Colonial Records of South Carolina: 1568-1838.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LPR.A4P8C6S6
Category:
United States
Creator:
America. Public Records.
Material Description:
7 microfilm textual records (7 titles) ; 35 mm
Background:

Research Publications has assembled and microfilmed the most important published colonial and state records of the original Thirteen Colonies, Maine, and Vermont. The series is comprised of sixty-seven titles which span the years from the earliest available records for each colony until approximately 1800.

Contents:

The Colonial Records of South Carolina have been microfilmed on nine reels and contain twenty-three volumes of material.

CR 52. An Alphabetical Digest of the Public Statute Law of South Carolina. 3 vols. There is a lengthy introduction, list of judges and attorneys-general, 1696-1811, and a contents list at the beginning of each volume. A subject index to Volume 1 and Volume 2 is located at the end of Volume 2, and an index to Volume 3 is at the end of that volume.

CR 53. The Statutes at Large of South Carolina, 1662/3-1838. 10 vols. Contains the Acts, Records, and Documents of a Constitutional Nature arranged chronologically. Volume 1, 1663-1682; Volume 2, Acts, 1682-1716; Volume 3, Acts, 1716-1752;Volume 4, Acts, 1752-1786; Volume 5, Acts. 1785-1814; Volume 6, Acts, 1814-1838; Volume 7, Acts Relating to Charleston, Courts, Slaves, and Rivers, 1685-1838; Volume 8, Acts Relating to Corporations and the Militia, 1751-1838; Volume 9, Acts Relating to Roads, Bridges, and Ferries, with an Appendix, 1703-1838. Contains the Militia Acts prior to 1794; Volume 10, General Index, and Chronological List of all the Acts of the Assembly, 1682-1836. There is a table of contents at the beginning and an index at the end of each volume.

CR 55. The Public Laws of the State of South Carolina from its First Establishment as a British Province to the Year 1790, inclusive, 1682-1790. There are several appendices and a subject index at the end of the volume.

CR 56. Documents Relating to the History of South Carolina During Its Revolutionary War, 1776-1782. There is an index available after page 106.

CR 57. Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina, 1663-1710. 5 vols. Volume 1, 1663-1684; Volume 2, 1685-1690; Volume 3, 1691-1687; Volume 4, 1698-1700; Volume 5, 1701-1710. There is a general index at the end of each volume.

CR 58. The Laws of the Province of South Carolina Before 1734. 2 vols. At the end of Volume 2 there is an Alphabetical Table of All the Foregoing Titles, and a List of Names of Persons Mentioned in the Titles of the Private Acts.

CR 59. Documents Connected with the History of South Carolina.

Archival Ref. No.:
CR 52 - CR 53, CR 55 - CR 59.
Finding Aids:

A microfilm shelf list which correlates the microfilm reel numbers with the Colonial Record numbers and the volume numbers is available with The Loyalist Collection red binders, and online (see Electronic Finding Aids section).

All available indexes are noted in the Content field above, and available in The Loyalist Collection red binders.

Public Records Colonial Records of South Carolina Shelf List.pdf Index-Public Statute Law of South Carolina.pdf
Notes:

List of names in 4 Acts relating to confiscation or amercement of estates were omitted in the printing of these acts in Vol. 4 of Statutes at Large of South Carolina, but they were printed as Appendix No. 2, pp 629-35 of Vol. 6.

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