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SC Priority County Research Pack

Printable field pack · southcarolinagenealogy.org · 2026

Use with live hubs: each county page has matrix, towns, neighbors, newspapers, and cemeteries. This pack is the desk summary.

How to use

  1. Circle the county of the event year (not only where descendants live now).
  2. Check parent jurisdiction before modern courthouse searches.
  3. Run census → land/probate → church/cemetery → newspapers.
  4. If negative, hit every neighbor on the one-pager.

Priority counties at a glance

CountySeatWatch forHub
CharlestonCharlestonParishes, port, plantations/counties/charleston
GreenvilleGreenvilleMigration corridors, mills/counties/greenville
RichlandColumbiaCapital records + county files/counties/richland
SpartanburgSpartanburgCowpens, textiles/counties/spartanburg
HorryConwayIsolation, Georgetown parentage/counties/horry
BeaufortBeaufortSea islands, Port Royal, Gullah/counties/beaufort
YorkYorkKings Mountain, Catawba, Rock Hill/counties/york
AikenAikenFormed 1871 — parents first/counties/aiken
FlorenceFlorenceFormed 1888 — rail + parents/counties/florence
AndersonAndersonPendleton District roots/counties/anderson
LexingtonLexingtonMetro spillover to Richland/counties/lexington
GeorgetownGeorgetownRice kingdom, rivers/counties/georgetown

Burned / thin courthouse card

Article: /articles/how-to-research-burned-county-south-carolina

Session log

Person: _______________________ Decade: _______ Place: _________________

Jurisdiction confirmed? Y / N   Parents checked? Y / N   Neighbors checked? Y / N

Sources viewed: ________________________________________________

Next action: ___________________________________________________

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