Records of the Commissioners of the Poor Eleven manuscripts, 1857-1867, and manuscript volume, 1831-1868, records of the Commissioners of the Poor of Williamsburg District, including reports submitted to the presiding judge of the court of common pleas and general sessions listing funds distributed to paupers, as well as lists of single tax and double tax executions. The bound volume contains registers of paupers, with lists of names, dates paid, amount paid, and names of agents making payment. It also includes minutes of semi-annual meetings, 1831-1857, of the commissioners, with resolutions directing that funds be distributed or denied to various petitioners and authorizing that the Williamsburg District tax collector appropriate a specified percentage that varied from year to year out of the general tax for the support of the poor. Source: http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/uscs/1996/poor96.htm The Manuscripts Division of the South Caroliniana Library collects and preserves a wide variety of unpublished materials significant to the study of history and culture in the Palmetto State. For further information, please contact the Manuscripts Division staff by e-mail or at the following address: Manuscripts Division South Caroliniana Library University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Tel: (803) 777-5183 Fax: (803) 777-5747 [email protected]