Re: ANOTHER LAND GRANT - sdixon
Subject: Re: ANOTHER LAND GRANT
From: sdixon
Date: April 09, 1999

Hi!,
I would try Clarendon County Historical Society. They should be able to help
you. I am researching the Thames family now and they seemed to have live
around Paxville,S.C. this is in Clarendon County.Sumter County HS should be
able to help also.

Sybil Dixon
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn S Teague 
To: 
Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: ANOTHER LAND GRANT



> Hi,
>
> Most of the early grants refer to land locations in terms of proximity to
> the nearest water, which was usually the most easily available landmark.
> There were few roads, few towns, few other mandmade landmarks, the land
> was often relatively flat and -- other than water -- featureless. Plats
> often refer to markers like "the big gum tree," which doesn't exactly
> narrow things down a lot. So, the constant references to specific bodies
> of water --
>
> Lynn
> [email protected]
>
> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 [email protected] wrote:
>
> >
> > My ancestors must have liked water:  This land was granted to John
Thames, Jr.
> > 1000 acres of land located in Sumter District, Clarendon County, on
Jack's
> > Creek called big branch waters of the Santee River bounded by lines
running
> > N. E. to West by John Thames, William Brunson Land  S.W. by H. Richburg.
> > S.E. by Unity Boshetts.  I've never quite heard of land being surveyed
this
> > way......What I would really like to know is if this land still exists
or was
> > it part of the dam project I have read about.........Thanks for your
> > information...........Rachel
> >
> >
> > > >
> >
>
>
>
>
> >

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