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Fairfield Circuit Court District was created in 1800 out of old Fairfield (1785) County, South Carolina. Old Fairfield County was created in 1785 from Camden Circuit Court District. Fairfield Circuit Court District once again became Fairfield county in 1868.
Fairfield County lies between the upcountry and the lowcountry areas of the state, and beginning in 1745 it was settled both by Scots-Irish immigrants from colonies to the north (primarily Pennsylvania and Virginia) and by English and French Huguenot planters from the lowcountry. In the colonial period this area was a center for the Regulator movement, which sought to bring law and order to the backcountry. During the Revolutionary War, Lord Cornwallis made his headquarters in Winnsboro from October 1780 to January 1781; the county was also invaded by General Sherman's troops during the Civil War. See: Fairfield County, South Carolina for additional information, including maps. |