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Will Book 1787-1815 (transcripts of Wills)

Marriages from The Abbeville Banner 1847-1848

Obituaries from The Abbeville Banner 1847-1848

Abbeville County Probate Records

Abbeville County was part of Ninety-Six District where the old deeds may be found. It became Abbeville County in 1785, with parts later divided into Greenwood (1897) and McCormick (1916) counties. The county and the county seat were both named for the French town, Abbeville. The county was settled primarily by Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers in the mid-eighteenth century. After the treaty with the Cherokee Indians signed in 1777 at Dewitt's Corner (now Due West) with a flux of Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers.Abbeville played a major role in the secession from the union of the southern states, and it is the site where the last Confederate council was held.

Early settlers: Andrew Hamilton, James Jordan, Patrick Forbis, James Moore, William McCaleb, William Young, James Maxwell, Thomas Coker, Tucker Woodson, William Brown, John Lawrence, Ralph Wilson, William Love, Thomas Shockley, William Love, Barnard Putnam, James Shirley, William Anderson, Richard Sadler, Benjamin Alderidge, John Nash, Adam Crain Jones, William Love, Joseph Brown, Samuel Savage, Catherine Hutton, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Savage, James Patterson. and William Lomax.

Estate Notices from The Abbeville Banner 1847-1848

Land Grants

Minutes of the Court

Index to Equity Cases (deedd) 1791 to 1906

Indexes to Wills

Abstracts of Ols Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds

Tax Records

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