Edgefield County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States

South Carolina

Edgefield County

Guide to Edgefield County, South Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

South Carolina Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Edgefield Organized: March 12, 1785 Parent County(s): within Ninety-Six District Neighboring Counties Aiken • Columbia (GA) • Greenwood • McCormick • Richmond (GA) • Saluda See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

The origin of the county name is not clear. The South Carolina State Library's information on the county's history suggests that the name "is usually described as 'fanciful.'" There is a village named Edgefield in Norfolk, England. The county is located in the west-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Edgefield County Courthouse
129 Courthouse Square
Edgefield, SC 29824
Phone: 803-637-4080
Edgefield County Website

County Pronunciation
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Edgefield County, South Carolina Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1915	1911	1915	1785	1786	1790
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1915. General compliance by 1918.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Created from within Ninety-Six District, March 12, 1785. County seat: Edgefield South Carolina Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county South Carolina Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating South Carolina county boundary changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Augusta
Towns
Edgefield	Johnston	Trenton
Census-designated places
Murphys Estates

History Timeline

Edgefield County is said to have been given it's name because it lies on the edge of the Savannah River and also on the edge of Indian Lands (at the time) and South Carolina. During the eighteenth century, a group of German Palatines settled what was then known as Londonborough Township, which is now a part of Edgefield County. Learn more about the history of Edgefield County from the South Carolina State Library or from Carolana.com.

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Edgefield County, South Carolina online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find a Grave SCGenWeb USGenWeb Archives SC Tombstone Transcription Project BillionGraves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find a Grave FamilySearch Places
See South Carolina Cemeteries for more information.

• To view a cemetery list, see Edgefield County, South Carolina Cemeteries.
• National Cemetery Administration

Census Records

For all existing and online Federal population schedules of South Carolina, see South Carolina Census. See also USGenWeb Census Project, South Carolina, including links to transcribed files.

• 1829-1920 South Carolina, State and Territorial Censuses, 1829-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images

Federal

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	13,289	—
1800	18,130	36.4%
1810	23,160	27.7%
1820	25,119	8.5%
1830	30,509	21.5%
1840	32,852	7.7%
1850	39,262	19.5%
1860	39,887	1.6%
1870	42,486	6.5%
1880	45,844	7.9%
1890	49,259	7.4%
1900	25,478	−48.3%
1910	28,281	11.0%
1920	23,928	−15.4%
1930	19,326	−19.2%
1940	17,894	−7.4%
1950	16,591	−7.3%
1960	15,735	−5.2%
1970	15,692	−0.3%
1980	17,528	11.7%
1990	18,375	4.8%
2000	24,595	33.9%
2010	26,985	9.7%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1790

• McClendon, Carlee T. The First Federal Census, 1790, the Second Federal Census, 1800, Edgefield County, South Carolina. 1959. FS Catalog Collection

1800

• McClendon, Carlee T. The First Federal Census, 1790, the Second Federal Census, 1800, Edgefield County, South Carolina. 1959. FS Catalog Collection

1820

• Jarrell, Lawrence E. 1820 Edgefield District, South Carolina Census. High Point, N.C.: Alligator Creek Genealogy Publications, 1998. FS Catalog Collection

1820 Manufactures
The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FS Library copies: FS Catalog Collection.

• National Archives. Indexes to Manufacturers Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2m 1820.

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841. FS Catalog Collection 973 X2pc 1840; FS Catalog Collection 2321. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See South Carolina, Edgefield District on page 142.

1850

• Buff, L.H. The Edgefield District (SC) 1850 Census. Lexington, S.C.: Lexington Genealogical Association, 2000. FS Catalog Collection

1860

• McKinney, Margaret Vaughan. Edgefield County, South Carolina 1860 Census. Augusta, Ga.: Augusta Genealogical Society, n.d. 975.737 X2m 1860

1890
For 1890, see: [United States Census 1890].

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records

Online Court Indexes and Records

• Dates Vary Edgefield County, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Public Index – index; courts include Circuit Court, Summary Court and Masters-in-Equity, records added periodically

Directories

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

• 1774-1866 Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S., Slave Records, 1774-1866 at Ancestry - index ($)
• United States African Americans
• South Carolina African Americans
• Burton, Vernon. "Race and Reconstruction: Edgefield County, South Carolina," Journal of Social History, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Autumn, 1978), pp. 31-56. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
• Edgefield County, S.C. African American Cemeteries: With Additional Church History Documentation; Contains Cemetery Surveys, with Historical Information on Each Church. Edgefield, S.C.: Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society, 2002. FS Catalog Collection
• Heinegg, Paul. "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1790 South Carolina Census, by County," Free African Americans.com. Includes free blacks in Edgefield County.
• Taylor, Tonya A. Browder. Free Persons of Color, Edgefield District, South Carolina, from the Federal Census Records, 1790-1860: With Additional Documentation from Various Georgia Counties, 1819-1820. Johnston, S.C.: Old Edgefield Pub. Co., 2003. FS Catalog Collection

Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:

• Cane Brake - Saluda
• Cedar Grove - Edgefield
• Cedarfield - Edgefield
• Darby
• Edgewood - Edgefield
• Evergreen
• Gomillion
• Marshfield - Trenton
• Marshland
• Oakley
• Oakley Park - Edgefield
• Piney Woods
• Roger's - Edgefield
• Stately Oaks
• Vann - also called Piney Woods
• Weaver Mansion - also called Piney Woods

Funeral Homes

Amos & Sons Funeral Homes in Johnston Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. in Edgefield Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. in Johnston G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary in Edgefield

Genealogies

• Ridge Citizen. Johnston, S.C. Area Family History. Johnston, S.C.: Ridge Citizen, 1967?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Rowland, Arthur Ray. Neighbors of North Augusta and Its Geographical Ancestors including Hamburg Township and Schultz Township in Edgefield County and Aiken County, South Carolina from U.S. census records, 1850-1900. North Augusta, S.C.: RR Books, 2006. FS Catalog 975.7 X22r
• [Abney] Girvin, Clara Henderson. Abney Genealogical Data. MSS., National Library D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971: FS Catalog Collection
• [Barronton] Czarny, Linda Saul. Barrington. Denver, Colo.: L.S. Czarny, 199-. FS Catalog Collection
• [Berry] Dowling, Bobbie Berry. John Jackson Berry from Edgefield, South Carolina to Cherokee County, Texas. Jacksonville, Texas: Bobbie Berry Dowling, 1983. FS Catalog 929.273 B459do
• [Black] Black, Edward Davis and Olive Clarise Sanders Cloud. The Grandsa Black Genealogy. Atlanta, Ga.: E.D. Black, 1982. FS Catalog Collection
• [Blackburn] Moon, Norma Davidson McLemore. Genealogy of the Family History of Elias Blackburn-Jonathan Nicholas-Matthew McLemore. Bradenton, Fla.: N.D.M. Moon, 1981. FS Catalog Collection
• [Boatner] Craft, Roy and Alice Craft. Batner, Boatner, Bothner, Botner, Bottner, Butner: A One Name Study by the Descendants of Ludwig/Lewis and Mary (Martin) Boatner. West Haven, Utah: R. Craft, 2003. FS Catalog Collection.
• [Bryan] Bryan, Thomas Ray and Media Research Bureau. The Name and Family of Bryan or Brian. Edgefield, S.C.: Shaffer Printing, 1970. FS Catalog Collection
• [Burdett] Smith, Macon A. The Cavin Family. Typescript, 2003. FS Catalog Collection
• [Burdett] Burdette, Benjamin L. Burdette/Burdett/Burditt Genealogy. n.p.: W.R. Burditt, 2005. FS Catalog Collection
• [Burt] Burt, James Claude. Records of the Burt Family, 1665-1860, York County, Virginia and Edgefield County, S. Carolina. MSS. Microfilmed 1969. FS Catalog 496405 Item 3
• [Burt] Broughton, Richard. Descendants of Mathew Burt. Cave City, Ariz.: R. Broughton, 199-?. FamilySearch Digital Library; FS Catalog Collection.
• [Claxton] Norris, George W. and Claxton Family Historical Committee. Henry Claxton and Descendants, 1790-1980. Warner Robins, Ga.: Claxton Family Historical Committee, 1982. FS Catalog Collection
• [Claxton] Claxton, Brazle Hubert, James T. Martin, George W. Norris, and Claxton Family Historical Committee. Henry Claxton and Descendants, 1980-1990. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1992. FS Catalog Collection
• [Cogburg] Raisty, Jewell Cogburn. The Family of John Cogburg (ca 1745-1810) of Edgefield District, South Carolina. Typescript, 1965. FS Catalog 858850 Item 1
• [Cotten] Gregory, Peggy H. Cotton Picking: A Compilation of Cotten/Cotton Families. Houston, Texas: n.p., 1973. FS Catalog Collection
• [Daniel] "Descendants of William Daniel" in Connie Clifton Anderson's Genealogical Collection. MSS. Microfilmed 2004. FS Catalog Collection
• [Day] Dotson, Carl F. and Flora Belnap Dotson. Report on the Day Family of Edgefield County, South Carolina. Typescript. Microfilmed 1976. FS Catalog 982047 Item 16
• [Day] Dotson, Flora B. New Information on the Day Family of Edgefield County, South Carolina. [Boise, Idaho]: F.B. Dotson, 1996. FS Catalog 929.273 D33df
• [Dickey] Parsons, Marjorie Dickey. Lines and Lifestyles: Dickey, Moore, Parsons, and Some Related Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1988. FS Catalog Collection
• [Dorn] Wood, Willie Mae G. Old Families of McCormick County, South Carolina and Dorn Families of Edgefield, Greenwood and McCormick Counties. 2 vols. 1982. FS Catalog 975.736 D2w v. 1
• [Faulkner] Welch, Drew Glover. The Families of Russell Faulkner, Elijah Faulkner and Eligah Melvin Faulkner of Edgefield District, South Carolina. Lexington, SC: Drew Glover Welch, 2012.
• [Flowers] Hendrix, Mary Louise Flowers. Flowers Kith and Kin: A Records of the Descendants of Thomas Flowers through Henry and Nancy Adams Flowers. Jackson, Miss.: Hendrix, 1943. FS Catalog Collection
• [Fudge] Tyler, Maudie Fudge. The Descendants of Jacob Fudge, Senior, 1723-1980. Memphis, Tenn.: M.F. Tyler, 1983. FS Catalog Collection
• [Garrett] Rumph, Thedoshia Juanita Harvey. Hattie Garrett, Born a Salve [i.e. Slave] in Charleston, S.C. Migrated to and Died Free in Edgefield, S.C. Pemberton, N.J.: T.J.H. Rumph, 1999. FS Catalog 929.273 G192r
• [Glover] Glover, James A. and Anna O. Glover. Glover Genealogical Record of James Glover as the First Generation was of Oxford, Granville Co., North Carolina; William Glover and Martha G. Atwood as the Second Generation were of Granville Co., North Carolina; Zachariah Glover and Elizabeth Henderson as the Third Generation were of Edgefield, South Carolina and Covington, Indiana; William Glover and Catherine Walker as the Fourth Generation were of Covington, Indiana. MSS., 1947. FS Catalog 446606
• [Gomillion] Gomillion Family Records. MSS. Microfilmed 1996: FS Catalog Collection
• [Green] Green, Carleton. The Green Family of James Edward Green and Florence Virginia Thompson. Arcadia, Calif.: C. Green, 1981. FS Catalog Collection
• [Greer] Rees, Ellen Greer. Greer Men and Ellen C. Greer. n.p.: E.G. Rees, 1953. {{ FS Library|117134|item|Book 929.273 G852r}}
• [Greer] Wakefield, Eliza M. and Greer Family Organization. Texas and the Greers: A Tribute to Thomas Lacy Greer. n.p.: E.M. Wakefield, 1953. FS Catalog Collection
• [Greer] Greer [ca. 1761-1878]. Typescript. Copy: FS Catalog Collection
• [Hall] Andrea, Leonardo. Hall in South Carolina Archives, 1946-1956. MSS. Microfilmed 1975. FS Catalog Collection
• [Hammond] Tillman, Mamie Norris and Hortense Woodson. The Hammond Family of Edgefield District. Annual Meeting, Edgefield County Historical Society, September 17, 1954. Edgefield, S.C.: Advertiser Press, 1954. FS Catalog Collection
• [Hicks] Lidwin, Virginia Pegues. Hicks, Pegues, and Related Families: From Records in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi. Typescript, National Library, D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971. FS Catalog Collection
• [Hipp] Phelps, Dallas Leroy. Descendants of James Fincher Hipp of South Carolina, 1817-1872. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2006. FamilySearch Digital Library; FS Catalog Collection.
• [Hobson] Swafford, Jeannette Lain and James Murry Lain. Descendants of May-Hobson-Lain Families. Fairfield Bay, Ark.: J.L. Swafford, 1989. FS Catalog Collection
• [Holley] Day, William H. and Sammie Jean Holley. A Genealogical History of the Holley Family and Waters Family. Danville, Ind.: W.H. & S.J.H. Day, 1988. FS Catalog Collection
• [Holley] MacDowell, Dorothy K. The Holly/Holley Family: Early Barnwell & Edgefield Districts, South Carolina. Aiken, S.C.: D.K. MacDowell, 198-?. FS Catalog 929.273 H729m
• [Huskey] Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. FS Catalog Collection. [The Huskey family is discussed in Vol. 1.]
• [Jennings] Jennings, Thomas Ernest and Sarah Hattie Hazel Delgado. Jennings, the Descendants and Ancestors of Robert B. Jennings, Senior, and His Wife, Tabitha (Lockhart) Jennings: Robert B. Jennings, Senior, Born 1763, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Died After 16 November 1815, Will Probated March 1816, Edgefield, District, South Carolina: Tabitha (Lockhart) Jennings, Born 31 July 1778, Lincoln County, Georgia, Died 8 July 1847, Chickasaw Co., Miss. Arlington, Texas: T.E. Jennings, 1988. FS Catalog 929.273 J447d
• [Jennings] Konde, Alice and Paul M. Crocker. Some Descendants of John Jennings, ca. 1740/45-ca. 1819, of Fairfield and Edgefield Districts, South Carolina. Port St. Lucie, Fla.: A. Konde, 1989. FS Catalog 929.273 J441k
• [Jones] Elliott, Rita Jones. The John Jones Family Genealogy Including Lineages of Benson, Chandler, Dunbar, Jay, Lester, Miles, Sibley. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: R.J. Elliott, 1975. FS Catalog Collection
• [Jones] Jones, Montez Ellen DeMonia. The Jones - Reese and Allied Families. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath, 1982. FamilySearch Digital Library; FS Catalog Collection.
• [Jones] Johnson, Inez Jones. Keeping Up with the Joneses, a Family History and Genealogy: The Elisha & Susannah Jones Family of West Milton, Ohio. Typescript, Lilly Library, Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. Microfilmed 1988: FS Catalog Collection
• [Jones] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Robert D. Jones of Edgefield Co., S.C. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2000. FS Catalog 929.273 J71pdL
• [Jones] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William A. Jones of Edgefield and Saluda County, S.C. 2003. FS Catalog 1573699 Item 109
• [Langford] Langford, George Shealy. Langfords in America: Sketches on Early Arrivals and Migrations: Genealogical Recording on Descendants from Early Saluda River, South Carolina Families (Lexington, Newberry, Saluda and Old Edgefield Counties), 1773-1975: Some Related Families [of] Holley, Waters, Shealy, Timms, Robertson. College Park, Md.: Langford, 1977. FS Catalog 929.273 L263a
• [Langford] Langford, George Shealy. Sketches About Langfords, 1632-1980. Book 2. College Park, Md.: G.S. Langford, 1981. FS Catalog Collection
• [Lanham] Jackson, Betty Miller Wise. The Lanham Family. Johnston, S.C.: Ridge Citizen, 1978. FS Catalog Collection
• [Lanham] Lanham, William Joseph. Wonderful Pilgrimage: A Lanham Family History and Personal Journey. Clemson, S.C.: W.J. Lanham, 1995. FS Catalog Collection
• [Lester] Owen, Thomas McAdory. "Bryant Lester, of Lunenburg Co., Va., and His Descendants," Southern History Association. Its Publications, Vol. 1 (1897):127-137. Digitized by Internet Archive - free. Available in book form at Virginia Historical Society.
• [LeSueur] Allen, Cameron. "David LeSueur (1703/04-1771/72) of Manakin Town, Virginia: An Outline of the First Three Generations of His Descendants, As Constructed from the Tax Records of the 'Burned' County of Buckingham," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1999):3-22; Vol. 43, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1999):110-125; Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1999):178-189; Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1999):256-269. Available at FS Catalog Collection; online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
• [Long] Evans, Eytive Long. A Documented History of the Long Family, Switzerland to South Carolina, 1578-1956, Including Allied Families: A Documentary Record of the Long (Lang) Family of Newberry, Edgefield, and Saluda Counties, South Carolina, Including Many Allied Families. Decatur, Ga.: Bowen Press, 1956. FS Catalog 929.273 L85e
• [Longstreet] Thornton, Clark Thompson. Pilgrims, Pioneers, Patriots and People of Quality: The Pedigree of General James Longstreet "the Old Warhorse". Atlanta, Ga.: Lion Publication Co., 1997. FS Catalog Collection
• [Lott] Reeves, Hilda Lott. Lott Family Genealogy: As Descended from Jesse Lott of Edgefield, South Carolina. Wetumpka, Ala.: H.L. Reeves, 2001. FamilySearch Digital Library; FS Catalog 6005482.
• [Lovelace] Lovelace, David S. The Lovelace Family and Some Connections: from Edgefield, South Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland. Johnston, S.C.: Old Edgefield Pub. Co., 2003. FS Catalog 929.273 L942Ld
• [Lucas] Lucas, Ted S. and Clarence E. Lucas. The Lucas Family of Freestone County, Texas. Houston, Texas: T.S. Lucas, [1994?]. FS Catalog Collection
• [Luke] Griner, Mary Maxine Ellis. The Ellis/Luke and Allied Families. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 2000. FS Catalog Collection
• [McCarty] Jackman, Etta C. McCarty and Other Southern Roots. Miami, Okla.: E. Jackman, 1989. FS Catalog Collection
• [McDaniel] Roberts, Harry D. McDaniel Family Research. Maribu, Calif.: H.D. Roberts, 1974.
• [McDaniel] Roberts, Harry D. and Leonard W. Stevens. McDaniel Family Research. Swisshome, Ore.: M. Lautenschlaeger, 1980?. FS Catalog Collection
• [McGraw] McGraw Family Records, ca. 1745-1930. Typescript. FS Catalog Collection
• [Mainer] Dodd, Ella Frances Mainer and Martha Lynn Dodd Gass. John Mainer (1759-1863) of South Carolina and Georgia: His Roots and Branches. Lovelady, Texas: E.F.M. Dodd, 1989. FS Catalog Collection
• [Marlow] Ponder, Odalene Little. The Marlow Family. n.p.: O. Ponder, 1985. FS Catalog Collection
• [Mathis] Mathis, Robert Butler. The Charles Thomas Mathis Family. Edgefield, S.C.: n.p., 1969. FS Catalog Collection
• [May] Woodson, Hortense, John A. May and May Family Association. Charles May and His Descendants, Who Settled at Mays Cross Roads in Old Edgefield County, S.C. Edgefield, S.C.: Edgefield Advertiser Press, 1956. FS Catalog 929.273 M451w
• [Merchant] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William Merchant. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2000. FS Catalog Collection
• [Merchant] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William Merchant (1740-1809) of Edgefield County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2006. FamilySearch Digital Library; FS Catalog 929.273 M535pdL.
• [Merchant] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. The Merchant-Padgett Family: of Edgefield and Saluda County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008. FS Catalog 929.273 M535pda
• [Mobley] Mobley, Johnson Bland. The Descendants of Dr. John Richard Mobley, Sr. and Lucretia Simkins with Supplements on Adams, Bland, Carwile, Cheves, Daniel, Dozier, Gomillion, Griffin, Ivey, LaGrone, Latimer, Mims-Walker, Neal-Lott, Ready, Sheppard, Simikins, Smyly, Ware-Coleman, Warren, Watson, Weaver, Wright. Columbia, S.C.: Piedmont Printmakers, 1991. FS Catalog Collection
• [Moseley] Talley, James Nicholas. Notes on Talley, Stuart & Moseley Families of the Southern States. Salt Lake City, Utah: M.S. West, n.d. FS Catalog Collection
• [Nicholson] Timpson, Roger Hill and Bettis C. Rainsford. Nicholson Family Reunion: May 2, 1998, Oakley Park, Edgefield, South Carolina. 1998. FS Catalog 929.273 N52tr
• [Norris] Tillman, Mamie Norris. Data on Norris and Kindred Families Honoring Mrs. Mamie Norris Tillman, President, 1956. Edgefield, S.C.: Edgefield Advertiser Press, 1956. FS Catalog Collection; compare FS Catalog Collection; compare FS Catalog Collection.
• [Ouzts] Woodson, Hortense and Ouzts Family Association. Peter Ouzts I and His Descendants. Edgefield, S.C.: Outz Family Association, 1949. FS Catalog Collection
• [Owensby] Cook, Jimmy Eugene. Owensby Family Genealogy. 1968. FS Catalog Collection
• [Padget] Boone, James R. et al. Boone Genealogical Collection. MSS. Microfilmed 1990. FS Catalog Collection
• [Padget] Paget, James Suddarth and Dallas LeRoy Phelps. Watson-Smith-Padgett Families of Edgefield and Saluda Counties, South Carolina. 1995. FS Catalog 1750833 Item 19
• [Padget] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Mark Manuel Padget, Edgefield County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 1998. FS Catalog 929.273 P133pd
• [Padget] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Job Padget, Sr. of Edgefield County, S.C. (1760-1837). Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 1999. FS Catalog 929.273 P133pdL
• [Padget] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Job Padgett of Edgefield County, S.C. (1760-1837). Typescript. Microfilmed 2000. FS Catalog 1425220 Item 17
• [Padget] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Mahlon Mauzon Padgett of Edgefield County, S.C. Typescript. Microfilmed 2001. FS Catalog 1145793 Item 6.
• [Padget] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Henry Padget, Sr. of Edgefield County, South Carolina (1780-1830). Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2006. [ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/153123-descendants-of-henry-padget-sr-of-edgefield-county-south-carolina-1780-1830?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]; FS Catalog 929.273 P133pda.
• [Padget] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. The Merchant-Padgett Family: of Edgefield and Saluda County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008. FS Catalog 929.273 M535pda
• [Parkman] Scogin, William David. Parkman--Scogin Genealogy to October 27, 1957. MSS. Microfilmed 1962. FS Catalog Collection
• [Parkman] Smith, Omagene Parkman. Parkman Ancestry with Allied Families of Hall, Huffman, Minter, Goode of Omagene Parkman Smith. MSS. Microfilmed 1962. FS Catalog Collection
• [Peterson] Peterson, John. My Family. Alberni, British Columbia: J. Peterson, 1976. FS Catalog Collection
• [Pike] Pike, John Emory. William T. Pike, 1799-1882: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Westward. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, 1996. FS Catalog Collection
• [Pittman] Elrod, Lona McRee and Pittman Family Society. Pittman Family Record. 2 vols. Athens, Ga.: Pittman Family Society, 1976-1982. FS Catalog Collection
• [Pool] Hoggle, Bertha Jean Thomas Johnson. The Families of John and Dempsey (Pool) Thomas. Greensboro, Ala.: B.J. Hoggle, 2000. FS Catalog Collection
• [Posey] Posey, Joanna W. and Posey Family Organization of America. The Posey Family Newsletter. Orem, Utah: Posey Enterprises, 1979-1981. FS Catalog Collection
• [Powell] Andrea, Leonardo. Powell. Typescript, Polk County Historical Library, Bartow, Fla. Microfilmed 1975. FS Catalog Collection
• [Rampy] Vaughn, Michael J. The Family and Pedigree of Henry Rampy (1817-1866): South Carolina to Texas. Waco, Texas: M.J. Vaughn, 1998. FS Catalog Collection
• [Ramsey] Ramsey, James. Ramsey Roots and Branches. Houston, Texas: J. Ramsey, 1980. FS Catalog Collection
• [Richardson] Ericson, Carolyn Reeves. Josiah Richardson and Some of His Descendants. Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson Books, 1999. FS Catalog Collection
• [Rush] Autrey, Norma. Family of David Rush. Troy, S.C.: Sleepy Creek, 1995. FS Catalog Collection
• [Rutherford] "Rutherford in Edgefield, S.C. Folder," in Leonardo Andrea's Genealogical Folders in the Leonardo Andrea Collection: Collection of the Late Leonardo Andrea. MSS. Microfilmed 1974. FS Catalog Collection
• [Ryan] "Capt. John Ryan of Edgefield," [Taken from Columbia Telescope, 2 November 1827] The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 1974):26. FS Catalog Collection
• [Simkins] Francis Butler Simkins, 1897-1966: Historian of the South. 196-?. FS Catalog Collection
• [Slater] Our Ancestors, Noble--Scruggs--Slater--Malone. Typescript, Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Microfilmed 1982: FS Catalog Collection
• [Smith] Klemcke, Ethel Uhl and Bob P. Weed. Robert Mays Smith from South Carolina to Texas: The Long Way. Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Pub., 1988. FS Catalog Collection
• [Strom] Strom, Samuel T. and Martha J. Strom. The Stroms of South Carolina, 1765-1983 and Certain Allied Families. Union, S.C.: S.T. Strom Sr. & M.J. Strom, 1984. FS Catalog item
• [Suddath] Paget, James Suddath. Ancestors and Descendants of Hancock D. Suddath and Jemima Whaley Etheredge. Franklin, N.C.: Genealogy Pub. Service, 1996. FS Catalog Collection
• [Swearingen] Gardner, Evelyn Ann Gay. Swearingen/Sweringen/Van Sweringen Family Information: Chief Blue Jacket's Family. MSS., Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Microfilmed 1993: FS Catalog Collection
• [Talbert] Aldridge, Eugene Talbert. Some Southern Talberts. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson, 1975-1981. FS Catalog Collection
• [Talbert] Fisher, Sunie Garrett Talbert Elliott. Garrett, Catlett, Ware and Related Families. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath, 1989. FS Catalog Collection
• [Titshaw] Titshaw, Ann Acker and John Chestia Titshaw Moon Apperson. The Titshaw and Cronic Families of America. Atlanta, Ga.: A.A. Titshaw, 1984. FS Catalog Collection
• [Walker] Walker, Legaré. The Walker Family, Originally of the Yeocomico River Section of Nothumberland (Subsequently Westmoreland) County, Virginia: Stemming from William Walker (1622/23-1657) and Through One of His Descendants, Joseph Rabley Walker (1768-1816), Who Immigrated from Mecklenburg County in that State to South Carolina, Circa 1806, and Settled in Edgefield County Near the Town of that Name: ... Summerville, S.C.: L. Walker, 1945. FS Catalog 1429819 Item 2
• [Walker] Russell, Judith F. "Samuel Walker of South Carolina: Three Revolutionary Soldiers," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 2003):17-20. FS Catalog Collection
• [Walker] Russell, Judith F. and Frances Bateman. Children and Grandchildren of Samuel and Martha-Jefferson Bell Walker, Edgefield, South Carolina, 1770-1820: Related Families, Beams, Eddins, Farrow, Holloway, Mays, Mitchell in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee. Bogart, Ga.: Julian Rose Pub., 2003. FS Catalog 929.273 W154rj
• [Walker] Russell, Judith F. The Descendants of Martha-Jefferson Bell and Samuel Walker, Edgefield, South Carolina: With Related Families Allen, Bealle, Bearns, Bell, Branch, Caldwell, Couch, Driskel, Easter, Eddins, Farrell, Farrow, Garrett, Halley, Hart, Hicks, Holloway, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Mays, Mayson, McCracken, McGee, Miller, Mitchell, Nobles, Pfifer, Shivers, Simms, Smith, Stith, Talbot, Todd, Tucker, Turner, Walker, Williamson, Wise, Wright and Wynne. Bogart, Ga.: Julian Rose Pub., 2007. FS Catalog 929.273 W154rjf
• [Watson] Paget, James Suddarth and Dallas LeRoy Phelps. Watson-Smith-Padgett Families of Edgefield and Saluda Counties, South Carolina. 1995. FS Catalog 1750833 Item 19
• [Weaver] Weaver, William C. The Memoirs of Frank Augustus Weaver, 1863-1942. Edgefield, S.C.: W.C. Weaver, 200-?. FS Catalog Collection
• [Webster] McCollum, E.W. Webster and Allied Families. Typescript, 1964. FS Catalog Collection
• [Whitten] Alexander, Virginia Wood. Whitten and Allied Families. Columbia, Tenn.: V.W. Alexander & W.C. Whitten, 1984. FS Catalog Collection
• [Williams] Crouch, Aline Williams. Williamson Williams and His Descendants, 1800-1988. Edgefield, S.C.: A.W. Crouch, 1988. FS Catalog Collection
• [Woods] Givens, Joyce Graham. Osiah Woods and Families. MSS. Microfilmed 2000. FS Catalog Collection
• [Worthington] Smoak, Lee Hendrix. "Using 'People Finders' to Track Individuals Not Cited Therein: The Example of Georgia's Saunders Worthington," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 83, No. 2 (June 1995):96-111. FS Catalog Collection
• [Youngblood] Youngblood, Delois Kelley. Research and Remembrances of Youngblood, Martin, Perry, Mann, Kelley, McKinney, McWhorter. Charlotte, N.C.: Dekey Publisher, [1987?]. FS Catalog Collection
• [Youngblood] Quaife, Dorothy Morris. Jeremiah Youngblood: A Genealogy. Springfield, Mo.: D. Quaife, 1991. FS Catalog Collection
• [Youngblood] Preator, Richard E. The Descendants of John Dyer & Mary "Polly" Youngblood of Jackson County, Tennessee. Salem, Mass.: Higginson, [1999?]. FS Catalog Collection

Land and Property Records

Because South Carolina was an agricultural state, many residents owned land. For earliest records, search 1) Charleston District, 2) your ancestor’s residential district, 3) neighboring districts, 4) the residential county, 5) neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. See also South Carolina Land and Property.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• For information about the State Land Grants, see State Land Grants

• The following chart show where you may best expect to find land records.

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• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

• Burton, Orville Vernon. In My Father's Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1985. FS Catalog Collection [Burton analyzes census data on every resident of Edgefield County between 1850 and 1880.]
• Chapman, John Abney. Chapman, John Abney. History of Edgefield County from the Earliest Settlement to 1897 (Newberry, S.C.: Elbert H. Aull, Publisher and Printer, 1897), 521 pages. Biographical and anecdotical, with sketches of the Seminole War, nullification, secession, reconstruction, churches and literature, with rolls of all the companies from Edgefield in the war of secession, war with Mexico and with the Seminole Indians Digital version at Internet Archive.
• Lucas, Gloria Ramsey. Slave records of Edgefield County, South Carolina. (Edgefield, South Carolina Edgefield County Historical Society, c2010), 432 pages. Names are arranged by the name of the owner who sold the slave. Book found at FS Catalog Collectionand [3asublj Other Libraries.]

Maps and Gazetteers

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• Edgefield County Sanborn Fire Insurance and other Maps at Library of Congress
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• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration

• Dumont, Louise M. "Migrants from Edgefield County, S.C. 1842-1852," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 2 (June 1969):105-108. FS Catalog Collection

Early migration routes to and from Edgefield County for European settlers included:

• Savannah River pre-historic
• Occaneechi Path pre-historic
• Middle Creek Trading Path pre-historic
• Fort Moore-Charleston Trail about 1716
• Fall Line Road about 1735
• Augusta and Cherokee Trail in Georgia 1740s
• Augusta-Savannah Trail in Georgia 1740s
• Augusta-St. Augustine Trail in Georgia 1740s
• Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s
• Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail about 1765
• Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path about 1777

Military Records

General

• "Brigade orders, headquarters, 1834," Quill, July 2007, Volume 23, Issue 4. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Reorganization of the Upper Battalion of the 10th Regiment of SC Militia, 1834," Quill, May 2007, Volume 23, Issue 3. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Troops from district, 1836," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, July 1996, Volume 10, Issue 3. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.

Revolutionary War

• "Elizabeth Marshall Martin fam., Rev. War experiences, SC," Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, February 2004, Volume 18, Issue 1. Piedmont Historical Society: Spartansburg, SC.
• "Soldiers from 96 dist., Stono Ferry ba.," Quill, November 2002, Volume 18, Issue 6. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter Edgefield, SC
• "Sam. Walker bio., soldier," Quill, July 2002, Volume 18, Issue 5. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC
• "Incidents in co., c. 1780," Quill November 2001, Volume 17, Issue 6. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Cloud's Creek massacre, 1781," Quill July 1999, Volume 15, Issue 4. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Pension applications, 1835," Roots and Branches, July 1999, Volume 20, Issue 2. Tusaloosa Genealogical Society c/o Mary Sinclair Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
• "Royalist regiment refugees," Quill, May 1997, Volume 13, Issue 3. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Ryan's co., SC militia payroll, 1779," Genealogical Roots and Branches, December 1995, Volume 16, Issues 3-4. Old Ninety-Six Chapter, SCGS Greenwood, SC.
• "Edgefield in the Rev. War," Quill, June 1995, June 1992, May 1992. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "James McDavid intent fraud," Quill February 1995. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Revolutionary pensioners, Edgefield," Quill, May 1992. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter: Edgefield, SC.
• "Butler co., SC volunteers, 1782 muster roll," Carolinas Genealogical Society Bulletin, Fall 1970, Volume 7, Issue 2. Carolinas Genealogical Society Monroe, NC. FS Catalog Collection
• Sheahan, John J. Military markers and data: cemeteries located in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996. FS Catalog Collection

War of 1812

• List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FS Catalog Collection. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Vol. 5, South Carolina, Edgefield County, pp. 184-185. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.
• "Pension list," Annals of Edgefield District, December 1986, Issue 4. Old Edgefield District Archives Chapter, South Carolina: Edgefield, SC.
• McClendon, Carlee T. Edgefield, South Carolina in the war of 1812 (Edgefield, South Carolina:C. T. McClendon, copyright 1977) pages 55 FS Library Book 975.7 A1
  

Civil War

• 1861-1865 South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)

Regiments Civil War service men from Edgefield County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies and regiments that were formed with many men from Edgefield County:

- 1st Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company C

- 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters, Company A (also known the Union Light Infantry and German Fusiliers) and Company B (also known as the Sumter Guards)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (6 months, 1861), Company C - (also known as the Edgefield Rifles or Riflemen)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Butler's) (1st Regulars), Company A (also called Company B and Beauregard Artillery)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (McCreary's) (1st Provisional Army), Company G (also known as Butler Sentinels), Company H (also known as Haskell's Rifle Corps), and Company C (also known as Edgefield Rifles)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia), Company C and Company E

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company C (also known as Edgefield Rangers) and Company K (had been Company D of 1st South Carolina Cavalry Battalion)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Company K

- 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Company B, Company E, and Company K

- 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia), Company B and Company F

- 2nd Regiment, South Carolina State Troops (6 months 1863-64), Company B and Company I

- 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry , Company G (also known as Bonham's Light Dragoons) and Company I (also known as Edgefield Hussars or formerly known as Company A, Cavalry Battalion, Hampton Legion)

- 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company C

- 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troop Junior Reserves, Company H

- 5th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63), Company C and Company K

- 6th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Meriwether's), Company C, Company D, Company E, Captian L.S. Johnson Company, and Captain Tom Jones Company

- 6th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Aiken's Partisan Rangers) (1st Partisan Rangers), Company B and Company G

- 6th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company D

- 6th Battalion, South Carolina Reserves (Meriwether's), Company C Roster, Company D Roster, and Company E Roster

- 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry , Company E

- 7th Battalion, South Carolina Infantry (Nelson's) (Enfield Rifles), Company E and Company H

- 7th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A, Company D, Company E, Company G, Company H, Company I, Company K and Company M

- 9th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company H

- 11th Batatlion, South Carolina Infantry, Yeadon Light Infantry

- 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A

- 14th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company D

- 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company B, Company D, Company G, Company H, and Company K

- 15th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry , Company K

- 16th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company B and Company G

- 19th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company B

- 19th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A, Company B, Company C, Company D, Company F, and Company K

- 22nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company A

- 24th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Company I and Company K

- Aiken's Mounted Infantry, South Carolina

Other Resources

• Chapman, John Abney. Chapman, John Abney. History of Edgefield County from the Earliest Settlement to 1897 (Newberry, S.C.: Elbert H. Aull, Publisher and Printer, 1897), 521 pages. Biographical and anecdotal, with sketches of the Seminole War, nullification, secession, reconstruction, churches and literature, withh rolls of all the companies from Edgefield in the war of secession, war with Mexico and with the Seminole Indians Digital version at Internet Archive.
• South Carolina. Confederate Pension Board. Confederate Veterans and Their Widows Pension Records, 1919-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957). Microfilm copy at FS Catalog Collection
• Edgefield County Soldiers Board of Relief Commissioners. Returns, 1862-1863. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957). Microfilm copy at FS Catalog Collection

Newspapers

• 1800s-1999 Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry ($)
• 1800s-Current South Carolina, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Historic
The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Edgefield County, South Carolina on their Chronicling America website. For publication details, including dates of publication, frequency, preceding and succeeding titles, and to find out which libraries have holdings, click on the newspaper title.

• Anti-Monarchist, and South-Carolina Advertiser (Edgefield Court House, S.C.) 1811-1819. Search online at GenealogyBank.com ($)
• Edgefield Advertiser (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current.
• Edgefield County Press (Edgefield, S.C.) 1977-1982.
• Edgefield Informer (Edgefield C.H., S.C.) 1856-1856.
• Edgefield Weekly Monitor (Johnston, Edgefield County, S.C.) 1877-1900.
• Johnston News (Johnston, S.C.) 1903-1906.
• Johnston News-Monitor (Johnston, Edgefield County, S.C.) 1906-1915.
• The Carolinian (Edgefield Court House, S.C.) 1829-1836.
• The Citizen-News (Johnston, S.C.) 1982-current.
• The Edgefield Chronicle (Edgefield, S.C.) 1881-1925.
• The Edgefield County News (Edgefield, S.C.) 1972-1982.
• The Edgefield Farmer (Edgefield, S.C.) 1892-1894.
• The Edgefield Hive (Pottersville [i.e., Edgefield], S.C.) 1827-1829.
• The Edgefield Hive (Pottersville, S.C.) 1829-1830.
• The Johnston Herald (Johnston, S.C.) 1923-1947.
• The Pottersville Hive (Pottersville, S.C.) 1981-1981.
• The Ridge Citizen (Johnston, S.C.) 1947-1982.
• The South-Carolina Republican (Pottersville, Near Edgefield Ct. Hs., S.C.) 1824-1827.
• The Weekly Monitor (Johnston, Edgefield County, S.C.) 1900-1906.

University of South Carolina Library Catalog

• Historical Newspapers of South Carolina at University of South Carolina Libraries - not complete

Periodicals

Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers new to their area may not encounter. Periodicals at various levels (county, region, and state) may carry articles useful to research in this area. For more information and links, see South Carolina Periodicals.

• Homeplace
• Quill, FamilySearch Library.
• Annals of Edgefield District, FamilySearch Library.

Probate Records

Various types of records are created throughout the probate process of settling estates and property, usually after death. These may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. For further information see probate records in South Carolina Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History hasmicrofilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed Will Transcriptions for 1782 to 1855 online. Index searchable by name and the image is available.

• Abstracts of Edgefield County Wills, Books A,C, 1775-1835 South Carolina Pioneers
• Index to Edgefield County Will Book D, 1836-1853 South Carolina Pioneers
• Miscellaneous Probate Records, 1785-1868, indexes to records, 1785-1957. Edgefield County Probate Court. Microfilm of original at the Edgefield County courthouse in Edgefield, South Carolina.

Additional Edgefield County probate resources include:

• Lesley Prey, comp. Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills, Books 1-2 (1836-1853), database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).
  Original data: Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills, Book D, 1-2. For more information, see FS Catalog 23869.
• Edgefield County Wills, courtesy USGenWeb Archives.
• Edgefield County Probate Records, courtesy USGenWeb Archives
• 1670-1980 South Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1671-1977 South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
• 1732-1964 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images Only
• 1782-1866 South Carolina, Will Transcripts 1782-1866 at Findmypast — index ($) — $, index
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

Tax-related records are kept by the offices of the county Assessor, Auditor, Sheriff, and Treasurer. Taxes were levied on real and personal property and can help establish ages, residences, and relationships. See South Carolina Taxation for online resources and suggestions.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

• South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Edgefield County.
  

To learn more about using Edgefield's tax records, see:

• Genealogy 101, Guide to Researching Tax Records, Homeplace, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 2008).

Original sources
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History microfilmed a set of Returns of Edgefield County Personal Property covering the years 1869 and 1870. Copies: FS Catalog Collection

Published abstracts

• 1787 Holcomb, Brent H. Two 1787 Tax Lists from Ninety Six District, S.C. 1974. FS Catalog Collection
• 1865 Glenn, Tricia Price. 1865 Edgefield County Tax Returns. n.p.: n.p., 200-?. FS Catalog Collection
• 1865 Tax Returns, 1865, Homeplace, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 2008).
• 1865 County Tax Records, 1865, Quill, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. 2002); Vol. 18, No. 2 (Mar. 2002); Vol. 18, No. 3 (May 2002); Vol. 18, No. 4 (Jul. 2002); Vol. 18, No. 5 (Jul. 2002); Vol. 18, No. 6 (Nov. 2002); Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan. 2003); Vol. 19, No. 2 (Mar. 2003); Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2003); Vol. 19, No. 5 (Sep. 2003); Vol. 19, No. 6 (Nov. 2003); Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan. 2004); Vol. 20, No. 2 (Mar. 2004); Vol. 20, No. 3 (May 2004).
• 1891 Browder, Tonya A., Malissa N. Browder, and Glenn R. Zimmerman. Edgefield County, S.C.: Sifting through the Ashes of the 1890 Census. Edgefield, S.C.: Old Edgefield Pub. Co., 2008. FS Catalog Collection. Includes 1891 tax list and 1891 census of Edgefield village.
• 1892 Colored School Districts Taxable Poll List, 1892, Quill, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Jul. 2005).
• 1919 Statistics on Wealth of People and Institutions, 1919, Quill, Vol. 25, No. 3 (May 2009).

Vital Records

Birth, marriage, and death records were not recorded by South Carolina until the 1900s, thus leaving a lack of vital records created by Civil authorities. See South Carolina Vital Records for online resources and suggestions.

Birth

State-wide birth registration did not begin until 1915. For records after 1915, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.

• 1766-1900 South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
• 1915-1917 South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1917 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Marriage

In South Carolina, Probate Courts issued and still keep marriage licenses from 1 July 1911 to the present. Licenses were not required before 1911. In the 1700s, the Church of England parish churches were required to record all marriages - even if the couple were not members of the denomination. Statewide registration of marriages started in July, 1950. See South Carolina Vital Records for indexes and more information.

Online Marriage Records and Indexes

• 1769-1880 Edgefield County Marriages, 1769-1880: Implied in Edgefield County, South Carolina Probate Records by Barbara R. Langdon FS Catalog Collection WorldCat - index
• 1830 "Marriage and Death Notices from the Edgefield Hive: Jan.-Dec. 1830, Vol. 1" by Elizabeth D. English Digital version at JSTOR ($).
• 1911-1947 Proof of Marriages Prior to July 1, 1911; Marriage Registers, 1911-1947 FS Catalog Collection
• There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Death

State-wide death registration began in 1915. For information and online records, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Online Death Records and Indexes

• 1800-1900- CSI: Dixie collects 1583 coroners reports from six South Carolina counties for the years 1800-1900.
• 1816-1990 South Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1816-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1821-1969 South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1969 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1830 "Marriage and Death Notices from the Edgefield Hive: Jan.-Dec. 1830, Vol. 1," by Elizabeth D. English Digital version at JSTOR ($).
• 1844-1902 Inquisition books, 1844-1902 FS Catalog Collection.
• 1915-1943 South Carolina, Deaths, 1915-1943 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
• 1915-1965 South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index & Images
• State-wide South Carolina Death Indexes. There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Edgefield County. For state-wide library facilities, see South Carolina Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Aiken South Carolina FamilySearch Center
• Evans Georgia FamilySearch Center
• Lexington South Carolina FamilySearch Center
  
• Augusta Genealogical Society, Adamson Library - an affiliate library
• Augusta-Richmond County Public Library - an affiliate library
• Lincoln County Library - Georgia - an affiliate library

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Edgefield County. For state-wide library facilities, see South Carolina Archives and Libraries.

The ABBE Regional Library System - (The Aiken-Bamberg-Barnwell-Edgefield Regional Library System) is headquartered in Aiken county. It serves those four counties and has multiple branches.
Edgefield County Library
105 Court House Square
Edgefield, SC 29824
Phone: 803-637-4025
Website

Edgefield County Library
Johnston Branch
407 Calhoun Street
Johnston, SC 29832
Phone: 803-275-5157
Website

South Carolina Digital Library
University of South Carolina
1322 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-2249
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Edgefield County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see South Carolina Societies.

Edgefield County Historical Society
P.O. Box 174
Edgefield, SC 29824
Phone: 803-637-2233
Email: info@historicedgefield.com
Website

Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society SCGS Chapter
P.O. Box 546
Edgefield SC 29824-0546
Phone: 803-637-4010
Email: OEDGS85@gmail.com
Website
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Websites

• Edgefield Couny, SCGenWe
• Edgefield County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides

• South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Edgefield County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.