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Marriages
Union County, South Carolina Marriage Records, published
1995, compiled by Tommy J. Vaughan and Michael Becknell.
It lists marriages recorded from various records such as
probate records and estate files. The book lists the
record and file numbers so that you can get copies from
the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
South Carolina Marriages 1749-1867 Implied in South
Carolina Equity Reports, by Barbara Langdon, published
1991. This lists marriages that were referred to in
legal cases. You would have to get copies of the cases
from a law library such as the Univ. of SC, Coleman
Karesh Law Library or some may be available from the
South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Land
Union County, S.C. Deed Abstracts, 1785-1811, published
1998, by Brent Holcomb. Vol. 1 lists Deeds A-F, vol. 2
lists Deeds G-K. Many references go back to 1752.
Includes land conveyances, bills of sale for slaves &
deeds for personal property.
South Carolina Deed Abstracts, 1740-1755, Vol. #2,
reprinted 2003, by Clara Langley. Available
Spring/Summer 2005 from Southern Historical Press, P.O.
Box 1267, 375 West Broad Street, Greenville, SC
29602-1267.
Probate
Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina
1670-1740, by Caroline T. Moore. This volume contains
abstracts of wills from the beginning of the province of
South Carolina. Some of these wills make reference to
previous residences such as Barbados, France, New
England, and England.
Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina
1740-1760, by Caroline T. Moore. Wills abstracted in
this volume reflect the expansion of the province
inland, such as that of Abraham Pennington in 1755, who
lived in what was later Newberry County. Wills from
persons settled in the townships, such as Williamsburg,
and parishes, such as St. Bartholomew's, are found as
well.
Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina
1760-1784, by Caroline T. Moore. The wills abstracts in
this volume take us from the late Colonial period
through the Revolution to the time when the districts,
such as Ninety Six and Camden, took over the probate
function in late 1781. In this period portions which had
been in North Carolina were added to South Carolina by
the border surveys of 1764 and 1772, known as the New
Acquisition.
Abstracts of the Wills of Charleston District, South
Carolina 1783-1800, by Caroline T. Moore. Wills
abstracted in this volume are from the present-day
counties of Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, and
Berkeley. Colleton District was formed in 1800 from
Charleston District. Still there is an occasional will
from another part of South Carolina, such as St.
Matthews Parish, Prince William's Parish, and Ninety Six
District.
Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District, S.C., Wills and
Bonds, Abstracts of, published 1950, reprinted 2004, by
Pauline Young. More than 3,500 abstracts of wills,
bonds, and administrations between 1774-1860 and more
than 30,000 names. Includes present-day Union County.
Available Spring/Summer 2005 from Southern Historical
Press, P.O. Box 1267, 375 West Broad Street, Greenville,
SC 29602-1267.
County Court Minutes
Union County, South Carolina Minutes of the County
Court, 1785-1799, by Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S.,
published by Southern Historical Press, Inc. Reprinted
1994. Includes some probate information; lawsuits and
juries; licenses.
Miscellaneous Government Records
Abstracts of Records of the Secretary of the Province of
South Carolina 1692-1721, by Caroline T. Moore. Records
abstracted in this volume include administration bonds,
some wills not included in the other volumes, warrants
of appraisement, letters of administration, letters of
guardianship, and other items which might be found in
estate packets if such packets were extant. This volume
is essential for research in the early period of South
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