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  • Download 1 - Microfilm Roll One (C1659) - York District Pleadings and Judgements Book (1824-1828) (144.9 MB)

  • Download 1 - Microfilm Roll One (C1659) - York District Pleadings and Judgements Book (1828-1835) (241.5 MB)

  • Download 2 - Microfilm Roll Two (C1660) - York District Pleadings and Judgements Book (1835-1840) (208.3 MB)

  • Download 2 - Microfilm Roll Two (C1660) - York District Pleadings and Judgements Book (1854-1856) (178.5 MB)

  • Download 3 - Microfilm Roll Three (C1666) - York District Abstract of Judgements (1800-1840) (83.4 MB)

  • Download 3 - Microfilm Roll Three (C1666) - York District (1840-1868) York County (1868-1874) Abstract of Judgements (54.8 MB)

  • Download 4-5 - Microfilm Roll Four and Five (C1680) - York District Common Pleas Journal (1821-1824) (154.9 MB)

  • Download 4-5 - Microfilm Roll Four and Five (C1680) - York District Common Pleas Journal (1825-1836) (part 1) (180.6 MB)

  • Download 4-5 - Microfilm Roll Four and Five (C1680) - York District Common Pleas Journal (1825-1836) (part 2) (226.0 MB)

  • Download 4-5 - Microfilm Roll Four and Five (C1680) - York District Common Pleas Journal (1836-1839) (34.1 MB)

  • Download 6 - Microfilm Roll Six (C1736) - Court of Equity- Sales Book (1840-1849) (31.4 MB)

  • Download 7 - Microfilm Roll Seven (C1737) - York District Court of Equity Report Book B (1840-1851) (64.2 MB)

  • Download 8 - Microfilm Roll Eight (C1739) - York District/County: Court of Equity/ Common Pleas References Book (1861-1889) (86.4 MB)

  • Download 9 - Microfilm Roll Nine (C1740) - York District Court of Equity: Original Evidence Book (1845-1859) (141.1 MB)

  • Download 10 - Microfilm Roll Ten (C1991) - York County: County Court and Intermediate Court Journal (1786-1797) (68.3 MB)

  • Download 10 - Microfilm Roll Ten (C1991) - York County: County Court and Intermediate Court Journal A (1786-1792) (84.0 MB)

  • Download 10 - Microfilm Roll Ten (C1991) - York District: Common Pleas and General Sessions Journals (1800-1808) (50.4 MB)

  • Download 10 - Microfilm Roll Ten (C1991) - York County: Common Pleas and General Sessions Journals (1808-1838) (143.2 MB)

  • Download 11 - Microfilm Roll Eleven (C2110) - Bills of Complaint (1-4) (101.9 MB)

  • Download 11 - Microfilm Roll Eleven (C2110) - Bills of Complaint (5-10) (132.0 MB)

  • Download 12 - Microfilm Roll Twelve (C2111) - Bills of Complaint (11-19) (142.5 MB)

  • Download 12 - Microfilm Roll Twelve (C2111) - Bills of Complaint (20-28)) (74.0 MB)

  • Download 13 - Microfilm Roll Thirteen (C2112) - Bills of Complaint (29-40) (85.5 MB)

  • Download 13 - Microfilm Roll Thirteen (C2112) - Bills of Complaint (41-51) (102.9 MB)

  • Download 14 - Microfilm Roll Fourteen (C2113) - Bills of Complaint (52-61) (74.4 MB)

  • Download 14 - Microfilm Roll Fourteen (C2113) - Bills of Complaint (62-71) (112.7 MB)

  • Download 15 - Microfilm Roll Fifteen (C2114) - Bills of Complaint (72-78) (79.4 MB)

  • Download 15 - Microfilm Roll Fifteen (C2114) - Bills of Complaint (79-85) (63.5 MB)

  • Download 16 - Microfilm Roll Sixteen (C2115) - Bills of Complaint (86-105) (84.6 MB)

  • Download 16 - Microfilm Roll Sixteen (C2115) - Bills of Complaint (106-124) (85.1 MB)

  • Download 17 - Microfilm Roll Seventeen (C2116) - Bills of Complaint (125-140) (61.7 MB)

  • Download 17 - Microfilm Roll Seventeen (C2116) - Bills of Complaint (142-1490 (There is no 141)) (69.7 MB)

  • Download 18 - Microfilm Roll Eighteen (C2117) - Bills of Complaint (150-160) (74.7 MB)

  • Download 18 - Microfilm Roll Eighteen (C2117) - Bills of Complaint (161-172) (59.5 MB)

  • Download 19 - Microfilm Roll Nineteen (C2118) - Bills of Complaint (173-191) (65.3 MB)

  • Download 19 - Microfilm Roll Nineteen (C2118) - Bills of Complaint (192-197A) (92.7 MB)

  • Download 20 - Microfilm Roll Twenty (C2119) - Bills of Complaint (198-201) (106.3 MB)

  • Download 20 - Microfilm Roll Twenty (C2119) - Bills of Complaint (202-210) (114.3 MB)

  • Download 21 - Microfilm Roll Twenty One (C2120) - Bills of Complaint (210-218) (82.4 MB)

  • Download 21 - Microfilm Roll Twenty One (C2120) - Bills of Complaint (219-226) (94.0 MB)

  • Download 22 - Microfilm Roll Twenty Two (C2121) - Bills of Complaint (226A-229) (77.3 MB)

  • Download 22 - Microfilm Roll Twenty Two (C2121) - Bills of Complaint (230-234A) (83.5 MB)

Identifier

Accession 909

Inclusive Dates

1786-1889

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

22 pieces

Language

English

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of 22 reels of microfilm reproducing historical court records for York District and York County held by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. The records date from 1786 to 1889 and document the operations of the Court of Common Pleas, Court of General Sessions, Court of Equity, County Court, and Intermediate Court. Materials include pleadings and judgments books, abstracts of judgments, court journals, commissioner’s reports, references books, original evidence books, and an extensive series of bills of complaint.

The bulk of the collection consists of York District Court of Equity bills of complaint spanning 1818–1872, including records originating in the Pinckney District Court of Equity prior to York District becoming a separate equity district in 1819. These records continue through the transition from judicial districts to counties and from the Court of Equity to the Court of Common Pleas following the South Carolina Constitution of 1868.

The collection provides significant documentation of legal disputes, property transactions, debt cases, estate matters, and court proceedings in York District and York County during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It offers valuable insight into the legal, social, and economic history of the region and the evolution of South Carolina’s judicial system.

Provenance

York District and York County Court Records Microfilm Collection was donated to the Archives by Ms. Louise Pettus on October 21, 1996.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

York District and York County Court Records Microfilm Collection - Accession 909

LC Subject Headings

Courts--South Carolina--York County; Court records--South Carolina--York County; York County (S.C.)--History--Sources

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