By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1977, Reprinted 2015, 244 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-047-0Tryon County was formed from Mecklenburg County in 1769. At one time Tryon County included all or part of the N.C. counties of Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, Henderson, Li…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1982, Reprinted 2014, 114 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-270-8.Due to South Carolina not officially keeping vital records until 1911, makes researching in old newspapers extremely important. Many times these may be the only rema…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1981, Reprinted 2014, 240 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-213-9. Lancaster County was carved out of the Camden District in 1785. And from part of it, Kershaw county was formed in 1791. Since the Lancaster County probate records w…
The single most important record for any North Carolina county is the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. The court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions is the lowest court of record for the county. It was where the business of the county w…
By: Brent Holcomb, Orig. Pub. 1979, 462 pages, map, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-148-5. Chester County was created in 1785 out of the Camden District. It is located in the northern portion of the satte just under the North Carolina State line. T…
This volume is a continuation of the abstracts prepared under Clara Langley of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. Until the establishment of county courts in South Carolina in 1785, all deeds were recorded in Charleston. The original de…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1980, Reprinted 2014, 56 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-194-9.This book is been out-of-print shortly after its printing back in 1980. Don't miss you chance to own it now. This mortality schedule gives the name, age, sex, state o…
By: Brent Holcom, Pub. 1981, Reprinted 2018, 198 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-212-0.Fairfield was one of the counties formed from the Camden District in 1785. It is surrounded by the counties of: Chester, Kershaw, Newberry, and Union. Par…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1979, Reprinted 2018, 88 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-189-2.At is formation in 1734, Bladen encompassed everything west of the present county. Even though many of Bladen's Deeds were lost in the three court house f…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1979, Reprinted 2014, 523 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-159-0.Union was one of the counties formed from Ninety-Six District in 1785. This volume contains lists of deeds and probate records, minor court cases, bastardy cases, ju…
Union County was formed in 1785; in 1800 it became Union District. In the colonial period, the area of Union County was considered part of Craven County or Berkeley County, South Carolina. Prior to the border surveys of 1764 and 1772, the area was i…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1977, Reprinted 2014, 176 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-043-8.Since South Carolina did not officially keep vital records until 1911, it is extremely important to search through newspapers to locate this type of information. Som…
This work is not a genealogy of a wealthy low-country plantation family, nor that of an up-country gentleman farmer, but a genealogy of the descendants of a poor German protestant who settled in the midlands of South Carolina. Variations of the name…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1979, Reprinted 2001, 280 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-108-6.Mecklenburg county was formed in 1763 from Anson County and in turn Tryon county was formed from Mecklenburg in 1769. This book covers the period when Me…
Prince George Winyah Parish was established in 1721 from St. James Santee Parish. The first known register of Prince George Winyah Parish begins in 1815 and ends in 1916. The format of the original register has been followed as closely as possible.…
Newberry County was formed in 1785 and became Newberry District in 1800. Prior to the border surveys of 1764 and 1772, the area was included in Anson, Mecklenburg, and Tryon Counties, North Carolina. For this reason, a few grants and deeds from Nort…
By: Brent Holcom, Pub. 1982, Reprinted 2018, 152 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-298-8.Marlboro county was created in 1785 and is located in the historic area know as the Pee Dee region. This is the first book of legal records to be publishe…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub, 1978, Reprinted 2017, 120 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-050-0.These are abstracts of Wills and all Estate Papers for the period 1770-1796. These include the later counties of York, Chester, Fairfield, Richland, Lanc…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1979, Reprinted 2004, 204 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-158-2.These court minutes are the earliest extant records from this crucial South Carolina county. Many persons left Edgefield and migrated across the Savannah…
Laurens County, South Carolina, was formed in 1785 as a county of Ninety Six District. Laurens County bordered on the counties of Spartanburg, Union, Newberry, Abbeville, Greenville, and Edgefield. A small portion of Laurens County was annexed to Gr…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1977, Reprinted 2014, 124 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-049-7.Since South Carolina did not officially keep vital records until 1911, makes researching through newspapers extremely important in this state. Many time this is the…
By: Brent Holcomb, Pub. 1978, Reprinted 2014, 236 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-150-7.Since South Carolina did not officially keep vital records until 1911, it is extremely important to search through newspapers to locate this type of information. Som…
Newberry County was formed in 1785. Deeds show that early settlers of Newberry County included Quakers, German Protestant immigrants, Germans from Pennsylvania, Irish Protestant immigrants, and settlers from North Carolina.
