Laurens County, South Carolina, Wills, 1784-1840
Laurens County, South Carolina, Wills, 1784-1840

Author: Colleen Morse Elliott

Publisher: Southern Historical Press, Incorporated

Published: 1988-01

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 9780893086060

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Laurens County was one of the major paths of migration into South Carolina as well as from S.C. to Georgia, Alabama and points west. This book contains the names of more than 34,000 persons mentioned in these records, which include wills, proven dates of wills, estate inventories, appraisals and sales, purchasers at these sales, gifts of slaves to individuals not in estate settlements, guardianship decrees, contesting of wills, executorship's revoked and their replacements, remarried widows naming new spouse, heirs vs. executors cases, in-depth instructions for "unfortunate children", names of persons from other counties, and states in some cases, and clues to where the family Bible went. This is a veritable gold mine for the genealogist because in many cases this may be the only place where a person is found mentioned in the Laurens County records.

The Moving Appeal
The Moving Appeal

Author: Barbara G. Ellis

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13: 9780865547643

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Ellis relates the story of the Memphis Daily Appeal , the mobile newspaper that rallied Southern civilians and soldiers during the Civil War, and eluded capture by Yankee generals who chased the Appeal's portable printing operation across four states. The study also serves as a biography of the news

Laurens County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts
Laurens County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts

Author: Larry Vehorn

Publisher:

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780893087289

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These abstracts of Deed Books A-D, begin with the creation of the county court system in South Carolina, 1785. Laurens county was created out of the Old Ninety-Six District of S.C., which at one time comprised the entire Upstate. Laurens county was one of the major paths of migration into South Carolina as well as from S.C. to Georgia, Alabama and points West. Deeds are a wonderful source for genealogical research due to the many family members being mentioned within. Even though these deeds begin with the creation of the court system, there are deeds within this book that go back to as early as 1769. This book is even of more importance to the researcher since S.C. did not officially record Vital Records until the year 1911.