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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina|South Carolina ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South_Carolina_Probate_Records|Probate Records]]'' | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina|South Carolina ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South_Carolina_Probate_Records|Probate Records]]'' | ||
Probate records of [[South Carolina]] were kept by the secretary of the province prior to 1732, and were later kept by the courts of ordinary and probate courts of each county. Most of the original wills for the colonial period have not survived. Pre-Civil War probate files for Beaufort, Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, and Orangeburg districts were destroyed. However, for the colonial period, dozens of South Carolina proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England have survived. | Probate records of [[South Carolina]] were kept by the secretary of the province prior to 1732, and were later kept by the courts of ordinary and probate courts of each county. Most of the original wills for the colonial period have not survived. Pre-Civil War probate files for Beaufort, Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, and Orangeburg districts were destroyed. However, for the colonial period, dozens of South Carolina wills proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England have survived. | ||
== Wills == | == Wills == | ||
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The following are examples of publications that can help you locate colonial records: <br> | The following are examples of publications that can help you locate colonial records: <br> | ||
*Holcomb, Brent H. ''Probate Records of South Carolina''. Three Volumes. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1977-. | *Holcomb, Brent H. ''Probate Records of South Carolina''. Three Volumes. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1977-. {{FHL|975.7 P2p}} Covers 1746 to 1821; thoroughly indexed. | ||
*Houston, Martha Lou, comp. ''Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina''. Originally published in 1939. Reprinted in Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1964. | *Houston, Martha Lou, comp. ''Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina''. Originally published in 1939. Reprinted in Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1964. {{FHL|975.7 P22h 1964}}; {{FHL|908509}} item 3; {{FHL|6046877}}. This is an index to most pre-1860 county wills, but omits Charleston County wills. | ||
*Moore, Carolina T., and Agatha Aimar Simmons. ''Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina''. Three Volumes. Columbia, South Carolina: R. L. Bryan Co., 1960-69. | *Moore, Carolina T., and Agatha Aimar Simmons. ''Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina''. Three Volumes. Columbia, South Carolina: R. L. Bryan Co., 1960-69. {{FHL|975.7 P2m}}; {{FHL|1035622}} items 1-3; {{FHL|6051514}} These volumes cover the years 1670 to 1784. | ||
=== Proved in London === | === Proved in London === | ||