Dillon County, South Carolina Genealogy

United States  South Carolina  Dillon County

Quick Dates
Dillon County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse
301 W. Main St. P.O. Drawer 1220 Dillon, SC 29536 Phone:843-774-1425Dillon County Clerk of Court

Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday

History
The county is named after J.W. Dillon.

Parent County
1910--Dillon County was created 5 February 1910 from Marion County. County seat: Dillon

Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Neighboring Counties

 * Columbus County, North Carolina
 * Florence
 * Horry
 * Marion
 * Marlboro
 * Robeson County, North Carolina
 * Scotland County, North Carolina

Research Guides

 * South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Dillon County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Cemeteries
Dillon County Cemetery Index On-line. Has tombstone inscriptions and photos of some graves in various cemeteries. This is an ongoing project. Information can be contributed by viewers. Site also provides a link to USGS Listing of Dillon County Cemeteries.

Family History Library entries for cemeteries in Dillon County, click here.

Census
1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Dillon County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see South Carolina Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Charleston County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Dillon, South Carolina at World Connect, results in more than 2,000 entries.

Surname indexes to Leonardo Andrea's Files | Folders | Resources are available online, courtesy: The Andrea Files: South Carolina Genealogical Research. Learn more.

Message Boards


 * Dillon County, SC Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Dillon County, SC Genealogy Forum (GenForum)

Bibliography

Land
Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868

This series consists of recorded copies of plats for state land grants for the Charleston and the Columbia Series with their certificates of admeasurement or certification. All personal names and geographic features on these plats are included in the repository's On-line Index to Plats for State Land Grants

The South Carolina Constitution of 1790 required the surveyor general to maintain offices in both the new capital at Columbia and in Charleston. The surveyor general began to use separate volumes for recording plats in his Columbia office in 1796. Before that, all plats were recorded in the set of volumes begun in Charleston in 1784. After 1796, most plats for land grants in the Upper Division of the state were recorded and filed in Columbia. The surveyor general chose to make the Columbia volumes a continuation of the state plat volumes begun in Charleston and gave the initial Columbia volume the number thirty-six to correspond with the number of the volume that had then been reached in the Charleston series. As a result, there are volumes numbered thirty-six through forty-three from each office, but the records in them are not duplicative.

Also included are the Plan Books containing Plats and Plans.

Newspapers
Dillon Herald Obituary Index

Obituaries
An index references Early Obituaries from The Dillon Herald, notebook volumes available in the Dillon County Library. The notebooks primarily cover obituaries found in The Dillon Herald from 1904 through 1939. Each obituary is a complete transcription of the article taken from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Site gives instructions for obtaining a complete copy of the obituary.

Vital Records
An index referencing Early Marriage Extracts from The Dillon Herald, a notebook available in the Dillon County Library. The notebook primarily covers marriages found in The Dillon Herald from 1903 through 1929. Each extract contains: • name of the bride and groom, • day of marriage, • date of article publication • other limited information, frequently the name of the parents of the bride and groom.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Dillon County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)