Lee County Genealogy

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Lee County was formed in 1902 from Darlington, Sumter and Kershaw Counties. Bishopville is the county seat. The county was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

The area that has become Lee County was witness to the Revolutionary War battle of Ratcliff’s Bridge. It is also home to a marker near the homesite of Henry Durant who served under Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion during the Revolutionary War.

The Civil War era was witness to the a battle at Mount Elon, near Cypress Crossroads.

Lee County is also home to the South Carolina Cotton Museum. Cotton has been a major agricultural product of the county in the past.

The county is home to Lee State Park and Pearl Fryer’s Topiary Garden. Among the more unusual notes, Lee County, SC is known in some circles for The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, or the Lizard Man of Lee County.

Lee County SCGenweb site

Lee County Courthouse
P.O. Box 309
County Courthouse
Bishopville, SC 29010

Census

1850 Federal Census Index – by last name only

Cemeteries

USGS listing of cemeteries in Lee County.

Query Forums

Lee County, SC Forum for Queries

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bennrobin on “Clyburn”

I am looking for the Clyburns from Bishopville. Ernest Clyburn whose parents were George and Ida Clyburn. Ernest was born around 1883, and his father, George, was born about 1858.

Thanks

PamHartt on “Carnes of Bishopville”

Looking for ancester information on James A. Carnes (c.1811) who married Mary A. Durant.
He was a farmer who was born in Waxhaw, NC and moved to Bishopville around 1820. Some of his children were David H., Mary Matilda, James C., John Newton, Robert Elias.

Lee County, SC at genforum

Cities and towns of Lee County:

Alcot
Ashland
Atkins
Bishopville (County Seat)
Elliott
Lucknow
Lynchburg
Manville
McCutchen Crossroads
Mechanicsville
Motbridge
Shiloh
South Lynchburg
Stokes Bridge
Wisacky

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South Carolina and Food Stamps – Daily Beast

Sheriff hires full time attorney to handle media calls – WIS

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Lee County expects small GOP primary turnout – Sumter Item

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Recruiting: Island Coast to lead the way in Division-I signees on Wednesday – The News-Press

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