Barnwell County , South Carolina

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Barnwell County was settled in the early 1700's by pioneers wishing to adventure into the "back country". By the 1740's, Palatine settlers entered the picture spreading throughout Orangeburg District. By the end of the Revolutionary War, many settlers obtained grants in Barnwell County. Most were from North Carolina and Virginia. Barnwell was actually a district within Orangeburg until the late 1780's. At this time, Winton District was created and the Barnwell name wasn't used again until 1798. Many of the Palatine, Virginian and North Carolinian surnames are still evident in Barnwell today. Some of them being, Hutto, Hartzog, Matheny, Hair, Delk, Dyches, Harley, Rountree, Owens and many more.

 
 Links of Interest

Barnwell County Surnames	Barnwell County Cemeteries
Barnwell County Queries	Military Rosters from Barnwell County
Barnwell Census	Barnwell Family Web Pages
South Carolina Dept of Archives and History Index Search	Barnwell County USGenweb Archives
Miscellaneous Documents	Barnwell Obituaries
South Carolina Records At Familysearch.org	Index to Barnwell Probate Papers
Augusta Genealogical Society Homepage	Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society
South Carolina Historical Society	Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Back to the South Carolina USGenweb	Back to USGenweb
African American Research	Find A Grave

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