Union County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume III: Deed Books L-P, 1811-1820 [1770-1820]

In the colonial period, the area of modern Union County, South Carolina was included in the North Carolina counties of Anson, Mecklenburg, and Tryon. For this reason, many grants and deeds from North Carolina are referenced in the Union County deeds. After the Carolina border surveys of 1764 and 1772, the area of present-day Union County was determined to be in South Carolina and became a part of Ninety-Six District in 1769. Union County, South Carolina was formed in 1785 as a county within Ninety Six District. When Ninety Six District was discontinued in 1791, Union County was part of Pinckney District until 1799. In 1800, with the end of the county court system, Union County became Union District until 1868, when the name reverted to Union County, then bordering on the counties of Spartanburg, Laurens, Newberry, Fairfield, York, and Chester. In 1897, Cherokee County was formed from Spartanburg, Union and York Counties, leaving Union County with its current shape.

The deeds in this volume were recorded between 1811 and 1820. As is common, there are deeds recorded from a much earlier time period. The earliest deed included in this work dates from 9 August 1770. The deeds in this volume have been abstracted from South Carolina Archives microfilm, Rolls C2207, C2208 and C2209.

Abstracts typically include: deed book and page number(s), date of sale/lease, name of grantor/lessor, name of grantee/lessee, the grantee/lessee's county and/or district of residence, amount charged and/or paid, number of acres and location of property (in a few cases the property is a slave rather than land), names of witnesses, name of justice of the peace and/or other official approving deed, date approved, and date recorded. A full-name index and a place index add to the value of this work.

Brent H. Holcomb

(2001), 2020, 6" x 9", paper, index, 310 pp.

ISBN: 9780788458651

101-H5865