Traditions and History of Anderson County South Carolina

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(17 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>By: Louise Ayer Vandiver Pub. 1928 reprinted 2025 360 pages NEW INDEX soft Cover ISBN #978-1-63914-165-4.  The history begins with the present-day Anderson County form the time of the Cherokee Indians. The second chapter continues with the foundation of Anderson County and contains a brief history of some pioneer families churches and has a section on some early citizens. Also included is a brief history of the sixteen townships that comprise Anderson County. This book contains a wealth of information for researchers historians and genealogists who have ancestors from the area or are only interested in Anderson's history. Among many of the numerous families for whom family data is to be found are: Acker Anderson Benson Brown Broyles Byrum Burris Crayton Cummin Clinkscales Crayton Dean Dickinson Earle Harris Harrison Halbert Hunter McFall Martin Mattison Mauldin Maxwell Maverick Milford Moorehead Moore Orr Pickens Read Rice Simpson Sloan Southerland Tally Thompson Vandiver Wardlaw Welborn and Wilson. There are hundreds of other individuals found in this important book that brief to detailed information is given for but room will not permit.</span></p>