| September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73 |
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina and assigned the district to the Southern Circuit. |
| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 89 |
The Judiciary Act of 1801 established six regional circuit courts to replace the circuit courts organized by judicial districts. The Act placed the District of South Carolina under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit. |
| March 8, 1802 2 Stat. 132 |
Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801 and restored the organization of the judiciary in effect before 1801, thereby re-establishing the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina. |
| April 29, 1802 2 Stat. 156 |
Judiciary Act of 1802 assigned the District of South Carolina to the Sixth Circuit. |
| August 16, 1856 11 Stat. 43 |
The act granted the U.S. district court meeting in Greenville the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the District of South Carolina to the Fifth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the District of South Carolina to the Fourth Circuit. |
| February 6, 1889 25 Stat. 655 |
The act repealed the authority of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of South Carolina meeting in Greenville to exercise the power and jurisdiction of a circuit court, and provided for a session of the U.S. circuit court to meet in Greenville. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |