1901 Horry County SC Child Custody Deed Mary Sessions to E. Graham # 1130

Original Horry County, South Carolina court-certified copy of a 1901 child-custody Deed of Trust from Mary Sessions to E. Graham. Dated September 4, 1901, the document records Mary Sessions transferring the “custody, charge, care and entire control” of her son, Willie Beaty, to E. Graham until Willie reached the legal age of 21. It grants Graham authority to guide, instruct, correct and manage the child in the same manner as his own child. The original instrument was witnessed by G. F. Stalvey and D. S. Johnson and acknowledged before E. Van Dusenbury, Notary Public of South Carolina. The blue courthouse folder identifies the record as: * Deed of Trust: Mary Sessions to E. Graham * Filed February 20, 1904 * Deed Book TT, Page 161 This example is a later official “True Copy” prepared from the recorded courthouse document and bears Horry County Clerk of Court certification, handwritten official signatures and an embossed seal. Mary Sessions’s mark and the original witness information are reproduced in type rather than being original 1901 signatures. An unusual primary-source record concerning early-20th-century family law, parental authority and child custody in rural South Carolina. Especially suitable for collectors of Horry County history, South Carolina legal documents, genealogy, courthouse records or social history. The document remains attached to its blue court file cover and displays age toning, storage folds, minor spotting, edge wear and staple marks. Please examine all photographs closely, as they form an important part of the description.