Surnames

Surnames

The Laurens Co., SC Geographical DNA Project welcomes participants with all surnames related
to early Laurens Co. settlers. To inquire about participating in the project: contact

The following surnames are already in the project:

Male Y-chromosome results:

Bolt
Descendant of Abraham Bolt

Fuller
Descendants of Ezekiel Fuller of Isle of Wight, VA
His grandsons, Solomon Fuller Jr. & Capt.
Jones Fuller settled in Laurens Co.

Parker
Descendant of Carter Parker, son of
Thomas & Frankey Parker

Ridge

Wallace
Descendant of Willis Wallace, the grandson
of Little River settler, John Wallace

Female Mitochondrial (mtDNA) results:

Fuller

Glenn
Descendant of Patience Coleman Glenn Wright

Autosomal DNA results:

Avent
Descendants of Col. Thomas Avent
His granddaughter, Ogilvia "Gilley" Avent married Solomon Fuller and moved to Laurens Co. prior to 1800

Barksdale
Descendants of William Barksdale
His great- grandson, Nathan Barksdale settled in Laurens Co.

Griffin
Descendants of John Griffin of Orange Co, VA
His sons, Richard and Anthony Griffin settled in Laurens Co.

Some surnames of early Laurens Co. settlers:
PLEASE NOTE: There are many common surnames that appear in Laurens Co., (i.e.: Brown, Smith, Walker, etc.) which are welcome to join the project. Only the less common surnames are listed below.

Abercrombie
Adair
Babb
Bagwell
Ball
Barksdale
Blackmon
Blakley
Bolt
Box
Bramlett
Bryson
Burnside
Coats
Coker
Compton
Covinton
Crisp
Culbertson
Cunningham
Dean
Dial
Dillard
Dorroh
Dunklin
Ervin
Forgy
Foshee
Franks
Garlington
Gary
Griffin
Gunn
Hellams
Holland
Hollingsworth
Hord
Irby
Jeans/Jeanes
Kellett
Langston
Mahaffy
McCord
McFerson
McPherson
Medlock
Milam
Mize
Motes
Nash
O'Dell
Overby
Owings
Pasley
Patty
Pinckney
Pinson
Pitts
Power(s)
Riddle
Rippy
Shell
Shirley
Stoddard
Stokes
Tate
Teague
Tinsley
Todd
Vance
Voiselle
Watts
Westmoreland
Wham
Wofford
Wolff

Additions to the above list are welcome,
but please remember, the list is for
'less common' surnames of early Laurens
settlers. These names may be
uncommon in the rest of the U.S. but are
common in Laurens Co., SC

To submit a name or join the project,
please e-mail