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<br>South Carolina did not require marriage licenses until July 1, 1911. The probate judge's office in the county courthouse holds licenses issued before 1950 and after October 2009. Statewide registration of marriages began in July 1950. Both [http://www.scdhec.gov/administration/vr/index.htm The Division of Vital Records] and the [http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/probateCourt/probateMap.cfm county probate court] have copies of licenses issued after July 1, 1950 through November 2009. | <br>South Carolina did not require marriage licenses until July 1, 1911. The probate judge's office in the county courthouse holds licenses issued before 1950 and after October 2009. Statewide registration of marriages began in July 1950. Both [http://www.scdhec.gov/administration/vr/index.htm The Division of Vital Records] and the [http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/probateCourt/probateMap.cfm county probate court] have copies of licenses issued after July 1, 1950 through November 2009. | ||
During the colonial period, the governor, as judge of the Ordinary [Probate] Court could issue a marriage license. Some of these licenses have been found. Generally, most individuals would have been married in the parish chuch after banns had been published. The Act of 1704 and the Church Act of 1706 recognized the Church of England as the established church and the state was divided into seven parishes. Although the ministers of the "Dissenter" religions, everyone not a member of the Church of England, retained their right to baptize and marry, the law required the registrar of the parish to record all marriages. Not all marriages were reported to the parish registrar. This was the law until the Episcopal Church was disestablished in 1778 when South Carolina adopted a new Constitution. The dissenter religions may have kept their own records concurrently with the established church during the colonial period.<ref name="SC Guide" /> | During the colonial period, the governor, as judge of the Ordinary [Probate] Court could issue a marriage license. Some of these licenses have been found. Generally, most individuals would have been married in the parish chuch after banns had been published. The Act of 1704 and the Church Act of 1706 recognized the Church of England as the established church and the state was divided into seven parishes. Although the ministers of the "Dissenter" religions, everyone not a member of the Church of England, retained their right to baptize and marry, the law required the registrar of the parish to record all marriages. Not all marriages were reported to the parish registrar. This was the law until the Episcopal Church was disestablished in 1778 when South Carolina adopted a new Constitution. The dissenter religions may have kept their own records concurrently with the established church during the colonial period.<ref name="SC Guide">Theresa M. Hicks, ''South Carolina A Guide for Genealogists'' (Columbia, SC : South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2004) 132-32</ref> | ||
There are some marriage settlement records at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History from the 1760s to the 1880s. Marriage information was sometimes recorded in the records of the probate court in the early 1800s. | There are some marriage settlement records at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History from the 1760s to the 1880s. Marriage information was sometimes recorded in the records of the probate court in the early 1800s. | ||