Chester County
Site
of the Battle of Fishing Creek during the Revolutionary War.
Chester County and its county seat, the town of Chester, were named for
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The county was formed in 1785 as part of
the larger Camden District but was later transferred to Pinckney
District (1791-1800); it became a separate district in 1800.
Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia moved into this
upstate region beginning about 1755. During the Revolutionary War,
American forces under General Thomas Sumter were defeated here at the
battle of Fishing Creek in August 1780; the Americans were victorious
at Fishdam Ford in November of the same year. The Landsford Canal was
built in 1823 to allow boats and barges to bypass rapids on the Catawba
River; this canal is now open as a state park. In later years the
availability of hydroelectric power encouraged the establishment of
textile mills in the area. South Carolina governor, United States
senator, and judge Donald S. Russell (1906-1998) lived in Chester as a
boy. Early settlers: Price, Akin, Hamilton, Love, Boyd, Featherstone, Griffin, Love, Cherry, Harbison, Dugan, Bell, OBrient, Grisholm, Head, Roden, Hatfield, McLonen, Jordan, Owens, McDaniel, McCannon, McDonald, Harper and Cabean, William Bell.
Chester County Records Available for Members of South Carolina Pioneers Chester County Will Book A (1779-1797)
Chester County Will Book B (1792-1802
Chester County Will Book C (1803-1805)
Index to Chester County Will Book (1789-1819)
Index to Chester County Will Book A (1789-1817)
Index to Chester County Will Book E (1810-1814)
Index to Chester County Will Book F (1817)
Index to Chester County Will Book F-2 (1815-1817)
Index to Chester County Will Book G (1817-1822)
Index to Chester County Will Book H (1820-1825)
Index to Chester County Will Book I (1824-1826)
Index to Chester County Will Book J (1826-1828)
Index to Chester County Will Book K (1829-1831)
Index to Chester County Will Book L (1832-1833)
Index to Chester County Will Book P (1838-1839)
Index to Chester County Will Book 3 (1833-1853)
Chester County Will Book A (1779-1795), Transcripts
Testators: Archer, Alexander;Archer, William;Attabery, William;Bell, John; Bond, Isom;Bradford, Robert;Braidy, Alexander;Brown, James;Brown, Katharine;Carter, Benjamin;Colvin, John;Cooper, Hugh;Crosby, Richard; Crosby, Thomas;Culp, Peter;Dods, John;Donly, Hugh;Flemming, John; Franklin, Thomas;Gaston, John;Gill, John;Gore, Elizabeth;Haroer, Daniel;Henderson, Edward;Hitchcock, John;Hitchcock, John(2);Hughes, Thomas;Kidd, John;Knox, John;Loveing, Christopher;Marrick, John; Martin, William;McDonald, Timothy;McKinney, Patrick;Moffet, William; Moor, James;Moor, James;Morris, Thomas;Neely, James;Nisbet, James; Quinton, Samuel;Rainey, Robert;Rives, Nathaniel;Roberson, James; Rogers, John;Sadler, Isaac;Sealey, John;Sleeker, George;Steavenson, David;Steel, James;Stephenson, James;Stewart, RobertStrong, James; Taylor, William;Walker, John;Walker, Robert;Wall, Drury;Weer, William; Weir, William (2)
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