Hi Jones, I'm well aware of how Burke County got broken up in 1793 & 1796 to help form Screven & Jefferson Counties. A bit got traded with Richmond County at one point (near Blythe, I believe). Then a portion was taken to help form Jenkins County. However, the identification of this William Taylor acquiring land near a Kemp's Branch on the north side of Brier Creek strongly points to this being land that became a part of Screven County. Solomon Kemp the Tory and his son Solomon Kemp, Sr. had lands near what later became Hiltonia. Solomon Kemp, Sr. later became Sheriff of Screven County. His brother Daniel Kemp also had lands in Screven County. I suspect that this land parcel granted to William Taylor in 1788 became a part of Screven County when that county was formed in 1793. Dale ___________________________________ Jones Peebles wrote: > Dale.. Burke co as you know covered a large area at one time case in point > some my descendant got land grants that were later in Jefferson co. The > moving of county land lines has been confusing for us researchers.. burke > co at one time covered alot of present day Jefferson, Warren and parts of > others. Prior to 1800 it gets worst.......Happy Hunting.......Jones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> > To: <gascreve@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:26 PM > Subject: [GASCREVE] Another William Taylor land survey & plat from 1788 > > > >> Hi Folks, >> >> Here's another plat prepared for William Taylor in 1788. It was >> situated near Kemp's Branch on the north side of Brier Creek. This >> would have been near Solomon Kemp (either the Tory or his son who became >> Sheriff of Screven Co.), east of present-day Hiltonia - most likely. >> This plat for 100 acres is also adjacent to a land parcel he already has. >> >> I used the search function at the GA SOS archives webpage to look >> through results of searching with the phrase "Brier Creek". I also >> checked the phrases "Briar Creek" and "Bryar Creek". This brings up >> results from the upper portion of Screven County (in early years this >> was Burke County) and through much of Burke County. >> >> Dale E. Reddick >> >> ----------------- >> >> http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/looseplats&CISOPTR=11528&REC=6 >> >> >>