Judgment Rolls, 1791-1904
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
L 10018
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Judgment Rolls, 1791-1904
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Court of Common Pleas (Charleston County)
Date(s)
1791/1904
Language(s)
eng
Extent
331.84 linear metres
Type of material
Textual Material
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. It generally includes declarations, answers, orders, summonses and complaints, bonds, affidavits, executions, assignments, judgments, taxation of costs, notices of appeal, and appeals court orders. Information consists of the names of plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; the nature of the suit; and the final judgment.
Some of these records relate to Sephardic Jews, such as David Sarzedas (e.g., 1785, 122A: vs William Broun, 1785; 1797, 218A: vs Isaac Elizer, December 22, 1797; 1789, 40A: vs William Ross and George Ross, November 1789; 1800, 144A: with his wife Sarah Sarzedas, against Isaac Dacosta, June 14, 1800), Moses Sarzedas (e.g., 1795, 411A: vs Samuel Beekman, April 29, 1795; 1795, 444A: vs Edward Blake and John Blake, indorsees of Aaron Lopez, March 23, 1795), Joseph Lopez (e.g., 1803, 668A: vs Robert Smith and Thomas Shubrick, executors of Thomas Shubrick, November 6, 1803), John Charles Lucena (e.g., 1798, 1070A: his company Lucena and Crawford vs Thayers and Sturgis, March 26, 1798), Isaac da Costa (e.g., 1792, 232A: vs Michael John Harris and Joseph Blackford, March 19, 1792), Isaac Motta (e.g., 1797, 522A: vs Benjamin Booth and Reyne Laporte, September 7, 1797), and Francis Salvador (e.g. 1799, 222A: by Patrick Duncan, administrator of his estate, against Joseph Dacosta, executor of Joseph Salvador's will, September 23, 1799).
The content of this series is searchable by name, place, year, etc., through the South Carolina Department of Archives and History Record and Image Search online platform.
Some of these records relate to Sephardic Jews, such as David Sarzedas (e.g., 1785, 122A: vs William Broun, 1785; 1797, 218A: vs Isaac Elizer, December 22, 1797; 1789, 40A: vs William Ross and George Ross, November 1789; 1800, 144A: with his wife Sarah Sarzedas, against Isaac Dacosta, June 14, 1800), Moses Sarzedas (e.g., 1795, 411A: vs Samuel Beekman, April 29, 1795; 1795, 444A: vs Edward Blake and John Blake, indorsees of Aaron Lopez, March 23, 1795), Joseph Lopez (e.g., 1803, 668A: vs Robert Smith and Thomas Shubrick, executors of Thomas Shubrick, November 6, 1803), John Charles Lucena (e.g., 1798, 1070A: his company Lucena and Crawford vs Thayers and Sturgis, March 26, 1798), Isaac da Costa (e.g., 1792, 232A: vs Michael John Harris and Joseph Blackford, March 19, 1792), Isaac Motta (e.g., 1797, 522A: vs Benjamin Booth and Reyne Laporte, September 7, 1797), and Francis Salvador (e.g. 1799, 222A: by Patrick Duncan, administrator of his estate, against Joseph Dacosta, executor of Joseph Salvador's will, September 23, 1799).
The content of this series is searchable by name, place, year, etc., through the South Carolina Department of Archives and History Record and Image Search online platform.
Administrative / Biographical history
Although the Circuit Court Act of 1769 at long last provided for courts sitting outside Charleston, all writs and other processes triable in these courts 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 prior to 1791 include more than just the cases of the Charleston District Court, they have been catalogued with the predecessor series, the Judgment Rolls of the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 1703-1790. South Carolina Statute 1839 (11) 76 standardised recordkeeping in the Court of Common Pleas.
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System of arrangement
All papers relating to a particular case are filed in one bundle or "roll." Records from 1791 to 1839 are arranged by year and, thereunder, by an arbitrary modern number assigned by the repository. Records from 1840 to 1900 are arranged by contemporary roll numbers. Eleven archive boxes of judgment rolls for St. Paul's Parish, 1875-1904, are arranged in a separate roll number sequence.
Finding aids
Plaintiffs' and defendants' names, 1791-1839, are indexed in the repository's On-line Combined Index to Multiple Record Series, 1675-1929, and are also included in the Combined Alphabetical Index produced by the repository on computer output microfilm (COM) in 1991.
Defendant indexes, 1821-1869, and plaintiff indexes, 1840-1861, are available in manuscript in the repository. Defendant indexes, 1879-1901, are available on microfilm produced by the repository. The repository also holds a manuscript plaintiff index to the St. Paul's Parish cases, 1875-1904.
Defendant indexes, 1821-1869, and plaintiff indexes, 1840-1861, are available in manuscript in the repository. Defendant indexes, 1879-1901, are available on microfilm produced by the repository. The repository also holds a manuscript plaintiff index to the St. Paul's Parish cases, 1875-1904.
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Existence and location of copies
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2023
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Jews of Charleston, South Carolina Collection | Existence and location of originals |
| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Department of Archives and History | Collections (official language of the state) |