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=== Royal Period === | === Royal Period === | ||
From 1719 to 1775, when South Carolina was a royal colony, grants were recorded by the secretary of the province and deeds were recorded separately by the public register. After land offices suspended much of their business in the 1720s, Sir George Carteret bought out most of the proprietor's lands in 1729. The portion originally held by Sir George, and later held by the Earl of Granville, remained under the proprietary system until the Revolution. A discussion of the land system, land frauds, and quitrents is in: | From 1719 to 1775, when South Carolina was a royal colony, grants were recorded by the secretary of the province and deeds were recorded separately by the public register. After land offices suspended much of their business in the 1720s, Sir George Carteret bought out most of the proprietor's lands in 1729. The portion originally held by Sir George, and later held by the Earl of Granville, remained under the proprietary system until the Revolution. A discussion of the land system, land frauds, and quitrents is in: | ||
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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 Family History Library for the years 1704 to 1775 {{FHL|284315|item}}, FHL 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; {{FHL|47837|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 R28e}}. <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 Family History Library for the years 1704 to 1775 {{FHL|284315|item}}, FHL 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; {{FHL|47837|item|disp=FHL 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 Family History Library for 1861 {{FHL|473383|item}}, FHL films 022598-625, films 022598-600 contain indexes. These records show the location of the land and give the names of adjacent landowners. <br> | Original plats and surveys are available at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Copies of these records are at the Family History Library for 1861 {{FHL|473383|item}}, FHL 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 === | ||