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US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, South Carolina

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US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project

Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US federal census in South Carolina.

Total Population of South Carolina in 1880: 995,577
Total Black Population of South Carolina in 1880: 604,332
Counties in 1880 census Total Pop. Black Pop. Spreadsheet Status/Checked
Abbeville 40,815 27,637
Aiken 28,112 15,170 South Carolina #3
Anderson 33,612 14,865
Barnwell 39,857 26,003 South Carolina #4 (surnames A-I)
South Carolina #5 (surnames J-Z)
Beaufort 30,176 27,732
Charleston 102,800 71,868 See Charleston County Spreadsheets below
Chester 24,153 16,517
Chesterfield 16,345 6,847
Clarendon 19,190 12,908 South Carolina #8
Colleton 36,386 24,181
Darlington 34,485 21,556
Edgefield 45,844 29,826 South Carolina #6 (Surnames A-J)
South Carolina #7 (Surnames K-Z)
Fairfield 27,765 20,880
Georgetown 19,613 16,146 South Carolina #17
Greenville 37,496 14,511
Hampton 18,741 12,453
Horry 15,574 4,942 South Carolina #2
Kershaw 21,538 13,646
Lancaster 16,903 8,957
Laurens 29,444 17,688
Lexington 18,564 7,467
Marion 34,107 18,226
Marlborough 20,598 12,571
Newberry 26,497 18,261
Oconee 16,256 4,301
Orangeburg 41,395 28,453 South Carolina #9 (Surnames A-J)
South Carolina #10 (Surnames K-Z)
Pickens 14,389 3,716 South Carolina #1 Done/
Richland 28,573 19,388 South Carolina #16
Spartanburgh 40,409 14,035
Sumter 37,037 27,058 South Carolina #34
Union 24,080 13,551
Williamsburg 24,110 16,352 South Carolina #18
York 30,713 16,620


Charleston County Spreadsheets

The following table has links to each spreadsheet for Charleston County. They are divided by location within the county. Spreadsheet #11 has a "Tracking" tab that has counts of the profiles that have been created and profiles that are still needed so that progress on the county as a whole can be tracked.

LocationSpreadsheet
Charleston (city), Surnames A-MSouth Carolina #11
Charleston (city), Surnames N-ZSouth Carolina #12
Christ ChurchSouth Carolina #12
Edisto IslandSouth Carolina #1
LincolnvilleSouth Carolina #13
MoultrievilleSouth Carolina #13
Mount PleasantSouth Carolina #13
Saint Andrews ParishSouth Carolina #13
St Thomas and St Dennis ParishSouth Carolina #13
St. James Goose Creek TownshipSouth Carolina #14
St James Santee ParishSouth Carolina #13
Saint Johns, BerkeleySouth Carolina #15
St. Johns Colleton TownshipSouth Carolina #15
St. Philip's ParishSouth Carolina #14
St. Stephens TownshipSouth Carolina #14
Seabrook IslandSouth Carolina #13
Sullivan's IslandSouth Carolina #13


Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for South Carolina


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Rice-22370 Joanna Rice
Hello! I volunteer as tribute to cover the Barnwell area. I have people all up and down there. I actually have everything more fleshed out at Ancestry so this would also be a good time to confirm and cleanup! Please let me know what next steps are. Thank you!
posted by Joanna Rice
McBeth-165 Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Hi Joanna, thank you for your help! This is one of our biggest counties, so it will take a little while to create it. I've added it to our list and we'll let you know when it's ready. In the meantime, if you want to get started, feel free to start with any one of the counties that has a spreadsheet linked in the table above.
posted by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Melick-229 Christy Melick
Hi Joanna - the Barnwell spreadsheets are now ready - you'll see the links in the table above. A few things as you're getting started:
  1. You'll probably need to upgrade your account (for free) to the Wiki Genealogist level according to the process on this page.
  2. We recommend building out your own family tree for several generations first to help you figure out how WikiTree works - it looks like you've already started on that, which is great!
  3. You may want to try out the WikiTree Sourcer browser extension - it will make source citations much easier as you transfer over information from your Ancestry tree to WikiTree. It's not required or anything, but many WikiTreers love it!
  4. The first tab of each spreadsheet has more detailed instructions for how to participate in the 1880 census project, so be sure to read through that. There's also a helpful FAQ section on the main project page that you may want to refer to at some point.

Thanks for helping out with this project! It'll be great to have someone working on Barnwell County who's already familiar with folks there!

posted by Christy Melick
Rice-22370 Joanna Rice
Thank you again for providing these resources! Please let me know if the Orangeburg lists are available. I'm of course starting with family and tracking both 1870 and 1880 for some level of completeness. I've tracked a child in 1870 who is now married in Orangeburg in 1880. Just wanted to close the loop eventually on this. Thanks again!
posted by Joanna Rice
Melick-229 Christy Melick
You're welcome! I've added Orangeburg to our to-do list and we'll let you know when it's ready.
posted by Christy Melick
Melick-229 Christy Melick
Hi Joanna - the spreadsheets for Orangeburg County are ready now. We split it into two spreadsheets because it's so big - there's one for surnames A-J and one for surnames K-Z.
posted by Christy Melick
Rosemary (Kennedy) Kinney
Can a spreadsheet be done for Aiken County, South Carolina please, thank you.
posted by Rosemary (Kennedy) Kinney
Melick-229 Christy Melick
I've added it to our list and we'll let you know when it's ready! In the meantime, if you want to get started, feel free to jump in with one of the counties that has a spreadsheet linked in the table above.
posted by Christy Melick
Melick-229 Christy Melick
The Aiken County spreadsheet is ready to go now, Rosemary!
posted by Christy Melick

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