The most promising results from searching for the ancestors is found in county records. More specificially, marriages, wills, and estates. If a last will and testament is not found, search for estate records. Intestate accounts lasted until the account was paid out. Meanwhile, annual records, receipts, and sales revealed interesting information about the families.
Genealogy Hints by Jeannette Holland Austin:
1. The receipts reveal names of the daughter’s husbands. That is because the husband took full responsibility for his wife’s affairs. Should you not recognize some of the names, to confirm the husband’s name, look it up in the marriage records.
2. A rare collection of South Carolina Marriage Settlements dating from 1775 to 1834 are available to members of southcarolinapioneers.net