I am of the opinion that a copy of Mills' Atlas of the State of South Carolina should be a required book for genealogists who are interested in finding their old dead kinfolks in that state because it lists all the creeks & rivers at the front of the book and says where to find them. Most libraries have copies. 23 Mile Creek is just south of the town of Pendleton and runs south into the Senaca River which runs into the Savannah -- or, since you really can't tell by looking on a map, in Mills' Atlas, it looks like a branch of the Senaca River. Some years ago, my husband & I were driving south from the town of Pendleton toward US Interstate 85 and suddenly we crossed 23 Mile Creek. It was well marked. Have you checked a AAA map of South Carolina? Another thought -- even though your specific old dead kinfolks are not listed in Frederick von Clayton's book, this does not mean that they were not in the area he researched and wrote about. You HAVE to check all the courthouses as well as the South Carolina archives in Columbus for deeds and land grants. My Linns were not in Clayton's book, but I found them there on 23 Mile Creek anyway. ³James Linn Senr a citizen 246 Acres of Land situate above the line on Twenty Three Mile Creek waters of Savannah River bounding SE on land laid out the other sides on vacant land when surveyed by William Lesley DS on the 5th of August inst. . . . . plat thereof recorded this 31 day of August 1785 A.Anderson C.S² Probate Office, Abbeville County, South Carolina: Old Records - B, p. 63. Land Plat: Also see South Carolina State Plats, Vol 19, p. 311. A short cut is using Betty Willie's "Pendleton District, SouthCarolina Deeds" published by the Southern Historical Press where I found the following, which helped me immensely: 12 June 1790 PENDLETON CO, S.C. CONVEYANCE BOOK A, 1790-92. "Pages 163-165. 12 June 1790. James Gillison and Jane his wife of Pendleton County, S.C., convey to James Linn of the same county and state, for L30. sterling, a tract of land containing 106 acres in Pendleton County on a branch of 26 Mile Creek, waters of Seneka River, bounded on all sides by land laid out, originally granted 1 Aug 1785 (original grantee not named). Signed: James (x) Gillison & Jane (x) Gillison Wit: Jonathan Montgomery, James Linn, junr. & James Montgomery Sworn 9 Aug 1790 by James Linn junr before John Willson, J.P. Willie, Betty, Compiler. Pendleton District, South Carolina, Deeds. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1982. on 8/28/05 11:57 AM, Derrell Oakley Teat at margaret.teat2@verizon.net wrote: > Which map did you use? I have looked & looked for this 23 mile creek & cant > find it on any map today. > Thanks for your help, Derrell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaquenia28@cs.com [mailto:Isaquenia28@cs.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:36 PM > To: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] The Golden Corner > > > In a message dated 8/27/2005 5:22:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jstokes@houston.rr.com writes: >> Is this creek on the Keowee River or just what is 23 Mile Creek close to? > >> From my map, it appears to be a tributary of keowee........toward the > present > town of Seneca....... > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Remember the Subject line > and amend it to reflect > what's in your message. > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Genealogy Resources on the Web > http://www.ancestry.com >

The following records are available online in searchable databases at the South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History (Columbia, SC) site: Confederate Pension Applications 1919 - 1938 10,242 items Criminal Journals 1769 - 1776 2,087 items Index to Multiple Record Series ca. 1675 -1929 172,763 items Legislative Papers 1782 - 1866 52,951 items National Register of Historic Places 494 items Plats for State Land Grants 1784 - 1868 51,809 items School Insurance Photographs 1935 - 1952 2,662 items Will Transcripts 1782 - 1855 11,059 items The URL is: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ Monya MUSGROVE FAMILY REUNION, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005, 11 a.m., Musgrove Chapel United Methodist Church, Winfield, AL. All allied families are invited including: ASTON, AYCOCK, BISHOP, BLACK, DICKINSON, DODSON, FLYNN, HARRIS, HOWELL, McDONALD, MORTON, MOSS, OTT, PATTERSON, PEDEN, SANDLIN, SCRUGGS, SMITH, SOUTH, STANFORD, THOMPSON, TUTWILER, WEBSTER, WEEKS, WHITE. On Aug 28, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Mary Tinkler wrote: > > I am of the opinion that a copy of Mills' Atlas of the State of South > Carolina should be a required book for genealogists who are interested > in > finding their old dead kinfolks in that state because it lists all the > creeks & rivers at the front of the book and says where to find them. > Most > libraries have copies. 23 Mile Creek is just south of the town of > Pendleton and runs south into the Senaca River which runs into the > Savannah > -- or, since you really can't tell by looking on a map, in Mills' > Atlas, it > looks like a branch of the Senaca River. > > Some years ago, my husband & I were driving south from the town of > Pendleton > toward US Interstate 85 and suddenly we crossed 23 Mile Creek. It > was > well marked. Have you checked a AAA map of South Carolina? > > Another thought -- even though your specific old dead kinfolks are not > listed in Frederick von Clayton's book, this does not mean that they > were > not in the area he researched and wrote about. You HAVE to check all > the > courthouses as well as the South Carolina archives in Columbus for > deeds and > land grants. My Linns were not in Clayton's book, but I found them > there > on 23 Mile Creek anyway. > > “James Linn Senr a citizen 246 Acres of Land situate above the line on > Twenty Three Mile Creek waters of Savannah River bounding SE on land > laid > out the other sides on vacant land when surveyed by William Lesley DS > on the > 5th of August inst. . . . . plat thereof recorded this 31 day of > August > 1785 > A.Anderson C.S” > Probate Office, Abbeville County, South Carolina: Old Records - > B, p. > 63. Land Plat: Also see South Carolina State Plats, Vol 19, p. 311. > > A short cut is using Betty Willie's "Pendleton District, SouthCarolina > Deeds" published by the Southern Historical Press where I found the > following, which helped me immensely: > > 12 June 1790 PENDLETON CO, S.C. CONVEYANCE BOOK A, 1790-92. > "Pages 163-165. 12 June 1790. James Gillison and Jane his wife of > Pendleton County, S.C., convey to James Linn of the same county and > state, > for L30. sterling, a tract of land containing 106 acres in Pendleton > County > on a branch of 26 Mile Creek, waters of Seneka River, bounded on all > sides > by land laid out, originally granted 1 Aug > 1785 (original grantee not named). Signed: James (x) Gillison & > Jane > (x) Gillison > Wit: Jonathan Montgomery, James Linn, junr. & James Montgomery > Sworn 9 > Aug 1790 by James Linn junr before John Willson, J.P. > > Willie, Betty, Compiler. Pendleton District, South Carolina, Deeds. > Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1982. > > > > on 8/28/05 11:57 AM, Derrell Oakley Teat at margaret.teat2@verizon.net > wrote: > >> Which map did you use? I have looked & looked for this 23 mile creek >> & cant >> find it on any map today. >> Thanks for your help, Derrell >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Isaquenia28@cs.com [mailto:Isaquenia28@cs.com] >> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:36 PM >> To: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] The Golden Corner >> >> >> In a message dated 8/27/2005 5:22:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >> jstokes@houston.rr.com writes: >>> Is this creek on the Keowee River or just what is 23 Mile Creek >>> close to? >> >>> From my map, it appears to be a tributary of keowee........toward the >> present >> town of Seneca....... >> >> >> ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== >> Remember the Subject line >> and amend it to reflect >> what's in your message. >> >> >> ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== >> Genealogy Resources on the Web >> http://www.ancestry.com >> > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > To check for a zip code or, > find out where a zip code is: > http://www.usps.gov/ncsc >

I have seen your James Linn on the South Carolina Census. A James Linn of North Carolina (Craven/Johnston/Wake) was the father of Sarah Linn who married Archibald McElroy/other spellings. He died and she married Jacob Hartsfield. Does your Linn family connect with that one do you think? ----- James did not mention in his will a wife, but a housekeeper, Priscilla Letmand. Children: John and James, Jr.; Daughters, Hanna Marshall, Lucy Hartsfield, Eliz. Clemmonts, Rachel Wilder, Martha Freeman and grandson, Barney Linn (son of Dan, deceased). Executor: Son John and friend, Andrew Peddy (Petty?). Will recorded 6 Mar 1789 in Wake Co. It also carries date of 18 Jul 1797 Wit: Daniel OAKES, Thomas Kee, A. Peddy ------ Betty -----Original Message----- From: Mary Tinkler [mailto:mrs.tinkler@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 12:19 PM To: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] 23 Mile Creek I am of the opinion that a copy of Mills' Atlas of the State of South Carolina should be a required book for genealogists who are interested in finding their old dead kinfolks in that state because it lists all the creeks & rivers at the front of the book and says where to find them. Most libraries have copies. 23 Mile Creek is just south of the town of Pendleton and runs south into the Senaca River which runs into the Savannah -- or, since you really can't tell by looking on a map, in Mills' Atlas, it looks like a branch of the Senaca River. Some years ago, my husband & I were driving south from the town of Pendleton toward US Interstate 85 and suddenly we crossed 23 Mile Creek. It was well marked. Have you checked a AAA map of South Carolina? Another thought -- even though your specific old dead kinfolks are not listed in Frederick von Clayton's book, this does not mean that they were not in the area he researched and wrote about. You HAVE to check all the courthouses as well as the South Carolina archives in Columbus for deeds and land grants. My Linns were not in Clayton's book, but I found them there on 23 Mile Creek anyway. ³James Linn Senr a citizen 246 Acres of Land situate above the line on Twenty Three Mile Creek waters of Savannah River bounding SE on land laid out the other sides on vacant land when surveyed by William Lesley DS on the 5th of August inst. . . . . plat thereof recorded this 31 day of August 1785 A.Anderson C.S² Probate Office, Abbeville County, South Carolina: Old Records - B, p. 63. Land Plat: Also see South Carolina State Plats, Vol 19, p. 311. A short cut is using Betty Willie's "Pendleton District, SouthCarolina Deeds" published by the Southern Historical Press where I found the following, which helped me immensely: 12 June 1790 PENDLETON CO, S.C. CONVEYANCE BOOK A, 1790-92. "Pages 163-165. 12 June 1790. James Gillison and Jane his wife of Pendleton County, S.C., convey to James Linn of the same county and state, for L30. sterling, a tract of land containing 106 acres in Pendleton County on a branch of 26 Mile Creek, waters of Seneka River, bounded on all sides by land laid out, originally granted 1 Aug 1785 (original grantee not named). Signed: James (x) Gillison & Jane (x) Gillison Wit: Jonathan Montgomery, James Linn, junr. & James Montgomery Sworn 9 Aug 1790 by James Linn junr before John Willson, J.P. Willie, Betty, Compiler. Pendleton District, South Carolina, Deeds. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1982. on 8/28/05 11:57 AM, Derrell Oakley Teat at margaret.teat2@verizon.net wrote: > Which map did you use? I have looked & looked for this 23 mile creek & cant > find it on any map today. > Thanks for your help, Derrell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaquenia28@cs.com [mailto:Isaquenia28@cs.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:36 PM > To: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] The Golden Corner > > > In a message dated 8/27/2005 5:22:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jstokes@houston.rr.com writes: >> Is this creek on the Keowee River or just what is 23 Mile Creek close to? > >> From my map, it appears to be a tributary of keowee........toward the > present > town of Seneca....... > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Remember the Subject line > and amend it to reflect > what's in your message. > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Genealogy Resources on the Web > http://www.ancestry.com > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== To check for a zip code or, find out where a zip code is: http://www.usps.gov/ncsc