The Piedmont Historical Society, South Carolina

Dedicated to the Preservation and Sharing of Historical and Genealogical Resources and Research

The Piedmont Historical Society was founded in 1978 and chartered in 1981 under the laws of the State of South Carolina for the purpose of collecting, preserving and publishing historical and genealogy records of upstate South Carolina and other areas of the state.

PHS Membership Dues Increase

Since 1999 the dues for membership in Piedmont Historical Society have remained constant at $20.00. Currently this amount is less than the cost of printing and mailing the Quarterly. We are thus compelled to increase the yearly dues. The membership dues for the year 2010 will be increased to $25.00.

News

The Spartanburg History Hub - An association of all of the Spartanburg County Groups associated with the history of the area. For details about the this new hub please click here.

The National Genealogical Society (NGS) will hold its family history conference on 28 April to 1 May 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Information about this conference and the Filby award nomination can be found by clicking here.

Fund Raiser

In order to raise additional funds PHS President Raymond Smith has introduced collector cards of historic and scenic places in South Carolina, particularly for the Upstate. See below for more details. We encourage all to send photos and Jpeg images to Raymond to increase our inventory of cards for sale, and we encourage all to purchase packs of these cards to enhance our financial viability. Please Click Here for a card order form. Click here for a list of the cards.

A purchase of 61 copies of back issues of the Quarterly by Mr. Frank Abbott, one of our members, helped immensely to get PHS through the current year. Thank you very much, Mr. Abbott!! He plans to donate these back issues to the Washington Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia, one of the best genealogical research centers in the Southeast, says Frank, and will be now even better, say we.

We are interested in the these counties,
which comprise the South Carolina Piedmont
Abbeville	Anderson	Cherokee	Chester
Edgefield	Fairfield	Greenville	Greenwood
Laurens	McCormick	Newberry	Oconee
Pickens	Spartanburg	Union	York

**Please Note** When South Carolina became a state in 1785, the governmental units were called counties and remained so named until 1800 when the designation “County” was changed to ‘District”. In 1868 the name “District” was changed back to “County”, which name has been in use since then. The name of the governmental area changed at these dates but not its function.

**Earlier, alternate designations for this area include**
Cambridge District	Camden District	Craven County	Ninety Six District
Pendleton District	Pinckney District	St. Mark's Parish	Washington District

For the era prior to 1785, don't forget to check records filed in Charleston (or Charles Town) as that was the seat of colonial government and the place where legal documents were recorded. Prior to the early 1800's, North Carolina also claimed the northern portion of the South Carolina Piedmont. So, some of the early records will be found in Tryon County and Mecklenburg County as well as the colonial and state records of North Carolina.

OFFICERS 2008-9

President Raymond Smith	First Vice President of Programs Evelyn Henderson	Second Vice President Mark Bray
Treasurer Dr. James L. Reid	Secretary	Corresponding Secretary
Editor of Quarterly Dr. James L. Reid	Research Editor Dr. James L. Reid	Webmaster and iResearcher Ted Zajac, Jr.