South Carolina Land and Property: Difference between revisions

Lists of many early landowners of [[South Carolina]] are found in Alexander S. Salley, ''Records of the Secretary of the Province and the Register of the Province of South Carolina'', 1671-1675 (Columbia, South Carolina: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1944; {{FHL|197721|item}}, FHL book 975.7 N2rs; FHL&nbsp;film 1425662 item 5. This includes deeds, wills, and other records. <br>

'''Royal Period'''<br>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 William Roy Smith, ''South Carolina as a Royal Province'', 1719-1776 (New York, NY: Macmillan, 1903; {{FHL|197282|item}}, FHL&nbsp;film 1320960 item 4. Also see [[South Carolina Taxation]] for further information on quitrents.  

Langley, Clara A. ''South Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1719-1772''. Four Volumes. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1983-84. {{FHL|319453|item}}, FHL book 975.7 R2L. Witnesses, neighbors, and residences are often mentioned. <br>

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 Family History Library. {{FHL|473372|item}}, FHL films 022581-97 and {{FHL|309605|item}}, FHL film 361873. The index is on film 022581 {{FHL|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 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}}, FHL book 975.7 R28e]; the library has Volume 2 only. <br>

'''State Land Records'''<br>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 Family History Library. {{FHL|362216|item}}, FHL 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 Ronald Vern Jackson, ''Index to South Carolina Land Grants, 1784-1800'' (Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1977; {{FHL|55289|item}}, FHL book 975.7 R22j.  

[http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/South-Carolina-Land-Records-and-Deeds.htm South Carolina Land Records and Deeds Directory], by Online Searches, LLC, accessed 11/17/2010  

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