South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868
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Country
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US
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223
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Contact information: phone number
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001 803 896 6196
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Reference number
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S 108093
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Type of reference number
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Call number
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Title (official language of the state)
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South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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Department of Archives and History. Archives and Publications Division
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Date(s)
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1782/1868
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Date note
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Transcripts from 1980
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Language(s)
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eng
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Extent
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32 microfilm reels and 1 volume
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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This series forms part of the records of the Archives and Publications Division of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. It consists of the microfilm publication of transcripts of wills from the following South Carolina counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Chester, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Horry, Kershaw, Laurens, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, Williamsburg, and York. Wills from Camden and Pendleton Districts were transcribed and filmed under Kershaw County and Anderson County, respectively.
It includes transcripts of wills of Sephardic Jews, such as the following:
Vol. 21, p. 158: Will of Moses Molina of Charleston, December 6, 1785. The will mentions other Sephardic Jews, such as Isaac da Costa, Joseph Abendanon, Moses and Rebecca da Costa, Joseph de Palacios, Isaac Motta and Aaron Pimentel.
Vol. 22, p. 45: Will of Joseph Salvador of England, October 7, 1782.
Vol. 25, p. 51: Will of Sarah da Costa of Charleston, October 2, 1793.
Vol. 40, p. 99: Will of David N. Cardozo, August 11, 1824.
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(source: South Carolina Archives Series Description)
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Archival history
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In the 1930s, the Civil Works Administration (CWA), in conjunction with the Daughters of the American Revolution, transcribed most of the antebellum wills of 21 counties. Some transcripts are from the original wills filed in the Estate Papers series, while others were transcribed from recorded copies in estate record books and will books. Subsequently, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) continued the project, transcribing (in most instances) the postbellum Will Books instead of the original wills. The CWA transcripts are published here and constitute a series distinct from the Will Books. In Charleston, where the colonial and antebellum estate papers did not survive, the Will Books were copied.
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(source: South Carolina Archives Series Description)
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Access points: persons, families
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Abendanon, Joseph
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Costa, Isaac da
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Costa, Moses da
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Costa, Rebecca da
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Costa, Sarah da
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Molina, Moses
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Motta, Isaac
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Nunes Cardozo, David
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Palacios, Joseph de
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Pimentel, Aaron
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Salvador, Joseph
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Finding aids
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This series is indexed in the repository's On-line Index to Will Transcripts. All personal names and slave names mentioned in the wills are included. The On-line Index also indexes geographic locations and (as topics) the churches and charitable institutions mentioned in the wills.
A consolidated index to decedents (only) is available on roll 1 of the microcopy and in a manuscript in the repository's Reference Room.
An every-name index produced by the repository on three reels of computer output microfilm (COM) in 1991 is incomplete.
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Houston, Martha Lou. 1939. Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina. Columbia: University of South Carolina.
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Author of the description
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Carla Vieira, 2022
