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'''Proprietary Grants'''<br>
'''Proprietary Grants'''<br>


Land grants were made by the Lords Proprietor from about 1670 to 1719, and recorded by the Register of the Province. Proprietary land titles, abstracts of title, and registrations of land grants are sometimes called “memorials.” Governors issued warrants and ordered plats and surveys, but most of these documents are lost. After 1682 an indenture was often used to deed land in exchange for quitrents. <br>
Land grants were made by the Lords Proprietor from about 1670 to 1719, and recorded by the Register of the Province. Proprietary land titles, abstracts of title, and registrations of land grants are sometimes called “memorials.” Governors issued warrants and ordered plats and surveys, but most of these documents are lost. After 1682 an indenture was often used to deed land in exchan[[United States|[[Image:Planatation_1893_georgetown_county_sc.jpg|thumb|right|300px|1893 Plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina]]]]ge for quitrents. <br>


Lists of many early landowners of [[South Carolina]] are found in Alexander S. Salley, ''Records of the Secretary of the Province and the Register of the Province of South Carolina, 1671-1675,'' (Columbia, South Carolina: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1944; [http://books.google.com/books?id=-k0TAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Records+of+the+Secretary+of+the+Province+and+the+Register+of+the+Province+of+South+Carolina,+1671-1675&hl=en&ei=_HDlTP7CKY30swPm7a2xCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]; &nbsp;{{FHL|197721|item}}, FHL book 975.7 N2rs; FHL&nbsp;film 1425662 item 5. This includes deeds, wills, and other records. '''<br>'''
Lists of many early landowners of [[South Carolina]] are found in Alexander S. Salley, ''Records of the Secretary of the Province and the Register of the Province of South Carolina, 1671-1675,'' (Columbia, South Carolina: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1944; [http://books.google.com/books?id=-k0TAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Records+of+the+Secretary+of+the+Province+and+the+Register+of+the+Province+of+South+Carolina,+1671-1675&hl=en&ei=_HDlTP7CKY30swPm7a2xCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books]; &nbsp;{{FHL|197721|item}}, FHL book 975.7 N2rs; FHL&nbsp;film 1425662 item 5. This includes deeds, wills, and other records. '''<br>'''
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