This is a list of books and other resources that are related to genealogical research in Union County, SC. The resources cover a variety of categories, including Histories, Vital Records, Census Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Court Records, etc. In some cases, the resources have been published; in other cases, the resources may be part of non-published databases or searchable on-line databases. The resources are listed below by category and the names of lookup volunteers (click on the volunteer's name to send an e-mail message) are included with the appropriate resources.
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Union County Heritage. Union County Heritage Committee. North Carolina: Hunter Publishing Company, 1981.
The Narrative History of Union County, South Carolina. Allan D. Charles. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: A Press Printing Company, 1990.
A History of Union County, South Carolina. William Rice Feaster. Greenville, SC: A Press, Inc., 1977.
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Union County, South Carolina Death Notices from Early Newspaper 1852-1914, Compiled and Abstracted by Tommy J. Vaughan.
Union County, South Carolina Marriage Records from Early Newspapers: 1851-1912, Marriage Registers, Deed Books & Probate Records, compiled by Tommy J. Vaughan.
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On-Line Census Indexes
Thanks to Paul Sarrett and Beverly Floyd Abdullah, several Union County Federal Census Indexes are now on-line! Each census index lists the heads of household in alphabetical order and includes the National Archives census microfilm page number where the family can be found. Some of the indexes also contain additional information, such as year of birth, age, family composition, soundex code, microfilm reel number, race, and birthplace. If you have questions about the information in any of these census indexes, please contact the compiler.
Click the highlighted text below to view a given census index, or download the file.
Books and Lookup Volunteers
1790 Census -- Lookup Volunteer(s): A. McDowell
1850 U. S. Census of Union County SC, By Brent Howard Holcomb.
1850 Census -- Lookup Volunteer(s): Janis Watson
Index to 1850 Mortality Schedule of South Carolina., By Brent H. Holcomb. Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.
State Census Records for Union County are available for 1869.
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Union County Cemeteries. Mrs. E. D. Whaley, Sr., 109 Merriman Ave., Union, SC 29379. A Press, 18 Thompson St., Greenville, SC 29601.
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A History of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church. Claude Ezell Sparks, Rt. 2, Union, SC 29379.
Quaker Church Records. Early Quaker church records for Union County families can be found in the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
Information about Union County families can be found in the Bush River and Cane Creek Monthly Meeting records. Bush River Monthly Meeting was formed in Newberry County in 1770, with the following meetings for worship reporting to it: Bush River, Raburn's Creek, Tiger River, Padget's Creek, Mud Lick, Allwoods', White Lick, Edisto, Charleston, and Rocky Springs. Cane Creek Monthly Meeting was formed in Union County in 1789. When many Quaker families migrated northwest during the early 1800s, they took the church records with them. In 1809, the few remaining members of Cane Creek and Bush River Monthly Meetings were joined to the New Garden Quarterly Meeting.
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Index to Probate Court Records in the Union County Courthouse, 1787 - 1864, By Beverly Floyd Abdullah. Lookup Volunteer(s): Beverly Floyd Abdullah
Click here to Search the Index to Probate Court Records in the Union County Courthouse, 1787-1864.
Union County South Carolina Will Abstracts, 1787-1849, By Brent Howard Holcomb.
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Land Grant Maps. Union County Historical Foundation. A Press, Inc., Greenville, SC.
Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume I, By Brent H. Holcomb.
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Union County, SC Minutes of the County Court, 1785-1799. Brent H. Holcomb, Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC.
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American Revolutionary War Officers Up-Country 1790-1850 -- Compiled by Paul Sarrett, Jr.
American Revolutionary War Roster 1840 -- Compiled by Paul Sarrett, Jr.
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A Map of Union County by the Union County Historical Foundation, 1976. compiled by Allan D. Charles, History Department, Union Campus, University of South Carolina.
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Bobo Family Database -- A personal database extracted from many sources that covers Union, as well as other neighboring counties, and includes about 8000 BOBOs and allied families dating from 1700. The allied families include: BAILEY, BISHOP, BLACKSTOCK, BOMAR, BROWN, BURNETT, BURTON, CANNON, CARLISLE, CASTER, CLEVELAND, COOPER, COPELAND, CRAVEN, DEAN, DODD, DOWNS, DUKES, DYAR, EDWARDS, ESTES, FOSTER, FRANKLIN, FULLER, GORE, GREGORY, HAWKINS, HOLCOMB, HOLLIS, HOLT, JOHNSON, JONES, KENNEDY, LAMB, LAWSON, McKISSICK, MILES, MONTGOMERY, MURPHY, NORMAN, PARKS, PEARSON, POOLE, POTTS, POWELL, RAY, RHODES, ROEBUCK, SHRY, SIMMONS, SIMPSON, SIMS, SMITH, SOLOMON, SPARKS, SPENCER, STEWART, STRICKLAND, STROWMAN, TAYLOR, TEMPLETON, WHITE, WHITMIRE, WILBANKS, WOODS, WOODRUFF, and YARBROUGH. Lookup Volunteer(s): Robert G. Bobo
McDowells in America: A Genealogy. Dorothy Kelly MacDowell. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1981.
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. David Hackett Fischer. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
This is an interesting history of the emigration of four cultural groups from Great Britain that played a major role in settling and shaping early America and its regions:
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