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United States South Carolina Spartanburg County

Spartanburg 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: 34.93°0′N 81.99°0′W / 34.93°N 81.99°W / 34.93; -81.99

Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Map
Location in the state of South Carolina
Location of South Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1795
County Seat	Spartanburg
Courthouse

Quick Dates

Spartanburg County's civil records start the following years:

Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1915	1911	1915	1790	1785	1785

County Courthouse

Spartanburg County Courthouse
180 Magnolia St.
Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306

Clerk of Court
180 Magnolia St., 2nd floor. Suite 500
Spartanburg, SC 29306
864-596-2591
Court and land records

Probate Court
180 Magnolia St., 1st Floor, Suite 302
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Phone: 864-596-2556
Probate and marriage records

Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

History

The county is named after the Spartan Regiment.^[1] Known in history as the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens.

Parent County

1795--"Spartan District" was created in 1795 from Ninety-Six District. In 1791 at the request of the citizens the legislature renamed the same place Spartanburg District (county) in honor of the district/county seat. in 1868 all districts including Spartanburg were renamed counties.^[2]
County seat: Spartanburg ^[3]

County Pronunciation

Hear it spoken^[4]

Boundary Changes

"Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. The maps rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Variant Spellings

Spartanburgh^[5]
Spartenburg

Record Loss

Lost census: 1890

Places/Localities

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Spartanburg County, South Carolina

County seat: Spartanburg

Cities	Chesnee · Greer · Inman · Landrum · Spartanburg · Wellford · Woodruff

Towns	Campobello · Central Pacolet · Cowpens · Duncan · Lyman · Pacolet · Reidville

Communities	Arcadia · Arcadia Heights · Arkwright · Arrowwood · Ben Avon · Bennetts · Boiling Springs · Brooklyn · Calico · Calvert · Campton · Canaan · Carlisle · Cashville · Cherokee Springs · Clevedale · Clifton · Clifton Station · Converse · Converse Heights · Cooley Springs · Crescent · Cross Anchor · Cunningham · Delmar · Dillard Crossroads · Dodd Hill · Drayton · Dutchman · East Spartanburg · Enola · Enoree · Evinsville · Fairforest · Fairmont · Fairmont Mills · Fairview Heights · Fingerville · Foster Mill · Glendale · Glenn Springs · Golightly · Gramling · Green Pond · Hadden Crossroads · Hadden Heights · Harveytown · Hayne Station · Hillcrest · Hillsville · Hobbyville · Holly Springs · Ingleside · Inman Mills · Jackson Mill · Johnson City · Kilgore · Larkin · Lawson · Little Africa · Little Chicago · Little Vista Heights · Lone Oak · Maryville · Mascot · Mayo · Mayo Mills · Moore · Mount Zion · Mountain View · New Prospect · North Pacolet · Oak Hurst · Pacolet Mills · Pacolet Park · Park Hills · Pauline · Pelham · Poplar Springs · River Oaks · Roebuck · Saxon · Sigsbee · Snoddy · Startex · Stone Station · Switzer · Tyger · Una · Valley Falls · Victor Mills · Wadsworth · Waldrop Crossroads · Walnut Grove · Washington Heights · West View · White Stone · Whitney · Whitney Heights · Woodburn Hills · Zion Hill

Historical Communities	Andover · Brannons Store · Bryants Store · Crows · Glenwood · Hebron · Millville · Obed · White Stone Springs

Neighboring Counties	Cherokee · Greenville · Laurens · Union North Carolina Counties: Polk · Rutherford

The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

Resources

Research Guides

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

African Americans

United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans

Eelman, Bruce W. "'An Educated and Intelligent People Cannot Be Enslaved': The Struggle for Common Schools in Antebellum Spartanburg, South Carolina," History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Summer, 2004), pp. 250-270. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
Heinegg, Paul. "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1790 South Carolina Census, by County," Free African Americans.com. [Includes free blacks in Spartanburgh County.]

Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:

Mountain Shoals - Enoree
Thomas Price - Moore
Walnut Grove - Roebuck

Biography

Boggs, John. The Southern Christian; Exemplified in the Memoirs of Anthony Jefferson Pearson, Who Died August 31st, 1834 in Spartanburgh, South Carolina. New York: Ezra Collier, 1835. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Cemeteries

There are more than # burial grounds in the county. To view a list, see Spartanburg County, South Carolina Cemeteries.

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	8,800	—
1800	12,122	37.8%
1810	14,259	17.6%
1820	16,989	19.1%
1830	21,150	24.5%
1840	23,669	11.9%
1850	26,400	11.5%
1860	26,919	2.0%
1870	25,784	−4.2%
1880	40,409	56.7%
1890	55,385	37.1%
1900	65,560	18.4%
1910	86,465	31.9%
1920	94,265	9.0%
1930	116,323	23.4%
1940	127,733	9.8%
1950	150,349	17.7%
1960	156,830	4.3%
1970	173,724	10.8%
1980	201,861	16.2%
1990	226,800	12.4%
2000	275,534	21.5%
Source: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau.

1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Spartanburg County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see South Carolina Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Spartanburg County, SC census assignments, including links to transcribed files [The USGenWeb Census Project^®]

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for South Carolina are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: FHL Collection 1024517 - 1024518.

Published abstract:

National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. FHL Collection 973 X2m 1820; digital version at Lineages. [Includes this county.]

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. FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840; FHL Collection 2321; digital versions at Google Books. [See South Carolina, Spartanburgh [Spartanburg] District on page 143.]

1850

Gilbert, Horace Elbert and Rodney Dusterhoft. An Enhanced 1850 Census, Spartanburg District, South Carolina. Spartanburg, S.C.: Pinckney District Chapter, SCGS, 1994. FHL Collection 975.729 X2g 1850

1860

Emory, Mary Mills and Lorene Burton Ambrose. 1860 Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Vol. 1. FHL Collection 975.729 X2p 1860 v. 1

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

Spartanburg 1st
Spartanburg 2nd
Spartanburg 3rd (Spanish)
Boiling Springs Ward

Court

Spartanburg County has court records from 1785 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court. Spartanburg County was a part of the Ninety-Six District from 1785 - 1791 and the Pinckney District from 1791 - 1800. The records of the Ninety-Six District courts are housed in Abbeville County with the Clerk of Court. The records of the Pinckney District courts are housed with the York County Clerk of Court.

The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Spartanburg County.

The Family History Library collection includes books and microfilm regarding court records for Spartanburg County.

Racine, Philip N. "The Spartanburg District Magistrates and Freeholders Court, 1824-1865," The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 87, No. 4 (Oct., 1986), pp. 197-212. Digital version at JSTOR($).

DNA

DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Charleston County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.

Genealogy

More than 20 genealogies have been published about Spartanburg County families. To view a list, visit Spartanburg County, South Carolina Genealogy.

Immigration

Howe, George. The Scotch-Irish and Their First Settlements on the Tyger River and Other Neighboring Precincts in South Carolina a Centennial Discourse, Delivered at Nazareth Church, Spartanburg District, S.C., September 14, 1861. 1861; reprint, Greenville, S.C.: A Press, 1981. FHL 975.7 A1 no. 87

Early migration routes to and from Spartanburg County for European settlers included:^[6]

Old Cherokee Path pre-historic
Lower Cherokee Traders' Path pre-historic
Catawba Trail pre-historic
Old South Carolina State Road 1747
Upper Road about 1783 (overlapped Lower Cherokee Traders' Path)

Land and Property

Because of South Carolina’s history as an agricultural state many residents owned land. For more information abou 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 shows where you may best expect to find land records for Spartanburg County:

**Tracing Land Currently in Spartanburg County with Parent Counties and Districts** ^[7]
Date	Government Office
1868-present	Spartanburg County
1800-1868	Spartanburg District
1791-1800	Spartanburg County in Pinkney District
1785-1791	Spartanburg County (old) in Ninety-Six District
1769-1785	Ninety-Six District
1719-1769	Charleston District
1710-1719	Proprietary Land Grants

* Some early records may be found in North Carolina counties Anson, Mecklenburg, or Tryon

Orignial deed books are located at the Spartanburg County Courthouse.

Abstracted deeds in Spartanburg County/District, South Carolina, deed abstracts, books A-T, 1785-1827 (1752-1827), A.B. Pruitt FHL Book 975.7 R28p

Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868

Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868 For information about the State Land Grants, see State Land Grants

Local Histories

History of Spartanburg County. Spartanburg, S.C.?: Band & White, 1940. Digital version at Ancestry($).
Landrum, J.B.O. Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper South Carolina, Embracing for the Most Part the Primitive and Colonial History of the Territory Comprising the Original County of Spartanburg with a General Review of the Entire Military Operations in the Upper Portion of South Carolina and Portions of North Carolina. Greenville, S.C.: Shannon & Co., Printers and Binders, 1897. Digital version at Google Books.
Landrum, J.B.O. History of Spartanburg County: Embracing an Account of Many Important Events and Biographical Sketches of Statesmen, Divines and Other Public Men, and the Names of Many Others Worthy of Record in the History of Their County. Atlanta, Ga.: Franklin Printing, 1900. FHL 975.729 H2L; FHL 975.729 H2L index; digital versions at Internet Archive; World Vital Records($); another World Vital Records($) version.
Spartanburg City and Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 1903. 1903. Digital version at Internet Archive.
Waldrep, G.C. Southern Workers and the Search for Community: Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000.

Reviews:

By John Hennen in The American Historical Review, Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct. 2001):1397-1398. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
By Annette C. Wright in The Journal of American History, Vol. 88, No. 4 (Mar. 2002):1580-1581. Digital version at JSTOR ($).
By R. Phillip Stone II in The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Aug. 2002):738-379. Digital version at JSTOR ($).

Harris, David Golightly. Piedmont Farmer, The Journals of David Golightly Harris, 1855-1870. (Knoxville, Tennessee : University of Tenn. Press, c1990. 597 pages. David Harris, the owner of 10 slaves records life on his farm, in his neighborhood, and the society of Piedmont. Book found at FHL 975.729 D3p and Other Libraries.

Maps

Military

Battleofcowpens.jpg

Over the years, many veterans have lived in Spartanburg County. The area receives a lot of attention, as being the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens. Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military identifies various military records and histories.

Civil War

Civil War service men from Spartanburg County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regimens that were formed of many men from Spartanburg County.

- 1st Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry

- Company A

- 1st Battalion, South Carolina Reserves

- Company A

- Company C

- Company D

- 1st Battalion, South Carolina Sharpshooters

- Company A - (also known the Union Light Infantry and German Fusiliers)

- Company C - (also known as the Charleston Sharpshooters and Palmetto Guards)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery

- Company A - (also known as Calhoun's Battery; Sumter Light Artillery, Sumter Battery, Preston's Battery, Blake's Battery and other name variations of these

- Company C

- Company K

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Butler's) (1st Regulars)

- Company A - (also called Company B and Beauregard Artillery)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Hagood's)

- 2nd Company H - (also known as Winsmith Guards)

- 1st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves (State Militia)

- Company A

-2nd Battalion, South Carolina Reserves

- Company C (also known as the Spartan Rangers, the Spartanburg Rangers and the Spartan Rangers Independent Cavalry Reserves)

- 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry

- Company A (also known as the Boykin Mounted Rangers and Hampton Scouts)

- Company E (also known as Dean's Cavalry)

- Company F - (also known as the Easley's Cavalry)

- 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles

- Company L

- 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry

- Company C (also known as Captain Dean's Company)

- 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

- Company A

- Company B

- Company D

- Company G

- Company K

- 4th Regiment, South Carolina State Troop Junior Reserves

- Company A

- Company E

- Company I

- 5th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry (Ferguson's)

- Company K

- 7th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves (90 days 1862-63)

- Company A

- Company H

- Company L

- 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry ,

- Company C

- Company F

-9th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves

- Company I

- 9th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry,

- Company C

- 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry,

- Company A

- Company B

- Company C

- Company E

- Company F

- Company I

- 16th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Greenville Regiment)

- Company G

- 16th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry,

- Company A

- Company C

- Company E

- 18th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

- Company C

- Company E

- Company F

- Company G

- Company K

South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Confederate Pension Records, 1889,1896, 1916-1935 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954, 1971). 6 FHL Microfilms Pension applications, A-I (veterans), 1919-1920's. Pension applications, J-Z (veterans), 1919-1920's. Pension applications, A-N, (widows), 1919-1920's Pension application, O-Z (widows), 1919-1920's Pension record, 1889, 1896, 1916-1919. Pension rolls,(widows), 1920-1935 (includes some applications). Microfilm copies at FHL 24505
Harris, David Golightly. Piedmont Farmer, The Journals of David Golightly Harris, 1855-1870. (Knoxville, Tennessee : University of Tenn. Press, c1990), 597 pages. David Harris, the owner of 10 slaves records life on his farm, in his neighborhood, and the society of Piedmont. Civil War pages 171-356. Book found at FHL 975.729 D3p and Other Libraries.
Gorski, Eddie L. Civil War abstracts from the Gaffney ledger : from the local newspaper. (Gaffney, South Carolina : E.L. Gorski, c1989-c1991). 2 volumes. These abstraction also contain some of those who were living in near by counties such as Union, York and Spartanburg"--Vol. 1, pref., 1st prelim. p. Names are in alphabetical order by surname. Vol. 2 includes information from the Union Times. Books found at FHL 975.742/G1 M2g

Newspapers

Historic

The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Spartanburg 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.

Black Star (Columbia, S.C.) 1977-current.
Chesnee Tribune (Chesnee, S.C.) 1971-current.
Cowpens-Pacolet Tribune (Cowpens, S.C.) 1971-current.
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1989-current.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1982-1989.
Spartanburg Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1900-1906.
Spartanburg Tribune (Chesnee, S.C.) 1969-current.
Star Tribune (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1980-1992.
The Carolina Citizen (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1922-1924.
The Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 185?-189?.
The Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1???-1913.
The Church Herald (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1881-1884.
The Clifton Chronicle (Converse, S.C.) 1908-1931.
The Daily Herald (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1890-1982.
The Evening Star (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1898-1900.
The Free Lance (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1899-1919.
The Inman Times (Inman, S.C.) 1920-current.
The Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1906-1913.
The Journal and the Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1913-1920.
The Landrum Leader (Landrum, S.C.) 1955-1974.
The News Leader (Landrum, S.C.) 1974-current.
The News Review (Una, S.C.) 1929-1971.
The Orphans' Friend (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1873-1875.
The Paper (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1984-current.
The Piedmont Headlight (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1892-1905.
The Spartan (Camp Croft [Spartanburg], S.C.) 1944-19??.
The Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-185?.
The Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 189?-1???.
The Spartanburg Express (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1854-1866.
The Spartanburg Gazette (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1869-1870.
The Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1875-1920.
The Spartanburg Journal and the Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1920-1982.
The Spartanburg Republican (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1870-1871.
The Sun and the Carolina Citizen (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1924-1925.
The Woodruff News (Woodruff, S.C.) 1916-1928.
The Woodruff News (Woodruff, S.C.) 1950-current.

Current

Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.) Online edition.

Spartanburg Herald Spartanburg Journal Obituary Search Engine

Obituaries

Spartanbury County Public Libraryhas Indexes to various newspaper obituaries as well as a miscellaneous death index. The obituaries and index covers various years ranging from 1844 to 2009 with gaps in all of the databases.

Spartanburg Herald and Herald-Journal: 1920, 1922, 1930-2011
Spartanburgh Herald + Spartanburgh Journal or the Spartanburg Weekly Herald: 1902-1919
Carolina Spartan / Spartanburg Herald Death Index: 1849-1893
Register of Deaths of Spartanburg: 1 Oct 1895-21 Oct 1897 and 3 Aug 1903-31 Dec 1915
Miscellaneous Death Index: 1844 - early 1900s

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:

Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly
Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History
Old Spartanburg District Genealogy FHL Collection

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.”^[8] 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.

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

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Spartanburg County wills. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

Spartanburg Wills Book A-D 1810-1858

Probate records for Spartanburg County are found in the court of ordinary, the probate court, and the court of equity. Some estate records and indexes also available on microfilm, including the following:

Index to Estate Papers, 1787-1971. FHL Film 1022762

Index to Real Estate Papers, 1825-1971. FHL Film 1022781

Brent H. Holcomb, comp. Spartanburg County, South Carolina will abstracts, 1787- 1840. Columbia, South Carolina: B.H. Holcomb, c1983. FHL Book 975.729 P2h
Spartanburg Wills 1787-1816 (transcripts). See names of testators. South Carolina Pioneers
Index to Will Bk A, 1787-1820; Bk B, 1821-1830, Bk C, 1830-1835 South Carolina Pioneers

Schools

First Annual Catalogue of the Instructors and Pupils in the Limestone Springs Female High School, Spartanburg, S.C., August, 1846. New York: Leavitt, Trow & Company, 1846. Digital version at Internet Archive.
Catalogue of the Instructors and Pupils in the Limestone Springs Female High School, Spartanburg, S.C., 1855. Charleston, S.C.: James and Williams, 1855. Digital version at Internet Archive.
Catalogue of the Instructors and Pupils in the Limestone Springs Female High School, Spartanburg, S.C., 1856. Columbia, S.C.: Steam Power-Press of R.W. Gibbes, 1856. Digital version at Internet Archive.
Catalogue of the Instructors and Pupils in the Limestone Springs Female High School, Spartanburg, S.C., 1857. Columbia, S.C.: Steam-Power Press of R.W. Gibbes, 1857. Digital version at Internet Archive.

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 Spartanburg County.

Published abstracts

[1788] Iron Works of Spartanburg Sheriff's Sale 2nd Notice, July 14, 1788, Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Aug. 2005).
[1844] Tax Return, 1844, Spartanburg Dist., W, Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly, Vol.16, No. 1 (Spring 1992).
Freedmen Tax List, Pinckney District Chapter Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Sep. 2008).

Vital Records

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.

Birth

Birth records do not begin in Spartanburg until 1915. For a copy of a birth from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Spartanburg 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 records 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 Spartanburg 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

1785-1911 - Spartanburg County Marriages, 1785-1911 Implied in Spartanburg County, South Carolina Probate Records by Barbara R. Langdon ^[9] FHL Collection WorldCat - abstracts
1866-1869 - Marriages from the Carolina Spartan Newspapers, 1866-1869 by Faye Berry Emory ^[10] FHL Collection WorldCat - abstracts
1911 to 1950s - Spartanburg County Marriage Records by the Spartanburg County, SC USGenweb page - index, incomplete
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

The town of Spartanburg began recording deaths in 1895. These records can be obtained from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

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 Spartanburg 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 and Death Substitutes - Indexes and Records

1849-Present - Obituary Online Index by the Spartanburg County Public Library - index, INCOMPLETE between 1916 to1930s
1895-1897; 1903-1914 - South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 ^[11] Available at Ancestry ($) - index and records, includes Spartanburg City death 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.

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Spartanburg County Public Libraries

Digital items: The Spartanburg County Public Libraries Digitization Program creates digital collections of local history materials from the Kennedy Room of Local and South Carolina History and Cleveland Genealogical Department and makes them available online

Headquarters Library
Address:
151 South Church Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Telephone: 864-596-3500
Hours: Sunday 1:30 PM -6:00 PM; Monday Friday 9:00 AM -9:00 PM; Saturday 9:00 AM -6:00 PM

The Kennedy Room of Local and South Carolina History and Cleveland Genealogy Department on the top floor of the headquarters Library houses an extensive collection of source material for genealogy and history researchers. In addition to books, types of materials in our collection include microform, maps, media clippings, manuscripts, visual arts and access to several online genealogy databases. The materials’ focus is on Spartanburg County but also includes South Carolina and regional information.

The best way to access this material is through personal visits and by viewing our online information. We offer limited assistance to long-distance researchers through email, postal mail or telephone.

Boiling Springs Library
Address:
871 Double Bridge Road
Boiling Springs, SC29316
Telephone: 864-578-3665
Hours: Sun. 1:30 PM -6 PM; Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 AM -6 PM

Chesnee Library
Address:
100 Pickens Avenue
Chesnee, SC 29323
Telephone: 864-461-2423
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed. & Fri. 10 AM -6 PM; Sat. 10 AM -4 PM

Cowpens Library
Address:
181 School Street
Cowpens, SC 29330
Telephone: 864-463-0430
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon. & Tues. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 10 AM -6 PM; Sat. 10 AM -4 PM

H. Carlisle Bean Law Library
Address:
180 Magnolia Street, 3rd floor
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Telephone: 864-596-2511
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM -12:15 PM & 1:15 PM -5 PM; Sat. CLOSED

Inman Library
Address:
50 Mill Street
Inman, SC 29349
Telephone: 864-472-8363
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed. & Fri. 10 AM -6 PM; Sat. 10 AM -4 PM

Landrum Library
Address:
111 East Asbury Drive
Landrum, SC 29356
Telephone: 864-457-2218
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 9 AM -8 PM; Wed. & Fri. 9 AM -6 PM; Sat. 9 AM -2 PM

Middle Tyger Library
Address:
170 Groce Road
Lyman, SC 29365
Telephone: 864-439-4759
Hours: Sun. 1:30 PM -6 PM; Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed, Fri. & Sat. 10 AM -6 PM

Pacolet Library
Address:
390 West Main Street
Pacolet, SC 29372
Telephone: 864-474-0421
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon. & Tues. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 10 AM -6 PM; Sat. 12 noon-4 PM

Westside Library
Address:
525 Oak Grove Road
Spartanburg, SC 29301
Telephone: 864-574-6815
Hours: Sun. 1:30 PM -6 PM; Mon.-Thurs. 9 AM -9 PM; Fri. 9 AM -6 PM; Sat. 10 AM -6 PM

Woodruff Library
Address:
270 East Hayne Street
Woodruff, SC 29388
Telephone: 864-476-8770
Hours: Sun. CLOSED; Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 10 AM -8 PM; Wed. 10 AM -6 PM; Fri. 12 noon-6 PM; Sat. 10 AM -4 PM

Family History Centers

Spartanburg South Carolina
121 Quail Dr
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Phone: 864-585-5943
Hours: Tues 9:00-5:00; Wed 6:30-8:30; Thurs 6:30-8:30; Fri 10-2
Closed: Week of Thanksgiving, and last two (2) weeks of December
Attention: Additional hours opened by appointment. Contact Tracy Terry 864-580-8731

Societies - Genealogical, Historical, Lineage

Pinckney District Chapter SCGS
P.O. Box 5281
Spartanburg SC 29304-5281

Spartanburg Historical Association
501 Otis Blvd.
Spartanburg SC 29306
source: Society Hill

Piedmont Historical Society
P.O. Box 8096
Sparanburg SC 29305-8096
source: Society Hill

Web Sites

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Spartanburg County, SCGenWeb
Family History Library Catalog
Spartanburg County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
South Carolina Pioneers South Carolina Pioneers

References

↑ "List of counties in South Carolina," Wikipedia.
↑ "A History of Spartanburg County, South Carolina" in South Carolina - The Counties at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/spartan_county_sc.html (accessed 22 April 2011).
↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
↑ Voice of Phillip Stalvey, resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2011).
↑ 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), 188. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive.
↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
↑ 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."
↑ Langdon, Barbara R. Spartanburg County Marriages, 1785-1911 Implied in Spartanburg County, South Carolina Probate Records. [S.l. : s.n.], c1992.
↑ Emory, Faye Berry, Marriages from the Carolina Spartan Newspapers, 1866-1869, Spartanburg, SC: Piedmont Historical Society, c1983.
↑ Ancestry.com. South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: South Carolina. South Carolina death records. Columbia, SC, USA: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

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Districts that became Counties 1800–1868	Abbeville District · Anderson District · Barnwell District · Beaufort (1800-1868) District · Charleston (1800-1868) District · Chester District · Chesterfield District · Clarendon District · Colleton District · Darlington District · Edgefield District · Fairfield District · Georgetown (1800-1868) District · Greenville District · Horry District · Lancaster District · Laurens District · Lexington District · Marion District · Marlboro District · Orangeburg (1800-1868) District · Newberry District · Pendleton (1800-1826) District · Pickens District · Richland District · Spartanburg District · Sumter District · Williamsburg District · York District

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+''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Spartanburg County'''
+'''Spartanburg 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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 Spartanburg County's civil records start the following years:
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 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
 [http://www.genealogyinc.com/south-carolina/maps/ "Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps"] (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. The maps rely on [http://www.goldbug.com/store/animap3.html AniMap 3.0] software.
 ==== Variant Spellings  ====
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+{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" style="width: 550px; height: 75px;"
 |+ '''Tracing Land&nbsp;Currently in Spartanburg County with&nbsp;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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+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="50" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" | Date
-| width="52%" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Government Office &nbsp;
+| width="52%" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" | Government Office &nbsp;
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-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1868-present
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1868-present
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Spartanburg County''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Spartanburg County''
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-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1800-1868
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1800-1868
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Spartanburg District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Spartanburg District''
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-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1791-1800
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1791-1800
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Spartanburg County in Pinkney District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Spartanburg County in Pinkney District''
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-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1785-1791
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1785-1791
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Spartanburg County (old) in Ninety-Six District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Spartanburg County (old) in Ninety-Six District''
 |-
-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1769-1785
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1769-1785
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Ninety-Six District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Ninety-Six District''
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-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1719-1769
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1719-1769
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Charleston District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Charleston District''
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-| width="52%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | 1710-1719
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1710-1719
-| width="16%" height="25" align="center" valign="middle" | ''Proprietary Land&nbsp;Grants<br>''&nbsp;
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Proprietary Land&nbsp;Grants<br>''&nbsp;
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 ==== Military  ====
-[[Image:Battleofcowpens.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]Over the years, many veterans have lived in Spartanburg County. The area receives a lot of attention, as being the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens. [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military|Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military]] identifies various military records and histories. <br>
+[[Image:Battleofcowpens.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Battleofcowpens.jpg]]Over the years, many veterans have lived in Spartanburg County. The area receives a lot of attention, as being the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens. [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military|Spartanburg County, South Carolina Military]] identifies various military records and histories. <br>
 ===== Civil War<br>  =====
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 [http://www.infodepot.org/zKroom/KRdeathinfo.asp#Index Spartanbury County Public Library]has Indexes to various newspaper obituaries as well as a miscellaneous death index.&nbsp; The obituaries and index covers various years ranging from 1844 to 2009 with gaps in all of the databases.
 *Spartanburg Herald and Herald-Journal: 1920, 1922, 1930-2011&nbsp;
 *Spartanburgh&nbsp;Herald + Spartanburgh Journal or the Spartanburg Weekly Herald: 1902-1919&nbsp;
 *Carolina Spartan / Spartanburg Herald Death Index: 1849-1893
 *Register of Deaths of Spartanburg: 1 Oct 1895-21 Oct 1897 and 3 Aug 1903-31 Dec 1915
 *Miscellaneous Death Index: 1844 - early 1900s
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 *Brent H. Holcomb, comp. ''Spartanburg County, South Carolina will abstracts, 1787- 1840''. Columbia, South Carolina: B.H. Holcomb, c1983. {{FHL|291463|item|disp=FHL Book 975.729 P2h}}
 *Spartanburg Wills 1787-1816 (transcripts). See names of testators. [http://www.southcarolinapioneers.net/counties/countyspartanburg.html South Carolina Pioneers]
 *Index to Will Bk A, 1787-1820; Bk B, 1821-1830, Bk C, 1830-1835&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.southcarolinapioneers.net/counties/countyrichland.html South Carolina Pioneers]

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