| 1817 | prior to this date Edgefield Female Library Society formed |
| 1818 | Republican Circulating Library Society (Barnwell County) |
| 1825 | Collection numbered more than three hundred volumes (Edgefield County) |
| 1826 | Library in the court house attached to the Farmer's Society (Mill's Statistics, 1826) (Barnwell County) |
| 1832 | Incorporation of Hamburg Library Society (Aiken County), "Handsome" library attached to the District Farmer's Society (Lockwood's Geography) (Barnwell County) |
| 1850 | Lyceum Society active in presenting drama and lectures, proceeds used to support the Edgefield Female Library Society |
| 1860-1870 | Services suspended and books collected in the home of Col. Simkins (Edgefield County) |
| 1870 | Edgefield Ladies' Literary Club, the original society reactivated during 50th anniversary |
| 1880 | Aiken Library began and maintained by its members. It had various locations, from 4th floor of the Bank of Western Carolina on Laurens Street to a store in Titanian Hall |
| 1900 c | Edgefield Ladies' Literary Club began to move toward establishment of public library |
| 1905 | Auf Wiedersehen Society took books and incorporated the Edgefield Free Library |
| 1910 | Miss Marie Abney became Librarian, maintained Library for 12 years (Edgefield County) |
| 1920 c | Kill Kare Club of Trenton established town library (Edgefield County) |
| 1922 | Friday Afternoon Book Club opened small library on the campus of the Carlisle Miltary Academy (Bamberg County), Edgefield Free Library had collection of 3000 books and 300 reference works |
| 1924 | Library moved to the Bamberg City Hall |
| 1926 | 1926 Became the Dibble Memorial Library when a gift from the heirs of Mr. H. M. Dibble spurred a building fund campaign. (Aiken County) |
| 1927 | Library became the D.A. Tompkins Memorial in recognition of a legacy received from him for a building. (Edgefield County) |
| 1929 | Abney Collection of rare books presented to the library (Edgefield County) |
| 1933 | New building constructed with money from the Friday Afternoon Book Club and labor from RFC (Bamberg County) |
| 1935 | The Aiken County Library grew from a demonstration project initiated by the County Council of Farm Women |
| 1936 | The creation of the Aiken County Library Commission made county library permanent |
| 1938 | First bookmobile (Bamberg County) |
| 1941 | SC ACTS No. 68 Creation of the Bamberg County Library Board |
| 1945 | Consolidation of the Friday Afternoon Book Club Library with the Bamberg County Library, SC ACTS No. 196 Provisions for the appointment of the members to the Bamberg County Library Board |
| 1950 | SC ACTS No. 784 (Aiken County) |
| 1951 | SC ACTS No. 29 (Aiken County) |
| 1952 | Aiken County Library and the Dibble Memorial Library combined and an addition was built on to the Dibble Library |
| 1953 | Barnwell County Library officially opened |
| 1954 | Bookmobile service initiated, Branch libraries opened in Blackville and Williston (Barnwell County) |
| 1958 | Aiken-Barnwell-Edgefield Regional Library System established, establishment of the Edgefield County Library housed in the Tompkins Memorial Library in Edgefield, Branch Libraries established in Johnston and Trenton (Edgefield County), Edgefield County wide public library service begun, SC ACTS No. 1007 (Aiken County) |
| 1959 | SC ACTS No. 341 (Aiken County) |
| 1960 | SC ACTS No. 920 (Aiken County), Participated in the demonstration of the regional library system (Bamberg County) |
| 1961 | SC ACTS No. 468 (Aiken County), SC ACTS No. 478 to levy taxes and for board to enter into contracts (Barnwell County) |
| 1962 | Aiken, Barnwell, and Edgefield counties appropriated funds sufficient to continue service at same level as during the demonstration project |
| 1964 | Bamberg County joined the regional system to form present ABBE Regional Library |
| 1969 | New building constructed (Bamberg County) |
| 1974 | Aiken County Library moved to Banksia, became sole occupant of the Dibble Memorial Library, former Winter Colony home renovated for the library |