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South Carolina Ancestors

Welcome to the Lowcountry Africana South Carolina Ancestors page, where we present records and resources for SC research. We hope you find some great resources here to keep your research moving forward!
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March 7, 2013 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

African American Genealogy: Searching Online Records in SC? Don't Forget These Valuable Resources!

FamilySearch South Carolina Collections (current to Feb 2013):

FamilySearch Collections: Title

Records

Last Updated
South Carolina, Births and Christenings, 1846-1935 14,805 9 Mar 2012
South Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 1,195,302 21 Apr 2012
South Carolina, Deaths, 1915-1943 636,445 31 Dec 2011
South Carolina, Deaths, 1944-1955 231,138 27 Mar 2010
South Carolina, Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 Browse Images 9 May 2011
South Carolina, Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 Browse Images 14 Oct 2012
South Carolina, Marriages, 1709-1913 4,154 9 Mar 2012

Lowcountry Africana

Right here of course! We are a free website dedicated to African American genealogy and history in SC, GA and FL

Low Country Africana ~ Freedmen's Bureau Microfilm Reading Room

Entire Freedmen’s Bureau microfilms for Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Georgetown, each film has more than 1,000 pages of original historical documents.

Lowcountry Africana: South Carolina Slave Records on Fold3

South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 contain thousands of images of estate inventories which list assets of property owners in Charleston, South Carolina. The records include the names of hundreds of plantations and thousands of enslaved ancestors. The collection also includes estate inventories for free African American ancestors. The bills of sale in this collection represent every surviving bill of sale for Charleston District from 1732 to 1872 and contain the names of thousands of enslaved and free ancestors.

South Carolina Department of Archives and History Online Index

The SCDAH On-line Records Index is an item-level index to selected colonial, state, and county record series held at the archives.

Lowcountry Digital Library

The Lowcountry Digital Library contains a variety of materials from public and private archives, libraries, archives, and museums. Here you will find a wide variety of media – manuscripts (including many plantation records), books, pamphlets, images and sound recordings. A treasure trove awaits your exploration.

African Americans in the South Carolina Room

A rich collection of documents shared by E.E. Vaughn, one notable collection is abstracts of SC death index.

Digital Library on American Slavery

The Digital Library on American Slavery offers a searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color. There are many Lowcountry records here.

Documenting the American South

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes fifteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers from the Library of Congress

Search America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

African American Cemeteries Online

Includes extensive cemetery transcriptions for the Lowcountry Southeast.

IntermentNet ~ South Carolina Cemeteries

Removal of Graves by the Santee Cooper Project, Moncks Corners, South Carolina

Graves and Cemeteries removed from the Santee Cooper project Area affected by the flooding of the lakes areas. A total of more than 7,000 graves were determined to be in the Project Area. Of this number more than 6,000 were removed from the affected area and relocated in areas above the high water marks of Lake Marion and Moultrie; principally Lake Moultrie.

The Large Slaveholder Project

Essential starting point for identifying slaveholders by state

SankofaGen Wiki

Resources for plantations and the slave trade, historical documents and a database (wiki format)

South Carolina Plantations

From SCIWAY, South Carolina’s Information Highway, data on known SC plantations ~ location, owners, number of slaves

Lowcountry Plantations by Johnnie Rivers

Johnie Rivers, the original creator of South Carolina Plantations, carries on her work to document plantations in SC

USF Africana Heritage Project

Rediscovering the names and lives of slaves, freedpersons and their descendants. Although the site is national in focus, there are many SC records there, among them Freedmen’s labor contracts for Berkeley and Georgetown districts.

Christine's Genealogy Website | Who are your people?

Directories of searchable databases, extensive transcriptions relevant to the Lowcountry, new historical documents coming online here daily.

The Freedmen's Bureau Online

Transcriptions of Freedmen's Bureau records for several states, from Christine's Genealogy Website. Extensive transcriptions for Lowcountry FL, GA and SC. A must for your Lowcountry research toolkit.

Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware, by Paul Heinegg

Two books you can read on-line containing about 2,000 pages of family histories based on all colonial court order and minute books on microfilm at the state archives of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Delaware (over 1000 volumes), 1790-1810 census records, tax lists, wills, deeds, free Negro registers, marriage bonds, parish registers, Revolutionary War pension files, etc.

"Other Free" Heads of Household in the 1790 South Carolina Census, by County, from Paul Heinegg

Research Guides ~ SC African American Ancestors

Most Overlooked Record-Types in South Carolina by Robin Foster

Video tutorial and PowerPoint presentation from Robin Foster to help you locate new records to search for SC ancestors.

South Carolina African Americans

From FamilySearch, a comprehensive research guide for researching SC ancestors.

Online County-Level SC Records ~ Directories and Search Engines

South Carolina Genealogy Research Guide

From DiscoverSouthCarolina.com, a county by county list of libraries, archives, museums and family history centers.

SCIWAY.com

SCIWAY is your essential starting point for state and county-level links for South Carolina. The definitive list of South Carolina genealogy links.

Linkpendium ~ South Carolina

Astoundingly exhaustive county and state-level links

Cyndi’s List

The definitive collection of Internet genealogy links

The Records Project: Your Encyclopedia for State and County Public Records

The Records Project is an online community dedicated to building the largest, free public records encyclopedia.

GenealogyInTime Genealogy Search Engine

Search over 1.2 billion historic records across hundreds of genealogy websites. Fast, convenient and free.

Mocavo

Mocavo is the world's first and largest genealogy search engine. Their search index indexes over four billion names and is the fastest search in the industry by more than ten times. You must register for a free account to view search results.

Beaufort County ~ Online Resources

Beaufort County Message Board ~ Ancestry.com

Heritage Library Foundation

The Heritage Library is a private reference library and research center which is open to the public at a modest daily fee of ten dollars. The Library houses the records of The Hilton Head Island Historical Society containing a wealth of historical information, old photographs, and maps of Hilton Head Island and the Low Country.
The library is an affiliated library of the Family History Library operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here you can view microfilm and microfiche maintained by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Beaufort County Library ~ Beaufort District Collection

The Beaufort District Collection was created in 1992 to record the rich historical, cultural, and environmental heritage of the former Beaufort District. The BDC Research Room houses the research collection which researchers can visit. The reading room will accommodate 7 visitors, group visits must be scheduled in advance. The BDC has two online collections of interest to family historians:
This collection of 548 photographs comes from two albums of family photographs created by Conrad Munro Donner (1844 - 1916). Within the collection are photographs of many African Americans in Beaufort County in the early 1900s.
The Newspaper Obituary Index does not include the actual texts of the obituary notices. The actual texts of the obituary notices are on file in the Beaufort District Collection and may be ordered. Some obituaries are available on microfilm at other local libraries.

Beaufort County Cemetery Records ~ IntermentNet

Slave Manifests, RG 36 ~ National Archives Atlanta

On March 2, 1807, Congress passed a law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States beginning January 1, 1808. This Act required that all vessels of 40 tons or more carrying slaves in the coastwise trade file duplicate manifests at the ports of origin and destination, pledging that the slave had not been imported into the U.S. after 1807.

Beaufort, S.C. Slave Manifests (Outbound)

By Slave Owner's Name
By Slave's Name

Charleston County ~ Online Resources

Charleston County Message Board ~ Ancestry.com

South Carolina TriCounty Genealogy

Extensive collection of online records for Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties ~ marriages, baptisms, court records, maps, cemetery records and more

1794 Charleston City Directory ~ From South Carolina TriCounty Genealogy

Lowcountry Africana Full-Text Reading Room:

Charleston South Carolina Probate Court Online Search

Here you can search for abstracts of:
Document images can be printed from microfilm at the Marriage License Division: Marriage License Division Judicial Center 100 Broad Street, Suite 469 Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 958-5183 (843) 958-5191 (Fax)
Document images can be printed from microfilm at the Charleston Probate Court: Estate Division Historic Courthouse 84 Broad Street, Third Floor Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 958-5030 (843) 958-5044 (Fax)

Charleston County Public Library ~ The South Carolina Room and The Charleston Archive

The staff of the Charleston Archive has created several pathfinders to assist the public in understanding and accessing the materials within the collection. Click on the titles to view the pathfinders in PDF format (Adobe Reader is required for viewing).
The staff of the Charleston Archive has created finding aids for many of its collections. These finding aids include physical descriptions, historical notes, and collection outlines. To view the entire finding aid, click on the title of the chosen collection. All finding aids are in PDF format, so Adobe Reader is required.
(A compiled alphabetical index of the 1877 precinct ledgers, which contains 7,189 names, is available here:)

  • Charleston County Public Library ~ Charleston Archive ~ Records of the Commissioners of the House of Correction, 1868–1885

This collection contains a single register of the inmates of the House of Corrections, a Post-Civil War institution for the confinement of vagrants and violators of city ordinances. The register provides information on all inmates of the institution (men, women, and children) including: date of admission, name, age, birthplace, last residence, length of time in Charleston, occupation, discharge date, and remarks. The volume lacks entries for the years 1876-1880.
A transcription of these records is now available in a searchable PDF format (in three parts):

Slave Manifests, RG 36 ~ National Archives Atlanta

On March 2, 1807, Congress passed a law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States beginning January 1, 1808. This Act required that all vessels of 40 tons or more carrying slaves in the coastwise trade file duplicate manifests at the ports of origin and destination, pledging that the slave had not been imported into the U.S. after 1807.
Charleston, S.C. Slave Manifests (Inbound)
By Slave Owner's Name
By Slave's Name

Georgetown County ~ Online Resources

Georgetown County Message Board ~ Ancestry.com

Georgetown County Digital Library

Provides free access to an extensive collection of digitized plantation journals, rare photographs, historical newspapers, real estate indentures, personal journals and letters.

USGenWeb, Georgetown County

Yauhannah Descendants

Records of the Lower Pee Dee River area of Georgetown County. Extensive collection of wills, Bible records, cemetery and tax records and more.

Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contracts, Georgetown County, SC ~ USF Africana Heritage Project

The Georgetown Gazette Jan 3, 1801 - Feb 17, 1810 ~ Google News Archive

What Are YOUR Favorite SC Resources?

Which SC resources do YOU recommend? Please leave a comment to add your favorites!

Tags: beaufort, beginning genealogy, Charleston, genealogy, georgetown, research guides, resources
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January 15, 2013 Posted by admin in LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, Magnolia Plantation, South Carolina Ancestors

Join Lowcountry Africana at Magnolia Plantation Feb 9 for a Seminar on Tracing Reconstruction-Era Ancestors

Learn About the Records That Will Help You Trace African American Ancestors Back Beyond 1870
~And~ Receive Personal Genealogy Advice from a Panel of Experienced Lowcountry Researchers!

Please join us at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on Saturday, February 9 for the seminar "Breaking Through the 1870 Brick Wall - Tracing Reconstruction-Era Ancestors."

After the seminar, a panel of experienced Lowcountry researchers will be on hand to provide one-on-one genealogy advice. Whether you are just beginning your research or need advice to overcome brick walls, bring your research questions and join us!

Seminar Schedule

10:00 am - 11:00 am: Ramona La Roche "Finding Ancestors in Radical Republican Times"

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Toni Carrier "Finding Your Ancestors in Freedmen's Bureau Records"

12:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Receive One-On-One Genealogy Advice from a Panel of Experienced Lowcountry Researchers!

Meet the Panelists

Ramona La Roche

Ramona La Roche is Vice President of the Charleston branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She formerly served as Program Coordinator for the Jean Sampson Scott New York City chapter of the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society from 1992 to 1999. She conducts genealogical workshops and research services, cultural arts training, related tours and event planning. She is a past participant and recipient of SC Arts Commission Institute of Community Scholars’ individual grant program.

Her collaborative work encompasses a wide variety of populations, such as youth services, educational institutions, and community development entities.

Her contracts include professional development for such entities as Mecklenburg County school K-12 art teachers at the Harvey B. Gannt Center in Charlotte, NC (funders Art & Science Council); conference presentations at the University of Texas at Austin and SC Art Educators Association annual meetings; Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet; Dreamkeepers Center, and First Steps, Georgetown, SC.

La Roche’s graduate work included her Healing Arts studies at Antioch University in San Francisco. She earned her professional degrees in Divergent Learning from Columbia College in South Carolina, a BFA degree, and an Art Therapy Certificate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She also holds state licensure and National Certification in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

Her published literary works include – “A Day Trip to Georgetown”, College of Charleston Avery Research Center’s Charleston African American Visitors Guide, (2006); "Gullah Connections: Crossing Over, Passing, the Links Between The Worlds", exploring Gullah & Yoruba Funerary practices, in Orisa: Yoruba God & Spiritual Identity in Africa and the Diaspora, Toyin Falola and Ann Genova, editors, (2005); and Black America Series: Georgetown County, SC (2000).

A teaching artist, La Roche’s visual and literary art expresses the inner strength of African American women which emanates from the depth and most deepest core of the Earth. She states, “We stand on shoulders and experiences of our fore mothers and fore fathers. It is this connection to this internal core, we experience that which fuels our ability to carry and emanate the inner Light.

Contact:

Ramona La Roche, M. Ed.

Divergent Learning Specialist

www.gullahgal.com/ http://xeeme.com/RamonaLaRoche

ramonalaroche@gmail.com

Fallon Green

Fallon N. Green is a first time author and is owner and operator of African American Genealogy with Fallon Green a South Carolina-based, family run, small press genealogical publishing company that specializes in producing study companions and reference tools geared towards African American family history researchers.

Fallon Green has over ten years experience doing Family History Research and is the online administrator of the The Gullah Diaspora Project, a beginning site for those requesting help searching Gullah Genealogies. This is a website dedicated to uniting all Gullah Descendants Worldwide by providing free guidance on family history research as well as by transcribing and indexing state and local records that are specific to the History of the Sea Islands and the cultural preservation of the American Story of the Gullah.

She is the Founding Member of the 2nd SC Chapter of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Colored Troops and is the online administrator of its flagship initiative, the previously mentioned, soon to be launched Gullah Diaspora Project 2012. Fallon Green currently works for the Foundation for the National Archives in Downtown Washington, DC and is an active member of several civic, research and volunteer groups within the city.

She is a Fourth Generation Descendant of Civil War Soldier Private Shedrick Manego, Company E of the 34th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops. Who fought in and participated in such engagements as The Battle of Honey Hill, The Combahee Ferry Raid and the Battle of Olustee. A Beaufort, SC contemporary of Robert Smalls, Shedrick Manigo himself would go on to "Preach the Pulpit" following the Civil War and would build the church that still stands today and serves his home community, Second Gethsemane Baptist Church.

Paul Garbarini

Paul Garbarini has been immersed on Charleston history since his arrival in 1997.

A strong interest in Southern decorative arts lead him to be named the first South Carolina Professional Associate in Furniture for the American Institute for Conservation.

Garbarini became a licensed Charleston Tour Guide in 2009 and opened Uniquely Charleston Tours. His business is built around designing custom tours, researching Charleston’s deep documentary treasures, and finding genealogical links in the Lowcountry.

Toni Carrier

Toni Carrier is the Founding Director of Lowcountry Africana and the USF Africana Heritage Project. She holds a Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology from the University of South Florida and has been researching in Lowcountry records for the past 12 years.

Past projects include research for the PBS series African American Lives 2, genealogy research on Michelle Obama's family tree on behalf of Obama for America, and research on enslaved families on Ball family plantations in SC for the Priscilla's Homecoming reunion in 2005.

For the past 5 years, she and the Lowcountry Africana crew have been conducting research on behalf of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and Drayton Hall, to rebuild the lineages of enslaved families in SC, GA and FL. Lowcountry Africana, sponsored by the Magnolia Plantation Foundation of Charleston, SC, was awarded Drayton Hall’s Wood Family Fellowship and Toni Carrier and Lowcountry Africana Co-Director Robin Foster were awarded the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Charisse R. Cecil Internship for 2012, to extend the Drayton family research into postbellum times. Together, the studies on behalf of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and Drayton Hall will cover the grand sweep of African American history on Drayton family plantations from Colonial times to the present.

Toni's special research interest is in finding and digitizing records to assist African American family history researchers in tracing ancestors back before the 1870 US Census.

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Tags: drayton, GA history, genealogy, Reconstruction, resources
October 4, 2011 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

Newly Released SC Probate Records: a Treasure Trove for African American Genealogy

 

FamilySearch recently released more than 875,000 digital images of South Carolina county probate records. These new records, previously available only in county probate offices or on microfilm, may now be browsed online at FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org).

The newly released records are organized into two collections, South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 (222,656 images) and South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 (652,415 images). Together, the collections cover many South Carolina counties over an extraordinary time span.

These collections contain important pieces of the puzzle for African American genealogy research. Pre-Civil War records may help family historians locate enslaved ancestors. Post-Civil War records span the period from Emancipation to the mid-1900s and may contain valuable information about the lives of African American ancestors during a time period that can be difficult to document.

Here, we take a first look at both collections to compile a comprehensive table of records available for each South Carolina county or district, and the total time span covered by records from both collections.

Before we compile our list, let’s look at the historical development of counties and districts in South Carolina, to help us understand and navigate the collections.

There are now 46 counties in South Carolina. In 1800, South Carolina was divided into 26 Circuit Court Districts. In 1868, districts were renamed as counties. There were 31 counties defined from 26 districts in 1868. Over time, some counties were split, resulting in the 46 counties in South Carolina today. Below is a cross-reference of present-day counties, counties in 1868 and districts in 1800.

 
County (Present-Day) County (1868) District (1800)
Abbeville (1785) Abbeville Abbeville
Aiken (1871) Barnwell Barnwell
Allendale (1919) Barnwell Barnwell
Anderson (1826) Anderson Pendleton
Bamberg (1897) Barnwell Barnwell
Barnwell (1785) Barnwell Barnwell
Beaufort (1785) Beaufort Beaufort
Berkeley (1882) Charleston Charleston
Calhoun (1908) Orangeburg Orangeburg
Charleston (1670) Charleston Charleston
Cherokee (1897) Spartanburg Spartanburg
Chester (1785) Chester Chester
Chesterfield (1785) Chesterfield Chesterfield
Clarendon (1855) Clarendon Sumter
Colleton (1798) Colleton Colleton
Darlington (1785) Darlington Darlington
Dillon (1910) Marion Marion
Dorchester (1897) Colleton Colleton
Edgefield (1785) Edgefield Edgefield
Fairfield (1785) Fairfield Fairfield
Florence (1888) Marion Marion
Georgetown (1769) Georgetown Georgetown
Greenville (1786) Greenville Greenville
Greenwood (1897) Abbeville Abbeville
Hampton (1878) Beaufort Beaufort
Horry (1801) Horry Georgetown
Jasper (1912) Beaufort Beaufort
Kershaw (1791) Kershaw Kershaw
Lancaster (1785) Lancaster Lancaster
Laurens (1785) Laurens Laurens
Lee (1902) Sumter Sumter
Lexington (1785) Lexington Orangeburg
Marion (1790) Marion Marion
Marlboro (1785) Marlboro Marlboro
McCormick (1916) Abbeville Abbeville
Newberry (1785) Newberry Newberry
Oconee (1860) Oconee Pendleton
Orangeburg (1769) Orangeburg Orangeburg
Pickens (1826) Pickens Pendleton
Richland (1785) Richland Richland
Saluda (1895) Edgefield Edgefield
Spartanburg (1785) Spartanburg Spartanburg
Sumter (1798) Sumter Sumter
Union (1785) Union Union
Williamsburg (1785) Williamsburg Williamsburg
York (1785) York York
 
Above: Cross-Reference of Present SC Counties, Counties in 1868 and Districts in 1800. Adapted from Gourdin, J. Raymond 104thInfantry Regiment – USCT, Colored Civil War Soldiers from South Carolina, Heritage Books, 1997.
 

Free South Carolina Probate Records: Counties, Districts and Time Spans Covered

Now let’s compile a breakdown for counties and districts represented in the new collections.

 

County or District Collections Total Time Span
Abbeville South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Wills, 1787-1868 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Index to probate records, 1782-1958 · Probate Court, Probate records, 1782-1958 1782-1958
Aiken South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1872-1927 1872-1927
Anderson South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Bond books, 1840-1867 · Guardian accounts, 1843-1869 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1840-1903 · Letters, 1840-1868 · Wills, 1791-1907 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Court of Common Pleas, Direct (plaintiff) index, 1827-1903 · Court of Common Pleas, Indirect (defendant) index, 1827-1903 · Court of Common Pleas, Judgments, 1828-1880 1791-1903
Barnwell South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Inventories, Appraisements, 1809-1841 · Sales books, 1808-1842 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Cases, 1787-1958 · Probate Court, Estate records, 1909-1925 · Probate Court, Index to wills and probate records, 1787-1958 1787-1958
Camden, Kershaw South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Estate record books, 1782-1823, Vol. A1 1782-1823
Charleston South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Daily minutes, 1851-1872 · Derelict estates, 1847-1853 · Index to estates, 1790-1916 · Index to wills and inventories, 1746-1800 · Index to wills, 1671-1927 · Inventories, 1753-1784 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1839-1867 · Journal, 1839-1864 · Miscellaneous cases, 1783-1812 · Miscellaneous records, 1696-1792 · Ordinary account books, 1843-1871 · Real estate books, 1835-1939 · Receipts in probate cases, 1853-1873 · Returns, 1835-1865 · Wills, 1671-1868 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Index to estate inventories, 1834-1844 · Probate Court, Estate inventories, 1732-1844 1671-1939
Chester South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Index to probate records, 1787-1950 · Inventories of estates, 1840-1855 · Probate records, 1787-1865 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Files, 1788-1866 1787-1950
Chesterfield South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Index to estate papers, 1865-1977 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1865-1927 1865-1977
Clarendon South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate files, 1899-1926 1899-1926
Columbia, Lexington, Richland South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Guardian and trustee returns, 1809-1867 1809-1867
Edgefield South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Cash book, Receipts, Returns, 1838-1852, Vol. B · Returns, 1845-1867 1838-1867
Fairfield South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Administration and guardian bonds, 1840-1869 · Annual returns, 1840-1900 · Bonds and letters of administration, 1869-1904 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1801-1922 · Journal, 1801-1906 · Letters of administration, 1887-1921 · Letters of administration, guardianship, testamentary, 1840-1893 · Letters of guardianship, 1890-1947 · Wills, 1785-1904 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · County Court, Estate records, 1787-1815 1785-1947
Greenville South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977; · Inventories, Appraisements, 1825-1829 · Returns book, 1817-1824 · Wills books, 1787-1867 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Probate records, 1787-1868 1787-1868
Kershaw South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Estate record books, 1791-1822 · Pleadings and judgments, 1790-1820 · Wills, 1782-1868 1782-1868
Lancaster South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977; · Wills, 1865-1892 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1865-1950 1865-1950
Laurens South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Administration and guardian bonds, 1840-1873 · Administration bonds, 1804-1901 · Annual returns, 1840-1900 · Commissioners report of sales, 1825-1839 · Decree book, 1869-1878 · Estate records, 1818-1834 · Guardian and trustee returns, 1841-1890 · Guardian bonds, 1841-1910 · Guardian bonds, Letters of guardianship, 1836-1859 · Guardian returns, 1807-1830 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1825-1929 · Journal, 1840-1895 · Letters of administration, 1837-1839 · Letters of administration, Letters of guardianship, 1876-1909 · Letters of administration, guardianship, testamentary, 1840-1877 · Letters testamentary, 1877-1917 · Partitions of estates, 1803-1826 · Real estate receipt book, 1826-1836 · Wills, 1788-1912 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate papers, 1800-1931 · Probate Court, Index to estate papers, 1800-1931 1788-1931
Lexington South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Administration, Will annexed, Guardian bond books, 1865-1902 · Annual returns, 1865-1904 · Guardian and trustee bonds, 1809-1868 · Index to estate papers, 1865-1940 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1865-1921 · Journal, 1865-1915 · Real estate book, 1866-1898 · Wills books, 1865-1908 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate papers, 1863-1900 · Probate Court, Index to Estate papers, 1863-1900 1863-1940
Marion South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Minute book and journal, 1800-1825 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1869-1915 1800-1915
Marlboro/Marlborough South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Equity records and bills, 1805-1869 · Index to equity records and bills, 1805-1870 · Wills books, 1787-1905 · Estate record books, 1787-1840 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate papers, 1790-1906 · Probate Court, Index to Estate papers, 1700-1973 1700-1973
Newberry South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Index to estates, 1785-1949 · Wills books, 1787-1913 1785-1949
Oconee South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate files, 1897-1916 1897-1916
Orangeburg South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Index, 1865-1947, Vol. A-Z · Wills, 1866-1957 1865-1957
Pendleton South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Minutes, 1825-1867 1825-1867
Richland South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Index to wills, 1787-1950 · Journal, 1839-1866 · Letters, 1840-1871 · Minutes, 1841-1863 · Wills, 1787-1941 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate papers, 1799-1909 · Probate Court, Index to estates, 1799-1955 1787-1955
Spartanburg South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Administration bonds, 1896-1917 · Administration, Will annexed, Guardian bond book, 1840-1918 · Administrations, 1804-1847 · Guardian account and returns, 1842-1868 · Guardian book, 1885-1912 · Index to estate papers, 1787-1971 · Index to real estate papers, 1825-1971 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1811-1904 · Journal of the Ordinary, 1816-1868 · Journal, 1800-1907 · Real estate books, 1825-1904 · Real estate cash books, 1830-1911 · Report books, 1844-1870 · Returns books, 1836-1900 · Warrants of appraisements, 1816-1827 · Wills books, 1810-1903 1787-1971
Sumter South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Devised lands, 1883-1947 · Equity decrees and reports, 1814-1858 · Index to estates, 1802-1949 · Index to executors administrations, 1800-1953 · Index to guardians, committeeship, lunacy, and industrial school, 1816-1951 · Index to wills, administrations, estates, and files book, 1800-1937 · Inventories, Appraisements, 1914-1953 · Reports of referees of estates, 1863-1875 · Sales appointments, 1840-1900 · Wills books, 1800-1963 · Wills, Record book, Manuscript, 1784-1849, Vol. M South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1784-1960 · Probate Court, Index to estate records, 1784-1960 1784-1963
Union South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Administration bonds, 1867-1887 · Administration, Will annexed, Guardian bond books, 1833-1910 · Cash book, 1836-1915 · Fee book, 1844-1850 · Guardian bonds, 1875-1912 · Guardian returns, 1869-1913 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1836-1910 · Real estate books, 1835-1928 · Returns books, 1835-1926 · Sales book, 1895-1926 · Wills books, 1792-1911 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate files, 1906-1919 · Probate Court, Index to probate records, 1777-1961 · Probate Court, Probate records, 1777-1961 1777-1961
Williamsburg South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Wills, 1806-1879 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1869-1916 1806-1916
Winton South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Wills, 1779-1950 1779-1950
York South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977: · Administration and guardian bonds, 1840-1875 · Administration bonds, 1871-1907 · Cash book, 1841-1902 · Docket book, 1889-1926 · Estate record books, 1787-1840 · Fee book, 1889-1892 · Guardian and trustee account, 1840-1871 · Guardian bonds, 1871-1913 · Guardian returns, 1890-1922 · Index to estate records, Index to wills, 1787-1813, Vol. A-C · Index to lands devised, 1868-1906 · Index to money decrees, 1880-1905 · Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1813-1910 · Journal, 1831-1874 · Letters Dismissory, Dismissed bonds, 1871-1908 · Minute book, 1814-1830 · Petitions and orders, 1889-1919, Vol. A · Real estate books, 1825-1899 · Receipt books, 1870-1901 · Sales book, 1893-1932 · Wills book, 1800-1862 · Wills book, Estate record books, 1837-1882 · Wills, 1770-1924 South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964: · Probate Court, Estate records, 1774-1960 · Probate Court, General Index, 1774-1960 · Probate Court, Index, 1774-1960 1770-1960
 
Above: Comprehensive Table of Records in Newly Released Records South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 (222,656 images) and South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 (652,415 images).  
 
We hope this comprehensive table will assist you in navigating the newly released South Carolina probate records on FamilySearch.org. Coming in a future blog post: a look at record types within these collections, why they were made, what information they contain, and which records will be most helpful in a search for enslaved ancestors.
 
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December 23, 2010 Posted by admin in LCA Main Blog, South Carolina Ancestors

Penn Center Heritage Symposium 2010

 

The annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration, held the second weekend in November each year, is a celebration of the unique Gullah-Geechee cultural heritage and the history of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, SC.

The Penn Center Heritage Symposium explores a different aspect of the Gullah-Geechee cultural heritage each year. This year, Lowcountry Africana was honored to choose the focus of the Heritage Symposium.

It didn't take us but a moment to do so - there are many innovative historians and preservationists working to change the way we think about discovering, understanding and preserving the African American heritage of the Lowcountry. We chose to focus on historians and preservationists who are rediscovering African and African American ancestors, honoring their accomplishments and legacies, and preserving the sites of memory where they lived and worked.

We invited, they came, and we were astounded by the work these incredible preservationists are pursuing in the Lowcountry.

 

Penn Center 2010 Heritage Symposium Panelists (from left) Bill Grimke-Drayton, Joseph McGill, DJ Tucker, Toni Carrier and Robin Foster


Robin Foster presented "Leaving No Stone Unturned," which acknowledged the difficulties African Americans face in documenting ancestors and provided an overview of the basic principles of researching and preserving heritage.  The presentation also included an overview of recently released FamilySearch resources currently at FamilySearch.org which link family historians to historical documents and free research assistance. As more historical records are made available along with the knowledge about how to find assistance, many will be able to accomplish in the comfort of their own homes what once required traveling long distances. Robin is an expert at introducing researchers to the world of free resources available at FamilySearch.org. 

DJ Tucker,  Director of African American History & Interpretation at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, explored the work he and his colleagues have been doing to humbly honor the memory and oft overlooked contributions of enslaved ancestors. Once known for serving in the vanguard of those that perpetuated a disappointingly sanitized narrative of plantation life, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens has made commendable strides toward shedding the romanticized mythologies that once dominated virtually all such southern plantation museum interpretation.

By acknowledging the immense genius of those that came to the Lowcountry from such culturally rich regions in West Africa as  the Windward and Rice Coast, Tucker and company have with boldness endeavored to finally afford credit where credit is so justly due. DJ passionately described Magnolia's recent initiative, the Cabin Project, to preserve Magnolia's former slave cabins that serve as a focal point and conduit for this award winning daily interpretive program effort.

Joseph McGill, Program Officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Founder of the Company "I" 54th Massachusetts Reenactment Regiment in Charleston, discussed the Slave Cabin Project, his pioneering efforts to preserve historic slave cabins. Over the past year, Joseph McGill has spent his nights in five slave cabins on plantations in South Carolina, in order to call attention to the need to preserve these long-ignored and often overlooked historic structures.

Joe is engaging with the past in an entirely new way by re-peopling the places where enslaved ancestors spent a significant portion of their lives, in order to say "This place matters." 

 

Bill Grimke-Drayton, a native of England and a descendant of the slaveholding Drayton family of South Carolina, discussed how he became involved in reconciliation efforts through Coming to the Table, a program at Eastern Mennonite University which brings together the descendants of slaves and descendants of slaveholders, in order to address the painful legacy of slavery in the United States.

Bill has made frequent trips to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and Drayton Hall Plantation in order to meet both African American and white descendants who share his family's name and history.  Bill discussed the history of the Drayton family's Fish Haul Plantation on Hilton Head Island and read poems from his book Freedom Reclaimed, a collection of poems of introspection on his family's connection to American slavery.

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November 12, 2010 Posted by admin in LCA Main Blog, South Carolina Ancestors

Penn Center Heritage Symposium Links

 

Penn Center Heritage Symposium Links

Many thanks to all who joined us for the Penn Center Heritage Symposium November 12. Below are links to resources mentioned in the symposium. For those who could not join us, please be sure to visit the highly-recommended websites and resources below!

TheBeginningGenealogistWebsite The Beginning Genealogist website: Angela Y. Walton-Raji shares instructional videos and articles on beginning your African American ancestor search
Afrigeneas Getting Started Guide Afrigeneas Beginner's Guide to African American Genealogy: by Dee Parmer Woodtor, author of Finding a Place Called Home: An African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity (Random House, 1999)
Lowcountry Africana SC Ancestors Page Lowcountry Africana SC Ancestors Page: Resources and records for researching South Carolina ancestors
SC Full Text Reading Room SC Full-Text Reading Room: Read full-text books on South Carolina history and genealogy
Restore the Ancestors Project The Restore the Ancestors Project
Footnote.com Home Page for Restore the Ancestors Project Lowcountry Africana: South Carolina Slave Records on Footnote.com
How to Browse the Footnote Collection SC Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 How to Browse the new free Footnote.com collection SC Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872
Penn Center Heritage Days Seminar 2010 Panelist Info  
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November 9, 2010 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

1850 Census Slave Schedule, Beaufort District, SC

 

Source: United States Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, South Carolina. 1850 South Carolina Federal Population Census Slave Schedules - Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell and Beaufort Counties. Reel 0861.

 

1850 Census Slave Schedule, Beaufort, SC
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November 7, 2010 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

"List of Discharges [USCT] Received from T. Hurley and Now On Hand at Freedmen's Natl. Bank," Freedmen's Bureau Field Report, South Carolina, 1869

 

Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 22
 
Names:
Ballard, Charles
Barber, Jacob
Blanchard, Benj.
Brown, George
Brown, Levi
Bryan, Thomas
Carr, Saml.
Coleman, Frank
Copland, Saml.
Cummings, Hudson
Cummings, Stephen
Cook, James
Copelin, Henry
Davis, Henry
Evans, Adam
Flag, Snow
Frazier, James
Gibbs, Cain
Gregg, Simon
Griffith, Middleton
Harlington, Andrew
Pinckney, Charles
Haywood, Saml.
Hazard, William
Hollinton, Thos.
Jenkins, Caleb
Jenkins, Moses
Johnson, Tom
Jones, Alex
Jones, Frederick
Lawton, Shelton
Lock, William
Ponshot, Thos.
Loyd, Edward
Middleton, Joseph
Morrow, William
Mynors, Joseph
Parker, Isiah
Park, William
Pierson, Saml.
Pooso, Simon
Ramsey, Thomas
Reed, Frank
Rice, Hampton
Sashington, Jack
Singleton, Abram
Shotes, Abel
Small, Harry
Daniels, George
Small, Stephen
Smith, John
Stedman, Paul
Stoney, Joseph
Thompson, Isaac
Tingman, Julius
Toodles, James
Townsend, Joshua
Tracy, William
Troopier, William
Dennis, Wilson
Vaugn, Henry S.
Vinyard, Frederick
Watson, Jackson
Whaler, Jacob
Williams, Edwd.
Wilson, Joseph
Woodet, Thomas
Dingle, Mingo
Elliott, Moses
Frazier, Thomas
Frazier, Saml.
Frazier, William
Ford, Peter
Gathers, Thomas
Gates, William
Glove, William
Graham, Bristol
Green, May
Haynes, Jos. E.
Izzard, James
Jones, Jack
Kain, Anthony
Kinard, Perry
Lewis, Benj.
Lennan, Warley
Legree, Michael
Mason, Hector
Mason, Mike
McLelan, Cyrus
McMichael, Joseph
Middleton, Jackson
Middleton, Saml.
Mitchell, Henry
Murphy, Friday
Nelson, Neptune
Pinckney, Alfred
Powell, Adolphus
Pringle, Benj.
Richardson, Ned
Richardson, Primus
Richardson, William
Richwine, Franklin
Robinson, Francis
Singleton, Adam
Steidley or Steele, Chas.
Trindal, West
Waitors, Four
Walker, Danl.
Walley, George
Washington, Harry
White, Wallace
Williams, Thomas
Wilson, John
Young, Paul
Adams, David
Alen, John
Allston, Danl.
Bailey, Andrew
Barnett, London
Barrington, Moses
Beck, Adam
Brockinton, Jack
Brown, Renty
Brown, Samuel
Campbell, Caleb
Cams, George
Castle, Robert

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November 7, 2010 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

Labor Contract W.J. Randolph and Freed Men and Women on the Pope Place Plantation, St. Helena Island, Beaufort District, SC, 1865

Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 59

Names:
Randolph, W.J.
Randolph, William J.
Williams, c.F.
Haywood, Chas. F.
White, Will
Pope, Cuffy
White, Grace
Pope, Jane
White, Patience
Haywood, Andrew
Gilbert, Jane
Haywood, Elsy
Gilbert, Londen
Izard, Rinah
Gilbert, Hanes
Izard, Webster
Gilbert, Maria
Simonds, Phebe
Aikens, Nero
Simonds, Jerry
Aikens, Maria
Johnson, Jack
Aikens, Jack
Ellis, Libey
Ellis, Rhinah
Pope, Sara
Milles,Renben
Pope, Sanco
Malari, Merit
Bethbordes, Lizzy
Barnwell, Milly
Barnwell, John
Barnwell, Hattie
Johnson, Louis
Grass, London
Prentis, Chloe
Prentis, Peggy
Pope, Livey
Pope, Judy
Ellis, Dolly
Chisholm, Andrew
Blanck, Maria
Stewards, Daniel
Chisholm, Adam
 
 Labor Contract W.J. Randolph and Freed Men and Women on the Pope Place Plantation, St. Helena Island, Beaufort District, SC, 1865 (pdf)
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November 7, 2010 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

Freedmen's Labor Contract, School Farm Number 12, Orange Grove Plantation, Ladies Island, SC, 1865

 

Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 59

Names:
Blake, Milton
Stoney, Titus
Stoney, Alice
Seabrook, Daphne
Aiken, Minta
Hogan, Leah
Orchard, Matilda
Garvin, Grace
Jones, Basil
Orchard, Silvia
Lewis, John
Lewis, Sella
Lewis, Abrum
Stooks, Molly
Lewis, Annie
Lewis, Mary
Lewis, Susan
Lewis, Hannah
Garvin, Annie
Richardson, Kate
 Labor Contract for School Farm Number 12, Ladies Island, SC, 1865 (pdf)

 

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November 7, 2010 Posted by admin in SC Ancestors, South Carolina Ancestors

South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Report: Bounty Claim Correspondence for Blake, March; Blake, Michael; Jenkins, Bob; Williams, Rd; Cruel, Ranty; Blake, Robt; Edwards, Jos H.; Seabrook, Edwd; Brown, Jonas; Harris, Mike; Saplin, James, 1869

 

Names:
Drew, Wm. P.
Howard, O.O.
Ballock, Ew.
Blake, March
Blake, Michael
Jenkins, Bob
Williams, Rd.
Edwards, Jos H.
Blake, Robt.
Seabrook, Edwd.
Cruel, Ranty
Brown, Jonas
Harris, Mike
Saplin, James
DeKnight, W.F.
Scoville, N.R.
Edie, J.R.

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