South Carolina Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.
For present day court records online, please visit South Carolina Public Records online for links.
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- RW – RootsWeb
- SCDAH – South Carolina Department of Archives and History
South Carolina Court Records Online at the federal and state level
US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS
US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$
US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH
US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$
US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$
US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$
US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$
US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$
South Carolina – South Carolina, Confederate Home Records, 1909-1958, index & images, at FS
South Carolina – South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Poorhouse and Correctional House Records, 1803-1916, index links to images, at FS
South Carolina – Clerk of Court, abstract mesne conveyance A Anderson County 1790-1792, at FS
South Carolina – Genealogical collection, at FS
South Carolina – Minutes, Circuit and District court, District of South Carolina, 1789- 1849; and index to judgements, Circuit and District court, 1792-1874, at FS
South Carolina – Records from South Carolina federal district court, at FS
South Carolina – Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 : NARA, RG 105, M1910, at FS
South Carolina – South Carolina will transcripts, 1782-1868, at FS
South Carolina – South Carolina wills and other court records, at FS
South Carolina – South Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau records, 1865-1872, at FS
South Carolina – Surrogate’s records, 1776-1783, at FS
South Carolina – Combined alphabetical index, 1695-1925 : consolidated index & spindex, at FS
South Carolina – Criminal Court Records, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, index, SCDAH
South Carolina Court Records Online by County
Abbeville County – Court Records – 96th District South Carolina : Extracts from the Carolina Genealogist, at FS
Abbeville County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1791-1875; Miscellaneous Papers, 1813-1906 [Abbeville, South Carolina], at FS
Abbeville County – Court Records – Minutes, 1839-1858, at FS
Abbeville County – Court Records – Old (obsolete) Index to Equity Rolls, 1791-1868, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Abstracts of Judgements, 1816-1819, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Anderson County, South Carolina Index to Estate Records, 1780-1972, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Common Pleas Court Journal, 1840-1866, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Contingent Dockets, 1852-1882, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1819-1884, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Equity Notices Published in the Pendleton Messenger, 1826-1848 ; And, Equity Records from Original Documentary Records in the Courthouse at Anderson, S.C., at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Index to Judgements, 1880-1913, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Issue Dockets, 1852-1869, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Judgement Rolls, 1790-1870, Index, Ca. 1800-1899, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Minutes, 1790-1793, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Old Pendleton District Court Records (as on File in the Anderson County Courthouse) Anderson, South Carolina, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Pendleton County, South Carolina Records, 1790-1816, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Pleading and Judgements, 1847-1859, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Session Minutes and Session Journal, 1823-1874, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Summary Process Papers and Decrees, 1800-1869, at FS
Anderson County – Court Records – Trial Papers, 1819-1865, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Abstracts of Judgements, 1802-1821, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Chancery and Equity Court Records, Ca. 1818-1870, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Court Journal and Minutes, 1800-1822, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Court Journal, 1786-1791, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Court Journals, 1800-1832, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Court Minutes, 1819-1838, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Court of Equity Records of Barnwell District, S. C. : Abstracts of Genealogical Data Found Therein, at FS
Barnwell County – Court Records – Wills, Land Records and Some Misc. Court Records of Winton Co. Abt. 1787-1791, at FS
Charleston – Court Records – Admiralty Final Record Books and Minutes, 1790-1857, at FS
Charleston County – Court Records – Bills of Complaint, 1800-1863; Indexes, 1721-1868, at FS
Charleston County – Court Records – South Carolina County Records : Charleston Co. Court Records Containing Renunciation of Dowers, Land, Probate and Misc. Court Actions, 1740-1787, at FS
Chester County – Court Records – Chester County, South Carolina, Equity Court Records and Land Plats with Some Wills and Misc. Records, 1820-1874 : and Probate Records from About 1788, at FS
Chester County – Court Records – Common Pleas Court Minute Book, 1785-1828, at FS
Chester County – Court Records – Court Bills and Petitions, 1820-1874, at FS
Chester County – Court Records – Equity Court Decree Book, 1840-1857, at FS
Chester County – Court Records – Minute and Order Book, 1785-1795, at FS
Chester County – Court Records – Minute Book, 1785-1788, at FS
Clarendon County – Court Records – Criminal Dockets, 1877-1911, at FS
Clarendon County – Court Records – Judgment Roll Index, 1857-1874, at FS
Colleton County – Court Records – Bar and Judge’s Dockets, 1801-1836, at FS
Columbia – Court Records – Proceedings in the Ku Klux Trials at Columbia, S.C. : in the United States Circuit Court, November Term, 1871, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – Equity Court Records (loose Papers), 1805-1871, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – Equity Records, 1803-1844, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – Minutes, 1793-1816, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – Minutes, 1801-1841, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – Minutes, 1806-1820, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – Minutes, 1840-1912, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – South Carolina, Darlington County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1798-1928, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – South Carolina, Darlington County, Coroner’s Records, 1910-1986, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – South Carolina, Darlington County, Court of Common Pleas Judgment Rolls, 1754-1977, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – South Carolina, Darlington County, Court of General Sessions Records, 1916-1986, at FS
Darlington County – Court Records – South Carolina, Darlington County, Supreme Court Records, 1914-1960, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Commissioner’s Minute Book, 1841-1868, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions Minutes, 1785-1868, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Court Records, 1825-1839, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, Abt. 1800-1870, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Minutes, 1815-1849, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Minutes, 1840-1875, at FS
Edgefield County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgements, 1800-1913, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Commissioners’ Report Books, 1843-1868, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Court Records, 1800-1903 ; Index to Court Records, 1840-1882, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Decrees, 1843-1868, 1843-1868, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Direct (plaintiff) Index to Common Pleas Judgments and Indirect (defendant) Index to Common Pleas Judgments, 1840-1861, 1866, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Equity Court Decrees (bills), 1807-1870, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Execution Books, 1807-1904, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Fairfield County, South Carolina, Records : Book T, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Journal, 1802-1900, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1820-1871, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Minutes of the County Court of Fairfield from 25 July 1785 to 19 August 1786, 13 June 1791 to 25 July 1799, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Petitions and Decress in Summary Process, Index, 1840-1870, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgements, 1840-1909, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Report Book, 1892-1904, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Trial Papers, Case 1-26, 1846-1851, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Writ Books, 1810-1913, at FS
Fairfield County – Court Records – Fairfield County South Carolina County Court Records, at KS
Greenville County – Court Records – Bills, 1822-1823, at FS
Greenville County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1822-1869, at FS
Greenville County – Court Records – Journal, 1807-1819, at FS
Greenville County – Court Records – Judgment Rolls Index, 1792-1890, at FS
Greenville County – Court Records – Old Greenville District Court Records in the Greenville County Courthouse, South Carolina, at FS
Horry County – Court Records – Probate Records, 1803-1873, at FS
Kershaw County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, Including Probate, Wills, Land and Misc. Records, 1791-1892, at FS
Kershaw County – Court Records – Minutes of the County Court of Fairfield from 25 July 1785 to 19 August 1786, 13 June 1791 to 25 July 1799, at FS
Kershaw County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgments, 1822-1908, at FS
Lancaster County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1838-1868, at FS
Lancaster County – Court Records – Equity Court Minutes, 1822-1869, at FS
Lancaster County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1830-1870, at FS
Lancaster County – Court Records – Receipt Book, 1854-1860, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Abstracts of Judgements and Decrees, 1800-1880, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Account Book, 1841-1867, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Decree Books, 1807-1868, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Docket Book, 1841-1869, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Equity Bills, 1800-1864, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – File Book, 1841-1868, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Index to Judgment Rolls and Abstract of Jugments, Ca. 1800-1913, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Inquisition Books, 1872-1901, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Journal, 1800-1907, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Journal, 1800-1908, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Journal, 1807-1819, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Justice Book, 1783-1785; Fees of Register’s Office, 1787, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Minute Books, 1841-1870, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Petitions and Reports, 1841-1867, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Petitions, 1881-1884, at FS
Laurens County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgments, 1799-1809, 1840-1875, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Chancery and Equity Court Records, Ca. 1800-1875, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Court Journal and Minutes, 1870-1873, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Court Journal, 1840-1904, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Court Journals, 1840-1900, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Court Records, 1816-1867, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Inquisition Books, 1890-1910, at FS
Lexington County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgements, 1840-1908; Index to Judgements, 1840-1936, at FS
Marion County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1800-1870, at FS
Marion County – Court Records – Extracts from Equity Rolls, Marion District, South Carolina, at FS
Marion County – Court Records – Wills, 1800-1888, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Court Journal, 1800-1821, 1831, 1835, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Court Journal, 1838-1899; General Index, 1801-1913, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Court Journal, 1838-1910, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Court Journals, 1791-1799, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Court Records, 1805-1877, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Minute Book of the Court of General Sessions and the Court of Common Pleas, 1785-1837, at FS
Marlboro County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgements, 1800-1902, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Common Pleas Calendar, 1871-1908, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Court Indexes, 1878-1953, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Court Record, Court of Sessions, 1822-1834, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Deeds and Miscellaneous Records, 1785-1884; Index to Deeds, 1776-1949, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1818-1870, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Equity Records, 1816-1827, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Journal, 1807-1819, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1935-1949, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Newberry County, Clerk of Court, Sales Book, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Newberry County, Minutes of the County Court : Book “A”, 1785-1798, at FS
Newberry County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgments, 1839-1868, at FS
Pendleton – Court Records – Old Pendleton District Court Records (as on File in the Anderson County Courthouse) Anderson, South Carolina, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Bonds, 1835-1866, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Civil Dockets, 1840-1867, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Commissioners Report Book, 1841-1868, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Court Records, 1828-1857, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Court Records, 1829-1884, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Equity Records (original Loose Papers), Ca. 1800-1870, at FS
Pickens County – Court Records – Minutes, 1832-1870, at FS
Richland County – Court Records – Equity Rolls, 1804-1869, at FS
Richland County – Court Records – Index to Judgments, 1865-1927, at FS
Richland County – Court Records – Minutes of the County Court of Fairfield from 25 July 1785 to 19 August 1786, 13 June 1791 to 25 July 1799, at FS
Richland County – Court Records – Richland County, South Carolina Minutes, 1806-1868, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Abstract of Decrees Book, 1800-1861, 1865-1870; Index to Summary Process Papers, 1800-1870, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Bond Books, 1841-1870, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Court Journals and Minutes, 1800-1900, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Decree Book, 1833-1869, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Equity Bills, 1816-1864; Index to Equity Papers, 1821-1871, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Journal-order Book, 1841-1868, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Journals, 1820-1872, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgements Books, 1800-1900; Index to Judgements, 1800-1920, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Sale Book, 1841-1870, at FS
Spartanburg County – Court Records – Writs Issued and Returned, 1808-1828, at FS
Sumter County – Court Records – Court Minutes and Judgements, 1801-1899, at FS
Sumter County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1795-1870, at FS
Sumter County – Court Records – Minutes, Judgements, Probate Records and Some Land Records in Court of Common Pleas, 1883-1908, 1930-1953, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Equity Bills, 1798-1870, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Index to and Old Writs, Declarations, Insolvent Debtors, Naturalization Papers, Etc., 1832-1867., at FS
Union County – Court Records – Journals and Minutes, 1802-1868; Index to Journals and Minutes, 1802-1840, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Minute Book, 1785-1799, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1795-1841, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Petitions for Guardianship of Union County [South Carolina] Ca. 1803-1868, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgments, 1800-1906, at FS
Union County – Court Records – South Carolina, Union County, Court of Equity, 1801-1841 : #cW.P.A. Project 2004, at FS
Union County – Court Records – South Carolina, Union County; Court Records, 1801-1838, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Union County, Clerk of Court, Minutes C P, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Union County, Minutes of the Court, at FS
Union County – Court Records – Union County, Minutes of Union Court, at FS
Williamsburg County – Court Records – Equity Court Records, 1817-1870, at FS
Williamsburg County – Court Records – Taxation of Costs Books, 1921-1923, at FS
York County – Court Records – Account Book, 1840-1885, at FS
York County – Court Records – Appearance Book, 1822-1839, at FS
York County – Court Records – Bond Books, Vols. A-C, 1819-1871, at FS
York County – Court Records – Confessions Before the Clerk, 1826-1831, 1840-1877, at FS
York County – Court Records – Cost Books, 1848-1853, 1860-1868, at FS
York County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1820-1870, at FS
York County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1840-1909, at FS
York County – Court Records – Court Records, 1840-1849, at FS
York County – Court Records – Decree Books, Vols. A-B, 1821-1875, at FS
York County – Court Records – Equity Papers, 1818-1872, at FS
York County – Court Records – Fee Books and Dockets, 1844-1907, at FS
York County – Court Records – General Sessions Papers, 1803-1900; Index to Papers, 1803-1938, at FS
York County – Court Records – Inquisition Books, 1881-1896, at FS
York County – Court Records – Issue Dockets and Calendars, 1840-1905, at FS
York County – Court Records – Journals, 1792, 1800-1820, 1840-1902, at FS
York County – Court Records – Journals, Minutes, 1792-1794, 1800-1950, Index to Journals, 1888-1937, at FS
York County – Court Records – Minutes, 1786-1792, at FS
York County – Court Records – Original Evidence Book, 1845-1859, at FS
York County – Court Records – Pleadings and Judgements Books, 1800-1890, at FS
York County – Court Records – Record of Pardons, 1898-1919, at FS
York County – Court Records – Reference Book, 1861-1889, at FS
York County – Court Records – Report Books, 1840-1876, at FS
York County – Court Records – Returns in Partition Book, 1845-1873, at FS
York County – Court Records – Rules Book, 1840-1870, at FS
York County – Court Records – The Gone & Forgotten People, at FS
York County – Court Records – York County Historical and Genealogical Records of South Carolina, at FS
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