Counties surrounding Anderson Co, SC
FamilySearch.org info on Anderson County, South Carolina:
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Anderson_County,_South_Carolina_Genealogy
States and Counties nearby to search with Going/Gowen populations:
- South Carolina – Fairfield County
- South Carolina – Chester County
- South Carolina – Union County
- South Carolina – York County
- South Carolina – Greenville County
- South Carolina – Spartanburg County
- South Carolina – Charleston County
- South Carolina – Colleton County
- South Carolina – Kershaw County
- South Carolina – Lancaster County
- South Carolina – Anderson County
- South Carolina – Beaufort District/County
- South Carolina – Clarendon County
- South Carolina – Georgetown County / District
- South Carolina – Marion County
- South Carolina – Richland County
- South Carolina – Sumter County
- South Carolina – Liberty County
- North Carolina – Rutherford County
- North Carolina – Lincoln County
- North Carolina – Tryon County
- North Carolina – Moore County
- North Carolina – Granville County
- North Carolina – Cumberland County
- North Carolina – Orange County
- North Carolina – Caswell County
- State – Georgia
People in Anderson Co, SC:
- 1732 John Gowen m. Lettice Winn Bearden in 1759 in Spartanburg Co, SC
- John B. Gowen born about 1769 m Catharine (1807 deed)
- Winn Bearden Gowen born October 18, 1787 m Nancy
- James M. Gowen born in 1767 m Elizabeth
- William Gowen born about 1762 m Priscilla
- Lettice “Letty” Gowen born about 1763
- Elizabeth Gowen born about 1765
- Sarah Gowen born June 5, 1774
- Mary Gowen born about 1776
- Minerva Gowen born about 1780
FACTS and SOURCES:
1790 May 10 – John Gowen and Letty Gowen his wife of Spartanburg convey 256 acres on 12 Mile Creek to Benj Barton. Bk A, p 98, Anderson Co, SC
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS73-JHYW?i=62&cat=296924
1792 June 25 – John Gowen conveys 294 acres on 12 Mile River to Henry Norton Bk B, p. 81, Anderson Co, SC https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS73-JHYC?i=285&cat=296924
1795 May 4 – John Gowen conveys 340 acres on Georges Creek to Wm Jamison Bk C&D, p 3, Anderson Co, SC https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS73-JC4W?i=500&cat=296924
Anderson County SC info on Family Search pages:
Probate:
Wills (Anderson County, South Carolina), 1792-1857
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/308652?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Online available)
Will books, 1791-1907
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/236877?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Online available)
Anderson County, South Carolina : will book A, part I, part II
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2540761
(Review at FamilyCenter)
Pendleton County, South Carolina records, 1790-1816
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2606619
(Downloaded)
Courts:
Judgements, 1780-1880; index to judgements, 1827-1903
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/388935?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Online available)
Old Pendleton District court records (as on file in the Anderson County Courthouse) Anderson, South Carolina
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2674442
(Downloaded)
Judgement rolls, 1790-1870, index, ca. 1800-1899
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/440424?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Online but only one index ready yet)
Minutes, 1790-1793
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/390353?availability=Family%20History%20Library
(Online but not ready yet)
Land:
Clerk of Court, Abstract Mesne Conveyance Anderson County 1790 to 1792
(Downloaded)
Goyen Family Tree 