Richland County Probate Records

Richland County was formed in 1785 as part of Camden District. In 1791 a small portion of it went to Kershaw County. The county seat is Columbia, which is also the state capital. In 1786 the state legislature decided to move the capital from Charleston to a more central location. A site was chosen in Richland County, which is in the geographic center of the state, and a new town was laid out. During the War Between the States General William T. Sherman captured Columbia and burned the town and parts of the county on February 17, 1865.

Early Settlers: Richard Adams, Casper Coon, John Belton, Benjamin Everitt, John Dodd, Christian Kinslery, Samuel Jackson, William Partride, Mathias Libecap and others.

Transcripts of Wills 1840 to 1858

• Adams, Anna
• Adams, James
• Adams, Joel Belton
• Adams, Robert
• Adams, Robert J.
• Adams, Sarah
• Adams, Sarah H.
• Arthur, Benjamin
• Arthur, Rebecca
• Bailey, Samuel
• Beard, William
• Black, Margaret
• Bougle, Sarah
• Bowers, Charlotte
• Bryce, John
• Bryce, Peter
• Bynum, William
• Caldwell, Davis
• Carner, Sarah
• Chanlon, John
• Davis, James
• Davis, Mary T.
• Dial, James
• Dubard, Katharine
• Edgar, Adam
• Ellison, Joseph
• Ellison, Margaret
• Entzminger, Peter
• Faust, Jasper
• Fitzsimons, Catherine
• Forshaw, William
• Gibson, Sarah
• Girardin, Margaret
• Graddick, John
• Gray, Peter
• Green, Henry C.
• Green, Selina
• Harris, Philip
• Hart, Benjamin
• Hayes, Lavinia
• Heath, Thomas
• Henry, James
• Higgins, William
• Hodge, Nancy
• Hogan, Rosannah
• Hood, Frederic
• Hopkins, Amy
• Hopkins, James
• Hopkins, Sarah
• Howell, Harriet
• Howell, Martha
• Howell, Matthew R.
• Jones, Mathew
• Kennedy, John
• Kirk, Susannah
• Latts, Robert
• Law, William
• Lightner, Jacob
• Lipman, Mary
• Lott, John
• Lowe, Pleasant
• Lykes, Frederick Sr.
• Lyons, Isaac
• Malone, Mary
• Marks, Frances
• Marshall, John
• Marshall, Sarah
• Martin, Mary
• Maxwell, Janet
• McCormick, Samuel
• McCormick, William
• McDonald, William
• McLauchlin, B. L.
• Medlin, Joel Jr.
• Medlin, Robert
• Morris, Mary
• Morrison, Mary
• Munson, Robert
• Nelson, Joseph
• Nerts, Milly
• Neville, Clement
• Nipper, Temperance
• Parr, Mary
• Patterson, James
• Pemberton, Alton
• Player, Susan
• Porcher, Augustus
• Prescott, Jesse
• Purvis, Mary
• Quilter, Timothy
• Reese, John
• Reese, Sarah
• Roberts, Philip
• Romanstine, John
• Rogers, O. B.
• Rowan, James
• Rowan, Robert
• Sharp, John C.
• Singleton, Matthew
• Smiley, Dorothy
• Smiley, William
• Snowden, Gilbert
• Solomon, Phineas
• Stack, Elizabeth
• Stack, William
• Stanton, Joseph
• Stark, Grace
• Stevens, James
• Suling, John
• Taylor, Benjamin F.
• Taylor, Margaret
• Taylor, Mary
• Taylor, Sarah, Mrs.
• Thompson, Sarah
• Trapp, John
• Tucker, Sarah
• Turnipseed, Nancy
• Tyler, Mary
• Vinson, Arthur
• Wages, Dawson
• Wages, Rebecca
• Wages, William
• Weir, Samuel
• Wessinger, Penelope
• Wilson, John Dubose
• Wilson, Olivine
• Woodward, Isom
• Young, Mary