Subject: SC Jury Lists
Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 18:44:18 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 21:31:32 -0400
From: "Steven J. Coker"
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Selected Extracts From:
SOUTH CAROLINA JURY LISTS
1718 THROUGH 1783
Compiled By Mary Bondurant Warren
1977, HERITAGE PAPERS, Danielsville, Georgia 30633
Information on early South Carolina citizens is scarce, particularly in the
colonial period. The "engrossed acts" preserved in the South Carolina Archives
contained names of the men eligible to serve on the colonial and early state
juries.
Jury lists were compiled in the following years: 1718, 1720, 1721, 1731,
1737/38, 1740/41, 1744, 1751, 1757, 1767, 1777, 1778, 1779 [two], 1782 [lost],
and 1783. Jurors were named in the parish of their residence. Men paying at
least five Pounds tax the previous year were named as Grand Jurors as well as
Petit Jurors for their parish or district. Those men paying a lesser tax were
named as Petit Jurors only. Some citizens of Charleston were named to serve as
Special Jurors.
The calendar was corrected during this period. Thus two jury lists drawn up
in the early spring were enacted in years dated 1737/38, and 1740/41. By modern
calendar arrangement we would call these years 1738 and 1741.
Two jury lists were intentionally omitted. Recently published and indexed as
THE SOUTH CAROLINA JURY LISTS, 1778-1779, by Mrs. Ge Lee C. Hendrix, 3 Acorn
Court. Greenville, SC 29609, and Mrs. Morn M. Lindsay.
Colonial tax acts placed a low tax rate on land, and high tax rates on
personal property, slaves, business merchandise and equipment. Thus a Charleston
shopkeeper paid more tax than did a large land owner. Since the amount of tax
paid was the basis for eligibility for jury service, many known land owners will
be missing from the jury lists.
Other citizens, important in the workings of the colony, will also be missing
from the jury lists. Excluded from jury call by law were the ministers,
attorneys, civil servants, members of the Assembly and Governor's Council....
These jury lists prove legal evidence of residence, property qualification,
and civil service during colonial and early statehood periods. To make the
information available, the names of jurors have been arranged in alphabetical
order, with chronological entries showing their appearance on the jury lists, by
parish or district; and Grand, Petit, or Special Jury listings....
The original lists were recorded in parishes, districts, counties or
geographic areas, and all jurymen residing in that particular region were listed
in random alphabetic order.... There were three additional parishes which were
created prior to the Revolution: All Saints; St.David, and St.Luke. No jury list
was ever found for these parishes.
A FEW SELECTED ITEMS AS A SAMPLING FROM THE JUROR LISTS.
PETIT JURORS - SELECTED NAMES
BRAND, JOHN 1721
BRAND, JOHN 1731 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
BRANN, JOHN, SR. 1720
BUDDIN, JOHN 1731 St.James - Santee
COAKER, THOMAS 1779 Cheraws
COGER, JOSEPH 1751 St Bartholomew
COKER, GEORGE 1744 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
COKER, THOMAS 1783 Georgetown
CORKER, THOMAS 1751 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1757 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1767 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
DUBOIS, ISAAC 1757 St.Stephens - Santee
DUBOIS, JOHN 1737 St.James - Santee
DUBOIS, JOHN 1740 St.James - Santee
DUBOIS, JOHN 1744 St.James - Santee
DUBOIS, PETER 1757 St.Thomas and St.Dennis
DUBOISE, JOHN 1757 St.Stephens - Santee
DUBOSE, ANDREW 1737 Christ Church
DUBOSE, ANDREW, SR. 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, DANIEL 1737 St.James - Santee
DUBOSE, DANIEL 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, ELIAS 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, ISAAC 1737 St.James - Santee
DUBOSE, ISAAC 1740 St.James - Santee
DUBOSE, ISAAC 1751 St.James - Santee
DUBOSE, ISAAC 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, JOHN 1731 Prince George - Winyaw
DUBOSE, JOHN 1737 Prince Frederick
DUBOSE, JOHN 1740 St.James - Santee
DUBOSE, JONATHAN 1757 St.Stephens - Santee
DUBOSE, JOSEPH 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, PETER 1737 Christ Church
DUBOSE, PETER, SR. 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, STEPHEN 1737 Christ Church
DUBOUS, ISAAC 1720
DUBUSK, ISAAC 1731 St.James - Santee
DUNCAN, GEORGE 1757 St. Helena - Port Royal
GRAND JURORS - SELECTED NAMES
CORKER, THOMAS 1751 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1757 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1767 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
DUBOIS, ELIAS 1783 Camden
DUBOIS, ISAAC 1757 St.Stephens - Santee
DUBOIS, JOHN 1737 St.James - Santee
DUBOIS, JOHN 1740 St.James - Santee
DUBOIS, JOHN 1767 St.Stephens - Santee
DUBOISE, ANDREW 1783 Camden
DUROISE, ELIAS 1783 Cheraws
DUBOISE, ISAAC 1767 St.Stephens - Santee
DUBOISE, ISAAC 1783 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
DUBOSE, DANIEL 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, ELIAS 1779 Cheraws
DUBOSE, ISAAC 1751 St.James - Santee
DUBOSE, ISAAC 1779 Cheraws
SPECIAL JURORS - SELECTED NAMES
BRAND, JOHN 1731
COCKER, GEORGE 1744 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1751 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1757 St.Philip and/or St.Michael
CORKER, THOMAS 1767
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