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1870 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in South Carolina:

Abbeville Fairfield Oconee
Anderson Georgetown Orangeburg
Barnwell Greenville Pickens
Beaufort Horry Richland
Charleston Kershaw Spartanburg
Chester Lancaster Sumter
Chesterfield Laurens Union
Clarendon Lexington Williamsburg
Colleton Marion York
Darlington Marlboro
Edgefield Newberry

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.