Colonial Land Grants (Copy Series), 1675-1788
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
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
Reference number
S 213019
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Colonial Land Grants (Copy Series), 1675-1788
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Secretary of State
Date(s)
1675/1788
Language(s)
eng
Extent
63 volumes and 27 microfilm reels
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This series forms part of the records of Recorded Instruments of the Secretary of State and consists of copies of earlier recordings of land grants. Most entries include the name of the grantee; the number of acres granted; the county in which the grant was located; the boundaries, with the names of surrounding landholders; the quitrent requirements; the conditions of the grant; the certification date of the plat; and the date of the grant.
Some of these copies are related to land grants pertaining to Sephardic Jews in South Carolina, such as the following examples:
Vol. 11, p. 626: Land grant for 700 acres on Curltail Creek pertaining to Moses Lindo. October 25, 1764.
Vol. 30, p. 450: Land grant for 350 acres in Colleton County pertaining to Isaac da Costa. June 7, 1774.
Vol. 30, p. 453: Land grant for 150 acres in Craven County pertaining to Isaac da Costa. June 7, 1774.
Some of these copies are related to land grants pertaining to Sephardic Jews in South Carolina, such as the following examples:
Vol. 11, p. 626: Land grant for 700 acres on Curltail Creek pertaining to Moses Lindo. October 25, 1764.
Vol. 30, p. 450: Land grant for 350 acres in Colleton County pertaining to Isaac da Costa. June 7, 1774.
Vol. 30, p. 453: Land grant for 150 acres in Craven County pertaining to Isaac da Costa. June 7, 1774.
Archival history
This series, commonly called the "Royal Grants," is the result of an attempt to prepare a duplicate set of all colonial grants for use in the Columbia office of the Secretary of State. After moving the state's capital to Columbia in 1789, offices for the Secretary of State were maintained in both Columbia and Charleston. The Charleston office retained the original grant books. Most of the copy volumes in this series were made under the supervision of commissioners Stephen Drayton and John Huger between 1789 and 1792, and most bear the title "Royal Grants" on their spines.
Volumes 38 and 39 result from Drayton and Huger's only partially successful attempt to compile Proprietary Era grants.
Volumes 38 and 39 result from Drayton and Huger's only partially successful attempt to compile Proprietary Era grants.
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Access, restrictions
Volumes 1-43 of this series are available on microfilm.
Finding aids
The repository's On-line Combined Index to Multiple Record Series, 1675-1929, includes the names of grantees and the country or township in which the grant was located. These access terms are also available on a separate two-reel computer output microfilm (COM) index produced by the repository in 1978 and in the Combined Alphabetical Index produced by the repository on computer output microfilm in 1991.
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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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) |