Jews of Charleston, South Carolina Collection

Item

Country

US

Name of institution (official language of the state)

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

Language of name of institution

eng

Contact information: postal address

3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220

Contact information: phone number

001 513 487 3000

Contact information: web address

https://www.americanjewisharchives.org/

Contact information: email

Contact form

Reference number

MS-350

Type of reference number

Archival reference number

Title (official language of the state)

Jews of Charleston, South Carolina Collection

Language of title

eng

Creator / accumulator

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

Date(s)

1740/1865

Language(s)

eng

Extent

1 box

Type of material

Textual Material

Physical condition

Good

Scope and content

This collection comprises a typescript list of documentation related to Jews from Charleston extracted from the Combined Alphabetical Index, a computer-generated microfilm finding aid to record series held by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. It contains diverse information regarding Sephardic Jews settled in South Carolina in the 18th and 19th centuries, including, for instance, wills, marriages, bills of sale, contracts, mortgages, legal records, and powers of attorney.

Archival history

The collection was received from James W. Hagy, Charleston, S.C., 1988.

Administrative / Biographical history

The South Carolina General Assembly established a Historical Commission in 1891 to obtain transcripts of colonial records from England.
When the Commission completed its work, it recommended the establishment of a permanent commission. In 1905 the Historical Commission elected its first Secretary. The Commission became the South Carolina Archives Department in 1954.
The duties of the Department of Archives and History are to preserve and administer the noncurrent records of the state and its county divisions. The department is authorised to accept and improve standards of preservation and care of public records to preserve private records. It also publishes documents on the history of South Carolina, administers a historical markers program and promotes state history, genealogy, and archaeology.

(source: South Carolina Department of Archives and History website)

Access points: locations

Charleston, South Carolina (USA)

Access points: persons, families

Costa, Isaac da

De la Motta

De Pass

Lindo, Moses

Lyon, Abraham de

Matos Guterres, Aaron de

Mendes Seixas, Abraham

Nunes Carvalho

Salvador, Francis

Salvador, Joseph

Sarzedas

Sasportas

Access points: subject terms

Sephardim in North America

Legal matters

Trade and commerce

Slavery

18th century

19th century

Access points: document types

Births, marriages and deaths

Commercial records

Property records

Wills and probates

System of arrangement

The records are arranged in alphabetical order.

Links to finding aids

A Finding Aid to the Jews of Charleston, South Carolina, Collection

Existence and location of originals

Colonial Land Grants (Copy Series), 1675-1788

Colonial Plat Books (Copy Series), 1731-1775

Conveyance Books, 1719-1776

Conveyance Books, 1776-1785

Judgment Rolls, 1703-1790

Judgment Rolls, 1791-1904

Memorial Books, 1731-1778

Miscellaneous Records (Main Series), 1732-1981

Mortgages, 1786-1815

South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868

State Plat Books (Charleston Series), 1784-1860

Author of the description

Carla Vieira, 2022

Bibliography

Schorsch, Jonathan. 2004. Jews and Blacks in the Early Modern World. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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