SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina was originally combined with North Carolina
until 1729 and until 1732 it also contained what is now Georgia. It became the
Eighth State in the Union in 1788. In 1790 the state was divided into nine Districts and in 1795 and again in 1798,
these were divided into 24 Districts. These Districts became Counties in 1868
when South Carolina was re-admitted to the
Union after the Civil War ended.
More complete information on the various families appearing in the South Carolina Census can be found the South Carolina Section in the Southern Putman Section of this website.
SOUTH CAROLINA
CENSUS REPORTS
1790 - 1900
UPDATED DECEMBER 18, 2007
SOUTH CAROLINA
1790 CENSUS
In the 1790 census, the columns are males over 16, males under 16 and females of all ages.
DANIEL PUTMAN Abbeville District
This is Daniel and his wife Sarah Kendrick from Culpeper County, Virginia. He is a son of Zachariah (II) and Margaret Putman. He was born in Culpeper County in about 1745, and married Sarah there in 1765. With them are six sons and five daughters. He will be here in the Warrior’s Creek region until he dies in December 1821. Listing is 2-5-6. His line is Daniel > Zachariah II > Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas.
BARNET PUTMAN Pendleton District
He is Thomas Putman's son born back in Essex County, Virginia and is listed with his wife Sarah and 2 sons (Thomas and Ezekiel) and 4 daughters. They came down from North Carolina in the early 1770s. He will go with his sons to Kentucky and die there sometime around 1806. The listing is 1-2-5. This line is Barnet > Thomas > Zachariah > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas.
DANIEL PUTMAN Pendleton District
He is Barnet's son. He was born January 1, 1764 in Granville County, North Carolina. He is listed with his wife Prudence Skelton and one son and one daughter. The listing is 1-1-2. Daniel fought in the Revolution here in 1781. He married Prudence January 5, 1786. They will be around till 1802, and then will be off to Kentucky and then in 1811 to Indiana. Daniel will be a Judge in Indiana, and will die there July 19, 1816. He is my ggg grandfather.
THOMAS PUTMAN Pendleton District
This is Barnet and John's father. There are just he and his wife with a listing of 1-0-1. Thomas was a son of Zachariah Putman I, and was born in Essex County, Virginia in about 1720. I think his wife is Elizabeth Barnet, but I have no proof whatsoever except that the Barnets and the Putmans lived together in Virginia and the Carolinas. He moved into North Carolina and bought lands in Granville County in 1754. He and his sons Barnet and John came to the old Craven County in South Carolina in the early 1770s. Elizabeth will die here in this decade, and Thomas will be widowed here in 1800. He is my ggggg grandfather. The line is Thomas > Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam from England.
JAMES PUTMAN Union District
This is James and Joice Putman. James is the eldest son of Zachariah II from Virginia. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1743. He married his wife Joice Prince in Granville County, North Carolina in the later 1760s. He will be here in the Union District until he dies in December of 1811. Joice will be around till 1815. Listing is 3-4-3. Same line as his brother Daniel.
JOHN PUTMAN Union District
This is the Reverend John and Sarah Howard Putman with their family. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Putman. He was born in Virginia June 29, 1751, probably in Orange or Culpeper County. He married Sarah Howard here in the Union District right after serving in the Revolution. Her family was from the Union District, and the reason he moved down from the old Ninety-Six District where his dad and brother were living. He will be here until he dies December 1, 1820. They are listed as 2-3-6. He is Barnet’s brother and has the same lineage.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Union District
William and his wife Mary Mitchell were just married and there are no children. He is a son of James and Joice Putman. He was born in Virginia April 10, 1766. I think his full name is William Abner Putman, as he uses the middle initial of ‘A’ on several deed transactions. He’ll be around till he dies in Laurens County in May of 1816. Mary will be here September 1838. The listing is 1-0-1. Same line as his daddy James. William > James > Zachariah II > Zachariah I > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1800 CENSUS
In the 1800 census males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
DANIEL PUTMAN Abbeville District
This is Daniel and his wife Sarah Kendrick from Culpeper County, Virginia. He is a son of Zachariah (II) and Margaret Putman. He was born in Culpeper County in about 1745, and married Sarah there in 1765. Daniel is listed as over 45 as is Sarah. They have six children still at home. The listing is 01201 12001.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Abbeville District
Daniel Putman and Sarah Kendrick's eldest son is around 30 and his wife Dulcybella Watkins is around 25. They were married around 1793 or so, and they have this listing 10010 20200. It appears that someone's sister is with them.
RUBEN PUTMAN Abbeville District.
Another of Daniel's sons. Ruben is about 25 has recently married his first wife who’s name I don’t know. They have one young son. They will be here through around 1815. She will die, and he will marry a gal named Lucinda around 1820, and they will be around through the early 1830s, and then off to Benton County, Alabama and be there in the 1840s. Lucinda will be widowed there in 1850. Listing is 10100 00100.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens District
He is a son of James and Joice Putman. He was born in Virginia on April 10, 1766. His wife is Mary Mitchell. They have four children. Listing is 30010 10100. The sons are Mitchell, Reuben and Abner. He will die here May 10, 1816.
JOHN PUTMAN Union District
This is the Reverend and his wife Sarah Howard. They still have a bunch of kids at home. Listing is 10101 42210. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Putman. He was born in Virginia June 29, 1751, probably in Orange or Culpeper County. He married Sarah Howard here in the Union District right after serving in the Revolution. Her family was from the Union District, and the reason he moved down from the old Ninety-Six District where his dad and brother were living. He will be here until he dies December 1, 1820.
JAMES PUTMAN Union District
James and Joice are now both well over 45, with some children still at home, one with a family it seems. The listing is 01211 00201. James is the eldest son of Zachariah II from Virginia. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1743. He married his wife Joice Prince in Granville County, North Carolina in the later 1760s. He will be here in the Union District until he dies in December of 1811. Joice will be around till 1815.
JAMES PUTMAN Union District
He is a son of James and Joice. He is married with 4 young children. His wife is, or at least will be, Mary, and I think her last name is Hall, but I am not certain. Listing is 20100 11100. He will shortly head across the line into Georgia with his brother Jesse. He will be there through the 1820s, and then back here for the 1830. He will die in the mid 1830s and his wife Mary will marry Absolem Hyde.
JESSE PUTMAN Union District
Another son of James with another wife whose name I do not know. This is his first wife. When he heads into Georgia he will marry a Sarah in Habersham County before going on to Tennessee. Listing is 00110 00010.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Union District
Another son of James and Joice Putman. This time I know the wife. She is Millie Wilson. They have four children. Listing is 30010 10100. He was born in Virginia around 1769, and married Millie here in 1793. They will be here through the 1820 census, and then be in Bedford County, Tennessee by the 1830. Millie will die there in 1834, and he will die as well before 1840 as best I can figure.
BARNET PUTMAN Pendleton District
He and Sarah are both well over 45 and there are four at home. I have nothing on the daughters, but the son would be Thomas who will be getting married shortly. Listing is 00101 02101.
DANIEL PUTMAN Pendleton District
Dan is Barnet's son and my relative. He and his wife Prudence Skelton are both in the 26-45 age range. At home are Lavinia and Hazael, Reding, William, Elijah, Thomas and then one other male who I have no clues about. 41110 10010. This is my line through their son Reding.
DANIEL PUTMAN Pendleton District
This Daniel is a son of James and Joice Putman. It seems that he and his wife were just married. Both are in the 16-26 age bracket with no children. The listing is 00100 00100. He will be in Union County in 1810, and then in Williamson County, Tennessee in 1818. He is very elusive, and I have very little on him. See his story in the South Carolina Section for some thoughts and more confusion.
THOMAS PUTMAN Pendleton District
Barnet's father from North Carolina . His wife Elizabeth Barnet has died and he is alone. 00001 00000. This will be his last listing. He will die before his family moves on to Kentucky in about 6 years.
EZEKIEL PUTMAN Pendleton District
Barnet's son. He was born here in South Carolina in the 1870s. He and his wife Hannah Brazelton were recently married and have one son, Elias. They will go to Kentucky with his folks, and then when they head up to Indiana in 1816, he and Hannah will move to Hall County, Georgia around 1817 and join his brother Thomas who will go there around 1812. Listing is 10100 00100.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1810 CENSUS
In the 1810 census males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
By the 1810 Census Barnet Putman and his children had moved, most to Warren County, Kentucky but Thomas had gone to Hall County, Georgia. Daniel's family was mostly in Laurens County. John and James and some of their sons were in Union County and two were in Pendleton County. John Putman, son of Benjamin, had moved just over the border from North Carolina into York County.
RUBEN PUTMAN Laurens County
He is a son of Daniel and Sarah Putman from Abbeville. Ruben is shown over 26 and Lucinda under 25 and they now have two children. The listing is 00110 011.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County
Daniel Putman and Sarah Kendrick's eldest son, William, is now shown over 45 and Dulcy Watkins is not listed, though she is alive and is in the 1820 census and as his widow in the 1830 census. Problem is that the top corner of the page is torn off. Anyway the listing is 23001 310, and should be 23001 31001. He lives next to Reuben Putman.
DANIEL PUTMAN Laurens County
He and Sarah are both over 45 now. Listing is 00101 00101. The youngsters are probably Susan and her husband William Henry Cross.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County
William and Mary Mitchell are both in the 26-45 age group. He is James' son. Listing is 11010 21110. He was born in Virginia on April 10, 1766. His wife is Mary Mitchell. He will die here May 10, 1816. Mary and the kids are still here in 1820.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Pendleton County
This William, I believe, is a son of Joseph and Milly. He is 16-25 as is his wife. I believe he was killed during the War of 1812. The listing is 20100 12100.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Pendleton County
He is a son of James and Joice Putman. Joseph and Millie Wilson are under 45 and have 8 of their 10 kids at home. Listing is 13010 22010. They will be here in 1820, then off to Bedford County, Tennessee and be there in 1830.
AMOS PUTMAN Union County
Amos, son of James and Joice Putman, is under 45 as is his wife Maryann Heaton. The listing is 10010 20010. They will be here in 1820, then off to Williamson County, Tennessee and be there in 1830.
DANIEL PUTMAN Union County
Another of James' children. He is indexed as Patman He is 16-25 as is his wife. There is another female between 26 and 45 with them who may be a sister of one. The listing is 11100 21110. He will get a land grant in Williamson County, Tennessee in 1818 and be there in the 1820, and in Bedford County by 1830.
JABEL PUTMAN Union County
James and Joice's son and his wife Nancy are both in the 26 to 44 age bracket. Their family is listed as 30010 20010. He too will get a land grant in Williamson County in 1827 and be there in the 1830.
JAMES PUTMAN Union County
James is over 45 and Joice Prince his wife under 45. Listing is 00001 00010. James is the eldest son of Zachariah II from Virginia. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1743. He married his wife Joice Prince in Granville County, North Carolina in the later 1760s. He will be here in the Union District until he dies in December of 1811. Joice will be around till 1815.
JOHN PUTMAN Union County
The Reverend and Sarah Howard are both over 45. The listing is 00101 12402. I am not certain who the other older woman is. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Putman. He was born in Virginia June 29, 1751, probably in Orange or Culpeper County. He married Sarah Howard here in the Union District right after serving in the Revolution. Her family was from the Union District, and the reason he moved down from the old Ninety-Six District where his dad and brother were living. He will be here until he dies December 1, 1820.
MILLIE PUTMAN Union County
Millie Barnet is the widow of Abel Putman, and is show with her 3 young children. She is in the 16-25 age group. Abel just died in the past year. Listing is 11000 10100. Abel was a son of James Putman and Joice Prince. Millie may have remarried to a Joseph Prince (confirmed in a article on the Prince Family, printed in the Arkansas Historian in 1963), and remained in Union County, as did her son Zadock. Her other son Bazel moved to Bedford County, Tennessee in the 1830s and in 1840 had an older woman with him who may have been Millie. Not sure exactly what happened to her.
JOHN PUTMAN York County
Benjamin and Elizabeth's son has dropped down from Rutherford County in North Carolina a couple of miles into South Carolina where he just got a land grant. His wife is Lucy Covington, and they will soon be off to Alabama. You can find out more about him in the North Carolina Putman Section. Listing is 10100 20200. Again, not certain who the extra older girl is and the two ‘extra’ kids are. I think they belong to his brother Thomas who will be here in 1820. He is also listed back in Rutherford County as 00100 10100.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1820 CENSUS
By 1820 James has died and Joice remarried to Reverend Sparks, John and Sarah are still around and Daniel is a widower. William, James' son, had died in 1816 and his widow, Mary, is still there. John Putman went back to North Carolina and his brother Thomas is now in York County. Many of the next generation had moved to Tennessee by this time.
In the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.
DANIEL PUTMAN Laurens County
He is alone and widowed and shown over 45. His wife Sarah Kendrick died in the past several years, and Daniel will die here December 31, 1821.
REUBEN PUTMAN Laurens County
He is Daniel and Sarah’s son. He is now over 45 and his wife is under 44. Listing is 200001 20230. They will be here in 1830 and then head south and be in Alabama by 1840.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County
He is Daniel Putman and Sarah Kendrick's eldest son. He and Dulcy Watkins are both over 45. The listing is 200101 01101.
MARY PUTMAN Laurens County
William, son of James, had died May 10, 1816 and Mary is now a widow with a bunch of kids. Listing is 500010 01010. The oldest son at home is probably Reuben. Abner had married in 1818 and I do not find him listed separately, but this listing does not give a listing of a wife, so I go with Reuben.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Pendleton County
He is a son of James and Joice Putman. He was born back in Virginia about 1769. He and Millie Wilson his wife and the kids will be leaving shortly for Bedford County Tennessee. This listing shows 010001 22210.
AMOS PUTMAN Union, Union County
He is a son of James and Joice Putman. Amos is over 45 and Maryann Heaton just under. Listing is 210011 22010. They will be off for Williamson County Tennessee in a few years.
SOLOMON PUTMAN Union, Union County
This is John's son. This would be Solomon and his first wife. He will soon be widowed and then will marry Harriet Woodson in 1827. He administered his dad's estate later in 1820. The listing here is 000110 40010. He will go to Tennessee soon.
JOHN PUTMAN Union, Union County
This is the Reverend's last reporting as he will die shortly on December 1st 1820. Sarah Howard, his wife will die in the next decade as well. The family is listed as 000001 00411.
THOMAS PUTMAN York, York County
He is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Putman from Rutherford County North Carolina. He and his wife Hannah Lindsey have begun residence in South Carolina just across the border from Rutherford County from whence he came. Listing is 210110 31010. His brother John Putman was here earlier, but has gone back to North Carolina. Thomas will eventually return there as well.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1830 CENSUS
A big exodus to Tennessee took place in the 1820s. The first generation has all died, though two widows remain. The second generation, that has remained, has begun family life. Putmans are now only in Laurens and Union counties.
In the 1830 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.
ABNER PUTMAN Laurens County
He is a son William and Mary. He married Haney Ashley in 1818. Their listing is listed two different places under Putnam and then Putman. I only know of one Abner so I am not certain what this is all about. At any rate, one listing is 12001 11101, the other is quite confusing and 1100101201 0120100. He was born May 8, 1798, married Haney Amanda Ashley on June 1, 1818. Haney was a daughter of John Ashley and Elizabeth Garrett. She was born June 12, 1801. He died in Laurens County on July 4, 1878. His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8. Haney died earlier on December 1, 1876. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
JAMES PUTMAN Laurens County
Young James Junior and his family have grown. This will be his last listing. He will die in the mid 1830s, as it 1838 his widow Mary Putman signed some deeds on her own. She will marry Absolem Hyde in 1844, and be listed with him in 1850 as will her last son James Hamilton Putman. Listing is 11201 10001.
REUBEN PUTMAN Laurens County
He is a son of Daniel Putman and Sarah Kendrick from here. He is now over 50 as is his wife. Sorry but don’t know her name. She will die and he will have a new younger wife Lucinda by 1840. This family will be off to Benton County, Alabama in a few years. He will die there in 1847. Listing now is 01000001 1000001.
DANIEL PUTMAN Laurens County
He has recently married Lucinda Moore and they have two children. He is in his late 20s as is she. Listing is 10001 10001. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell. Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and died August 1, 1882. He married Lucinda Moore who was born May 26, 1809 and died May 9, 1903.
DULCY PUTMAN Laurens County
She is listed as Dinsey, but she is Dulcybella Watkins the widow of William Putman, son of Daniel and Sarah Putman. She still has two sons, John and William, at home. The listing is 0002 00000001.
MARY PUTMAN Laurens County
Mary Mitchell is the widow of the other William, son of James, and she still has a bunch of young ones. The listing is 2112001 001001. William died here in 1816 and Mary will be around till she dies in 1842.
REUBEN PUTMAN Laurens County
This is the son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell. His wife Mary is also a Putman, a daughter of William and Dulcy Putman from here in Laurens County. The listing is 221001 011001. They will move to Texas in about 1837 and he will die about 1839 in Washington County, Texas. Mary was widowed there in the 1840 and 1850 census and died sometime in the 1860s while in Gonzales County, Texas. More info on Reuben and his family is in the Alabama Section.
BAZEL PUTMAN Union County
Abel and Millie's son is listed as 10001 1001. In the 1850 census of Lauderdale County, Alabama he has a Louisa age 30 with him. She must be the eldest daughter, so I have no idea whom his wife might be.
ZADOCK PUTMAN Union County
The other son of Abel. He is listed 00001 000001. His mother Millie Barnet Putman is living with him. He does not appear to be married yet.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1840 CENSUS
In the 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.
CHARLES PUTNAM Berkley County
This is Benjamin Putnam's son. Benjamin was a New England Putnam from Danvers, Massachusetts. He settled in Savannah, Georgia and married Ann Sophia Malcolm. Charles is a traveling minister and is also listed in the 1840 Georgia Census near where his folks are. His main circuit was around Brunswick Georgia, but he was back where he was born maybe to see friends. He is now in his mid 20s. He’ll spend the rest of his life in Glynn County, Georgia and die there in 1847. He never married. Guess just on the road too much.
MARY PUTMAN Laurens County
William's widow Mary Mitchell is now in her 60s and living all by herself. She has been widowed here since William died back in 1816. Mary will be around a couple more years and then die here.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens County
William and Dulcy's son is in his 20s as is his wife Elizabeth. Their family is shown as 10001 10001. He was born here in 1812 and will be here till he dies in 1884. I don’t know his wife’s last name. Sorry.
ABNER PUTMAN Laurens County
He is in his 40s now and Haney Ashley in her 30s. Family is still growing and is listed as 0022001 222011. He is a son of William Abner Putman and Mary Mitchell. He was born May 8, 1798, married Haney Amanda Ashley on June 1, 1818. Haney was a daughter of John Ashley and Elizabeth Garrett. She was born June 12, 1801. He died in Laurens County on July 4, 1878. His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8. Haney died earlier on December 1, 1876. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
JAMES PUTMAN Laurens County
He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell. He is in his 30s and Elizabeth Hughes in her 20s. The family is shown as 232001 21001. He was born here on February 14, 1803, and married Elizabeth Hughes. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Elizabeth died in 1849 and James died September 21, 1881.
REUBEN PUTMAN Laurens County
He is in his 30s. His wife Elizabeth is also in her 30s. The family is listed 111001 101001. Reuben Hiram is a son of William Putman and Dulcybella Watkins. He was born in 1805. He is listed as Hiram in the 1850 here in Laurens County.
JOHN C. (CALHOUN)
PUTMAN Laurens County
He is a son of William and Dulcy Putman. He is in his 20s and his wife, Nancy, still in her teens and their son Henry was just born. The listing is 10001 0001. They will soon be moving south into Blount County Alabama in 1843. They are there in the 1850 and will be the rest of their lives. His mother Dulcybelle lives either next door or with him and is alone in her 60s. More info on John and his family is in the Alabama Section.
DANIEL PUTMAN Laurens County
He is now in his 30s as is his wife Lucinda Moore. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell. Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and will die August 1, 1882. Their family is shown as 100001 121001.
NIMROD PUTMAN Laurens County
Son of William and Dulcybella. He is in his late 30s as is Sarah Dollar, his wife. The family is growing and is listed 220001 011001. They will be here the rest of their lives.
ZADOC PUTMAN Union County
Abel and Milly's son has just married a widow, Hannah Wicks. He is in his 20s as is she. They have her daughter Jane Wicks 1 and also his sister Jincy living with them. His mother has moved to Tennessee with his brother Bazel and his family. This listing is 00001 10002.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1850 CENSUS
Finally we get exact names and ages and place of birth. It’s much easier to sort them out now.
JOHN PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
John is a son of Abner Putman and Haney Ashley. He is 25 and his wife Nancy Garrett is 20. She is Nancy Ellen Garrett. They were married December 30, 1847.
PERRY PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is James Perry Putman another son of Abner and Haney. He is 23 and his wife Mary Frances Parks is the same age. They have a daughter Martha 1. They live right next to his brother Simeon Putman and his family.
DANIEL PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is now 47 and Lucinda Moore his wife is 45. At home are Calister 20, Manerva 16, Dorothy 14, Robert 12, Malinda 10, Zadock 8, Permilia 2. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell from here. Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and died August 1, 1882. He married Lucinda Moore who was born May 26, 1809 and died May 9, 1903. Both are buried at the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
ABNER PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
William and Mary's son Abner is now 52 and Haney Ashley is 49. Children still at home were Malissa (listed as Leviny) 17, Calister 15, Haney 13, Lucinda 10, Isabella 8 and Manina 6. He was born May 8, 1798, married Haney Amanda Ashley on June 1, 1818. Haney was a daughter of John Ashley and Elizabeth Garrett. She was born June 12, 1801. He died in Laurens County on July 4, 1878. His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8. Haney died earlier on December 1, 1876. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
JAMES PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
Abner's brother is 46 and it appears that his wife Elizabeth has died. With him are James R. (listed as A.J.) 25, Mary 18, George 16, Charles 16, John 13, Martha 11, Sarah 9, Thomas 7, Bluford 5, Alexander 3 and Cornelius 2.
SIMEON PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
Abner Putman and Haney Amanda Ashley's son is 30 and his wife Catherine Owings is 26. Kids are John Abner 5, Sarah Elizabeth 3 and Nancy M. 2. Simeon was born December 12, 1820 and married Catherine Owings on January 4, 1844. He will die on May 20, 1854. Catherine was born June 1, 1825 and she die January 22, 1901. Catherine was a daughter of John Owings and Nancy Dorrah. They live a few farms away from Daniel and Lucinda Putman.
TURNER R. (RICHARD)
PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is Turner Richard Putman, the eldest son of Daniel and Lucinda. He is 24, and his wife Mary is 23. Children are Robert (Columbus Robert?) 5, Elizabeth 3 and Caroline 1.
REUBEN HIRAM
PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
The listing is shown as Hiram but it is Reuben Hiram a son of William and Dulcybella Putman. He is 45 and his wife Elizabeth is 40. Children are Caroline 18, Purchase 10, John 5 and Jesse 1.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is William W. Putman, son of William and Dulcy. He is 38 and his wife Elizabeth is 36. Children are David B. 14 (actually a daughter Dulcy Belle as shown in 1860 and later), Henry 11, Zaney 9, Albert 7, Sarah 5 and Peden 2.
NIMROD PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
Another of Bill and Dulcy's kids. He is 50, his wife Sarah Dollar is 47. Children at home are Arrinda 21 (she will marry next year), Hillin 18, Sanford 16, Wilsey 14, Leander 11, Amanda 8, Millam 6, Purchase 2, Julia 1.
HAMILTON PUTMAN Western District, Pickens County
His full name is James Hamilton Putman, and is listed as 18 SC. He lives with his mother Mary Hale Putman 40 SC and his stepfather Absolem M. Hyde 42 SC. He is a son of James Putman and Mary Hale and was born back in Laurens County. James junior was a son of James and Joice Putman of Union and then Laurens County. His dad died in the mid to late 1830s, and his mom married Absolem here in 1844. He will be married here in 1860.
MAHALLY ANN PUTMAN Union County
She is 19 SC and lives with James and Sally Ellis. Not sure how she fits into the family.
ZADOCK PUTMAN Union County
Abel's son is 43 and his wife Hannah 35. Living with them is Jane Wicks 11. Jane is a daughter of Hannah and her first husband.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1860 CENSUS
MARY E. PUTNAM Abbeville County
She is 25 MA and a schoolteacher. She looks to be the daughter of William Putnam (number 2014) and Augusta Friend from Beverly Massachusetts. She was home there in 1850.
JAMES PUTMAN Cool Water, Laurens County
William Putman and Mary Mitchell's son is 50 and a widower as his wife Elizabeth Hughes died in 1849. With him are Martha 21, Thomas 19, Bluford 17, Alexander 14 and William Abner 5. He must have had another wife or something as William Abner was born some 6 years after Elizabeth died. He was born on February 14, 1803, married Elizabeth Hughes. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Elizabeth died in 1849 and James will die here September 21, 1881.
J. R. (JAMES
RICHARD) PUTMAN Monroe, Laurens County
This is James and Elizabeth's son. He is 34 and his wife, initial O, is 26. Children are Robert Thomas 14 and a daughter, initial P, 9. I don’t find him again. I assume he was a Civil War casualty.
ABNER PUTMAN Pleasant Mound, Laurens County
Abner is 60, Haney Amanda Ashley 58. Lucinda 20 and Manina 18 are still living at home. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell, and was born May 8, 1798, married Haney Amanda Ashley on June 1, 1818. Haney was a daughter of John Ashley and Elizabeth Garrett. She was born June 12, 1801. He will die in Laurens County on July 4, 1878. His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8. Haney died earlier on December 1, 1876. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
CATHERINE
PUTMAN Pleasant Mound, Laurens County
Catherine Owings is the widow of Simeon who died May 20, 1854. She is 34 and the children are John A. 14, Sarah E. 12, Nancy M. 10, Isabella 9 and William B. 7. Now this William B. may be the same as the William A. living with uncle James. Don't know.
DANIEL PUTMAN Pleasant Mound, Laurens County
Dan is 52 as is his wife Lucinda Moore. At home still are Minerva 24, Robert 21, Sarah 18, Zadock 15, Pernicia 10 and Pamela 7. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell from here. Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and died August 1, 1882. He married Lucinda Moore who was born May 26, 1809 and died May 9, 1903. Both are buried at the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
J. P. (JAMES PERRY)
PUTMAN Pleasant Mound, Laurens County
This is James Perry Putman, son of Abner and Haney Amanda Putman. He is 30 as is his wife, Mary Frances Parks. Children are Martha 10, Elizabeth 9, Arena Medora 7, Manetta (Mary Henrietta) 5, Nancy 4 and Abner (William Abner) 1. He was born January 20, 1827 and killed in the Civil War after fighting at Greensboro and Aversborough, Guilford County, North Carolina in March 1865. He actually died in the CSA Hospital in Greensboro on April 9, 1865. He married Mary Frances Parks on December 21, 1848. Mary was a daughter of Samuel Parks and Elizabeth Moon Green. Mary was born January 21, 1827 and died April 11, 1912.
JOHN PUTMAN Pleasant Mound, Laurens County
Abner and Haney Amanda Putman's son is 37, Nancy Garrett is 28, John E. 10, Jeremiah 8, Sarah Ann 6, Samuel S. 4 and S. P. (Stephen Perry) 2. He was born in 1825. He married Nancy Ellen Garrett on December 30, 1847. He served in the Confederate Army and was seriously wounded in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina on March 11, 1865. He was placed in the Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 2, 1865, and he died there April 14, 1865 five days after the War ended. Poor timing. Nancy was born September 26, 1831 and will die September 21, 1903
WILLIAM PUTMAN Pleasant Mound, Laurens County
He is now 45. Elizabeth 43 and children are Drucilla B. 22, Zaney 18, Sally 14, Peden 12, I. Jane 5 and Irby Dunklin 1. He is a son of William Putman and Dulcy Watkins and was born here in 1812 and will be here till he dies in 1884.
JAMES PUTMAN Scuffle Town, Laurens County
William's son is now 50 and still seemingly widowed. With him are Martha Ann 22, Thomas 19, Bluford 16, Alexander 14, Cornelius 12 and William A. 7. Now if his wife died 12 years ago then young Bill could not be his. He might be the William listed with his mother Catherine Owings who is Simeon’s widow.
NIMROD PUTMAN Youngs, Laurens County
He is now 59. Sarah Dollar his wife has died in 1857, and his new wife is Rachel Haulk 43. Children are Leander 21, Amanda E. 18, Hillen 15, Purchase 13 and Julia 11. He is a son of William Putman and Dulcybella Watkins. He will be here till he dies July 28, 1876.
J. H. (JAMES
HAMILTON) PUTNAM Maxwells Mills,
Pickens County
He is 25 SC (listed 18 SC in 1850) and his wife Susan Hancock is 29 SC. Children are Martha 9, Mary 7, James E. 5 and Florence 2. All the kids are born in SC. He is listed here as J. H. In 1880 he is listed as J. Hamilton Putman in Oconee County, SC. Now in 1868 his part of Pickens County became Oconee County. He didn’t move. Where he lives is near Anderson County and next to Habersham County, Georgia. Back in 1810 Jesse Putman left South Carolina and went to Franklin County, Georgia, and then to Habersham County, Georgia, and then on to Tennessee. He was accompanied to Franklin County by a James Putman. I believe this was James Junior, and both were sons of James and Joice Putman from Union County. A family record has James Hamilton as a son of James Putman and Mary Hale. I figure this is his line.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1870 CENSUS
South Carolina sent a great number of men into the fighting in the Civil War and a great number of these men were killed in that tragedy. In this census we will be finding a number of widows.
ALEXANDER P.
PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
A son of James Putman and Elizabeth Hughes. He is 26, his wife Elvira Brown is 28 and they have Perry J. 3 and Robert D. 1. They will be here through the 1910 census.
CORNELIUS
PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
Another of James' kids. His wife is Margaret Peden. He is 23. She is a widow age 28 with her three Thompson children, Alice 14, James 3 and Margaret 1. He lives next door to his father James Putman. He was born July 14, 1847 and married a widow, Margaret (Peden) Thompson in 1865. Margaret was born February 15, 1843. In 1910 both are in Greenville County, but in 1920 only Margaret, age 76, is still around with her daughter Maggie still with her in Anderson County. Same in 1930 at age 87 in Greenville.
DANIEL PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is now 64 and Lucinda Moore his wife 63. At home are Manerva 35, Parolee 20 and Permilia 16. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell from here. Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and died August 1, 1882. He married Lucinda Moore who was born May 26, 1809 and died May 9, 1903. Both are buried at the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
JAMES PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is still widowed at age 65 and is living next to his son Cornelius and also Julia Putman. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell from here. He was born on February 14, 1803, married Elizabeth Hughes. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Elizabeth died in 1849 and James will die here September 21, 1881.
JULIA PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
Julia Curry is the widow of Thomas Putman, age 30 with a son William 11. Vincy Curry, her mother 64, is with them helping out. Thomas was a son of James Putman and Elizabeth Hughes and he died in the Civil War.
NIMROD PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 69. Rachel Haulk his second wife is 51, Leander 30, Amanda 23 and Julia 21. He is a son of William Putman and Dulcybella Watkins. He will be here till he dies July 28, 1876.
MARY PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
She is the widow of James Perry Putman. She is Mary Frances Parks 37 with Elizabeth 17, Medora 16, Henrietta 14, Nancy 12 and William Abner 10. There is also an Emily Putman 37 and a Black woman living here as a ‘farm laborer.’ James was a son of Abner Putman. He was born January 20, 1827 and killed in the Civil War after fighting at Greensboro and Aversborough, Guilford County, North Carolina in March 1865. He actually died in the CSA Hospital in Greensboro on April 9, 1865. He married Mary Frances Parks on December 21, 1848. Mary was a daughter of Samuel Parks and Elizabeth Moon Green. Mary was born January 21, 1827 and will die April 11, 1912.
WILSON PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 45 and a Black man.
ABNER PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is now 75 and Haney Ashley 68, everyone else is now gone. He will die in Laurens County on July 4, 1878. His will was probated in July 1878 and is found in Box 186, Package 8. Haney will die earlier on December 1, 1876. Both are buried in the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
ALLEN PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is 21 and a Black Man.
REBECCA PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
She is a 40 year old Mulatto.
ROBERT PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is a son of Turner Richard and Mary Putman. He is 24, his wife Sarah Emma Willis is 23 and they have George E. 3, Sally D. 1. His dad was killed in the Civil War and I don’t know where his mother Mary is. They are here in 1880, and Sarah is widowed by 1900. Sarah will be here till she dies December 1, 1923.
ZEDOCK PUTMAN Laurens, Laurens County
He is a son of Daniel Putman and Lucinda Moore. . He is 25, Clarinda Woods is 23 and they have two daughters, Duphaler 3 and Tallulah 1. He was born in 1842 and will die here in 1898. Clarinda will be here into the 1920s.
NANCY E.
PUTMAN Youngs, Laurens County
She is Nancy Ellen Garrett, widow of Abner's son John Putman. She is 38, Jeremiah 18, J. Ellen 16, Samuel 14, Stephen 12, McDogan 9 and Haney 5. John was seriously wounded in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina in the War on March 11, 1865. He was placed in the Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 2, 1865, and he died there April 14, 1865 five days after the War ended. Nancy was born September 26, 1831 and will be here till she dies September 21, 1903
WILLIAM W.
PUTMAN Youngs, Laurens County
He is a son of William and Dulcy Putman. He is 55, Elizabeth 52, Drucilla 26, Zanie 24, Sarah 22, Peden 21, Jane 16 and Irby Dunklin 11. I don’t know Elizabeth’s last name. William will be here until he dies in 1884
BEAUFORT
PUTMAN Laurens County
Another of James and Elizabeth's sons. He is Bluford and his wife is Mary H. Brown. He is 27, she 23 and they have William L. 3 and Amanda S. 2 months. They were married here June 28, 1866.
CATHERINE
PUTMAN Laurens County
Catherine Owings is the widow of Simeon Putman. She is 45 and has Sarah E. 24, Nancy 24, Isabelle 20 and William B. 17.
HAMILTON
PUTMAN Wagoner Township, Oconee County
This is James Hamilton Putman who was in Pickens County in 1860, but don’t forget this part of the county is now in the newly formed (1868) Oconee County. He is now 45, Susan Hancock 42, Martha 18, Mary 15, James Erwin 13, Florence 11, Harriett 5 and William Ebenezer 3. All were born in SC.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1880 CENSUS
ISAAC PUTMAN Honea Path, Anderson County
He is 22 SC and his wife Lilly is 17 SC. This is a Black family.
SANK PUTMAN Honea Path, Anderson County
He is 22 SC and his wife Frances is 26 SC. This is a Black family.
SILAS PUTMAN Honea Path, Anderson County
He is a 30 year old Black man.
H. (HENRY) S.
PUTNAM Butler, Greenville County
He is 52 NY NY NY,
a cotton manufacturer, and is boarding. He lists himself as single. He was
married to Mahala Downs in 1870 in Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont in 1870.
Don’t know where his family is now. Maybe Mahala died, and the two daughters
would be married by now. He and his brother George were born in Delphi,
Delaware County, New York.
GEORGE PUTNAM Greenville, Greenville County
He is a cotton
manufacturer 51 NY MA MA, Mary Jane Shepardson his wife is 50 MA MA MA, Flora
L. 23 MA, Daisy J. 13 VT. Also here is his widowed daughter Mary J. Gridley 29
MA. He and the above Henry are brothers, and sons of Thomas and Harriett Putnam
from Connecticut and then New York. This is the ‘other’ New England family from
Yorkshire, England. George has been in Boston for the past two decades with his
father, a cotton manufacturer. They lost most of their property and money in
the Boston Fire of 1871. George moved down here and bought Camperdown Mills in
Greenville in the early 1870s and sold it in 1879. He now owns Batesville Mill
here in Greenville. He will die here February 17, 1890 and his daughter Mary
will take over and run the business until 1912 when she sold it. Mary Jane and
her daughter Mary Gridley are here in 1900 and 1910, and Mary through 1930.
Then for what it’s worth George was born in Delphi, New York on October 28,
1828 and died here February 17, 1890. Mary Jane was born in Attleboro
Massachusetts December 25, 1829 as a Christmas present I guess. She died here
in Greenville January 3, 1918. Mary had married Isaac A. Gridley who died here
August 23, 1878. Flora will marry Charles Frank Dill and will die here May 22,
1920. Their daughter Emma has married John W. Baker since 1870. She was born in
Mass. November 29, 1853 and will be here till she dies July 12, 1934. Daisy was
born in Middlebury Vermont April 10, 1867 and will die here April 18, 1905. She
married Dr. Thomas W. Bailey.
JOSEPH PUTMAN Highland, Greenville County
He is 63 SC VA SC
and widowed. His son Andrew 27 SC and his sister Sallie Howard 67 SC are with
him. His age perfectly fits Jahu’s son, but he should be in Tennessee now, and
I don’t have him as having a sister Sarah. But that Joseph just lost his wife Lucinda
Hearn a few years ago, and will be in Tennessee to marry Kate Tilford there in
1883. He is NOT listed in Tennessee in 1880, so this just has to be him.
STEVEN PUTMAN Glassy Mountain, Greenville County
He is 37 SC SC SC,
Margaret 25 SC, M.A.E. 9, Sarah E. 6, L. Emma 4, C. M. W. (a son) 3 and P. E.
(daughter) 1 SC. He is really a Pitman. There are dozens of Pitmans here in
town.
ALEXANDER
PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 36, Elvira Brown is 38. Children are Perry 13, Robert 11, Orland 5 and Malley, a daughter, 2 SC. He is a son of James Putman and Elizabeth Hughes. He was born here and they are here in 1900 and 1910.
ALLEN PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 27 SC and his wife Anna is 18 SC. They are Blacks and work on the Mills farm.
BILLY PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 22 SC SC SC, Sarah Knight 22 SC, William C. 6 SC and Lola 1 SC. He is William Dogan Putman, the son of John Putman and Nancy Ellen Garrett from here. He is a farm laborer and lives one farm away from his aunt Mary Putman.
BLUFORD PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
James and Elizabeth’s son is 39, Mary Brown his wife 32, William 12, Amanda 10, Elizabeth 6, Florence 4, Mittie 2. They have a son Bluford Hugh who is 3 now. Probably here but lost in the ‘paper shuffle.’ They are here in 1900.
CORNELIUS
PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
Another of James and Elizabeth's children. He is 34, Margaret Peden 37, James 13, Sarah 11, John 8, Thomas 6, Mary 3 and William 4 months old.
DINAH PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
She is a single Black woman 20 SC and has two children.
DUNKING (IRBY DUNKLIN) PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 20 SC SC SC, and is boarding with James Shell. He is a son of William Putman and is also listed at home with his folks here in Dials.
ENOCH PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is a widowed Black man 45 SC and a farm laborer on the farm of Martha Putman Owens and her dad James Putman.
JAMES PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
Hanging in there at 77 SC SC SC. He is living with his widowed daughter Martha Owens 42 SC and her three children. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell from here. He was born on February 14, 1803, married Elizabeth Hughes. They remained in Laurens County all their lives. Elizabeth died in 1849 and James will die here September 21, 1881.
JOHN A. (ABNER)
PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is a son of Simeon Putman and Catherine Owings. He is 35 SC SC SC, and his wife Eliza Jane Cheek is 36. They have Mary J. 7, Lawrence 6, Cora 4 and Eliza Ann 2. He was born in 1844. He served in the CSA, enlisting in Company E of the SC Infantry on August 18, 1863 at the Orange Court House. He was in a CSA hospital in April of 1864 with rubella. He finished the War with Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. They are here in 1900 through 1920 when he is 74 and Eliza 75. According to his obituary, he died after a long illness on February 26, 1935.
KATHERINE
PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
Catherine Owings is Simeon Putman's widow is 55 SC and has Sarah 28 and Isabella 25 at home with her.
LEANDER PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
Nimrod Putman and Sarah Dollar's son is 39 SC SC SC and his wife Sarah 29 SC. They have Mary 3 and John Rivington 1. They are in Enoree Spartanburg County in 1900.
MARY PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
She is a widow, listed as 42 SC SC SC. She is Perry Putman's widow with her son William Abner, 19 still at home.
MILLIE PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
She is listed as a single Black woman 37 SC and has 4 children listed as Mulattos.
NATHAN PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 50 SC and heads a Black family.
PEDEN PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
William and Elizabeth Putman's son is 32 SC SC SC. Nancy Griffin his wife is 36 SC. They have Mattie 5 SC, James 3 SC and Albert 1 SC. He is a farmer and lives next to his cousin Leander Putman. He will die and Nancy and these kids are here in 1900 and in Greenville after that.
ROBERT PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is a son of Turner Richard Putman. He is 35 and his wife Sarah Emma Willis34. Children are George 13, Sallie 11, Mary 9, Creswell 6 and Butler 2. Emma is widowed by 1900.
WILSON PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is a black man 65 SC, his wife Mariah is a Mulatto 55 SC and they have 5 kids. His son Taff 35 SC and his family live with him. They are all farm laborers.
ZADOCK PUTMAN Dials, Laurens County
He is 35, Clarinda Woods his wife 33. Kids are Dupaler (daughter) 12, Tullosa 11, Sarah 9, Nancy 7, Harriet 5, Susan 3 and Willis 1. He is a son of Daniel Putman and Lucinda Moor and was born here.
DANIEL PUTMAN Youngs, Laurens County
Daniel is now 68 SC SC SC as is Lucinda Moore his wife. Minerva 44 SC is still at home. He is a son of William Putman and Mary Mitchell from here. Daniel was born June 20, 1804 and will die here August 1, 1882. He married Lucinda Moore who was born May 26, 1809 and died May 9, 1903. Lucinda and Minerva are both together here in 1900. Lucinda is listed as 94 at the time. Both are buried at the Warrior Creek Cemetery in Laurens County.
JERRY PUTNAM Youngs, Laurens County
This is Jeremiah Young Putman, son of John Putman and Nancy Ellen Garrett. He is 28 SC SC SC and his wife Callie (Clarinda Riddle) 27. They have Dickson (Dixon Homer) 3 and Mittie 1.
NANCY PUTMAN Youngs, Laurens County
Nancy Garret is John Putman's widow. She is 48 and has Samuel 24, Stephen 20, Ellen 26, Nancy 15 and a daughter in law, Cittora Putman 17, who is Samuel's wife.
SARAH PUTNAM Youngs, Laurens County
She is 34 SC and lives with her sister Jane Nelson 25 SC and her husband Andrew Nelson 26 SC. They are daughters of William and Elizabeth Putman. They were at home here in 1870.
WILLIAM PUTMAN Youngs, Laurens County
He is now 63 and Elizabeth 61. Still hanging around are Dulcy or Drucilla 38, Bana (must be Zaney) 36 and Dunklin (Irby Dunklin) 21. His daughter Sarah 34 is living next door with her sister Jane and her husband Andrew Nelson. He is a son of William Putman and Dulcybella Watkins. He will die here in 1884.
JAMES E. (ERWIN) PUTMAN Center, Oconee County
He is 22 SC SC SC and his wife Josephine Lippe is just 14 SC. He is a son of James Hamilton Putman and Susan Hancock from here. He was born in Pickens County February 10, 1857, and died August 24, 1930 in Habersham County, Georgia. He married Josephine Lippe April 1, 1880 in Oconee County. They moved to Royston, Franklin County, Georgia in about 1884, and were there in 1900 and 1910. In 1920 and 1930 they are in Habersham County. They farmed and later ran a café in Clarkesville, Georgia.
J. (JAMES) HAMILTON
PUTMAN Seneca, Oconee County
He was here in 1870. He is now 42 SC SC SC, Susan Hancock his wife 40 SC, Thomas 20, Harriett 15, Ebenezer 12 and Anna 5. With them are Roland Watkins 22, and his wife, their daughter, Mary 21. All are born SC. I am pretty certain he is a son of James Putman, Junior and Mary Hale from Union County, South Carolina. He just pops up in 1850 with his remarried mother, so I am not positive. I don’t find them in 1900.
JACOB (JOSEPH)
PUTMAN Campobello, Spartanburg County
He is 23 SC SC SC, and his wife Ellen 20 SC SC SC. He is Joseph Alexander Putman, a son of Arthur McLain Putman.
LEONARD M.
PUTMAN Campobello, Spartanburg County
David Putman's son from North Carolina. He is 45 NC NC NC as is his wife Margaret Swain. Kids are Carrie 14, William 6 and Lindsey 1. He is a schoolteacher here. He was married earlier to a cousin Grace Keziah Putman in 1858. He was widowed with Carrie in Shelby, North Carolina in 1870. He is widowed again here in 1900.
SAMUEL L.
PUTMAN Limestone Springs, Spartanburg
County
He has moved down from Cleveland County, North Carolina. He is 54 NC NC NC and Winnie Long his wife 50 NC. They have a son Thomas 5 NC. The other kids are back in North Carolina. Sam is a son of William Putman and Sarah Miller and grandson of Elias Putman and Nancy Roberts from Cleveland County North Carolina just across the border.
ESTHER PUTNAM Spartanburg, Spartanburg County
She is 69 NH NH NH, and lives with her daughter Martha A. Cobb 37 NH NH NH and her husband Jesse T. Cobb 42 ME ME ME and their daughter Marcia 11 NH. He is a farmer. She is the second wife and widow of Moses Putnam from Charlestown, New Hampshire. They were married in 1867 and he died there in 1872. Martha is a daughter of her first marriage to Thomas Twitchell from Charlestown. I don’t have her maiden name though. I also find the Cobbs in Charleston New Hampshire in 1870.
WADE PUTNAM Spartanburg, Spartanburg County
He is 22 NC NC NC, his wife Mary Lancaster is 18 SC SC SC. They live with her folks Marcus and Melissa Lancaster. He is a wood workman in a cotton mill. He is a son of Arthur McClain Putman and Elvira Hill from Cleveland County, North Carolina. They will be in Cherokee County in 1900.
SAM PUTMAN Woodruff, Spartanburg County
He is an 18 year old Black man.
DOUGLAS R.
PUTNAM Cherokee, York County
This is Rush Douglas son of Roberts Putman of Cleveland County, North Carolina. He is 25 NC NC NC, Martha is 20 NC NC NC. They have two sons Robert 3 NC and Maxey 1 NC. Obviously just got here.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1900 CENSUS
From here on we will see a lot of Putmans going over the border from Cleveland County North Carolina mainly into Greenville and Spartanburg Counties to work in the many cotton mills that have popped up over the past 30 years.
ARCHIE
C. (CRESWELL) PUTMAN Anderson, Anderson
County
He
is 25 SC born July 1874. Annie G. his wife is 20 and a son Grady 1. He is a son
of Robert and Emma Putman from Laurens County. He'll be in Greenville County in
1910 and 1920.
DELLA
& NANNIE PUTNAM Williamston,
Anderson County
Della
is 4 SC and Nannie 3 SC. They are daughters of George Edward Putman and his
second wife Lille Pryor. Lillie died in August of 1899. They live with their
widowed grandmother Sarah Pryor. George Putman is currently in Greenville
County. George will marry an Ella soon and they are all back together in 1910
and 1920 in Abbeville County.
This
is a large Black family.
This
is a Black family.
JAMES
MONROE PUTMAN Limestone, Gaffney
Village, Cherokee County
A son of Samuel Putman and Artie Hardin from
Cleveland County, North Carolina. He is 43 NC NC NC born February 1857. Sarah
Louise Bostick is 40 NC, Pleasant H. 17 NC, Baxter 15 SC, a son Bell F. 12 NC,
Yates 10 NC, Ida 7 NC, Paul 5 NC and Dovie 1 NC. He was born February 16, 1857.
He married Sarah Louise Bostick on August 4, 1881. Sarah was born December 29,
1859 and died November 28, 1922. He died April 10, 1923. They are back in
Rippys, Cleveland County by 1910. He is a clerk in a cotton mill. Now they live
next door to a Byars family. This may give a clue to the Lovie Putman here in
town.
JOHN
WADE PUTMAN Limestone, Gaffney Village,
Cherokee County
He
is 43 NC NC NC, born December 1856, Mary Lancaster is 39 SC, Malissa 17 SC,
Arthur B. 15 SC, Oliver 13 SC, Cora 11 SC, John F. 10 SC, Mary S. 7 SC,
Clarence O. 4 SC, Ola M. 2 SC and Lizzie I. 1 SC. He is a son of Arthur McClain
Putman and Elvira Hill from Cleveland County, North Carolina. They were just
married in Spartanburg in 1880. They will move to Atlanta, Georgia and he will
die there in 1917. He is a carpenter.
LOVIE
PUTNAM Limestone Township, Cherokee
County
She
is 19 SC NC NC and a daughter of John and Sarah Byars. She is listed as being
single so I assume her mother was married to a Putman but I don’t find them in
NC or SC in 1880.
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER PUTMAN Limestone, Gaffney
Village, Cherokee County
He
is a son of Samuel Putman and Artie Hardin from Cleveland County, North
Carolina. He is 38 NC born September 1861. His second wife, Ida Turner, has
just died in childbirth, and he has James Brodus 18 (born September 29, 1881),
Samuel L. 16, John L. 15, George William 12 (born May 4, 1888), Aquilla 9
(children up to here were by his first wife Zulia Bridges), Jesse Malcolm 6,
Australia 2 and Wilburn just born. His brother Pinkney Austin 21 NC NC NC is
living with him. He lives only a few houses away from his brother James Monroe
Putman. He was born September 29, 1861. He married Zulia Ellen Bridges on
August 21, 1880. She was born July 26, 1858 and died March 21, 1892. He then
married Ida Turner Wall on October 17, 1892. She died May 11, 1900, and he will
marry Evie S. Hughes in 1902. There were five children in the first marriage,
four in the second and six in the third. He died January 12, 1917 in
Spartanburg County South Carolina.
S.
ELIZABETH PUTNAM Columbia County
She
is 53 and in the State Hospital for the Insane. She may be a daughter of
William and Elizabeth Putman.
He
is 43 SC a Black man with a large family.
DULCY
PUTNAM Fairview, Greenville County
She
is William and Elizabeth's daughter age 62 living with her sister Zaney 58 SC
and her husband J. Van Garrett 57 SC. Their folks died back in Laurens County
in the early 1880s.
He
is a black man 22 SC with a family.
JAMES
R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM Fairview, Greenville
County
He is 33, Ann Randall, his wife, 27, Elizabeth
14, May Alice 5, James Benjamin 3. He is a farmer and lives next to his brother
John. He is a son of Cornelius Putman and Margaret Peden. He was born September
29, 1866. He married Margaret Bryson in 1885 and she died in 1888. He then
married Anna Randall in 1891. Anna was born October 17, 1870. She was a
daughter of Benjamin Pope Randall and Henrietta Rebecca Snow. In 1910 he is in
Greenville County and in 1920 in Abbeville County. James died in Greenville
January 10, 1952. Anne died November 6, 1949.
JIM
PUTMAN Fairview, Greenville County
He
is 18 SC born March 1882 and a Black man working as a hired hand.
JOHN
H. (HARRISON) PUTMAN Fairview,
Greenville County
This is another of Cornelius' young uns. He is 28
born Sept 1871. Lula Farrow is 30, Tom 7 (Thomas Lee Putman born December 5,
1893) and Claude 4. He is a farmer and lives next to his brother James. He was
born September 9, 1871. He married Lula Farrow in 1891. He is in Greenville
County through 1920.
LAWRENCE
AUSTIN PUTMAN Fairview, Greenville
County
He is 25 born December 15, 1873. His wife Maggie
Thompson is 22. He has a daughter Corrie 2 and a son Lewis Bernard born February
6, 1900. He is living as a son in law of Lewis and Lizzie Thompson. He is a son
of John Abner Putman and Elizabeth Jane Cheek from Laurens County. He was born
December 15, 1873. He married Maggie S. Thompson about 1896. He died August 22,
1959. They are in Greenville County all their lives.
NEAL
C. PUTMAN Fairview, Greenville County
This
is Cornelius Putman at age 52 born July 1847, Margaret Peden is 57 and Maggie
is 18. He is a farmer and lives next to his sons James and John. They might
even all be living together. Hard to tell. Cornelius and Maggie are still here
in 1910 and Maggie is widowed here by 1920.
PERRY
J. PUTMAN Fairview, Greenville County
He is 33 SC born October 1866 His wife Rose Etta
Pearson is 35 SC, Minnie 12 SC, Willie 10 SC (William Perry born April 6, 1889)
and Arthur 7 SC. He is a son of Alexander Perry Putman and Elvira Brown from
Laurens County. He was born in October 1866. They are here in 1910 and 1920 and
he is widowed here by the 1930.
George
Edward Putman is a son of Robert Putman and Sarah Emma Willis from Laurens
County. He is 33 SC, listed as widowed and living alone. He was first married
to a Della who died in 1891. Then to Lillie Pryor who died in 1899. Their two
daughters, Della and Nannie are currently with his mother in law Sarah Pryor in
Anderson County. By 1910 and 1920, he and a third wife named Ella and the
daughters are all back together in Abbeville County.
GERTRUDE
PUTMAN Greenville Township, Greenville
County
She
is 18 NC NC NC single and boarding. She works in a cotton mill. She missed the
1880 so no ideas at all here.
He
is 20 SC and a single Black man.
LEWIS
R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM Greenville,
Greenville County
He
is 32 NC born July 1867. His wife Cora B. is 24 NC, Earl B. 3 NC and Margaret 1
SC. He is a son of Martin Van Buren Putman and Mary Bass from Duplin County,
North Carolina. They are in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1910 through 1930.
She is 70 MA and widowed. She has a widowed daughter Mary
Gridley 49 MA and her married daughter Flora Dill 43 MA and husband Charles
Dill 44 MA with her. Mary Jane Shepardson was married to George Putnam in
Holliston Mass. in 1850, and Franklin Mass. in 1860. Then they were all down
here by the early 1870s. George was a son of Thomas and Harriett Putnam from Connecticut and then New York. This is
the ‘other’ New England family from Yorkshire, England. George had been in
Boston in the 1860s with his father, also a cotton manufacturer. The mill there
was destroyed in 1871 and he came here. He died February 17, 1890 and his
daughter Mary has run the mill since and will till she sells in 1912. All these
folks are here in 1910.
ORLANDO
PUTNAM Greenville, Greenville County
He is listed as Orlan, and is a son of Alexander
Putman and Elvira Brown from Laurens County. He is 24 SC born March 1876.
Hattie is 23 NC and they have Carl 5 SC and Vada 1 SC. I don’t find them after
this.
THOMAS
PUTMAN Greenville, Greenville County
He
is 27 born May 1873 and his wife Ida Abbott is 24 SC born April 1876 and they
have Ansel 1 SC born May 1898. He is a supervisor in a cotton mill. He is a son
of Cornelius Putman and Margaret Peden. He was born December 6, 1873. He
married Ida Abbott on June 2, 1894. She was born August 8, 1876 and will die
February 26, 1903. He will later marry Blanche Watson. He and Blanche are in Abbeville County in
1910 and 1920.
He
is 17 SC SC SC and his wife Minnie is 18 SC. He was born in the 20 year ‘Black
Hole’, so never shows with his parents. Might be a son of Cornelius Putman.
They had a William born and died in 1880, and like other families may have
named the next son in his honor. They are here in 1910 and 1920 and by 1930
Willie is widowed and in Nashville with his son LeRoy.