Sam & Denise Brown wrote:
>     I am new to this list and thought I would take a stab at asking for
> your expertise in the old districts of South Carolina. All records I
> have gotten my hands on (which isn't much), pertaining to my
> gr-gr-grandmother, Elizabeth PARKS, state she was born in 1810 in
> Granville Co., SC.
>     By that time, Granville was no longer so I suspect her parents never
> got over referring to it by that name, and that Elizabeth grew up
> referring to it the same way. I don't know where to begin to find any
> clue of her. She didn't arrived in Marshall Co., IL until about 1843 so
> she must have left some kind of track record in SC. I have searched
> until I'm purple and am getting frustrated. Any ideas out there?


Geographic Names Information System Query Results
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html

GRANVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
 Feature Name: Beaufort (county seat)
 Variant Name(s): Granville
 Feature Type: populated place
 Elevation: 11
 Estimated Population (1994): 10,743
 State: South Carolina
 County: Beaufort
 USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Beaufort
 Latitude: 322553N
 Longitude: 0804012W

http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/MapServer?f_name=Beaufort&f_state=SC&f_latlong=322553N0804012W&f_type=ppl&server=TIGER

http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/MapServer?f_name=Beaufort&f_state=SC&f_latlong=&server=PARC

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