Whitmire, a city on the banks of the Onoree River in the Nintey Six district, 
Newberry County, South Carolina.

    Interesting observations from  Land Grant Maps, Map Number 3 of the maps 
published by the Union County Historical Foundation, Union South Carolina.

    Around Whitmire are gathered many of the ancestors of Nathan Davis.
(In alphabetical order to be politically correct (G)

In Newberry County:

Abner Casey           was granted 100 acres in 1770
John Casey             was granted 200 acres in 1766
Levi Casey              was granted 245 acres in 1786
Lew Casey              was granted 316 Acres in 1785
Nathaniel Davis was granted 483 &1/2 acres in1785 (on the north side of the 
                          Onoree River, probably in Union County)
Joseph Duckett       was granted 23 acres in   1790
Benonie Fowler       was granted 200 acres in 1756 (Richard's father)
Richard Fowler       was granted 83 acres in   1784  (Levi's Father)
Eli Odell                 was granted 26 acres in   1800
James Odell
& Thomas Duckett were granted 310 acres in 1794
John Odell               was granted 500 acres in 1785 (near Odell's Ford)
John Odell               was granted 50 acres in   1769
John Odell               was granted 500 acres in 1788 (probably in Laurens 
County)

That John Odell was Granted over 1000 acres may indicate that he was a 
General  or a very important officer in the South Carolina Continental Line 
army.
  
Very Interesting,
L&S,
Bob Davis
Vancouver, WA

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