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==== '''Charleston Office Records''' ==== | ==== '''Charleston Office Records''' ==== | ||
South Carolina deeds, releases, bonds, and mortgages from all counties were recorded at Charleston during the years 1719 to 1786. The original documents are in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance in Charleston. Copies are at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the | South Carolina deeds, releases, bonds, and mortgages from all counties were recorded at Charleston during the years 1719 to 1786. The original documents are in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance in Charleston. Copies are at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the FamilySearch Library. They are indexed in: <br> | ||
*Langley, Clara A. ''South Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1719-1772''. Four Volumes. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1983-84. {{FSC|319453|item}}, FS Library book 975.7 R2L. Witnesses, neighbors, and residences are often mentioned. <br> | *Langley, Clara A. ''South Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1719-1772''. Four Volumes. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1983-84. {{FSC|319453|item}}, FS Library book 975.7 R2L. Witnesses, neighbors, and residences are often mentioned. <br> | ||
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''Charleston County (South Carolina), Register of Mesne Conveyance., An Index to Deeds of the Province and State of South Carolina, 1719-1785, and Charlestown District, 1785-1800''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1977. {{FSC|279592|item}}, FS Library book 975.7 R2c. This indexes the names of grantors and grantees, but gives little additional information. | ''Charleston County (South Carolina), Register of Mesne Conveyance., An Index to Deeds of the Province and State of South Carolina, 1719-1785, and Charlestown District, 1785-1800''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1977. {{FSC|279592|item}}, FS Library book 975.7 R2c. This indexes the names of grantors and grantees, but gives little additional information. | ||
Royal land grants issued for the years 1731 to 1775 often pertain to the four original districts of Colleton, Craven, Berkeley, and Granville. The originals are housed at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, and copies are available at the | Royal land grants issued for the years 1731 to 1775 often pertain to the four original districts of Colleton, Craven, Berkeley, and Granville. The originals are housed at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, and copies are available at the FamilySearch Library. {{FSC|473372|item}}, FS Library films 022581-97 and {{FSC|309605|item}}, FS Library film 361873. The index is on film 022581 {{FSC|473372|item}}. Headright grants were awarded in South Carolina, and are in the South Carolina Council Journals (1749-1773) found at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. <br> | ||
Beginning in 1741, all persons who had received land in South Carolina after 1719 had to deliver “memorials” to the auditor general, stating the county, parish, location, quantity, names of adjacent land owners, boundaries, and how the present title was received. Originals of these records are found at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, and copies are available at the | Beginning in 1741, all persons who had received land in South Carolina after 1719 had to deliver “memorials” to the auditor general, stating the county, parish, location, quantity, names of adjacent land owners, boundaries, and how the present title was received. Originals of these records are found at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, and copies are available at the FamilySearch Library for the years 1704 to 1775 {{FSC|284315|item}}, FS Library films 023297-305; the index is on film 023297. A few of these records are published in Katie-Prince Ward Esker, ''South Carolina Memorials'', ''1731-1776: Abstracts of Selected Land Records from a Collection in the Department of Archives and History . . .'', Two Volumes. (New Orleans, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1973-1977; {{FSC|47837|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.7 R28e}}. <br> | ||
Original plats and surveys are available at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Copies of these records are at the | Original plats and surveys are available at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Copies of these records are at the FamilySearch Library for 1861 {{FSC|473383|item}}, FS Library films 022598-625, films 022598-600 contain indexes. These records show the location of the land and give the names of adjacent landowners. <br> | ||
=== State Land Records === | === State Land Records === | ||
After South Carolina became a state, unclaimed land was granted by the state. Microfilms of land grants recorded by the Surveyor General, 1784 to 1882, are at the | After South Carolina became a state, unclaimed land was granted by the state. Microfilms of land grants recorded by the Surveyor General, 1784 to 1882, are at the FamilySearch Library. {{FSC|362216|item}}, films 022531-580; the index is on film 022531. The original records are at the Secretary of State's Office at Columbia. These are partially indexed in | ||
*Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''Index to South Carolina Land Grants, 1784-1800.'' Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1977; {{FSC|55289|item}}, FS Library book 975.7 R22j. | *Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''Index to South Carolina Land Grants, 1784-1800.'' Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1977; {{FSC|55289|item}}, FS Library book 975.7 R22j. | ||
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Deeds were recorded in the counties by the clerk of the court after 1785. Most of the pre-1800 files are very incomplete. Between 1785 and 1868, land transfers were kept according to a number of old and new districts, later called counties. For further information on the history and organization of districts, see James M. Black, ''The Counties and Districts of South Carolina'', Genealogical Journal, Volume 5, Number 3. | Deeds were recorded in the counties by the clerk of the court after 1785. Most of the pre-1800 files are very incomplete. Between 1785 and 1868, land transfers were kept according to a number of old and new districts, later called counties. For further information on the history and organization of districts, see James M. Black, ''The Counties and Districts of South Carolina'', Genealogical Journal, Volume 5, Number 3. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has microfilms of many of the surviving pre-1865 land records of most of the districts. For example, the library has Charleston County bills of sale, powers of attorney, bonds, notes, contracts, pardons, commissions, accounts, and indentures, 1719 to 1873, and Greenville County deeds, 1786 to 1865. Most of the pre-1865 land records are missing for the districts of Abbeville, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgetown, Lexington, Orangeburg, and Richland. <br> | ||
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History is currently filming deeds and plats in county courthouses up to 1920. Other archives with land records are the South Carolinian Library and the South Carolina Historical Society.<br> | The South Carolina Department of Archives and History is currently filming deeds and plats in county courthouses up to 1920. Other archives with land records are the South Carolinian Library and the South Carolina Historical Society.<br> | ||
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