{"title":"South Carolina: Edgefield County","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdgefield County was originally created in 1791 within Ninety Six District and contained all the area of the current Edgefield and Saluda Counties, the eastern portions of Greenwood and McCormick Counties, and a portion of western Aiken County. On 1 January 1800, Ninety-Six District was abolished and Edgefield County became Edgefield District. Under the constitution of 1868, Edgefield District was renamed Edgefield County. Part of Edgefield County went to the creation of Aiken County in 1871, Saluda County in 1895, Greenwood County in 1897 and McCormick County in 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-g4092","title":"South Carolina 1860 Agricultural Census, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgricultural census records yield valuable genealogical information regarding individual landholdings, slave holdings and production.The agricultural census also reveals economic and social details that it was not specifically designed to demonstrate. For the historian, these records furnish a minute and increasingly complex view of the agricultural economy of the state. They are equally valuable as a guide to the social structure of rural South Carolina during a period of momentous change that transformed the system of labor, revolutionized the ownership of land, and finally ended the state's reliance on low-country crops.Six of the census's original forty-eight columns have been transcribed here: name of owner, improved acreage, unimproved acreage, cash value of the farm, value of farm implements and machinery, and value of livestock. Volume One covers the districts of Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston, Chester, Chesterfield, Colleton, Darlington, Edgefield, and Fairfield.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda L. Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2006, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, index, 306 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788440922\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-G4092\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39322974617718,"sku":"101-G4092","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-g4092-1500px.png?v=1777213779"},{"product_id":"101-w0600","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 13, 14 and 15","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the time these deeds were written, Edgefield contained all or parts of the present counties of Aiken, Greenwood, McCormick and Saluda. Deed books contain not only land conveyances, but also powers of attorney, depositions, judicial sales and sales of household and farm equipment, livestock and slaves. The deeds in this book were written from the 1770s through the late 1790s and were recorded between 1796 and 1799.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1997), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 142 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788406003\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W0600\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":767763546128,"sku":"101-W0600","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w0600-1500px.png?v=1777308943"},{"product_id":"101-w0670","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 16, 17 and 18","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough these abstracted deeds were recorded from 1798 to 1800, the years in which they were written stretch from the 1760s. Many chains of title reach back to the 1750s and may tell of land sold, disputed and inherited; they name heirs, kinfolk of other surnames, remarriages, residences in different states and counties, and may state exact or approximate dates of arrivals, departures, deaths and marriages. Edgefield then included parts of present Aiken, Greenwood, McCormick and Saluda Counties. Much commerce across the Savannah River with businessmen and planters in several Georgia counties is documented. Locations are identified by names of nearby watercourses and by names of adjoining landowners. Names of witnesses and surveyors give further details. Besides the land conveyances, deed books include mortgages, releases of dower, rights, powers of attorney, depositions, bills of sale for slaves and other possessions, and conditional sales that provide care of the aged until death. Edgefield clerks who wrote county names such as \"Linkhorn\" (Lincoln) and \"Ogle Thorp\" (Oglethorp), Georgia; and the state of \"Tenecy\" (Tennessee) could also do interesting things to family names. All names written in the original books are given here. The everyname index is a convenient aid in checking for these variant name spellings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1997), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 160 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788406706\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W0670\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714172104720,"sku":"101-W0670","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w0670-1500px.png?v=1777308974"},{"product_id":"101-w0704","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 19, 20, 21 and 22","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the 18th century, Edgefield County veterans of the American Revolution were becoming the older generation. Changes surrounded them. The cotton gin gave a profitable crop to the South and strengthened the once-fading institution of slavery. Prices of slaves and land rose. Large holdings were divided into farms. There was much traffic across the Savannah River with Augusta, Georgia. Deed books concern land conveyances but also contain powers of attorney, depositions, bills of sale and other documents. Occasionally, deeds explain family relationships. Chains of titles may show why land was passed from one owner to another. Some deeds mention other places of residence. This book abstracts four deed books. Almost 2,000 handwritten pages are here reduced to 157 pages that retain all dates and names of persons, watercourses and places. Recorded between 1800 and 1803, many deeds were written earlier, some in the 1760s; titles may be carried back to the 1750s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1997), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 190 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788407048\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W0704\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714165485584,"sku":"101-W0704","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w0704-1500px.png?v=1777308977"},{"product_id":"101-w0888","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 23, 24, 25 and 26","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the time these deeds were written, Edgefield contained all or parts of the present counties of Aiken, Greenwood, McCormick and Saluda. Deed books contain not only land conveyances, but also powers of attorney, depositions, judicial sales and sales of household and farm equipment, livestock and slaves. The earliest of these was dated 1749; many were dated to the 1760s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1998), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 166 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788408885\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W0888\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714124918800,"sku":"101-W0888","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w0888-1500px.png?v=1777309029"},{"product_id":"101-w1073","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 27, 28 and 29","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book are mentioned the names of more than 3,700 free persons. They are sellers, buyers, orphans, widows, adjoining neighbors, previous owners, and donors of gifts to children and friends. Most deeds concern land conveyances. There are also prenuptial agreements, mortgages, powers of attorney, certification of documents completed in other states, and depositions made by witnesses to controversial events. More than 200 slaves are named, the majority being sold or given as gifts, some being granted freedom. Although quite a few deeds were signed ten or twenty years earlier, chains of title lead back to the 1750s and 1760s. These deeds were not recorded until between 1806 and 1809.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1998), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 224 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788410734\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W1073\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714096476176,"sku":"101-W1073","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w1073-1500px.png?v=1777309067"},{"product_id":"101-w1317","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 30 and 31","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeed books contain not only land conveyances, but also powers of attorney, depositions, judicial sales, and sales of household and farm equipment, livestock and slaves. These transactions often name wives, children, parents, assorted kinfolk, previous owners, witnesses, justices and others. These deeds were recorded between December 1809 and July 1814, a time of great dispute in South Carolina over the issue of a high or low tariff. Property locations are identified by names of nearby watercourses and by names of adjoining landowners. Every name and all watercourses are indexed. Names and ages of slaves may be stated; approximate age of minors and occupations may also be provided.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1999), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 222 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788413179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W1317\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714053320720,"sku":"101-W1317","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w1317-1500px.png?v=1777309086"},{"product_id":"101-w1554","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 32 and 33","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeed books contain not only land conveyances, but also powers of attorney, depositions, judicial sales, and sales of household and farm equipment, livestock and slaves. These transactions often name wives, children, parents, assorted kinfolk, previous owners, witnesses, justices and others. These deeds were recorded between 1814 and 1817, a time where many families left Edgefield County, South Carolina to settle in newly acquired territories in the South and West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 186 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788415548\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W1554\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":714037395472,"sku":"101-W1554","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w1554-1500px.png?v=1777309092"},{"product_id":"101-w1668","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 34 and 35","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is the latest in this useful series of deed book abstracts. In addition to dates of conveyances and names of grantors and grantees as listed in courthouse indexes, deeds name place of residence which may be in another district, state or country. Deeds may note the location of land, names of watercourses, names of adjoining landowners, original grantee, wives or mothers with dower interests to the land, and names of witnesses. Deeds concerning inheritances may list siblings and parents. Prenuptial agreements may include names of previous spouses and children. Deeds of Gift may explain kinship or friendship with grantees. Trust deeds name friends who are to care for dependent persons named within. Connections with other locations are shown in powers of attorney, while other deeds name parties to lawsuits or partition of inherited land. Depositions, often about an ear bitten off in a fight, name combatants and witnesses. Recorded between 1817 and 1819, some of these deeds date back as early as the 1760s, and some chains of title to the 1740s. Presented in original page number order with a full name index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2006, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 168 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788416682\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W1668\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":713982410768,"sku":"101-W1668","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w1668-1500px.png?v=1777309107"},{"product_id":"101-w1807","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 36, 37 and 38","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is the latest in this useful series of deed book abstracts. In addition to the names, dates and land descriptions one would expect to find in such records, these deed abstracts also reveal names of children and neighbors, ties to other areas, clues to family wealth (or lack of), names of wives, mothers, witnesses, slaves, previous spouses, kinship, etc. Occasionally deeds were written many years before they were recorded. A few chains of title date back to grants made in the 1730s. Recorded between 1819 and 1822, the deeds are presented in original page number order with a full name index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2001), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 190 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788418075\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W1807\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":713946136592,"sku":"101-W1807","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w1807-1500px.png?v=1777309114"},{"product_id":"101-w2100","title":"Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield, South Carolina Equity Court Records","description":"\u003cp\u003eEquity records are a rich source of genealogical facts. In the course of settling disputed or complicated inheritances, names of stepchildren, half siblings, maiden names, deceased husbands, first, second, third spouses, and extended family relations may all be part of testimony. Although one suit concerns a transaction made in 1736, most of these cases fall between 1790 and 1820. Many of these suits contain dozens of pieces of evidence compressed into a few paragraphs: names, dates, situation, and decree. Here we find families torn by dissention, abused wives, dishonest guardians, contentious relatives, and at least one destroyed will. Suits for separate maintenance show the deplorable situation of women when married to violent or unstable husbands. Other official records and family bibles cannot compare with the revelation of troubles and relationships found in Equity Court holdings. This volume contains a useful list of abbreviations and a full-name and place index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2002, 2005), 2010, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 94 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788421006\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W2100\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":775175077904,"sku":"101-W2100","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w2100-1500px.png?v=1777309128"},{"product_id":"101-w2519","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Probate Records, Boxes 1-3, Packages 1-106","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor genealogists, delving into a package of probate records is an adventure. Probate records are sworn documents that go beyond the will to show how the estate was settled. These records offer insight even when persons left no will. They may reveal names, relationships, when a death occurred, items being sold, names of buyers, final distribution, money due to the estate, and more. Probate records are especially valuable for researchers in the difficult field of black genealogy. Slave names may be traced from estate to estate. Only one administrator failed to name slaves, but another kept fathers with their families. Others at least kept children with their mothers. This volume covers approximately the years 1800-1850 and contains probate records for deceased people with surnames beginning with A and B. But don't rule it out if your people came earlier or later, or if the names you are researching begin with a different letter! Sometimes the cases carried on for many years, and each entry contains so many names of other people that this is an excellent means of finding your ancestors in Edgefield County during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2004), 2005, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 128 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788425196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W2519\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":693758754832,"sku":"101-W2519","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w2519-1500px.png?v=1777309171"},{"product_id":"101-w3581","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Probate Records, Boxes 4-6, Packages 107-218","description":"\u003cp\u003eProbate records are sworn documents that go beyond the will to show how the estate was settled. These records offer insight even when persons left no will. They may reveal names, relationships, date of death, items being sold, names of buyers, final distribution, money due to the estate, and more. Probate records are especially valuable for researchers in the difficult field of black genealogy. Slave names may be traced from estate to estate. The early nineteenth-century Edgefield District, South Carolina, probate records are arranged by the initial of last name of the decedent. Thus, although this volume contains abstracts of surnames beginning with \"B\" and \"C,\" the thirty-three page index links the decedents to surnames from Abney to Zinn. Names of sons and daughters-in-law, legatees, securities, guardians, witnesses, officials, debtors, purchasers, adjoining property owners, and other persons connect the decedents to other families.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2006, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 140 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788435812\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W3581\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":693738012688,"sku":"101-W3581","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w3581-1500px.png?v=1777309243"},{"product_id":"101-w4120","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books 39 and 40","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the tenth volume in this useful series of deed book abstracts. In addition to the names, dates and land descriptions one would expect to find in such records, these deed abstracts also reveal names of children and neighbors, ties to other areas, clues to family wealth (or lack of), names of wives, mothers, slaves, previous spouses, kinship, etc. These pages contain deeds of trust, depositions, mortgages, prenuptial and business contracts, sheriff sales and sales of undivided estates, survey plats, deeds of gift, proof of heirship, property locations identified by names of watercourses and adjoining landowners, releases of dower, bills of sale, and the names of witnesses, guardians, and county officials. Occasionally deeds were written many years before they were recorded. These documents, signed in the late 1700s, were recorded between 1822 and 1824. The deeds are presented in original page number order with a full name index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Wells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2006, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 270 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788441202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-W4120\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":693739913232,"sku":"101-W4120","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-w4120-1500px.png?v=1777309266"},{"product_id":"101-w4339","title":"Edgefield County, South Carolina Abstracts of Deed Book 41","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe eleventh volume in this series of deed book abstracts is particularly useful to genealogists because the documents were recorded in 1825 and 1826, midway between the 1820 and 1830 censuses. In addition to the names, dates and land descriptions one would expect to find in such records, these deed abstracts also reveal names of children and neighbors, ties to other areas, clues to family wealth (or lack of), names of wives, mothers, slaves, previous spouses, kinship, etc. These pages contain deeds of trust, depositions, mortgages, prenuptial and business contracts, sheriff sales and sales of undivided estates, survey plats, deeds of gift, proof of heirship, property locations identified by names of watercourses and adjoining landowners, releases of dower, bills of sale, and the names of witnesses, guardians, and county officials. 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