Chesterfield County SC

Cheraw Tribe

Cheraw Indians. An important tribe, very probably of Siouan stock, formerly ranging in central Carolina, east of the Blue ridge, from about the present Danville, Va., southward to the neighborhood of Cheraw, S. C., which takes its name from them. In numbers they may have stood next to the Tuscarora among the North Carolina tribes, but are less prominent in history by reason of their almost complete destruction before the white settlements had reached their territory. They are mentioned first in the De Soto narrative for 1540, under the name Xuala, a corruption of Suali, the name by which they … Read more

Slave Narrative of Robert Toatley

Interviewer: W. W. Dixon Person Interviewed: Robert Toatley Location: Winnsboro, South Carolina Date of Birth: May 15, 1855 Age: 82 Robert Toatley lives with his daughter, his son, his son’s wife, and their six children, near White Oak, seven miles north of Winnsboro, S.C. Robert owns the four-room frame house and farm containing 235 acres. He has been prosperous up from slavery, until the boll weevil made its appearance on his farm and the depression came on the country at large, in 1929. He has been compelled to mortgage his home but is now coming forward again, having reduced the … Read more

Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census Records

Chesterfield County, South Carolina was formed in 1800 from Cheraws District. It was a functioning county in 1785, and as such, was enumerated as early as 1790. 1790 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1800 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1810 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1820 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1830 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1840 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1850 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1860 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1870 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1880 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1890 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1900 Chesterfield County, South Carolina Census 1910 … Read more