Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room

United States South Carolina Greenwood County, South Carolina Greenwood County Library

Contact Information

Greenwood County Library
Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room
600 South Main Street
Greenwood, SC 29646
E-mail: ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org
For hours, please call 864-941-4655
If you visit the Library when the Lawrence Room is closed, please ask the Reference Librarian for assistance. Library staff will be happy to retrieve materials for you.

Microfilm

Four microfilm reader/printers are available for viewing the microfilm in this room.

Newspapers

Abbeville Press and Banner, 1846-1903
Edgefield Advertiser, October 15, 1856-April 22, 1868
Greenwood Light, 1885-1886
Greenwood Tribune, 1886-1888
Greenwood Times, 1889
McCormick Advance, 1886-1887
McCormick News, 1892
Ninety-Six Guardian, 1878-1889
Ninety-Six Star, 1906
Psalm Singer, 1886
Saluda Argus, 1884
Greenwood Index, September 12, 1895-1918 (1906 missing)
Greenwood Journal., November 1, 1897-1918 (1906 missing)
Greenwood Index-Journal, 1939-present

Church Records

Broadmouth Baptist Church, 1837-1966
Siloam Baptist Church, 1834-1876
Turkey Creek Baptist Church, 1785-1909

Military Records
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (South Carolina 1-1 through 12 and Continental Troops 1-16-2)

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Abbeville and Greenwood)

Virginia Court Records
A list of court records of the Virginia Counties on microfilm in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library

US Census
1790-1930

South Carolina State Census, 1829

Fairfield
Laurens

South Carolina State Census, 1839

Beaufort
Chesterfield
Kershaw
Lexington

South Carolina 1868 Agricultural Census

South Carolina State Census, 1869

South Carolina State Census, 1875

Aiken-Charleston
Clarendon-Sumter
Fairfield County (Townships 8-13)
Williamsburg-York

US Census for Maryland Counties

1840 US Census -Prince George and Queen Anne Counties
1850 US Census - Montgomery and Prince George Counties
1870 US Census - Prince George County

Vertical File

Books

City Directories

Cemeteries

Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume One, By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1996 (Gen 929.5 G V. 1)
Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume Two, By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2008 (Gen 929.5 G V. 2)
Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume Three, By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2010 (Gen 929.5 G V. 3)

Greenwood County Histories

Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families, by Margaret J Watson; Harry Legare Watson, Publisher: Greenwood, S.C., Attic Press [1970]

Land

Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1679, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1910
Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1680-1692, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1911
Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1692-1711, edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1915

Online Resources

Obituary Index
Obituary and death notice index for the Greenwood Index-Journal newspaper, abstracted from the Greenwood County Library's microfilm holdings by the GCL Reference Department staff and volunteers.

Heritage Quest

Ancestry.com Library Edition)