...
The best source of manuscript material on the 7th South Carolina exists at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina. Other manuscript material exists in university libraries, county archives, and in the battlefield parks (especially Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park). The wartime newspapers contain letters written by the soldiers, rosters, casualty l...
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Herriott DNA 1. George Harriot was born Abt. 1825. He married Ann Muschett February 14, 1850 in St. Elizabeth (Source: B0056 St. Elizabeth Parish Register III & IV, 1835-1859, IV, p. 364 #3.). She was born Abt. 1825. More About George Harriot: Residence: 1850, St. Elizabeth More About Ann Muschett: Residence: 1850, St. Elizabeth Descendants of Robert Muschett Harriott 1. Rober...
Founded in the early 1760s by the charismatic preacher Joseph Nichols, the Nicholites shared many similarities with the Quakers, including dedication to nonviolence and antislavery and were one of the first religious groups in America to make the manumission of slaves a requirement of membership. As with Quaker meetings, the Nicholites’ meetings consisted of silent contemplation of the “Inner L...