Janice, I find the best source on the Regulators is the book "The South Carolina Regulators" by Richard Maxwell Brown. 1963. He later did another one, I understand. He says the Regulators are responsible for the passage of the Circuit Court Act of 1769 which established courts in the "back county". Cambridge, at Ninety Six, became the court house for the 6 counties (to start with) that were in the 96 Dist. Other districts in SC got their own court houses. Each district took care of several counties, so we started out small until 1785 when our county court system began & locals could record deeds and wills in their own court house within their own county. The surviving records of Cambridge Ct. House were transferred to Abbeville, thus the name of the book "Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds" by Pauline Young. The pardon is dated 31 Oct. 1771 in which several Kirklands are named. Personally, being from the "back country", I give them a vote of thanks as most of my ancestors were poor and could not make trips to Charleston for court battles, nor to record their records, which was required. However, some of the Regulators took a little too much on, as they were working outside our laws to start with, but these laws were not working for the back-country people In other words, we were ignored until the Regulators did something about it. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Regulator Pardon of 1771 > Margie, thanks for showing us this great old document. I hope someone can > explain it with certainty by I think one avenue of research could be that the > doc addresses a group of "Regulators". Was that a position appointed by the > King...or one they gave themselves for purpose of self-government? > > Also, there is the sections that states..."....did thereupon desist from the > illegal practices...peace & tranquility...restored...in the back settlements > of our said province."..... > > Looks like it was something that took place in outback of SC, and not > overseas. > > Looking forward to other explanations, > > Janice > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Join RootsWeb WorldConnect Program > For details on how to submit your GEDCOM > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com > Scroll down to Other Tools/Resources > > >