SCCGS agreed to post the following Circuit Court Index 1819-1840 online prior to any other form of publication as a service to the genealogical community at large. From this link to the SCCGS home page, scroll down to COURT CASES and take it from there. NOTE: the search engine has not yet indexed these new pages, so you will have to search for DEFENDANTS and slaves on each subsequent page until 'spidered'. When finally spidered you should be able to use the search box at the bottom of the home page. Future pages will include a list of terms found in case files, plus about 10 case files transcribed in full. We hope to also include a page pointing out the 'clues' found within each of the case files that point to other record groups you might want to search as a result of the documents preserved in the file. If any of the index pages do not look right to you (information should be in columnar format), or if you have suggestions for better page presentation/explanations, please email me privately by pressing the REPLY button (in outlook express), and thank you. Diane Walsh webmaster for SCCGS