A Bibliography for Orangeburgh Researchers
Clark, Murtie June. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983.
Of interest are the pay rosters for Col. John Chevillet's Battalion of the South Carolina Militia.
Out of Print (some copies available for sale online). Salley Archives Library.
Clark, Murtie June. Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981.
Of interest are the pay rosters for the Orangeburgh Militia, 1780-1782.
Out of Print (some copies available for sale online).
Culler, Daniel Marchant. Orangeburgh District, 1768 - 1868, History and Records. Spartenburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1995.
Out of Print (some copies available for sale online). Salley Archives Library.
Faust, Albert Bernhardt and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. Lists of Swiss Emigrants in the Eighteenth Century to the American Colonies: Two Volumes in One. Reprint. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1968, 2007.
Many early Orangeburgh settlers are mentioned in this book.
Reprints and full text copies are availanblle online. Salley Archives Library.
Hacker, Prof. Werner. Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Sourhwest Germany. Apollo, PA: Closson Press. 1994.
Lists emigrants to America and other countries.
Out of Print (some copies available for sale online).
Haigler, Anne Martin. The Church Records of Saint Matthews Lutheran Church Orangeburg County South Carolina and "The Red Church". Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985.
Out of Print. Salley Archives Library (some copies available for sale online). Salley Archives Library.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume I:1734/5-1748. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1996.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume II:1748-1752. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1997.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume III:1752-1753. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1997.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume IV:1754-1756. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1998.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume V:1757-1765. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1998.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume VI:1765-1770. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1999.
Holcomb, Brent H. Petitions for land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Volume VII:1771-1774. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1999.
The above "Petitions" books are available from: SCMAR. They are also in some libraries.
Salley, A. S., Jr.. The History of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, From its First Settlement to the Close of the Revolutionary War. Reprint. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1994. (Original publication: Orangeburg, SC: R. Lewis Berry, 1898).
Out of Print. This book and others by Salley are on-line at Google Books Salley Archives Library..
For a better transcription/translation of the "Giessendanner Record" see The Book of Record.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Cemeteries in the Village of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Orangeburg, SC: February 1998.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Sunnyside Cemetery and Hebrew Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Orangeburg, SC: February 1999.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Cemeteries in North Western Orangeburg County South Carolina - SECTION I-A (Livingston, Neeses, North, and Woodford areas). Orangeburg, SC: June 2001.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Cemeteries in South Western Orangeburg County South Carolina - SECTION I-B (Neeses, Norway and Springfield areas). Orangeburg, SC: June, 2001.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Orangeburg County Cemeteries - SECTION II-B (Bowman, Branchville, and Rowesville areas). Orangeburg, SC: August 2002.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Orangeburg County Cemeteries - SECTION III (Elloree area, West of Holly Hill, including Providence Community, Northeast of the City of Orangeburg, and the Santee area of Orangeburg County). Orangeburg, SC: August 2002.
Orangeburg County Historical Society. Orangeburg County Cemeteries - SECTION IV (Eastern Orangeburg County, including Eutawville, Holly Hill, and Vance). Orangeburg, SC: February 1999.
The above cemetery books available from: The Orangeburg County Historical Society, PO Box 1881, Orangeburg, SC 29116-1881.
Roland, Debbie Ulmer. Cemeteries of Families of Amelia Township and Calhoun County South Carolina, Volume 1. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1999.
Available from the Calhoun County Museum, 313 Butler St, St Matthews, SC 29135. Email: calmus@oburg.net
Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellmann. The History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina. Philadelphia, 1872.
Out of Print. The complete book is on-line at Google Books. An on-line copy from Heritage Quest Online may be available through your local library.
Salley, Marion. The Writings of Marion Salley. Orangeburg, SC: The Orangenurg County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1970.
Available from: The Orangeburg County Historical Society, PO Box 1881, Orangeburg, SC 29116-1881. Salley Archives Library.
Culler, Emily. The Simmons Family of Orangeburg and Charleston South Carolina. Orangeburg County Library: Manuscript, 1970.
Wannamaker, J. Skottowe. The Wannamaker, Salley, Mackay, and Bellinger Families. Reprint Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1999. (Original publication: Charleston, SC: Walker Evans and Cogswell Co., 1937).
May be available from the Calhoun County Museum, 313 Butler St, St Matthews, SC 29135. Email: calmus@oburg.net
Haigler, Anne Martin and Henry E. Haigler. Haigler Cousins: 1752 - 1990. Kokomo, IN: Selby Publishing, 1991.
A 600+ page compliation of the Haigler and Haigler connected Orangeburgh families.
Out of print. Salley Archives Library.Hays, Louise Frederick. The Rumph and Frederick Families. Privately Published - Limited Edition, 1942.
The A. S. Salley Archives has a copy. An on-line copy from Heritage Quest Online may be available through your local library.
Bentz, Edna M.. If I Can You Can: Decipher Germanic records. San Diego, CA, 1999.
Smith, Kenneth L.. German Church Books: Beyond the Basics. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, July 1999.
Thode, Ernest. German English Genealogical Dictionary. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000.