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Darlington County Probate Records
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home in Hartsville and Summerford Farms in Darlington, County.
Darlington County was formed in 1785. The county seat is situated in
Darlington. It was originally part of the Cheraw District, and later
(1888) part of it was given for Florence County and again in (1902) to
Lee County. Traditionally, Welsh, Scotch-Irish, and Englishmen farmed
this land and ultimately planted cotton. Some early settlers were :
David Rogerson Williams (1776-1830), Governor and scientific
experimenter, James Lide Coker (1837-1918), Moses Scott, Absalom
Gallaway and David R. Coker (1870-1938).
Probate Records Available to Members of South Carolina Pioneers
Indexes to Probate Records
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Index to Darlington County Will Book 1 (1785-1797)
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Index to Darlington County Will Book 2 (1798-1812)
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Index to Darlington County Will Book 3 (1813)
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Index to Darlington County Will Book 4 (1814-1840)
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Index to Darlington County Will Book 10 (1838-1853)
Darlington County Will Book 1 (1785-1797); Digital Images of Transcripts
- Gallaway, Absalom
- James, William
- Scott, Moses
- Webb, Jolly
Darlington County Will Book 2 (1798-1812); Digital Images of Transcripts
- Beasley, John
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Berry, William
- Cannon, George
- Cole, James
- Connell, William
- Cuttino, Elizabeth
- DeWitt, Charles
- Fountain, William
- Ganey, Isaac
- Gee, William
- Hafe, John
- Hafe, John (2)
- Ham, Henry
- Harrell, John
- Harts, James
- Hatchel, Morris
- Hixon, Thomas
- Kimbrough, Hannah
- Mackintosh, John
- McBride, Archibald
- McBride, Sally
- McCall, John
- Mercer, Jesse
- Mikell, Anne
- Mixon, Mica
- Muldrow, William
- Nettles, Zachariah
- Newberry, Jesse
- Orr, John
- Pawley, James
- Pugh, Evan
- Trivitt, Elliott
- Revell, Matthew
- Russell, James Jr.
- Russell, Michael
- Russell, Michael (2)
- Sanders, Nathaniel
- Smith, John
- Stanley, Thomas
- Teele, Christopher
- Thomas, Solomon
- Thornhill, John
- Wilds, Mary, Mrs.
- Wingate, Edward
- Wood, Joseph
- Wright, Benjamin
Darlington County Wills, Book 3 (1813); digital images of transcripts
- Brown, Jesse
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Parnal, James
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The Role that Welsh Neck Baptist Church Played in South Carolina
By Jeannette Holland Austin
In 1737, a colony of Welsh from the Welsh Tract in Germantown,
Pennsylvania (now Delaware) settled along the east bank of the Pee Dee
River. A year later this colony of people met and organized themselves
into a Baptist church, known as the Welsh Neck Baptist Church. It is
said that the original church was built at Long Bluff (near Society
Hill) on the bank of the Pee Dee River to the right of a public road
leading from Bennettsville to Society Hill.
A fieldstone in the old Cashaway Baptist Church graveyard near the site
of Cashaway Ferry, marks the resting place of Colonel Abel Kolb, a
Revolutionary patriot and officer who was slain by Tories in 1781 while
standing on the porch of his mansion. The British occupied most of the
backcountry as well as the port of Charleston and this was the time when
General Nathaniel Greene was preparing his attack on Ninety-Six.
The Revolutionary War Pension of Colonel Kolb reflects that the Kolb
family from Germany arrived in the country during 1707 and settled
around Germantown in Pennsylvania. Four Kolb brothers, sons of Dielman
Kolb and his wife, a Shumacher (shoe maker)of Manheim in Germany, were
named Martin, Johannes, Jacob, and Henry. A fifth brother, Deilman,
arrived in 1717. Johannes Kolb left Pennsylvania about 1737 and settled
on the south bank of the Great Pee Dee River, called Kolb's Neck and
located below present-day Society Hill. Johannes Kolb was the father of
nine children, including Peter Kolb, the father of Abel Kolb. An early
minister of the church was Reverend Philip James from Wales.
The Surviving membership rolls reflect the first organizers, plus dates
from 1759 to 1780s and reflect German and Scottish names.
Two McIver families transferred their membership from Scotland on the
rolls. The present-day cemetery appears to have started its burials
about 1850 and also reveals a number of Scottish names.
The surviving Membership Rolls listed under
Churches on
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Abbeville County Wills, Estates, Minutes, Land Grants Abbeville County
was part of Ninety-Six District where the old deed may be found. It
became Abbeville County in 1785, with parts later divided into Greenwood
(1897) and McCormick (1916) counties. The county and the county seat
were both named for the French town, Abbeville. The county was settled
primarily by Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers in the
mid-eighteenth century. After the treaty with the Cherokee Indians
signed in 1777 at Dewitt's Corner (now Due West) with a flux
ofScotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers. Abbeville played a major
role in the secession…
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