It Happened in Pickens County, South Carolina

By: Pearl Smith McFall, Pub. 1959, Reprinted 2020, 224 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-613-4.  This book is a history of the county with the usual topics being covered, such as: creation of the county, Indians, first towns, wars, labor, and etc…. But it is more so an accumulation of facts and traditional stories the author has collected over a 25 year time frame.  This type of county history book can help one develop ideas or paths to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of the local residents.