The Lower South: Civil Records

Question 1

Why are the Carolina’s and Georgia sometimes grouped together

Answer 1

I believe because Carolina and Georgia were once part of each other before the land was divided more and more over time (check notes to verify this)

Question 2

What distinguishes the Lower south from other regions of British North America

Answer 2

? See class notes for answer

Question 3

South Carolina organization and records available and at what level?

Answer 3

Land probate and court review were kept at the colony level

From 1769 on some civil and criminal cases were handled at the county level

Organization for north and South Carolina very similar.

Question 4

North Carolina records available and at what level?

Answer 4

County records: land deeds, some probate records

Colony records: private records

Question 5

Georgia records:

Answer 5

Surviving records are published in colonial records of the state of Georgia

All records are handled at the colony level

Places or resources for Georgia records:

Georgia archives virtual vault
North Carolina land grants nclandgrants.com

Question 6

Timeline of Carolina area “the lower south”

Answer 6

1650s Virginia
Then charter for colony of Carolina
Then first Barbadian planters arrive
1712 Then north and South Carolina are divided
1720 South Carolina becomes a royal colony
1729 North Carolina becomes a Royal colony
1732 Georgia is established
1752 Georgia becomes a royal colony

Question 7

Who settled the lower south regions

Answer 7

Chesapeake planters and
Barbados planters

Question 8

Carolina and the West Indies

Answer 8

Shared economic and political culture

Something about labor force and demographics