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From: "Joe Harrington" <>
Subject: RE: [Abbeville] District vs County
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 15:17:05 -0500
In-Reply-To: <005001c1dbe5$42ece660$83e1d040@whaley>


Don't get hung up on the district/county thing. From 1800-1868 they were
called districts but their purpose and function is what you think of as a
county.
See the map at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~johnrobertson/ashley/abbebdry.htm
for the changed boundaries of Abbeville District/County it shows
1785/1897/1916 with comparison to modern counties of
Abbeville/Greenwood/McCormick.

Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: Don and Jan Whaley [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:30 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Abbeville] District vs County


Can anyone tell me exactly what territory the 1860 Abbeville Census would
encompass? From the postings it appears that Abbeville wasn't a county until
after the civil war. So was it 1860 Abbeville (Judicial)District census? I'm
considering buying an 1860 Abbeville Census, but not certain what it will
contain.
Jan



>
In1868, all the "Districts" were renamed "Counties" so Abbeville District
became Abbeville County again. Therefore, the date of the event determines
whether Abbeville was officially a District or County.
>



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