South Carolina – Historical Documents

South Carolina SC History, Genealogy SC Historical Documents

State Constitutions

• Constitution of 1776 - full text
• Constitution of 1778 - full text
• Constitution of 1790 - PDF - full text
• Constitution of 1861 - full text
• Constitution of 1865 - full text
• Constitution of 1868 - full text
• Constitution of 1895 - full text
• Current Constitution - full text, as amended through 2024 Session of the General Assembly - unannotated
  

Confederate States of America

• Ordinance of Nullification - November 24, 1832
• Ordinance of Secession - PDF - full text - December 20, 1860
• Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina - December 24, 1860
• Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America - February 1861
• Constitution of the Confederate States of America - March 1861
  – Additional information about CSA Constitution

United States of America

• Declaration of Independence - 1776
  
• US Constitution - 1787
  – By article, then section
  – Four signers from South Carolina