Barnwell County plats are available on the FamilySearch.org website. As with the deeds, which are also available (see my blog post), review can be tedious because the index and plats are not searchable by name. The information below will help you find what you’re looking for more quickly.
Here is the link to the general index and plat books 1 – 9, which cover the years 1784-1868: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/383457?availability=Family%20History%20Library
When you click on the link, select the camera icon next to the index. The table below will help you locate the first image of the list of names grouped together alphabetically by last name of the property owner. The first page or so of each letter is a summary index that lists the page number that each name is on. This is also helpful. Even though the page number doesn’t match the FamilySearch image number, it can get you close.
General Index to Plats 1785-1949
| Last name starts with | Image number |
| A | 8 |
| B | 16 |
| C | 35 |
| Commissioner | 45 |
| D | 50 |
| E | 58 |
| F | 63 |
| G | 70 |
| H | 79 |
| I | 92 |
| K | 99 |
| L | 104 |
| M | 112 |
| N | 128 |
| O | 130 |
| P | 137 |
| R | 146 |
| S | 156 |
| Stallings | 166 |
| T | 171 |
| Harley (out of place) | 177 |
| U | 179 |
| V | 181 |
| W | 183 |
| Y-Z | 196 |
Once you locate a book and page number on the index, go back to the main list and click the camera icon for the book you need. The table below will help you get to the book you need quickly. If you toggle back and forth between single page view and multi-page view, you can find the page you are looking for more quickly.
| Plat book number | Image number |
| 1 (1784-1792) | 7 |
| 2 (1807-1817) | 187 |
| 3 (1828-1841) | 404 |
| 4 (1788-1826) | 7 |
| 5 (1794-1801) | 160 |
| 6 (1816-1841) | 334 |
| 7 (1841-1858) | 7 |
| 8 (1784-1816) | 7 |
| 9 (1858-1868) | 419 |