from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/estates1785-1949/34.htm South Caroline Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 Probate court general index to estates, 1785-1949 [Department of Archives and History, Columbia.] Trainscribed by Dena W. for South Carolina Genealogy Trails Yr filed Estate Executor, Adm or guardian pkg No. Box No. Estate No. 1814 Lake, Thomas Sr 26 12 276 1824 Lake, Elijah Benjamin Lake Adm 108 47 1152 1835 Lake, Elizabeth R James S Gilliam Adm 111 48 1170 1831 Lake, Jane Benjamin Lake Adm 111 48 1168 1832 Lake, John Mary Lake Exor 197 77 1966 1847 Lake, Enoch J G Lake Exor 222 86 2162 1850 Lake, Elijah Benjamin Lake Gdn 243 93 2321 1855 Lake, Thomas E M Lake Exor 273 104 2581 1855 Lake, Rebecca J K Lake Adm 273 104 2580 1862 Lake, Elijah M E P Lake Adm 291 111 2972 1863 Lake, George P Nancy E Lake Adm 292 111 2988 1868 Lake, Benjamin Henry W Doninick Adm 306 114 1869 Lake, Robert G, minor D B Piester Gdn 306 114 1870 Lake, Miles P, minor Asa P Davis Gdn 306 114 1869 Lake, Leonora, minor David B Piester Gdn 306 114 1866 Lane, Lemuel Mary & John C Lane Adm 314 116 1866 Lake, Martha Elijah P Lake Adm 314 116 1874 Lake, Anna Benjamin D Lake Adm 347 127 1886 Lake, William F Kemper D Lake Adm 407 147 1886 Lake, Benjamin Drayton Rebecca Lake Exor 408 147 1887 Lake, Henry Jno M Kinard, ccp Adm 410 148 1887 Lake, Elizabeth J Wilson E Longshore Exor 411 149 1889 Lake, Thomas M Mary Emma Lake Adm 417 151 1891 Lake, Eliza A M John C & Jas K P Goggans Exor 424 153 1907 Lake, Drayton Harriet Lake Exor 508 183 1908 Lake, Bessie D Edwin O Lake Gdn 518 187 1912 Lake, John George Lake Adm 532 192 1919 Lake, Frances E Mary J Miller Adm 558 205 1923 Lake, Ellen E William R Gilliam Adm 577 216 1924 Lake, Frank S Colie E Lake Adm 582 219 1925 Lake, John W K D Lake Adm 585 221 1929 Lake, Mrs Mary Emma Una Lake Setzler, Lola Lake Smith Exor 600 239 1933 Lake, Marvin R Julia Wicker Exor 610 251 1937 Lake, Julia A Lake, Edwin O & Morris, Bessie L Exor 262 1943 Lake, Henry Chapin Lake, H T Exor 277 from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/realestate.html Newberry County Real Estate - Index Newberry county, South Carolina Land records valued low were handled by the Probate Judge. Records would include heirs, plats, deeds, petitions for dower and more. Copies of original deeds can be obtained through the Newberry County Probate office Name Box - Packet LAKE, Benjamin, Elijah, Ivy C (estate of Elijah Lake) 1 - 6 LAKE, Elijah (estate of) 1 - 6 LAKE, Fielding G & Mary (estate of Elisha Swindler) 2 - 36 LAKE, Marvin & others (estate of Thos M Lake) 5 - 13 LAKE, Mary Emma (adminx of estate of Thos M Lake) 5 - 13 LAKE, Thomas M (estate of) 5 - 13 from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/willabstracts.html Newberry County Unrecorded Wills and Deeds Newberry County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Abstracted by Mary DeVore Dawkins (ONDQ Spring 1992, pg 1-11) Copies of originals may be obtained through the Probate Office in Newberry, SC. LAKE, E P: LWT 11 Feb 1870 - Legatee, wife Eliza A M Lake. Executor, friend Maj C H Suber. Witnesses: Thomas M Lake, John Coate, William Lake. Also, previous will of 20 May 1868, same provisions, same executor. Witnesses: Thomas M Lake, James H Dennis, and A B Pitts. from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/recordbook_p.htm Record Book P, Clerk of Court 1816 - 1822 Newberry County, South Carolina (source: LDS #24229) Elmore, William of Newberry District for the sum of $430 paid by John Elmore of Newberry District sold 75A of land on Palmetto Branch joining lands of Benjamin Lake, Daniel Morgan, Thomas Elmore, Michael Weidingman and Reuben Morgan and being the same tract conveyed by Christian Weidingman on Jan 12, 1821. Wit. October 8, 1821 by Alexander Chambers and James Fernandez. Rebecca Elmore wife of William, signed release of her dower rights to the land. (pg. 171) from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/guardianship_index.htm Guardianship Index Newberry County, South Carolina Index along with the records are kept at the Probate Judges office at the Newberry County Court House. Newberry County Probate Court Newberry County Probate Court Post Office Box 442 1309 College Street Newberry, SC 29108 Newberry, SC 29108 (803) 321-2118, fax (803) 321-2119 What you may find in these records: annual returns, married name of female orphan, how endowment may have been distributed, and family names. Name of Minor Name of Guardian Year Box/Packet Childers, Margaret E. M. Lake 1856 K-38 Epting, Adam, Anna (Lake), William, Nancy (Wicker), Henry & Elizabeth (Boyd) John A. Wicker 1822 S-14 Jenkins, Marcus T. Thomas Lake 1845 K-15 Jentz, W. J. E. P. Lake 1854 K-25 Lake, Benjamin John R. Lake 1860 K-35 Lake, Elizabeth S. W. Thomas H. Crooks 1858 B-27 Lake, Lillies John P. Kinard 1845 J-37 Lake, M. C. Thomas H. Crooks 1856 B-20 Lake, Willie Ann Caroline Boozer 1858 A-30 Moore, Thomas T. E. P. Lake 1855 K-26 Reid, William E. D. E. P. Lake 1857 K-24 Satterwhite, Richard D., William & John G. A.L. Lake 1834 K-2 West, Amanda Elijah M. Lake 1857 K-33 West, Frances Elijah N. Lake 1857 K-32 from http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/coroners_inquests/coronersinquistion_index_jkl.htm CORONER'S INQUISITION Index NEWBERRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA George Henry Lake (Alias Dick Robinson), December 5th, 1939 see http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/coroners_inquests/1939-48.htm#george_lake John C Lake, December 15, 1950 see http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/coroners_inquests/coroner_1948-53b.htm#john_lake Olin Lake