Here are a few deeds and grants in the area of Spartanburg SC that was once Craven co NC, Anson Co NC et. al. For Sparta Researchers here are a few NC/SC deeds and grants and misc info for Spartanburg and surrounding area. [primarily our MILLER family but contains other names as well] SP-DEEDS This land was originally Mecklenburg, N.C. Some of the grants given by the Governor of NC in this area called it Craven County, some called it Anson County, some called it Berkely County later it was called Old 96 District of SC, then in 1772 it finally became Spartanburg. The first plot of ground our Millers lived on was far to the East, on the east banks of the Catawba River, they moved around 1752 to the area of Tyger River in Spartanburg. Although the ownership of the lands by either NC or SC changed, the Tyger rivers never moved. Most of this land is within 10 miles of the City of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, County, SC. ROBERT MILLER GRANTED 800 ACRES IN BERKELY CO. ON MIDDLE AND NORTH FORKS TYGER RIVER 16 FEB 1753. #421 GRANT # 235 PAGE 141 MECKLENBURG, 300 ACRES ON FORK OF LITTLE RIVER. (Note Robert Miller's will says Little River which name was sometimes used for Tyger River.) VOL 2 PAGES 241-244 13 AND 14 APRIL 1764 JAMES MILLER AND WIFE MARY OF MECH, CORDWINDER TO ROBERT MILLER OF SAME, WEAVER (LEASE 5S AND RELEASE 25 POUNDS PROC MONEY) 200 ACRES ON E SIDE OF CATAWBA RIVER WHERE SAID ROBERT NOW LIVES..NEAR WM PRINCES LINE SUBDIVIDED FROM 2 TRACTS OF 300 AND 200 ACRES GRANTED TO GEO RENICK 31 MAR 1753 AND 30 AUG 1753 CONVEYED FROM RENICK TO ADAM MEEK, WEAVER, THEN FROM MEEK AND WIFE ELIZABETH [DAU. OF ROBERT MILLER] TO JAMES MILLER 13 AND 14 JAN 1759..JAMES MILLER SEAL MARY MILLER SEAL, WIT RICHARD BARRY, JOHN MILLER, ROBERT EWART VOL 1 PAGES 70-73 15 APRIL 1763, ROBERT MILLER AND WIFE MARY OF MECH, TO ROBERT GORDON, WAGON MAKER (LEASE 5 S RELEASE 20 POUNDS) 200 ACRES ON N SIDE OF BROAD RIVER, ON MIDDLE FORK OF BULLOCK'S CREEK ABOUT TWO MILES ABOVE BULLOCK'S CABIN, GRANTED TO SAID MILLER 3 SEPT 1753 ...ROBERT MILLER SEAL, MARY MILLER SEAL WIT THOMAS PRICE, THOMAS JEANS, RICHARD BARRY. SPARTAN DEED BOOK B P. 25-27 1 SEPTEMBER 1787 JAMES MILLER (SPARTANBURG) TO ROBERT AND WILLIAM MILLER (SAME) HIS SONS, FOR 50 POUNDS STERLING SOLD 200 ACRES ON BOTH SIDES OF S FORK OF TYGER RIVER; LAND ON NORTH TO GO TO ROBERT AND LAND ON SOUTH SIDE TO GO TO WILLIAM; BORDER WAGON ROAD FROM ROBERT MILLER'S TO CHARLESTON; GRANT 24 OCT 1767 GOV WM TRYON NC TO JAMES MILLER [THEN IN MECKLINBURG CO NC NOW SPARTANBURG CO]. WIT ROBERT MILLER, SAMUEL MILLER AND JAMES JORDAN SIGNED JAMES MILLER. SPARTAN DEED BOOK B P 149-152 5 MAY 1779 NATHANIEL MILLER (96 DIST) TO SAMUEL NEELY (CAMDEN DIST) FOR 1550 POUNDS SC MONEY SOLD 160 AC ON N SIDE OF TYGER RIVER ON LAWSON'S CREEK INCLUDING MOUTH OF MILL CREEK PART OF GRANT 30 MAY 1763 GOV THOMAS BOONE TO ROBERT MILLER THEN TO NATHANIEL BY WILL OF ROBERT MILLER BORDER S-TYGER RIVER ON LAWSON'S CREEK E-JOHN MILLER WIT THOMAS BULLION, THOMAS MOORE, ANDREW THOMSON SIGNED NATHANIEL MILLER. SPARTAN DEED BOOK M PAGE 42-44 23 FEBRUARY 1809 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO SAMUEL MILLER (SAME) FOR $205 SOLD 110 ACRES ON SOUTH SIDE OF MIDDLE TYGER RIVER BORDER BUFFALO CREEK, BORDER W-JOSIAH MILLER AND OTHER SIDES SAMUEL MILLER WIT ROBERT MILLER SAMUEL NEELY AND HUGH CALDWELL. SIGNED JAMES MILLER WIT OATH 11 APR 1809 SAM NEELY TO JOHN COLLINS REC 7 APR 1809 SPARTAN DEED BOOK M P 35-36 17 OCT 1799 WILLIAM MILLER (SPARTAN) TO JAMES OTTS (SAME) FOR $550 SOLD (1) 50 AC ON S SIDE OF S TYGER RIVER PART OF GRANT 24 OCT 1767 GOV WM TRYON TO JAMES MILLER WHO SOLD TO WILLIAM MILLER; (2) 100 AC GRANT 26 AUG 1774 LT GOV WM. BULL TO ANDREW THOMSON WHO SOLD TO WILLIAM MILLER AND (3) 62 AC GRANT GOV WM. MOULTRIE TO WILLIAM MILLER. WIT ROBERT MILLER AND THOMAS MOORE JQ. SIGNED WILLIAM MILLER WIT OATH 7 MAY 1808 ROBERT MILLER TO DRURY McDANIEL REC 10 APRIL 1809 SPARTAN DEED BOOK M P36-37 15 APRIL 1808 HENRY CANNON AND WIFE ELIZABETH (SAPARTAN) TO ROBERT MILLER (SAME) FOR $1000 SOLD 469 AC ON S SIDE OF N TYGER RIVER BORDER N-RICHARD BARRY AND CHARLES BARRY, W-ROBERT MILLER, S-MRS. POSEY AND E-WILLIAM MOORE. WIT JESSE CANNON, JOSEPH JOHNSTON, AND JAMES OTTS. SIGNED HENRY CANNON AND ELIZABETH CANNON REC 10 APRIL 1809. SPARTAN DEED BOOK M P 42-44 23 FEB 1809 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO SAMUEL MILLER (SAME) FOR $205 SOLD 110 AC ON S SIDE OF MIDDLE TYGER RIVER AND ON BUFFALO CREEK BORDER W-JOSIAH MILLER AND OTHER SIDES SAMUEL MILLER. WIT SAMUEL NEELY, ROBERT MILLER AND HUGH CALDWELL. SIGNED JAMES MILLER WIT OATH 11 APR 1809 REC 11 APR 1809 SPARTAN DEED BOOK M P 430-431 31 AUG 1810 JOHN HUGHES (SPARTAN) TO SAMUEL MILLER (SAME) FOR $200 SOLD 43 AC ON S SIDE OF N TYGER RIVER AND ON HUGHES BRANCH; BORDER JAMES PADEN, ANDREW BARRY, WILLIAM McDANIEL WIT JAMES HUGHES, SAMUEL MILLER, AND REBECCA STAFFORD. DOWER RENOUNCED SALLY HUGHES TO DRURY MCDANIEL 6 SEP 1810. P 431-432 32 AUG 1810 JAMES HUGHES (SPARTAN) TO SAMUEL MILLER (SAME) FOR $200 SOLD 100 AC BETWEEN S AND MIDDLE TYGER RIVERS BORDER JAMES MILLER AND WILLIAM McDANIEL. SPARTAN DEED BOOK P P 71-72 24 JANUARY 1810 GABRIEL BENSON, LATE SHERIFF OF SPARTAN TO ROBERT MILLER, AGENT FOR JAMES MILLER, SOLD FOR $360, 1500 ACRES IN TWO PARTS; 1) 1000 ACRES AND 2) 500 ACRES BETWEEN SOUTH AND MIDDLE TYGER RIVERS. BOTH PARTS GRANTED TO GENERAL ISACC HUGER; SALE DUE TO WRIT FROM CHARLESTON COMMON PLEAS COURT SUIT JACOB WILIBON VS. ADMINISTRATORS OF GEN. ISAAC HUGER DECEASED. WITNESS LABAN POOLE AND VINCENT BENNETT. SIGNED GABRIEL BENSON LATE SSD. WIT OATH 12 AUG 1816 LABAN POOLE TO A. BENSON. RECORDED 12 AUG 1816 SPARTANBURG BOOK D PG 94-96 13 JAN 1793 SAMUEL MILLER (SPARTANBURG) TO RANDOLPH JOHNSON (SAME) FOR ......200 ACRES ON BOTH SIDES OF PROVISE CREEK EXCEPT 40-50 ACRES "THAT WAS RUN AWAY BY AN OLD RIGHT". REC 27 NOV 1795. SPARTAN DEED BOOK D P 287-292 8 MAY 1777 JAMES MAYSON, ESQ., TO JAMES DYSON FOR 500 POUNDS 10 S SC MONEY SOLD 400 AC IN CRAVEN CO ON FORKS OF TYGER RIVER BORDER N-A FORK OF TYGER RIVER AND RANDOLPH CASEY; GRANT 23 JUN 1774 LT GOV WM BULL TO JAMES MAYSON SPARTAN DEED BOOK N P 293-294 5 DEC 1812 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO WILLIAM N. MILLER (SAME) FOR $182.50 SOLD 830 AC ON S SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK OF TYGER RIVER; BORDER WILLIAM CALDWELL AND UNKNOWN. WIT SAMUEL MILLER, RICHARD BARRY JR., AND HUGH W. BARRY. SIGNED JAMES MILLER REC 3 MAY 1813. SPARTAN DEED BOOK O P 297-299 27 MAY 1815 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO JOHN S. COAN (SAME) FOR $212 SOLD 106 AC ON N SIDE OF S TYGER RIVER BORDER MILL BRANCH THOMAS GRISHAM, AND JOHN PATTON. WIT JOHN P EVANS, JAMES POWERS, AND WILLIAM ANDERSON. SIGNED JAMES MILLER REC 2 OCT 1815. SPARTAN DEED BOOK O P 392-393 27 MAR 1815 THOMAS GRISHAM (SPARTANBURG) TO JAMES MILLER (SAME) FOR 87.75 SOLD 58 1/2 AC ON E. SIDE OF S. TYGER RIVER..WITNESS JAMES ANDERSON..(TYGER JIM ANDERSON). SPARTAN DEED BOOK O P 394-395 28 MAR 1811 SARAH BREKIN (SPARTANBURG) TO JAMES MILLER (SAME) FOR $200 SOLD 50 AC ON N. SIDE OF S. TYGER RIVER..BORDER MOUTH OF MILL BRANCH, DAVID ANDERSON, AND JAMES CHAMBLIN. REC 5 FEB 1816. [[This is Widow Brekin, the sister of Major David Anderson, Sarah Brekin is probably the woman who accompanied Adenia to the household of James Miller Jr. when they married in 1809.]] SPARTAN DEED BOOK P P 26-27 WILLIAM N. MILLER (SPARTANBURG) SOLD TO JOHN PATTON (SAME) 833 ACRES FOR $833 ON S. SIDE OF MIDDLE TYGER RIVER. BORDER JAMES MILLER AND WILLIAM CALDWELL. REC 18 APRIL 1816. SPARTAN DEED BOOK D P 287-292 8 MAY 1777 JAMES MAYSON, ESQ. TO JAMES DYSON; FOR 550 POUNDS 10 S SC MONEY SOLD 400 AC IN CRAVEN COUNTY ON FORKS OF TYGER RIVER;BORDER ON NORTH OTHER FORK OF TYGER RIVER, SAMUEL BRIZE'S BOUNTY LAND AND OLD LINES AND ON SOUTH OTHER FORK OF TYGER RIVER AND RANDOLPH CASEY; GRANT 23 JUNE 1774 LT. GOV. WILLIAM BULL TO JAMES MAYSON. WIT JOHN COURY SMITH, JOHN RITCHIE, AND PETER HUBBARD, SIGNED JAMES AND HENRIETTA MAYSON. REC 7 FEB 1797. SPARTAN DEED BOOK G P 56-58 15 JAN 1797 ROBERT FOSTER (SPARTAN) TO REV. "LEARNED AND PIOUS" AUSTIN CLAYTON, MINISTER (SAME) FOR 75 POUNDS SC MONEY SOLD 100 AC ON S SIDE OF N FORK OF TYGER RIVER BORDER ANDREW THOMSON AND SAMUEL MILLER ESQ., PART OF 800 ACRE GRANT FROM NC GOV TO ROBERT MILLER AND DUE TO ROBERT MILLER'S WILL SOLD TO ROBERT FOSTER. REC 23 AUGUST 1800. SPARTAN DEED BOOK Q P 130-131 10 DEC 1816 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO SAMUEL PEARSON (SAME) FOR $470.75 SOLD 307 AC ON N SIDE OF S TYGER RIVER AND ON MILL BRANCH AND GRISSOM'S SPRING BRANCH BORDER COWEN, REC 14 OCT 1818. SPARTAN DEED BOOK Q P167-169 11 SEPT 1818 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO WILLIAM ANDERSON (SAME) FOR $583.33 AND 3 MILLS SOLD250 AC ON N SIDE OF S TYGER RIVER AND ON MILE BRANCH. WIT WILLIAM N. MILLER, JAMES SELMAN, AND SAMUEL JAMESON. SIGNED JAMES MILLER. WIT OATH DEC. 23, 1818 SAMUEL JAMESON TO JOHN COLLINS. REC. 4 JAN. 1819. DOWER RENOUNCED 23 DECEMBER 1818 BY ADENIA MILLER TO JOHN COLLINS. SPARTAN DEED BOOK Q P 169-171 11 SEPT 1818 JAMES MILLER (SPARTAN) TO WILLIAM ANDERSON (SAME) FOR $116.66 AND 7 MILLS SOLD 50 AC ON N SIDE OF S TYGER RIVER AND ON MILE BR. BORDER DAVID ANDERSON AND JAMES CHEMBLIN. WIT WILLIAM N. MILLER JAMES SELMAN AND SAMUEL JAMESON. SIGNED JAMES MILLER WIT OATH SAM JAMESON TO JOHN Collins. ««»SPARTAN DEED BOOK S«»»P 218-219 5 JAN 1818 LABON P. POOLE SHERIFF OF SPARTANBURG TO DAVID TANNER (SAME) FOR $3270 SOLD 335 ACRES IN FORK OF MIDDLE AN