SENT BY: LOUISE PETTUS
708 HARRELL ST.
ROCK HILL, SC 29730
USA
SOURCE: INITIAL PATENTS AND GRANTS
OF THE SETTLERS IN THE WAXHAWS
(now Lancaster County, South Carolina)
North Carolina Patents in Anson County
South Carolina Grants in Craven County
(Prince Frederick's Parish; after 1757, Saint Mark's Parish)
1752 ACRES
RAMSEY, NC 3 APR (2)* 700 CANE CREEK
ROBERT
DUNLAP, NC 3 APR 240 CANE CREEK &
SAMUEL CATAWABA RIVER
ROBINSON, NC 3 APR 400 RUM CREEK
WILLIAM
McHONNY, NC 3 APR (3)* 1200 CANE CREEK &
THOMAS CATAWABA RIVER
WHITE, NC 13 APR 800 WAXHAW CREEK &
HENRY CATAWABA RIVER
PICKENS, NC 13 APR 550 WAXHAW CREEK
ANDREW
1753 ACRES
WILSON, SC 13 FEB 150 WATEREE (CATAWBA)
MATTHEW RIVER
MADDOX, SC 13 FEB 200 CANE & CAMP
BENJAMIN CREEKS
HUDSON, SC 100 JOINED MATTHEW
JOHN WILSON (granted
1763)
JONES, SC 13 FEB 300 CANE CREEK-SHOWS
RALPH CATAWABA PATH
#PAGE 2
PATTON, NC 31 MAR 320 12 MILE CREEK
MATTHEW
MAGEE NC 31 MAR 500 WAXHAW CREEK
(McKEE),
WILLIAM
CANNADY, NC 5 APR 138 CATAWABA RIVER
FELIX
McCAIN, NC 5 APR 107
JOHN
NUTT, NC 5 APR 190 WAXHAW CREEK
WILLIAM
NUTT, NC 6 APR 225 CATAWABA RIVER
ANDREW
McCORKHILL, NC 6 APR (2)* 835 12 MILE CREEK
JAMES
McCORKHILL, NC 6 APR 87
ROBERT
GILL, NC 6 APR 130 GILLS CREEK
THOMAS
LEE, NC 6 APR (2)* 294 BEAR CREEK &
THOMAS CANE CREEK
TAYLOR, NC 6 APR 428 CATAWABA RIVER
WILLIAM
KING, NC 6 APR 257 WAXHAW CREEK
WILLIAM
HOOD, NC 6 APR 240 CATAWABA RIVER
JOHN
DAVIS, NC 6 APR 640 WAXHAW CREEK
ROBERT
LYNN, NC 6 APR 200 WAXHAW CREEK
JOHN
#PAGE 3
RUTHERFORD, NC 6 APR 700 12 MILE CREEK
GRIFFITH
WHITE, NC 9 APR 270 12 MILE CREEK
DAVID
McVENEY, NC 9 APR 528 WAXHAW CREEK
SAMUEL
WHITE, NC 9 APR 325 CATAWABA RIVER
STEPHEN
COUSARD, SC 8 AUG 400 GILLS & GILL'S
RICHARD WIFE'S CREEK
MOORE, NC 31 AUG 514 CANE CREEK
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER, NC 496 12 MILE CREEK
WILLIAM (patent date unknown)
*Number of patents on that date.
1754 ACRES
STRAIN, SC 2 JAN 150 CANE CREEK
DAVID
HOOD, NC 20 FEB 256 joining THE WAXHAWS
WILLIAM
PHILLIPS, NC 20 FEB 600 GILLS CREEK
JOHN
FISHER, NC 20 FEB 330 CATAWABA RIVER,
MUHAN inc ISLANDS
CALWELL, NC 23 FEB 517 WAXHAW CREEK
ROBERT
BARNITT, NC 23 FEB 599 joining WM McKEE &
JOHN ALEX NESBIT
BARNIT, NC 23 FEB 300 CANE CREEK
WILLIAM
MOORE, NC 23 FEB 280 below mouth of CANE
WILLIAM CREEK
#PAGE 4
PENDER, } SC 6 MAR 400 CAMP CREEK
JOHN ARNOL}
ARDREY, }
WILLIAM }
SIMPSON, SC 14 MAY 950 CANE & RUM CREEKS
THOMAS
THOMSON, NC 16 MAY 450 CATAWABA RIVER
BENJAMIN
WHITE, NC 16 MAY 250 WAXHAW CREEK
JOHN
KELSEY NC 17 MAY 345 WAXHAW CREEK
(KELSO,Jno
LYNN, NC 17 MAY 260 CATAWABA RIVER
ANDREW
ONEAL, NC 17 MAY 270 CAMP CREEK
HENRY
BARKLEY, NC 17 MAY 300 BEAR CREEK
JOHN
MOORE, NC 17 MAY 300 CATAWABA RIVER
JAMES
LARIMORE, NC 17 MAY 418 CAMP CREEK
JAMES
PICKINS, NC 20 MAY 514 CANE CREEK
MARTHA
BURNET, NC 20 MAY 376 joining JOS WHITE
SAMUEL & J LYNN
WHITE, NC 21 MAY 632 WAXHAW CREEK
JOSEPH
HALL, NC 24 SEP 300 GILLS CREEK
WILLIAM
DOUGLASS, NC 24 SEP 302 CANE CREEK above
GEORGE WM MOORE
#PAGE 5
1755 ACRES
CLIMB, NC 26 MAR 302 CANE CREEK
JNO MARTIN
NISBET, NC 26 MAR 390 CANE CREEK
ALEXANDER
McCLELAN, NC 28 MAR 250 WAXHAW CREEK
ROBERT
YOUNG, NC 31 MAR 300 WAXHAW CREEK
SAMUEL
CARR, NC 3 OCT 105 CANE CREEK
PATRICK
PATTON, NC 3 OCT 100 Island at mouth of
JAMES WAXHAW CREEK
1756 ACRES
McKEWN, SC 10 MAR** 400 CATAWABA RIVER,
ALEXANDER WAXHAW SETTLEMENT
PENDER, SC 13 MAR** 150 GILLS & BEAR CREEKS
JNO ARNOLD
ADAMSON, SC 7 SEP** 150 CANE CREEK, ORD CO+
JAMES 4/7/1761 FOR
ELEANOR ADAMSON
WRIGHT, SC 7 NOV** 200 BEAR CREEK, ORD CO+
ROBERT 4/7/1762 FOR
DAVID ADAMS
MOORE, SC 11 JAN** 150 CANE CREEK, ORD CO+
JOHN 2/3/1762 FOR
MARY MOORE
SMITH, NC 26 NOV 150 WAXHAW CREEK
ROGER
1758 ACRES
#PAGE 6
GAMBLE, SC 8 MAY** 150 CANE CREEK,shows "path"
STEPHEN SC 8 MAY** 150 CANE CREEK, ORD CO+
2/2/1762 FOR
WILLIAM GAMBALL
PATTON, NC 21 OCT 200 Millstone draft of
THOMAS 12 MILE CREEK
1759 ACRES
WALKER, SC 9 MAY** 100 CANE CREEK, ORD CO+
NATHANIEL 4/3/1764 FOR OWNER
1760 ACRES
GAMBLE, SC 21 MAR 60 CANE CREEK, ORD CO+
JAMES 6/3/1767 FOR
JOHN CANTZON
1761 ACRES
WAUGHOPE NC 10 APR 135 WAXHAW CREEK
(WALKUP),
JAMES
HAGAN, NC 10 APR 400 12 MILE CREEK
JOHN
MILLAR, NC 10 APR 140 12 MILE CREEK
JAMES
CRESSWELL, NC 10 APR 120 WAXHAW CREEK
ANDREW
KENNEDY, SC 28 APR** 100 CANE CREEK, near
GEORGE the WAXHAWS
1762 ACRES
#PAGE 7
JOHNSTON, NC 23 APR 250 CAMP CREEK
JAMES
PENDER, } SC 30 APR** 150 CATAWABA RIVER
JNO ARNOLD}
WHITE }
HENRY }
1763 ACRES
MONTGOMERY, SC 10 FEB** 100 CAMP CREEK
ROBERT
HAGAN, NC 19 APR 150 12 MILE CREEK
WILLIAM
1764 ACRES
CANTZON, SC 26 FEB** 300 CANE CREEK
JOHN
SIMPSON, SC 6 SEP** 100 CANE CREEK, ORD CO+
WILLIAM 12/3/1776 FOR
JOHN CANTZON
WALKER, SC 12 OCT** 150 CANE CREEK
JAMES
GRIERSON, SC 18 OCT** 100 in the WAXHAWS
JANE
CROCKETT, NC 16 NOV 110 12 MILE CREEK
ARCHIBALD
CROCKETT, NC 16 NOV 100 MILL STONE br of
JOHN 12 MILE CREEK
** Date of South Carolina plat, the grant would be issued
a year or years later.
+ Ord Co "by Order of the Council"
