Formation & Parent Counties
1871 creation means many “Aiken” ancestors are really Barnwell or Edgefield people first.
Aiken County was created in 1871. Land, probate, and court actions before that year belong to parent jurisdictions—commonly Barnwell and Edgefield, with pieces of Lexington and Orangeburg. Build a timeline of the ancestor’s life before assuming every record is filed under Aiken.