Genealogy information for Abbeville.

Abbeville has the following 4 books:

7,500 marriages from ninety-six and abbeville district, south carolina, 1774-1890 Taken from individuals files and packets in the Abbeville Courthouse, and from copies of legal records for Old 96 on deposit in the South Carolina Archives, as well as from the newspaper notices in early local papers. All sources are cited so that the researcher may document his work. Since vital records were not kept in south Carolina until the 20th century, this book becomes a very valuable tool in this area.
by Larry E. Pursley

abbeville district, south carolina, newspaper notices of land cases and sales, 1836-1872 Newspaper notices concerning sales of property in Abbeville District. These notices mention many names which might be lost to researchers otherwise.
by Lowry Ware

abstracts of old ninety-six and abbeville district, south carolina, wills and bonds This is probably the most important book on the up-country of South Carolina. It contains more than 3,500 abstracts of wills, bonds and administrations between 1774 and 1860 and more than 30,000 names of persons mentioned in these records. Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville districts are the present-day counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Edgefield, Greenwood, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry, Pickens, Oconee, Saluda, Spartanburg, and Union. Old 96 District bordered Georgia on its western boundary and was the ancestral home of many early Georgia settlers.
by Pauline Young

old abbeville: scenes of the past of a town where old time things are not forgotten This is a narrative history of the town of Abbeville from its beginnings until the early twentieth century. Names of residences from the census, church records, and other sources are included as well as businesses and institutions.
by Lowry Ware