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About Barnwell County
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.
About the USGenWeb Project
The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers
working together to provide Internet websites for
genealogical research in every county and every state of the
United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully
committed to free access for everyone.
Organization is by county and state, and this website
provides you with links to all the state websites which, in
turn, provide gateways to the counties. The USGenWeb Project
also sponsors important Special Projects at the national
level and this website provides an entry point to all of
those pages, as well. Read about the History of the USGenWeb
Project.
Welcome to Barnwell County SCGenWeb! Lem Lancaster, was are
last
host for this site. He was an active volunteer and
County Coordinator with the USGenWeb Project since 1997. |
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