Greenville County Chapter of SC Genealogical Society

GREENVILLE COUNTY

Chapter of SC Genealogical Society

 

 

A-Z GED Surnames -

    Database

 

By-Laws - Society

 

Cemetery GPS Mapping:

    Abbeville

    Anderson

    Greenville

    Henderson NC

    Laurens

    Oconee

    Pickens

    Polk NC

    Spartanburg

 

  facebook  

 

Genealogy Societies:

    Anderson

    Greenville

    Henderson NC

    Laurens

    Oconee/Pickens

    Spartanburg

 

Genealogy Resources

 

GenWeb Projects: (w/bad links)

    Abbeville

    Anderson

    Greenville

    Oconee

    Pickens

    Spartanburg

 

Historical Society

 

Libraries - Public

 

Maps & Places:

       County - Borders

       County - Histories

       County - History Pubs.

       County - Markers 

       County - Townships

 

Meetings

 

Museums

 

Membership Form

 

Newsletters

 

Officers

 

Publications

 

Query Boards

  

Society - By-laws

 

Training - On-Line

 

Upstate SC Black Heritage Portal

 

 

 

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While the low country of South Carolina had been settled for many years, Greenville County, once the stronghold of the Cherokee Indians, was not ceded until 1777.  The Greenville District was created in 1786, but was known as Pleasantburg until 1831. The origins of the name Greenville County are uncertain.  The county was either named for an early resident, Isaac Green or Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene.

 

The first settler in present Greenville County was Richard Pearis. He married a Cherokee woman and records indicate that the Cherokee tribe thought so highly of him that he was given several tracts of land by the Cherokee Indian tribe.  On part of this estate now stands the City of Greenville and Paris Mountain, it's name a derivative of Pearis.

 

The city of Greenville was founded in 1770 at the site of the Reedy River Falls Park in downtown Greenville.  The falls were once the source of power for early industries. The land around Greenville became a village centered around a trading post and grist mill.

 

Greenville evolved at the vision of Vardry McBee, whom some call the "Father of Greenville."  He was instrumental in moving Furman University from Edgefield to Greenville in 1851 and in securing Greenville's first railroad. McBee encouraged the construction of mills to take advantage of Greenville's proximity to fast-flowing water, the Reedy River.  Soon the town was the home to a number of grist, textile and paper mills and the largest carriage factory east of the Mississippi. By the end of the 19th century and into the next, Greenville industry was expanding up and down the banks of the Reedy River. Donated by: Greenville County Government

 

 

 

 

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