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==== Local  ====
==== Local  ====


The county's judge of probate office has probate records of the counties and circuit court districts from 1785 to 1800 and probate records from 1800 to the present.
The county's judge of probate office has probate records of the counties and circuit court districts from 1785 to 1800 and probate records from 1800 to the present.  


==== 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.
 
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.  
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.  


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*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.  
*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''. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina, 1939. Digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdsc6012_wills World Vital Records] ($); 1964 reprint: {{FHL|975.7 P22h 1964}}; {{FHL|908509}} item 3; {{FHL|6046877}}. This is an index to most pre-1860 county wills, but omits Charleston County wills.  
*Houston, Martha Lou, comp. ''Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina''. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina, 1939. Digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdsc6012_wills World Vital Records] ($); 1964 reprint: {{FHL|198305|item}}, book 975.7 P22h 1964; {{FHL|198305|item}}, film 908509 item 3; {{FHL|198305|item}}, fiche 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. {{FHL|975.7 P2m}}; {{FHL|1035622}} items 1-3; {{FHL|6051514}} These volumes cover the years 1670 to 1784.
*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|381197|item}}, book 975.7 P2m; {{FHL|381197|itme}}, film 1035622 items 1-3; {{FHL|381197|item}}, fiche 6051514. These volumes cover the years 1670 to 1784.


==== Proved in London  ====
==== Proved in London  ====
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*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1700-1799''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Digital version of 1991 reprint available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48554 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1700-1799''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Digital version of 1991 reprint available at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48554 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1800-1858''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48507 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1800-1858''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48507 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills & Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. {{FHL|942 P27c}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48453 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills & Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. {{FHL|942 P27c|item}}, book 942 P27c; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48453 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. {{FHL|973 P27ca}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48497 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. {{FHL|619298|item}}, book 973 P27ca; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48497 Ancestry] ($).  
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''North American Wills Registered in London, 1611-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|942 P27c 2007}}
*Coldham, Peter Wilson. ''North American Wills Registered in London, 1611-1857''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. {{FHL|1384506|item}}, book 942 P27c 2007.


If you find a will abstact that interests you in Coldham's books, it is now possible to view digital images of the original Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills online at two United Kingdom pay-per-view websites:  
If you find a will abstact that interests you in Coldham's books, it is now possible to view digital images of the original Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills online at two United Kingdom pay-per-view websites:  
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The wills of some South Carolina residents were proved in Edinburgh, Scotland, see:  
The wills of some South Carolina residents were proved in Edinburgh, Scotland, see:  


*Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991. {{FHL|973 P22}} Over 2,000 citations including name, occupation, residence, and date.
*Dobson, David. ''Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991. {{FHL|588724|item}}, book 973 P22d. Over 2,000 citations including name, occupation, residence, and date.


Most of these references were taken from the Commissariat Court of Edinburgh (now the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh) and the ''Index to Personal Estates of Defuncts, 1846-1866.'' If you find a will abstact that interests you in Dobson's book, it is now possible to view digital images of the original records online at a United Kingdom pay-per-view website:  
Most of these references were taken from the Commissariat Court of Edinburgh (now the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh) and the ''Index to Personal Estates of Defuncts, 1846-1866.'' If you find a will abstact that interests you in Dobson's book, it is now possible to view digital images of the original records online at a United Kingdom pay-per-view website:  
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