Hi Eldon, Thank you. This is a big puzzle for me and my family. Our ancestor who received a grant in 1790 has not been found on the REV war records. Neither are his grants found in the deed books of Edgefield. When he left the county he evidently walked off and left the land. He appears on the census, so we know he was there. About 4 years ago a lady who was very knowledgable about SC history was a guest on a talk radio genealogy program. I was able to talk to her and she told me the settlers paid "at least something" for the grants and she named the grants. If I could remember the name of the grants, I might be able to do some research on them. That's my blank wall. Any suggestions? From you or anyone back there in SC???. By the way my ancestor was Hugh Britt, SR. Thanks in advance, Joyce Britt Dunning ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eldon Wade" <ewade@cfl.rr.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: RE: [SC] Help > Hi Joyce, > Yes, the grants were usually state grants made by the governor based on > Rev War service. I have noticed a number of these made in the 1780s. > > Eldon > mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com > Researching: WADE, HAMES > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bandj [mailto:bandj@flash.net] > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 3:32 PM > To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SC] Help > > > Do some of you historian/genealogists on this SC list know what kind of > grants were issued in the area of Saluda River /Orangeburgh/Edgefield > about 1789/90? I was told once they were a State Grants. Did they have > a name? Were they to REV soldiers? > > Thanks for your help in advance, > Joyce Britt Dunning > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Thank you RootsWeb for all the genealogy resources you have given us! > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Best Website around for South Carolina SCGenWeb - South Carolina Genealogy research > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/

Hi Joyce, Sorry for the late response but I have been out of town the last few days. If you are sure he received the grants then I would redo my research. Simple things like the spelling of a name happened very often. I would recheck and verify my data. If someone gave you info I would be particularly careful about validating that data. We humans sure can make mistakes. Eldon mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com Researching: WADE, HAMES -----Original Message----- From: bandj [mailto:bandj@flash.net] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:18 PM To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SC] Help Hi Eldon, Thank you. This is a big puzzle for me and my family. Our ancestor who received a grant in 1790 has not been found on the REV war records. Neither are his grants found in the deed books of Edgefield. When he left the county he evidently walked off and left the land. He appears on the census, so we know he was there. About 4 years ago a lady who was very knowledgable about SC history was a guest on a talk radio genealogy program. I was able to talk to her and she told me the settlers paid "at least something" for the grants and she named the grants. If I could remember the name of the grants, I might be able to do some research on them. That's my blank wall. Any suggestions? From you or anyone back there in SC???. By the way my ancestor was Hugh Britt, SR. Thanks in advance, Joyce Britt Dunning ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eldon Wade" <ewade@cfl.rr.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: RE: [SC] Help > Hi Joyce, > Yes, the grants were usually state grants made by the governor based > on Rev War service. I have noticed a number of these made in the > 1780s. > > Eldon > mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com > Researching: WADE, HAMES > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bandj [mailto:bandj@flash.net] > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 3:32 PM > To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SC] Help > > > Do some of you historian/genealogists on this SC list know what kind > of grants were issued in the area of Saluda River > /Orangeburgh/Edgefield about 1789/90? I was told once they were a > State Grants. Did they have a name? Were they to REV soldiers? > > Thanks for your help in advance, > Joyce Britt Dunning > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Thank you RootsWeb for all the genealogy resources you have given us! > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Best Website around for South Carolina SCGenWeb - South Carolina > Genealogy research > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/ ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== South Carolina Resources Available at RootsWeb! http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/SC.html