Hi all my learned SC researchers, I have a question about the 1783, 1784 and 1785 years. I have just finished going through the archives index for land grants in Ninety Six District. It seema that they did maybe 100 grants a year until those three years and they jumped to 1000's. What happened to bring settlers into that region? Thanks in advance, Elaine

I don't know this for sure, but I would think that these were land grants, possibly for service in the Rev. There are clues as to what they were for in the type of grant. But I am not familiar enough off the top of my head to remember the different types like "warrent", etc. Somewhere I have some notes I took at a workshop several years ago, but if you could see my 3 desks, stacks on the floor, and file cabinets in disarray, you would understand why I cannot put my finger on it right away. Hope someone will post to the list with knowledge about this. I will continue to look to see if I can find the info. and will post it if I do. Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Steere" <es720@bellsouth.net> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: 1783-1784-1785 > Hi all my learned SC researchers, > I have a question about the 1783, 1784 and 1785 years. > > I have just finished going through the archives index for land grants in > Ninety Six District. It seema that they did maybe 100 grants a year until > those three years and they jumped to 1000's. What happened to bring settlers > into that region? > > Thanks in advance, > Elaine >

This is sure a new one for me, but know our Rev Sol, John POOL, took land in lieu of $$. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee and Billie Jones" <tjones@camden.net> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:46 AM Subject: [SC] Re: 1783-1784-1785 question by Elaine Steere >I don't know this for sure, but I would think that these were land grants, > possibly for service in the Rev. There are clues as to what they were > for in > the type of grant. But I am not familiar enough off the top of my head > to > remember the different types like "warrent", etc. Somewhere I have some > notes > I took at a workshop several years ago, but if you could see my 3 desks, > stacks > on the floor, and file cabinets in disarray, you would understand why I > cannot > put my finger on it right away. > > Hope someone will post to the list with knowledge about this. I will > continue > to look to see if I can find the info. and will post it if I do. > > Billie Jones > Camden, SC > tjones@camden.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine Steere" <es720@bellsouth.net> > To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:00 AM > Subject: 1783-1784-1785 > > >> Hi all my learned SC researchers, >> I have a question about the 1783, 1784 and 1785 years. >> >> I have just finished going through the archives index for land grants in >> Ninety Six District. It seema that they did maybe 100 grants a year until >> those three years and they jumped to 1000's. What happened to bring >> settlers >> into that region? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Elaine >> > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Need some help getting started with irc (INTERNET RELAY CHAT)? > Try: http://home.flash.net/~gen4m/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >