Newberry County South Carolina Deed Abstracts, Volume I: Deed Books A-B
1785-1794 [1751-1794] by Brent H. Holcomb. Hard cover, 200 pages, indexed.
Price $30.00 plus $3.50 mailing for first book, $1.00 for each additional
book to the same address. Pre-publication price: $25.00 plus mailing until
March 1, 1999. Order from Brent H. Holcomb, PO Box 21766, Columbia, SC
29221.Upon the establishment of county courts in South Carolina in 1785, deeds
could be recorded locally, in the counties. Newberry County is fortunate to
have suffered no major loss of records. While the deeds in these deed books
were recorded between 1785 and 1794, within these deed books are
instruments dating from a much earlier time, some as early as 1751.
Newberry County borders the counties of Laurens, Union, Fairfield,
Edgefield, and Lexington. For that reason, references are found to those
counties, or residents of them, within the Newberry County deeds. In
addition to the land conveyances, bills of sale for slaves, and deeds for
personal property are included within these deed books.