V. 2: The population of Newberry County is fifty percent larger than it was in 1860 and the land area is slightly larger as a result of annexation. Although primarily an agricultural county, Newberry has exchanged its reliance on cotton as a cash crop for dependence on poultry and eggs, beef and dairy cattle, and timber and pulpwood. The county has lost some of its textile industry since World War II, but non-textile establishments hve moved in. These changes have diversified and stabilized Newberry's economy but have had little effect on the rural nature of the county. This volume covers the political, social, and economic development of Newberry County, South Carolina, from the beginning of the Civil War to the present day. - Publisher.

Deals with the settlement of the area, the establishment of its economy, emigration from the district, the gradual closing of the minds of the people because of the pressures of slavery, & the development of this relatively small county into one of South Carolina's leading upcountry districts.

Most of this vol. consists of family history material.

"These records contain lists of deeds, wills, and administrations recorded tavern licenses, bastardy cases, road commissioners, etc... Many German emigrants settled in the lower part of this county. The county was a major migration point of early S.C. settlers into FL., GA., and AL." -- Amazon.com

The page column headings for the census include: last name; 1st name; stat (age & sex); occupation; other.

Neighborhood maps, and abstracts of colonial surveys and memorials of land titles. Including a case study, Jonathan Mote, 1727-1763, migration to Little River.

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