South Carolina Land Grants
An Abstract of the records of all grants of land that have been made in the Province of South Carolina, from the first establishment of this Colony, specifying the names of the grantees, the time when each grant was made, the quantity of acres, and the quitrents, if any, reserved thereon and expressing the situation and location of each grant to 12 December 1683. [Col. Entry Bk., Vol. XXIII., pp. 1-5.]In what County, Persons Names No. of Parish, or Township, Date of Grant to whom granted Acres. or in what River or Creek situated Lady Marg. Yeamans 1070 Yeaman's Creek 9 Feb. 1674 Joseph Pendarvis 137 1 Jan. 1675 Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury 12000 Ashley River 18 Mar. 1675 Matthew English and John Morgan 140 Wandoe River John Hooper and Wm. Cason 240 20 Nov. 1675 John Smyth 1800 Ashley River 25 Nov. 1675 William Jones 210 Ittavan Island 20 Jan. 1676 John Bulline Town lot 1 Feb. 1676 John Boone 200 20 Feb. 1676 Edward Cooper 570 Cooper River 15 Apr. 1676 Thomas Hunt 498 ? Berkeley County 15 Apr. 1676 Maurice Mathews 402 Ashley River 28 Apr. 1676 Thomas Stanyarne 950 Wandoe River 14 Jul. 1676 Richard Conant 150 Goose Creek 14 Jul. 1676 Robert Donne 150 near Charles Town 5 Aug. 1676 Henry Symonds 134 Cooper River 17 Aug. 1676 Jacob Wayt 764 Ashley River 17 Aug. 1676 John Barton and James Powell 140 17 Aug. 1676 John Godfrey 100 ? Wappoe Creek 17 Aug. 1676 George Canley 10 20 Oct. 1676 Stephen Bull 400 Ashley River 28 Oct. 1676 George Canley 160 ? Ashley River 28 Oct. 1676 James Donoho 10 Ashley River 16 Dec. 1676 Stephen Bull 97 ? Cooper River 16 Dec. 1676 James Donoho 90 30 Dec. 1676 John Chambres 36 20 Apr. 1677 Thomas Rose 500 on Ashley River 16 Jun. 1677 Sir Peter Colleton 12000 on Cooper River 7 Sep. 1677 Sir Peter Colleton, James and Thomas Colleton 373 near Ashley River 20 Sep. 1677 Colonel John Godfrey 300 24 Oct. 1677 Thomas Dickerson 200 on Cooper River 21 Feb. 1678 John Cumins 740 on Wandoe River 22 Feb. 1678 Charles Harleston 100 on Wandoe River 22 Mar. 1678 Richard Hill 100 on Stono River 20 Apr. 1678 Philip Braidy 70 15 Jun. 1678 Thomas Clouter 200 on Cooper River 21 Jun. 1678 John Manley 370 on Ashley River 2 Nov. 1678 Mary Benson Town lot No. 47 18 Nov. 1678 Hamlett Kemp Town lot 18 Nov. 1678 Thomas Buttler 450 on Ashley River 31 Jan. 1679 Mary Benson 270 on Ashley River 5 Mar. 1679 John Stephens 80 on Wappoe River 2 Apr. 1679 Richard Medlin 200 4 Jun. 1679 Benjamin Andrews and Elizabeth Brunt 270 on Ashley River 14 Jun. 1679 Edward Mayoe 750 on Ashley River 9 Aug. 1679 John Pristo, Samuel Trott and Pryant (Perient) Trott 770 on Stono River 14 Aug. 1679 Sir Peter Colleton 4423 6 Sep. 1679 William Page 200 on Ashley River 6 Sep. 1679 Thomas Williams 170 on Ittawa Island 18 Feb. 1680 Richard Codner 76 on Ittchecaw Creek 18 Feb. 1680 James Colleton, Esq. Town lot 5 Mar. 1680 John Cummings Town lot 5 Mar. 1680 Sir Peter Colleton, Thomas Colleton and James Colleton, Esq. 2 Town lots 5 Mar. 1680 Sir Peter Colleton, Thomas Colleton and James Colleton, Esq. 3000 on Cooper River 5 Mar. 1680 Sir Peter Colleton 4420 on Cooper River 5 Mar. 1680 Maurice Matthews Town lot 5 Mar. 1680 Josiah Willis Town lot 15 Mar. 1680 Elizabeth Willis Town lot 15 Mar. 1680 Florentia O'Sullivan 2400 on Ashley River 6 Jul. 1680 Thomas Rose Town lot 6 Jul. 1680 William Davis and William Brochus 500 on Stono River 5 Aug. 1680 Abraham Smyth 100 on Ashley River 2 Nov. 1680 Stephen Bull, gent. Town lot 10 Nov. 1680 Seleo Withrington 400 on Stono River 14 Nov. 1680 Edward Middleton 1000 on Goose Creek 14 Nov. 1680 John Cottingham Town lot 14 Nov. 1680 Joseph West 1500 on Cooper River 15 Nov. 1680 Eliza Willis 70 Cooper River 6 Apr. 1681 Josiah Willis 400 Cooper River 6 Apr. 1681 John Ashby 2,000 Cooper River 25 Apr. 1681 John Cowen 70 Stono River 3 Jul. 1681 Edmund Fogestre 400 Wandoe Creek 8 Jul. 1681 Thomas Prade 70 Stono River 8 Jul. 1681 James Jones 80 Jamestowne Creek 25 Jul. 1681 John Horton Town lot 22 Aug. 1681 Theophilus Patey 470 Wawpachecoone Creek 7 Sep. 1681 Theophilus Patey Town lot (2) 7 Sep. 1681 Thomas Stanyarne 45 Ashley River 7 Sep. 1681 John Ellis 100 New Town Creek 3 Oct. 1681 Joseph Calf 81 Islands 5 Oct. 1681 William Chapman Town lot 5 Oct. 1681 Thomas Clouter Town lot 5 Oct. 1681 Robert Gibbes 547 Wappoe Creek 5 Oct. 1681 Theophilus Patey 500 Dawtaw Creek 5 Oct. 1681 William Chambers Town lot 6 Oct. 1681 Sarah Erpe Town lot 26 Oct. 1681 Sir Peter Colleton 12,000 Cooper River 12 Feb. 1682 John Godfrey 330 Wandoe River 23 Feb. 1682 William Balley 70 1 Mar. 1682 John Bodecut 100 Ashley River 1 Mar. 1682 Richard Codner Town lot 1 Mar. 1682 Robert Gibbes 214 Ashley River 1 Mar. 1682 Robert Gibbes Town lot 1 Mar. 1682 John Greene 100 Wappoe Creek 1 Mar. 1682 John Powell Town lot 1 Mar. 1682 Robert Mayo Town lot 2 Mar. 1682 Arthur Middleton Town lot 3 Mar. 1682 Michael Lovering Town lot 6 Mar. 1682 John Boone Town lot 10 Mar. 1682 Thomas Rose Town lot 10 Mar. 1682 Richard Baker 297 Ashley River 23 Mar. 1682 Thomas Cater 100 Ashley River 23 Mar. 1682 Francis Gratia Town lot 23 Mar. 1682 Robert Maltey Town lots 23 Mar. 1682 William Cawley Ashley River 5 Apr. 1682 Mary Greener 70 Ashley River 5 Apr. 1682 John Ladson 500 Ashley River 5 Apr. 1682 Joseph Pendarvis Town lot 5 Apr. 1682 Edward Wilson 100 Stono River 5 Apr. 1682 Stephen Fox 1,350 Stono River 20 Jun. 1682 Jonah Lynch 780 Cooper River 20 Jun. 1682 Barnard St. Krenekingh 270 Cooper River 23 Jun. 1682 John Browne Town lot 26 Jul. 1682 John Browne Town lot 26 Jul. 1682 Thomas Clouter 360 Cooper River 26 Jul. 1682 Peter Hearne 10 Wappoe Creek 26 Jul. 1682 Maurice Mathews and James Moore two Town lots 26 Jul. 1682 Joseph Oldys Town lots 26 Jul. 1682 Andrew Percivall 2,000 Ashley River 26 Jul. 1682 Thomas Bewick 280 Branch of Stono River 17 Aug. 1682 John Clapp Town lot 17 Aug. 1682 Joseph Thorowgood 3,000 Oolacoll Creek 4 Sep. 1682 Samuel Boswood Clayton 220 Ashley River 1 Mar. 1683 John Chalmers 270 Stono River 1 Mar. 1683Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed., Calender of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 9), America and West Indies, 1675-1676, also Addenda, 1574-1674, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1893. pp. 305 and 524; Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed., Calender of State papers, Colonial Series (Volume 10), America and West Indies, 1677-1680, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1896. pp. 199, 312, 464 and 644; Fortescue, J. W., ed., Calender of State papers, Colonial Series (Volume 11), America and West Indies, 1681-1685, Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1898. pp. 178, 366-367 and 573.
More information about research in South Carolina can be found in the books:
A Guide to South Carolina Genealogical Research and Records
and:
Colonial South Carolina: A History
and:
South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
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