Newberry County, South Carolina Genealogy
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. This part of the upcountry was
settled by Germans, Scotch-Irish, English, and emigrants from the
sister States of North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The German settlement was in the fork, between the Broad and Saluda
Rivers to within three miles of the Newberry Court House. Soon
thereafter the line was extended eight miles below Hugheys on the Broad
River to the mouth of Bear Creek, on the Saluda River. Germans were so
prevalent in part of Newberry County that it become known as Dutch Fork.
Adam Summer, the father of Colonel John Adam Sumner, headed the
settlement beginning in 1745. Colonel Sumner and Major Frederick Gray
were known to be whigs. Among those settling were the religiously
oppressed Palatines who were driven from the Rhine, Baden and Wurtemburg
into England during 1710 where they were quartered in tents and booths
near London. From there, they were sent to North Carolina and South
Carolina. The first German settlers were: Summers, Mayer, Ruff,
Eigleberger, Count, Sligh, Piester, Gray, DeWalt, Boozer, Busby,
Buzzard, Shealy, Bedenbaugh, Cromer, Berley, Heller, Koon, Wingard,
Suber, Folk, Dickert, Cappleman, Halfacres, Chapman, Black, Kinard,
Bounight, Barr, Harmon, Bower, Kibler, Gallman, Lever, Hartman, Frick,
Stoudemoyer, Dominick, Singley, Bulow, Paysinger, Wallern, Stayley,
Ridlehoover, Librand, Leaphart, Hopes, Houseal, Bernhard, Shuler,
Haltiwanger, Swigart, Meetze, Schumpert, Fulmore, Livingston, Schmitz,
Eleazer, Drehr, Lorick, Wise, Crotwell, Youngener, Nunamaker, Souter,
Epting and Huffman. The Quakers settled on the Bush River and the
Beaverdam about three or four miles on each side of the river. Among
them was William Coate who resided between Spring Field and the Bush
River and Samuel elly, a native of King County, Ireland, who came to
Newberry from Camden to settle at Spring Field. Others were: John
Furnas, David Jenkins, Benjamin Pearson, William Pearson, Peter Hare,
Robert Evans, John Wright, Joseph Wright, William Wright, James Brooks,
Joseph Thomson, James Patty, Gabriel McCoole, John Coate, (Big) Isaac
Hollingsworth, William O Neall, Walter Herbert, Sr., Daniel Parkins,
Daniel Smith, Samuel Miles, David Miles, William Miles, Samuel Brown,
Israel Gaunt, Azariah Pugh, William Mills, Jonathan and Caleb Gilbert,
John Galbreath, James Coppock, John Coppock, Joseph Reagin, John Reagin,
Abel and James Insco, Jesse Spray, Samuel Teague, George Pemberton,
Jehu Inman, Mercer Babb, James Steddam, John Crumpton, Isaac Cook, John
Jay , Reason Reagen, Thomas and Isaac Hasket, Thomas Pearson, Enoch
Pearson, Samuel Pearson, Nehemiah Thomas, Abel Thomas, Timothy Thomas,
Euclydus Longshore, Sarah Duncan, Samuel Duncan and John Duncan.
Newberry County Wills and Estates Available to Members of
South Carolina Pioneers
Abstracts of Deeds
- Deed Book A, 1776 to 1791
- Deed Book B, 1792 to 1794
- Deed Book C, 1794 to 1797
- Deed Book D, 1797 to 1798
- Deed Book E, 1798 to 1800
- Deed Book F, 1800 to 1803
- Deed Book G, 1803 to 1804
- Deed Book H, 1804 to 1805
Indexes to Probate Records
- Will Bk L, some abstracts
- Will Book A (1776 to 1814)
- Will Book E (1805 to 1826)
- Will Book F (1823 to 1860)
- Will Book 4 (1840 to 1858)
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, Henry
Kesler, Charles King, Stephen Lewis, John Lindsey, Robert Man, James
Murphey, John Newman, William O;Neall, Jacob Oxner Sr., Isaac Parmer,
Benjamin Pearson, Samuel Pearson, Jacob Setsler, John Suber, William
Taylor, Elizabeth Turner, William Turner, John Vaun, John Adam Wicker,
Mathias Wickert.
Transcripts of Newberry County Wills (1840 to 1848)
Testators:
Anderson, Richard, Anderson, William, Brown, I. R. S. , Buchanan, Lucy ,
Bundrick, Sarah, Burton, Aaron, Burton, John, Caldwell, John, Caldwell,
John (2) , Cary, Elizabeth, Chalmers, Thomas, Calmes, George, Cannon,
Richard S., Chapman, Mary, Conwills, Sophia, Counts, John,Cromer,
Christiana, Cromer, Hannah, Cromer, Michael, Crooks, John, Darlyrmple,
Thomas , Davenport, Jonathan, Davidson, John, Davis, Thomas, Dennis,
Prudence, Dominick, George, Dominick, Margaret, Downing, J. W., Duckett,
Jacob, Enlow, Margaret , Eppes, George , Eppes, William, Erskin,
Margaret, Feagle, Laurens, Floyd, Charles Jr., Frisock, Barbary,
Gallman, Henry, Galloway, John, Garner, James, Gibal, A., Glenn, Naomi ,
Gordon, Eli , Gray, Peter , Griffin, Isaac, Harmon, David , Harmon,
William, Hatton, David, Henry, James, Holloway, John, Hume, David ,
Keller, Jacob, Kelly, John, Kelly, Robert ,Kenner, James, Kenner,
Samuel, Kinard, George,Kinard, John Michael , Kinard, Martin, Koon,
John, Lake, Enoch, Lane, Nancy, Langford, Polly, Lindsey, Benjamin,
Lindsey, James, Livingston, John, Long, John Thomas, Lyles, Robert ,
Lynch, Elijah , Maybin, John, McConnel, Andrew, McCrackin, Nancy, McKee,
Joseph, McLemore, M. E., Miller, Nancy, Nance, Clement, Nance,
Frederick Sr., Paysinger, John, Polk, John, Rauskett, Thomas, Rees,
Jane, Renwick, Jane , Rikard, Michael, Riser, Martin, Robinson, James,
Rudd, Mary An,Rutherford, William, Shumpert, Jacob, Sligh, Jacob, Smith,
Martha, Spearman, John, Stabler, Moses, Stone, Phebe, Suber, Andrew,
Summers, Rosannah, Thomas, John G., Thomas, Mary, Vaughn, Drury,
Waldrop, Milly, Wearts, George Henry, Wertz, John ,Wheeler, Barbara ,
White, William, Whitmire, William ,Wicker, Simon, Willhelm, Peter,
Worthington, Jacob ,Young, Harriet , Young, John T.
Abstracts of Newberry County Will Bk L
- Adams, Sarah
- Buchanan, Micajah
- Coppock, Joseph
- Lagrone, John
- Mangum, William Sr.
- Taylor, Benjamin
- Taylor, Elizabeth
- Taylor, William
- Wadlington, James
- Waldrop, John
Miscellaneous
- Release of Charleston Littleton to Wadlington
- Marriage Contract between Eve Margrete Dickert and John Folk
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