The South Carolina Room staff have created these Research Guides and Finding Aids to show patrons what sources are available for individual topics such as probate or military records.
Pre-Revolutionary War
The South Carolina History Room houses one record of pre-Revolutionary War information, South Carolina Soldiers and Indian Traders, 1725- 1730 (SCR 929.3757 Draine)
Revolutionary War Rolls
The index for this set covers military units for all colonies involved in the Revolutionary War; however, the South Carolina Room only has the actual records pertaining to South Carolina in their microfilm collections.
War of 1812 and the Mexican War
The South Carolina History Room holds a few records from the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. They are:
- Index to Service Records of South Carolina Soldiers in the War of 1812 (SCR microfilm)
- South Carolina. Militia. Typescript Service Records. War of 1812 (SCR 973.52457 South)
- South Carolina in the Mexican War: A History of the Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers 1846-1917 (SCR 973.624 Meyer)
Civil War Guide
This is a list of resources for locating and documenting South Carolina soldiers and military units.
Civil War Material in the South Carolina Room
This database lists the over one thousand items in the South Carolina Room Collection on the American Civil War. The bulk of the material is on the war as it was connected to South Carolina. A variety of formats are included: books, pamphlets, DVDs, maps, vertical files, microfilm, and microfiche. The list is exhaustive, rather than selective. Inclusion of titles should not be seen as advocacy or approbation of the views expressed in the work. As this is a research collection, none of this material can be checked out or leave the South Carolina Room but you are welcome to come and use the sources at the Main Library. For most entries the call number, title, author or editor, and publication date are provided. Publishers were excluded for reasons of space consideration. With few exceptions, which will be explained below, each item is listed only twice, once in the “SCR-Full List” and once in its subject or format category. The exceptions are with some of the format categories, particularly “Microfilm & Microfiche,” some items are listed under format and also under the appropriate subject. Several of the titles in “African Americans” also appeared in other subject categories. The categories are as follows, each category is on a separate spreadsheet and tab.
Spanish-American War
The South Carolina History Room contains one war roll record for South Carolinians involved in the Spanish American War It is: Historical Roster and Itinerary of South Carolina Volunteers Troops Who Served in the Late War Between the United States and Spain (SCR 973.8 F)
World Wars Records for South Carolina
This is a guide to personnel records and genealogical resources for South Carolinians involved in World Wars I and II, including a listing of WWII-specific databases available through Ancestry.com, as well as books in the Library’s collection.
Korean and Vietnam Wars
The vertical files have lists of South Carolina dead from these two wars. Please ask for vertical files at the SC Room Information desk.