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South Carolina Camden and Kershaw District Estate Papers Digitized images of Camden and Kershaw District Estate Papers (wills, inventories and sales) Book A-1. Camden District from 1782 to 1788 and Kershaw District from 1817 to 1823. These records state that these have been called Will Book A-1 but should be called Estate Papers A-1, probably because there are inventories and sales included in the records. These records include information on 2 marriage certificates; Wills, estate inventories and sales; Estate sales include the names of purchasers who are often family, friends and neighbors, often the younger members of a family will make a purchase at an estate sale; Estate inventories, lists of personal property, notes and slaves owned by the deceased when he died; Wills include the names of wife, children, relatives, friends and neighbors, executors and witnesses. There are 500 pages.