FTM cd # 517 - Early South Carolina Settlers, 1600s-1800s

This Family Archive includes the following books: 
* "Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina, 1671-1868"
  - Charleston Free Library
Since the only probate court in South Carolina was located in 
Charleston until 1782, it can be said that (with few exceptions) all 
wills recorded in South Carolina prior to 1782 are covered by this 
index. For each of the approximately 10,000 individuals referenced, 
you'll learn the page number and volume of their original record.


* "Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779"
  - Ge Lee C. Hendrix & Morn M. Lindsay
Here you'll find a list of South Carolina jurors for 1778 and 1779. 
These jury lists prove legal evidence of residence, property 
qualification, and civil service during colonial and early statehood 
periods. 

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. 


* "Index to the 1800 Census of South Carolina"
  - Brent H. Holcomb
Referencing approximately 30,000 heads of households, this index is 
the most accurate and exhaustive listing of early South Carolina 
residents available. A map, expressly created for this publication 
enables the researcher to pinpoint the boundaries of the districts in 
which their ancestors lived. 


* "South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850"
  - Brent H. Holcomb
Here you'll find abstracts of the records of approximately 7,500 
persons who were naturalized in the state of South Carolina between 
the years 1783 and 1850. Since the information comes from a great 
variety of sources (including declarations of intent, petitions and 
actual citizenship certificates, etc.), the information that you'll 
learn can vary. In general, however, some or all of the following 
information is available: 
* Name; 
* Country of origin; 
* Place of residence in the U.S.; 
* Occupation; 
* Date of arrival in the U.S., 
* Date of application or admission.


* "North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina"
  - Brent H. Holcomb
The border between North and South Carolina was in dispute until 1772 
and, as a result, North Carolina issued more than 1,000 grants for 
land in an area that is now South Carolina. Land granted in the North 
Carolina counties of Bladen, Anson, Mecklenburg, and Tryon are the 
present-day South Carolina counties of Marlboro, Chesterfield, 
Lancaster, York, Chester, Union, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Greenville, 
Laurens, and Newberry.

The records of these North Carolina grants (plats and warrants for the 
most part) form the basis of this work. For each land grant, you'll 
learn: 
* Name of the grantee;
* File, entry or grant number;
* Relevant book and page of the original record books;
* Location of the grant; 
* Names of owners of adjoining property;
* Dates of the various instruments.


* "Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina"
  - Martha L. Houston
A standard reference work for South Carolina, all pre-1853 South 
Carolina counties are covered except for the counties of Beaufort, 
Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, Lexington, and 
Orangeburg whose wills were destroyed by fire and were not included in 
the original Work Projects Administration transcripts from which this 
work derives. Testators are listed with references to the volume and 
page numbers of the books in which copies of their wills are recorded. 


* "Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829"
  - Brent H. Holcomb
Official passenger lists for the Port of Charleston exist only for the 
years 1820-1829. Here, you'll find information on the several thousand 
people who managed to slip into Charleston through that relatively 
narrow window of time. Most of the immigrants were young men from 
Great Britain and Ireland who were unskilled farmers and laborers.

The lists are arranged in the order in which they are found in the 
original and all names in the lists are accessible by means of the 
name index at the back of the volume. The data in each entry is 
arranged in tabular format and includes:
* Name of vessel;
* Name of passenger;
* Age;
* Gender;
* Date of arrival;
* Occupation;
* Place of origin;
* Country which he intends to inhabit.


* "A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to 
   South Carolina, 1763-1773"  
  - Janie Revill
The 4,000 immigrants listed in this volume were Protestant refugees 
From Europe who were encouraged to come to South Carolina by an act 
passed by the General Assembly of the Colony on July 25, 1761, called 
the Bounty Act. 

Arranged chronologically and taken verbatim from the original Council 
Journals, 1763-1773, the information given in the certificates and 
petitions for lands under the Bounty Act includes:
* Date of certificate or petition;
* Location and acres granted;
* Age;
* Country of origin;
* Name of the vessel on which they arrived. 


* "Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States 
   Taken in the Year 1790: South Carolina"
  - United States Bureau of the Census

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