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Spanish Settlement, Proprietary & Royal SC

Window on the Atlantic: The rise and fall of Santa Elena, South Carolina's Spanish city
Lawrence S. Rowland. 32 pages. Illustrations/Photos/Maps.
PH....6.75
This book gives an entertaining view of sixteenth-century exploration on the South Carolina coast and the establishment of the Spanish settlement at Santa Elena (Port Royal).

Packet #3: The Spanish in South Carolina: unsettled frontier
No longer in print - but still available on CD-ROM as part of the Educational Document Packets, 1-8

The Formation of Counties in South Carolina
Michael E. Stauffer. 22 pages. Maps
PH18....$4.75
Examines how each of the state's counties were formed and provides maps showing the changing face of the state as they were established. The counties are listed alphabetically with founding dates, explanations of their names, and the county seats. Covers the Proprietary Counties of 1682 to the boundaries of our modern state.

South Carolina Court Records: An Introduction for Genealogists
Alexia J. Helsley & Michael E. Stauffer. 30 pages. Maps.
PH16....$4.75
Sketches the background of South Carolina's judicial system prior to 1868 and lists the colonial, early state, and antebellum court records held by the Department. The five early courts are described -- Court of Common Pleas, Court of General Sessions, County and Intermediate Court, Court of Equity and Probate Court -- and maps are provided which show changes in jurisdiction of the courts. The records from these courts stretch back to journals from the early 1700s, and this publication lists the kinds of records available, general descriptions of the information contained in them and the time frame they cover.

The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly,
October 6, 1757 - January 24, 1761
Terry W. Lipscomb, editor
CHJCD Compact disc format ....$26.75
Over two hundred years ago a clerk's ink-tipped quill recorded the proceedings of the lower house of the Colonial assembly. Now you can click through those pages electronically. They are key to the study of all other colonial records and an important original source for the study of South Carolina history and genealogy. This volume reproduces the original texts and includes full annotation and a detailed index, which traces legislative activity and allows glimpses into the daily lives of the state's early settlers. This electronic publication brings to life the colony's strained relations with the British Crown, military economics, the Cherokee War, and the devastation of smallpox epidemics. Pop this historic journey into your CD drive and point and click your way through Colonial South Carolina!