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About Barnwell County

Barnwell County was settled in the early 1700's by pioneers wishing to adventure into the "back country". By the 1740's, Palatine settlers entered the picture spreading throughout Orangeburg District. By the end of the Revolutionary War, many settlers obtained grants in Barnwell County. Most were from North Carolina and Virginia. Barnwell was actually a district within Orangeburg until the late 1780's. At this time, Winton District was created and the Barnwell name wasn't used again until 1798. Many of the Palatine, Virginian and North Carolinian surnames are still evident in Barnwell today. Some of them being, Hutto, Hartzog, Matheny, Hair, Delk, Dyches, Harley, Rountree, Owens and many more.

 

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Welcome to Barnwell County SCGenWeb! Lem Lancaster, was are last host for this site. He was an active volunteer and County Coordinator with the USGenWeb Project since 1997. 

 


 
Neighboring Counties:
Aiken County
Bamberg County
Orangeburg County
Allendale County
 
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