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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 21:31:32 -0400
From: "Steven J. Coker" 
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Subject: SC Jury Lists
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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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