He cites Historic Camden, SC by Kirkland and Kennedy published 1905 for a lot of his material... >From what I can gather, it was first called Pine Tree Hill, Frederickburg township...then it was named Camden, the city much later....the area on both sides of the Waterees River below and above what is now Camden was known as *the Waterees, sometimes used to designate Fredrickburg, the township on the eastern side. Thomas Brown as an Indian trader during this time period of 1735. First land owners were: James Ousley 300 acres on western side of the Wateree River dated 1733, this land passed to Nebo Gaunt the Quaker, then Joseph Kershaw and then Henry Savage The earliest grant on the Camden side is in 1737, in which a group of families received percepts for land in Fredrickburg township: Adam Strain - family of 4 David Alexander - family of 2 James McGowan - family of 6 Hugh McCutchin - family of 2 Michale Harris - family of 1 William Seawright - family of 5 Robert Seawright - family of 1 recall it was 50 acres per each family member...also in 1736 there was a family murdered by the Indians in Pine Tree Creek...there are two creeks that run on the east side of Camden, Little Pine Tree Creek which runs off of Big Pine Tree Creek, which runs south of Camden William Seawright and Robert Seawright settled in Blemont Neck, just south of Mulberry; Hugh McCutchin, Michale Harris and James McGowen about seven miles southeast of Camden, on waters of Swift Creek; Adam Strain and David Alexander cannot be precisely located, but were probably with hailing distance of some of the others - they were all located along the Wateree River just west of what is now Camden...there are no new settlers in this area until about 6 years later and from 1743 to 1750 there were 36 additional families that arrive and settle in around round Pine Tree Hill, which later becomes the City of Camden...others settled outside of Fredrickburg in the wilds of Gum Swamp which was northeast of Camden; Howard and Gamble took land on White Oak Creek; Mahaffy and Brannon on Grannys Quarter Cree and Ragland in 1749 on Ragland Creek, which was named after him. On the western side of the River there was Wright on Wrights Branch, Gibsons, Paine, Harrison, Hill, Russell, Gregory, Paget, Scott, Roberts, Arledge, McKenzie and others.... In 1750-51 came a group of Irish Quakers, who came most probably via the river and landed near Camden, precise date not known. Earliest grant is in 1751 to Josiah Tomlinson in West Wateree and Robert Milhouse 1751 in Friends Neck in West Wateree among this group: Milhouse, Daniel Mathis and Sophia his wife, English, John Belton, Abraham Belton who did not come out until late 1770s, Evans, John Wright; Samuel Kelly and Hannah Belton, his wife; Russell; Josiah Tomlinson; John Furnass; Nebo Gaunt; Samuel Wyly and Dinah Milhouse his wife; Adamson, in most cases several of each surname. Not sure all these are Quaker: Thomas; Buxton, Haley, Moon, Melone, Widos, Plunkett, Morgridge, Watson, Toland, Tod, Cook, Christmas, Downing, Dunsworth, Finin, Courson, Cain...it was some eight or ten years after the arrival of these Quakers before a single one of their number or any other person obtained a grant for any land now within the boundaries od Camden. Samuel Wyly, surveyor and merchant, of whom much has been said in the Indian Chapter, acquired the tracts of Bryan Rork, Roger Paget and William Bready, lying to the Southwest of Camden just beyond the Cemetery, now the Smyrl place. His dwelling must have been beyond the town limits for although his son, Samuel was born in 1756, yet Samuel Mathis born four years later, is accredited as the first male native to Camden. He went first to Willamsburg and came to Fredrickburg in 1752, a year later than his other Friends but from that time to his death, sixteen years after, he was the most prominent member of the colony and his store its chief center and nucleus, until the coming of Joseph Kershaw. The business of Wyly & Co., conducted by his sons, existed during the Revolution. North of Wyly between the river toll bridge road and the Indian Mound, John Belton, surveyor located purchasing the tracts of Mark Catterton...several families settle on Pine Tree Creek and the Milhouses on Town Creek and Swift Creek and some on Spears Creek about 13 miles south of Camden...Quakers settled on West Wateree, such as the Gaunts, Kellys and Evanses. Their meeting house and graveyard were on the eastern side within what is now the city limits of Camden...Samuel Wyly in 1758 deeded the land for the cemetery...the meeting house has long been obliterated the Quaker graves likewise have been encroached upon bt some evidently ancient are still marked by a mere arching of bricks...the Quaker lot was enlarged from time to time and is now the present Cemetery for Camden - 1806 Robert Evans was married in Camden and then went to Newberry, he married Keren Happuch Gaunt. Samuel Kelly settled in West Wateree, north of Camden, he was from Kings County, Ireland and his wife, Hannah Belton, of Queens County, a sister of John Belton. John Furnass and Robert Evans went to Newberry from Camden as did Samuel Kelly...Samuel Wyly remained at Pine Tree Hill... Names among the Quakers although not Quaker - 1750-1755, John Cantey, Francis Lee, Richard Kirkland and Joseph Kirkland, Joseph Mickle, John Drakeford, William Boykin, ...among many others... 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