Let me try to give you a short and simple explanation of the old counties in SC. First, pull out a map of current SC and look at it - notice the triangle that is formed from the coast and moves westward. There were only four counties early on, among them was Craven. As the westward expansion began, the four counties were expanded westward in, more or less, straight lines until they ran out at the boundaries of the state. That meant that Craven ran west and included the part of the Upstate w/the Tyger River in it (the Tyger that you see on the maps). It's terribly confusing if you aren't familiar with the history of the state, but maybe this will help you a bit. I hope it will! God bless, Dolores Miller Pringle ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:53 AM Subject: [SC] Re: Tyger River/Craven County > Hi Melanie, > > Craven County seems to have often been used for areas West and especially North > of Berkeley County, even when it was outside the Craven County Official lines. > Problem is that the settlers outpaced the county lines and they had to call it > some county. > > Ray > > >Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 13:40:08 -0500 > >From: "M. Young" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > > > >Where was Tyger River, Craven Co., SC located?> > > > >Many years ago someone sent me some info on Land Grants and Memorials > >for Isaac Young, 1700's, in SC. The location for several of them was > >Tyger River, Craven County. > > > >I can find Tyger River on an old and a current map. I can find Craven > >County on an old map. However, they do not overlap, as far as I can > >tell. Any help appreciated.... > > > >Melanie > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina Resources Available at RootsWeb! > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/SC.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >