Thank you for the information, Joan of Machen, Ballinger, Hillhouse, Reece,
Crownover, Ragsdale, Bearden, Lively, Parks, Dobson and Roach
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Coker 
To: M Edw Breland ; [email protected]

Date: Thursday, January 29, 1998 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: Sauve, SC?


Edward,
>
>Its not a dumb question.  Most people have never heard about it.  Or, if
they
>have, don't know what it is.
>
>It being Robert Mills "Atlas of the State of South Carolina 1825."  In 1826
>Robert Mills submitted to the South Carolina State Senate a copy of his
Atlas.
>It was the first atlas of an American state.  Several dozen individuals had
>worked since 1815 to complete the Atlas.  At least twenty surveyors had
prepared
>careful surveys of every District.  As Mill's later stated, South Carolina
was
>"now acknowledged to be in advance of her Sister States ..."  In his speech
>given at the 6th International Conference on the History of Cartography,
7-11
>September, 1975, Walter W. Ristow noted that Maine and New York published
state
>atlases in 1829 and that no other state published another one for
thirty-five
>years.
>
>The Atlas includes maps of each of the existing Districts in South
Carolina.
>Each District map shows place names, waterbodies, roads, and other useful
>information.  Plantations, farms, mills, ferries, and more are shown
usually
>using the name of the owner.  For example, my ancestor Whitley Coker is
shown
>with the placename "Whitley Coker's Plt." on the Sumter District map.
>
>The Atlas was reprinted in 1980 by the Southern Historical Press, c/o The
Rev.
>S. Emmett Lucas Jr., P.O. Box 738, Easely, SC 29640.  The reprint edition
was
>dedicated to the South Carolina Historical Society, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
>Gignilliat, and Mr. Gene Waddell.  The Atlas should be available in the
>reference departments or rare books section of main libraries in the State
of
>South Carolina or at the SC Historical Society or at the Library of
Congress.
>
>Library of Congress Catalog card no. 80-54390
>ISBN-0-89308-197-3
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Steven J. Coker
>http://www.wp.com/Coker
>
>
>
>M Edw Breland wrote:

 Steven:  Here comes the dumb question again.   Where does one find and
 what is     "MILLS ATLAS"  I have seen the reference to this several
 times over the last 2 years and I have tried to find out what it is
 and etc,   you know the drill in small town libraries.  Thanks in
 advance.    Edward Breland    [email protected]
>
>
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