Brent Holcombe has published many SC extract of public records including Lancaster. Most public libraries have them, I am sure Mobile's great Public Library should have them. [email protected] wrote: > > Hello, > Can someone tell me if the Lancaster County Courthouse has any records > at all from before 1840? I have heard they all were destroyed during the > Civil War. ALL? Is that true? If so, where is the next best place to look? > I need to find deeds, wills, or land records from before 1840 for Hugh Black > or any other Black who lived in Lancaster County 1790-1836. Thanks. > > Cheryll Sumner [researching BLACKs] > Mobile, Alabama -- L. L. Scott, IBSSG L. L. Scott's Virtual Office: http://www.geocities.com/~llscott/ Peace: http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~llscott/peace.htm