Pearlstine Family Papers 
    
   
Inventory
    
     
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I.   Real Estate Documents    
         
  A. 1870s: real estate documents pertaining to lands bought and sold in Orangeburg County, SC (Branchville area); most between William H. Reedish and others; Reedish later sold lands to Pearlstine family; also deed for land sold by the SC Railroad company in Orangeburg County.  
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  B. 1880s: real estate documents pertaining to land in Branchville, SC bought and sold by L. (Louis?) Pearlstine (often acting as agent for others); deeds for land bought by and sold to Pearlstine Karesh & Co. (merchants) of Branchville, SC; deeds for land sold to Rebecca Pearlstine (in Colleton and Orangeburg counties); also "warrant of attachment" against Orangeburg County property owned by Pearlstine Karesh & Co.   
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  C. 1890s: Titles and mortgages for Branchville lands sold to Rebecca Pearlstine; document for lands leased by Rebecca and J.T. Pearlstine to the A.M.E Church of Sandy Run, Branchville, SC; also a "Lien On Crop, With Mortgage" to Rebecca Pearlstine for lands in Orangeburg County (cultivated by J.W. Phillips)  
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  D. 1900-1910: Titles and mortgages for lands sold in Colleton County; mortgages for lands sold in Barnwell county (some include plats); real estate title for Branchville land sold by Rebecca Pearlstine to Thomas L. Pearlstine.  
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  E. 1911-1920: Titles and mortgages for land bought and sold in Barnwell County; deeds for lands bought and sold to Fannie Pearlstine in Barnwell County (town of Allendale); some deeds have plat drawings; handwritten listing of names and figures re. lands bought and sold (list of Pearlstine land?); title and correspondence for land sold (in Branchville, SC) by Dr. Kivy Pearlstine and Thomas Pearlstine, executors of Rebecca Pearlstine’s estate.  
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  F. 1920s: legal documents, The Orangeburg Bank vs. Thomas L. Pearlstine and Pope and Fleming, re. debt on lands in Branchville, SC; mortgages and deeds for land bought and sold in Allendale County; deeds for land sold by Fannie Pearlstine in Branchville, SC  
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  G. 1940s-1980s: document, (1941) "Satisfaction of real estate mortgage"(taken out by Fannie Pearlstine) for lands in Allendale county; correspondence (1948) to Thomas L. Pearlstine re. lands traded in Allendale, SC; tax worksheets (1950, 1952) for real estate owned by Fannie Pearlstine; deed (1951) for land sold in Allendale County; bond for sale of Rebecca Pearlstine’s lands, sold by Thomas L. Pearlstine and from lawyer re. another land transaction  
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  H. Misc.: (possibly 1860s) land transaction; document has been torn but has seal from the South Carolina Railroad company  
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II.   Thomas L Pearlstine Papers(1913-1956}: envelopes

(empty) that held land transaction paperwork; have listings of properties bought and sold; checks; stock certificate (1951) Branchville Industries, Inc.; stock certificate (1918), Bank of Branchville; hand written notes and figures on property sales

  
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III.   Misc.: Rebecca Pearlstine’s life insurance policy (1901), Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York; tax receipt (1902) for Rebecca Pearlstine; typed note (1977) from Henry Rittenberg to Milton Pearlstine, 1977  
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    Note: Hanna Pearlstine gave a taped audio interview to the Jewish Heritage Project in 1996