Newberry County Probate Records

In 1783 an ordinance was passed to divide the districts of Charleston, Georgetown, Cheraw, Camden, Ninety-Six, Orangeburg and Beaufort into counties not more than forty miles square. When the County Court Act was written in 1785, a court was held (in every county) once every three months and the first court was held at the house of Colonel Robert Rutherford on September 5th. The Justices present were Robert Rutherford, Robert Gillam, George Ruff, Levi Casey, John Lindsey, Philemon Waters and Levi Manning. William Malone was appointed clerk serving until 1794 with his deputies, viz: Thomas Brooks Rutherford, Major Frederick Nance and William Satterwhite. It was not until 1787 that another location for holding court was designated, being on the north side of the Bush River. William Caldwell and Joseph Wright were appointed to run a line agreed upon by the Justices to fix the public buildings by, which survey was produced at the house of John Coate. The county seat is the town of Newberry.

Newberry County Wills and Estates Available to Members of South Carolina Pioneers

Images of Abstracts of Deeds

Deed Book A, 1776 to 1791 (Index)
Deed Book B, 1792 to 1794 (Index)
Deed Book C, 1794 to 1797 (Index)
Deed Book D, 1797 to 1798 (Index)
Deed Book E, 1798 to 1800 (Index)
Deed Book F, 1800 to 1803 (Index)
Deed Book G, 1803 to 1804 (No Index)
Deed Book H, 1804 to 1805 (No Index)

Indexes to Probate Records

General Index to Wills 1776-1858
Will Bk L, some abstracts
Will Book A (1776 to 1814)
Wills and Estates 1776-1850
Wills and Inventories 1787-1796
Wills and Inventories 1800-1803
Wills and Inventories 1803-1810
Wills and Inventories 1809-1814
Wills and Inventories 1816-1818
Inventories and Sales, Book B
Will Book E (1805 to 1826)
Will Book F (1823 to 1860)
Will Book 4 (1840 to 1858)

Abstracts and Typed Transcripts, Wills, Inventories, Estates

Wills and Inventories 1776 to 1814
Wills and Inventories 1800 to 1814
Wills and Inventories 1809 to 1814
Book A, 1776=1796
Book B, 1796-1800
Book C, 1800-1803
Book D, 1803-1810
Book E, 1809-1814
Book F, 1815-1818

Miscellaneous

Marriage Contract between John Folks and Eve Margrete Dickert
Charles Littleton gives Release to Wadlington

Transcripts of Newberry County Wills (1774 to 1790)

Testators: Ballentine infants, guardian appointed; Richard Bonds, James Chandler, Cornelius Cox, Jacob Crommer, Rebecca Crommer, George Dawkins, Daniel Dewalt, Peter Dewalt, Michael Dickert Sr., Enos Elliman, Laurens Feagle, James Ford, Peter Galloway, John Gary, William Gilliam, John Glen, Thomas Grasty, Thomas Green, Nathaniel Harris, James Hodges . . . more . . .

South Carolina Wills and Estates

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