State land grants started in 1784. I think you'll find most of the grants for these years were Bounty land grants for Rev. War service. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee and Billie Jones To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:46 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. ----- 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.