Records that identify some of the early landholders
who lived near the Black River and Black Mingo Creek in
Prince Frederick's Parish, Old Craven Co, SC.

Most of these references to records come from the South Carolina Archives' database for early SC records at http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/. There were many other land records that were identified only as Craven Co that could reflect other lands in this area, some for these same people. Some land records were described only as "Craven County", but there were earlier or later records for the same land with a better description. Other records included names for known landholders from the Black and Black Mingo area. Some of these landholders also held lands in other parts of Craven Co. It was not unusual for one man to hold numerous tracts that were well separated from each other in different counties or parishes.

The names indexed by the SC Archives database for each record may be included for several reasons. If the record is for a plat or grant, some of the names may include the surveyor or officials who signed the record . These officials' names usually appear at the end of the list, but not always. Names of the owners of adjoining lands are often included in plat records. Memorials and lease/release records may include the names of previous owners, the original grantee, or neighbors. In some cases, it is impossible to tell why the names were indexed unless you already know something about the history of the land and the adjoining neighbors.

I compiled these records for the purpose of identifying records that related to the McKeithan, Milliken, and Murrell families which I color-coded to make them more obvious. You will find some records for other surnames color-coded because of marriages into these families.

1.  Thomas McKeithan, son of Dougald McKeithan, m2 Deborah Thomson, daughter of John Thomson and Martha Dupre. Thomas McKeithan must have been married previously as Deborah Thomson's birth record indicates she was born too late to have been the mother of Gilbert McKeithan.

2.  Deborah Thomson m2 James McRee, son of William McRee Sr of New Hanover Co and Duplin Co, NC. The other McRees living in the Black/Black Mingo area were not James's brothers, but might have been cousins. Although William McRee Sr had other sons, James was the only one of them who appeared in the records for this part of SC.

3.  Susannah Murrell m1 William White, m2 John Huggins. It has been claimed by some White researchers that John White and Anthony White who settled between the Black and Black Mingo Rivers were Susannah Murrell's sons by William White. This is incorrect - John White, Anthony White, Hannah White Brown Swinton, and Honora White Bonnell were the children of John White and Hannah -?- of Berkeley Co, previously from Bermuda. So the fact that Moses Milliken and wife Mary Murrell lived relatively near these White siblings is NOT an indication that Mary Murrell Milliken was kin to Susannah Murrell White Huggins. Susannah Murrell's sons by William White were named William White and John White. Both remained in Berkeley Co where they left their wills.

4.  Moses Milliken married Mary Murrell in St Thomas/St Denis Parish in Berkeley Co which lay just north of Christ Church Parish in Berkeley Co. The two parishes were separated by the Wando River. Mary Murrell Milliken could not have been a sister of Susannah Murrell since Susannah's parents, Robert Murrell d 1710 or 1711and wife Sarah -?-, already had a daughter named Mary Murrell who married Alexander Frissel and left her will in Berkeley Co.  It is possible that Mary Murrell Milliken might have been a daughter of John Murrell d ca 1706 and wife Elizabeth and a sister to John Morrall (of Murrell's Inlet) and William Morrall, but no proof or even strong circumstantial evidence has been found to make that connection.

5. Many Screven records were found in this area. John Peter Somerhoeff and wife Bridgett owned land adjoining Dougald McKeithan. Bridgett was the daughter of Rev William Screven and Bridgett Cutts, and was previously the wife of William Fairbush. Her son by that marriage, William Fairbush II, was J P Somerhoeff's heir. 
 

As you go through these records, notice the repitition of the neighbor's names again and again. You will begin to notice that many of the same names appear in association with other landholders too. With some study, you will get a feel for which families lived in clusters near each other. For example, White, Sumerhoeff, Nesmith, Brockington, Brown, and Henlin appeared in the early McKeithan records. As new lands were granted and old lands were sold, the names Eveleigh, Campbell, McIver, McCants, Potts, and Aikin began appearing as McKeithan neighbors. Others who obviously held land near the McKeithans were William Swinton and John Thomson. There were two John Thomsons, father and son. The younger one married Martha Dupre, and they were the parents of Deborah Thomson who became the second wife of Thomas McKeithan. William Swinton's name is mentioned in Moses Milliken's plat record for land on the Black River. Swinton's wife was Hannah White, previously the wife of James Brown who had purchased land adjoining Dougald McKeithan's original 500 acre tract. Hannah White Brown Swinton was the sister of John White, Anthony White, and Honora White Bonnell, wife of John Bonnell.

Dougald McKeithan's land was north of the Black River on the south side of the Black Mingo River  - which was sometimes referred to as the Northern Branch of the Black River. The plat for the 500 acre tract that was his home plantation indicates that Nesmith's land lay between his land and the Black Mingo River. Over the next few years, McKeithan acquired four more tracts, all adjoining. One of these tracts must have been on the Black Mingo or a navigable stream that flowed into the Black Mingo, as a description of the McKeithan land stated that it "has a good Landing within half a mile of the Dwelling-House" for transporting produce to Georgetown, about 18 miles away.

A map of modern Williamsburg Co can be viewed at http://www.sciway.net/maps/cnty/williamsburg.html

The town of Nesmith just south of the Black Mingo was named for the Nesmith family. The original McKeithan tract was on the opposite side of the Nesmith land from the Black Mingo. Indiantown, which is shown to be about 3-4 miles NW of Nesmith, was also mentioned in some of the early records. James Brown acquired land that adjoined Dougald McKeithan and John Nesmith on one side and an "Indian Old Field" on the other. I'm not sure if this Indian Old Field was the later location of Indiantown or not.

The courses of the rivers can be traced at http://www.topozone.com  by searching for Nesmith. The resulting map shows the surrounding rivers and streams. The Black Mingo flows from NW to SE just north of the town of Nesmith, continuing SE into present Georgetown Co where it flows into the Black River. The Black River can be found further south in Williamsburg Co where it flows ESE just north of Hwy 521  into Georgetown Co where it turns back NE to join the Black Mingo. From there, the two rivers together, now called just the Black River, flow SE to the ocean at Georgetown. Modern names for the creeks on the south side of the Black Mingo near Nesmith include Headless Creek, Gully Swamp, Campbell Swamp, Burnett Swamp, and Turkey Creek. So the land we are looking at would now be located in the central/eastern part of modern Williamsburg Co. There was once a place called Potato Ferry on the Black River. I have not been able to locate it.

Another helpful map shows the different parishes and when each was created. Prince Frederick's Parish where this land was located was created in 1734. http://www.rootsweb.com/~scmarion/parishes2.gif

A hint for searching these records for specific names:
Use your browser's "find" feature. The names were often spelled in various ways, so searching for the "correct" spelling may miss other spellings for the same name. If you are looking for the name Somerhoeff, try doing several searches for a small part of the name such as  Somer, Sumer, Sommer, or Summer - or even just  mer  which will probably show up in most of the spellings. McRee sometimes was entered as McRea, McCree, McKee etc. McKeithan was spelled so many ways that it's almost impossible to think of any set of letters that might work. Even Mc won't find them all. But all the McKeithan-related names are color-coded in red, so you should be able to find them easily by visually scanning for anything red.

The earliest permanent settler in this region was Rev William Screven and wife Bridgett Cutts who brought their congregation to SC from Kittery, ME about 1696/7.

Boddie: Rev William Screven (Father of the Baptist Church in SC) and his Congregation of Dissenters from the Church of England were the first permanent settlers in the Winyaw section. They were granted a large part of the territory on both sides of that section of Black River flowing through ancient Winyaw. While Rev Screven (from MAINE & PA) was a militant Antipaedo-baptist, many of the dissenters who came with him were of the Presbyterian faith.

http://www.fbinstitute.com/baptist-in-america/benedict30.htm
A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN AMERICA, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
By David Benedict
1813
London: Printed by Lincoln & Edmands, No. 53, Cornhill, for the Author
Of the early settlers of South-Carolina, a considerable proportion were Baptists. They came in separate colonies, about the year 1683, partly from the west of England, and partly from Piscataway in the District of Maine. Those from England, came with Lord Cardross and a Mr. Blake, whose wife and her mother, Lady Axtell, were Baptist members, and settled, some about Ashley and Cooper rivers, and others about the mouth of the river Edisto. Those from the District of Maine were led hither by Reverend William Screven, who, with a considerable number of his brethren, fled from the persecuting rage of the New-England Pedobaptists, and settled on Cooper-river, at a place called Summerton, [Summerton was probably the name of a plantation, as I am informed that there is no such place now in the region] at no great distance from the place where Charleston now stands. ....
He was a native of England, where he was born about the year 1629. When he settled at Piscataway, cannot be ascertained. An account of the sufferings which he and his brethren endured in that place, and which drove them to seek an asylum in the more tranquil regions of the south, may be found in the history of the District of Maine. In Piscataway he married Bridget Cutts, by whom he had children, Samuel, Mercy, Sarah, Bridget, Elizabeth, Robert, Permenas, Joshua, William, Joseph, and Elisha.

http://www.georgetown-sc.com/history/district.htm
As the state's third oldest city, Georgetown dates back to 1729 when the town was laid out by Elisha Screven. The four-by-eight block grid is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This area is bordered by Wood, Church, Meeting and Front Streets, with Front Street running alongside the Sampit River.

We can establish with a series of records below that Rev. William Screven's daughter Bridget Screven married first William Fairbush/Furbish and second John Peter Somerhoeff. The Somerhoeff land adjoined the McKeithan land.

Date: 1733/04/21
Description: SCRIVEN, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED MAR. 20, 1709 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED FEB. 5, 1708. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, ROBERT/FARBOUCH, WILLIAM/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0004  Page:  00365  Item: 02
See William Furbish

Date: 1733/05/20
Description: TARBEAU, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED JUNE 1, 1709 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED FEB. 5, 1708.
Names Indexed: TARBEAU, WILLIAM/BRASIEN, RICHARD/SCRIVEN, ROBERT/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0002  Page:  00145  Item: 01

Date: 1733/04/21
Description: SCRIVEN, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED MAR. 20, 1709 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED FEB. 5, 1708. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, ROBERT/FARBOUCH, WILLIAM/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0004 Page: 00365 Item: 02
See William Furbish

Date: 1732/12/02
Description: SOMMERHOFFE, BRIDGET, GUARDIAN OF JOHN FAIRBUSH, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES ON SAMPIT CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A WILL DATED OCT. 14, 1711 MADE BY WILLIAM SCRIVEN DEVISING 400 ACRES TO WILLIAM FAIRBUSH.
Names Indexed: SOMMERHOFFE, BRIDGET/FAIRBUSH, JOHN/SCRIVEN, WILLIAM/FAIRBUSH,WILLIAM/SCRIVEN, ELISHA/SOMMERHOFFE, JOHN PETER/MOTTE, JOHN ABRAHAM/ELLIOT, ELIZABETH/FAIRBUSH, BRIDGET/
Locations: SAMPIT CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0001  Page:  00280  Item: 01
See William Furbish

Date: 1732/04/22
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, MEMORIAL FOR 1,550 ACRES ON BLACK AND SAMPIT RIVERS, EXHIBITING A WILL DATED JUNE 29, 1717 BY BRIDGETT SCREVEN DEVISING 1,550 ACRES.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/SCREVEN, BRIDGETT/SCREVEN, WILLIAM/SCREVEN, JAMES/SCREVEN, MARY/SOMMERHOFFE, BRIDGETT/MOTTE, JOHN ABRAHAM/ELLIOT, ELIZABETH/PERRY, JOHN/PERRET, EDWARD/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/SAMPIT RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/WILL
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0001 Page: 00073 Item: 01
(Bridgett Screven was the widow of Rev. William Screven. Elisha was their son.)

Date: 1714/06/09
Description: WIGG, RICHARD, ABSTRACT OF LAND GRANT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WIGG, RICHARD////
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY//
Type: ABSTRACT OF LAND GRANT//
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0039 Page: 00217 Item: 06
[This land was later purhased by John White. See later Wigg and Wragg records.]

Date: 1717/07/21
Description: HAYS, JOHN, ABSTRACT OF LAND GRANT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HAYS, JOHN////
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY//
Type: ABSTRACT OF LAND GRANT//
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0039  Page:  00208  Item: 05

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WALLIS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN HAYES OF JULY 21, 1717.
Names Indexed: WALLIS, JOHN/HAYES, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00337  Item: 01

Date: 1717/07/25
Description: HAYS, JOHN, ABSTRACT OF LAND GRANT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HAYS, JOHN////
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY//
Type: ABSTRACT OF LAND GRANT//
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0039  Page:  00208  Item: 04

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WALLIS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN HAYES OF JULY 25, 1717. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: WALLIS, JOHN/HAYES, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00337  Item: 02

Date: 1758/01/17
Description: BAXTER, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 3 TRACTS IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ONE FOR 350 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN GREGG OF MAY 2, 1754, AND TWO OF 500 AND 300 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO GRANTS TO JOHN HAYES OF JULY 25, 1717.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/HAYES, JOHN/WALLIS, JOHN/DICK, MARY/GREGG, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00164  Item: 02

Date: 1736/01
Description: SOMERHOFFE, BRISETT, WIFE OF JOHN PETER SOMERHOFFE TO JOHN WHITE, RENUNCIATION.
Names Indexed: SOMERHOFFE, BRISETT/SOMERHOFFE, JOHN PETER/WHITE, JOHN/
Locations: /
Type: RENUNCIATION/
Series Number: S136009  Volume [1st Year]:  1733  Page:  00128  ignore: 00

Date: 1733/05/20
Description: GREEN, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED JULY 2, 1718 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED NOV. 5, 1717. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: GREEN, JOHN/SCRIVEN, SAMUEL/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0004 Page: 00410 Item: 00

Date: 1733/03/29
Description: THOMSON, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A CONVEYANCE DATED JULY 1, 1722 FROM SAMUEL MILLER. (3 PAGES)
Names Indexed: THOMSON, JOHN/MILLER, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/CONVEYANCE
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0004 Page: 00361 Item: 00

Date: 1733/05/12
Description: WHITE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, CONVEYED BY RICHARD WRAGG AND SARAH WRAGG OF NOV. 10, 1725.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN/WRAGG, RICHARD/WRAGG, SARAH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Topics: /
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0003  Page:  00505  Item: 02
[See Richard Wigg mentioned in later records for this land, also 1714 grant to Richard Wigg.]

Date: 1722-1730
Description: BAILEY, JOHN TO ALEXANDER TRENCH, POWER OF ATTORNEY TO DISPOSE OF 48,000 ACRES OF LAND IN THE PROVINCE.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/
Locations: /
Type: POWER OF ATTORNEY/
Topics: PROPRIETARY LAND SYSTEM/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00D0 Page: 00163 Item: 00

This Bailey/Trench record sets the stage for several tracts that were surveyed shortly afterward. However, these tracts were not surveyed for grants. Bailey seems to have sold these tracts as there were a number of lease/release records for the same tracts several years later. So the men who acquired these tracts did not acquire them as grants. The John Thomson land that was purchased from Samuel Miller in 1722 is a curiosity. This land is in the exact same location as the tracts that were cut from John Bailey's land, but there seems to be no record of how Miller acquired the land. If this was one of the first tracts that Bailey sold, Miller must have acquired the land on or before 1722.

From South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772 by Clara A Langley 1984, p 329:
Book O-O. p. 524, 27 & 28 May 1754, L&R [Lease & Release]
Lemuel Nesmith, planter, & Mary his wife, to John Brockington, planter, both of Craven Co., for L235 currency, 166 a. in Craven Co., part of 500 a. granted on 23 Jan. 1726 to John Nesmith, Sr.; who bequeathed said 166 a. to his son Lemuel, party hereto; bounding NE on Col. Anthony White; SE on part of 500 a. belonging to said Lemuel Nesmith; SW on Dougal McKeithan; NW on John Brockington. Witnesses: Margaret Draw, Samuel Nesmith, Sarah (her mark) Nesmith. Before John Hamilton, J.P.  William Hopton, Register.
(Actually Margaret Drew, wife of Nathaniel Drew. Margaret -?- m1 Gavin Barr, m2 Nathaniel Drew according to deed published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Volume XV, Summer of 1987. Her daughters by Barr were Sarah, Elizabeth, and Mary Barr. Margaret Drew's 1761 will names daughters ___ Brockington and ___ Nesmith, and sons-in-law John Brockington and Samuel Nesmith extrs. See reference to 1736 Margaret Barr grant in 1765 Alexander McCrea memorial.)

Another curiosity. This record refers to a grant, but many of the other tracts cut from Bailey's land including McKeithan's were followed by lease/release records, not grant records. I found no lease/release for the Nesmith land, but it's possible it was never recorded or lost. It's also possible that years later when this deed was drawn up, the grantors stated that the land had been granted when actually it had been acquired otherwise. However John Nesmith Sr acquired the land, we know he held clear title to it by 23 Jan 1726.

The date of John Nesmith's grant helps to estimate a date for the undated Nesmith and McKeithan plats below. The 1698 date was the only available date on these records, but the actual record states that this was the date that Bayley acquired the land, not the date that the plat was recorded. From the date given in SC Archive's database for Trench's power-of-attorney, it appears that the earliest reference found to the distribution of Bailey's land was dated 1722. The two plats for McKeithan and Nesmith below were obviously recorded at the same time. The Nesmith plat followed right behind the McKeithan plat on the following page, and the drawings showed that the two tracts adjoined. Nesmith's plat showed McKeithan's land and McKeithan's plat showed Nesmith's land. If one tract had been surveyed before the other, one of the plats would not have shown the land of the other. So the two plats must have also been surveyed at the same time. Although we have no firm date, it would seem that these two plats must have been recorded between 1722 and 1726. The record that followed Nesmith's was not for any of the Bayley land, but it was dated Jan 14, 1722/3. There were two records on the page before McKeithan's record, neither for Bayley land. They were dated 24 Sept 1716 and 22 Sept 1724. These entries in the plat book were not in perfect chronological order, but the dates of the surrounding records do help us get an idea of the general time frame.

The McKeithan and Nesmith land adjoined each other. The John Thomson land was not mentioned as adjoining McKeithan or Nesmith, but his land must have been very nearby. Since all of the nearby land originally came from the Bailey land, most likely the Miller land did too. If Samuel Miller conveyed the land to John Thomson on July 1, 1722, Miller must have acquired his land on or before that date - with the survey for the plat even earlier. So the 1722 date given by SC Archives for the distribution of Bailey's land may actually be a little late.

H. T. Cook in Rambles in the Pee Dee Basin, South Carolina stated that Dougald McKeithan and others acquired their land through Bayley and Trench (he recorded the name as French) in 1725. But Cook cited no sources for this date. It was probably his best estimate since none of the records I have found for the people involved gave a date. In light of these additional records, I believe the date could have been even earlier than 1725 - possibly as early as 1722.

Date: 1698/08/11
Description: MAKEITHEN, DUGAL, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY,
GRANTED TO JOHN BAYLEY.
Names Indexed: BAYLEY, JOHN/MAKEITHEN, DUGAL/NESMITH, JOHN/MORRIS,
WILLIAM/LEGRAND, ISAAC/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0012  Page:  00015  Item: 03

Date: 1698/08/11
Description: NESMITH, JOHN, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, GRANTED
TO JOHN BAYLEY.
Names Indexed: NESMITH, JOHN/BAYLEY, JOHN/LEGRAND, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0012  Page:  00016  Item: 01

The quality of my copy of the John Nesmith plat is very poor, but if you look carefully, you can see the Black Mingo at the top, John Nesmith's name in the drawing and description, and John Bayley Esq in the description. 500 acres in the drawing is unclear, but you can make it out in the description. At the bottom of the drawing written upside-down, you'll see the name Dougal Makeken. I believe neighboring land is labeled on the right, but I can't make it out.

The McKeithan record as best I could decipher it from the original record:

A Record of the Shapes marked trees and bounds of five hundred acres of land in Craven County on the North side of Black Mingo River and is part of 48,000 acres of land granted to John Bayley Esq of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Right Hon John Earl of Bath and the rest of the Proprietors of Carolina by pattent dated the 16th day of August 1698 and accordingly laid out unto Mr John Bayley son and heir of the aforesaid John Bayley and duly certified and delievered. This 500 acres of land belonging to Dugal for Dugal Makeithen.
Makeken was surveyed by Isaac LeGrand(?), deputy (surveyor?).

Above the drawing are the words "Part of William Morris Land". Below the drawing are the words "Part of John Nesmiths land". There are no neighbors labeled on the left or right. But at the bottom, you'll see the label "North". This map was drawn upside-down. John Nesmith's land was north of Dougald McKeithan's land, while William Morris's land was south of Dougald McKeithan's land.
 
 

I have worked with these drawings and descriptions and have come to the conclusion that there is an error in the McKeithan description. It states that the land was on the north side of the Black Mingo, but that's virtually impossible. The town of Nesmith, which lies on the south side of the Black Mingo, took it's name from the Nesmith property. Although there are no north or south labels on the Nesmith plat, it's clear that John Nesmith's land adjoining the Black Mingo Creek. The McKeithan land was on the opposite side of the Nesmith land. The McKeithan plat is drawn with north at the bottom, showing Nesmith's land on the north side of McKeithan's. This means the Nesmith land was on the south side of the Black Mingo, McKeithan's land just south of Nesmith's, and Morris's land just south of McKeithan's. This is verified by the 1774 will of William Thompson (below) which describes his land as being on the south side of the Black Mingo adjoining Dougald McKeithan's land. So Dougald McKeithan's land was not on the north side of the Black Mingo as the description states, but on the south side.

This land was never actually granted to Dougald McKeithan, but seems to have been deeded to him at a later date, perhaps after McKeithan had met the obligations of whatever agreement he might have had with Bailey and Trench.

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO DUGAL MAKEKAN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/MAKEKAN, DUGAL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00G0  Page:  00038  Item: 00

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty Second Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and twenty Six Between John Bayly of the County of Tippary in the Kingdom of Ireland Esqr. Son and heire of John Bayly late of the same plase Dest. And Alexander Trench of Charles town in the Province of Sot: Carolina merct: attorney of the said John Bayly party there to on the one part & Dugat Makeken of the County of Craven on the other part witness that for & in Consideration of the sume of ten Shilling Current money to the said Alexander Trench in hand paid ___ before the Sealing & Delivery ___of by the said Dugat Makeken the Receipt whereof is here by acknowledged the sd: Jon Bayly party thereto by his sd: attorney hath granted Bargaind & Sold & by these presents doth Grant bargain & Sell unto the said Dugal Makeken a Certain track of five Hundred acres of Land Leying in Craven County a buting and bounding as appears by the platt ___ of Duly Certyfied & Return and annexed to the Indenture of Release for the ____ together with all trees woods waters and water coursis and
Appurtenances what so ever there to belonging or in any ways Appertayning to have & to hold the said Assigns from the Day next before the day of the date of these presents for & During the full time a term and unto the End of one whole year from __ense next insuing to be Compeat and Ended yelding & paying tharefor unto the sd: John Bayly party heareto the rent of one peper corne on the last day of the said term if ____ Shall be lawfully Demanded Statute for transferring of the use into possesion may be in the actuall possession of the premises & thare by be Enabled to accept & take a grant and Release of the Inheretiance & Reversion thereof to him the said Dugal Makeken and his heirs for Ever in witness where of the said partys to those present Indentures interchangebly have Set thare hands and Seales the day and year first above written./
Alexander (Seal) Trench  ./.
Sealed and Delivered in the presents of us ./ ---
____ Gibbes ./.   Thomas Lockyer ./.   John Brand ../
John Brand ____ Oath that he was present and Did See Alexander Trench , Sign Seal and _______ within Lease for the uses therein Mentioned.
Sworne before me the 1st: day of Aprill 1728 :/..
Will. Rhett.
Registered ye. 1st day of Aprill 1728./   Jacob Motte  Register

This obviously is not the clerk's copy, but it is the only record I was able to find at SC Archives.

There were similar lease and release records for others who acquired tracts from the Bailey land. But I found no such record for the 500 acres that John Nesmith received or for the Samuel Miller land that was sold to John Thomson.

Date: 1733/04/19
Description: MCKICHEN, DUGALL, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A PATENT TO JOHN BAYLY. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: MCKICHEN, DUGALL/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BAYLY, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0003 Page: 00485 Item: 02

McKichen Dugell
500 acres
Entd 19 April 1733
South Carolina
__ Memorial to be Registered in the Auditor ___ office persuant to an act of assembly _____________ lease and Release bearing date _______ day of January in the year or our Lord 1726 made between Alexander Trench of Charles town in the province of South Carolina ___ attorney unto John Bayly of the Kingdom of Ireland Esqr son and heir of John Bayly late of the same place Esq Deceased of the one part, and Dugale McKichan ____ County in the province of South Carolina of the other part [reciting?] Letter [Patent?] under the Great Seal of the said province bearing date the 16th day of August in the year of our Lord 1698 under the hand of the Right John Earl of Bath and ____ of proprietor of the same province of Carolina. The said Lord proprietor did thereby give and Grant unto the said John Bayley the _________Forty eight Thousand acres ___________ belonging to him and to hold the said lands to him and to his heirs ____ subject to the payment of ____ Sterling for ___ hundred acres _____ [witnessed?] that the said Alexander Trench the Attorney for the ___ of the Said John Bayly the constituent and for the consideration ____ mentioned did on the behalf of the said John Bayly grant bargain Sell _____ Release & Confirm unto the said Dugale Mkichan his heirs and assigns forever a tract of five hundred acres of land lying and being in Craven County _______ and having such Forms and ____ as the plat thereof annexed to the said Release hath represented as appears by the said release recorded in the Registers office the first day of April 1728 in Book [G?] folio [4C?] as referred being thereunto had may more fully appear which tract of land was admeasured as part of the 48000 acres of land and laid out for the said John Bayley to hold unto the said Dugale McKichan his heirs and assigns forever subject to the quit Rent.

This is the same 500 acres recorded again years later as a "memorial". The date agrees with the Lease/Release record.

Date: 1773/04/20  [year incorrect - should be 1733]
Description: NESSMITH, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A PATENT TO JOHN BAYLY.
Names Indexed: NESSMITH, JOHN/BAYLY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/SUMMERS/MACKKAN, DUGALL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00001  Item: 02

A Memorial entred in the Auditors office of So Carolina by John Nessmith the 28th of April 1733 South Carolina   Indentures of Lease and release bearing date the seccond & third day of January Anno Domini 1726 Between John Bayly of the Kingdom of Ireland Esqr Son & heir of John Bayly Late of the Same place deceased and Alexander Trench of Charles Town Mercht Attorney of the Said John Bayly party hereto of the one part & Mr John Nessmith of Craven County in the Province of South Carolina of the other Part witnessing that the Said Alex Trench did hereby grant Sell Release & confirm unto the Said John Nessmith his heirs & assigns forever, a tract or percil of Land Containing five hundred acres Lying & being on the North Side of Black River in          Parish in Craven County in the Province of South Carolina Butting & Bounding to the South Westward on M. Summers Land to the North westward on part of Dugall Mackekans Land &  to the South eastward on Black Mingo Creek at the yearly Quit rent of one Shilling Sterling money of England per hundred acres which Said Primises are part and parsell of the Land graves Patent granted to the above said Jon Bayly deceased ___ ___ the said John Bayly party hereto and are hereby ___ to be registered in the Auditors Office in the Said Province in Pursuance to an act of the General Assembly in that case made & provided in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand the 20th day of April Anno Domini 1733
John Nessmith

The 1773 date as given in the Archives database is incorrect. The original clearly gives the year as 1733.

Date: 1726-1727
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO JAMES BROWN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 2,000 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BROWN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00F0  Page:  00010  Item: 00

Not all the names in this record were indexed.

Langley vol I
Book La, p 11
14 Dec 1726 L & R
Alexander Trench, merchant, of Charleston, as attorney for John Bayly of  Ballinaclough, Ireland, to James Brown, planter, of Craven Co, for L500 SC money, 2000 a in Craven Co, bounding NE on N Branch of Black River & running a NW W course 175 1/2 ch, beginning at an Indian Old Field formerly claimed by Mr Miller at a beech tree; NW on vacant land claimed by John Nismith & Dugald McKeggan, running SW 124 1/2 ch; SW on vacant land 168 ch SE by S; & SE on vacant land running 124 1/2 ch N NE to the Indian Old Field. Whereas the Rt. Hon. John, Earl of Bath, & the Lords Proprs. by letters patents dated 16 Aug. 1698 created John Bayly, of  Ballinaclough, Co. of Tipperary, Ireland, a Landgrave & Cassique of SC, granting him 48,000 a in SC; & whereas John Bayly, son & heir of said John Bayly, on 19 Nov 1722 appointed Alexander Trench, merchant, of Charleston, his attorney, giving him authority to set aside 8,000 a for the use of John Bayly & sell the rest; now Trench sells 2,000 a to James Brown. Witnesses: Joel Poinsett, Thomas Conybear, Robert Nisbett. Before John Barksdale, J.P.  Jacob Motte, Reg.

The Black Mingo River was sometimes called the North Branch of the Black River. See March 29, 1733 memorial by John Thomson for 400 acres conveyed to him by Samuel Miller on July 1, 1722. James Brown's land actually would have adjoined John Thomson's land rather than Samuel Miller's land in 1726.

Langley vol I  p 87
Book F p 10 
[This is the same deed recorded again with only very minor differences.]
..... bounding NE on the N Branch of Black River & running  NWW 175 1/2 ch, beginning at an Indian Old Field formerly claimed by Mr Miller at a beech tree, to NW on vacant land claimed by John Newmith & Dugee McKeggan; SW 124 1/2 ch to SW on vacant land 168 ch; SE, S, & SE on vacant land 124 1/2 ch; NNE to said Indian old field ......

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Topics: /
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00G0  Page:  00197  Item: 00

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00G0  Page:  00220  Item: 00

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00G0  Page:  00232  Item: 00

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY, MEMORIAL FOR 5 TRACTS CONTAINING 2,212 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY. (4 PAGES)
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/SWINTON, WILLIAM/THOMSON, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BAYLY, JOHN/HANLEY, THOMAS/CLARK, EDWARD/HAYES, JOHN/MURFEE, MORRIS/MURFEE, MRS./LANE, JOHN/THOMPSON, JOHN
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00365  Item: 01

Date: 1733/05/12
Description: WHITE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 289 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 48,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN BAYLY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN/BAYLY, JOHN/SOMERHEFFE, JOHN PETER/FRYER, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0003 Page: 00505 Item: 03

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WHITE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR TWO TRACTS TOTALING 789 ACRES IN PRINCE GEORGE PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING CHAINS OF TITLE.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN/WIGG, RICHARD/WAIGHT, RICHARD/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BAYLY, JOHN/BUTLER, CHRISTOPHER/SUMORHOFF, JOHN PETER/FRYER, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE GEORGE PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0003 Page: 00518 Item:01

On 31 Aug & 1 Sept 1743, John White deeded this 789 acres composed of two tracts to Sabina Lynch as security on a bond. At that time, one tract, 289 acres, was described as bounding E on N branch of Black River [another name for the Black Mingo River], W on Dougal McKeithen, N on William Forbes, S on John White (formerly granted to Richard Wigg). See Richard Wragg above. Either Dougald McKeithan's land was left out of the indexing for this record, or perhaps was not mentioned in the record, or McKeithan had not acquired the adjoining land by 1733. Christopher Butler of this record was also mentioned in the 1733 memorial by John Peter Somerhoeff for 700a adjoining Dougald McKeithan.

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO JOHN GREEN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/GREEN, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00G0  Page:  00209  Item: 00

Date: 1733/05/24
Description: SOOMERHOEFF, JOHN PETER, MEMORIAL FOR 700 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A PATENT TO JOHN ASHLEY.
Names Indexed: SOOMERHOEFF, JOHN PETER/ASHLEY, JOHN/SMITH, RICHARD/BUTLER, CHRISTOPHER/NESMITH, JOHN/MCCICKEN, DUGGARD/
Locations: BLACK MINGO CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0005 Page: 00129 Item: 02

The Memorial of Land __ by John Peter Somerhoeff of Craven County in the Province of South Carolina Planter, pursuant to ____ of the Assembly ___ ___ made _____.
An Indenture bearing date the 30th day of September in the year of our Lord 1725 made between Richard Smith of Craven County in the Province of South Carolina of the one part and John Peter Soomerhoof of the other part whereby the said Richd Smith for the consideration therein mentioned conveyed unto the said John Peter Somerheoff his Heirs, Exxecutors, Administrators, and Assigns forever ___ Tract of Land situate in Craven County in the Province aforesaid containing Seven Hundred Acres butting and bounding northerly upon Black mingo Creek Easterly upon Christopher Butler, westerly on John Nesmith and Duggal McKicken, southerly on the Land of John Peter Soomerheoff which said Land was ___ out a part of the patent of John Ashby Esq deceased, -  Witness my hand the 5th day of May in the year of our Lord 1733
John Peter Somerheoff  “  ,
 
Notice the reference to Christopher Butler's land on the east. This land was apparently sold soon after 1725 to John White.

If the information in this memorial is accurate, we know that Summerhoff's land adjoined McKeithan's land, and Summerhoff's land did not come from the Bailey land, but from a grant to John Ashley. The same seems to be true for Richard Smith's land below.

Date: 1726-1727
Description: ASHBY, JOHN TO RICHARD SMITH, DEED OF RELEASE FOR 700 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: ASHBY, JOHN/SMITH, RICHARD/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: DEED OF RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00E0 Page: 00264 Item: 00
(Should say John Ashley)

Date: 1726-1727
Description: SMITH, RICHARD TO JOHN PETER SOMMERHOOF, SALE FOR 700 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SMITH, RICHARD/SOMMERHOOF, JOHN PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: SALE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00E0 Page: 00267 Item: 00

Date: 1726-1730
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 412 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number:  S372001  Volume:  00H0  Page:  00221  Item: 00

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00G0 Page: 00197 Item: 00

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00G0 Page: 00220 Item: 00

Date: 1727-1729
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO ANTHONY WHITE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00G0 Page: 00232 Item: 00

Date: 1731-1733
Description: JERMAN, RALPH AND WIFE TO WILLIAM SWINTON, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 625 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JERMAN, RALPH/SWINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00K0 Page: 00372 Item: 00

Date: 1731/12/01
Description: BROWN, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 700 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING AN INDENTURE OF LEASE DATED NOV. 19, 1731 AND A DEED OF RELEASE DATED NOV. 20, 1731 FROM ALEXANDER TRENCH TO WILLIAM BROWN, AND PLAT DATED NOV. 10, 1731.
Names Indexed: BROWN, WILLIAM/BAYLEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BROWN, JAMES/BOGAR, THOMAS/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/PETERS CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LEASE AND RELEASE/PLAT
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0001  Page:  00008  Item: 00

Date: 1732/02/19
Description: GODBOLD, JOHN, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: ST. JOHN, JAMES/GODBOLD, JOHN/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0016  Page:  00118  Item: 02

Date: 1732/03/20
Description: WATSON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WATSON, WILLIAM/LAROCHE, DAVID/LAROCHE, THOMAS/FORSTER, ARTHUR/BROCKINTON, CAPT./BULLARD, EDWARD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00171 Item: 01

Date: 1732/04/01
Description: MCKICHAN, DUGALD, PLAT FOR 390 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKICHAN, DUGALD/EVELEIGH/HENLIN, JOHN/CAMPBELL, JAMES/NESMITH, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/HUGHES, MEREDITH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0001  Page:  00266  Item: 02

At least there is a line pointing North on this map to help us orient ourselves. There is no mention of the creek in the description and no label for the creek in the drawing. But we know Nesmith's land was on the south side of the creek and McKeithan's first 500 acres on the south of Nesmith's land. That would agree with this drawing. So it looks like this 390 acre tract lay on both sides of the Black Mingo

Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00266 Item: 01
Date: 1732/04/01
Description: MCKICHAN, DUGAL, PLAT FOR 94 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKICHAN, DUGAL/EVELEIGH/SOMERHOOFS/NESMITH/ST. JOHN, JAMES/HUGHES, MEREDITH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/

Although the plat was recorded on 1 April 1732, the order for the survey was dated 22 Jan 1731. Because of the old-style calendar, this was not the year before, but only a little more than two months. The year didn't change until March 25 by the old calendar, so 22 Jan 1731 would be considered 22 Jan 1732 by our standards today. If this record is typical, then it appears that it took about 2 months for the land to be surveyed and a plat recorded after the order for the survey was received - then more time elapsed before the land was granted.

As best I can decipher the original record:
By virtue of a Precpt(?) unto me directed by James St. John Esqr his Majesties Surveyor General bearing date the 22 day of January 1731 I have admeasured & laid out unto Dugal McKichan ninety four acres of land in Craven County butting & bounding Southwesterly on Mr Eveleigh's Land Southeasterly on Mr Somerhoifs Land Northeasterly on Mr Nesmith's Land and North Westerly on the sd McKichan Land & hath such forms & shape as the above deliminated plat represents
Given under my hand this first day of April1732
Meredith Hughes

Date: 1732/04/03
Description: WHITE, CAPT. ANTHONY, PLAT FOR 1,150 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/HENLIN, THOMAS/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/HUGHES, MEREDITH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00402 Item: 02

Date: 1732/05/09
Description: CHAUVIN, ISAAC SR., PLAT FOR 150 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHAUVIN, ISAAC SR./ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERT, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00088  Item: 01

Date: 1732/05/09
Description: CHAUVIN, ISAAC SR., PLAT FOR 150 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHAUVIN, ISAAC SR./ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTS, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00089  Item: 01

Date: 1732/05/16
Description: THOMSON, JOHN, PLAT FOR 700 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMSON, JOHN/GREEN, JOHN/SWINTON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00373 Item: 02

Date: 1732/09/05
Description: POTTS, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 430 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: POTTS, THOMAS/STORY, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/SWINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00301 Item:01

Date: 1732/10/06
Description: DUPRE, CORNELIUS, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DUPRE, CORNELIUS/SWINTON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERT, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00210 Item: 02

Date: 1732/10/20
Description: RAE, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 400 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: RAE, WILLIAM/LYNCH, COL./PRICHARD, JOHN/JERMAN, RALPH/ST. JOHN, JAMES/SWINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00318 Item: 01

Date: 1732/11/10
Description: LAROCHE, DANIEL AND THOMAS LAROCHE, PLAT FOR 1,600 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LAROCHE, DANIEL/LAROCHE, THOMAS/SWINTON, WILLIAM/FOSTER/HUGHES, MEREDITH/LANE, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/SWINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0001  Page:  00239  Item: 00

Date: 1732
Description: LYNCH, COL. THOMAS, PLAT FOR 4,500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LYNCH, THOMAS/SMITH, THOMAS/SMITH/ST. JOHN, JAMES/SWINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00282 Item: 02

Dec 1732 
Mary Milliken b Dec 1732 Prince Fredericks Parish, Winyah, SC to Moses Milliken and Mary Murrell. First documented evidence of the Millikens in this area.

Date: 1733
Description: SCREVEN, JAMES AND MARY SCREVEN, MEMORIAL FOR 1,350 ACRES ON WEYHAW BLUFF, BLACK RIVER, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,150 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO SAMUEL SCREVEN.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, JAMES/SCREVEN, MARY/SCREVEN, SAMUEL/SCRIVEN, ELISHA/
Locations: WEYHAW BLUFF/BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0005 Page: 00154 Item: 01

Date: 1733/02/10
Description: JAMESON, JOHN, PLAT FOR 50 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JAMESON, JOHN/GORDON, ROGER/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROSE, HUGH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00472  Item: 01

Date: 1733/02/15
Description: POTTS, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 270 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: POTTS, THOMAS/ST. JOHN, JAMES/DEAN, NATHANIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00276 Item: 02

Date: 1733/03/19
Description: LLOYD, JAMES, PLAT FOR 734 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LLOYD, JAMES/GREEN, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0001  Page:  00232  Item: 00

Date: 1733/04/09
Description: SCRIVEN, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 800 ACRES ON WEYHAW BLUFF, BLACK RIVER, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,150 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO SAMUEL SCRIVEN.
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, WILLIAM/SCRIVEN, SAMUEL/SCRIVEN, MARY/GREEN, JOHN/
Locations: WEYHAW BLUFF/BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0005 Page: 00153 Item: 02

Date: 1733/04/21
Description: SCRIVEN, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED MAR. 20, 1709 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED FEB. 5, 1708. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, ROBERT/FARBOUCH, WILLIAM/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0004 Page: 00365 Item: 02

Date: 1733/04/28
Description: LYNCH, THOMAS, LAND GRANT FOR 2,100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LYNCH, THOMAS//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0001  Page:  00087  Item: 00

Date: 1755/06/12
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, MEMORIAL FOR 275 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALY PART OF A 2,100 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO THOMAS LYNCH OF APRIL 28, 1733.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/LYNCH, THOMAS/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/DUPRE, JOSIAS GARNIER/BROWN, WILLIAM/BELL/SWINTON, WILLIAM/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00094  Item: 01

Date: 1733/05/15
Description: POTTS, THOMAS, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: POTTS, THOMAS/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/BROCKINTON, SARAH/COMMANDER, SAMUEL/SINGLETERY, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0005 Page: 00054 Item: 02

Date: 1755/06/12
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, MEMORIAL FOR 275 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALY PART OF A 2,100 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO THOMAS LYNCH OF APRIL 28, 1733.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/LYNCH, THOMAS/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/DUPRE, JOSIAS GARNIER/BROWN, WILLIAM/BELL/SWINTON, WILLIAM/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00094 Item:01

Date: 1733/05/12
Description: WHITE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 289 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 48,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN BAYLY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN/BAYLY, JOHN/SOMERHEFFE, JOHN PETER/FRYER, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0003  Page:  00505  Item: 03

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WHITE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR TWO TRACTS TOTALING 789 ACRES IN PRINCE GEORGE PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING CHAINS OF TITLE.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN/WIGG, RICHARD/WAIGHT, RICHARD/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BAYLY, JOHN/BUTLER, CHRISTOPHER/SUMORHOFF, JOHN PETER/FRYER, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE GEORGE PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0003  Page:  00518  Item: 01

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY, MEMORIAL FOR 5 TRACTS CONTAINING 2,212 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY. (4 PAGES)
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/SWINTON, WILLIAM/THOMSON, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BAYLY, JOHN/HANLEY, THOMAS/CLARK, EDWARD/HAYES, JOHN/MURFEE, MORRIS/MURFEE, MRS./LANE, JOHN/THOMPSON, JOHN
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00365  Item: 01

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: SWINTON, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 625 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A LEASE AND RELEASE FROM RALPH JERMAIN OF APRIL 12 AND 13, 1733. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: SWINTON, WILLIAM/JERMAIN, RALPH/JERMAIN, MARGARET/BROWN, JOHN/THOMPSON, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0005 Page: 00281 Item: 02

Date: 1733/05/19
Description: WALLIS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN HAYES OF JULY 21, 1717.
Names Indexed: WALLIS, JOHN/HAYES, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00337  Item: 01

Date: 1733/05/20
Description: TARBEAU, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED JUNE 1, 1709 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED FEB. 5, 1708.
Names Indexed: TARBEAU, WILLIAM/BRASIEN, RICHARD/SCRIVEN, ROBERT/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0002 Page: 00145 Item: 01

Date: 1733/05/20
Description: GREEN, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, EXHIBITING A LAND GRANT DATED JULY 2, 1718 AND A CERTIFICATE OF ADMEASUREMENT AND PLAT DATED NOV. 5, 1717. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: GREEN, JOHN/SCRIVEN, SAMUEL/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/LAND GRANT/PLAT
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0004 Page: 00410 Item: 00

Date: 1733/05/26
Description: ROBINSON, SUSANNAH, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A PATENT TO JOHN BAYLEY OF AUG. 16, 1698. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: ROBINSON, SUSANNAH/BAYLEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/SANDERS, SAMUEL/COMMANDER, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00119  Item: 02

Date: 1733/05/26
Description: MOORE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 3 TRACTS CONTAINING 1,355 ACRES IN BERKLEY AND CRAVEN COUNTIES. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: MOORE, JOHN/WATIS, WILLIAM/HARRIS, RICHARD/STEWART, JOHN/SMITH, RICHARD/SMITH, MARY/
Locations: SANTEE SWAMP/CRAVEN COUNTY/SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT DENIS PARISH/BERKELEY COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0003  Page:  00466  Item: 02

Notice that this John Moore held land in both Craven Co and St Thomas/St Denis Parish of Berkeley Co. He could be the same John Moore who appears in the 1763 record for Moses Milliken (who married Mary Murrell in St Thomas/St Denis Parish 9 Sept 1721) and/or the same John Moore whose 1735 Craven Co plat adjoined Dougald McKeithan.

By virtue of a precept to me directed by James St. John Esqr his Majestys Surveyor General dated the nineteenth day of May 1733 I have Admeasured and Set out unto Mr John Handlin A plantation or tract of Land Situate Lying and being in Craven County Containing three hundred and fifty Acres Butting and Bounding on the South Side of the North branch of Black River to the North on Mr Dougle Mcckechin Land to the East West and South on Land not Laid out and hath such marks and forms as in the above delineated plat represents Given under my hand the twelfth day of July 1733   Peter Lane

Date: 1733/08/10
Description: SWINTON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, WILLIAM/SCREVEN, ROBERT/SMITH, GEORGE/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00333 Item: 02

Date: 1733/08/16
Description: MOORE, JAMES, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 1,200 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY PETER LANE.
Names Indexed: MOORE, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0003  Item:  00885  ignore: 00

Date: 1733/08/17
Description: MOORE, JAMES, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 460 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY PETER LANE.
Names Indexed: MOORE, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0003  Item:  00886  ignore: 00

Date: 1733/10/12
Description: HANDLEN, EDWARD, PLAT FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HANDLEN, EDWARD/THOMPSON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00491  Item: 01

Date: 1733/10/30
Description: HANDLEN, MRS. ELIZABETH, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HANDLEN, ELIZABETH/MCCKICHIN, DOUGLE/THOMPSON, WILLIAM/HANDLEN, EDWARD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 001 Page: 00200 Item: 01

By virtue of a precept to me directed by James St. John Esqr his Majestys Surveyor Genl dated the ___teenth day of September 1733 I have Admeasured and Set out unto Mrs Elizabeth Handlen a plantation or tract of Land Situate Lying and ___ in Craven County Containing three hundred Acres butting and bounding to the South side of A North Branch of Black River to the North on Mr Dougle Mcckickken & Neathsmith, and to the South on William Thompson Land to the West on Edward Handlen Land to the East some part on the said Elizabeth Handlen Land & some part on land not laid out and hath such marks and forms as in the above delineated plat represents Given under my hand the thirteenth day of October 1733  Peter Lane Deputy Surveyor

Series Number: S213184 Volume: 001 Page: 00200 Item: 02

By virtue of a precept to me directed by James St. John Esqr his Majestys Surveyor General dated the nineteenth day of May 1733 I have Admeasured and Set out unto Mr John Handlin A plantation or tract of Land Situate Lying and being in Craven County Containing three hundred and fifty Acres Butting and Bounding on the South Side of the North branch of Black River to the North on Mr Dougle Mcckechin Land to the East West and South on Land not Laid out and hath such marks and forms as in the above delineated plat represents Given under my hand the twelfth day of July 1733   Peter Lane

Date: 1734/01/03
Description: JAMES, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 50 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JAMES, WILLIAM/FISHER, JAMES/WITHERSPOON, DAVID/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00451  Item: 02

Date: 1734/02/28
Description: GAMELL, JAMES, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GAMELL, JAMES/MOORE, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00018  Item: 00
(Perhaps James Gamble?)

Date: 1734/03/01
Description: PLOWDEN, EDWARD, PLAT FOR 350 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: PLOWDEN, EDWARD/FLEMAN, JOHN/GORDON, ROGER/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00305 Item: 00

Date: 1734/03/09
Description: MACKEECHAN, DUGALL, PLAT FOR 316 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MACKEECHAN, DUGALL/SUMMERHOOF/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Topics: /
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0001 Page: 00260 Item: 00

By virtue of Warrants Bearing date the twenty first day of January 1731 and 12th day of January 1733 from Robt Johnson Esqr Governor ___ and Precept thereon to me directed by James St. John Esqr his Majesties Surveyor General & bearing date 22 day of January 1731 and 12th January 1733 I have admeasured and laid out unto Dugall Mackeechan a tract of Land in Craven County Containing three hundred and Sixteen Acres butting and bounding to the Southeast by Mr Somerhoofs Land to the Southwest on vacant Land to the Northwest on vacant Land to the Northeast on Land of the said Dugal Mackeechan and hath such shape and marked trees as are Set down in the above Plat hereof Given under my hand this 9th day of March 1734.  ____Robertson D Surveyor.
[The plat for this land must have been on p 259 as the plat below the description was not for this tract.]

Date: 1734/04/22
Description: BONELL, JOHN, PLAT FOR 800 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BONELL, JOHN/HOWARD, EDWARD/ROPER, JOSEPH/BROCKINGTON, CAPT./SUMMER, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00103  Item: 01

Date: 1734/04/23
Description: HOWARD, EDWARD, PLAT FOR 618 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HOWARD, EDWARD/SANDERS, PETER/CAMMANDER, SAMUEL/SUMNER, JOHN/BONETT, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00337  Item: 02
(See 1741/08/27 record for Edward Howard which gives the names John Bonnell and John Summers. This land was mortgaged to James Aiken 1740-41)

Date: 1734/04/17
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/BROCKINTON, CAPT./ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00060 Item: 00

Date: 1734/04/22
Description: BONELL, JOHN, PLAT FOR 800 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BONELL, JOHN/HOWARD, EDWARD/ROPER, JOSEPH/BROCKINGTON, CAPT./SUMMER, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00103  Item: 01

Date: 1734/04/23
Description: HOWARD, EDWARD, PLAT FOR 618 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HOWARD, EDWARD/SANDERS, PETER/CAMMANDER, SAMUEL/SUMNER, JOHN/BONETT, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00337 Item: 02
See 1741/08/27 Edward Howard record which gives names John Bonnell and John Summers.

Date: 1734/04/24
Description: COMMANDER, SAMUEL JR., PLAT FOR 185 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMMANDER, SAMUEL/HADDINGTON/HUGHES, MEREDITH/SAUNDERS, PETER/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00106 Item: 01

Date: 1734/05/23
Description: SARRAZIN, MOREAU, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SARRAZIN, MOREAU/LLOYD/GREEN, JOHN/HUGHES, MEREDITH/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0001  Page:  00328  Item: 01

Date: 1734/05/23
Description: HANDLEN, THOMAS, LAND GRANT FOR 850 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HANDLEN, THOMAS//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0001  Page:  00344  Item: 00

23 May 1734
K-4, p 171-176  Lease & release: 13 & 14 May 1774. Thomas Handlen of Charles Town, Gentleman, to Alexander Tweed of Prince George's Parish, SC, planter, for L523 SC money, 850 acres in Craven County adj. John White, Capt. Anthony White, granted 23 May 1734 to James Handlen deceased. Thos. Handlen (LS), Wit: Wm Gibson, Ezekiel Townsend. Proved 16 May 1774 before Thomas Phepoe, J.P., by the oath of Ezekiel Townsend. Recorded 22 June 1774.
South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1773-1778 Books F-4 through X-4, Brent H Holcomb p 63

Date: 1734/05/24
Description: HANDLEN, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 350 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HANDLEN, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number:  S213019  Volume:  0001  Page:  00321  Item: 00

Date: 1734/06/20
Description: MORLEY, GEORGE, PLAT FOR 1,000 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MORLEY, GEORGE/PARIS, ALEXANDER/COMMANDER, SAMUEL/DURING/JOHNSON, PETER/HILL, CHARLES/SERRE, NOAH/ST. JOHN, JAMES/HAIG, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00452 Item: 02

Date: 1734/07/28
Description: ROPER, JOSEPH, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: ROPER, JOSEPH/BONELL, JOHN/ST.JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00243  Item: 02

1734/08/26
MILIKIN, MOSES, PLAT FOR 350 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MILIKIN, MOSES/SWINTON, WILLIAM/ROBERTS, BENJAMIN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Series Number:S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00348 Item:01
(William Swinton also held land near Dougald McKeithan, John White, and Anthony White.)

Date: 1734/09/03
Description: THOMPSON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 600 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, WILLIAM/HENDLEN/RUTLEDGE, ANDREW/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00144 Item: 02

Date: 1734/10/17
Description: BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 780 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/FOSTER, ARTHUR/BULLARD/WALKER, RICHARD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0001  Page:  00516  Item: 01

Date: 1734/10/18
Description: WHITE, CAPT. ANTHONY, PLAT FOR 380 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/GREEN, JOHN/SCREVEN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00198 Item:01

Date: 1734/11/19
Description: COMMANDER, SAMUEL, PLAT FOR 750 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMMANDER, SAMUEL/ROPER, JEREMIAH/SCREVEN/BLACK, RICHARD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00089 Item: 02

Date: 1734/12/10
Description: BROWN, JOHN, WILLIAM BROWN, ALEXANDER BROWN, MARGARET BROWN AND HANNAH BROWN, PLAT FOR 3,000 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROWN, JOHN/BROWN, WILLIAM/BROWN, ALEXANDER/BROWN, MARGARET/BROWN, HANNAH/ELLERY, THOMAS/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00008  Item: 01
[These were the children of James Brown and Hannah White, sister to John White, Anthony White, and Honora White Bonnell, wife of John Bonnell.]

Date: 1735/02/05
Description: BROCKENTON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 2,140 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROCKENTON, WILLIAM/SWINTON, WILLIAM/COMMANDER, SAMUEL/HENNING, THOMAS/ROPER, JOSEPH/BONNEL, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00076 Item: 00

Date: 1735/02/21
Description: STONE, SAMUEL, PLAT FOR 648 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: STONE, SAMUEL/GIBBS/BROCKINTON, CAPT./MCKICKIN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/MORAN, ROBERT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE GEORGE PARISH
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00020 Item: 00

By virtue of a precept from James St. John Esq. His Majestyes Surveyor General, to me directed and dated the fifth day of December 1735, I have laid out and admeasured unto Samuel Stone Six Hundred and Forty eight acres and 4 tenths, it being part of a warrant of 650 acres in Craven County, Prince George Parish: Butting and bounding Erdly on Noathmith, Nrdly on M Gibbs land, Wrdly on Capt Brockintons lands, Srdly on M McKickins lands: And hath such form and ____ as the above delineated platt represents. Given under my hand this 20th day of February 1735/6.  Robt. Moran ___

Date: 1735/03/03
Description: GARDNER, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GARDNER, WILLIAM/POTS, THOMAS/COMMANDER, JOHN/THOMSON/WHITE, CAPT./ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0004 Page: 00014 Item: 02

Date: 1735/03/05
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA AND HANNAH SCREVEN, PLAT FOR 423 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/SCREVEN, HANNAH/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/SHINGLETERY, JOSEPH/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00074 Item: 00

Date: 1735/03/05
Description: COMANDER, JOSEPH, PLAT FOR 665 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMANDER, JOSEPH/COMANDER, JOHN/RUSS, JOHN/SWINTON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00131 Item: 00

Date: 1735/03/05
Description: COMANDER, JOHN, PLAT FOR 439 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMANDER, JOHN/SMITH, THOMAS/COMANDER, SAMUEL/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00148 Item: 00

Date: 1735/03/06
Description: COMANDER, JOSEPH, PLAT FOR 446 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMANDER, JOSEPH/BROCKENTON/SHINGLETARY, JOSEPH/RUSS, JOHN/YOUNG, FRANCIS/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00122 Item: 00

Date: 1735/03/06
Description: COMMANDER, JOSEPH, PLAT FOR 548 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMMANDER, JOSEPH/SHINGLETARY, JOSEPH/YOUNG, FRANCIS/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00121 Item: 02

Date: 1735/04/05
Description: DYEL, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DYEL, THOMAS/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00107  Item: 02

Date: 1735/05/05
Description: WALKER, RICHARD, PLAT FOR 580 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WALKER, RICHARD/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/BULLARD, EDWARD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00230  Item: 02

Date: 1735/05/13
Description: FOSTER, ARTHUR, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES PART OF AN 1,150 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO BENJAMIN LAW OF SEPT. 22, 1733.
Names Indexed: FOSTER, ARTHUR/LAW, BENJAMIN/SCRIVEN, ELISHA/FARBUSH/SUMERHOOF, PETER JOHN/LAW, THEODON/
Locations: /
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0003  Page:  00311  Item: 01
(See Fairbush/Furbish)

10 May and 17 May 1735
South Carolina Gazette
Notice is given to the following that there are grants of land recorded for them in the Secretary’s Office of this Province, (several having lain there for two years, since signing) if the grantees do not apply in 30 days the fees due will be sued upon: [names included] Wm. Miles, John Stewart 2, Ja. Summers 2, Hen. Toomer 2, Th. Boone, Rob. McNut, Wm. Waties 3, J. Hearn, J. Stewart, J. Vanderhorst, Eliz. Hendlin, Geo. Dick, Rob. Whitfield, Hugh Campbell, Jos. Way, Th. Blyth, Susanna Williams, Wm. Sanders, Dugald McKickan 2, J. Oldfield, J. Flud, Ezekiel Cox, Coll. J. Purry, Rich. Capers, Ja. Cochran, Tho. Marrit, Wm. Peters, Tho. Dickson, Ed. Edwards, Ed. Meredith, Fr. Harris, Corn. Dupre, Eliz. Perryman, [Perc.?] Pawley, Th. Elliot, Wm. Holmes, Tho. Hasell, J. Jordan, Wm. Gray, Hen. Wood, Rob. Keith, Aaron Hanscomb, Jos. Johnson, J. Witter, Hen. Durant, Wm. Crips, Eliz. Pamor, Rob. How, Geo. Pawley 3, Ben. Perry, J. Seale, J. Handlin, Jo. Bryan, Hanna Burly, Fr. Perry, Tho. Cliford, Ja. Ferguson, J. Lane.

Date: 1735/06/10
Description: MORETT, REV. THOMAS, PLAT FOR 350 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MORETT, THOMAS/FORBES/LANE, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00468  Item: 02

Date: 1735/06/21
Description: SNOW, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 1,800 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, WILLIAM/HILL, MRS./MOOR, JAMES/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/ST. JOHN, JAMES/DEAN, NATHANIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00066  Item: 00

Date: 1735/08/07
Description: SNOW, NATHANIEL, LAND GRANT FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, NATHANIEL//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0001  Page:  00630  Item: 00

Date: 1735/10/30
Description: CHARDON, ISAAC, DANIEL LAROCHE AND THOMAS LAROCHE, PLAT FOR 750 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHARDON, ISAAC/HANDLIN, JOHN/THOMSON, WILLIAM/NESMITH, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/LAROCHE, DANIEL/LAROCHE, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00380  Item: 02

Date: 1760/06/30
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, WILLIAM/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00307  Item: 03

Date: 1758/01/05
Description: BARNS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF APRIL 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: BARNS, JOHN/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00163  Item: 02

Date: 1735/06/07
Description: JAMES, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JAMES, WILLIAM/FISHER, JAMES/FLEMING, JOHN/WITHERSPOON, DAVID/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00465  Item: 0

Date: 1735/06/07
Description: BROWN, JOHN, WILLIAM BROWN, MARGARET BROWN, ALEXANDER BROWN AND HANNAH BROWN, LAND GRANT FOR 3,000 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROWN, JOHN/BROWN, WILLIAM/BROWN, MARGARET/BROWN, ALEXANDER/BROWN, HANNAH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0043  Page:  00053  Item: 01

Date: 1735/06/23
Description: SWINTON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 1,000 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, WILLIAM/SUMMERVILLE/COMMANDER, SAMUEL SR./ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00104 Item: 01

Date: 1735/06/23
Description: SWINTON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 1,000 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, WILLIAM/BROCKINTON, CAPT./COMMANDER, SAMUEL/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00114 Item: 00
(Possibly the same land recorded twice)

Date: 1735/08/07
Description: SNOW, NATHANIEL, LAND GRANT FOR 2,000 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, NATHANIEL//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0001 Page: 00622 Item: 00

Date: 1735/08/07
Description: SNOW, NATHANIEL, LAND GRANT FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, NATHANIEL//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0001 Page: 00630 Item: 00

Date: 1752/03/07
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 940 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZNG A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO ALEXANDER NIXBETT OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/MANANT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00517  Item: 01

Date: 1758/01/07
Description: ERVING, HUGH, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: ERVING, HUGH/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00163  Item: 01

Date: 1758/01/05
Description: ONEALE, HENRY, MEMORIAL FOR 460 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: ONEALE, HENRY/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00162  Item: 04

Date: 1752/04/02
Description: MCMECHAN, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 440 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 940 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO SIR ALEXANDER NISBETT OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: MCMECHAN, JOHN/SNOW, WILLIAM/WHITE, ANTHONY/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00520  Item: 02

Date: 1760/06/30
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, WILLIAM/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00307 Item: 03

Date: 1735/08/08
Description: GIBBES, MRS. ALICE, PLAT FOR 1,400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GIBBES, ALICE/THOMPSON, JOHN/WHITE, ANTHONY/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0004 Page: 00027 Item: 00

Date: 1735/08/23
Description: HAMLIN, GEORGE, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HAMLIN, GEORGE/WHITE, ANTHONY/SCULL/LLOYD, JAMES/SURZAIM/LEAYCROFT, STEPHEN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00485  Item: 02

Date: 1735/08/23
Description: WHITE, CAPT. ANTHONY, PLAT FOR 1,620 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/HUGHES, MEREDITH/GOUGH, JOHN/LANE, JOHN/HAMLIN, JOHN/LEAYCROFT, STEPHEN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00205  Item: 00

Date: 1735/09/07
Description: THOMPSON, JOHN SR., PLAT FOR 900 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, JOHN SR./WHITE, ANTHONY/LANE, JOHN/BROCKINTON, CAPT./ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00148  Item: 00

Date: 1735/09/18
Description: MORE, JOHN, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MORE, JOHN/HANDLEN, EDWARD/HANDLEN, ELIZABETH/MCKICHAN, DUGALD/SUMERHOFF/THOMPSON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number:  S213184 Volume: 0002  Page: 00447 Item: 02

By virtue of a precept to me directed by Jas. St. John Esqr his Majestys Sur Gen bearing date the 18th[?] day of Decr 1732 I have admeasured and laid out unto M John More a tract of land containing five hundred acres lying and being in Craven County Butting and bounding to the S.W on Edward Handlen and Elizabeth Handlen, SErdly upon Dugald McKeichan and Elizabeth Handlin, NErdly upon Sumerhoff and Dugal McKeichan, NWrdly upon William Thompson’s land : And hath such shape forms and ______ specified in the above delineated plat. Given under my hand the [?] day of Sept 1735.   John Jameson D.S.
[See Elizabeth Handler and Edward Handler below]

The 1774 will of William Thomson Sr below describes his homeplace land as S on Col. John Summerhof and Dougal McKeithan which agrees with this plat.

Date: 1735/09/21
Description: MCKECKAN, DUGGAL, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKECKAN, DUGGAL/SUMMERHOFF, JOHN/HANDLIN, ELIZABETH/WHITE, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMESON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00496  Item: 02

By virtue of a precept to me directed by Jas. St. John Esqr his Majestys Surveyor General & bearing date the 20th day of March 1734, I have admeasured and laid out unto Duggal McKeckan a tract of land containing two hundred acres, lying and being in Craven County Butting and bounding to the N.E. & N. W. upon John Summerhoeff, S.W. upon Elizabeth Handlin, S.E. and part of N upon John White And hath such shape form and marked trees as are specified in the above delineated plat   Given under my hand this 21st of Sept 1735.     John Jameson D.S.
[See Edward Handler and Elizabeth Handler below.]

Date: 1751/05/02
Description: MARION, WILLIAM AND THOMAS LUBBRICK, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO PETER HERMAN OF NOV. 29, 1735.
Names Indexed: MARION, WILLIAM/LUBBRICK, THOMAS/HERMAN, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00531  Item: 01

Date: 1735/12/12
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY, LAND GRANT FOR 1,620 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0002  Page:  00127  Item: 00

Date: 1735/12/12
Description: WHITE, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0002  Page:  00131  Item: 00

Date: 1736/04/10
Description: MCKECKAN, DUGALD, LAND GRANT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKECKAN, DUGALD//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0002 Page: 00269 Item: 00
(see plat above)

Date: 1759/05/17
Description: FLEMING, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 350 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO EDWARD PLOWDEN OF APRIL 10, 1736.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, JOHN/PLOWDEN, EDWARD/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00243 Item: 03

Date: 1736/04/19
Description: GREEN, JOHN, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GREEN, JOHN/LLOYD/SURAZIM, MARIA/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00008  Item: 01

Date: 1736/04/22
Description: MORALL, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 800 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MORALL, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/MORAN, ROBERT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/LYNCHES CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00345  Item: 02
[William Morrall was the brother of John Morrall of Murrell's Inlet, both sons of John Murrell d ca 1706 and Elizabeth.]

Date: 1736/06/26
Description: BARR, MARGARET, LAND GRANT FOR 450 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BARR, MARGARET//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0034  Page:  00422  Item: 00
Margaret --?-- Barr later married Nathaniel Drew.

Date: 1765/02/20
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO MARGARET BARR OF JUNE 26, 1736.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, ALEXANDER/DYALL/TUBERVILLE/BARR, MARGARET/DREW, NATHANIEL/BROCKINGTON, JOHN/NESMITT, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0006 Page: 00372 Item: 02
Margaret -?- m1 Gavin Barr, m2 Nathaniel Drew according to deed in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Volume XV, Summer of 1987. Her Barr daughters were Sarah, Elizabeth, and Mary. Margaret Drew's 1761 will names daughters ___ Brockington and ___ Nesmith, and sons-in-law John Brockington and Samuel Nesmith extrs.
See Thomas Dyall, Dyal, Dyel, Doyall, Doyal records.

Date: 1736/09/11
Description: WIGFALL, SAMUEL, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 425 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY JAMES GILLESPIE.
Names Indexed: WIGFALL, SAMUEL/GILLESPIE, JAMES/ASHBY, THOMAS/HOWARD, EDWARD/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0004  Item:  01150  ignore: 00

Date: 1736/09/14
Description: THOMPSON, ROBERT, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 380 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY JAMES GILLESPIE.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, ROBERT/GILLESPIE, JAMES/THOMPSON, WILLIAM/WHITE, ANTHONY/GARDENER, WILLIAM/HENDLIN, EDWARD/BLACK, RICHARD/ELLIS, GIDEON/SULTON, DAVID/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0004  Item:  01070  ignore: 00

Date: 1736/10/08
Description: BAXTER, REV. JOHN, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/ALLEN, DAVID/MCCLELLAN, JAMES/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00133  Item: 02

Date: 1736/10/12
Description: BAXTER, REV. JOHN, PLAT FOR 1,100 ACRES OF LAND IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/FINLEY/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00059  Item: 01

Date: 1736/11/09
Description: MCCULLOH, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 800 ACRES OF LAND AND A .5 ACRE TOWN LOT, NO. 26 IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCULLOH, THOMAS/LILLY/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00459  Item: 02

Date: 1736/12/22
Description: THOMPSON, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A LEASE AND RELEASE FROM ANTHONY WHITE OF MARCH 10 AND 11, 1735. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, WILLIAM/WHITE, ANTHONY/HENLEY, THOMAS/CLARK, EDWARD/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0005 Page: 00300 Item: 01
(I did not find the White deed.)

Date: 1736/12/15
Description: MONTGOMERY, HENRY, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: MONTGOMERY, HENRY/AKIN, CAPT./ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00487  Item: 02

Date: 1736/12/16
Description: JOHNSON, SARAH, PLAT FOR 125 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JOHNSON, SARAH/LAROCHE, DANIEL/LAROCHE, THOMAS/FORSTER/BULLARD/MAZYCK, ISAAC/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00457  Item: 02

Date: 1736/12/27
Description: NESMITH, JOHN, PLAT FOR 441 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: NESMITH, JOHN/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/MCKITHER, DUGALD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/GILLESPIE, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00331  Item: 02

Date: 1736/12/30
Description: THOMPSON, JOHN, PLAT FOR 575 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, JOHN/THOMSON, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00146  Item: 01

Date: 1737/02/07
Description: JOHNSON, SARAH, WIDOW OF JOSEPH JOHNSON AND DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BROCKINGTON, LAND GRANT FOR 520 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JOHNSON, SARAH/JOHNSON, JOSEPH/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0043  Page:  00130  Item: 01

Date: 1737/09/22
Description: MCCOLLOUGH, JOHN AND NATHANIEL MCCOLLOUGH, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES AND TWO .5 ACRE TOWN LOTS IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: ST. JOHN, JAMES/MCCOLLOUGH, JOHN/MCCOLLOUGH, NATHANIEL/MCGILL, HUGH/WILSON, DAVID/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00153  Item: 01

Date: 1737/09/18
Description: BREWTON, COL. MILES, PLAT FOR 1,492.5 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREWTON, MILES/HUGGINS/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number:  S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00155  Item: 00

Date: 1737
Description: BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM AND WIFE TO THOMAS POTTS, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/POTTS, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00R0 Page: 00290 Item: 00

Date: 1737-1739
Description: SWINTON, WILLIAM AND WIFE TO THOMAS LAROCHE, SALE FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, WILLIAM/LAROCHE, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: SALE/
Series Number:
 S372001  Volume:  00S0  Page:  00160  Item: 00

Date: 1737-1739
Description: ABBOT, JOHN AND WIFE, ELIZABETH TO WILLIAM BROCKINGTON, LEASE AND RELEASE OF 2 TRACTS OF LAND, 250 ACRES EACH, ON BLACK RIVER.
Names Indexed: ABBOT, JOHN/ABBOT, ELIZABETH/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00S0  Page:  00038  Item: 00

Date: 1737-1739
Description: COLT, WILLIAM TO JOHN JOHNSTON AND WILLIAM FLEMING, MORTGAGE FOR LEASE AND RELEASE OF 200 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COLT, WILLIAM/JOHNSTON, JOHN/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00S0 Page: 00458 Item: 00

Date: 1737-1739
Description: MORRALL, WILLIAM TO WILLIAM BRUCE, SALE FOR 800 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MORRALL, WILLIAM/BRUCE, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: SALE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00S0  Page:  00249  Item: 00
[William Morrall was brother of John Morrall of Murrell's Inlet. Both were sons of John Murrell d ca 1706 and wife Elizabeth.]

Date: 1737-1739
Description: SNOW, WILLIAM AND WIFE TO JOHN SUMMERS, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, WILLIAM/SUMMERS, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00S0 Page: 00029 Item: 00

Date: 1737-1739
Description: THOMPSON, JOHN JR. TO DANIEL LAROCHE AND THOMAS LAROCHE, MORTGAGE OF RELEASE FOR 2,900 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, JOHN JR./LAROCHE, DANIEL/LAROCHE, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00S0  Page:  00001  Item: 00

Date: 1755/07/01
Description: MILLER, MOSES, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO ALEXANDER CHAUVIN OF FEB. 12, 1737.
Names Indexed: MILLER, MOSES/CHAUVIN, ALEXANDER/CHAWIN, ISAAC/MICHAU, ABRAHAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Topics: /BLACK RIVER
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00096  Item: 01

Date: 1737/03/07
Description: BOLTON, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 800 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BOLTON, THOMAS/COMMANDER, SAMUEL/ST. JOHN, JAMES/GILLESPIE, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/LYNCHES CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00360  Item: 01

Date: 1737/04/09
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0003 Page: 00029 Item: 01

Date: 1737/06/13
Description: SMITH, EMANUEL, PLAT FOR 265 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SMITH, EMANUEL/CHAUVIN, ISAAC SR./HILL, RICHARD/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0003  Page:  00056  Item: 00

Date: 1738/01/03
Description: SNOW, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, WILLIAM/LAROCHE, DANIEL/LAROCHE, THOMAS/BOULTON, THOMAS/ST. JOHN, JAMES/DEAN, NATHANIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0002 Page: 00524 Item: 02

Date: 1738/01/30
Description: MOORE, JOHN, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES AND A .5 ACRE LOT IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: MOORE, JOHN/HEWETT, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00505  Item: 01

Date: 1738/02/02
Description: JAMES, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 160 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: ST. JOHN, JAMES/JAMES, WILLIAM/FISHER/ARMSTRONG, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY/BOGGY SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0017  Page:  00232  Item: 01

Date: 1738/05/02
Description: BAXTER, REV. JOHN, PLAT FOR 1,000 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/FIELD, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00119  Item: 01

3 May 1738
Landgrave Thomas Smith wrote his will, in part
And whereas Mr. Swinton of Wynyaw has in a triumphant manner writ me word that he was before hand with me in getting the Kings Grant fot two thousand acres of my land joyning on each side on Mr. Comander also Black River which was survey'd and platted first of all by Mr. Leagrand who could not finish it he having a misfortune by falling into a pitch hoole I got one Mr. Robertson one of Mr. St. Johns Deputys to resurvey and return the same as a sworn officer in part of my Landgraves Patent all this was done before Mr. Swintons undermining Title of which I complained in Governour Broughtons time who sent me such as answer as Mr. Swintons friends wont care to see I was also informed by Major Pawley that Captain Akeings had also under hand run out several hundred acres of my land that was returned me by virtue of my patent by the late Governour Broughton when surveyor general above twenty six years ago and some since returned by Mr. Young when surveyor general and taxes and rents always paid so that I trust and hope the succeding Government will not let my poor family suffer contrary to all Law & Equity and whereas I have laid out a Township on my Winyaw barony and have advertised to sell part of it and to give part of it to strangers according to my printed advertisement as also to rent out part I do authorize and empower my loving wife Mary Smith to sign such writings that either the purchasers or renters may be sure of a good title according to agreement made with her during her widowhood which title of hers I do confirm to them their heirs or trustees for ever for the use of any children that may have the land. ......
Item I give unto my daughter Mary Scriven two lotts number four and thirty four as appears in the model of the said town to her and her heirs for ever. .....
Whereas I have an eleven hundred acres of land on Lawrence Island joining on Peedee & Waccamaw River & two thousand acres of land fronting Black River joining Mr. Commanders with a platt of forty -five acres of oak and hickory land all which I give to be equally divided between my son in law Benjamin Waring, my son in law James Scriven and to my daughter Elizabeth Smith to them and their heirs for ever.

Date: 1738/03/18
Description: JOHNSON, PETER, SURVIVOR OF JOSEPH JOHNSON, LAND GRANT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: JOHNSON, PETER/JOHNSON, JOSEPH/JOHNSON, SARAH/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0043  Page:  00443  Item: 01

Date: 1738/04/01
Description: CAMPBELL, JAMES, PLAT FOR 549 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CAMPBELL, JAMES/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/BALL/MCCKICKHEN, DOUGALL/WESTON/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0004 Page: 00091 Item: 01

By virtue of a Precept to me directed by James St. John Esqr his Majesties Surveyor General dated 16th day of Feby. AD 1733 I have admeasured and Laid out unto Mr James Campbell a plantation or tract of Land Situate lying and being in Craven County Prince Frederick Parish on the South side of the North Branch of Black river Containing five hundred and forty nine acres butting and bounding to the N East of Capt. William Brockinton’s Land N West on Mr Balls Land S West part vacant Land & part of Mr MccKeikken Land and S East on the said Mr Dougall MccKiekken Land and hath such marks and forms as the above delineated plat represents Given under my hand the first day of April 1738  Peter Lane D. S.

James Campbell had acquired at least one other piece of land adjoining Dougald McKeithan by 1732. James Campbell was mentioned again in the William Brockington memorial of 1733 and a plat for William Brockington in 1736. No plats or grants have been found for this land. Perhaps Campbell's Swamp took its name from James Campbell.

Date: 1738/07/18
Description: LEWIS, MRS. JUDITH, PLAT FOR 105 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LEWIS, JUDITH/SHOVINE/COOK, GILES/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0002  Page:  00430  Item: 02

[Meeting of the 5 April 1739]
Read the Petition of Duggle McKeithon praying a Warrant for five hundred and fifty acres of Land having Sworn to his family Right. Ordered that the prayer of the Petition be Granted.
Petitions for Land from South Carolina Council Journals, vol I: 1734/5-1748, Brent H Holcomb, p 129.

No plat or grant or any later record for a 550 acre tract has been found. The 1747 SC Gazette advertisement did not mention such a tract.

Date: 1760/06/05
Description: WITHERSPOON, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN BAXTER OF MAY 11, 1739.
Names Indexed: WITHERSPOON, ROBERT/MCLOLLAN, JAMES/ALLEN, DAVID/BAXTER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00302  Item: 03

Date: 1739/05/27
Description: CHICKEN, GEORGE, PLAT FOR 911 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHICKEN, GEORGE/JAUDON, DANIEL/SWEENY/ST. JOHN, JAMES/DEAN, NATHANIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0004 Page: 00080 Item: 01

Date: 1739-1740
Description: BROCKINTON, WILLIAM AND WIFE TO JOHN MCCANTS, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 488 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/MCCANTS, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00T0 Page: 00675 Item: 00

Feb 21 & 22, 1739 William Brockinton and wife Sarah to John McCants, Planter, all of Winyaw, Craven County 488 acres (of which 288 acres is part of 400 acres granted Paul Berneau on June 4, 1735, the other 200 acres having been granted to Brockington) bounding NW on Mr. Hunter; NE on John Thomson; SE on Capt. Brockington; SW on James Cambell. Wit: by Richard Walker, Thomas Potts, James Lane

Date: 1739-1740
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO JOHN BROWN, LEASE AND RELEASE OF 650 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BROWN, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00T0 Page: 00375 Item: 00

Date: 1739-1740
Description: SWINTON, HUGH TO JOHN JOHNSTON AND WILLIAM FLEMING, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 306 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, HUGH/JOHNSTON, JOHN/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00T0 Page: 00411 Item: 00

Date: 1739-1740
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY TO WILLIAM FLEMING, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00T0 Page: 00166 Item: 00

Date: 1739-1740
Description: BAILEY, JOHN, BY ALEXANDER TRENCH, ATTY. TO JOHN BROWN, LEASE AND RELEASE OF 650 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAILEY, JOHN/TRENCH, ALEXANDER/BROWN, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00T0  Page:  00375  Item: 00

Date: 1739-1740
Description: HUNTER, GEORGE TO JOHN BAXTER, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 1,500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HUNTER, GEORGE/BAXTER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00T0  Page:  00554  Item: 00

Date: 1740/05/15
Description: BAXTER, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 1,500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A LEASE AND RELEASE FROM GEORGE HUNTER OF APRIL 7 AND 8, 1740. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/HUNTER, GEORGE/MCIVOR, JOHN/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0005  Page:  00371  Item: 02

JOHN PETER SOMERHOEFF, his mark, Prince Frederick's Parish, Craven County. Son-in-law: William, son of William Furbish, deceased, of said parish, all my lands and buildings. Brothers: Myneard and Alexander Somerhoeff, in Nemiga of Gulderland, Holland. Sister: Catherine Somerhoeff, in Savender, Holland. Exors: William Furbish; Gabriel Manigault and Samuel Eveleigh of Charles Town, merchants, in case of death of said Furbish. Wit: John Gasgen, John Godbold, Robert Campbell.
D: 17 May 1740. P: 1 July 1742. R: 22 Nov.1742. p.95.
Abstracts of Wills of the State of SC, 1740-1747 by Caroline T. Moore, p 13

Food for thought:
William Furbish d 1724 Craven Co, SC was originally from Kittery, ME - as were the Screvens. There were also Millikens from Kittery, ME, and it has been speculated that Moses Milliken's family might have come from Kittery with Rev William Screven. According to a Furbish webpage, the father of William Furbish d 1724 Craven Co, SC was another William Furbish, "probably born about 1631 at Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and died before 21 Mar 1701 at Kittery, York Co., ME. .... On September 3rd, 1650, the Scottish supporters of Prince Charles (later King Charles II) lost the Battle of Dunbar to Cromwell's English forces, with the resulting loss of four thousand Scots killed or wounded and ten thousand more taken prisoner. Five thousand of the prisoners were marched across the border and where three thousand of them were imprisoned in Durham Cathedral. The Cathedral suffered much damage during their imprisonment. The prisoners were shipped to various parts of England, Ireland and the Colonies as indentured servants. William Furbush was listed as a prisoner in a paper read to the Mass. Historical Society by Colonel Charles Edward Banks entitled Scotch Prisoners Deported to New England by Cromwell,1651-1652. [Ma.Hist.Soc. Proc. 61(Oct 1928)p.4, 29]. In November, 150 Scottish prisoners were delivered to Augustine Walker, Master of the Unity, to be transported to New England. .... William Furbush and 16 other Scots were sent to the lumber mills of Kittery, Maine where they worked out their indentureship."

The term son-in-law had various meanings in the early records. Sometimes it meant a daughter's husband as it does not. But it was also used to describe a stepson or adopted son. Records given above indicate that the son of this William Furbish, William Furbish (or Fairbush) d 1724 Craven Co, SC, married Bridget Screven, daughter of Rev William Screven and Bridget Cutts, and moved with the Screvens from Kittery to SC. Bridget Scriven's second husband was John Peter Somerhoeff.

21 & 22 July 1740
Book T, P: 702 L & R by Mortgage   ARTHUR FOSTER, planter, of Craven Co., to JOHN CROKATT, merchant, of Charleston, as security on 2 debts of L 381:13:11 & L 108:7 SC money, 3 tracts; 1 of 107 a. in Prince George Parish., Winyaw, near Georgetown, bounding E on JOHN FURBISH; S on JOHN WHITE; N on CAPT. STEPHEN BEAUCHAMP; also, 800 a. in Craven Co., bounding S on BENJAMIN AVANT, & on all other sides on vacant land; also, 200 a. in Craven Co., bounding NW on MR. FOSTER; NE on the MESSRS. LAROCHE; SW on EDWARD BULLARD; SE on MRS. SARAH JOHNSON. Whereas ARTHUR FOSTER & ANTHONY WHITE, planter., of Craven Co., gave bond dated 19 Dec. 1735 (for the proper debt of FOSTER) to THOMAS FLEMING, WILLIAM SCOTT, & THOMAS LAMBOLL, executors of will of JOHN RAMSAY, in penal sum of L 763:7:10 currency conditioned for payment of L 381:13:11 on 19 June 1736 with interest; & whereas soon after the death of JOHN RAMSAY the said JOHN CROKATT married MARGARET (daughter, devise & residuary legatee of JOHN RAMSAY) by whom he had children, so that the residue of RAMSEY'S real estate became vested in JOHN & MARGARET CROKATT in her lifetime; & whereas, after her death, he sued out letters of administration of her personal estate from the Prerogative Court of Conterbury, & after his arrival. in SC became legally entitled to receive the rents, issues & profits of JOHN RAMSAY'S real estate, & exhibited his bill of complaint to the Court of Chancery of SC against FLEMING, SCOTT,& LAMBOLL, stating that RAMSAY died possessed of much real estate & personal property of great value & that soon after RAMSAY'S death his executors took possession of everything; & whereas the court on 22 Feb. 1738 decreed that the executors should deliver all RAMSAY'S estate to CROKATT as set forth in the schedules & accounts annexed to their answer; & whereas the interest money on L 381:13:11 is paid, & ARTHUR FOSTER & ANTHONY WHITE acquitted; & whereas FOSTER stands bound to CROKATT for the 2nd bond; now FOSTER gives CROKATT as security, the tracts of land, also 1 Negro man, 1 perriagua with her mast, ritging, furniture. Witnesses: JOHN LINING, JAMES MICHIE.

Date: 1740/08/18
Description: BAXTER, REV. JOHN, PLAT FOR 274 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/ST. JOHN, JAMES/WILLIAMS, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00127  Item: 01

Date: 1740-1741
Description: MOORE, JOHN AND JEHU MOORE TO ALEXANDER NISBETT, MORTGAGE OF LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 1,100 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MOORE, JOHN/MOORE, JEHU/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00V0  Page:  00367  Item: 00

Date: 1740-1741
Description: SNOW, WILLIAM TO ALEXANDER NISBETT, MORTGAGE OF LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 1,800 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, WILLIAM/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00V0 Page: 00097 Item: 00

Date: 1740-1741
Description: STONE, SAMUEL AND WIFE TO JAMES AIKEN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 648 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: STONE, SAMUEL/AIKEN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00V0 Page: 00190 Item: 00
This tract adjoined Dougald McKeithan according to Stone's plat dated 1735/02/21.

Date: 1740-1741
Description: EVELEIGH, SAMUEL AND WIFE TO JAMES AKIN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 550 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: EVELEIGH, SAMUEL/AKIN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00V0  Page:  00193  Item: 00
Samuel Eveleigh held land adjoining Dougald McKeithan, but I have not been able to find a plat or other record describing that Eveleigh tract. This could have been another tract that Eveleigh held.

Date: 1740-1741
Description: HOWARD, EDWARD TO JAMES AIKEN, MORTGAGE OF LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 618 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HOWARD, EDWARD/AIKEN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00V0  Page:  00332  Item: 00

Date: 1740-1741
Description: SCRIVEN, ROBERT AND WIFE TO WILLIAM FLEMING, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, ROBERT/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00V0 Page: 00419 Item: 00

20 Feb 1741
William Swinton, from (SC) will book 1740-1747:
William Swinton, Craven County (SC) planter. Wife Hannah, plantation bought of John Prichard for life, at her death to son Alexander. Sons: Alexander, land bought of Col. Thomas Lynch, plantation on the Pee Dee River called the Bluff; Hugh under 21 years, plantation on the Pee Dee River called Pleasure Garden, plantation in Craven County on Sampit or George Town River. Dau: Margaret, under 21 years and unmarried, 6 lots in George Town. Brother Hugh Swinton. sisters: Elizabeth and Margaret Swinton; Magdalen Stewart; Katherine Thomson. Nephew: William, son of Alexander Swinton. Mentions unborn child; James Abercrombie of Charles Town, Esq.; Mr. William Fleming of George Town, merchant,; relations in Scotland; L25 stg. (25 lbs sterling) to be remitted yearly to Scotland to be disposed of among my friends; saw - mill on land bought of Col. Thomas Lynch; L100 to trustees of Presbyterian Meeting House in Prince Fredericks Parish for building a new Meeting House. Exors: James Abercrombie, Esq.; Mr. William Fleming; Brother Hugh Swinton. Wit: Sal. Hunter, Willm. Brown, John Brown.  d: 20 Feb 1741. p: 29 Mar 1742. R: 1 Nov 1742 p. 84

Date: 1741/08/24
Description: GARDNER, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GARDNER, WILLIAM/STRAINE, ADDAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/LANE, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00108  Item: 01

Date: 1741/08/27
Description: HOWARD, EDWARD, PLANTER, TO JAMES AKIN, POWER OF ATTORNEY TO BARGAIN, SELL AND DISPOSE OF A PLANTATION SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF PRINCE FREDRICK IN CRAVEN COUNTY AND BUTTING AND BOUNDING SOUTHEASTERLY ON BLACK RIVER, SOUTHWESTWARDLY ON LAND LAID OUT TO PETER SANDERS, DECEASED, TO THE NORTHWARD ON LAND LAID OUT TO SAMUEL COMMANDER, TO THE EASTWARD ON LAND LAID OUT TO JOHN SUMMERS AND JOHN BONNELL. (3 PAGES)
Names Indexed: HOWARD, EDWARD//AKIN, JAMES/SANDERS, PETER///COMMANDER, SAMUEL/SUMMERS, JOHN/BONNELL, JOHN//
Locations: BLACK RIVER//WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/PRINCE FREDRICK PARISH/CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: POWER OF ATTORNEY//
Series Number: S213003 Volume: 002E Page: 00033 ignore: 00
See earlier Edward Howard records.

1742
History of Williamsburg by William Willis Boddie p 63
Another petition of interest, dated 1742, and signed by Thomas McCrea, Alexander McCrea, Crafton Kerwin, and William McNeedy, represents to the Colonial Council that these four petitioners had been granted lands in the north-eastern corner of the Township as originally surveyed; that they had settled thereon and had gone through much labor and expense in making their plantations suitable for habitation and for the production of salable articles.....

16 July 1742
Abstracts of Wills of the State of SC, 1740-1760 by Caroline T. Moore page 119
William Fleming, George Town, merchant.  Wife: Elizabeth, my plantation on both sides Black River during her widowhood.  Unborn child: all real estate.  Brother and sister John and Christian Fleming. Mentions: if child or children should die before 21 years, then all estate to wife.  Exors: wife; brothers Mr. John Baxter and Thomas Lynch; Andrew Johnston; James Michie.  Wit: Thos. McKeithen, Edd. Robinson, Willm. Hughes
D: 16 July 1742 P: 25 Aug. 1750 R: nd. p. 316
[Thomas McKeithan died prior to 1750 when this will was proved.]

18 August 1742
JOHN THOMSON left will dated 18 August 1742; proved 5 Oct. 1742; recorded 30 Nov. 1742 (Will Bk. 1740-1747, p. 101). Wife: Ann, equal share of personal estate with children. Son: John Thomson, all land and buildings on north side Black River and south side Black Mingo with "mannor Plantation where I live." Daughters: eldest Sarah Thomson, plantation called Flower Hill next to John Thomson, Sr.; Ann Thomson, plantation at mouth of Jefferies' Creek on Pee Dee River; Jane Thomson, land on Pee Dee River. Mentions: estate to be divided at marriage of daughter Sarah; George Senior. Executors:
wife, Daniel Laroch, William Fleming; Joshua Garner Dupre. Witnesses: Ann Thomson, George Senior, John Perkins.
Abstracts of Wills of the State of South Carolina 1740-1760, vol 2 by Caroline T Moore. p 14-15
(This was the father of John Thomson who left his will in 1747 and the grandfather of Deborah Thomson, wife of Thomas McKeithan and later James McRee. John Thomson's second wife and widow named in his will was Anna Wigfall, daughter of Samuel Wigfall Sr. His son John Thomson was by a previous marriage.)

Date: 1742
Description: POOLE, WILLIAM, THOMAS LAROCHE AND ALEXANDER NISBETT, EXORS. OF ROBERT BROWN TO WILLIAM THOMAS, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 290 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: POOLE, WILLIAM/LAROCHE, THOMAS/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/BROWN, ROBERT/THOMAS, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00X0  Page:  00019  Item: 00

24 July 1742
ROBERT THOMPSON, Craven County, planter. Brother: John Handlen. Sister: Ann, widow of my brother William Thompson. Nephew: Robert, son of said brother William Thompson, deceased, all my land. Exors: John Handlen; sister Ann Thompson, widow of brother William Thompson, deceased. Wit: Joseph Belch, John Goodall, Unity Innis.
D:24 July 1742. P:22 0ct.1742. R:4Dec.1742. p.102.
I do not know how this Robert Thompson and his deceased brother William Thompson relate to either of the John Thompson/Thomsons or William Thompson d 1774. John Handlen could have been a half-brother or a brother-in-law as the term "brother" was sometimes used for both.

24 & 25 Nov 1742
Thomas McKeithen witnessed a deed from Robert Minors shipwright of Craven Co to Joseph Huggins planter as security on bond.

Date: 1742-1743
Description: FORBES, WILLIAM AND WIFE TO WILLIAM FLEMING, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FORBES, WILLIAM/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 00Y0 Page: 00445 Item: 00
[Other records indicate that William Forbes' land adjoined John White's land that adjoined Dougald McKeithan's land.  On 16 July 1742, Thomas McKeithan witnessed the will of William Fleming.]

1743/03/10
MILIKINE, MOSES, LAND GRANT FOR 350 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MILIKINE, MOSES//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number:  S213019 Volume: 0003 Page: 00601 Item:00
(Since this is 9 years after the 1743 plat record, it could be an additional tract of 350 acres.)

Langley vol II p 71, 72
31 Aug & 1 Sept 1743
John White planter of Craven Co to Sabina Lynch of Berkeley Co, widow & admx of rights and credits of Col Thomas Lynch as security on bond. 500a in Craven Co on W side NW branch of Black River bounding W on John White, S on Josias Gar. Dupre, N on John White (originally granted Christopher Buttler); also 289a in Craven Co bounding E on N branch of Black River, W on Dougal McKeithen, N on William Forbes, S on John White (formerly granted to Richard Wigg).......
 

Date: 1743/09/09
Description: LAROCHE, DANIEL, PLAT OF A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH IN CRAVEN COUNTY NEAR BLACK RIVER AND PETERS CREEK, CONTAINING 360 ACRES, SURVEYED BY GEORGE HUNTER. (C.228)
Names Indexed: HUNTER, GEORGE/MCKAYAN, ROBERT/SHAW, DANIEL/LAROCHE, DANIEL/BLYTH, THOMAS/BULL, WILLIAM/ST. JOHN, JAMES/GAILLARD, T./
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER/PETERS CREEK
Series Number: L10005  Reel:  0009  Plat:  04658  ignore: 00

Date: 1743/09/09
Description: LAROCHE, DANIEL, PLAT FOR 360 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LAROCHE, DANIEL/MCKAYAN, ROBERT/SHAW, DANIEL/BLYTHE, THOMAS/HUNTER, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER/PETERS CREEK Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00169  Item: 01

Date: 1743/12/16
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY JR., MEMORIAL FOR FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 940 ACRE TRACT.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY JR.//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00430  Item: 02

Date: 1743-1744
Description: WHITE, JOHN TO ANTHONY WHITE, DEED OF GIFT FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, JOHN/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: DEED OF GIFT/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  00Z0  Page:  00246  Item: 00

Date: 1744/01/30
Description: GAMBLE, JAMES, PLAT FOR 156 ACRES AND A .5 ACRE TOWN LOT IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: GAMBLE, JAMES/BADENHOPE, JESSE/PRESSLY, JOHN/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00254  Item: 00

Date: 1744/04/10
Description: FOSTER, ARTHUR, MEMORIAL FOR 775 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FOSTER, ARTHUR/DICK, WILLIAM/DICK, GEORGE/WATSON, WILLIAM/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM/ATKINSON, ANTHONY/HUGHES, MARY/SCREVEN, ELISHA/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number:  S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00448  Item: 03

23 April 1744
South Carolina Gazette
To be sold at publick venue on (Tuesday) the first day of May 1744 at the plantation of the late William TILLY, in Edisto Island. Three tracts of very good rice and corn land; two in the said land, one containing 200 acres, and the other 600; the third tract situate in Black River,contains 400 acres. .....

Date: 1744/04/26
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY JR., MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN WHITE.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY JR./COLTS, WILLIAM/HINCKLEY, CAPT./WHITE, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00430  Item: 03

Date: 1744/05/10
Description: BAXTER, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 412 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/THOMPSON, JOHN/LANE, PETER/HUNTER, GEORGE/MCIUER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number:  S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00432  Item: 01
(John McIver)
See 3 July 1753 record describing this 412 acres as the tract where John Baxter now dwells. I could not find an earlier plat or grant for this land.

Date: 1744/09/11
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM, OF CRAVEN COUNTY, MERCHANT, TO GEORGE SEAMAN OF CHARLES TOWN, MERCHANT, MORTGAGE OF NINE PLANTATIONS OR TRACTS OF LAND CONTAINING SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES AND OF TWENTY ONE SLAVES, THE PLANTATIONS PREVIOUSLY MORTGAGED TO FLEMING BY HUGH SWINTON OF CRAVEN COUNTY, PLANTER, IN GUARANTEE OF AN UNPAID DEBT AND THE SLAVES PREVIOUSLY MORTGAGED TO FLEMING BY SAMUEL HUNTER OF CRAVEN COUNTY, CLERK, IN GUARANTEE OF AN UNPAID DEBT. (9 PAGES)
Names Indexed: FLEMING, WILLIAM//////SEAMAN, GEORGE/SWINTON, HUGH/HUNTER, SAMUEL/ENUS (SLAVE)/FRANK (SLAVE)/BENA (SLAVE)/CLOE (SLAVE)/STEPNEY (SLAVE)/LISSETT (SLAVE)/PHILLIS (SLAVE)/JUDITH (SLAVE)/ESTER (SLAVE)/NORWICH (SLAVE)/SABRINA (SLAVE)/SURREY (SLAVE)/DEIDO (SLAVE)/PROTOS (SLAVE)/DELIA (SLAVE)///////PIERO (SLAVE)/SARAH (SLAVE)/JOE (SLAVE)/SAMBO (SLAVE)/VENUS (SLAVE)/SAJOM (SLAVE)/WATIES, WILLIAM/SWINTON,WILLIAM/MCNOTT, ROBERT/PAINE, JAMES/ABER, JAMES/STAPLES, ABRAHAM/ABERCROMBY, JAMES/LYNCHE, WESTON/SKENE, JOHN/SKENE, ALEXANDER/MATHEWS, JAMES/HADDRELL, GEORGE/BOGGS, JOHN/LAROCHE, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY//////PEE DEE RIVER/QUEENSBORO TOWNSHIP/CHARLESTON/
Type: MORTGAGE/////
Topics: DEBT////SLAVE MORTGAGES/LAND MORTGAGES/
Series Number:  S213003  Volume:  002F  Page:  00160  Item: 00
 
Date: 1744/09/11 
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM, TO GEORGE SEAMAN OF CHARLES TOWN, MERCHANT, ASSIGNMENT OF A MORTGAGE OF THIRTY EIGHT SLAVES IN GUARANTEE OF A BOND, SAID SLAVES PREVIOUSLY MORTGAGED TO FLEMING BY HUGH SWINTON OF CRAVEN COUNTY, PLANTER.
Series: S213003 Volume - 002F Page - 00168 Item - 00

Series: S372001 Volume - 02A0 Page - 00365 Item - 00 
Date: 1744-1745 
Description: BROWN, WILLIAM TO WILLIAM FLEMING, MORTGAGE FOR LEASE AND RELEASE OF 700 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

Series: S372001 Volume - 02B0 Page - 00365 Item - 00 
Date: 1745-1746 
Description: BROWN, ALEXANDER TO WILLIAM FLEMING, MORTGAGE FOR LEASE AND RELEASE OF 1,250 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
[William Brown and Alexander Brown were sons of James Brown and Hannah White, sister to John White and Anthony White. Hannah White Brown m2 William Swinton whose will named brother Hugh Swinton - both mentioned in above records. Thomas McKeithan witnessed the 1742 will of William Fleming, merchant of George Town. The will wasn't probated until 1750. However, there was another William Fleming who left records after 1750.]

Date: 1744/11/02
Description: SHAW, DANIEL, PLAT FOR 850 ACRES IN PRINCE FREDERICKS PARISH.
Names Indexed: SHAW, DANIEL/LAROCHE, DANIEL/JONES, LEWIS/HUNTER, GEORGE/BLYTHE, THOMAS/
Locations: PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0005  Page:  00174  Item: 02

Date: 1744/11/02
Description: JONES, LEWIS, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY THOMAS BLYTHE.
Names Indexed: JONES, LEWIS/BLYTHE, THOMAS/ATKINSON, ANTHONY/SHAW, DANIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0003  Item:  00697  ignore: 00

Date: 1744-1745
Description: BROWN, WILLIAM TO WILLIAM FLEMING, MORTGAGE FOR LEASE AND RELEASE OF 700 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROWN, WILLIAM/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02A0  Page:  00365  Item: 00

Date: 1745/03/13
Description: KING, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: KING, WILLIAM/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00289  Item: 00

Date: 1745/03/22
Description: MCCREE, ALEXANDER, LAND GRANT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, ALEXANDER//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0004  Page:  00054  Item: 00

Date: 1745/03/27
Description: MCCREE, ALEXANDER, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, ALEXANDER/SOMERHOFF, JOHN PETER/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00287  Item: 02

25 May 1745
On the 25th day of May, 1745, Thomas McKeithen, John McIver, David Allen, Nathaniel Drew, and John McCants were appointed commissioners for cutting and clearing the lakes and water courses in the swamp at the head of Black Mingo Creek from the plantation of Colonel Anthony White to the mouth of Heathley's run and to make the stream navigable for flats and canoes....

Date: 1745/08/19
Description: FUTHY, ROBERT, HEIR OF JAMES FUTHY, LAND GRANT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FUTHY, ROBERT/FUTHY, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0043  Page:  00521  Item: 01

Date: 1745/09/05
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY, MEMORIAL FOR 600 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO EDWARD SAULL.
Names Indexed: LEWIS/GREEN, JOHN/SCRIVEN, ELISHA/SAULL, EDWARD/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007 Page:  00471  Item: 01

Date: 1745-1746
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY JR. TO ALEXANDER NISBETT, MORTGAGE OF LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY JR./NISBETT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02B0  Page:  00041  Item: 00

Date: 1745-1746
Description: SCRIVEN, ELISHA TO JOHN SMITH, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 1,750 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, ELISHA/SMITH, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 02B0 Page: 00352 Item: 00

Date: 1745-1746
Description: BROWN, ALEXANDER TO WILLIAM FLEMING, MORTGAGE FOR LEASE AND RELEASE OF 1,250 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROWN, ALEXANDER/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MORTGAGE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02B0  Page:  00365  Item: 00

Date: 1747/02/18
Description: LIVISTON, JOHN, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES AND A .5 ACRE TOWN LOT IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: LIVISTON, JOHN/MCCANTS, JOHN/WATSON, JOHN/HUNTER, GEORGE/SCOTT, JAMES SR./
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0004 Page: 00390 Item: 00

27 Mar1747
Abstracts of Wills of SC, 1740-1760 by Caroline T. Moore
page 113
John Thomson, Sr., Craven County, planter. Sons: Samuel, 10s upon demand as full share of my estate; John, plantation where I now live purchased of Samuel Miller; William. Daus: Deborah McKeithan; Margaret, under 15 years. Mentions: plantation in said county next to Col. Anthony White and land now in possession of John Baxter to son William and dau. Deborah McKeithan; son William to be educated and put at a trade by my executors; child or children by my second marriage.
Exors: William Fleming; John McIver; son John.
Wit: Alex. Davidson, John Cains, George Bruce.
D: 27 Mar. 1747  P: 16 Apr. 1750  R: nd.  p. 278.

Date: 1747/09/24
Description: JAMES, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES IN PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 1,800 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO WILLIAM SNOW OF JULY 5, 1737.
Names Indexed: JAMES, WILLIAM/GRAHAM, WILLIAM/MCNEALY, JAMES/SNOW, WILLIAM/
Locations: PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00489  Item: 01

The following advertisement was published twice on 5 Oct 1747 and again on 12 Oct 1747 in the South Carolina Gazette:

To be sold at pulick Venue, in Charles-Town, in Thursday the 22d Instant October, the following valuable Tracts of Land belonging to Donald M.Keithen, the plats whereof may be seen at the sale, viz.
500 Acres in the Parish of Prince Fredericks within 18 Miles of George-Town, on which there is a well-finished House, new Weather-boarded and in good Repair, one Story High, 28 Feet long and 18 Feet broad, having 6 rooms, 2 Brick Chimneys with 5 Fire Places, and a Pea-atch Front, the whole length of the House and all convenient Out Houses, 100 acres of [??] , most of which is Swamp and good Rice Land, having 6 Dams capable of reserving great Quantities of Water, and the whole Tract is extraordinary good Corn, Indigo, and Rice Land, and is situated convenient to convey the Produce to George-Town by Water, it pays but [One?] Shilling Sterling per Hundred Acres Quit-Rent and has a good Landing within half a mile of the Dwelling-House.
[216?/316?] Acres of Land, joining the above Tract, [not?] for the aforesaid Produce, unimproved.
200 Acres joining the  same Land, not improved, whereon is a great Quantity of Lightwood, and a parcel of fine Trees for Tar-[??].
[9-?-] Acres joining the said Lands. No Terpentine has [ever/even?] yet …..?……  made on either of the said Tracts. To the great ..??.. his …??…    David [Crawford?], J.M.

Although the ad states that the lands belonged to Donald McKeithan, a comparison of the acreages agrees perfectly with tracts that belonged to Dougald McKeithan who had been killed by his slaves some time between 1744 when he appeared on a Prince Frederick’s Parish juror list and 7 March 1745/6 when the slaves were convicted. The ad mentions 500 acres, 100 acres, 216/316? (unreadable) acres, and 200 acres, and 9? acres. The records for Dougald McKeithan's land include the original 500 acre tract, and later tracts for 200, 316, and 94 acre tracts. I could not find a record for the 100 acre tract mentioned in the ad. 394 acres (200 + 100 + 94) were mentioned in the 1750 will of Donald McKeithan's son Dougald McKeithan of Bladen Co, NC (a different Dougald McKeithan). I have not found the 316 acre tract. The 500 acre tract was mentioned numerous times in later records and does not seem to have been sold.

Date: 1747/11/25
Description: ROPER, JEREMIAH, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,140 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO WILLIAM BROCKINTON OF SEPT. 31, 1736.
Names Indexed: ROPER, JEREMIAH/COMANDER, SAMUEL/POTTS, THOMAS/SCRIVEN, ELISHA/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00491 Item: 01

Date: 1747/12/02
Description: SCRIVEN, ELISHA, MEMORIAL FOR 77 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,140 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO WILLIAM BROCKINTON.
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, ELISHA/POTTS, THOMAS/COMMANDER, JOSEPH/SCRIVEN, ELISHA/ROPER, JEREMIAH/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00491 Item: 02

Date: 1747-1748
Description: ROPER, JEREMIAH AND WIFE TO ELISHA SCREVEN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 77 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: ROPER, JEREMIAH/SCREVEN, ELISHA/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 02D0 Page: 00084 Item: 00

1 & 2 Apr 1748
To Francis Futhy & Robert Futhy planters all of Craven Co 1150a in Craven Co on S branch of Black River bounding N on vacant land, S on a swamp & on Anthony White, W on William Swinton or John Thomson, E on vacant land (now Jasper King), also 500a on S branch of Black River bounding S on Anthony White, S on a great swamp, E on Anthony White & Maurice Murfie or Jasper King, W on William Swinton & Anthony White, total 1650a. Whereas Anthony White in his will ordered all his real estate sold & Joseph Dubourdieu is extr on 2 April 1748 sold 2 tracts of 1650a to Daniel Laroche & William Fleming, bounding S on a great swamp, N on vacant land, E on Jasper King, W on John Thomson, now they sell to Francis & Robert Futhy. Wit John Ouldfield, Joseph Dubourdieu.

Date: 1748/06/15
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 458.7 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, WILLIAM/FUTHY, ROBERT/SCREVEN, ELISHA/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00417  Item: 01

Date: 1748/08/18
Description: DREW, NATHANIEL, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DREW, NATHANIEL/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00426  Item: 01

Date: 1748/11/19
Description: MCCREE, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, THOMAS/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0004  Page:  00461  Item: 01

Date: 1749/02/10
Description: MCCREE, THOMAS, LAND GRANT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, THOMAS//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0042  Page:  00320  Item: 00

19 Dec 1749, pr 11 March 1750
Will of John Coachman of Craven County mentions my two sons William and James Coachman, brother Benjamin Coachman, sister Margaret Sanders

Date: 1749-1750
Description: MCCANTS, JOHN AND WIFE TO ELISHA SCREVEN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 488 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCANTS, JOHN/SCREVEN, ELISHA/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 02G0 Page: 00242 Item: 00

Date: 1749-1750
Description: DUBORDIEU, JOSEPH, EXOR. OF ANTHONY WHITE TO WILLIAM SMITH DEED OF RELEASE FOR 400 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DUBORDIEU, JOSEPH/WHITE, ANTHONY/SMITH, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: DEED OF RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02G0  Page:  00056  Item: 00

Date: 1749-1751
Description: DUBOIDIEU, JOSEPH, EXOR. OF ANTHONY WHITE TO WILLIAM GREEN, LEASE AND RELEASE AND PLAT FOR 400 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DUBOIDIEU, JOSEPH/WHITE, ANTHONY/GREEN, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/PLAT
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02H0  Page:  00049  Item: 00

21 May 1750
DAVID WILLSON, Williamsburg. Wife: Mary, use of land where I now live during her widowhood. Sons: William and .John, said land at marriage or death of my wife; Robert, David and James; all sons under age. Daus: Jannet, Elizabeth and Mary, under age. Brother: Robert [Willson], land formerly belonging to my father William Willson, deceased. Exors: William James, Sr.; Robert Wetherspoon, Sr.; Robert Willson; son William at 21 years. Wit: John Liviston, James McCleland, David Weatherspoon.
D: 21 May 1750. P: 15 Feb. 1758. R: nd. p. 541. Will Book RR 1767-1771

Date: 1751/05/02
Description: MARION, WILLIAM AND THOMAS LUBBRICK, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO PETER HERMAN OF NOV. 29, 1735.
Names Indexed: MARION, WILLIAM/LUBBRICK, THOMAS/HERMAN, PETER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00531  Item: 01

[Meeting of Tuesday A. M. 6 August 1751]
Pages 229-230: The Petition of John Hendlin humbly setting forth, That the Peti'r is a Setler on Black Mingo, and as the Tract is too small for his Family, ) he is desirous of Cultivating some more of his Maj's vacant Land as the s'd Place, that he has eight negroes in family for whom as yet he has not had any land assigned him, prays to run out 400 acres of land on Black mingo aforesaid, and that he may have a Grant for the same. John Handlin. Cha's Town, the 6th day of July 1751. The prayer thereof was granted.
Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, vol II, 1748-1752, Brent H Holcomb, p 21

9 Oct 1751
Francis Futhy planter to Robert Futhy planter both of Craven Co all his title of 2 tracts of land total 1650a (being half of said tract of 85a). Whereas the will of Anthony White ordered all his real estate sold & Joseph Dubourdieu extr on 2 Apr 1748 sold 2 tracts, total 1650a to Daniel Laroche & William Fleming who on 2 Apr 1748 sold to Francis & Robert Futhy, now Francis sells his half to Robert. Wit Anthony Martin White, Joseph White.

Date: 1751/08/13
Description: MONTGOMERY, JAMES, MEMORIAL FOR 1,000 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JAMES AKIN OF DEC. 18, 1736.
Names Indexed: MONTGOMERY, JAMES/DIAL, THOMAS/DREW, DANIEL/MCNEALY, JAMES/GRIMES, WILLIAM/AKIN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIASBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Topics: /
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00538  Item: 03
See Thomas Dyall, Dyal, Dyel, Doyall, Doyal.

Date: 1751/08/27
Description: SHAW, AMOS, LAND GRANT FOR 850 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SHAW, AMOS//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0004  Page:  00458  Item: 00

Date: 1751/12/31
Description: THOMPSON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, WILLIAM/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0005  Page:  00307  Item: 02

Date: 1751-1752
Description: SHAW, AMOS TO WILLIAM TURNER, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 850 ACRES OF LAND IN PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SHAW, AMOS/TURNER, WILLIAM/
Locations: PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02K0  Page:  00052  Item: 00

9 & 10 March, 1751/52
George Montgomery of Williamsburg Township & Janet his wife to Thomas McCree of Craven Co for L187:10:0 currency, 250 acres, part of 1000 acres purchased by Montgomery from James Akin, Esq, in Williamsburg Township bounding SW on Thomas Doyal, NE on Alexander McCree, other sides on vacant land. Wit: Hugh Lorimer, Henry Montgomery, Alexander McCree. Book V-V, p 562

Date: 1752/01/06
Description: MCCANTS, JAMES, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCANTS, JAMES/SCOTT, WILLIAM/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0005 Page: 00160 Item: 01

Date: 1752/01/07
Description: MCCANTS, JAMES, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: MCCANTS, JAMES/GARDNER, WILLIAM/LEMAR, JOHN/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0005 Page: 00160 Item: 02

Date: 1752/01/14
Description: BAXTER, REV. JOHN, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0005  Page:  00273  Item: 02

Date: 1752/03/07
Description: WHITE, ANTHONY, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 940 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZNG A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO ALEXANDER NIXBETT OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: WHITE, ANTHONY/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/MANANT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00517  Item: 01

Date: 1752/04/02
Description: MCMECHAN, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 440 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 940 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO SIR ALEXANDER NISBETT OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: MCMECHAN, JOHN/SNOW, WILLIAM/WHITE, ANTHONY/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00520  Item: 02

[Meeting of Tuesday A.M. 7th April 1752]
Page 139: The Petition of James McCree humbly setting forth That the Peti'r is a settler on black mingo and is desirous of Cultivating some of his Maj's vacant land between black mingo & Pedee, That the Peti'r has a Wife and two Children, with six negroes for whom he never had any Grant of land, prays for 500 acres of land between Black mingo and Pedee rivers as aforesaid, and so obtain a Grant of y'e same. Charles Town, the 7th day of April 1752. James McRee. The prayer thereof was granted.
Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, vol III, 1752-1753, Brent H Holcomb, p 26

Date: 1752/12/18
Description: MCREE, JAMES, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 500 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO, PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY ZACHARIAH BRAZIER.
Names Indexed: MCREE, JAMES/BRAZIER, ZACHARIAH/FUTHEY, ROBERT/BROWN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197 Box: 0003 Item: 00842 ignore: 00

I have a copy of this plat. The drawing shows only pines and saplings and other markers. No neighbors or watercourses are shown. The text reads:
South Carolina
Persuant to a presept from George Hunter Esqr. Survr. Genl. Dated the seventh of April Anno Dom 1752 I have admeasured and Layed Out unto Mr James McRee Tract of Land containing five Hundred acres on Black Mingo & North Side, Prince Freadric Parish Craven County Butting and bounding SE on Land Layed out  SW on vacant Land NW on Robt Futhey corner NE on part of Brown and NW on part of Browns & on ye NE end on vacant Land and hath such shape and form as ye above Platt Represents Certified This 18th Day of December Anno Dom: 1752   [Signed] Zah: Brazier Dep Surv.

[Meeting of Tuesday A.M. 3 April 1753]
Page 355:  The Petition of John and Joseph McCree humbly setting forth That the Petitioners have been a Long settlers on the waters of Black Mingo Creek and finding some vacant Land joining to their Plantation are desirous of becoming Tennants to his majesty for the same, and having 6 negroes for whom not any grant of Land has been given, pray to run out to the petitioner 300 acres on the waters of Black Mingo Creek that so a grant may pass to him for the same. Cha's Town, the 2nd day of April 1753. John and Joseph McCree. The prayer thereof was granted.
Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, vol III, 1752-1753, Brent H Holcomb, p 217

[Meeting of Tuesday A. M. 3 July 1753]
Pages 507-508: The Petition of John Baxter humbly setting forth that the Petitioner having obtained by your Excell'cys Directions on the 13th of May 1745 a warrant of survey for 1000 acres of Land, 500 acres of which has been surveyed & granted as appears by a Certificate from George Hunter Esq'r, Surv'r Genl hereunto annexed, in whose hands the said warrant remains and Likewise by the records in the Secretary's office. The Petitioner therefore prays that the remaining 500 acres of the said warrant not yet laid out may be prolonged for six months and the Petitioner also prays that a warrant for 100 acres of Land ordered by your Excellency the 7th of April 1752 not yet executed & hereunto annexed may be prolonged for six months and the Petit'r moreover prays for a Special order that the Lines of a Tract of Land containing 412 acres whereupon he now dwells may be renewed being by time much defaced or unfinished. Cha's Town, the 3d July 1753. John Baxter.
I hereby Certify that on the 13th day of May 1745 a warrant for him his Excellency James Glen Esq'r was directed to me ..for the Survey of one Thousand acres of Land on Black Mingo Swamp on Pedee River for Mr. John Baxter, and by an order from his said Excellency dated Jan'y the 7th 1752 it was Directed that 500 acres thereof should be executed in 6 or 8 months which was accordingly done, on the 14th of said Jan'y and the Plat was by me Certified, and there remain 500 acres of the said Warrant not yet executed. June the 7th 1753. George Hunter, Surv'r Genl.
The said Petitioner being considered it was ordered that the Warrant for the 100 acres of Land be Executed and the time prolonged 6 months from the Present Date but the 500 acres prayed for be obtained by a fresh Petition.
Petitions for Land from South Carolina Council Journals, vol III 1752-1753, Brent H Holcomb, p 239

Date: 1753/05/22
Description: NEILSON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: NEILSON, WILLIAM/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/LYNCHES CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0005  Page:  00390  Item: 02

Date: 1753-1754
Description: MAN, JOHN AND WIFE TO THOMAS WRIGHT, ENFEOFFMENT AND PLAT FOR 365 ACRES OF LAND ON GREENS CREEK.
Names Indexed: MAN, JOHN/WRIGHT, THOMAS/
Locations: GREENS CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: ENFEOFFMENT/PLAT
Topics: /
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02O0  Page:  00296  Item: 00

Date: 1753-1754
Description: THOMPSON, JOHN SR. TO JAMES MCRAE AND DEBORAH MCRAE, LEASE AND RELEASE AND PLAT FOR 900 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: THOMPSON, JOHN SR./MCRAE, JAMES/MCRAE, DEBORAH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/PLAT
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 02O0 Page: 00326 Item: 00
[Deborah McRae of this record was the daughter of John Thompson Sr, the wife of James McRee, and the widow of Thomas McKeithan.]

Date: 1753-1754
Description: MCKEE, JAMES AND WIFE TO JOHN BAXTER, LEASE AND RELEASE AND PLAT FOR PART OF 900 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKEE, JAMES/BAXTER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/PLAT
Series Number:
 S372001  Volume:  02O0  Page:  00331  Item: 00
Should be James McRee. See John Thompson record above and John Thomson will.

Date: 1754/02/28
Description: LIVISTON, JOHN, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: LIVISTON, JOHN/HUNTER, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/LYNCHES CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0005  Page:  00406  Item: 01

Date: 1754/04/03
Description: MCCANTS, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 290 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCANTS, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0005 Page: 00387 Item: 00

Date: 1754/04/26
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, PLAT FOR 69 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/PRITCHARD, JOHN/FLEMING, WILLIAM/HUNTER, GEORGE/THOMSON, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0005 Page: 00422 Item: 02

Date: 1758/01/17
Description: BAXTER, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 3 TRACTS IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ONE FOR 350 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN GREGG OF MAY 2, 1754, AND TWO OF 500 AND 300 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO GRANTS TO JOHN HAYES OF JULY 25, 1717.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/HAYES, JOHN/WALLIS, JOHN/DICK, MARY/GREGG, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00164  Item: 02

Date: 1754/06/01
Description: WILSON, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WILSON, WILLIAM/SHAW/HUNTER, GEORGE/BRAZIER, ZECHARIAH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00218  Item: 03

Date: 1754/06/01
Description: WILSON, WILLIAM, PLAT OF A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BLACK RIVER, PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH IN CRAVEN COUNTY, CONTAINING 500 ACRES, SURVEYED BY THOMAS S. JONES. (C.226)
Names Indexed: HUNTER, GEORGE/SHAW/BRAZIER, ZACHARIAH/GAILLARD, T./JONES, THOMAS S./WILSON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER/CHARLESTON
Series Number: L10005  Reel:  0009  Plat:  04647  ignore: 00

Date: 1754/07/24
Description: MCCREE, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, THOMAS/DOYAL, THOMAS/MCELVENY, JANE/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0005  Page:  00460  Item: 02

Date: 1754/09/15
Description: DREW, SAMUEL, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DREW, SAMUEL/DREW, MARGARET/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00043  Item: 01
Samuel Drew was son of Nathaniel Drew and Margaret.

Date: 1754/11/14
Description: MCIVERS, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCIVERS, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0006  Page:  00163  Item: 00

Date: 1754/12/04
Description: MCCREE, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF 2,000 ACRES, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JAMES AKIN.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, ALEXANDER/HOWARD, MRS./MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/AKIN, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00077 Item: 01

Date: 1754-1755
Description: GREEN, WILLIAM AND WIFE TO JAMES COACHMAN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND ON THE BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GREEN, WILLIAM/COACHMAN, JAMES/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02P0  Page:  00030  Item: 00

Date: 1754-1755
Description: GREEN, WILLIAM AND OTHERS TO JAMES COACHMAN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND ON THE BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GREEN, WILLIAM/COACHMAN, JAMES/COACHMAN, JOHN/COACHMAN, RICHARD/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02P0  Page:  00038  Item: 00

Date: 1755/01/09
Description: PERKINS, REES, LAND GRANT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: PERKINS, REES//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0006 Page: 00195 Item: 00
(“Gabriel” McKeithan witnessed Rees Perkins' will in 1767. The original will no longer exists. The clerk's copy clearly says Gabriel. But there are no records for a Gabriel McKeithan anywhere in SC. I feel sure the clerk miscopied Gilbert as Gabriel or perhaps misread the abbreviation Gbrt as Gbrl.)

Date: 1755/01/15
Description: COOPER, SAMUEL, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COOPER, SAMUEL/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BEECH ISLAND
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00012  Item: 02

Date: 1755/06/12
Description: SCREVEN, ELISHA, MEMORIAL FOR 275 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALY PART OF A 2,100 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO THOMAS LYNCH OF APRIL 28, 1733.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, ELISHA/LYNCH, THOMAS/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/DUPRE, JOSIAS GARNIER/BROWN, WILLIAM/BELL/SWINTON, WILLIAM/SWINTON, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00094 Item:01

Date: 1755-1756
Description: COACHMAN, JAMES AND WIFE TO SUSANNA MAN, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND ON THE BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COACHMAN, JAMES/MAN, SUSANNA/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02Q0  Page:  00321  Item:  00

Date: 1755/07/01
Description: MILLER, MOSES, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO ALEXANDER CHAUVIN OF FEB. 12, 1737.
Names Indexed: MILLER, MOSES/CHAUVIN, ALEXANDER/CHAWIN, ISAAC/MICHAU, ABRAHAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Topics: /BLACK RIVER
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00096  Item: 01

Date: 1756/02/26
Description: MONTGOMERY, GEORGE, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/AKIN, JAMES/KOLDEN, JOHN/MCCREE, THOMAS/GRIMES, WILLIAM/HUNTER, GEORGE/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00148  Item: 02

Date: 1756/01/09
Description: COOPER, SAMUEL, LAND GRANT FOR 200 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP. (1 PAGE)
Names Indexed: COOPER, SAMUEL//
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY/BEECH ISLAND
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213016  Volume:  002F  Page:  00136  Item: 00

Date: 1756/03
Description: WINTER, HUGH, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WINTER, HUGH/SOMERHOOF, JOHN PETER/COOPER, WILLIAM/MCCREE, ALEXANDER/STRAIN, ADAM/DE BRAHM, WILLIAM/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00177  Item: 02

Date: 1756/03/05
Description: STRAIN, ADAM, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: STRAIN, ADAM/SOMERHOOF, JOHN PETER/COOPER, WILLIAM/WINTER, HUGH/DE BRAHM, WILLIAM/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00166  Item: 02

Date: 1756/03/24
Description: DREW, SAMUEL, LAND GRANT FOR 100 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP. (1 PAGE)
Names Indexed: DREW, SAMUEL/DOYAL, THOMAS/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213016  Volume:  002F  Page:  00161  Item: 00

Date: 1756/04/09
Description: MCIVER, SARAH, PLAT FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DE BRAHM, WILLIAM/MCIVER, SARAH/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/LYNCHES CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number:  S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00378  Item:  01

1 June 1756
Rev Mr John Baxter & James McKee of Prince Frederick’s Parish in Craven Co, only acting extrs of will of Robert Futhy planter of same parish to Henry Futhy planter of same parish 1320a on Black Mingo Swamp in said Parish bounding SE on Robert Futhy, SW on John Brockington & James Akin, NW on William Thomson Jr, NE on vacant land. Whereas Robert Futhy by his will ordered his real estate (except 500a on which he lived) sold by his extrs & extrx (appointing John McIver, James McKee, & the Rev Mr John Baxter his extrs); & Baxter & McKee on 21 March 1754 offered 1320a for sale at auction, now they convey the land to Henry Futhy, the highest bidder. Wit Henry O’Neil, Anthony White.
(This is from an abstract, not from the original. James McRee held land adjoining Robert Futhy. Rev. John Baxter was in possession of some of John Thomson Sr’s land. I have never found any McKee records in this area. So I feel sure the name James McKee in this abstract should have been James McRee.)

Date: 1756/07/16
Description: MCCREE, ALEXANDER, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, ALEXANDER/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/DE BRAHM, WILLIAM/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00152  Item: 01

18 Aug 1756
Elisha SCREVEN, Craven County, planter. Wife: Hannah. Sons: Joseph, 4 tracts of land; Elisha, land purchased of Arthur FOSTER, 1/3 land purchased of Othniel BEALE on Pee Dee River and on land of late James MICHIE, but now Archibald JOHNSON; Joshua, land purchased of John GOODWIN and Martha his wife, land granted 20 June 1754, land purchased of Alexander SWINTON; Samuel, land purchased of John MC CANTS, 1/3 of land purchased of Othniel BEALE on Pee Dee River and of land of Andrew JOHNSON; William, under 21 years, remaining part of land purchased of Othniel BEALE and bounding on land of Elisha and Samuel; Benjamin, under 21 years, 3 town lots in Georgetown Nos. 185, 186, and 199. Daus: Elizabeth, wife of James FOWLER; Hannah, under 18 years. Mentions: son Joseph not to have possession of plantation during his mother's widowhood; exors. To sell plantation near Little Pee Dee River purchased of Edward HEXT and proceeds divided between wife and children; residue of estate to wife and children Joseph, William, Benjamin, and Hannah. Exors: wife during widowhood; sons Elisha, Joshua, Samuel, and William when 18 years. Wit: John WALKER, James COMMANDER, George COMMANDER. D: 18 Aug 1756.
MEMORANDUM: To son Elisha, lot in George Town No. 66 mentioned in indentures sold to Christopher GADSEN dated 2 July 1755 (for a burying ground), my father being buried there. D: (same).
CODICIL: Elisha SCREVEN, Prince Frederick's Parish, planter. Mentions: surplus grant for land purchased of Othniel BEALE. Wit: Thomas POTTS, Jr, Abigail SMITH; William TULLFORD, his mark. D: 26 Nov 1757. P: nd. R: nd. P. 114"

"My father being buried theremy father being buried there" (in Georgetown) clearly identifies this Elisha as the son of Rev William Screven and Bridget Cutts as his grave can still be found in Georgetown. Therefore this Elisha Screven was also the brother of Robert Screven and Bridget Screven (Fairbush/Somerhoeff). The Michie/Johnson land was mentioned again in the later will of Elisha Screven Jr.

The Bible records for Elisha Screven can be found at http://www.geocities.com/savbelle_99/br25.html

Date: 1756-1757
Description: SNOW, GEORGE TO HUGH ERVING, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACKMINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, GEORGE/ERVING, HUGH/
Locations: BLACK MINGO SWAMP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 02R0 Page: 00221 Item: 00

Date: 1756-1757
Description: SNOW, JOHN TO HENRY O NIEL, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 460 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACKMINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, JOHN/O NEIL, HENRY/
Locations: BLACK MINGO CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02R0  Page:  00204  Item: 00

Date: 1756-1757
Description: SNOW, JAMES TO JOHN BARNS, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACKMINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, JAMES/BARNS, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK MINGO SWAMP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02R0  Page:  00201  Item: 00

Date: 1756-1757
Description: SNOW, JOHN TO HENRY O NIEL, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 460 ACRES OF LAND ON BLACKMINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, JOHN/O NEIL, HENRY/
Locations: BLACK MINGO CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02R0  Page:  00204  Item: 00

Date: 1757/03/07
Description: BRYAN, JOHN, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY JOHN LIVISTON.
Names Indexed: BRYAN, JOHN/LIVISTON, JOHN/STUART, JAMES/MCEVANS/DICKSON, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0001  Item:  00134  ignore: 00

16 & 17 May 1757
Book X-X, p 418 L & R  Henry Futhy, planter, and Jane (her mark) his wife to Matthew Neilson planter both of Craven Co 1320a (being the identical land conveyed to Henry Futhy by the extr of Robert Futhy by L & R dated 31 May & 1 June 1756) on N side Black Mingo Creek, Craven Co, bounding SW on John Brockington & James Akin, NW on Brockington & John Thomson, due N on land laid out, SE on land willed to Elizabeth Futhy daughter of Robert. Wit Archibald Baird, Samuel Nelson Jr, Hugh Lorrimer.

Date: 1757/08/02
Description: DICK, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 100 ACRES ON RATTLESNAKE GULLEY, BLACK MINGO SWAMP. CRAVEN COUNTY. (1 PAGE)
Names Indexed: DICK, JOHN/NISBETT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: RATTLESNAKE GULLEY/BLACK MINGO SWAMP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213015  Volume:  002R  Page:  00141  Item: 00

Date: 1757/11/08
Description: MONTGOMERY, GEORGE, LAND GRANT FOR 150 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP. (1 PAGE)
Names Indexed: MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/AKIN, JAMES/HOLDEN, JOHN/MCCREE, THOMAS/GRIMES, WILLIAM/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213016  Volume:  002F  Page:  00198  Item: 00

24 & 25 Nov. 1757
Book S-S, p 230 L & R JOSEPH POOLE, gentleman, to JOHN WATIES ESQ.  both of Prince George Parish, Craven Co for L 7000 SC money, 5 tracts, total 1177-1/2 a, on SW side Black River, in Craven Co bounding SE on the Hon JOHN CLELAND; SW on ANTHONY WHITE; NW on JOHN GREEN (now MRS. SUSANNAH MAN). Whereas the Lords Proprs: on 14 Sept )705 granted JOHN ABRAHAM MOTTE 200 a in Craven Co, bounding NE on Waha Creek; NW & SW on vacant land; SE on Madam ELIZABETH ELLIOTT; which tract by various conveyances descended to WILLIAM SCREVEN in fee; & whereas Gov. ROBERT JOHNSON by 2 grants dated 24 May, 1734 gave WILLIAM SCREVEN 2 tracts of 200 a each in Craven Co, laid out to SAMUEL SCREVEN, father of said WILLIAM, the grants being made to WILLIAM in accordance with his fathers will; 1 tract bounding N & S on said SCREVEN; W on vacant land; the other bounding SE on Black River; S on said SCREVEN; N on JOHN GREEN; & whereas WILLIAM SCREVEN, & SARAH his wife, by L & R dated 14 & 15 Nov 1749 sold the 3 tracts, 600 a, to WILLIAM POOLE. the elder who died intestate & JOSEPH, his only surviving son & heir inherited; & whereas Lt Gov. THOMAS BROUGHTON on 4 June 1735 granted JOHN GREEN the elder of Craven Co., 197-1/2 a in Craven Co, bounding SW on SAMUEL SCREVEN, SE on said GREEN; on S side Black River; which land he gave to JOHN GREEN the younger but did not deliver possession & seizin nor make any particular bequest of the land in his will, so that JOHN GREEN the younger could not sell the land without the consent of WILLIAM GREEN, his brother as eldest son & heir of JOHN GREEN the elder; & whereas JOHN & WILLIAM by L & R dated 1 & 2 Nov 1750 sold the 197-1/2 a for L 1200 SC money to WILLIAM POOLE the younger; who died intestate in 1751 & JOSEPH POOLE party hereto (only surviving son of WILLIAM POOLE the elder, & brother &  heir of WILLIAM POOLE the younger); & whereas Lt Gov THOMAS BROUGHTON; on 12 Au. 1737 granted ANTHONY WHITE 380a., bounding NW on JOHN GREEN, other sides on WILLIAM SCREVEN, which by will dated 7 Feb. 1746 he bequeathed (with all his real & personal estate) to his executors to be sold to pay his debts, & whereas JOSEPH DUBOURDIEAU, executor, by L & R dated 30 & 31 Dec. 1756 sold the 380 a. to JOSEPH POOLE; now JOSEPH POOLE sells the 5 tracts to JOHN WATIES. Witnesses: EDWARD NEWMAN, JOHN MARANT. Before PAUL TRAPIER, J.P. WILLIAM HOPTON, Register.

Date: 1758/01/05
Description: ONEALE, HENRY, MEMORIAL FOR 460 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: ONEALE, HENRY/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00162  Item: 04

Date: 1758/01/05
Description: BARNS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF APRIL 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: BARNS, JOHN/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00163  Item: 02

Date: 1758/01/07
Description: ERVING, HUGH, MEMORIAL FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 2,000 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: ERVING, HUGH/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00163  Item: 01

Date: 1758/01/17
Description: BAXTER, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 3 TRACTS IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ONE FOR 350 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN GREGG OF MAY 2, 1754, AND TWO OF 500 AND 300 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO GRANTS TO JOHN HAYES OF JULY 25, 1717.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/HAYES, JOHN/WALLIS, JOHN/DICK, MARY/GREGG, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00164  Item: 02

24 Feb. 1758
JOHN WHITE, Prince Frederick's Parish, Craven County. Wife: Mary, deceased, formerly Mary Forguson. Sons: Blake Leay, Anthony, Joseph and William, under 21 years. Daus: Sarah, Hannah and Catherine, under 18 years. Mentions: residue of estate received from wife to son Blake Leay and dau. Sarah; books which I had with my late deceased wife; residue of estate to sons Anthony, Joseph, William, daus. Hannah and Catherine. Exors, sons Anthony and Joseph; Dr. Andrew Burnet. Wit: S. Wragg, Job Rathmahler, J. Dubordieu. D: 23 Feb. 1758. CODICIL. Mentions: son Blake Leay to have all.lands belonging to estate of my said deceased wife; Mrs. Hester Broun, widow of Mr. William Broun.  Wit: [same].
D. 24 Feb. 1758 P: 7 Jan. 1761.   R: nd.   p. 32  Will Book QQ 1760-1767

Date: 1758/03/24
Description: DYALL, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DYALL, THOMAS/LEIGH, EGERTON/THOMSON, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0006  Page:  00414  Item: 02

27 May 1758
WILLIAM MCCALLA, Prince Frederick's Parish, planter. Dau: Janet, one-third estate ("my wife's Legacy Left to her by her Mother only Excepted"). Brother: Nenean McCalla, residue of estate. Mentions: £100 at yearly interest to trustees of Black Mingo Meeting House for support of a minister; to Margaret McCree, wife of Alexr. McCree, Sarah Montgomery, wife of Henry Montgomery, Jean James, wife of John James, all wife's legacy left herby her mother now in hands of John and Joseph McCrees. Exors: William Thomson, Sr., of Black Mingo; Alexander McCree and John James, both of Williamsburg. Wit: Hugh Lorrimer, Thomas Lorrimer, Ann Snow.
D: 27 May 1758. P: nd. R: nd. p.214.
Abstracts of Wills of the State of South Carolina1740-1760, vol 2, by Caroline T Moore, p 242

Date: 1758/06/15
Description: MCFADDEN, JOHN, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCFADDEN, JOHN/MCCREE, THOMAS/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/HOLDEN, JOHN/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0007  Page:  00119  Item: 02

Date: 1758/08/01
Description: HAYS, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY. (1 PAGE)
Names Indexed: HAYS, JOHN/ANDERSON, DAVID/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213016  Volume:  002G  Page:  00054 Item: 00

Date: 1758/08/31
Description: SNOW, JAMES, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER.
Names Indexed: SNOW, JAMES/BARNS, JOHN/LEIGH, EGERTON/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0007  Page:  00275  Item: 01

Date: 1758-1759
Description: COACHMAN, JAMES AND WIFE TO WILLIAM FYFFE, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND ON THE BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COACHMAN, JAMES/FYFFE, WILLIAM/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02T0  Page:  00231  Item: 00

Date: 1759/01/08
Description: MCIVER, SARAH, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCIVER, SARAH/SNOW, NATHANIEL/WHITE, JOSEPH/LEIGH, EGERTON/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK/INDIANTOWN SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0007  Page:  00068  Item: 01

Date: 1766/02/20
Description: JAMES, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO HENRY ONEAL OF JAN. 22, 1759.
Names Indexed: JAMES, JOHN/SNOW, NATHANEL/ONEAL, HENRY/ONEAL, SARAH/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00032  Item: 02

Date: 1759/05/17
Description: FLEMING, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 350 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO EDWARD PLOWDEN OF APRIL 10, 1736.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, JOHN/PLOWDEN, EDWARD/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00243 Item: 03

Date: 1759/06/04
Description: MCCONNEL, MATHEW, LAND GRANT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCONNEL, MATHEW//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0009  Page:  00112  Item: 00

27 Oct. 1759
SARAH BROCKINTON, Prince Frederick's Parish. Sons: John and Richard. Daus: Elizabeth Hepburn; Mary Jolly; Sarah Jane Lane; Hannah Hooke. Son-in-law: James Hepburn. Exors: sons Richard Brockinton and James Hepburn. Wit: Thomas Conn, Archbd. Barnet.
D: 27 Oct. 1759. P: 9 Jan. 1761. R: nd. p. 8. Will Book QQ 1760-1767
I believe this was Sarah Griffin, widow of William Brockington.

Date: 1759-1760
Description: SNOW, WILLIAM TO WILLIAM FLEMING, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 400 ACRES OF LAND ON LYNCHS CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, WILLIAM/FLEMING, WILLIAM/
Locations: LYNCHES CREEK/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02V0  Page:  00729  Item: 00

Date: 1760/01/05
Description: HUGHES, JOHN, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 50 ACRES ON TURKEY CREEK, BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY JOHN EVANS.
Names Indexed: HUGHES, JOHN/EVANS, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/TURKEY CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213197  Box:  0003  Item:  00641  ignore: 00

Date: 1760/01/13
Description: MCCREE, THOMAS, MEMORIAL FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JAMES AKIN.
Names Indexed: MCCREE, THOMAS/AKIN, JAMES/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00274 Item: 04

Date: 1760/01/30
Description: OPREY, RICHARD, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO ALEXANDER MCCREE OF MARCH 22, 1745.
Names Indexed: OPREY, RICHARD/SOMERHOFF, JOHN PETER/MCCREE, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00274  Item: 02

Date: 1760/01/30
Description: HAYES, JOHN, MEMORIAL OR 200 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HAYES, JOHN/BRADLEY, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00274  Item: 03

Date: 1760/02/16
Description: ONEAL, HENRY, MEMORIAL FOR 15 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: ONEAL, HENRY/SNOW, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00280  Item: 03

Date: 1760/06/05
Description: WITHERSPOON, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN BAXTER OF MAY 11, 1739.
Names Indexed: WITHERSPOON, ROBERT/MCLOLLAN, JAMES/ALLEN, DAVID/BAXTER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00302  Item: 03

Date: 1760/06/30
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 400 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, WILLIAM/SNOW, NATHANIEL/SNOW, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00307  Item: 03

21 July 1760
ELISHA SCREVEN, Craven County, planter. Wife: Rebeccah, to live on plantition during her widowhood. Son: Elisha, under 21 years, land on Black River which my father purchased of Arthur Foster. Dau: Hannah, under 21 years. Brothers and sisters: [not named-see exors.]. Mentions: executors to sell plantation containing 1/3 part of 1,000 acres on Big Pee Dee Riyer next land of late James Michie but now Archibald Johnston mentioned in my father's will; Mr. Young. Exors: wife during widowhood; brother Joshua Screven; Alexander Davidson; brother William Screven at 21 years. Wit: Robert Nesmith, William Reed, Saml. Smith.
D: 21 July 1760. P: 9 Jan. 1761. R: nd. p. 10.  Will Book QQ 1760-1767

This was Elisha Screven Jr, son of Elisha Screven Sr and Hannah and grandson of Rev William Screven. According to the Elisha Screven Bible records, he was born 18 July 1731 or 32.

Date: 1760/08/28
Description: ONEAL, HENRY, MEMORIAL FOR TWO TRACTS ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, ONE FOR 15 ACRES AND ONE FOR 200 ACRES.
Names Indexed: ONEAL, HENRY/SNOW, JAMES/SNOW, NATHAIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00317  Item: 01

Date: 1760/10/10
Description: DYALL, THOMAS, MEMORIAL FO 150 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: DYALL, THOMAS//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00323  Item: 02

Date: 1760/10/28
Description: SWINTON, ALEXANDER, PLAT FOR 300 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, ALEXANDER/MCCREE, JOSEPH/MCMAHAN, JOHN/LEIGH, EGERTON/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/TURKEY CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number:
 S213184  Volume:  0007  Page:  00129  Item: 02

Date: 1761/03/03
Description: SCRIVEN, JOSEPH, MEMORIAL FOR 600 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO ROBERT SINCLAIR OF MAY 22, 1736.
Names Indexed: SCRIVEN, JOSEPH/STORY, JOHN/SMITH, PETER/SINCLAIR, ROBERT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0007 Page: 00351 Item: 02

Date: 1761/03/31
Description: MCFADDEN, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 100 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY. (1 PAGE)
Names Indexed: MCFADDEN, JOHN/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/MCCREE, THOMAS/HOLDEN, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213016  Volume:  002G  Page:  00136  Item: 00

Date: 1761/04/06
Description: SWINTON, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON TURKEY CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SWINTON, ALEXANDER/MCCREE, JOSEPH/MCMAHAN, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/TURKEY CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0007  Page:  00355  Item: 03

Date: 1761/05/01
Description: WINTER, HUGH, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WINTER, HUGH/SOMMERHOFF, JOHN PETER/COOPER, WILLIAM/MCCREE, ALEXANDER/STRAIN, ADAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number:
 S111001  Volume:  0014  Page:  00026  Item: 03

Date: 1761/05/09
Description: MCIVER, SARAH, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES NEAR INDIAN TOWN SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCIVER, SARAH/WHITE, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0014  Page:  00070  Item: 03

Date: 1761/05/11
Description: MCCONNELL, MATHEW, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCONNELL, MATHEW/DIKE, JOHN/NESBITT, ALEXANDER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0014  Page:  00087  Item: 01

MARGARET DREW, relict of Nathaniel Drew late of Williamsburg Township, widow. Son: Samuel. Daus: - Brockkington and - Nesmith. Sons-in-law: John Brockington and Samuel Nesmith, executors. Grandchildren: [not named]. Mentions: executors to sell estate and proceeds paid to each of my grandchildren as they come of age or mauy; land where I now live and that purchased of executors of William James to grandchildren. Wit: Jno. Livingston; Robert Mechaney; Jane Johnston, her mark.
D: 2 May 1761.: P: 1 Feb. 1763. R: nd. p.222. Will Book QQ 1760-1767

Date: 1761/05/11
Description: MCFADDEN, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCFADDEN, JOHN/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/MCCREE, THOMAS/HOLDEN, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0014  Page:  00076  Item: 02

Date: 1761-1762
Description: BAXTER, JOHN, EXOR. OF ROBERT FUTHY TO HENRY FUTHY, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 1,320 ACRES OF LAND IN PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BAXTER, JOHN/FUTHY, ROBERT/FUTHY, HENRY/
Locations: PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001  Volume:  02X0  Page:  00408  Item: 00

Date: 1761-1762
Description: FLEMING, WILLIAM AND DANIEL LAROCHE TO FRANCIS FUTHY AND ROBERT FUTHY, LEASE AND RELEASE FOR 1,650 ACRES OF LAND IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, WILLIAM/LAROCHE, DANIEL/FUTHY, FRANCIS/FUTHY, ROBERT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LEASE AND RELEASE/
Series Number: S372001 Volume: 02X0 Page: 00402 Item: 00

Date: 1762/02/19
Description: WATRES, THOMAS AND ANDREW JOHNSTON, EXORS. OF JOHN WATRES, MEMORIAL FOR 178.5 ACRES IN PRINCE GEORGE PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, BEING SURPLUS LAND CONTAINING 197.5 ACRES, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN GREEN.
Names Indexed: WATRES, THOMAS/JOHNSTON, ANDREW/GREEN, JOHN/SCRIVEN, WILLIAM/MANN, SUSANAH/WATRES, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE GEORGE PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0014 Page: 00174 Item: 02

12 July 1762
JOSEPH McCREA, Craven County. Wife: Mary. Daus; Mary and Ann, under age, all my land, land where I now live left me by my father. Exors; wife; John McCrea; John Matthews, Alexander McCrea. Wit; Benja. Winsley, Alexr. McCrea, Junr., James McCrea.
D; 12 July 1762. P: 16 Dec. 1762. R: nd. p. 220. Will Book QQ 1760-1767

Date: 1763/09/21
Description: SNOW, JAMES, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, JAMES//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00175  Item: 01

Date: 1763/10/15
Description: SCOTT, THOMAS GILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 50 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCOTT, THOMAS GILLIAM/SCRIVEN, JOSHUA/LYNCH, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0006 Page: 00183 Item: 01

Date: 1763
Description: COACHMAN, WILLIAM, ADMOR. OF JOHN MOORE VS MOSES MILIKEN, JUDGMENT ROLL.
Names Indexed: COACHMAN, WILLIAM//MOORE, JOHN//MILIKEN, MOSES/
Locations: //
Series Number: S136002 Box:  058A Item: 0088A ignore: 00
(Will of John Coachman of Craven Co 19 December 1749, pr March 1750 mentioned sons William Coachman and James Coachman, brother Benjamin Coachman, sister Margaret Sanders. The index for the 1735/09/18 plat of John Moore - name entered as John More - includes the name Dougald McKeithan. Other names in the John Moore plat record were people whose lands are known to have adjoined Dougald McKeithan's land.)

Date: 1763/01/05
Description: COOPER, JAMES, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COOPER, JAMES/SCOTT, THOMAS/SCOTT, WILLIAM/LEIGH, EGERTON/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Topics: /
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0007  Page:  00328  Item: 01

Nov, 15, 1763
Will of Alexander Davidson, Craven Co, SC Planter, Nov, 15, 1763 Prov: July 14, 1766 R. nd P 568 Bk QQ
Son Alexander, 2 adj. tracts land, I purchased of Thomas Shitchel and other His Majesty's grant;
Son William  land where I now live, purchased of John Shepherd.
Daughter: Elizabeth Grinan
Mentions : Estate to be kept together for 1 year after my decease, sons to be bound out apprentices to trades of their choice, until 21 yrs.
Exers: Joshua Screven, nephew Robert Davidson, Son Alexander, at 21 yrs.
Wts: Andrew Burnett, Sarah White, Anthony White

Alexr Davidson, William Thompson, and Saml Nesmith appraised the estates of James McRee and Deborah McRee in 1757. Jno. White, Henry Futhy, Jno. Commander, Alexr. Davidson appraised the estate of John Thomson Sr in 1758. In 1759, John White, Andw. Burnet(?), and Daniel Dupre appraised the slaves belonging to Deborah McRee's estate. The 1774 will of William Thompson mentioned the adjoining lands of Andrew Burnett, Dougald McKeithan, and John Somerhoeff. Sarah White was the daughter of Anthony Martin White and the daughter of William Thompson according to his 1774 will. William Thompson's land adjoined Andrew Burnett, Dougald McKeithan, and John Somerhoeff. This Alexander Davidson must have been a near neighbor too, but I have not been able to find any helpful records concerning his land or John Shepherd's land.

Date: 1764/01/12
Description: GREEN, RICHARD, MEMORIAL FOR 4 TRACTS CONTAINING 2,940 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY. (2 PAGES)
Names Indexed: GREEN, RICHARD/SMITH, THOMAS/SMITH, GEORGE/EVANCE, FRANCIS/QUASH/GLEN/SAVAGE, BENJAMIN/EDMONDS, JAMES/FAUCHERAUD, CHARLES/COACHMAN, BENJAMIN/COACHMAN, SARAH
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00202  Item: 00

Date: 1764/05/17
Description: GREGG, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON TURKEY CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GREGG, JOHN/MCCREA, JOHN/GODBOLT, JOHN/BAXTER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/TURKEY CREEK/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00264  Item: 03

Date: 1764/11/22
Description: HENNING, THOMIS, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: HENNING, THOMIS/FUTHY, FRANCIS/LANE, JAMES/WILLSON, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00341  Item: 02

Date: 1764/02/17
Description: COMMANDER, JAMES, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COMMANDER, JAMES//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0014 Page: 00208 Item: 03

Date: 1764/05/17
Description: GREGG, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON TURKEY CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GREGG, JOHN/MCCREA, JOHN/GODBOLT, JOHN/BAXTER, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/TURKEY CREEK/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00264  Item: 03

16 Jan. 1765
JOHN McCREA, Craven County. Wife: Martha, living on my land during her widowhood. Sons: Thomas, William, John and Joseph, all my land. Dau: Sarah. Mentions: 3 youngest sons and dau. under age. Exors: wife; Thomas McCrea; Alexander McCrea, Jr. Wit: Wm. Hamilton, Wm. Montgomery, Richd. Bows.
D: 16 Jan. 1765.\ P: 11 June 1765. R: nd. p. 517. Will Book QQ 1760-1767

Date: 1765/02/15
Description: FUTHY, HENRY, MEMORIAL FOR 850 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO AMOS SHAW OF AUG. 27, 1751.
Names Indexed: FUTHY, HENRY/LAROACHE, DANIEL/JONES, LEWIS/SHAW, AMOS/HATTER, WILLIAM GLEN/MORGAN, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00371  Item: 01

Date: 1765/02/20
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO MARGARET BARR OF JUNE 26, 1736.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, ALEXANDER/DYALL/TUBERVILLE/BARR, MARGARET/DREW, NATHANIEL/BROCKINGTON, JOHN/NESMITT, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0006 Page: 00372 Item: 02

Date: 1765/07/09
Description: FORSTER, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO MATHEW MCCONNEL OF JUNE 4, 1759.
Names Indexed: FORSTER, WILLIAM/DICK, JOHN/NESBIT, ALEXANDER/MCCONNEL, MATHEW/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0006  Page:  00496  Item: 01

Date: 1765/07/27
Description: PRICE, HENRY, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: TROUP, JOHN/PRICE, HENRY/THOMSON, HUGH/MCCREA, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/SCAPE ORE SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00175  Item: 01

Date: 1766/01/02
Description: SNOW, JAMES, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, JAMES/THOMPSON, WILLIAM/TROUP, JOHN/THOMSON, HUGH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0009  Page:  00137  Item: 02

Date: 1766/02/20
Description: JAMES, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO HENRY ONEAL OF JAN. 22, 1759.
Names Indexed: JAMES, JOHN/SNOW, NATHANEL/ONEAL, HENRY/ONEAL, SARAH/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00032  Item: 02

Date: 1766/09/03
Description: COOPER, JAMES, MEMORIAL FOR TWO TRACTS OF 300 ACRES EACH IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, BOTH SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO WILLIAM GARDNER OF AUG. 11, 1742.
Names Indexed: COOPER, JAMES/GARDNER, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00106  Item: 04

Date: 1766/11/11
Description: MCKORY, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKORY, WILLIAM/THOMPSON, JAMES/TROUP, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0013  Page:  00309  Item: 01

Date: 1766/12/05
Description: CHRISTMAS, JOHN, UNRECORDED PLAT FOR LAND NOT GRANTED, 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY, SURVEYED BY JOHN FRANCIS BUTTET.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMAS, JOHN/BUTTET, JOHN FRANCIS/MCKAY, WILLIAM/CARTER, ROBERT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213019 Volume: 0014 Page: 00413 Item: 00

Date: 1766/12/05
Description: CHRISTMAS, JOHN, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMAS, JOHN/MCKAY, WILLIAM/CARTER, ROBERT/BUTTET, JOHN FRANCIS/TROUP, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK RIVER/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Series Number:  S213184  Volume:  0010  Page:  00144  Item: 03

Date: 1767/02/20
Description: SIERS, DANIEL, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SIERS, DANIEL/COOPER, JAMES/STRAINS, ADAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/BLACK MINGO SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00191  Item: 03

Date: 1767/04/07
Description: MACKLEVINE, JOHN, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MACKLEVINE, JOHN/COOPER, MRS./WILLSON, ROBERT/TROUP, JOHN/THOMSON, HUGH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0009  Page:  00063  Item: 01

26 May 1767
Abstracts of Wills of SC, 1760-1784 by Caroline T. Moore
Rees Perkins, Prince Frederick's Parish, Craven County. Wife: Elizabeth, land purchased of Col. Rothmahler and plantation where I now live above Great Road by Charles Dewit to land of my son David. Sons: James, Samuel and Lewis, all land below Great Road; David. Mentions: residue of estate to wife and "amongst my Seven Children" when son James comes of age.
Exors: wife; George and Samuel Chandler.
Wit: Gabriel Mckeithen; John Coleman, his mark; Hector Alison.
D: 26 May 1767.    P: 1 Sept. 1767.     R: nd     p.114

I tried to obtain a copy of the original, but the original will no longer exists. I did see the clerk’s copy in will book and the name is clearly Gabriel. This may have been a clerical error. Or perhaps the signature was abbreviated as “Gbrt” but looked like “Gbrl” and was interpreted as Gabriel. No other records for a Gabriel McKeithan have been found.

Date: 1767/06/01
Description: CHRISTMAS, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMAS, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0014  Page:  00413  Item: 00

Date: 1767/07/11
Description: STEWART, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP.
Names Indexed: STEWART, WILLIAM/COOPER, SAMUEL/THOMSON, HUGH/TROUP, JOHN/
Locations: BLACK MINGO SWAMP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: PLAT/
Topics: /
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0010  Page:  00016  Item: 03

Date: 1767/08/11
Description: CHRISTMAS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMAS, JOHN/MACKAY, WILLIAM/CARTER, ROBERT/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00278  Item: 04

Date: 1767/09/12
Description: GAMBELL, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GAMBELL, JOHN/NEILSON, WILLIAM JR./
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00312  Item: 02

Date: 1767/09/12
Description: COOPER, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 250 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: COOPER, WILLIAM/MCGOWAN, JOHN/COOPER, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00308  Item: 01

Date: 1767/09/12
Description: MCELVINE, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCELVINE, JOHN/WILSON, ROBERT/COOPER, MRS./
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00318  Item: 02

Monday, September 26, 1768
..........George Smith, Junior, James Akin and Thomas Akin will sell tracts of land belonging to the late James Akin's estate, 300 acres bounding E on Waccamaw River, W on Elias Foissine, deceased, NE on Joseph La Bruce, 3 miles from George-Town.
500 acres on S side of Waccamaw River opposite the above land, granted 1735.
1850 acres in three tracts in Kingston Township on Waccamaw River joining Mr Nesbitt, Mr. Thomas Blyth,
647 acres in Craven County bounding W on land formerly Capt. Brockingtons, E on Mr Nesmith's, N on Mr. Gibbs, S on Mr. McKicken
1450 in Craven County on Sampitt River near George-Town 550 acres in St. Thomas Parish, Berkley County, bounded by lands of late Gov. Sir Nathaniel Johnson, N on land of late Capt. Thomas Akin.
100 acres within Williamsburg Township bounded by land of James Akin.
490 acres in Black Mingo Swamp joining Mr McKeithan, Capt. Brockington, Mr Nesmith, Mr Futhy.
Inauire [Inquire?] of Mr. Josiah Smith, Junior, merchant in Charles Town of the above in St. Thomas' Parish.
From Citizens and Immigrants - South Carolina, 1768 by Mary Bondurant Warren

[James Akin left 4 surviving children. His will stated that certain lands -which would have included these tracts - were to be sold when his youngest child reached the age of 21. By 1768, one of his daughters Elizabeth had died and his youngest son Thomas had come of age. Daughter Mary had married George Smith Jr, son of Josiah Smith Sr and brother of Josiah Smith Jr mentioned in the record. Sons Thomas Akin, James Akin, and son-in-law George Smith Jr appeared in numerous deeds concerning the estate lands of James Akin, but not one of those deeds mentioned McKeithan, any of the other adjoining landowners, or the Black Mingo. I have also searched the deeds of all the known neighbors. I can find no mention of a piece of land that in any way suggests it might have been McKeithan land or adjoined McKeithan land. Perhaps if the later plats can be used to identify where the land is on a more modern map, the land could be traced back from the present owners.]

Date: 1768/02/16
Description: STEWART, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: STEWART, WILLIAM/COOPER, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0009  Page:  00438  Item: 05

Date: 1768/05/03
Description: POTTS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: POTTS, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0009 Page: 00492 Item: 02

Date: 1769/01/23
Description: CUNNINGHAM, ARTHUR, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES IN PRINCE FREDRICKS PARISH, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGNALLY PART OF A 450 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO MARGARET BARR.
Names Indexed: CUNNINGHAM, ARTHUR/MCCREAS, THOMAS/HUGHE, WILLIAM/MCCREE, ALEXANDER/BARR, MARGARET/MCCREA, MARGARET/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0008  Page:  00335  Item: 02

Date: 1769/01/23
Description: HAMILTON, MARY, MEMORIAL FOR 163 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 250 ACRE TRACT.
Names Indexed: HAMILTON, MARY/MCCREA, ALEXANDER/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/LIVINGSTON, JOHN/MCCREA, MARGARET/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0008  Page:  00335  Item: 03

16 Mar 1769 Parish of Prince Frederick, Craven Co., Province of SC. Isabel McCutchen buys from Hugh Winter for L 180 current money of the Province - 200 acres bounding on one of the branches of Black Mingo Creek and adjoining the lands of William Cooper, Alexander McCrea and Adam Strain. Witnesses: William Cooper, Hugh Winter, Susannah Winter, James McCutchen.

Date: 1769/11/15
Description: WHITE, MARTHA, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON INDIAN TOWN SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: WHITE, MARTHA/WHITE, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN SWAMP/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00006  Item: 04

Date: 1770/03/20
Description: MCCOTTREY, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 516 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A LARGER TRACT.
Names Indexed: MCCOTTREY, ROBERT/BAXTER, JOHN/LANE, JOHN/YWMAN, ROBERT/HUNTER, GEORGE/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK/PRINCE FREDERICK PARISH
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00074  Item: 02

[Could this be the 316 acre tract and the 200 acre tract???]

Date: 1770/04/11
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 4 TRACTS MAKING TOTAL OF 750 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, ALEXANDER/AKIN, JAMES/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/DOYALL, THOMAS/MCCREA, THOMAS/LIVISTON, JOHN/MCELVERY, JAMES/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CRAVEN COUNTY
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0010 Page: 00392 Item: 02

Date: 1770/12/06
Description: WILSON, WILLIAM, PLAT OF A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN CRAVEN COUNTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLACK RIVER, CONTAINING 400 ACRES, SURVEYED BY SAMUEL JAMES. (C.238)
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/WILSON, WILLIAM/BLAIN, PETER/BRUNSTON, JOHN/WILSON, WILSON/BATES, ISAAC/FUTHEY, HENRY/JAMASON, WILLIAM/GAILLARD, S. T./JAMES, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: L10005  Reel:  0009  Plat:  04749  ignore: 00

Date: 1771/01/03
Description: GREGG, JOHN AND OTHERS, MEMORIAL FOR 309 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 400 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO NATHANIEL SNOW OF AUG. 7, 1735.
Names Indexed: GREGG, JOHN/IRVINE, HUGH/WINTER, ROBERT/SNOW, WILLIAM/HUNTER/SNOW, NATHANIEL/FLEMMING, WILLIAM/FLEMMING, ANNE/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0010 Page: 00291 Item: 01

Date: 1771/03/02
Description: MCCREA, THOMAS, MEMORIAL FOR 250 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY GRANTED APRIL 12, 1739.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, THOMAS/DREW, NATHANIEL/LIVISTON, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00357  Item: 01

Date: 1771/05/07
Description: PRICE, JAMES, MEMORIAL FOR 166 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 1,800 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO WILLIAM SNOW.
Names Indexed: PRICE, JAMES/HANDLIN, JOHN/PAISLEY, ROBERT/SNOW, WILLIAM/HANDLIN, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00429  Item: 03

Date: 1771/05/07
Description: DICK, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 334 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 1,800 ACRE TRACT, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JOHN SNOW.
Names Indexed: DICK, ROBERT/ALLAN, DAVID/DICK, JOHN/HILL, MARY/SNOW, JOHN/HANDLIN, JOHN/HANDLIN, BENJAMIN/HANDLIN, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00429  Item: 02

Date: 1771/07/05
Description: GAMBLE, ROBERT, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: GAMBLE, ROBERT/NELSON, MAJOR/CANTEY, JOSEPH/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0010  Page:  00502  Item: 04

Date: 1771/09/18
Description: BROCKINGTON, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BROCKINGTON, JOHN/BURNET, ANDREW/ACKENS, JAMES/WHITE, ANTHONY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0011  Page:  00045  Item: 04

[The names here can certainly be associated with Dougald McKeithan's land. The 1774 will of William Thomson stated that his home plantation was on the S side of Black Mingo Creek, N on Samuel Nesmith, S on Susannah Burnet or Dr. Andrew Burnet, S on Col. John Summerhof and Dougal McKeithan and N on William Thomson. John White's 1758 will named exors. "sons Anthony and Joseph; Dr. Andrew Burnet." A 1743 deed indicates that John White held 289a in Craven Co bounding E on N branch of Black River, W on Dougal McKeithen, N on William Forbes, S on John White (formerly granted to Richard Wigg). A memorial for John White's 289a traces the land back to John Bayly and mentions John Peter Somerheffe (Somerhoeff), another known neighbor of Dougald McKeithan. I suspect James Ackens was James Akin/Aiken who is known to have held two tracts adjoining Dougald McKeithan. These two tracts were advertised for sale in 1768, but no record has been found for their sale.]

Date: 1771/12/04
Description: GAMBALL, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 1,492 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY, SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO JAN. 12, 1737.
Names Indexed: GAMBALL, JOHN/HUGGIN/BREWTON, MILES/BREWTON, ROBERT/CARDY, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0011  Page:  00096  Item: 02

Date: 1772/02/11
Description: SNOW, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, THOMAS/BROWN, JOHN/SNOW, WILLIAM/SNOW, NATHANIEL/JAMES, SAMUEL/BREMAR, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0021  Page:  00037  Item: 02

Date: 1772/03/16
Description: CHRISTMAS, JOHN, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMAS, JOHN/LARD, DAVID/CAIN, PATRICK/BREMAR, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0014  Page:  00085  Item: 03

17 Mar. 1772
JOSEPH COMMANDER. Prince Frederick's Parish, Craven County. Nephew: Samuel Smith of George Town, son of my sister Abigail Smith, deceased, all my estate, executor. Nieces: Elizabeth Punch, Mary and Hannah Smith, daus. of said sister; Elizabeth Dunnam, dau. of my sister Rachel McCants, deceased. Mentions: £ 100 to trustees for repairs to Brick Meeting House of said parish on road leading to Black Mingo; £ 100 to Elders of Presbyterian Congregation for securing a minister of same religion. Wit: Jas. Lane, John Brockinton, Henry Clark.
D: 17 Mar. 1772. P: 8 May 1772. R: nd. p. 167.  Will Book SS 1771-1774
Joseph was son of Samuel Commander I and Elizabeth (Screven?)

Date: 1772/06/02
Description: MCCREA, THOMAS, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/MCCREA, THOMAS/DYALL/AKIN/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/MCCREA, THOMAS/BARR, MARGARET/JAMES, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CEDAR SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00175  Item: 02

Date: 1772/06/03
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/MCCREA, ALEXANDER/AKIN/JAMES, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CEDAR SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00171  Item: 01

Date: 1772/09/15
Description: MCCREA, THOMAS, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, THOMAS/DYAL/AKINS/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/BARR, MARGARET/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP/CEDAR SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0011  Page:  00420  Item: 04
1734 plat for Margaret Barr includes the name Doyal. There is also a 1735 plat for Thomas Dyel.

Date: 1772/10/30
Description: CHRISTMASS, JOHN, LAND GRANT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMASS, JOHN//
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/
Type: LAND GRANT/
Series Number: S213019  Volume:  0027  Page:  00052  Item: 00

Date: 1773/01/14
Description: CHRISTMASS, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMASS, JOHN/LARD, DAVID/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0012  Page:  00067  Item: 04

Date: 1773/01/19
Description: CHRISTMAS, WILLIAM, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: CHRISTMAS, WILLIAM/DUBOSE, ELIAS/BREMAR, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0014  Page:  00075  Item: 03

Date: 1773/01/25
Description: MCCREE, ROBERT, PLAT FOR 250 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/MCCREE, ROBERT/GORDON, JAMES/PINKERTON, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BEAVER DAM CREEK/CROWDERS CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00173  Item: 01

Date: 1773/03/17
Description: MCCREA, THOMAS JR., PLAT FOR 200 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/MCCREA, THOMAS JR./MCCREA, JOHN/DICK, JEAN/FORRISTER, WILLIAM/MCCREA, ALEXANDER/MONTGOMERY, HENRY/MCKNELY, HENRY/JAMES, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/CEDAR SWAMP/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0018  Page:  00176  Item: 01

Date: 1773/03/24
Description: BURNET, SABINA BURNET, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BURNET, SABINA/THOMSON, WILLIAM/HANDLER, EDWARD/HANDLER, ELIZABETH/GILES, HUGH/BREMAR, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0013  Page:  00439  Item: 01
[See Andrew Burnet and Susannah Burnet above. The name Handler probably was actually Handlen or Handlin See Edward Handlin and Elizabeth Handlin above.]

Date: 1773/05/07
Description: SHEPHERD, MARY, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SHEPHERD, MARY/FLEMING, JOHN/DUBOSE, ELIAS/BREMAR, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0019 Page: 00422 Item: 01

Date: 1773/06/25
Description: SNOW, THOMAS, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES IN INDIAN TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SNOW, THOMAS/SNOW, WILLIAM/SNOW, NATHANIEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0012  Page:  00267  Item: 06

Date: 1773/08/31
Description: MCKNIGHT, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCKNIGHT, ALEXANDER/JONES, JOHN/COOPER, JAMES/STRAIN, ADAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0012  Page:  00410  Item: 04

4 Jan 1774
Abstracts of Wills of SC, 1760-1784 by Caroline T. Moore
William Thomson, Sr., Prince Frederick's Parish, Craven County, "being well stricken in Years."
Wife: Margaret, to live on my plantation during her life. Sons: William, John and Samuel, plantation where I now live on S side of Black Mingo Creek, N on Samuel Nesmith, S on Susannah Burnet or Dr. Andrew Burnet, S on Col. John Summerhof and Dougal McKeithan and N on William Thomson. Daus: Sarah White, deceased; Margaret Potts; Mary Johnston; Rebecca Handlen; Jean Burton; Martha. Grandchildren: Sarah and Margaret White, under age and unmarried, daus. of my dau. Sarah White, deceased; Sarah and Mary Thomson Johnston, under age and unmarried, daus. of my dau. Mary alias Fulton, alias Johnston; Thomas and William Potts, under age, sons of my dau. Margaret Potts. Sons-in-law: Anthony Martin White; Thomas Johnston, deceased; Thomas Potts.
Exors: wife; sons William and John; Anthony Martin White; Samuel Nesmith.
Wit: Daniel Ferguson, David Campbell, William Gamble.
D: 4 Jan. 1774  P: nd.  R: nd.  p. 67.
(See plat for John More/Moore above which shows William Thomson's land. He married Margaret Nesmith 27 Oct 1737, daughter of John Nesmith. He was probably referred to as "Sr" to distinguish him from not only his son, but also from William Thomson, brother of Deborah Thomson McKeithan McRee and daughter of John Thomson. I have not been able to prove a relationship between William Thomson Sr and either the father or grandfather of Deborah Thomson - both named John Thomson.)

Date: 1774/02/08
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR TWO TRACTS IN WILLIAMSBURGH TOWNSHIP, CRAVEN COUNTY, ONE FOR 250 ACRES, ORIGINALLY PART OF A 1,000 ACRE TRACT OWNED BY JAMES AKIN AND ONE FOR 114 ACRES SUMMARIZING A CHAIN OF TITLE TO A GRANT TO GEORGE MONTGOMERY.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, ALEXANDER/AKIN, JAMES/MONTGOMERY, GEORGE/MONTGOMERY, HENRY/MCELVENE, JOHN/HOLDEN, JOHN/MCCREA, THOMAS/GRIMES, WILLIAM/MONTGOMERY, JAMES/MONTGOMERY, MARGARET/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0012  Page:  00462  Item: 03

K-4, p 171-176  Lease & release: 13 & 14 May 1774. Thomas Handlen of Charles Town, Gentleman, to Alexander Tweed of Prince George's Parish, SC, planter, for L523 SC money, 850 acres in Craven County adj. John White, Capt. Anthony White, granted 23 May 1734 to James Handlen deceased. Thos. Handlen (LS), Wit: Wm Gibson, Ezekiel Townsend. Proved 16 May 1774 before Thomas Phepoe, J.P., by the oath of Ezekiel Townsend. Recorded 22 June 1774.
South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1773-1778 Books F-4 through X-4, Brent H Holcomb p 63

K-4, p 176-181  Lease & release: 19 & 20 May 1774. Joseph Roper of Charles Town, Turner, to Alexander Tweed of George Town, planter, for L100 SC money, 250 acres in Craven County on Black River commonly called Black Mingo adj. John McDowel, William Fleming Esqr deceased, Black Mingo Creek. Joseph Roper (LS). Wit: Andrew Redmon, Roger Neill, Jno. Thomlinson. Proved 22 June 1774 before Thomas Turner, J.P. in Charles Town District, by the oath of Andrew Redmon.
South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1773-1778 Books F-4 through X-4, Brent H Holcomb p 63

Date: 1774/06/16
Description: FLEMING, JOHN, MEMORIAL FOR 300 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, JOHN/CHRISTMAS, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0013 Page: 00108  Item:06

Date: 1774/07/12
Description: SCREVEN, BENJAMIN, PLAT FOR 150 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, BENJAMIN/PAULIN, WILLIAM/SCREVEN, JOSEPH/POTTS, THOMAS/SIMPLE, JAMES/BREMAR, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0019 Page: 00376 Item: 02

Date: 1774/08/01
Description: MCCREA, THOMAS JR., MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON CEDAR SWAMP, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, THOMAS JR./MCCREA, JOHN/DICK, JEAN/FORRESTER, WILLIAM/MCCREA, ALEXANDER/MONTGOMERY, HENRY/MCKNELEY, HENRY/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/CEDAR SWAMP/WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0012  Page:  00528  Item: 05

Date: 1774/12/28
Description: SCREVEN, BENJAMIN, MEMORIAL FOR 150 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SCREVEN, BENJAMIN/PAULING, WILLIAM/SCREVEN, JOSEPH/POTTS, THOMAS/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0013 Page: 00186 Item: 03

Date: 1775/03/07
Description: JOHNSTON, JOSEPH, PLAT FOR 500 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/JOHNSTON, JOSEPH/SNOW, NATHANIEL/ERVIN, HUGH/BARNS, JOHN/JAMES, SAMUEL/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/INDIANTOWN SWAMP
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184  Volume:  0017  Page:  00300  Item: 01

Date: 1775/03/24
Description: SHEPHERD, MARY, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: SHEPHERD, MARY/FLEMMING, JOHN/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0013 Page: 00412 Item: 05

Date: 1775/06/07
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, PLAT FOR 100 ACRES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: BREMAR, JOHN/MCCREA, ALEXANDER/MCNIGHT, JAMES/SAMPLE, JAMES JR./
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: PLAT/
Series Number: S213184 Volume: 0018 Page: 00172 Item: 01

Date: 1775/06/29
Description: FLEMING, ELIZABETH, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: FLEMING, ELIZABETH/MONT, JAMES/WILSON, ROGER/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER/BOGGY GULLY SWAMP
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001 Volume: 0013 Page: 00531 Item: 04

Date: 1775/11/10
Description: MCCREA, ALEXANDER, MEMORIAL FOR 100 ACRES ON BLACK MINGO CREEK, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: MCCREA, ALEXANDER/MCKNIGHT, JAMES/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK MINGO CREEK
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0002  Page:  00440  Item: 01

Date: 1775/11/23
Description: ROBERTS, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL FOR 200 ACRES ON BLACK RIVER, CRAVEN COUNTY.
Names Indexed: ROBERTS, WILLIAM/CHRISTMAS, WILLIAM/
Locations: CRAVEN COUNTY/BLACK RIVER
Type: MEMORIAL/
Series Number: S111001  Volume:  0002  Page:  00468  Item: 02

The last mention I have been able to find of the McKeithan land was the 1774 will of William Thomson Sr. I have searched the deeds for Nesmith, Brockington, Somerhoeff, Futhy, Fairbush, Aiken, and every other adjoining neighbor I could determine with no luck. According to SC Archives, "The following counties suffered major losses of their pre-Civil War records: Abbeville, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, Lexington, Orangeburg and Richland." Williamsburg did not become a separate district until 1805, so the records we need would have been part of the Georgetown records and were probably lost. However I did find a record in the SC Archives database that MIGHT mention the McKeithan land. Since the name McKeithan appears in this record without a given name and no McKeithans were known to be living in the area this late, the reference could be to McKeithan land. I do not yet have the complete record, so nothing is certain.

Series Number: S108093  Reel:  0028  Frame:  00307  item: 00 
Date: 1838/11/12
Description: MCCONNELL, THOMAS OF WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK B, PAGE 171) (10 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: MCCONNELL, THOMAS///MCCONNELL, MARGARET ELINOR/BENNETT/MCKEITHEN/MCCONNELL, JANE P./KING, SAMUEL V./MCCONNELL, JAMES QUILL/CHAMBERS, ROBERT B./MCCUTCHEN, THOMAS MCCONNELL/NORTH, THOMAS MCCONNELL/WILSON, D. D./MCCONNELL, WILLIAM/MCCONNELL, SARAH E./WALLACE, STEPHEN S./MCCONNELL, MARY/MCCONNELL, JAMES ZUILL/GIBSON, SUSANNAH/SMITH, ADAM/MARSHALL, JAMES/MORRIS, ELEAZER/ALTMAN, AGNESS/DOUGLAS, ELINOR/PRESLEY, ELIZA/DICK, JANNET/MCCUTCHEN, MARY/PRESLEY, JOHN/HIDLESTON, JOHN/MCGINNEY, JANE/MCCONNELL, ELIZA/MCCONNELL, GEDORGE/PEGGY (SLAVE)/ANTRIM (SLAVE)/SAMSON (SLAVE)/SAM (SLAVE)/CUFFIE (SLAVE)/HAWKINS/OLD DINAH (SLAVE)/NANCY (SLAVE)///SMART (SLAVE)/MALLIAS (SLAVE)/HENRY (SLAVE)/PHOBE (SLAVE)/TENAH (SLAVE)/CUTEA (SLAVE)/HANNAH (SLAVE)/FORTUNE (SLAVE)/LITTLE JIM (SLAVE)/ABUDUN/ABRAM (SLAVE)/JOE (SLAVE)/SOPHIE (SLAVE)/CYRUS (SLAVE)/CHARLES (SLAVE)/BEN (SLAVE)/BIG JIM (SLAVE)/EDWIN (SLAVE)/SYLVIA (SLAVE)/ WILLIAM (SLAVE)/PETE (SLAVE)/JACOB (SLAVE)/CHLOE (SLAVE)/MARY (SLAVE)/FRIDAY (SLAVE)/ISAAC (SLAVE)/LITTLE DINAH (SLAVE)/MATTY (SLAVE)/SARAH ANN (SLAVE)/DICK, ROBERT/MCCONNELL, MARY BLAKELY/WILSON, DAVID D./MORRIS, ROBERT/MCGILL, SAMUEL/GAMBLE, JAMES/HANNA, JAMES H./PAISLEY, WILLIAM H./HANNA, GEORGE J./
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT///INDIANTOWN/BLACK MINGO CREEK/LAWS CREEK/GEORGETOWN DISTRICT
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)///

The Thomas McConnell of this will must certainly be the Thomas McConnell called "Big Tom" who married Jane Zuell mentioned below.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~scwillia/PresFamHis.htm

[only parts included]

Family History
Containing these names: Pressley, Brockinton, Fowler, Gotea, Scriven, Burrows, Nesmith, & others.

Signed: John Gotea Presley
Santa Rosa, CA. 7th February, 1889.

John Brockinton Jr. (1754-1801), the father of my grandmother, Mary Barr B. Pressley (1783-1849), died leaving his children
minors of tender years. The same maybe said of John Gotea, my grandfather on my mothers side. These facts will account for
the paucity as to incidents, names, etc. in the history which I am about to write............

The maiden name of my grandmother on my mothers side was Elizabeth Scott born the 6th day of May 1790. I do not know of her mothers maiden nor given sir name, nor do I know her fathers given name. He died and his widow my great grandmother married a Mr. McConnell (James) whose name I regret my inability to state. My grandmother married John Gotea who was my grandfather on my mothers side. My grandmother was left a widow with two children, Sarah my mother and Margaret Jane my aunt. Grandma lived on the road leading from Kingstree via Black Mingo to Georgetown on a small stream called Coldwater Run. Her plantation lay on both sides of this stream, and extended to Black Mingo Swamp. It was of considerable extent and very fine land. She owned a few Negroes, and some live stock. Her property sufficed my good management to keep her and her children in comfort. Upon her husbands death his estate was partitioned between the widow and her two daughters, but was kept together on the plantation. Upon my fathers marriage on the 5th day of January 1830, He took up his residence with his mother-in-law, and with his Negroes and those of my grandmother and her two daughters, carried on the farm for their joint benefits till the summer of 1839, when he moved to Turkey Creek and joined forces with his own mother.

......Jane Zuel, daughter of Dr. Zuel and Margaret , his wife, (nee Pressley) married Thomas McConnell , called to distinguish
him from the other Thomas McConnells, Big Tom. He was a man of considerable means, lived on Burnett Swamp about three and a
half miles from Black Mingo. The plantation is still owned and occupied by some of his family. I was so young when he died
that I do not know much about him. He died about the year 1849. Jane McConnell, nee Zuel, died a few years after her husband.

Jane Zuel McConnell and Thomas McConnell, her husband, had children born to them:

James Zuel McConnell
John Thomas McConnell
William Robert McConnell
Elizabeth McConnell
Augusta McConnell
Of these William Robert McConnell died unmarried, Elizabeth and Augusta were never married, and I think are dead.

John Thomas McConnell, son of Jane and Thomas McConnell, married Miss Hext of Barnwell. Children were born to them.
One of his daughters married a son of Dr. J.J. Steele, who is himself a physician. I saw her in 1885. She was touchingly
demonstrative in her reguard. My presence brought to her memory her father to whom she was very much attached. I saw some
of the other children of John Thomas McConnell, but do not now remember their names. His widow and children
(except Mrs. Steele) were occupying his Mother’s homestead. John Thomas McConnell was a Confederate soldier with the rank
of Lt. In the 10th S.C. Vols.

He died since I have settled in Cal.

James Zuel McConnell, son of Thomas and Jane McConnell, married a Miss Sessions and settled in the Georgetown District.
I do not know any of his family. I believe he still lives. He and his brother were noted for their brotherly affection for
each other........

The mother of Elizabeth Scott married James McConnell and bore children:
Janet McConnell (1795-1866)
George McConnell
Mary McConnell
Thomas McConnell

George McConnell, I am unable to say who he married. He died before my recollection. His children were:
Mary McConnell
Margaret McConnell
Eliza McConnell
Thomas McConnell
William McConnell
All of these I know. I have never heard that there were others who died before my time.

[about the children of George McConnell:]
Thomas McConnell was known as "Young Tom McConnell" to distinguish him from an uncle of his and from a cousin both of the same name. The Uncle who will presently be mentioned was known as "Old Tom" and the cousin, who will also be mentioned, was known as "Big Tom".

Young Tomas McConnell lived on Black River or near that stream on a tract of land once owned by Thomas Dukes. He had ten or fifteen Negroes, but was such a poor manager that he was as poor a man as I have ever seen. He was remarkable for good temper and pleasant manners. I do not now remember the maiden name of his wife, Young Tom and his wife had born to them two children.

George McConnell
John McConnell
Both of these boys are living. Their parents are both dead.

William McConnell son of George, married Laura Blakely. He lived near China Grove, Williamsburg District. He and his wife
had a large family of children, but I saw so little of them that I do not know their names or number. I liked him and saw
him often when we were boys. He was inclined to be a little wild when he first grew up, but soon became very steady and
correct in his habits. He died after I left S.C. I saw her in 1885. They were Christian people.

Eliza McConnell, daughter of George, married John B. Miller. They lived on Campbell Swamp on the Black Mingo Road. She was
kind, good woman. She and her husband had children. I knew them well. His name was John Miller. He was a soldier in Co. C,
25th S.C. Vols. A braver boy and better soldier never shouldered a musket. Eliza Miller died before 1861.

Margaret McConnell, daughter of George, married Eliphalet H. Miller. As devisee of her uncle, Thomas McConnell,
she came into the ownership and possession of a large estate consisting of money, Negroes, and land. After the death of her
parents, her uncle, who was then a widower, took charge of her and her sister, Eliza. He remembered them both in his will
but Margaret was mad heiress. The will provided that Margaret should forfeit the estate left to her if she married any man
whose name commenced with the letter "C". Her uncle had in his mind a young man of the neighborhood named "Chambers" to
whom he had conceived for some reason which I have never heard, an aversion. She could hardly have done worse than when
she married Miller.

[Note: This Thomas McConnell was not "Big Tom" who m Jane Zuel, but "Old Thomas" From this, it seems that Old Thomas and George were brothers. "Big Tom" was a cousin to George's children, so he was probably a son of "Old Thomas", son of James McConnell. The only sons of James McConnell by Mrs Scott mentioned were George and Thomas.]

He was a complete failure as a business man, extravagant and thriftless. To be raised suddenly from humble circumstances to wealth was more than he could stand. He was, however, a popular man, and for many years Represented Williamsburg District in the Senate of the State Legislature. His love of politics had much to do with his financial ruin. His wife was a woman of sweet temper and affectionate disposition. Miller and his wife And children owned and occupied the old McConnell homestead, on the Georgetown Road about one mile from Black Mingo. It was a very attractive place when I first remember it. I passed it in 1885, every vestage of improvements were gone, and I found it difficult to find where the attractive house had once stood. The title passed out of the family years ago. Margaret Miller and her husband are both dead. Margaret and Eliphalet H. Miller had children born to them.

Thomas M. Miller
Julius Miller
Louisa Miller
There may have been others.

Signed: John Gotea Presley
Santa Rosa, CA. 7th February, 1889.

[From the record below, I wonder if perhaps Eliphalet H Miller was actually Eliphalet Hubbard Burdick - or perhaps Miller was named for Burdick. I see no mention of a daughter named Margaret here. Was there some confusion in John Gotea Pressley's memory?]

Series Number:  S108093  Reel:  0028  Frame: 00119  item: 00 
Date: 1816/11/29
Description: MCCONNELL, GEORGE OF WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK A, PAGE 175; ESTATE PACKET: APT. 19, PKG. 11)(2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: MCCONNELL, GEORGE/MEEK, WILLIAM/LOWRY, JOHN/HEWETTE, JANE M./BURDICK, ELAM CHEESEBOROUGH/BURDICK, ELIPHALET HUBBARD/BURDICK, FREDRICK ALLEN/MCCONNELL, RACHEL/HETTA (SLAVE)/MCCONNELL, GEORGE//MCCONNELL, JAMES/MCCONNELL, THOMAS/MCCONNELL, ROBERT/GOTTEA, ELENOR/ANNA (SLAVE)/JACK (SLAVE)/FLORA (SLAVE)/WILSON, WILLIAM/MILLS, ESAM J./MATTHEWS, JOHN/LANE, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT/BLACK RIVER/
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)/

Series Number: S108093  Reel:  0028   Frame:  00054  item:  00 
Date: 1810/04/40  [sic]
Description: ZUILL, JAMES OF WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK A, PAGE 72; ESTATE PACKET: APT. 30, PKG. 2) (2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: ZUILL, JAMES//ZUILL, MARGARET/MCCONNELL, THOMAS/ZUILL, JOHN///ZUILL, JANE PRESLEY/HITCH, WILLIAM/MARTIN, DAVID/BELIN, CLELAND/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT//WILLTOWN/PARISH OF BALFROR/SCOTLAND/NORTH BRITAIN/
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)

Series Number: S108093  Reel:  0028  Frame:  00175  item:  00 
Date: 1821/05/25
Description: PRESLEY, JOHN OF WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK A, PAGE 259; ESTATE PACKET: APT. 25, PKG. 12) (2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: PRESLEY, JOHN/PRESSLEY/PRESLEY, MARY B./MALANDA (SLAVE)/PRESLEY, WILLIAM I./PRESLEY, MARTHA F.//
PRESLEY, JOHN B./PRESLEY, ELIZA/PRESLEY, JAMES F./MCCONNELL, THOMAS/BROCKINGTON, WILLIAM S./HIDDLESTON, JOHN/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT/
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)/

Series Number:  S108093  Reel:  0028  Frame:  00350  item: 00 
Date: 1825/03/07
Description: BROCKINTON, MARTHA OF WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK C, PAGE 16;
ESTATE PACKET: APT. 5, PKG. 17) (2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: BROCKINTON, MARTHA//BROCKINTON, JOHN/NANCY (SLAVE)/JACK (SLAVE)/SAMBO (SLAVE)/JEMINA (SLAVE)/NED (SLAVE)/BURROWS, WILLIAM/BROCKINTON, WILLIAM S./PRESSLEY, MARY B./PETER (SLAVE)/HESTER (SLAVE)/GEORGE (SLAVE)/EDWIN (SLAVE)/FLORAH (SLAVE)///HANNAH (SLAVE)/ELSY (SLAVE)/SARAH (SLAVE)/STEPHEN (SLAVE)/JACOB (SLAVE)/AMIE (SLAVE)/ROSE (SLAVE)/SMART (SLAVE)/BETTY (SLAVE)/CHARLOTTE (SLAVE)/AFFIE (SLAVE)/KIZIA (SLAVE)/JANE (SLAVE)/MCCONNELL, MARGARET/
MCCONNELL, THOMAS/BELIN, CLELAND/
Locations: WILLIAMSBURG DISTRICT//
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)//

http://www.quailwood.com/cem-JohnPressley.html
John Pressley was the son of William Pressley and Eleanor (Orr) Pressley. He married Mary Barr Brockington (1783-1849), daughter of Capt John Brockington Jr and Martha Screven Fowler his wife.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~scwillia/PresFamHis.htm
John Brockinton Sr. (1722-1795), is the first of whom I can give any account. I have as old agreement for a marriage settlement made on the twenty-first day of April A.D. 1773 by and between John Brockinton Sr. and Benjamin Scriven, as Trustees, and John Brockinton Jr and Martha Fowler, who were about to be married. Scriven did not sign, however. (Martha Scriven Fowler (1757-1825) daughter of James Fowler and Elizabeth Scriven)

John Brockinton Sr. and his wife had a son, John Brockinton Jr. who is one of the parties to the marriage articles. They may have had other children, but I have no means now of ascertaining, and do not remember of having heard of any others. I am not able to give any of details of the life of John Brockinton Sr. nor the date of his death. He lived on Black River or near that stream, and not far from the old town of Black Mingo in Craven County, Colony of South Carolina, afterwards known as Williamsburgh District, State of South Carolina. The Scrivens and Brockintons lived in the bend of Black River below what is now known as Whitmans or Potatoe Ferry, and above the ferry known as Browns Upper or Rope Ferry. That section of country was then in Prince Fredricks Parish. Benjamin Scriven and Martha Fowler, when the marriage articles were signed, were described as "of Black River in Prince Fredricks Parish, South Carolina". John Brockinton Jr. as "of Black Mingo" in the same parish.

Tory John Brockinton Jr. married (as it appears from that instrument referred to) 1773 Martha Fowler. He was a very intelligent man, of splendid physique, and wealthy for the times. At the beginning of the Revolutionary struggle he espoused the cause of the King, as did a majority of the wealthy planters of Carolina, and became a Captain in the British service. He gave General Francis Marion and his command much trouble. Unfortunately for family tradition, owing to the youth of his children when he died, very few of his adventures as a solider have been handed down to his posterity.

The old Town of Black Mingo in which he lived was situated on a large navigable Creek of the same name, one of the principle tributaries of Black River,

The town of Black Mingo is shown on an early Williamsburg Co map.

The Black Mingo Creek and its tributaries is now described as follows:
http://www.scdhec.com/water/shed/text/40205-170.pdf
(Black Mingo Creek)
General Description
Watershed 03040205-170 is located in Williamsburg and Georgetown Counties and consists
primarily of Black Mingo Creek and its tributaries from Indiantown Swamp to its confluence with the
Black River. The watershed occupies 79,350 acres of the Lower Coastal Plain region of South Carolina.
The predominant soil types consist of an association of the Yemassee-Yauhannah-Bladen-Emporia-Ogeechee
series. The erodibility of the soil (K) averages 0.15; the slope of the terrain averages 1%, with
a range of 0-2%. Land use/land cover in the watershed includes: 55.4% forested land, 17.0% agricultural
land, 14.7% forested wetland (swamp), 12.2% scrub/shrub land, 0.5% nonforested wetland (marsh),
0.1% water, and 0.1% urban land.
This section of Black Mingo Creek accepts drainage from its upstream reach, together with
Wilson Lake, Gully Branch, Headless Creek, Snow Branch, and Campbell Swamp (Hickory Nut Branch).
Johnson Branch enters the system next, followed by Walden Branch, Poplar Hill Branch (Caney Branch,
Waterman Branch, Hughs Branch), Rome Branch, Burnett Swamp, and Jacks Creek. Further
downstream, Browns Branch (Squirrel Run, Church Branch, Pittman Branch) flows into Black Mingo
Creek followed by Peters Creek, Smith Swamp (Black Steer Swamp, McGinney Creek), Cold Creek,
Mingo Swamp, and Schoolhouse Branch. The Black Mingo Creek Watershed flows into the Black River.
There are several lakes and ponds (totaling 165.9 acres) in this watershed and a total of 129.2 stream
miles, all classified FW. 
 

Records for Dougald McKeithan of Craven Co, SC and
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