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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. | 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. | ||
A brief history of the settlement of South Carolina and the resultant effects on record keeping can be found on [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_South_Carolina Ancestry]. | A brief history of the settlement of South Carolina and the resultant effects on record keeping can be found on [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_South_Carolina Ancestry]. | ||
== State Statutes == | == State Statutes == | ||
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==== Regional ==== | ==== Regional ==== | ||
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has microfilms or typescripts of probate records for many counties. These include wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx Will Transcriptions] for 1782 to 1855 online. Not all counties are included. Index searchable by name and the image is available. | |||
==== National ==== | ==== National ==== | ||
The Family History Library has a collection of [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=331580&subject_disp=South+Carolina+%2D+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 South Carolina Probate Records] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=336765&subject_disp=South+Carolina+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 Indexes]. Some are films of the originals, and others are abstracts and transcriptions. | |||
== Statewide Record Collections == | == Statewide Record Collections == | ||
==== Wills<br>Proved in South Carolina ==== | ==== Wills<br>Proved in South Carolina ==== | ||
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> | ||
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==== Published Materials ==== | ==== Published Materials ==== | ||
A probate handbook for South Carolina can be found at the Family History LIbrary. | A probate handbook for South Carolina can be found at the Family History LIbrary. | ||
*Brimelow, Judith M. and Wylma A. Wates. ''South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868''. Columbia, South Carolina : South Carolina Department of Archives and History, c1980. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=375438&subject_disp=South+Carolina+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Handbooks%2C+manuals%2C+etc%2E&columns=*,0,0 FHL 975.7 P27b]. | *Brimelow, Judith M. and Wylma A. Wates. ''South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868''. Columbia, South Carolina : South Carolina Department of Archives and History, c1980. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=375438&subject_disp=South+Carolina+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Handbooks%2C+manuals%2C+etc%2E&columns=*,0,0 FHL 975.7 P27b]. | ||
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*[http://estate.findlaw.com/probate/probate-court-laws/state-probate-courts(2).html#UT FindLaw] has information on South Carolina State Probate Courts.<br> | *[http://estate.findlaw.com/probate/probate-court-laws/state-probate-courts(2).html#UT FindLaw] has information on South Carolina State Probate Courts.<br> | ||
*A discussion of | *A discussion of South Carolina Probate Records written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' can be found at [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=South_Carolina_Probate_Records Ancestry]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||