Pendleton Dist., SC
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Pendleton County was created in 1789 from Indian lands and was, at that time, a part of the old Ninety-Six District. In 1795, Washington District was carved out of the old Ninety-Six District and included the then-Pendleton County area. Three short years later in 1798, Washington District was abolished and divided into Greenville and Pendleton Districts. In 1826, Pendleton District was further divided into Anderson and Pickens Districts; the name "Pendleton" was discarded and never used again for a South Carolina district or county.
A final change was made to the area when the old district system was dismantled in 1868. Anderson District became Anderson County, and Pickens District was divided into Pickens County and Oconee County. Records from the old Pendleton District can be found in the Anderson County Courthouse.
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There are two mailing lists which might be of interest to researchers in the Pendleton District area.
To join the SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L, send an e-mail to SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L-request@rootsweb.com for mail mode or SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode with the word subscribe in the body of the message. Send your e-mails to the list addressed to:
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To discuss the CD version of the Old Pendleton District database (available from the Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society), join the OPD-CD-L. To subscribe, send an e-mail to OPD-CD-L-request@rootsweb.com for mail mode or OPD-CD-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode with the word subscribe in the body of the message. Send your e-mails to the list addressed to:
OPD-CD-L@rootsweb.com.
The Pendleton Messenger served this area from at least 1807 to 1851. Brent Holcomb published a book in 1977 (Southern Historical Press) which abstracted certain records from this newspaper: Marriage and Death Notices from the Pendleton, SC Messenger 1807 to 1851. This book is also available here.
There is now an automated query system available for the Old Pendleton Dist., SC, courtesy of Rootsweb/Ancestry.com.
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