South Carolina Pioneers
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Transcripts of Will Book AI (1781-1820)

Transcripts of Will Book D (1803): only 4 wills

Index to Probate Records

Kershaw County Probate Records

Kershaw County was originally part of Camden District, and was formed in 1791 from Claremont, Lancaster, Fairfield and Richland Counties. It was named for Joseph Kershaw (1727-1791). The county seat is Camden. Camden was first settled in about 1732 by the English who'd settled first in Charleston. Camden was occupied by the Revolutionary War from June of 1780 to May of 1781.