Judgment Rolls, 1703-1790
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223
Contact information: phone number
001 803 896 6196
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Contact information: email
Reference number
S 136002
Type of reference number
Call number
Title (official language of the state)
Judgment Rolls, 1703-1790
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Court of Common Pleas (Charleston County)
Date(s)
1703/1791
Language(s)
eng
Extent
110 linear metres
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
This series is part of the Court of Common Pleas records for Charleston County and comprises the original papers of record in each civil suit in which the judgment is signed. The early rolls contain the plaintiff's complaint and the court's judgment. Later authentication of the complaint (the bond signed by the defendant or an account) was added to the roll. Judgment rolls of the last half of the 18th century usually contain the complaint and supporting documents, such as the writ of attachment, verification of execution, the defendant's reply, and the court's judgment. Arbitrated cases contain the auditor's name and the commission to settle the amount due. Information consists of the names of the plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; the nature of the suit; and the final judgment. Documentation of indebtedness entered into cases sometimes contains considerable data on purchases and other information valuable for social history.
The series records numerous cases involving the Sephardic merchant Isaac da Costa (e.g., box 33A, item 116A: vs Benjamin Smith and John Palmer, 1752; box 36A, item 186A: vs Joseph Tobias, 1753; box 40A, item 120A: vs Jacob Johnson, 1755) and his societies with Thomas Farr (e.g., box 45B, item 30A: vs Abraham Cardozo, 1758; box 48A, item 75A: vs Gideon Gibson, 1759; box 58A, item 105A: vs John Tucker, 1763) and his son Joseph da Costa (e.g. box 112A, item 141A: vs Francis Saltus, 1784). Other Sephardic Jews were part of cases recorded in these Jugment Rolls, such as Isaac Delyon (e.g., box 112A, item 143A: vs Henry Mounier, 1784), Abraham Sasportas and Aaron Pimentel (e.g. box 170A, item 561A: Johannis Heyliger and Lucas Jacob Benners, indorsees of Isaac Dacosta and Abraham Sasportas, vs Aaron Pimentel, 1786), Abraham Seixas (e.g., box 117A, item167A: with William Steel, vs Gabriel Fridig and Maximaniel Conner, 1785), Abraham Cardozo (e.g. box 43A, item 159A: vs Benjamin Rivers, 1756; box 43B, item 26A: vs Thomas Booden, 1757), Moses Lindo (e.g. box 45A, item 140A: vs William Dandridge, 1757; box 45A, item 150A: vs William Lloyd, 1757; box 50A, item 103A: vs Henry Peronneau and Arthur Peronneau, 1760; box 97A, item 170A: vs Joshua Lockwood, 1773), Jacob Dias Carvalho and Aaron de Mattos Guterres (box 23A, item 52A: vs David Alexander, 1737), Joseph Salvador (box 104B, item 22A: vs John Lewis, 1776), and Joseph da Costa (as executor of Joseph Salvador's will: box 151A, item 829A: vs Dr. James Lynah, 1789; box 165A, item 710A: vs David Mccredie and Andrew Mccredie, 1790).
The series records numerous cases involving the Sephardic merchant Isaac da Costa (e.g., box 33A, item 116A: vs Benjamin Smith and John Palmer, 1752; box 36A, item 186A: vs Joseph Tobias, 1753; box 40A, item 120A: vs Jacob Johnson, 1755) and his societies with Thomas Farr (e.g., box 45B, item 30A: vs Abraham Cardozo, 1758; box 48A, item 75A: vs Gideon Gibson, 1759; box 58A, item 105A: vs John Tucker, 1763) and his son Joseph da Costa (e.g. box 112A, item 141A: vs Francis Saltus, 1784). Other Sephardic Jews were part of cases recorded in these Jugment Rolls, such as Isaac Delyon (e.g., box 112A, item 143A: vs Henry Mounier, 1784), Abraham Sasportas and Aaron Pimentel (e.g. box 170A, item 561A: Johannis Heyliger and Lucas Jacob Benners, indorsees of Isaac Dacosta and Abraham Sasportas, vs Aaron Pimentel, 1786), Abraham Seixas (e.g., box 117A, item167A: with William Steel, vs Gabriel Fridig and Maximaniel Conner, 1785), Abraham Cardozo (e.g. box 43A, item 159A: vs Benjamin Rivers, 1756; box 43B, item 26A: vs Thomas Booden, 1757), Moses Lindo (e.g. box 45A, item 140A: vs William Dandridge, 1757; box 45A, item 150A: vs William Lloyd, 1757; box 50A, item 103A: vs Henry Peronneau and Arthur Peronneau, 1760; box 97A, item 170A: vs Joshua Lockwood, 1773), Jacob Dias Carvalho and Aaron de Mattos Guterres (box 23A, item 52A: vs David Alexander, 1737), Joseph Salvador (box 104B, item 22A: vs John Lewis, 1776), and Joseph da Costa (as executor of Joseph Salvador's will: box 151A, item 829A: vs Dr. James Lynah, 1789; box 165A, item 710A: vs David Mccredie and Andrew Mccredie, 1790).
Administrative / Biographical history
Until the Circuit Court Act of 1769 at long last provided for courts sitting outside Charleston, the Court of Common Pleas, which the Lords Proprietors had set up as the Berkeley County Court, functioned as the civil court for the entire colony. Under the 1769 act, all writs and other processes triable in the circuit courts of law still had to issue from and be returnable to the Court of Common Pleas in Charleston. South Carolina Statute 1789 (7) 253 gave the circuit courts full original and final jurisdiction. Because the Judgment Rolls over 1790 include more than just the cases of the Charleston District Court, they have been catalogued in this series. The successor series, the Judgment Rolls of the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, begins in 1791.
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System of arrangement
All papers on a particular case are filed together in one bundle or "roll." The series are arranged chronologically by court term and thereunder by an assigned number. Oversized rolls were indexed to oversized boxes 168A through 171A. However, they were microfilmed in chronological sequence with the regular-sized rolls and can be located by year and number on the microfilm reels.
Access, restrictions
The entire series is available on microfilm.
Finding aids
Plaintiffs' and defendants' names are included in the repository's On-line Combined Index to Multiple Record Series, 1675-1929, and in the Combined Alphabetical Index produced by the repository on computer output microfilm (COM) in 1991.
A separate plaintiff and defendant index on two rolls of COM produced by the repository in 1975 is shelved with the microfilm of the series.
A separate plaintiff and defendant index on two rolls of COM produced by the repository in 1975 is shelved with the microfilm of the series.
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Existence and location of copies
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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| Jews of Charleston, South Carolina Collection | Existence and location of originals |
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| South Carolina Department of Archives and History | Collections (official language of the state) |