South Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary

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(This page's most recent update is
June 2024)
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South Carolina is one of the states that has a central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers, and many of South Carolina’s free newspapers are available on the Library of Congress site. There are more free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

There are over 1,300 newspapers that have been published in the Palmetto State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. So go for it – find your South Carolina ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also, I suspect that some of these links may change over time – so if there is a dead link – please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Recently added links are in BOLD)

South Carolina Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – South Carolina Newspapers

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

• The Abbeville Banner (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869
• The Abbeville Bulletin (Abbeville, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Abbeville Messenger (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887
• Abbeville Press (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869
• The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924
• The Afro-American Citizen (Charleston, S.C.) 1899-1902
• The Anderson Daily Intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915
• The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917
• The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914
• The Bamberg Herald (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972
• The Banner (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847
• Baptist Courier (Greenville, S.C.) 1877-2013
• The Batesburg Advocate (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911
• Beaufort Republican (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873
• The Beaufort Republican and Sea Island Chronicle (Beaufort, S.C.) 1869-1871
• The Beaufort Tribune and Port Royal Commercial (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879
• Camden Commercial Courier (Camden, S.C.) 1837-1838
• The Camden Confederate (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865
• The Camden Daily Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864
• The Camden Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891
• The Camden Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851
• Camden Journal (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852
• The Camden Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864
• The Camden Weekly Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866
• The Camden Weekly Journal (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861
• The Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1898-1913
• The Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896
• The Charleston Advocate (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868
• The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873
• Cheraw Chronicle (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005
• Cheraw Gazette (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838
• Cheraw Gazette (Cheraw, S.C.) 1847-1861
• Cheraw Gazette and Pee Dee Farmer (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839
• The Chesterfield Advertiser (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978
• The Columbia Daily Phoenix (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865
• Columbia Phoenix (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865
• Columbia Phoenix (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The County Record (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975
• The Crescent (Beaufort, S.C.) 1879-1881
• The Daily Herald Bulletin ([Newberry, S.C.]) 1879-1879
• The Daily News (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Daily Phoenix (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878
• The Dillon Herald (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????
• The Dispatch-News (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001
• The Easley Messenger (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891
• Edgefield Advertiser (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-Current
• The Fairfield Courier (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Fairfield Herald (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876
• The Fairfield News and Herald (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900
• Farmers’ Gazette (Cheraw, South-Carolina) 1843-1847
• Farmers’ Gazette, and Cheraw Advertiser (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843
• The Fort Mill News (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1890-1892
• Fort Mill Times (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-Current
• The Free Citizen (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876
• The Free Press (Charleston, S.C.) 1868-186?
• The Free South (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864
• The Georgetown Planet (Georgetown, S.C.) 1873-1875
• The Greenville Enterprise (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873
• The Herald and News (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937
• The Independent Press (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860
• The Intelligencer (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917
• Journal and Confederate (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Journal and the Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1913-1920
• Keowee Courier (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-Current
• Lancaster Enterprise (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905
• The Lancaster Ledger (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905
• The Lancaster News (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-Current
• The Laurens Advertiser (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973
• The Lexington Dispatch (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917
• Lexington Dispatch-News (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919
• The Manning Times (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-Current
• The Marlboro Democrat (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1911-1911
• The Marlboro Democrat (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908
• Missionary Record (Charleston, S.C.) 1868-1879
• The New South (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867
• The Newberry Herald (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884
• The Newberry Herald and News (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903
• The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry Court House [S.C.]) 1865-1865
• The News and Herald (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982
• The News and Herald (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881
• The News and Herald (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900
• The Orangeburg Democrat (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881
• The Orangeburg News (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875
• Orangeburg News and Times (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877
• Orangeburg Times (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875
• Orangeburg Times (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881
• The Pageland Journal (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978
• The Palmetto Herald (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864
• The People’s Journal (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903
• The People’s Recorder (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925
• The Pickens Sentinel (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016
• The Pickens Sentinel (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903
• The Pickens Sentinel-Journal (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911
• The Pickens Sentinel-Journal (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906
• Port Royal Commercial and Beaufort County Republican (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874
• Port Royal Standard and Commercial (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876
• The Rock Hill Messenger (Rock Hill, S.C.) 1896-1921
• Semi-Weekly Camden Journal (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852
• The Sentinel-Journal (Pickens, S.C.) 1906-1909
• South Carolina Leader (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-18??
• Southern Christian Advocate (Charleston, S.C.) 1837-1948
• The Southern Enterprise (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870
• The Southern Indicator (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925
• The Southern News (Asheville, N.C.) 1936-19??
• The Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-1852
• The Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1896-1898
• Spartanburg Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1900-1906
• Straight-Out Democrat (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879
• The Sumter Banner (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855
• The Sumter Watchman (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881
• The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-Current
• The Tri-Weekly Herald (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Tri-Weekly Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Tri-Weekly Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Tri-Weekly News (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876
• Tri-Weekly Phoenix ([Columbia, S.C.]) 1865-1875
• The Tribune (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876
• The Union Daily Times (Union, S.C.) 1918-Current
• The Union Times (Union, S.C.) 1917-1918
• The Union Times (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918
• The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930
• The Weekly Herald (Newberry Court House [S.C.]) 1865-1865
• The Weekly Journal (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865
• The Weekly Union Times (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894
• The Working Christian (Yorkville, S.C.) 1869-1877
• Yorkville Enquirer (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006

Google News Archive​

• Charleston – The Times
• Charleston – The Charleston Mercury
• Columbia – The Columbia Star
• Columbia – The Columbia Register
• Columbia – The Columbia Daily Register
• Columbia – The Columbian Herald
• Conway – The Horry Independent
• Georgetown – The Georgetown Gazette
• Loris – The Loris Scene
• Loris – The Loris Sentinel
• Loris – The Horry County News and The Loris Sentinel
• Newberry – The Observer
• Newberry – The Newberry Observer
• Spartanburg – Herald-Journal
• Spartanburg – The Spartanburg Herald
• Spartanburg – Spartanburg Weekly Herald
• Sumter – The Sumter Daily Item
• Sumter – The Item
• Winnsboro – The Herald Independent
• Winnsboro – The Fairfield Independent

Historic Newspapers of South Carolina

• Abbeville C.H., S.C., 1853-1860 – The independent press.
• Abbeville, S.C., 1844-1847 – The banner.
• Abbeville, S.C., 1847-1869 – The Abbeville banner.
• Abbeville, S.C., 1860-1869 – Abbeville press.
• Abbeville, S.C., 1865-1865 – The Abbeville bulletin.
• Abbeville, S.C., 1869-1924 – The Abbeville press and banner.
• Abbeville, S.C., 1884-1887 – The Abbeville messenger.
• Aiken, S.C., 1877-1880 – Aiken courier-journal.
• Aiken, S.C., 1881-1910 – The Aiken recorder. [volume]
• Anderson Court House, S.C., 1860-1914 – The Anderson intelligencer.
• Anderson, S.C., 1914-1915 – The Anderson daily intelligencer.
• Anderson, S.C., 1914-1917 – The Anderson intelligencer.
• Anderson, S.C., 1915-1917 – The intelligencer.
• Bamberg, S.C., 1891-1972 – The Bamberg herald.
• Barnwell C.H., S.C., 185?-1925 – Barnwell sentinel.
• Barnwell C.H., S.C., 1877-1884 – The people.
• Barnwell, S.C., 1884-1925 – The Barnwell people.
• Barnwell, S.C., 1925-current –  The Barnwell people-sentinel.
• Batesburg, S.C., 1901-1911 – The Batesburg advocate. [volume]
• Beaufort, S.C., 1863-1864 – The free South.
• Beaufort, S.C., 1869-1871 – The Beaufort Republican and Sea Island chronicle. [volume]
• Beaufort, S.C., 1871-1873 – Beaufort Republican. [volume]
• Beaufort, S.C., 1874-1876 – Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume]
• Beaufort, S.C., 1874-1876 – The tribune.
• Beaufort, S.C., 1877-1879 – The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume]
• Beaufort, S.C., 1879-1881 – The crescent. [volume]
• Bennettsville, S.C., 1882-1908 – The Marlboro democrat.
• Bennettsville, S.C., 1911-1911 – The Marlboro democrat.
• Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C., 1873-1887 – The Kershaw gazette.
• Camden, S.C., 1816-1818 – Camden gazette.
• Camden, S.C., 1818-1822 – Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser.
• Camden, S.C., 1836-1851 – The Camden journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1837-1838 – Camden commercial courier.
• Camden, S.C., 1861-1865 – The Camden confederate.
• Camden, S.C., 1864-1864 – The Camden daily journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1864-1864 – The Camden journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1865-1865 – Journal and confederate. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1865-1865 – The tri-weekly journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1865-1865 – The tri-weekly journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1865-1865 – The weekly journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1865-1866 – The Camden weekly journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1866-1891 – The Camden journal. [volume]
• Camden, S.C., 1884-1942 – The Wateree messenger.
• Camden, S.C., 1888-1981 – The Camden chronicle.
• Camden, S.C., 1904-1911 – The people.
• Camden, South-Carolina, 1851-1852 – Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume]
• Camden, South-Carolina, 1852-1852 – Camden journal. [volume]
• Camden, South-Carolina, 1853-1861 – The Camden weekly journal. [volume]
• Charleston, S.C., 1865-18?? – South Carolina leader.
• Charleston, S.C., 1865-1873 – The Charleston daily news.
• Charleston, S.C., 1867-1868 – The Charleston advocate.
• Charleston, S.C., 1868-186? – The free press.
• Charleston, S.C., 1868-1879 – Missionary record.
• Charleston, S.C., 1899-1902 – The Afro-American citizen.
• Charleston, S.C., 1941-1954 – Lighthouse and informer.
• Cheraw S.C., 1838-1839 – Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume]
• Cheraw, S.C., 1835-1838 – Cheraw gazette. [volume]
• Cheraw, S.C., 1839-1843 – Farmers’ gazette, and Cheraw advertiser.
• Cheraw, S.C., 1847-1861 – Cheraw gazette.
• Cheraw, S.C., 1856-1859 – The Pee Dee herald.
• Cheraw, S.C., 1896-2005 – Cheraw chronicle
• Cheraw, South-Carolina, 1843-1847 – Farmers’ gazette. [volume]
• Chesterfield C.H., S.C., 1884-1978 – The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume]
• Clinton, S.C., 1901-current – The Clinton chronicle.
• Clinton, South Carolina, 1952-1952 – The Clinton-Lydia news. [volume]
• Clinton, South Carolina, 1952-1984 – The clothmaker. [volume]
• Clinton, South Carolina, 1984-198? – Clinton Mills clothmaker. [volume]
• Columbia, S.C., 1815-1818 – The telescope.
• Columbia, S.C., 1819-1821 – Columbia telescope.
• Columbia, S.C., 1828-1839 – Columbia telescope.
• Columbia, S.C., 1865-1865 – Columbia phoenix.
• Columbia, S.C., 1865-1865 – Columbia phoenix.
• Columbia, S.C., 1865-1865 – The Columbia daily phoenix.
• Columbia, S.C., 1869-1904 – The Lutheran visitor.
• Columbia, S.C., 1865-1875 – Tri-weekly phoenix.
• Columbia, S.C., 1865-1878 – The daily phoenix.
• Columbia, S.C., 1878-1879 – Straight-out democrat.
• Columbia, S.C., 1893-1925 – The people’s recorder.
• Columbia, S.C., 1903-1925 – The Southern indicator.
• Columbia, S.C., 1908-2006 – The gamecock.
• Columbia, S.C., 1925-196? – The palmetto leader.
• Conway, S.C., 1886-1923 – The Horry herald.
• Conway, S.C., 1903-1958 – The field.
• Conwayboro’, S.C., 1861-1863 – The Horry dispatch.
• Conwayboro, S.C., 1869-1877 – Horry news.
• Conwayboro, S.C., 1878-1883 – The telephone.
• Darlington, S.C., 1859-1883 – The Darlington Southerner.
• Darlington, S.C., 1865-1866 – The new era.
• Dillon, S.C., 1894-???? – The Dillon herald.
• Darlington, S.C., 1868-1871 –  The Darlington democrat.
• Darlington, S.C., 1875-1909 –  The Darlington news.
• Darlington, S.C., 1890-1895 –  The Darlington herald.
• Easley, S.C., 1883-1891 – The Easley messenger.
• Edgefield, S.C., 1836-current – Edgefield advertiser.
• Florence, S.C., 1894-1925 – The Florence daily times. [volume]
• Florence, S.C., 1896-1919 – The times-messenger.
• Florence, S.C., 1903-1904 – The evening herald.
• Florence, S.C., 1922-1923 – The weekly news review.
• Fort Mill, S.C., 1890-1892 – The Fort Mill news. [volume]
• Fort Mill, S.C., 1892-current – Fort Mill times.
• Gaffney City, S.C., 1894-1896 – The weekly ledger.
• Gaffney City, S.C., 1896-1907 – The ledger. [volume]
• Gaffney, S.C., 1907-current – The Gaffney ledger.
• Georgetown, S.C., 1873-1875 – The Georgetown planet.
• Greenville, S.C., 1854-1870 – The southern enterprise. [volume]
• Greenville, S.C., 1870-1873 – The Greenville enterprise.
• Kingstree, S.C., 1885-1975 – The county record. [volume]
• Lancaster, S.C., 1852-1905 – The Lancaster ledger.
• Lancaster, S.C., 1891-1905 – Lancaster enterprise. [volume]
• Lancaster, S.C., 1905-current – The Lancaster news.
• Laurens, S.C., 1885-1973 – The Laurens advertiser.
• Lexington, S.C., 1917-1919 – Lexington dispatch-news. [volume]
• Lexington, S.C., 1919-2001 – The dispatch-news. [volume]
• Lexington, South Carolina, 1870-1917 – The Lexington dispatch. [volume]
• Manning, Clarendon County, S.C., 1884-current – The Manning times.
• McCormick, S.C., 1886-1887 – The McCormick advance. [volume]
• McCormick, S.C., 1887-1894 – The McCormick news.
• McCormick, S.C., 1902-current – McCormick messenger.
• Newberry Court House [S.C.], 1865-1865 – The Newberry weekly herald.
• Newberry Court House [S.C.], 1865-1865 – The weekly herald.
• Newberry S.C., 1903-1937 – The herald and news.
• Newberry, S.C., 1865-1865 – The tri-weekly herald.
• Newberry, S.C., 1865-1884 – The Newberry herald.
• Newberry, S.C., 1879-1879 – The daily herald bulletin.
• Newberry, S.C., 1884-1903 – The Newberry herald and news.
• Newberry, S.C., 1937-1972 – The sun. [volume]
• Orangeburg Court House [S.C.], 1877-1881 – Orangeburg times.
• Orangeburg, S.C., 1867-1875 – The Orangeburg news.
• Orangeburg, S.C., 1872-1875 – Orangeburg times.
• Orangeburg, S.C., 1874-1876 – The free citizen.
• Orangeburg, S.C., 1875-1877 – Orangeburg news and times.
• Orangeburg, S.C., 1879-1881 – The Orangeburg democrat.
• Orangeburg, S.C., 1881-current – The times and democrat.
• Pageland, S.C., 1911-1978 – The Pageland journal. [volume]
• Pickens Court House, S.C., 1849-current – Keowee courier.
• Pickens, S.C., 1871-1903 – The Pickens sentinel.
• Pickens, S.C., 1891-1903 – The people’s journal.
• Pickens, S.C., 1903-1906 – The Pickens sentinel-journal.
• Pickens, S.C., 1906-1909 – The sentinel-journal.
• Pickens, S.C., 1909-1911 – The Pickens sentinel-journal.
• Pickens, S.C., 1911-2016 – The Pickens sentinel.
• Port Royal, S.C., 1862-1867 – The new South.
• Port Royal, S.C., 1864-1864 – The palmetto herald.
• Port Royal, S.C., 1873-1874 – Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume]
• Rock Hill, S.C., 1896-1921 – The Rock Hill messenger.
• Spartanburg, S.C., 1843-1852 – The Spartan.
• Spartanburg, S.C., 1852-1896 – The Carolina Spartan.
• Spartanburg, S.C., 1896-1898 – The Spartan. [volume]
• Spartanburg, S.C., 1898-1913 – The Carolina Spartan. [volume]
• Spartanburg, S.C., 1900-1906 – Spartanburg journal. [volume]
• Spartanburg, S.C., 1913-1920 – The journal and the Carolina Spartan. [volume]
• Sumter, S.C., 1881-1930 – The watchman and southron.
• Sumterville, S.C., 1846-1855 – The Sumter banner.
• Sumterville, S.C., 1855-1881 – The Sumter watchman.
• Union C.H., South Carolina, 1871-1894 – The weekly Union times. [volume]
• Union, S.C., 1894-1918 – The Union times. [volume]
• Union, S.C., 1917-1918 – The Union times. [volume]
• Union, S.C., 1918-current – The Union daily times. [volume]
• Walterboro, S.C., 1890-current – The press and standard. [volume]
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1849-1876 – The Fairfield herald.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1865-1865 – The daily news.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1865-1865 – The Fairfield courier.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1865-1876 – The tri-weekly news.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1876-1881 – The news and herald.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1877-1900 – The news and herald.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1881-1900 – The Fairfield news and herald.
• Winnsboro, S.C., 1901-1982 – The news and herald.
• Yorkville, S.C., 1855-2006 – Yorkville enquirer. [volume]

South Carolina Memory Historic Newspapers

• Carolina News and Guide
• Charleston Daily Courier
• Cohen’s Weekly
• Cotton Plant
• Daily Herald
• Daily Piedmont
• Evening Observer
• Evening Piedmont
• Greenville Daily Herald
• Greenville Daily News
• Greenville Democrat
• Greenville Republican
• Greenville Weekly News
• Semi-Weekly Mountaineer
• Semi-Weekly Times
• Southern Crusader
• Southern Herald and Working Man
• Southern Patriot Weekly
• Sunday Times
• Tri-State Odd Fellow
• Tri-Weekly Southern Patriot
• Weekly Democrat
• Weekly Flag

County and Library Collections:

Chester Area Historical Newspapers

• The Chester Bulletin
• The Chester Lantern
• The Chester News
• The Chester Reporter
• The Chester Standard
• The Johnsonian
• The Palmetto Standard
• The Roddey McMillian Record

Colleton County Newspapers (Click on Digital Reel)

• THE CENTENARY
• THE COLLETON AND BEAUFORT SUN
• THE COLLETON DEMOCRAT
• THE COLLETON NEWS
• THE COLLETONIAN
• THE COLLETON PRESS
• THE COLLETON STANDARD
• THE COMMUNITY TIMES-DISPATCH
• THE DISPATCH
• THE GREENVILLE EVENING SUN
• THE NEWS AND COURIER
• THE PRESS AND STANDARD
• THE SOUTHERN STAR
• THE STATE
• THE SUNDAY NEWS
• THE WALTERBORO NEWS

Georgetown County Historical Newspapers Collection (19th century)

• Comet and News
• Georgetown American
• The Georgetown Enquirer
• Georgetown Times
• The Georgetown Semi-Weekly Times
• Georgetown Union
• The Pee Dee Times
• South Carolinan
• True Republican
• The Times and Comet
• The Winyah Intelligencer
• Winyah Observer

Georgetown County Historical Newspapers Collection (20th Century)

• The Georgetown Daily Item
• The Sunday Outlook
• The Carolina Field 
• The Georgetown Times
• The Andrews News
• The Daily Item  

Spartanburg County Public Libraries News Index

• Spartanburg Herald
• Spartanburg Journal

York County Collections

• York County Herald, State, and Charlotte Observer (1930’s–1970’s)
• York County News Index
  • Fort Mill Times (1887–1999)
  • Rock Hill Herald, Evening Herald, and The Herald (1880–2012)
  • Rock Hill Journal (1901–1904)
  • Rock Hill Record (1904–1930)
  • Yorkville Encyclopedia (1825–1826)
  • Yorkville Enquirer (1855–1884, 1918)
  • Yorkville Miscellany (1851–1854)
  • Yorkville Pioneer (1823–1824)
  • Yorkville (1853)

Student Collections:

Allen University – Columbia

• Yellow jacket Times

Anderson University – Anderson

• News

Benedict College – Columbia

• Tiger News

Bob Jones University – Greenville

• Collegian

Charleston Southern University – Charleston

• Campus News

Claflin University – Orangeburg

• The Panther

Clemson University – Clemson

• Tiger
• Chronicle

Coastal Carolina University – Conway

• Chanticleer

Coker University – Hartsville

• News

College of Charleston – Charleston

• Cistern Yard

Columbia College – Columbia

• The Postscript

Columbia International University – Columbia

• News

Converse College – Spartanburg

• Campus News

Erskine College – Due West

• Campus News

Francis Marion University – Florence

• Francis Marion University Patriot

Furman University – Greenville

• The Furman Hornet
• The Furman Paladin

Lander University – Greenwood

• Forum

Limestone College – Gaffney

• LC News

Newberry College – Newberry

• News

North Greenville University – Tigerville

• Vision Media

Presbyterian College – Clinton

• Blue Stocking

Southern Wesleyan University – Central

• SWU News

University of South Carolina – Aiken

• Pacer Times

​University of South Carolina – Columbia

• The Gamecock
• The Daily Gamecock

University of South Carolina Upstate -Spartanburg

• The Carolinian

Voorhees College – Denmark

• News

Winthrop University – Rock Hill

• The Johnsonian
• The Roddey McMillian Record

Wofford College – Spartanburg

• The Old Gold and Black

Miscellaneous Collections:

Newberry County Newspaper Index (transcriptions)

• Edgefield Advertiser, 1846-1848
• Laurensviile Herald 1/26/1855- 12/23/1859
• Laurensviile Herald 1860 – 1872
• Lutheran Visitor, 1866–1888
• The Herald and The Newberry Herald, 1874 – 1877
• The Newberry Herald, 1869 – 1873
• The Observer

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Chessman II
• Chessman, The
• Death ship Times (Fat Albert’s)
• GI’s United Against the war in Vietnam
• Short Times, The
• Support  

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​Cheraw – Dixie Bugle (Company 445)
• Cheraw – Cherokean (Company 445)
• Greenwood – Star Fort Sentinel (Company 3452)
• Greer – Civilian Consevitive [sic] Comment (Company 441)
• Greer – Hiland Hilights (Company 441) 
• Moncks Corner – Pinopolian And C.C.C. Conservator (Company 442)
• Moncks Corner – Pinopolian (Company 442)
• Moncks Corner – Pinopolian (Company 442)
• Mountain Rest – Can Do Trailblazer (Company 439)
• Nichols – Tattle Tale (Company 461)
• Rock Hill – Old Yorker (Company 421)
• Rock Hill – Poinsette Pointers (Company 421)
• Union – Trail Blazer (Company 458)
• York – Georlina Tri-C News (Company 1429)

Charleston Museum Illustrated Newspapers Collection

Southern School News Archive

Small Town Papers

• The Columbia Star Columbia, South Carolina
• Horry Independent Conway, South Carolina
• The Loris Scene Loris , South Carolina
• Loris Sentinel Conway, South Carolina
• The Star Reporter Columbia

​Old Fulton Postcards

• Charlestown SC American General Gazette

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historical newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page. ​​​​

Other Free Sites:
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Charleston

• South Carolina Leader
• South Carolina Leader
• The Catholic Miscellany (click on Archive Tab)
• The Free Press
• The Free Press
• The Sabbath School Companion
• The Charleston Mercury

Charles-town

• The Gazette of the State of South-Carolina
• South Carolina Gazette

Columbia

• The Peoples Recorder

Great Falls

• The Dixie

Greenville

• Greenville Local Newspapers Index

Greer

• Civilian Consevitive

Port Royal

• New South Newspaper

Slater

• Slater News 

Spartanburg

• The Textile Tribune
• The Beaumont

Waterboro

•  Press and Standard 1873-present  (index)

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 28 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – South Carolina Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 272 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – South Carolina

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 116 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archives – South Carolina

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 118 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – South Carolina

And Finally:

You also need to check out the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program site, which can tell you what is happening with regard to digitization projects within the state. 

Please note – even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.