History of Orangeburg County South Carolina

Orangeburg County was the parent of several counties in central South Carolina. Sections of this work are devoted to the pioneers and early settlers in the Colonial and Revolutionary periods giving names of officers names of members of the Committee of Correspondence and full texts of orders and letters. Also included are transcriptions of births marriages and deaths from the celebrated Giessendanner records from 1737 to 1761 probably the most complete church records kept in the Province of South Carolina for the period covered.