French Family Association

The Official Website of the Surname French

1790 Census Records
Surname French
South Carolina

This webpage was updated by Mara French on 1/8/12. Numbers in brackets [ ] show sources and refer to the bibliography at the end of this chart. An asterisk (*) shows continuation of that line. Send any corrections or additions to this chart to marafrench@mindspring.com. Revisions: 2011.

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The following chart shows that at least 5 unrelated French families who lived in South Carolina in 1790.

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Name

Home in 1790
(City, County, State)

Number of Slaves

Total Number of All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves

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Joseph French, court records show him in York in 1797.

York, South Carolina, Had deed in Greenville, SC in 1795; FFA Chart #110.

 

5

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Jno Frease [Ann French] wife?

Beaufort, South Carolina, FFA Chart unknown

 

3

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James French

Orangeburg, South Carolina, FFA Chart unknown

 

9

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Lewley French, b. 1750

Orangeburg, South Carolina, FFA Chart unknown

 

7

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Michel French, b. ca. 1756

Spartanburg, South Carolina, FFA Chart #87

 

6

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Samuel French

Greenville, South Carolina, Had deed in Greenville, SC in 1793. FFA Chart #146.

2

15

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Simon French, brother of Lafford below

Pendleton, South Carolina, FFA Chart #188.

 

3

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William French, brother of Lafford below

Pendleton, South Carolina, FFA Chart #188.

 

9

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Lophard French (or Lafford/Lefford) French

Spartanburg, South Carolina, FFA Chart #188*

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

*Note that the under 16 male and the over 16 male entries are reversed. LaffordÕs children shown in the 1790 census are: Mary abt 10, William abt 7, Joseph abt 5, and James abt 2. Lafford lived on the north branch of the Pacolet River in Spartanburg, SC, at this time. Lafford French is part of FFA Chart #188. The phonetic ph represents the ÒfÓ sound in Lophard and Lafford. Joseph French, the brother of Lafford, does not appear in the 1790 census [1].

 

[1] Jeanette French, jfrench1@earthlink.net (good in 2011).