Family Histories
and
Genealogies
at Lexington County Public Library, Lexington, SC
Contributed by
Vickie K. Ellisor -
Our Lexington County Co-ordinator
The following list of available family history or genealogical data can be located at the
Lexington County Public Library, Lexington, SC.  For easier reading on this site, I have alphabetized and listed the surnames from the title of the family history publications and/or
genealogy records in capital letters above the name of the publication.
AARON-LYKES
Richland County Families Aaron to Lykes
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Prince, Sr.; 1999

AMICK
Amick with Roots in the Dutch Fork of South Carolina
Compiled by: Louise Janes Riley; 1982

ASBELL
Asbell Connections 1641 – 1988
Antecedents and Descendants of Aaron Asbell
By: James Maurice Grimwood with Hilda Jernigan Grimwood; 1991

AVINGER-SHULER
Avinger – Shuler Family
Descendants of Alexander Pinkney Avinger and Mary Katherine E. “Kate: Shuler
Compiled by: John Burnet Westburg and  Mrs. Walter F. (Margaret) Felder
Edited by: Rice A. Felder

BACHMAN
The Family of Henry Gotlib Bachman I
Lexington SC 1795 – 1988
Written by: Betty T. Backman

BAKER-GIBSON
The Baker and Gibson Families and Allied Lines
By: J. W. Richards; 2001

BANKS
A Banks Family Genealogy
Descendant of James Banks of the Northern Neck of Virginia
Collected, Compiled by: Mary Frances Banks Storey, daughter of Alva Neal Banks and Mae Huddleston Banks; 1996

BARTON-STEDMAN-STEEDMAN-STEADMAN
Barton and Stedman also Steedman and Steadman Families
Compiled by: Joseph Earle Steadman; 1987

BATES
Memorabilia of the Bates Families
Compiled by: Katherine Alexander Mims; 1977

BAUKNIGHT-BOUKNIGHT
The Genealogy of the Bauknight – Bouknight Family in the United States of
America
Compiled and published by Ivan M. Bauknight; 1989

BEDENBAUGH-BETENBAUGH
The Bedenbaugh – Betenbaugh Family of South Carolina
By Brent H. Holcomb, G. R. S.; 1978

BEDENBAUGH, DOMINICK, FELLERS, SHEALY
Bedenbaugh, Dominick, Fellers, with Shealy And Other Allied Families

BEGAT
Daniel Begat
Compiled by: Robert Lee and Edith Jackson Hankins and Florence Jackson Hankins

BOLAND
History of the John Boland Family
By The Reverend Lawson Pettus Boland

BOOZER
The Boozer Family of South Carolina
Compiled by Mary Elizabeth Boozer; 1970

BROOKS-CARTER
River of Years
Genealogy And Narrative History of the Brooks – Carter Family of South Carolina
By Glenna Whiteakere Wilding as told by Mr. Mary Samuel Carter, OSU; 1994

BUSBEES
The Indubitable Busbees and Their Kin
By Mary Olivia Colinger Boggs and Catherine Olivia Boon, Illustrator

CAUGHMAN
The Caughman Family
Compiled by Betty Dye Caughman, William Edward Caughman, Jr., Bette Caughman Morris of Hot Springs Ark., Newspaper Articles from Lexington Dispatch, Lee R. Gandee

CAUGHMAN
The Caughman Family From Hollow Creek to Lexington SC 1752 – 1990

CAUGHMAN-KAUFMANN
The Caughman – Kaufmann Family Descendants of Jurg (George) Martin Immigrant from Germany to South Carolina 1752
Compiled by: Howard & Eleanor (Clyburn) Wicker; 1993

CHAPMAN
Giles Chapman of Bridlington and His Descendants
By Jesse Pugh Chapman Jr. with Cora Lee Carroll Blease, Genevieve Broome Jones &
Alma Hill Robertson; 1976

CROMER
The Cromer Family Beginning in 1752 With The Immigration From Germany to
South Carolina
Compiled by Luther Wightman Hampton Jr. & Eleanor Clyburn Wicker; 1993

CROUT
The Crout Family of South Carolina
Compiled by Charles M. Nichols; 1994

DERRICK
The Derrick Family
Researched, Compiled and Published by
Charles Alan Derrick; 1991

DERRICK
The Derrick Family
John Hienrich Derrick
The Widow Derrick
Jacob Derrick
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Prince, Sr.; 1965

DODSON (DOTSON), LUCAS, PYLES, ROCHESTER
Genealogy of the Dodson (Dotson), Lucas, Pyles, Rochester, and Allied Families
Compiled by: S. Emmett Lucas, Jr.; 1995

DOMINEY
Dominey Family of the Southern U.S.
Compiled by: James Dominey

DOMINICK
The Descendants of Henry Dominick, Senior, Volume 1
Researched and compiled by: Boyd William Bedenbaugh; 1997

DULA-DOOLEY
The Dula – Dooley Family
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Prince; 1995

DURBIN-LOGSDON
Durbin and Logsdon
Genealogy With Related Families 1626 – 1994
Revised Edition Part 1 and Part 2
Compiled by Betty Jewell Durbin Carson; 1994

ELLIS
Dr. Edmund Eugene Ellis and Some of His Descendants
Compiled by: E. Detreville Ellis; 1996

EPTING-EPTON
A History of The Epting & Epton Families of South Carolina
Compiled by: Theodore “Ted” Epton; 1979

EWING
Our Ewing Heritage with Related Families
Compiled by: Betty J. Durbin Carson & Doris M. Durbin Wooley
Revised Edition  Volume 1 & 2; 1996

FELDER-SHULER
Descendants of James Addison Felder and Flavilla Shuler
Compiled by: Rice A. Felder; 1980

FOLMARS
The Folmars and Their Kin of Goshen Hill
Compiled by: Kathlyn J. Fulmar; 1980

FORE
The Fore Family
Compiled by: Mildred Lerlene Rowell Covington; 1979

FOX
Ancestry of The Fox Family of Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina
By: Joseph E. Steadman, Sr.; 1972

FOX
Collection of Fox Data
Compiled by: Shirley Faucette

FRANKLOW
The Franklow Family History English Branch
Researched by: Arnold Reginald Francklow
Printed with permission by: Jane Francklow Thompson

FRICK-KOON
Personal Memories of the Abraham Simeon and Barbara Koon Frick Family
Compiled by: Herman Frick; 1983

FULMER
Fulmers of the Dutch Fork
Compiled by: Oliver Bryan Fulmer; 1985

FULMER-BALLENTINE
Fulmer Footprints the Families of Jacob Calhoun Fulmer And Laura Ann Missouri Ballentine
By: Kathryn W. Liverman; 1982

FULMER-CLARK
The Fulmer – Clark Family
By: Bennye A. Frick

FULMER-FOLMAR
Colonial Ancestors of the Fulmers of South Carolina and the Folmars of Alabama
Compiled by: L. W. Folmar; 1972

FULMORE
Fulmore Section Antecedents & Descendants of Andrew & Agnes (Cade) Fulmore
By William Curry Harllee; 1935

GUNTER
Gunters Along the Edisto Some Descendants of Russel Gunter
Compiled by: L. H. Buff, Jr.; 1987

HAAS
The Families of Alexander Deaton Haas and Zachary Deaton Haas
Compiled by: Amaryllis Smith Deaton & Lonnie Dale Deaton

HALLMAN
A Genealogical Record Of Hallman and Related Families In America Who Are Descendants of Those Who Settled in South Carolina Between 1730 and 1750
Compiled by: Isaac P. Hallman; 1972

HAMITER
John Hamiter (1802 – 1864) Some Ancestors and Descendants
Compiled by: Aletha Barker Hamiter; 1955

HATCH-SEYBT
Hatch – Seybt Families
Compiled by: Hale C. Sweeny; 1982

HENDERSON
Henderson of Early South Carolina Part 3, 1850, 1860, 1870
A Beginning Survey of the people using the Henderson Name from the S. C. Census and other Records
Compiled by: Robert H. “Bob” Henderson; 1994

HENDRIX
Hendrix Kith and Kin
(A Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Hendrix Through William and Mary Massey Hendrix)
Compiled by: Mary Louise Hendrix; 1972

HERRMAN-HARMON
Harmon
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Prince; 1967
Updated – The Herrman – Harmon – Harman Family

HITE
The Hite Family of Lexington County, South Carolina
Compiled by: Everett Ernest Hite, III; 1991

HOLLEY-WATERS
Holley – Waters Genealogy
Compiled by: William Henry Day and Sammie Jean Holley; 1988

HOWELL
Howells on the Edisto
Compiled by: John J. Howell

HUMPHRIES
Ancestors and Descendants of Charles Humphries (d. 1837) of Union District, South Carolina 1677 – 1984
Compiled by: Brent Howard Holcomb; 1985

HYDRICK
The Descendants of Major Jacob Haysmith Hydrick (1819 – 1903)
Compiled by: Onan Augustus Hydrick; 1978

JACKSON
Jackson of Northern Pacolet: Descendants of Samuel Jackson, Sr. (Died 1796, Spartanburg County, South Carolina)
Compiled by: Brent H. Holcomb; 1991

JUMPER
The Jumper Family of Lexington and Springfield South Carolina
Compiled by: Charles Frederick Jumper; 1965

KARLE-CAULEY-CORLEY
The Karle – Cauley – Corley Charles Family
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Price, Sr.; 1960

KANSMAN - CAUGHMAN
Jurg Martin Kansman to W. Frank Caughman and Beyond
By Nesbit H. (Bill) Caughman, Jr.; 2003

KEISLER
The Keisler Descendants of Lexington County
Compiled by: Janice Gartman Lee

LANGFORD
Sketches About Langfords 1632 – 1980
Section II
Langfords In America
Early Arrivals and Migrations
Short Family Resumes from All Over
Odd Notes from Various Sources
Compiled by: George Shealy Langford, Ph. D.; 1981

LIDES
The Lides Go South…..and West
The Record of a Planter, Migration in 1835
Compiled by: Fletcher M. Green; 1952

LIVINGSTON
Let’s Meet the Livingston
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Price; 1967

LEAPHART
The Leapharts of South Carolina and Allied Families

LEVER
Lever Family History
Compiled by: Charles M. Wactor

LINDLER
The Lindler Family History
Germany to South Carolina 1730 – 1990; 1990

LINDLER
History of Jacob Lindler and his Descendants 1802
Compiled by: Hattie Long Padgette; 1977

LONG
A Documented History of The Long Family Switzerland to South Carolina
1578 – 1956 Including Allied Families
Compiled by: Eytive Long Evans; 1956

LONG
The “Long Tree” and Others
Compiled by: Margaret Thompson Winkler; 1995

LOWMAN, LOURMAN, LOWERMAN, LOREMAN, HORRMANN
Lowman, Lourman, Lowerman, Loreman, Hohrmann
“Early South Carolina Lowmans”
Compiled by: Mildred Caroline Lide Fair; 1980

MATHIAS-BOUKNIGHT
The Family Heritage of Long John Mathias and Quilla Elvira Bouknight Mathias of Lexington County, SC
Compiled by: Frederick L. Hammond

MEETZE, METZE, METZ, MUTZE, MUETZE, METTS, MUTZ, MEETZ
Meetze, Metze, Metz, Mutze, Muetze, Metts, Mutz, Meetz
Compiled by: Theresa M. Hicks; 1982

MILLER, LEWIS, KING, SMITH, SHEALY
Miller, Lewis, King, Smith, Shealy Some Families of the Old Lexington District
Compiled by: E. Stuart Gregg, Jr.; 1988

MONTS
Our Monts Family - A History of the John Casper Monts Family of South Carolina
Compiled by: William Howard & Jo Turner Wright

NICHOLS
Nichols -
George and Elizabeth of Newberry District South Carolina and their Descendants 1755 – 2002
Compiled by: John T. Nichols; 2002

NICHOLS
Nichols  Family History 1785 – 1986
Compiled by: Patricia Ann Nichols Pearson; 1986

OLIVER-SISTRUNK
Oliver – Sistrunk Families
Compiled by: Georgie I. Adams Lefvendahl

OSWALT-OSWALD
Oswalt – Oswald
Compiled by: James B. Oswald

PRICE
The George Jacob Price Family History
Compiled by: Janice Gartman Lee; 1986

RISH-OSWALD
The Kizzie Rish & Daniel Oswald Five
Compiled by: Andrew Oswald, Jacob Oswald, Edith Oswald Taylor, Jane Oswald Amick, Elvie Oswald Taylor

ROBERTS
Roberts Homesteads
Compiled by: Mary Frances Roberts Clark; 1988

ROOF-SHEALY
Roof – Shealy Notes
Compiled by: Ethel Shealy Roof; 1984

ROOF-RUEFF-RUFF
The Roof (Rueff, Ruff) Family and Kinfolk of Central South Carolina: 1748 – 1999
Compiled by: Michael Kitching Roof and Edith Roof Doane; 1999

RUCKER
The Rucker Family of South Carolina 1752 – 1983
Compiled by: Brent H. Holcomb; 1983

SEAWRIGHT
The Saga Of the Seawrights
Compiled by: Nell Seawright Reeves; 1988 2nd Edition

SHAND
Shands Family History Part 1
Compiled by: Wayland Arthur Shands and the late Bernardo Hoff Knight; 1986

SHEALY
Shealy Family 1752 – 1941 A Genealogical and Biographical Record
Compiled by: V. L. Fulmer; 1941; 1982

SHEALY
Shealy Family Genealogy 1752 – 1992
Compiled by: George Benet Shealy and Nancy Elaine Shealy; 1996

SIGHTLER
The Sightler Family
Compiled by: Aubrey Marion Sightler; 1963

SMITH
Heidelberg to Orangburgh; History and Genealogy of the Descendants and Ancestors of George A. Smith (b. 1745 – d. 1802) of Midway Community, Amelia Township, South Carolina
Compiled by: grandsons, Gilbert Eugene McGrew, Fred A. Smith & Frederick A. Smith, Sr.; 1988

SMITH-HALLMAN
Henry Smith and Davis Hallman Families of Lexington County South Carolina
Compiled by: R. M. Smith

SMYLY
The Smyly Family of Colleton County South Carolina 1775 – 2002
Compiled by: Millie Warren Brunson; 2002

SPEIGNER, SPIGENER, SPIGNER
The Speigner, Spigener, Spigner Family
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Prince, Sr.; 2002

TURKETT
Turkett Genealogy
Compiled by: Clara M. Solomons; 1995

VANSANT
A Genealogy of Early Vansant – Van Sant Families in South Carolina
Compiled & published by: S. Louise Seymour; 1993
    
WEAVER-PRICE
Pioneers of South Alabama John Weaver and Maria Price and their Descendants
Compiled by: Herbert Weaver

WESSINGER
Horry E. Wessinger’s Notes
Copied from Nancy Elizabeth Leonard Wessinger; 1984

WESSINGER
Wessinger Genealogy
Compiled by: Don O. Wissinger, M. D.; 1983

WESSINGER
Fragments of Early Wessinger Family History
Compiled by: Jacob C. Wessinger

WICKER
Christian’s Children,  "A Branch of the Wicker Tree"
Compiled by: Carolyn Harwell; 1981

WILLIAMS
The Story of the Williams

WINGARD
Wingard Wanderings
Compiled by: J. Wayne Johnson, M. D.; 2001

WINGARD
A History with Special Reference to the Wingard Family in the U. S. from 1722 – 1933
Compiled by: Jesse Oliver Wingard

WITT
Before Michael Witt & After; A Genealogy of the Witt Family With South Carolina Origins 1752 – 1997
Compiled by: Randall S. Frye, David H. Witt & Grover R. Witt; 1998

WISE
Reconstruction of the Genealogy of the Wise Family of the Congarees
Printed, Compiled by: William Rudolph Bauer

WISE-WYSE
The Wise and Wyse Families of SC
Revised & republished by: Sybil & Wallace Harmon; 1992
     
WISE-WYSE
History of the Wise & Wyse Family
Compiled by: Frederick Calhoun Wyse, Jr. U. S. N.; 1944

A Family History Outline
Compiled by: Mildred J. Stathelson; 1980

Ancestors and Kin
By  Robert Walden Coggeshall; 1988

Carolina Scots
A Historical and Genealogical Study of Over 100 years of Emigration
Compiled by: Douglas F. Kelly with Caroline Switzer Kelly; 1998

Family Bible Records
Compiled by: Old Ninety Six District Chapter; 1992

Our Folks
Compiled by: Maron Summer Eve; 1987

Quaker Families of South Carolina & Georgia
Compiled by: William F. Medlin; 1982

Reb’s Roots
Compiled by: Janice Gartman Lee; 1986

This is an updated revision of Ellen Wheeler’s work
Compiled by: Linda Wheeler Snadman

“Those Fabulous Years”about Richland County and its Property, Pride, and People
Compiled by: Beiman Otis Prince, Sr.; 1996

Volume 1 –10 Rev. Verley L. Fulmer Papers