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Welcome to
Greenville
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Welcome to Greenville County, South
Carolina Trails. Our goal is helping you find your ancestors by
placing data online for the Free use of all researchers. We
are proud to expand into South Carolina, providing our "experience"
gained from years of researching our ancestors and website
hosting. We want to hear about you and the history of your
ancestors. We need help with contributions of your data, history and
stories to make this a great site for research. Everything is
helpful: Obituaries, Biographies, Photos and County History, to name
a few.
As data becomes available, we put it online,
including it's county's page. Information will be posted as
fast as we can find, type and/or receive it. We welcome your
feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions.
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RESEARCH FOR YOU. All data we come across will be added
to this website, so please keep checking back.
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welcome to browse the information here to gather the data needed in
your research. Please remember that this data represents hours of
painstaking research by the State Coordinator, Volunteers, and
Contributors, who donate to this site. Show your respect for these
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The origins of the name
Greenville County are uncertain, but the county was probably named
for Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) or for an
early resident, Isaac Green. This part of the state was the
territory of the Cherokee Indians until 1777. Scotch-Irish and
English settlers began moving into the area soon after it was ceded
to the state.
Greenville District was created in 1786, but
from 1791 to 1800 it was part of the larger Washington District. The
county seat was originally named Pleasantburg, but in 1831 the name
was changed to Greenville. Because of its location in the foothills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Greenville County became a popular
summer retreat for low country planters. Encouraged by abundant
streams and rivers, textile manufacturers began operating in the
area as early as the 1820s, and after the Civil War Greenville
County became a textile center. Diplomat and Congressman Waddy
Thompson(1798-1868) was a resident of Greenville, and in more recent
years the county has produced baseball player "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
(1887-1951), Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes, and civil rights
leader Jesse Jackson. (Submitted by: SC State Library / Mary
Morgan, 31-Mar-2008) |
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This County is available for
adoption!
We're looking for people to put
genealogical and historical data online for the free use of all
researchers, visit our Volunteer
Information page and then email Kim. |
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Benj. Smith
Graveyard
Traynham Cemetery
Obituaries
1889
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COUNTY TOPICS
SURROUNDING
COUNTIES:
Pickens - Anderson - Abbeville - Laurens - Spartanburg
Cities
Fountain
Inn, Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Travelers
Rest
North
Carolina
Henderson County, North Carolina - north
Polk
County, North Carolina - northeast
Transylvania County, North
Carolina - northwest
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