Pendleton District, South Carolina was created in 1789 as Pendleton County within Ninety-Six District from the western part of lands that were ceded by the Cherokee after the Revolutionary War (the eastern part of the Native American cession was erected in 1786 as Greenville County.) In 1791, Pendleton County and Greenville County were set off from Ninety Six District into the new Washington District. In 1800, Washington District was abolished, and Pendleton County became Pendleton District. Pendleton District was split in 1826 into Anderson District and Pickens District. Records from Pendleton District were inherited by Anderson District, later Anderson County, South Carolina.
Pendleton was one of the major routes of migration through South Carolina in the late 1700s and the 1800s, though finding traces of ancestors here can be very tricky and frustrating. Until the publication of this book, nothing of major significance has been available on this area and people seeking to do research in the Anderson Courthouse have found that the original records are available only at the State Archives. This volume consists of Pendleton District Probate Judge Estate Records, 1793-1799 and Guardian Book 1801-1819, Book C; Will Books A, 1800-1835 and Book B, 1835-1857; Probate, Inventories, Apportionments, Sales, 1839-1851; and Tax Returns 1835-1861.
Virginia Alexander, Colleen Elliott and Betty Willie
(1980), 2013, index, 512 pp.
ISBN: 9780893081430
117-SC17
