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United States South Carolina Saluda County

Saluda County, South Carolina genealogy and family history research guide. Introduces you to county topics such as vital record births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, census, court records, deeds, maps, immigration, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, plantations, probate records, slaves, local archives, libraries, museums, churches, cemeteries, and Civil War records.

Coordinates: 34.01°0′N 81.73°0′W / 34.01°N 81.73°W / 34.01; -81.73

Saluda County, South Carolina
Map
Location in the state of South Carolina
Location of South Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 2, 1897
County Seat	Greenwood
Courthouse

Quick Dates

Saluda County's civil records start the following years:

Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1915	1911	1915	1900	1896	1896

County Courthouse

Saluda County Courthouse
100 E. Church St.
Saluda, South Carolina 29138

Probate Judge
100 E. Church St., Suite 4
Saluda, SC 29138
Phone: 864-445-4500
Probate and marriage records

Clerk of Court
100 E. Church St., Suite 6
Saluda, SC 29138
Phone: 864-445-4500
Court and land records

Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday

Quick Facts

Saluda River at Walden, S.C.

The county is named after the Saluda River, which flows through Western South Carolina.^[1]

Parent County

1896--Saluda County was created 25 February 1896 from Edgefield County.
County seat: Saluda ^[2]

County Pronunciation

Hear it spoken^[3]

Boundary Changes

"Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. The maps rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Saluda County, South Carolina

County seat: Saluda

Towns	Batesburg-Leesville · Monetta · Ridge Spring · Saluda · Ward

Communities	Acapulco · Big Creek · Blacks · Bleases Crossroads · Chapmans Crossroads · Colemans Crossroads · Delmar · Denny · Emory · Eulala · Fruit Hill · Good Hope · Hibernia · Hickory Grove · Higgins · Holston Crossroads · Jones Crossroads · Lake Murray Shores · Limp · Mathais Crossroads · Mobleys Crossroads · Mount Willing · Owdoms · Richland · Speigner · Wyses Ferry

Historical Communities	Celestia · Corinth · Ellis · Merchant · Traus

Neighboring Counties	Aiken · Edgefield · Greenwood · Lexington · Newberry

For further information (and links) on these populated places, please go to Populated Places, Saluda County, South Carolina

Resources

Research Guides

South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Saluda County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

African Americans

United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans

Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:

Crouch
Wheaten Pynes

Cemeteries

There are more than # burial grounds in the county. To view a list, see Saluda County, South Carolina Cemeteries.

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	18,966	—
1910	20,943	10.4%
1920	22,088	5.5%
1930	18,148	−17.8%
1940	17,192	−5.3%
1950	15,924	−7.4%
1960	14,554	−8.6%
1970	14,528	−0.2%
1980	16,150	11.2%
1990	16,357	1.3%
2000	19,181	17.3%
Source: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau.

1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Saluda County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see South Carolina Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

Church History and Records

The Inventory of (SC) Church Archives 1937-1939 is available for free online, courtesy: South Caroliniana Library. Saluda County's W.P.A. reports are included.

Court Records

Saluda County has court records from 1896 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court. In 1896 Saluda County was created from Edgefield County which was a part of the Ninety-Six District from 1785 - 1800. The records of the Ninety-Six District courts are housed in Abbeville County with the Clerk of Court, and the records for Edgefield County are held with that county's Clerk of Court.

The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Saluda County.

DNA

DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Charleston County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of those tested.

Genealogy

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

Locate publications about direct ancestors
Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Saluda, South Carolina at World Connect, produces more than 6,500 results.

Surname indexes to Leonardo Andrea's Files | Folders | Resources are available online, courtesy: The Andrea Files: South Carolina Genealogical Research. Learn more.

The Family History of Saluda County 1895-1980, Saluda, South Carolina. n.p.: Inter Collegiate Press, [1980?]. FHL 975.738 D3f

Message Boards

Saluda County, SC Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
Saluda County, SC Genealogy Forum (GenForum)

Bibliography

[Buff] Buff, L.H. and Janice Gartman Lee. Buffs and Millers Along the Saluda: Some Descendants of Andrew Buff of Central SC. n.p.: L.H. Buff & J.G. Lee, 2001. FHL Book 929.273 B863bL.
[Etheredge] Etheredge, Hamlin Walpole. Our Etheredge Family Circles from 1753 to 1953. Johnston, S.C.: Ridge Citizen Publishers, 1953. Reprint: FHL Book 929.273 Et36eh.
[Gault] Gault, Charles B. Portrait Album of the Family of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beers Gault of Lake Waccamaw and Wilmington, North Carolina. Typescript. Microfilmed 1971: FHL Film 844967 Item 6.
[Hendricks] Frontier Hendricks Association. Hendricks/etc. in South Carolina Backcountry Elsewhere than in Forks of Broad and Saluda--After the Revolution [Unauthorized]. FHL 929.27305 H385hf
[Jones] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of William A. Jones of Edgefield and Saluda County, S.C. 2003. FHL 1573699 Item 109
[Langford] Langford, George Shealy. Langfords in America Sketches on Early Arrivals and Migrations: Genealogical Recording on Descendants from Early Saluda River, South Carolina Families (Lexington, Newberry, Saluda and Old Edgefield Counties), 1773-1975: Some Related Families [of] Holley, Waters, Shealy, Timms, Robertson. College Park, Md.: Langford, 1977. FHL 929.273 L263a
[Langford] Langford, George Shealy. Sketches About Langfords, 1632-1980. Book 2. College Park, Md.: G.S. Langford, 1981. FHL Book 929.273 L263L.
[Long] Evans, Eytive Long. A Documented History of the Long Family, Switzerland to South Carolina, 1578-1956, Including Allied Families a Documentary Record of the Long (Lang) Family of Newberry, Edgefield, and Saluda Counties, South Carolina, Including Many Allied Families. 1956. FHL 929.273 L85e
[Merchant] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. The Merchant-Padgett Family of Edgefield and Saluda County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008. FHL 929.273 M535pda
[Padgett] Paget, James Suddath and Dallas LeRoy Phelps. Watson-Smith-Padgett Families of Edgefield and Saluda Counties, South Carolina. 1995. FHL 1750833 Item 19
[Padgett] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. Descendants of Mark Manuel Padget, Edgefield County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 1998. FHL Book 929.273 P133pd.
[Padgett] Phelps, Dallas LeRoy. The Merchant-Padgett Family of Edgefield and Saluda County, South Carolina. Camden, S.C.: D.L. Phelps, 2008. FHL 929.273 M535pda
[Rucker] Holcomb, Brent H. and Katherine L. Hester. The Rucker Family of South Carolina, 1752-1983. Greenville, S.C.: A Press, 1983. FHL Book 929.273 R828h.
[Smith] Paget, James Suddath and Dallas LeRoy Phelps. Watson-Smith-Padgett Families of Edgefield and Saluda Counties, South Carolina. 1995. FHL 1750833 Item 19
[Watson] Paget, James Suddath and Dallas LeRoy Phelps.Watson-Smith-Padgett Families of Edgefield and Saluda Counties, South Carolina. 1995. FHL 1750833 Item 19

History

Land and Property

Because of South Carolina’s history as an agricultural state many residents owned land. For more information abou types of land records see South Carolina Land and Property.

Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor’s residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart shows where you may best expect to find land records for Saluda County:

**Tracing Land Currently in Saluda County originating in Edgefield County with Parent Counties and Districts** ^[4]
Date	Government Office
1897-present	Saluda County
1868-1897	Edgefield County
1800-1868	Edgefield District
1785-1800	Edgefield County (old) *
1769-1785	Ninety-Six District
1719-1769	Charleston District
1710-1719	Proprietary Land Grants

* First deed book is missing

Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868

This series consists of recorded copies of plats for state land grants for the Charleston and the Columbia Series with their certificates of admeasurement or certification. All personal names and geographic features on these plats are included in the repository's On-line Index to Plats for State Land Grants

The South Carolina Constitution of 1790 required the surveyor general to maintain offices in both the new capital at Columbia and in Charleston. The surveyor general began to use separate volumes for recording plats in his Columbia office in 1796. Before that, all plats were recorded in the set of volumes begun in Charleston in 1784. After 1796, most plats for land grants in the Upper Division of the state were recorded and filed in Columbia. The surveyor general chose to make the Columbia volumes a continuation of the state plat volumes begun in Charleston and gave the initial Columbia volume the number thirty-six to correspond with the number of the volume that had then been reached in the Charleston series. As a result, there are volumes numbered thirty-six through forty-three from each office, but the records in them are not duplicative.

Also included are the Plan Books containing Plats and Plans.

Maps

Military History and Records

Revolutionary War

"Veterans list, (sel.)," Genealogical Roots and Branches, Winter 2001, Volume 22, Issue 4. Old Ninety-Six Chapter: Greenwood, SC.

Civil War, 1861-1865

Saluda County did not exist during the Civil War. Present day Saluda County was created 25 February 1896 from Edgefield County. During the Civil War, men from the area of Saluda County mostly would have served in various regiments recruited in Edgefield County. Counties were called districts during the Civil War.

Newspapers

Historic

The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Saluda County, South Carolina on their Chronicling America website. For publication details, including dates of publication, frequency, preceding and succeeding titles, and to find out which libraries have holdings, click on the newspaper title.

Saluda Standard-Sentinel (Saluda, S.C.) 1973-current.
The Saluda Advocate (Mt. Willing, S.C.) 1895-1900.
The Saluda County Sentinel (Saluda, S.C.) 1946-1973.
The Saluda Sentinel (Dennys, S.C. and Newberry, S.C.) 1895-1903.
The Saluda Standard (Saluda, S.C.) 1902-1973.
The Ticket (Mt. Willing, S.C.) 1895-1895.

Current

Saluda Standard-Sentinel (Saluda, S.C.) Online edition.

Periodicals

Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers new to their area may not encounter. Periodicals at various levels (county, region, and state) may carry articles useful to research in this area. For this county, see:

Probate

Probate is the “court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid” and encompasses “all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc.”^[5] Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. For further information see probate records in South Carolina.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has microfilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed Will Transcriptions for 1782 to 1855 online. Index searchable by name, and images are available. Some estate records for Saluda County available on microfilm.

Probate records for Saluda County may be found in the court of ordinary or probate court, and the court of equity.

Taxation

Tax-related records are kept by the offices of the county Assessor, Auditor, Sheriff, and Treasurer. Taxes were levied on real and personal property and can help establish ages, residences, relationships, and the year an individual died or left the area. They can be used as substitutes for missing or destroyed land and census records.

South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Saluda County.

Vital Records

Birth, marriage, and death records were not recorded by South Carolina until the 1900s, thus leaving a lack of vital records. Substitute records, when available, are used to obtain this information. These substitute records including newspapers, court records have been added to this section, when applicable.

Birth

State-wide birth registration began in 1915. For a copy of a birth from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Saluda County Health Department also has copies but they provide only an abbreviated form with limited information. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Marriage

In South Carolina, marriage licenses were not required by local governments until 1 July 1911. However, in the 1700s, the Church of England parish churches were required to record all marriages - even if the couple were not members of the denomination. Not all churches recorded these marriages and some have not survived. See South Carolina Vital Records for more information.

The Saluda County probate court holds marriage licenses issued from 1 July 1911 to the present. Statewide registration of marriages began in July 1950 and the South Carolina Division of Vital Records has copies of licenses issued after 1 July 1950 through November 2009.

Newspapers are used as a substitute to locate marriage information. See South Carolina Newspapers.

Marriages - Indexes and Records

1911-1950 - Saluda County, South Carolina Marriage Licenses, 1911-1950 ^[6] FHL Collection - records
1911-2000 - Saluda County, South Carolina Marriage Registers, 1911-ca. 2000 ^[7] FHL Collection - index and records
There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Death

State-wide death registration began in 1915. For a copy of the death certificates from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Saluda County Health Department only has copies for deaths occurring in the last 5 years. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Deaths - Indexes and Records

1914-1960 - State-wide South Carolina Death Indexes. There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Libraries

Saluda Library
101 South Main Street
Saluda, SC 29138
Phone: Number: (864) 445-4500
Fax:(864) 445-2725
Email: k.rushton@saludacounty.sc.gov
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30-5:00, Tuesday, Thursday 8:30-6:00, Saturday, Sunday Closed
Online Catalog

The Saluda County Library has genealogy and local history offerings.

Ridge Spring Libraryand Welcome Center
636 Main Street
Ridge Spring, SC 29129
Phone Number: 803-685-BOOK (2665)
Email: rslibrary@pbtcomm.net
Hours: Monday 9:30-1:00, Tuesday 9:30-1:00, Thursday 8:30-12:30, Friday 12:30-5:00, Saturday 9:00-12:00

Museums

Saluda County Historical Museum & Theatre
105 Law Range
Saluda, SC 29138
Telephone: (864) 445-8550
This museum houses historical artifacts and ancestral information pertaining to Saluda County

Societies - Genealogical, Historical, Lineage

Saluda County Historical Society
P.O. Box 22
Saluda SC 29138
source: Society Hill

Family History Centers

Websites

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Saluda County, South Carolina

Saluda County, SCGenWeb
Saluda County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

↑ [List of counties in South Carolina
↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
↑ Voice of Phillip Stalvey, resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2011).
↑ Schweitzer, George K. , South Carolina Genealogical Research (Knoxville, Tennessee: s.p. 1985), 39-42, FHL book 975.7 D27s
↑ Henry Campbell Black, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 1081, "probate."
↑ South Carolina, Probate Court (Saluda County), Saluda County, South Carolina Marriage Licenses, 1911-1950, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001.
↑ Saluda County, South Carolina Marriage Registers, 1911-ca. 2000, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001.

v • d • e Links to South Carolina-related articles

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Extinct Counties	Bartholomew · Berkeley (1682-1768) · Berkeley (1785-1791) · Carteret · Charleston (1785-1791) · Claremont · Clarendon (1785-1800) · Colleton (1682-1768) · Colleton (1785-1791) · Craven · Granville (1708-1768) · Granville (1785-1791) · Hilton · Kingston · Lewisburg · Lexington (1785-1791) · Liberty · Lincoln · Marion (1785-1791) · Orange · Pendleton · Salem · Shrewsbury · Waccamaw · Washington · Winton · Winyah

Overarching Districts	Beaufort District · Camden District · Charleston District · Cheraw District · Georgetown District · Ninety-Six District · Orangeburgh District · Pendleton District · Pinckney District · Washington District

Districts that became Counties 1800–1868	Abbeville District · Anderson District · Barnwell District · Beaufort (1800-1868) District · Charleston (1800-1868) District · Chester District · Chesterfield District · Clarendon District · Colleton District · Darlington District · Edgefield District · Fairfield District · Georgetown (1800-1868) District · Greenville District · Horry District · Lancaster District · Laurens District · Lexington District · Marion District · Marlboro District · Orangeburg (1800-1868) District · Newberry District · Pendleton (1800-1826) District · Pickens District · Richland District · Spartanburg District · Sumter District · Williamsburg District · York District

Colonial Parishes	All Saints · Christ Church · Prince Frederick · Prince George · Prince William · St. Andrew's · St. Bartholomew's · St. David's · St. George Dorchester · St. Helena's · St. James Goose Creek · St. James Santee · St. John's Berkeley · St. John's Colleton · St. Luke's · St. Mark's · St. Matthew's · St. Michael's · St. Paul's · St. Peter's · St. Philip's · St. Stephen's · St. Thomas and St. Denis · Post-Colonial Parishes

Colonial Townships	Amelia · Congaree · Edisto · Fredericksburg · Hillsborough · Kingston · Kings Town · Londonborough · New Windsor · Orangeburgh · Purrysburg · Queensboro · Queensborough · Saxe-Gotha · The Welsh Tract · Williamsburg

Major Repositories	South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History · South Carolina Historical Society · South Caroliniana Library · Charleston Library Society · South Carolina Genealogical Society · Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina Archives · National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta) · Dallas Public Central Library

Migration Routes	Savannah River · Augusta and Cherokee Trail · Augusta-Savannah Trail · Augusta-St. Augustine Trail · Camden-Charleston Path · Catawba and Northern Trail · Catawba Trail · Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail · Charleston-Savannah Trail · Cisca and St. Augustine Trail (or Nickajack Trail) · Coosa-Tugaloo Indian Warpath · Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) · Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path · Fort Moore-Charleston Trail · Great Valley Road · King's Highway · Lower Cherokee Traders' Path · Lower Creek Trading Path · Middle Creek Trading Path · Occaneechi Path · Old Cherokee Path · Old South Carolina State Road · Savannah-Jacksonville Trail · Secondary Coast Road · Tugaloo-Apalachee Bay Trail · Unicoi Trail · Upper Road · Ports: Beaufort · Charleston · Georgetown

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 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
 [http://www.genealogyinc.com/south-carolina/maps/ "Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps"] (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the My South Carolina Genealogy website. The maps rely on [http://www.goldbug.com/store/animap3.html AniMap 3.0] software.
 ==== Record Loss  ====
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 == Resources  ==
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 ==== African Americans  ====
 ''[[African American Research|United States African Americans]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina African Americans|South Carolina African Americans]]''
 Known plantations [http://south-carolina-plantations.com/horry/horry-county.html South Carolina Plantations]:
 *Crouch
 *Wheaten Pynes
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 ==== Court Records  ====
 Saluda County has court records from 1896 that are held in the office of the [http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/clerks/saluda/contactInfo.cfm Clerk of Court.] In 1896 Saluda County was created from [[Edgefield County, South Carolina|Edgefield County]] which was a part of&nbsp;the [[Ninety-Six District, South Carolina|Ninety-Six District]] from 1785 - 1800. The records of the Ninety-Six District courts are housed in [[Abbeville County, South Carolina|Abbeville County]] with the [http://www.abbevillecountysc.com/clerkcourt.aspx Clerk of Court,] and the records for Edgefield County are held with that&nbsp;county's&nbsp;[http://www.edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/elected.htm Clerk of Court].
 The [[South Carolina Department of Archives and History|South Carolina Archives and History Center]] has [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/guide/CountyRecords/rg0041.htm court records] available on microfilm for Saluda County.
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 Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor’s residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart shows where you may best expect to find land records for Saluda County:
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+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1785-1800
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | ''Edgefield County (old) *''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Edgefield County (old) *''
 |-
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | 1769-1785
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1769-1785
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | ''Ninety-Six District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Ninety-Six District''
 |-
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | 1719-1769
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1719-1769
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | ''Charleston District''
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Charleston District''
 |-
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="52%" align="center" | 1710-1719
+| width="52%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | 1710-1719
-| height="25" valign="middle" width="16%" align="center" | ''Proprietary Land&nbsp;Grants<br>''&nbsp;
+| width="16%" valign="middle" height="25" align="center" | ''Proprietary Land&nbsp;Grants<br>''&nbsp;
 |}
 <nowiki>* </nowiki>First deed book is missing <br>
 <br><br>
 <br>'''''Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868'''''
 This series consists of recorded copies of plats for state land grants for the Charleston and the Columbia Series with their certificates of admeasurement or certification. All personal names and geographic features on these plats are included in the repository's [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/Search.aspx?br=1 On-line Index to Plats for State Land Grants]<br>
 The South Carolina Constitution of 1790 required the surveyor general to maintain offices in both the new capital at Columbia and in Charleston. The surveyor general began to use separate volumes for recording plats in his Columbia office in 1796. Before that, all plats were recorded in the set of volumes begun in Charleston in 1784. After 1796, most plats for land grants in the Upper Division of the state were recorded and filed in Columbia. The surveyor general chose to make the Columbia volumes a continuation of the state plat volumes begun in Charleston and gave the initial Columbia volume the number thirty-six to correspond with the number of the volume that had then been reached in the Charleston series. As a result, there are volumes numbered thirty-six through forty-three from each office, but the records in them are not duplicative.
 Also included are the Plan Books containing Plats and Plans.
 ==== Maps  ====
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 *[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92065590/ ''The Ticket''] (Mt. Willing, S.C.) 1895-1895.
 '''Current'''
 *[http://www.saludastandard-sentinel.com/public_html/saludastandard-sentinel/ Saluda Standard-Sentinel] (Saluda, S.C.) Online edition.
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 ==== Probate  ====
 Probate is the “court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid” and encompasses “all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc.”<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''Black's Law Dictionary,'' 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 1081, "probate."</ref> Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, [[United States Probate Wills|wills]], bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. For further information see probate records in [[South Carolina Probate Records|South Carolina]].
 The [[South Carolina Department of Archives and History]] has microfilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. They have placed [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx Will Transcriptions] for 1782 to 1855 online. Index searchable by name, and images are available. Some estate records for Saluda County available on microfilm.
 Probate records for Saluda County may be found in the court of ordinary or probate court, and the court of equity.
 ==== Taxation  ====
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 == Family History Centers  ==
 *[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
 *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhc/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Centers in South Carolina]
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 == References  ==
 {{reflist}} {{South Carolina|South Carolina}}
 [[Category:Saluda_County,_South_Carolina]]