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Identifier

Accession 488

Inclusive Dates

1981

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

67 microfiche

Language

English;

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of 67 fiche which contains an alphabetical (by surname) index of compiled by chapters of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, of tombstone inscriptions that were collected by the Works Progress Administration in its partial survey of South Carolina cemeteries in the 1930s. The index lists the full name, inclusive dates and location of each inscription recorded from the approximately 350 cemeteries surveyed. Included are inscriptions from Abbeville County, S.C. – Genealogy; Aiken County, S.C. – Genealogy; Allendale County, S.C. – Genealogy; Anderson County, S.C. – Genealogy; Barnwell County, S.C. – Genealogy; Beaufort County, S.C. – Genealogy; Berkeley County, S.C. – Genealogy; Calhoun County, S.C. – Genealogy; Charleston County, S.C. – Genealogy; Clarendon County, S.C. – Genealogy; Colleton County, S.C. – Genealogy; Darlington County, S.C. – Genealogy; Dillon County, S.C. – Genealogy; Edgefield County, S.C. – Genealogy; Fairfield County, S.C. – Genealogy; Georgetown County, S.C. – Genealogy; Horry County, S.C. – Genealogy; Kershaw County, S.C. – Genealogy; Lancaster County, S.C. – Genealogy; Laurens County, S.C. – History; Marion County, S.C. – Genealogy; Marlboro County, S.C. – Genealogy; Newberry County, S.C. – Genealogy; Pickens County, S.C. – Genealogy; Richland County, S.C. – Genealogy; Spartanburg County, S.C. – Genealogy; Sumter County, S.C. – Genealogy; Union County, S.C. – Genealogy; Williamsburg County, S.C. – Genealogy; and York County, S.C. – Genealogy.

Provenance

The W.P.A. Tombstone Inscriptions were purchased by the Archives January, 1983.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Tombstone Inscriptions - Accession 488

LC Subject Headings

South Carolina--Genealogy; Registers of births, etc.--South Carolina; Cemeteries--South Carolina; Inscriptions--South Carolina

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