Orangeburg County, South Carolina, Resources
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Location: Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Felder Ott Amacker
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Introduction
Maps of Orangeburgh, South Carolina, USA
Google Locator Map of South Carolina, USA
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The County of Orangeburg - Official Site Orangeburg County GIS Mapping - Property mapping
Orangeburgh officially dropped the h in 1783 and is since known as Orangeburg.
Orangeburg Links
The Orangeburg County Historical Society is the caretaker of the history of Orangeburg County and their Salley Archives houses non-publicly held historical records of the Individuals, Families and Organizations of the County.
Orangeburg German-Swiss Genealogy Society - A family history organization promoting the collection and preservation of early records of the people of Orangeburgh Township, South Carolina and their descendants with a focus on the German and Swiss Immigrants of the 18th century. It is eleemosynary, non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian.
The Orangeburg County Public Library - Resources - Official Site. Library resources including research tools: Orangeburg County Library provides informational resources to its patrons. On this page, you will find links to a wide variety of sites on the Internet specializing in an array of available knowledge. Please note that the links in the Library Databases section may require you to input a password or other credentials in order to access a given system. If you need assistance with these tools, please contact the OC Public Library Information Services department at (803) 533-5856 or (803) 533-5857.
Calhoun County Museum & Cultural Center - The History of Calhoun County and South Carolina Presented with a Southern Flair.
The history of Orangeburg County, South Carolina : from its first settlement to the Close of the Revolutionary War]
Rootsweb-Orangeburg County Genealogy
Books about Orangeburg, South Carolina
South Carolina Archives Summary Guide ORANGEBURG COUNTY
The French Huguenots
The French Huguenot Settlers During the Royal Period (1729 to 1775)
Inventaire sommaire des Archives départementales antérieures à 1790: Haute ... Published 1887
Swiss Germans
Archives départementales, Alfred Leroux, Haute-Vienne (France), Archives départementales by Haute-Vienne (France ).
Church Links
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- Calvinist
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- Presbyterian
First Families
Orangeburgh Township was one of several townships established by the Colonial Government in order to encourage settlement in the South Carolina interior. A party of Swiss settlers were escorted to the township of Orangeburgh on the Edisto River in 1735.[1]
"Bold" names migrated to SW Mississippi and SE Louisiana
Swiss German (?)
- Amaker, Antley, Avinger,
- Bair, Bozard,
- Carn, Connor, Crider, Culler, Cutrer
- Danner, Dantzler, Dietrich, Dukes, Dupuis,
- Fairey, Felder, Fersner, Friday, Fry, Funchess,
- Gartman, Geiger, Giegelman, Giesendanner, Gramling,
- Haigler, Hartzog, Hazelwood, Heaner, Herlong, Holman, Horger, Hutto, Hungerpiller,
- Inabinet,
- Jennings, Judy,
- Kemmerlin, Kranick (see Haigler), Kreuter (see Shuler),
- Linder,
- Moorer, Myers,
- Ott,
- Parler, Pound,
- Rast, Rickenbacker, Rumph, Ruple,
- Salley, Sandel, Sanger, Shuler, Shumaker, Smith, Snell, Smoak, Snider, Speigner, Stoudenmire,, Strobel, Stroman, Sturkey, Summers, Syfrett,
- Ulmer, Utsey,
- Wannamaker, Way, Whetstone, Wiles, Wolfe,
- Yaun, Yssenhut,
- Zeigler, Zimmerman, Zorn.
French Families
- Varnadeaux, Varnado, Varnadoe
Bibliography
EBOOK "Liste Des Frânçois Et Suisses.": From an Old Manuscript List of French and Swiss Protestants, Settled in Charleston, on the Santee, and at Orange Quarter, in Carolina, who Desired Naturalization, Prepared Probably about 1695-6. With Introductory Remarks
EBOOK The History of Orangeburg County, South Carolina From Its First Settlement to the Close of the Revolutionary War by A. S. Salley, Jr., 1898
The Family of Leonard Vernadeau and Sarah Hutto Three Generations
The Segrest saga : the descendants of Henry and Margaret Segrest of Orangeburg
The book of Syfretts-Syphretts : from Orangeburg, South Carolina 1752-1994
[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5615761&from=fhd The writings of Marion Salley]
Timeline
◾(1670) First permanent England settlements and capital city, Charles Town, (Charleston) founded; City Assembly established tax-supported free library
◾(1680) First group French Huguenots arrived; Charles Town moved to Oyster Point, current site 1700s
◾(1700) Hurricane struck Charleston, 98 killed
◾(1706) French, Spanish attacked Charles Town during Queen Anne's War; colonial forces captured French vessel and crew
◾(1712) Territory of Carolina divided into North and South; each had own governor
◾(1713) Hurricane struck; heavy flooding, 70 killed
◾(1715 - 1717) Yemassee Indian Wars
◾(1718) Pirate Blackbeard sailed into Charles Town Harbor; took hostages for ransom; pirate Stede Bonnet captured, hanged in Charles Town
◾(1719) Citizens of South Carolina rebel against Lords Proprietors; James Moore elected governor
◾(1721) South Carolina became Crown Colony; General Sir Francis Nicholson appointed governor
◾(1728) Passenger, shipping service began between Charles Town and New York
◾(1729) Seven Lord Proprietors surrendered right to King George II
◾(1730) Nine townships laid out; settlers began move into interior
◾(1730 - 1739) About 20,000 enslaved Africans brought to South Carolina
◾(1739) 40 blacks, 21 whites died in Stono slave revolt
◾(1740) Fire swept through Charles Town
◾(1742) Spanish prevented from taking Charles Town in Battle of Bloody Marsh
◾(1747) Treaty signed with Choctaw Indians; treaty established trade with Choctaws for not attacking French settlements
◾(1752) Hurricane struck, 103 killed
◾(1760 - 1761) Cherokee Wars
◾(1761) Cherokee War ended; Treaty opened land for settlement; Bounty Act offered public land tax free for 10 year in Up Country, settlers began to move in
◾(1769) Nine judicial district established
◾(1774) Henry Middleton, John and Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadsden named delegates to First Continental Congress; Middleton chosen President of Continental Congress
◾(1775) Carolina's First Provincial Congress met
◾(1776) First major battle of the Revolution; 15 British warships, 1,500 troops attack Ft. Moultrie, forced away; Declaration of Independence arrived in Charles Town
◾(1777) New state government required each male citizen to denounce King, pledge loyalty to state
◾(1778) Major fire in Charles Town destroyed many building, arson suspected
◾(1779) British prepared sea and land expedition against Charles Town; General Washington ordered 1,400 Continental troops to Charles Town
◾(1780) British troops landed on Seabrook Island, warships anchored within broadside range of Charles Town, Army crossed Ashley river and established line of breastworks; encircled civilian population; siege lasted 40 days; Charles Town surrendered to British
◾(1781) Revolutionary leader, Col. Isaac Hayne, hanged by British outside Charles Town city limits; American forces retake most of South Carolina, advanced to within 15 miles of Charles Town
◾(1782) British Army defeated; left Charles Town
◾(1783) Charles Town renamed Charleston
◾1785) General Assembly legislation laid out counties, established county courts. ORANGEBURG COUNTY from part of the Orangeburg District
◾(1786) Capital moved from Charleston to Columbia
◾(1788) South Carolina became 8th state
◾(1792) Law passed - all free African-Americans between 16 - 50 to pay annual "head tax" of $2.00
1800s
◾ Slavery 'Slavery on the Move
◾(1804) Hurricane struck South Carolina
◾(1822) Denmark Vesey conspiracy discovered (Vesey and other slave followers planned to capture Charleston, kill most of the whites, escape to Caribbean or Africa); Vesey and 33 others hanged
◾(1830) First steam locomotive in U.S. began passenger route service between Charleston and Hamburg, South Carolina
◾(1865) Records were removed to Columbia early in 1865; on 17 February 1865, they were burned there during Sherman's occupation
Cemeteries
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