Research and Collections

  • Information on Clarendon County history and historic sites.
  • Records on the Revolutionary and Confederate history of the area.
  • Tax list from 1898 including all 18 townships of Clarendon County.
  • US Census Records.
  • Ancestry.com – Worldwide subscription.
  • Records on microfilm.
  • Some of the People of Old Sumter District and Some of the People of Old Sumter District in the American Revolution by J. Maynard Davis and M. Jean Brunson.
  • Partisans and Redcoats by Walter Edgar.
  • Published and unpublished manuscripts of local family genealogy.  ​​
  • Out of Bull Savannah; The Family of Joseph and Mary Harrington by W. Harrington.
  • Brown, Cato, and Hatfield Family Trees prepared by Aubrey Hatfield.
  • A Little History of Alcolu by Robert Lewis Alderman.
  • CD-ROM indexed transcript of the 1880 Federal Census for the entire country.
  • CD-ROM Freedman's Bank Records.
  • Probate Records:
    • ​Petition and Orders--1925-1942;
    • Journal Probate Court-1946-1956;
    • Devise lands-1883-1917.
  • 1869 & 1875 State Census Records for Clarendon County, SC.
  • 1869 & Partial 1875 State Census Records for Sumter County, SC.
  • Index for 1860 Slave Schedule.
  • Index for Clarendon County Marriage Licenses (1911-1950).

Our staff is available to do a limited amount of research for you if you cannot come to the Archives in person.

When sending a research request, please include the family name(s) you are researching and as many specifics as you have available, such as dates of residence, approximate year of birth and/or death. Names of other family members (spouse, siblings, uncles, aunts etc.).  The more information you give us, the more we may be able to help you.

If you are looking for a specific document, please include the type of document in your request, such as a marriage license or obituary. The Archives does not have any records of birth certificates- those are an official state records and are available through the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Vital Records Department.

Research Request

Please click this link to fill out a Research Request - be as specific as possible in order to help us find the information more quickly and efficiently.  All requests will be acknowledged upon receipt. We have a limited number of staff available, so we make no guarantee of response time on your request.