By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2018, 264 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-932-X. Franklin County was created in 1784 and was considered the 8th county of the state. It is located in the north eastern portion of the state boarding South Carolina along the Savannah River. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases involving title to land, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds. Also recorded are several synopses of actual criminal trial testimony.