My husband's family, the Canteys, married into Olivers from 
Clarendon/Williamsburg County, SC.  There are still many Olivers around that 
area today. You might try rootsweb at those county archives and also the 
county gen. web project.  The Olivers are also on www.genforum.com.
Our Olivers start with Peter Oliver, b. 2/23/1771 d. 3/31/1822.  He married 
Mary Sabb on June 8, 1797. Their son, Peter Morgan Oliver , b. 6/13/1798 d. 
12/13/1833, married Amelia Almira Pendergrass on 12/25/1817.  Peter and 
Amelia had 13 children.  Their sixth child, Benjamin Pendergrass Oliver was 
born 2/14/1828 and died March 1855.  He married Martha Ann Bagnal. Benjamin 
and Martha Oliver died young leaving their daughter Mary Almira Oliver who 
married Joseph Samuel Cantey on April 18, 1872.  I have a picture of Mary 
Almira Oliver.
Good luck. D. Cantey, Camden, SC

From: "FELTMAN" 
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Oliver surname
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:51:25 -0600
>
>I will try this one more time. Does anyone have any information on the 
>OLIVER 's from South Carolina?  My gggfather T.Y. Oliver was born there in 
>1817 or at least that is what all the censuses have for his birth place.  I 
>am trying to find who his parents were and where they came from. Any Oliver 
>might give me a clue as to where to look for them.  He married Mary 
>Catherine (no maiden name known) b.1828 Ala.  Calhoun Co. Alabama is where 
>I have found them in the censuses since 1860. Haven't been able to find 
>them in 1850.  Their children are Margaret b.1844, James b.1859, and Sarah 
>b.1861. all born in Alabama. Thanks for any information anyone might be 
>able to give me. Wanda in Alabama.
>