Send an e-mail to the SC Archives and ask if it is possible. The database is not exhaustive. In a message dated 12/30/2003 1:58:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mcarolecooper writes: > Can anyone explain why I am unable to sort slaves > in an online search of the SC Archives by county > of ownership? When one is searching for an individual > other than slave, one can usually enter the known county > to narrow the field. Slaves are not able to be sorted > by county so how would one narrow the search to the > county of their slave ancestors home?

After the Civil War, "The Freedman's Bureau" was established to help move the slave into the freed world. There were banks set up in various towns. These banks took down diverse bits and pieces of information. It varies from person to person. The LDS recently (2002) transcribed the records and placed them on a CD-Rom. The local LDS Family History Center should have a copy of that CD. They can also be purchased. http://www.familysearch.org somewhere on the site there is a listing of stuff for purchase. Deborah Byrd