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S.C. required applicants wishing to practice law to submit their petitions of admittance to the courts at Columbia or Charleston while they were in session. Upon approval of a candidate's qualifications, he would be examined by a competent number of the bar presided over by at least two justices and, after passing the examination, be admitted to the bar.
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To Court Of Chancery, Petition To Practice Law. 1752-1778
Series: S142004 - With the exception of the April 1698 version, all versions of the Fundamental Constitutions prohibited pleading for fee or reward, though these provisions had no effect. Although attorneys in fact (agents appointed by deed for the transaction of specific business) practiced in the early years of the colony, there were no professional attorneys in South Carolina until the arrival of Nicholas Trott on 3 May 1699. By general instructions in S.C. Statute 1712(2)401, attorneys were to be examined, enrolled, sworn, and dismissed at the discretion of court justices. S.C. Statute 1721(7)166 required that attorneys be admitted and sworn to the bar by the General Court.
An act of 24 July 1769 provided that a lawyer could not practice or solicit unless he was a resident of the colony and admitted as a barrister at law or attorney by the court of common pleas or the court before which he wished to practice. S.C. Statute 1785(4)668 required applicants for certification as attorneys to have been citizens of the United States for four years and to petition the justices of common pleas for examination. Applicants could be examined by common pleas judges or chancellors and were required, upon acceptance, to take the oath of allegiance to the state and the attorney's oath. Failure to take the oaths could be met by a fine of 100 pounds. The act recommended three years study abroad, four years clerkship, or two years practice before a supreme court prior to application.
| Name | Date | | Bee, Thomas | 1/17/1765 | | Bremar, John | 8/9/1773 | | Bromley, Thomas | 6/10/1760 | | Burrington, Thomas | 7/8/1752 | | Burrows, William | 7/8/1752 | | Colcock, John | 7/23/1773 | | Dering, John | 10/30/1765 | | Dwight, Daniel | 10/30/1765 | | Gibbes, William Hasell | 6/16/1778 | | Graeme, William | 5/16/1764 | | Grimball, Thomas Jr. | 10/30/1765 | | Grindlay, James | 4/28/1752 | | Guerard, Benjamin | 12/28/1763 | | Harvey, Alexander | 10/10/1771 | | Heyward, Thomas | 4/7/1771 | | Leigh, Egerton | 3/4/1754 | | Mason, William | 10/30/1765 | | Mathews, John | 8/6/1768 | | Moultrie, Alexander | 4/10/1772 | | Nevin, John | 10/30/1765 | | Obrien, James | 10/30/1765 | | Oldham, Bennet | 9/2/1764 | | Parsons, James | 4/29/1752 | | Pendleton, Henry | 7/28/1772 | | Phepoe, Thomas | 10/10/1771 | | Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth | 10/12/1770 | | Pinckney, Charles Jr. | 4/5/1753 | | Pinckney, Thomas | 4/28/1775 | | Read, Jacob | 6/3/1777 | | Rutledge, Edward | 3/30/1773 | | Rutledge, Hugh | 6/24/1768 | | Scott, John | 7/28/1772 | | Simpson, James | 12/20/1764 | | Vair, George | 10/30/1765 | | Ward, Joshua | 10/30/1765 | | Yeomans, Thomas | 4/1/1757 | |
Petitions to Practice Law, 1804-1808 Series L10103, consists of eight petitions addressed to the justices of the Charleston District Court of Equity. They state the applicant's educational and professional background, bear signed testimonials to the petitioner's character, and have certified statements attesting to the candidate's educational qualifications. The petitions contain a signed and dated notation by a court justice as to when the petitions were accepted. | Name | Location | Date | | Bay, Andrew | Charleston | 4/25/1808 | | Bellinger, Lucius | Charleston | 4/29/1806 | | Broun, Robert | Charleston | 1/10/1804 | | Deas, James S. | Charleston | 11/9/1807 | | Logan, George Robert | Charleston | 4/27/1807 | | Prioleau, Samuel Jr. | Charleston | 4/26/1808 | | Snowden, Charles Blair | Charleston | 11/6/1807 | | White, John Blake | Charleston | 11/7/1807 | |
Petitions to Practice Law, 1809-1824
Series: S140001 - This series consists of petitions addressed to the justices of the Court of Appeals in Equity at Charleston. Information includes the applicant's educational and professional background and certified statements attesting to the candidate's educational qualifications. The petitions bear a signed and dated notation by a court justice as to when the petition was accepted.
| Name | Date | | Axson, Jacob Jr. | 4/1/1819 | | Bacot, Peter | 1/1/1810 | | Barker, Samuel G. | 4/4/1821 | | Bee, Barnard Elliott | 3/13/1810 | | Belser, Frederick | 4/1/1819 | | Bennett, Isaac S. K. | 3/23/1814 | | Bennett, Joseph | 3/12/1810 | | Bentham, Robert | 1/7/1811 | | Boylston, Nicholas H. | 3/18/1823 | | Bull, W. A. | 3/11/1813 | | Campbell, David C. | 3/15/1824 | | Campbell, W. J. | 3/20/1820 | | Cart, Vernal | 3/21/1821 | | Chipman, Henry | 3/12/1810 | | Chitty, Charles C. | 3/15/1824 | | Clarke, Joseph | 3/24/1818 | | Coit, John C. | 3/18/1822 | | Condy, Thomas D. | 3/13/1820 | | Crafts, William Jr. | 1/2/1809 | | Cruger, Henry N. | 3/15/1824 | | Cummens, William | 3/19/1823 | | Dawson, Laurence E. | 3/17/1823 | | Debesse, Frederick | 3/14/1814 | | Deliesseline, Francis A. | 1/2/1809 | | Desaussure, Henry Alexander | 1/1/1810 | | Doyley, Charles W. | 3/20/1823 | | Dunkin, Benjamin Faneuil | 3/15/1814 | | Eckhard, George B. | 3/11/1817 | | Edwards, Edward H. | 3/14/1818 | | Edwards, John D. | 3/7/1823 | | Egleston, George W. | 3/11/1818 | | Elfe, Robert | 3/18/1822 | | Elliott, Benjamin | 1/1/1810 | | Elliott, Charles | 11/19/1810 | | Elliott, Thomas O. | 4/1/1819 | | Finley, William P. | 3/22/1824 | | Flagg, Henry C. | 3/17/1823 | | Fleming, Matthew | 3/15/1824 | | Frost, Edward | 4/8/1823 | | Furman, Charles M. | 3/21/1821 | | Gadsden, Thomas Jr. | 3/21/1821 | | Gibbs, Mathurin G. | 3/20/1821 | | Gibson, William M. | 3/14/1814 | | Gilchrist, Robert B. | 3/20/1820 | | Gray, James W. | 3/11/1818 | | Grimke, Frederick, | 3/16/1814 | | Grimke, Henry | 3/22/1824 | | Grimke, Thomas Smith | 3/10/1809 | | Hamilton, James Sr. | 1/7/1811 | | Hayne, Robert Y. | 2/17/1813 | | Heyward, William Jr. | 1/3/1809 | | Holland, Edwin C. | 3/13/1820 | | Holmes, Isaac E. | 3/14/1818 | | Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil | 3/14/1814 | | Hutchins, Elisha P. | 3/17/1824 | | Inglesby, William H. | 3/15/1824 | | Johnson, James S. | 3/23/1819 | | Legare, Hugh S. | 3/18/1822 | | Legare, John Berwick | 4/4/1821 | | Lining, Edward Blake, | 3/9/1813 | | Markley, Benjamin A. | 11/20/1810 | | Mayer, John George | 1/6/1812 | | Mazyck, Alexander | 4/4/1823 | | McCrady, Edward | 3/22/1824 | | Mitchell, John W. | 3/11/1818 | | Munro, Robert | 3/16/1824 | | Odriscoll, Dennis | 3/12/1817 | | Parker, John Jr. | 1/1/1810 | | Pepoon, Benjamin F. | 3/11/1817 | | Peronneau, Henry W. | 3/16/1814 | | Perry, Stevens | 3/15/1824 | | Petigru, James L. | 3/6/1813 | | Phillips, John Jr. | 3/15/1824 | | Phillips, John Walter | 3/22/1814 | | Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Jr. | 3/11/1816 | | Price, William Jr. | 3/22/1814 | | Prioleau, Elias | 1/6/1812 | | Ramsay, David | 3/11/1817 | | Ravenel, Daniel | 11/19/1810 | | Rice, William | 3/18/1823 | | Ryan, Laurence | 3/25/1814 | | Sargent, John H. | 3/18/1819 | | Shackelford, Anthony B. | 3/18/1822 | | Shand, Peter J. | 3/17/1823 | | Simons, Edward P. | 3/11/1818 | | Smith, James H. | 4/4/1821 | | Smith, R. B. | 3/15/1824 | | Stevens, Charles | 3/15/1815 | | Strobel, Martin | 11/20/1810 | | Stuart, John A. | 3/15/1824 | | Taylor, Robert A. | 3/15/1815 | | Timothy, Peter | 3/12/1818 | | Toomer, Joshua W. | 11/19/1810 | | Verdier, John M. | 1/6/1812 | | Waring, Daniel Jennings | 3/20/1820 | | Warnock, John | 3/15/1810 | | Waterhouse, Benjamin | 4/4/1821 | | White, John Phillips | 3/11/1813 | | Willett, John S. | 1/7/1812 | | Winthrop, Augustus | 3/13/1820 | |
Petitions to Practice Law, 1825-1836
Series: S137004 - During the period of the Court of Appeals, 1826-1836, the qualifications required of prospective attorneys only required a candidate to be a citizen of the state, have attained his majority, offer testimonials of his morality and good character, and the legal examination outlined in S.C. Statute 1796(5)289.
| Name | Date | | Allen, Thomas P. | 3/24/1829 | | Alston, William Ashe | 2/20/1834 | | Ashby, James A. | 2/23/1832 | | Ashby, James A. | 1/13/1836 | | Bailey, Henry | 2/14/1825 | | Barns, John M. | 3/5/1827 | | Bellinger, Edmond Jr. | 2/15/1830 | | Bellinger, Edmund Jr. | 3/24/1829 | | Bissell, John H. | 2/14/1825 | | Boone, William J. | 3/27/1833 | | Boyle, Charles R. | 5/4/1836 | | Breaker, Samuel G. | 3/14/1828 | | Brenan, Richard | 11/19/1827 | | Brewster, Charles R. | 2/20/1834 | | Brown, Alexander H. | 2/10/1831 | | Bryan, George S. | 2/10/1831 | | Campbell, James B. | 2/23/1832 | | Campbell, James B. | 2/20/1834 | | Carn, M. E. | 2/20/1834 | | Carn, Myrick E. | 3/27/1833 | | Carr, Thomas G. | 3/27/1833 | | Carroll, B. Rivers | 3/27/1833 | | Carroll, B. Rivers | 2/20/1834 | | Carroll, C. R. | 11/22/1826 | | Carroll, Edward | 2/24/1835 | | Cheves, Joseph H. | 2/15/1830 | | Coachman, John W. | 2/10/1831 | | Cochran, Henry S. | 3/1/1826 | | Cohen, M. M. | 2/2/1829 | | Cohen, M. M. | 2/15/1830 | | Cooper, G. W. | 2/20/1834 | | Corbett, Thomas Jr. | 3/24/1829 | | Courtenay, Edward S. | 11/22/1825 | | Cox, Adam Tunno | 2/15/1830 | | Cox, Adam Tunno | 2/23/1832 | | Crafts, G. J. | 2/24/1835 | | Crafts, George J. | 5/4/1836 | | Crouch, Charles W. | 2/24/1835 | | Cruger, Lewis | 11/22/1825 | | Dawson, J. Drayton | 2/15/1830 | | Desaussure, John M. | 3/11/1828 | | Elliott, Stephen Jr. | 2/5/1828 | | Evans, Thomas C. | 5/4/1836 | | Faber, Joseph W. | 2/2/1829 | | Fishburne, Benjamin C. | 2/5/1828 | | Fiske, Thomas | 2/6/1828 | | Ford, Frederick A. | 11/22/1826 | | Gantt, Richard A. | 4/6/1830 | | Gause, John P. | 2/20/1835 | | Gibbes, Samuel W. | 2/20/1834 | | Gibson, David C. | 2/20/1834 | | Gibson, David C. | 2/24/1835 | | Gough, Thomas P. | 2/24/1835 | | Gough, Thomas P. | 5/4/1836 | | Gourdin, Robert N. | 2/24/1835 | | Gyles, John A. | 5/4/1836 | | Hearsey, George T. | 2/5/1828 | | Henderson, Daniel S. | 2/23/1832 | | Henderson, Daniel S. | 2/20/1834 | | Henderson, Francis Jr. | 2/5/1828 | | Horlbeck, Daniel | 3/24/1829 | | Huger, D. E. Jr. | 2/15/1830 | | Hunt, Randell | 2/5/1828 | | Hunt, Randell | 2/15/1830 | | Hunt, Theodore Gaillard | 11/19/1827 | | Hutson, William Ferguson | 1/13/1836 | | Hutson, William M. | 5/4/1836 | | Jervey, William | 2/20/1834 | | Jones, Erwin P. | 2/24/1835 | | Jones, Joseph L. | 2/20/1834 | | Leake, Richard | 11/23/1825 | | Lee, Thomas B. | 2/2/1829 | | Lesesne, Henry Deas | 2/23/1832 | | Limehouse, Robert I. | 2/20/1834 | | Lowndes, William P. | 2/4/1829 | | Macbeth, Charles | 11/22/1826 | | Magrath, Andrew G. | 2/24/1835 | | Malone, Thomas W. | 3/27/1833 | | Malone, Thomas W. | 2/20/1834 | | Manigault, Charles D. | 2/5/1828 | | Manigault, Peter | 2/5/1828 | | Martin, Thomas | 2/15/1830 | | Mathewes, Edward W. | 2/23/1832 | | Mayrant, Samuel | 2/2/1829 | | Mayrant, Samuel | 2/15/1830 | | McCarthy, F. J. | 3/27/1833 | | McHugh, Francis Q. | 2/24/1835 | | McRhee, Isaac | 2/5/1828 | | Minard, Peter R. | 2/10/1831 | | Mitchell, Nelson | 2/20/1834 | | Moise, Abraham | 3/1/1826 | | Nixon, Columbus J. | 2/10/1831 | | North, John G. | 11/22/1826 | | Northrop, Claudian B. | 2/20/1834 | | Oswald, Thomas M. | 2/25/1834 | | Peronneau, Edward C. | 11/21/1827 | | Peters, John H. | 2/24/1835 | | Peters, John Henry | 2/20/1834 | | Phillips, Philip | 2/2/1829 | | Poellnitz, Charles A. | 2/23/1832 | | Porcher, Isaac Jr. | 2/20/1834 | | Porter, W. D. | 3/27/1833 | | Porter, William D. | 2/20/1834 | | Postell, John | 2/10/1831 | | Postell, John | 2/23/1832 | | Pouncey, John A. | 2/2/1829 | | Pressly, D. A. | 4/22/1828 | | Prince, James B. | 2/16/1830 | | Prioleau, J. Hamilton | 2/20/1834 | | Reilly, Henry | 3/27/1833 | | Richardson, James S. G. | 5/4/1836 | | Robinson, Stephen T. | 2/15/1830 | | Robinson, William | 2/4/1828 | | Robinson, William | 2/2/1829 | | Rogers, Robert | 2/23/1832 | | Roper, Benjamin D. | 2/15/1830 | | Roper, Benjamin D. | 2/10/1831 | | Rutledge, Henry A. | 2/2/1829 | | Rutledge, N. Harleston | 2/23/1832 | | Schnierle, John | 2/10/1831 | | Seabrook, Joseph B. | 2/23/1832 | | Seymour, Robert W. | 1/13/1836 | | Simons, James | 2/24/1835 | | Simons, James | 5/4/1836 | | Simons, R. Dewar | 2/2/1829 | | Singellton, R. W. | 2/20/1834 | | Singellton, Richard W. | 3/27/1833 | | Smith, Albert Moore | 2/20/1834 | | Smith, Edmund | 3/27/1833 | | Smith, Edmund | 2/24/1835 | | Smith, John M. | 5/4/1836 | | Smith, Oliver M. | 3/25/1833 | | Smith, Oliver M. | 4/11/1834 | | Smith, William Wragg | 2/15/1830 | | Spann, Michael C. | 3/27/1833 | | Stokes, C. L. | 2/10/1831 | | Stokes, Charles L. | 2/20/1834 | | Strohecker, Charles C. | 3/1/1826 | | Thomas, Western B. | 2/24/1832 | | Thompson, John B. | 2/2/1829 | | Trescot, Henry | 3/1/1826 | | Vaughan, John C. | 2/2/1829 | | Venable, William Edward | 2/15/1830 | | Walker, James M. | 2/24/1835 | | Waties, Julius P. | 2/23/1832 | | Watson, John | 5/4/1836 | | Webb, Benjamin C. | 2/15/1830 | | Webb, E. J. | 2/15/1830 | | Webb, Edward J. | 3/24/1829 | | Whitaker, Daniel K. | 2/15/1830 | | Whitaker, Daniel K. | 2/10/1831 | | Wilson, Isaac D. | 2/23/1832 | | Yates, Jeremiah D. | 2/6/1828 | | Yeadon, Richard Jr. | 11/22/1825 | |
Petitions to Practice Law, 1836-1859
Series: S141006 - This series consists of petitions addressed to the justices of the Court of Appeals in Equity. Information includes the applicant's educational and professional background, signed testimonials to the petitioner's character, and certified statements attesting to a candidate's educational qualifications. The petitions bear a signed and dated notation by a court justice as to when the petition was accepted.
| Name | Date | | Allemong, Alexander A. | 1/23/1851 | | Anderson, Edward J. | 1/19/1853 | | Anderson, Julius | 1/24/1850 | | Ayer, Lewis M. | 1/17/1844 | | Barnwell, Robert G. | 2/10/1841 | | Beckmann, J. Francis | 1/23/1851 | | Bell, Charles E. | 1/22/1852 | | Bellinger, Edward E. | 1/17/1844 | | Bellinger, John A. | 1/18/1855 | | Boone, James S. | 1/18/1849 | | Buist, Henry | 1/23/1851 | | Burnet, B. S. | 1/19/1859 | | Caldwell, William S. | 2/7/1837 | | Carr, Thomas G. | 2/11/1841 | | Carroll, Edward | 2/11/1837 | | Chesnut, James Jr. | 1/21/1847 | | Clapp, John M. | 2/8/1837 | | Conner, James | 1/22/1852 | | Cooper, G. W. | 2/19/1839 | | Davega, Isaac | 1/20/1848 | | Desaussure, Wilmot G. | 1/24/1845 | | Detreville, Ellis | 2/16/1838 | | Detreville, Robert | 1/19/1859 | | Dozier, Richard | 1/20/1848 | | Dukes, Joseph H. | 2/16/1842 | | Dunkin, Alfred H. | 1/24/1845 | | Elliott, James H. | 2/10/1841 | | Ellis, Henry | 2/10/1841 | | Ferrell, William C. | 1/24/1845 | | Fickling, William B. | 1/24/1845 | | Fuller, Henry M. | 1/19/1859 | | Gourdin, Theodore S. | 1/18/1849 | | Gray, Henry Y. | 2/16/1838 | | Grayson, William I. Jr. | 2/10/1841 | | Hanckel, Charles F. | 2/2/1850 | | Hanckel, Thomas M. | 1/24/1845 | | Hay, Charles C. | 2/10/1841 | | Hay, William A. | 1/24/1845 | | Hayne, W. Alston | 1/22/1846 | | Hopkins, Thomas L. | 2/10/1841 | | Hopkinson, George | 1/19/1853 | | Hurlbut, S. A. | 2/19/1839 | | Hutchinson, M. Edward | 1/19/1854 | | Hutson, Isaac M. | 2/10/1841 | | Hutson, William M. | 2/11/1837 | | Key, Thomas G. | 1/25/1853 | | King, Henry C. | 1/22/1846 | | Kunhardt, W. W. | 2/19/1838 | | Lee, William H. | 2/12/1840 | | Legare, J. B. Jr. | 1/22/1846 | | Lockwood, Thomas P. Jr. | 1/18/1849 | | Logan, Roswell T. | 1/19/1859 | | Logue, William | 1/19/1854 | | Lord, Samuel Jr. | 1/19/1854 | | Mackie, Theodore Dehon | 2/12/1840 | | Magrath, Edward | 2/16/1842 | | May, James W. | 1/21/1847 | | Mazyck, Isaac | 1/19/1853 | | Mckenzie, Laurence | 1/22/1852 | | Miles, C. Richardson | 1/19/1853 | | Moury, Elisha C. | 1/20/1848 | | Oconnor, M. P. | 1/19/1854 | | Patterson, James | 2/12/1840 | | Peronneau, William H. | 1/22/1846 | | Perry, Josiah B. | 2/12/1840 | | Pinckney, Henry L. Jr. | 1/19/1853 | | Pope, Joseph Daniel | 1/22/1846 | | Pressly, B. C. | 2/10/1841 | | Pringle, Edward J. | 1/24/1850 | | Pringle, W. Alston | 1/22/1846 | | Rhett, Charles H. | 1/18/1849 | | Rhett, William | 1/24/1850 | | Rice, William H. | 1/24/1845 | | Rich, N. Gustavus | 2/16/1838 | | Richardson, F. D. | 1/22/1846 | | Riley, Peter Roscoe | 1/18/1855 | | Rivers, John E. Jr. | 1/22/1846 | | Robertson, Lewis F. | 1/18/1849 | | Rowe, Andrew Govan | 1/19/1853 | | Schroder, Henry W. | 1/23/1851 | | Seabrook, E. M. | 1/22/1846 | | Simons, Thomas Y. Jr. | 1/24/1850 | | Simonton, Charles H. | 1/22/1852 | | Smith, John Bolton | 2/19/1839 | | Smith, Walter D. | 1/22/1852 | | Strobhart, James A. | 2/16/1842 | | Thomson, Thomas | 2/6/1837 | | Tracy, Carlos | 1/21/1847 | | Tupper, James | 1/17/1844 | | Walker, Henry Pinckney | 2/10/1841 | | Whaley, Benjamin J. | 1/22/1846 | | Wilkinson, J. W. | 2/10/1841 | | Williams, D. T. | 1/18/1855 | | Williams, O. P. | 1/22/1846 | | Wilson, John H. | 2/6/1837 | | Wording, W. E. | 1/21/1847 | |
Petitions to Practice Law, 1837-1859
Series: S138003 - South Carolina required attorneys to be citizens of the state, have attained their majority, offer character references, and pass the legal examination outlined in S.C. Statute 1796(5)289. The 1796 act required applicants to submit their petitions of admittance to the court at Columbia or Charleston while they were in session. Upon approval of a candidate's qualifications, he would be examined by a competent number of the bar presided over by at least two justices and, after passing the examination, be admitted to the bar.
| Name | Date | | Amaker, A. Perry | 1/18/1853 | | Atkinson, Samuel T. | 2/14/1842 | | Bailey, David | 1/20/1852 | | Bell, Charles E. | 1/22/1851 | | Benjamin, S. | 2/8/1841 | | Bobo, William M. | 2/10/1842 | | Boyce, Robert | 1/17/1848 | | Brewster, Walter S. | 1/18/1859 | | Brolly, Arthur P. | 1/21/1847 | | Buist, Charles B. | 1/22/1851 | | Buist, Henry | 1/22/1851 | | Burden, Thomas L. | 2/15/1838 | | Butler, Thomas P. | 2/12/1839 | | Caldwell, James Fitz James | 1/18/1859 | | Caldwell, William S. | 2/14/1837 | | Campbell, B. Rush | 2/10/1840 | | Chesnut, James Jr. | 2/14/1837 | | Clapp, John M. | 2/14/1837 | | Coleman, Iley | 2/5/1841 | | Conner, James | 1/22/1851 | | Crawford, Martin P. | 1/23/1850 | | Davega, Isaac | 1/21/1846 | | Dawkins, James B. | 2/10/1842 | | Dawson, A. Vanderhorst | 2/10/1840 | | De Treville, Ellis | 2/15/1838 | | De Treville, William J. | 1/17/1854 | | Deleon, Edwin | 2/10/1840 | | Della Torre, Thomas | 1/18/1853 | | Dunkin, Alfred H. | 1/15/1844 | | Elliott, Benjamin | 2/12/1839 | | Elliott, James H. | 2/3/1841 | | Elliott, Milton | 1/23/1845 | | Evans, Beverly D. | 1/16/1849 | | Evans, Chesley D. | 2/7/1842 | | Evans, William H. | 2/8/1842 | | Felder, Paul S. | 2/7/1842 | | Fell, T. D. Jr. | 1/23/1845 | | Fickling, William B. | 1/23/1845 | | Fuller, Henry M. Jr. | 1/17/1859 | | Fuller, Thomas | 2/14/1837 | | Gardner, James B. | 1/18/1859 | | Grayson, William J. Jr. | 2/1/1841 | | Hanckel, Charles F. | 1/21/1850 | | Hanckel, Charles F. | 2/2/1850 | | Haskell, Langdon C. | 1/18/1853 | | Hay, Charles C. | 2/12/1839 | | Holmes, George Frederic | 2/7/1842 | | Hopkins, Thomas T. | 2/10/1840 | | Hopkinson, George | 1/20/1852 | | Hunt, Benjamin F. Jr. | 1/21/1846 | | Hurlbut, S. A. | 2/12/1839 | | Hutson, Isaac M. | 2/3/1841 | | Jenkins, William E. | 2/10/1840 | | Jones, Lambert J. | 2/12/1839 | | King, Henry C. | 2/3/1841 | | Kunhardt, W. W. | 2/22/1838 | | Lawrence, Samuel | 2/12/1839 | | Lee, William H. | 2/12/1839 | | Legare, J. Berwick | 1/14/1845 | | Lowndes, James | 1/16/1858 | | Lux, Joseph | 1/21/1846 | | Mackie, Theodore Dehon | 1/31/1840 | | Magill, William J. | 1/18/1859 | | Magrath, Edward | 2/14/1842 | | Martin, William E. | 2/14/1837 | | May, James Wardwell | 2/8/1842 | | Mcclenaghan, Cunningham H. S. | 1/20/1852 | | Mikell, William E. | 1/18/1859 | | Moise, Aaron Jr. | 2/12/1842 | | Montgomery, William Watts | 1/17/1859 | | Moore, James W. | 1/18/1859 | | Moore, William | 1/22/1851 | | Morrall, Edward | 2/8/1841 | | Moses, Z. P. | 1/18/1859 | | Moury, Elisha C. | 1/11/1848 | | Owens, William A. | 2/14/1842 | | Parks, George | 1/23/1850 | | Patterson, James | 2/15/1838 | | Perry, Josiah B. | 2/7/1840 | | Pinckney, H. L. Jr. | 2/14/1842 | | Pope, John W. R. | 1/20/1852 | | Pressley, Benjamin C. | 2/12/1839 | | Price, Charles Augustus | 1/22/1851 | | Pringle, B. Garden | 2/14/1837 | | Ramsay, David | 1/17/1854 | | Read, J. Harleston Jr. | 2/12/1839 | | Reguier, A. J. | 1/23/1845 | | Renwick, William W. | 2/14/1842 | | Rhett, Charles H. | 1/23/1845 | | Rhett, Haskell Smith | 2/12/1842 | | Richardson, F. Deliesseline | 2/12/1839 | | Riley, Peter Roscoe | 1/17/1855 | | Robertson, Lewis F. | 1/21/1846 | | Rowe, Andrew Govan | 1/18/1853 | | Rutledge, Benjamin H. | 1/22/1851 | | Sams, H. H. | 1/18/1853 | | Sanders, S. Augustus | 1/18/1859 | | Screven, Thomas E. | 1/17/1854 | | Seibels, John J. | 2/12/1839 | | Shaffer, Frederick James | 1/21/1847 | | Smith, J. J. Pringle | 2/15/1838 | | Smith, John B. | 2/15/1838 | | Smith, Walter D. | 1/22/1851 | | Spann, Henry R. | 2/11/1842 | | Stephens, E. Burnet | 1/18/1859 | | Stirling, Samuel R. | 1/17/1855 | | Strobhart, James A. | 2/14/1842 | | Taveau, Augustin L. | 1/23/1850 | | Thomson, Thomas | 2/14/1837 | | Thomson, William H. | 2/14/1842 | | Tison, John Allen | 1/22/1851 | | Tomkins, S. S. | 2/11/1842 | | Tracy, Carlos | 1/21/1847 | | Trotti, Samuel W. | 2/15/1838 | | Tupper, James | 2/8/1842 | | Turner, J. Newton | 1/22/1851 | | Wagner, Charles G. | 1/17/1848 | | Walker, Henry Pinckney | 2/4/1841 | | Whaley, Benjamin J. | 1/21/1846 | | Whitaker, J. Smith | 2/12/1839 | | Wilkins, Martin L. | 1/18/1853 | | Wilkinson, James W. | 2/12/1839 | | Williamson, James A. | 1/22/1851 | | Wilson, Benjamin H. | 2/8/1842 | | Wilson, John H. | 2/14/1837 | | Yancey, Benjamin C. | 2/2/1841 | |
Petitions to Practice Law, 1860-1867
Series: S138005 - South Carolina required attorneys to be citizens of the state, have attained their majority, offer character references, and pass the legal examination outlined in S.C. Statute 1796(5)289. The 1796 act required applicants to submit their petitions of admittance to the court at Columbia or Charleston while they were in session. Upon approval of a candidate's qualifications, he would be examined by a competent number of the bar presided over by at least two justices and, after passing the examination, be admitted to the bar.
| Name | Date | | Brewster, Walter S. | 4/5/1860 | | King, Thomas Bernard | 2/5/1867 | | Maurice, Samuel W. | 4/5/1860 | | Mikell, William E. | 4/5/1860 | | Minott, John C. | 1/11/1860 | | Nash, James H. | 4/5/1860 | | Perkins, R. Griswold | 4/5/1860 | |