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    1. [SCGREENV] Re: Rev. War SC Land Grants
    2. Ron, In answer to your question, about the only place I can think of to find a list of all SC Rev. War land grants would have to be the SC Dept. of Archives and History in Columbia. I think the lion's share of such grants ended up in Greenville and Pendleton Districts since that land had been taken away from the Cherokees about 1784. This is just a guess, but I think that was the largest tract of land available to the SC government to give to veterans at that time. I don't think SC had claim to any of the western territories as NC and VA did. And, if this is the case, after the War of 1812, SC would not have much land anyplace to grant to veterans of that war, because the state was by then too heavily settled. However, I am not sure of these facts, so if anyone can refute or back up these statements, I would appreciate hearing from you. Bruce Nichols

    08/08/2001 03:48:09