Hum, which would imply that James and Isaac were neighbors, to a certain extent, as well. And since upon returning from the war James married Amanda M. LONG dare I speculate???? Thanks a million Deryl! Dow Deryl Young wrote: > This means that the plat for 45 ac. surv. for James M. Graham shows E.F. > Graham as an adjacent landowner. The same goes for Isaac G. Long. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dow <grahamdl@erols.com> > To: <SCHORRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:21 PM > Subject: [SCHORRY-L] Understanding SCDAH Alphabetical Index > > > I recently received a copy of portions to the South Carolina Department > > of Archives and History Alphabetical Index and am not sure I understand > > what it is telling me. Can any one help? > > (1) How do you decipher the Entry Numbers? > > (2) On page 8336 the entry under: GRAHAM, E. F. is "Graham, James M., > > plat for 45 acres in All Saints Parish, Horry district, surveyed by > > James Beaty...date 1855/06/19" I can understand my gg-grandfather > > getting a plat for land at 17 (he was listed as 12yo on the 1850 census) > > but what does E. F. Graham have do do with it, much less who was E. F. > > Graham? Also under E. F. Graham is an entry for Isaac G. Long, plat for > > 833 acres on Kings Town Lake Swamp surveyed by James A. Thompson. I'm > > not sure I see a connection here. > > > > Thanks > > Dow Graham > > > > > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Horry County Historical Society. > > http://www.hchsonline.org/ > > VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! > > > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > The Horry County Web Site needs your help and support with Census > data, old letters, pictures, any Horry County historical info, grave-yard > inscriptions etc. If you can help, Please contact the Horry County > Site webmaster, Marceline Beem, at-http://www.mindspring.net/~marceline/horry/index.html