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1800 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in South Carolina:

Abbeville Edgefield Marlboro District
Barnwell Fairfield Newberry District
Beaufort Georgetown District Orangeburg District
Charleston Greenville Pendleton District
Chester Kershaw District Spartanburg District
Chesterfield Lancaster District Sumter District
Colleton Laurens District Union District
Darlington Marion District York District

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.