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'''Dillon County, South Carolina''' genealogy and family history research guide. Introduces you to county topics such as vital record births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, census, court records, deeds, maps, immigration, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, plantations, probate records, slaves, local archives, libraries, museums, churches, cemeteries, and Civil War records. | '''Dillon County, South Carolina''' genealogy and family history research guide. Introduces you to county topics such as vital record births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, census, court records, deeds, maps, immigration, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, plantations, probate records, slaves, local archives, libraries, museums, churches, cemeteries, and Civil War records. | ||
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Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor’s residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart show where you may best expect to find land records for Dillon County: <br> | Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor’s residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart show where you may best expect to find land records for Dillon County: <br> | ||
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|+ '''Tracing Land Currently in Dillon County with Parent Counties and Districts''' <ref>Schweitzer, George K. , ''South Carolina Genealogical Research'' (Knoxville, Tennessee: s.p. 1985), 39-42, {{FHL|425402|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 D27s}}</ref> | |+ '''Tracing Land Currently in Dillon County with Parent Counties and Districts''' <ref>Schweitzer, George K. , ''South Carolina Genealogical Research'' (Knoxville, Tennessee: s.p. 1985), 39-42, {{FHL|425402|item|disp=FHL book 975.7 D27s}}</ref> | ||
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''Marriages and Marriage Substitutes - Indexes and Records'' | ''Marriages and Marriage Substitutes - Indexes and Records'' | ||
| − | *'''1895-1954''' - ''Dillon County, South Carolina Proofs of Marriage, ca. 1895-1954; Marriage Licenses & Marriage Registers, ca. 1911-1950'' <ref>South Carolina, Probate Court (Dillon County), Dillon County, South Carolina Proofs of Marriage, ca. 1895-1954; Marriage Licenses &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Marriage Registers, ca. 1911-1950, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003-2004.</ref> {{FHL|1163320|item}} - records<br> | + | *'''1895-1954''' - ''Dillon County, South Carolina Proofs of Marriage, ca. 1895-1954; Marriage Licenses & Marriage Registers, ca. 1911-1950'' <ref>South Carolina, Probate Court (Dillon County), Dillon County, South Carolina Proofs of Marriage, ca. 1895-1954; Marriage Licenses &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Marriage Registers, ca. 1911-1950, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003-2004.</ref> {{FHL|1163320|item}} - records<br> |
*'''1903-1929''' - [http://www.dillon.lib.sc.us/ ''Early Marriage Extracts from The Dillon Herald''] at the [http://www.dillon.lib.sc.us/ Dillon County Library] - index<br> | *'''1903-1929''' - [http://www.dillon.lib.sc.us/ ''Early Marriage Extracts from The Dillon Herald''] at the [http://www.dillon.lib.sc.us/ Dillon County Library] - index<br> | ||
*There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the [[South Carolina Vital Records#South_Carolina.C2.A0Birth.2C_Marriage_and_Death_Records_Online|South Carolina Vital Records]] page. | *There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the [[South Carolina Vital Records#South_Carolina.C2.A0Birth.2C_Marriage_and_Death_Records_Online|South Carolina Vital Records]] page. | ||
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South Carolina Dillon County
Dillon County, South Carolina genealogy and family history research guide. Introduces you to county topics such as vital record births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, census, court records, deeds, maps, immigration, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, plantations, probate records, slaves, local archives, libraries, museums, churches, cemeteries, and Civil War records.
Coordinates: 34.39°0′N 79.38°0′W / 34.39°N 79.38°W
| Dillon County, South Carolina | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of South Carolina | |
 Location of South Carolina in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | February 5, 1910 |
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| County Seat | Dillon |
| Courthouse | |
Quick Dates
Dillon County's civil records start the following years:
| Birth | Marriage | Death | Census | Land | Probate |
| 1915 | 1911 | 1915 | 1910 | 1910 | 1910 |
County Courthouse
Dillon County Courthouse
301 West Main Street
Dillon, SC 29536
Dillon County Clerk of Courts
301 W. Main St.
P.O. Drawer 1220
Dillon, SC 29536
Phone:843-774-1425
Court and land records
Dillon County Probate Judge
401 W. Main St.
P.O. Box 189
Dillon, SC 29536
Phone:843-774-1423
Probate and marriage records
Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
History
Dillon county was named for James W. Dillon, a local prominent resident from Ireland who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to the county.[1] Learn more about the history of Dillon County from the South Carolina State Library or from Carolana.com.
Parent County/Boundary Changes
- 1910 - Dillon created from Marion County.
For more information as well as maps of Dillon County through time, see the South Carolina State Archives or South Carolina County Maps and Atlases.
County Seat
The county seat of Dillon County is Dillon.
County Pronunciation
Record Loss
Places/Localities
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Resources
Research Guides
- South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Dillon County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
African Americans
United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans
Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:
- Coursar
- Ford
Cemeteries
There are more than # burial grounds in the county. To view a list, see Dillon County, South Carolina Cemeteries.
Census
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1910 | 22,615 | — |
| 1920 | 25,278 | 11.8% |
| 1930 | 25,733 | 1.8% |
| 1940 | 29,625 | 15.1% |
| 1950 | 30,630 | 3.4% |
| 1960 | 30,584 | −0.2% |
| 1970 | 28,838 | −5.7% |
| 1980 | 31,083 | 7.8% |
| 1990 | 29,114 | −6.3% |
| 2000 | 30,722 | 5.5% |
| Source: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. | ||
See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.
Church
Episcopal Church
Before 1785, residents of what is now Dillon County were served by these colonial parishes.[3]
- Prince Frederick Parish 1734
- St. David's Parish 1768
Court
DNA
Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
General
As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Dillon, South Carolina at World Connect, results in more than 2,000 entries.
Surname indexes to Leonardo Andrea's Files | Folders | Resources are available online, courtesy: The Andrea Files: South Carolina Genealogical Research. Learn more.
Message Boards
- Dillon County, SC Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
- Dillon County, SC Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
Bibliography
- [Bethea] Cooper, John P.Sketches of John Purley Cooper and Wife Ethel Mae Bethea: With Notes on Their Ancestry, Descendants, Some Kindred and Random Collections. Ruxton, Md.: J.P. Cooper, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 C784cj
- [Campbell] Campbell, Rachel M. and Charles Campbell McCall. Campbell and McCall Family History. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, n.d. FHL Book 929.273 C153cr.
- [Carmichael] Carmichael, Roderick L. The Scottish Highlander Carmichaels of the Carolinas. Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson, 1935. FHL Film 317751.
- [Carmichael] Harrell, Elizabeth Jean. The Carmichaels: Archibald Carmichael (c. 1749-1830s) of Scotland and the Carolinas and His Descendants Who Migrated to Hinds County, Mississippi. Los Altos, Calif.: E.J. Harrell, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 C212h.
- [Carmichael] Steele, Anita Martin and Lorena Martin Spillers. Martin and Carmichael Descendants in Georgia 1811-1994. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1994. FHL Book 929.273 M363st.
- [Lewis] Lewis, J.D. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. FHL Collection book 929.273 L585Ljd, CD-ROM no. 1036
- [Moody] Moody, Mary C. The Moodys and Related Families. Arlington, Texas: M.C. Moody, 1979. FHL Book 929.273 M771mo.
Land
Because of South Carolina’s history as an agricultural state many residents owned land. For more information about types of land records see South Carolina Land and Property.
Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor’s residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart show where you may best expect to find land records for Dillon County:
| Date | Government Office |
| 1910-present | Dillon County |
| 1868-1910 | Marion County |
| 1800-1865 | Marion District |
| 1769-1800 | Georgetown District Records Lost |
| 1719-1769 | Charleston District |
| 1710-1719 | Proprietary Land Grants |
Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868
This series consists of recorded copies of plats for state land grants for the Charleston and the Columbia Series with their certificates of admeasurement or certification. All personal names and geographic features on these plats are included in the repository's On-line Index to Plats for State Land Grants
The South Carolina Constitution of 1790 required the surveyor general to maintain offices in both the new capital at Columbia and in Charleston. The surveyor general began to use separate volumes for recording plats in his Columbia office in 1796. Before that, all plats were recorded in the set of volumes begun in Charleston in 1784. After 1796, most plats for land grants in the Upper Division of the state were recorded and filed in Columbia. The surveyor general chose to make the Columbia volumes a continuation of the state plat volumes begun in Charleston and gave the initial Columbia volume the number thirty-six to correspond with the number of the volume that had then been reached in the Charleston series. As a result, there are volumes numbered thirty-six through forty-three from each office, but the records in them are not duplicative.
Also included are the Plan Books containing Plats and Plans.
Local Histories
- Stokes, Durward T. The History of Dillon County, South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, c1978), 523 pages. Comprehensive History of Dillon County. Book found at FHL 975.785 H2s and Other Libraries.
Maps
Military
War of 1812
- "Capt. Bethea's co.," Pee Dee Queue, May 1999, Volume 23, Issue 3. Pee Dee Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society : Marion, SC.
Civil War, 1861-1865
Dillon County did not exist during the Civil War. It was created 1910 from Marion County. During the Civil War, men from the area of Dillon County mostly would have served in various regiments recruited in Marion County. Counties were called districts during the Civil War.
- Stokes, Durward T. The History of Dillon County, South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, c1978), 523 pages. Comprehensive History of Dillon County. Civil War pages 88-111. Book found at FHL 975.785 H2s and Other Libraries.
Newspapers
Historic
The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Dillon 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.
- Latta Observer (Latta, S.C.) 1910-1983.
- The Dillon Herald (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-current.
Current
- The Dillon Herald (Dillon, S.C.) Online edition.
Obituaries
An index references Early Obituaries from The Dillon Herald, notebook volumes available in the Dillon County Library. The notebooks primarily cover obituaries found in The Dillon Herald from 1904 through 1939. Each obituary is a complete transcription of the article taken from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Site gives instructions for obtaining a complete copy of the obituary.
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 this county, see:
- Pee Dee Queue
Probate
Probate is the “court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid” and encompasses “all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc.”[5] Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. For further information see probate records in South Carolina.
Taxation
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, relationships, and the year an individual died or left the area. They can be used as substitutes for missing or destroyed land and census records.
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Dillon County.
Published abstracts
- [1811, 1814, 1824] Holcomb, Brent H. and Silas Emmett Lucas. Some South Carolina County Records... 2 vols. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1976-1989. FHL Book 975.7 P2hbh and 975.7 P2hbh v. 2 [Includes 1811, 1814, and 1824 tax lists for Marion District.]
Vital Records
Birth, marriage, and death records were not recorded by South Carolina until the 1900s, thus leaving a lack of vital records. Substitute records, when available, are used to obtain this information. These substitute records including newspapers, court records have been added to this section, when applicable.
Birth
State-wide birth registration began in 1915. For a copy of a birth from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Dillon County Health Department also has copies but they provide only an abbreviated form with limited information. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.
Marriage
In South Carolina, marriage licenses were not required by local governments until 1 July 1911. However, 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. Not all churches recorded these marriages and some have not survived. See South Carolina Vital Records for more information.
The Dillon County probate court holds marriage licenses issued from 1 July 1911 to the present. Statewide registration of marriages began in July 1950 and the South Carolina Division of Vital Records has copies of licenses issued after 1 July 1950 through November 2009.
Newspapers are used as a substitute to locate marriage information. See South Carolina Newspapers.
Marriages and Marriage Substitutes - Indexes and Records
- 1895-1954 - Dillon County, South Carolina Proofs of Marriage, ca. 1895-1954; Marriage Licenses & Marriage Registers, ca. 1911-1950 [6] FHL Collection - records
- 1903-1929 - Early Marriage Extracts from The Dillon Herald at the Dillon County Library - index
- 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 a copy of the death certificates from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Dillon County Health Department only has copies for deaths occurring in the last 5 years. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.
Deaths - Indexes and Records
- 1914-1960 - 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.
Archive, Libraries, and Museums
Libraries
The Dillon County Lybrary System has three libraries and a bookmibile. The Dillon Library is the main branch.
Dillon County Library - Headquarters
Addeess:
600 East Main Street
Dillon, South Carolina 29536
Telephone: 843-774-0330
Fax: (843) 774-0733
Hours: Monday to Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday to Friday 9:00a.m to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 9:pp a.m to 1:00 p.m
Lake View Library Branch
Address:
207 South Main Street, P.O. Box 704
Lake View, South Carolina 29563
Telephone: 843-759-2692
Hours: Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.
Latta Library Branch
Address:
101 North Marion Street
Latta, South Carolina 29565
Telephone: 8-3-752-5389
Fax: (843) 752-7457
Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Museums
- Dillon County Museum
The Museum offers a turn of the twentieth century glimpse of life in Dillon County. Documents, photographs, and other memorabilia trace the history of the area.
Societies - Genealogical, Historical, Lineage
Pee Dee Chapter SCGS
Old Marion District
P.O. Box 1428
Marion SC 29571-1428
Old Marion District includes Marion, Florence and Dillon Counties.
Family History Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Family History Centers in South Carolina
Web Sites
- Dillon County, SCGenWeb
- Family History Library Catalog
- Dillon County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of South Carolina, Palmetto Place Names (The Reprint Company: Spartanburg, S.C., 1975) 14.
- ↑ Voice of Phillip Stalvey, resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2011).
- ↑ "South Carolina Districts and Parishes 1770" [map] in Carolana at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_colony_districts_parishes_1770.html (accessed 11 May 2011).
- ↑ Schweitzer, George K. , South Carolina Genealogical Research (Knoxville, Tennessee: s.p. 1985), 39-42, FHL book 975.7 D27s
- ↑ Henry Campbell Black, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 1081, "probate."
- ↑ South Carolina, Probate Court (Dillon County), Dillon County, South Carolina Proofs of Marriage, ca. 1895-1954; Marriage Licenses &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Marriage Registers, ca. 1911-1950, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003-2004.
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