Simpsonville Genealogy Records
Simpsonville genealogy research draws on Greenville County records, as Simpsonville is located in Greenville County in the South Carolina Upstate. Simpsonville was incorporated in 1901 and developed as an agricultural community in southeastern Greenville County. The Simpsonville Heritage Preservation Commission works to document and preserve the community's history. All genealogy records for Simpsonville residents are held at the Greenville County Probate Court and Register of Deeds in Greenville. The Hughes Main Library South Carolina Collection is the primary genealogy resource for Simpsonville and all of Greenville County.
Simpsonville Quick Facts
Simpsonville Heritage and Greenville County Resources for Genealogy
The Simpsonville Heritage Preservation Commission maintains records and documentation related to the history of Simpsonville and the surrounding southeastern Greenville County area. The commission works to identify and preserve the community's historic resources and maintains research files on local families and places. Researchers working on Simpsonville genealogy can contact the commission for guidance on local history resources that supplement the official county records held in Greenville.
The Greenville County Library Simpsonville branch at 626 NE Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681 provides local access to library services and genealogy resources for Simpsonville residents. For more extensive genealogy research, the Hughes Main Library South Carolina Collection at 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, SC 29601 holds the primary county-level collections. Phone: (864) 527-9220. The South Carolina Collection at Hughes Main Library holds local history publications, compiled family histories, census records, and local newspapers on microfilm that document Greenville County families including those from the Simpsonville area. The Greenville County Historical Society publishes materials on county history that cover the communities of southeastern Greenville County where Simpsonville is located.
Researchers tracing Simpsonville families should also be aware that the area near the Laurens County line may involve records from both Greenville and Laurens counties. The Laurens County Probate Court holds records for families in that part of the Upstate who lived across the county line from Simpsonville.
Simpsonville's location in the southeastern corner of Greenville County means genealogy research here draws on both the Greenville County records in the county seat and potentially Laurens County records for families near the county line.
Greenville County Records for Simpsonville Genealogy
The Greenville County Probate Court at 301 University Ridge Suite 1100, Greenville, SC 29601 holds marriage licenses from July 1, 1911 through June 30, 1950 and estate records dating back to 1786. Phone: (864) 467-7170. For Simpsonville marriages from July 1950 onward, contact the South Carolina Department of Public Health at 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Phone: 803-898-3630. The probate court's estate records document the farming and business families of the Simpsonville area from the earliest Greenville County settlement period.
The Greenville County Register of Deeds at 301 University Ridge Suite 1300, Greenville, SC 29601 maintains land records for Simpsonville properties and all of Greenville County. Phone: (864) 467-7243. Property records for Simpsonville addresses document ownership through the county-level system. The SCDAH Online Records Index includes early land plats from Greenville County that cover the Simpsonville area going back to the late eighteenth century settlement of the South Carolina Piedmont.
Simpsonville Vital Records
South Carolina required birth and death registration starting January 1, 1915. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History holds Greenville County birth records for 1915 to 1918 online and death records for 1915 to 1963. The South Carolina Department of Public Health holds vital records from 1915 to present at 2600 Bull Street, Columbia. Phone: 803-898-3630.
The free South Carolina death index for genealogy covers Greenville County deaths from 1915 through 1967. Records for Simpsonville residents are filed under Greenville County. For Simpsonville genealogy before 1915, church records and census data are the primary sources. The Simpsonville area was served by Baptist, Methodist, and other Protestant congregations whose records document vital events from the nineteenth century. Churches in and near Simpsonville have held congregational records since the community's early settlement, and these materials are important for tracing families before South Carolina's statewide vital records system began in 1915.
SCDAH holds microfilm and digital collections covering Greenville County from its 1786 formation, providing the foundational genealogy resources for Simpsonville research extending into the early history of the South Carolina Upstate.
Nearby Cities
Simpsonville is in southeastern Greenville County. Mauldin is a neighboring Greenville County city. All county genealogy records are held at the Greenville County Probate Court and Register of Deeds in Greenville.