Pearlstine family papers: real estate and financial documents
Collection Overview
Includes deeds, liens, bonds, mortgages, certificates, legal documents. Collection of real estate documents: mortgages, titles, bonds, liens, and leases for lands bought and sold in Orangeburg, Barnwell, Allendale and Colleton counties (South Carolina). Particular towns include Branchville and Allendale. Majority of land transactions are for lands purchased or sold by Rebecca Pearlstine, Thomas L. Pearlstine, and Fannie Pearlstine. Notable is a 1870s deed for land sold in Orangeburg County by the South Carolina Railroad Company. Collection also contains legal documents related to lawsuits against Pearlstine Karesh & Co. (1887) and Thomas L. Pearlstine (1921) over land in Orangeburg County. Misc. material includes Thomas L. Pearlstine's financial records, Fannie Pearlstine's tax worksheets (1950, 1952), and misc. correspondence re. land transactions. Also Rebecca Pearlstine's life insurance policy (1901) from the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1956
Creator
- Pearlstine family (Family)
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Thomas (Tanchum) Pearlstine immigrated to the U.S. in 1854. He was a founding member of Brith Sholom in Charleston, South Carolina. His descendents spread throughout South Carolina and owned large amounts of land, particularly in Orangeburg, Barnwell and Allendale counties.
Extent
0.25 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated by Mary Rittenberg.
Subject
- Pearlstine, Fannie, 1879-1968 (Person)
- Pearlstine, Rebecca Tobish, 1845-1917 (Person)
- Pearlstine, Thomas L., 1879-1961 (Person)
- Pearlstine family (Family)
Source
- Rittenberg, Mary (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Deeds -- South Carolina -- Allendale County -- History
- Deeds -- South Carolina -- Barnwell County -- History
- Deeds -- South Carolina -- Colleton County -- History
- Deeds -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg County -- History
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Allendale -- History
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Blackville -- History
- Title
- Inventory of the Pearlstine Family Papers : Real Estate and Financial Documents, 1866-1956
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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