Cherokee County SC Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Cherokee Records by Type Birth Records (6) Cemetery Records (172) Census Records (22) Church Records (20) City Directories (4) Death Records (12) Histories and Genealogies (5) Land Records (3) Map Records (10) Marriage Records (10) Military Records (14) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (18) Probate Records (3) School Records (10)

Overview of Cherokee County Records

• Cherokee County was created in 1897 from Union, York, and Spartanburg counties.
• Birth and death records from 1915 to the present, as well as marriage records from 1950 to the present can be obtained from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control .
• The Cherokee County Health Department has birth and death records starting in 1915.
• The Cherokee County Probate Judge has marriage records starting in 1911 and probate records starting in 1897.
• The Cherokee County Clerk Court has divorce records, court records starting in 1897, and land records starting in 1897.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.