While many of the New England states had procedures for documenting births, marriage and death such a system was not in use in many of the newly formed states as they were admitted to the union. Thus laws were enacted in the early 1900 to formally documents these events.
In South Carolina, officials started documenting marriage in 1911 followed by birth and death in 1915. Procedures were also implemented to obtain a delayed birth certificate. This ‘Delayed Birth Certificate’ was issued when sufficient proof was provided showing that a birth occurred. Rarely was there a need for a birth certificate but with the development of our Military and implementation of the Social Security Act the birth certificate became a vital document.
The Delayed Birth Certificate shown here is for Elizabeth Jane ‘Lizzie Jane” Sellers Huneycutt daughter of James Arnold ’Buck’ Sellers and his wife Nancy Jane ‘Jennie’ Johnson. Elizabeth Jane ‘Lizzie Jane” Sellers Huneycutt applied for the delayed birth certificate and it was issued on 16 Oct 1956. The application contains significant genealogical data.
Elizabeth Jane ‘Lizzie Jane” Sellers Huneycutt was born 3 August 1900 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC. Her parents were James Arnold sellers who died at age 54 and Nancy Jane Johnson who was 95 when she passed. Both parents are deceased. Her birth was proven by the oath of Spencer Sellers and Luther Baker. With today’s rules this would be insufficient to prove the birth of Elizabeth Jane Sellers.
The South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina, Birth Records, 1877-1901 is one of my favorite databases. Generally, I just plug in a surname and county of birth and search away. I have found some wonderful information in this database.
It’s available on-line at Ancestry which is a paid account website. If you have an account it can be accessed here:
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1239
Elizabeth Jane ‘Lizzie Jane” Sellers Huneycutt is my 1st cousin twice removed.
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[1] South Carolina, South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901, 32-1528, Lizzie Jane Sellers Huneycutt, Birth Date: 3 Aug 1900; images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2015).
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