South Carolina Culpepper Archives
Pickens District/County
History
In northwestern
South Carolina and spanning both the Blue Ridge and Piedmont regions,
Pickens District was formed in 1828 from the Pendleton District, and in
1868, it was designated Pickens County. Its county seat, the town of
Pickens is about 20 miles west of Greenville and 105 miles northwest of
Columbia. Pickens County is bordered by the South Carolina counties of
Greenville, Anderson and
Oconee, and the North Carolina county of
Transylvania.
Newspaper:
The
Pickens Sentinel; The
Greenville News
Any names
below in red have not been matched
with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of
them,
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Census Records
Pickens County was
not formed until 1828.
1830 - 1930 US Censuses
