| 26 Before the Revolution, land was allowed by the size of the family except sometimes additional land was granted in payment for some sort of service to the Crown, as to a surveyor or in payment for "Fetching In" new settlers ect......Often when additional children were born, the man would ask for additional acres as "Increase in Family".....sometimes the man would not take as much land as he was allowed for often he wanted to settle on a spot near neighbors or kinsmen and not enough vacant land was available at that paticular spot. 26a Some 15 or more years at different intervals, from 1730-1775, the Crown would allow but 50a per person...Usually a single man or woman over the age of 16 or nearing age of 16, would be allowed 100a. No married woman except a widow was allowed any land at all in her name. 26b Save for the different years when 50a was the limit, usually 100a was allowed for a married man or a widowed woman, 50a additional for the wife and 50a additional for each child under age of 16.......100a was allowed for each single son or daughter over age of 16 or nearing that age. 26c After the Revolution, all these law in #26 a,b,c were done away and a man could take as much land as he could secure and also take for his wife in her name. 27 Colonial Counties.........Charleston, S.C. was the only county seat of S.C. from 1680 to 1782/85 and all legal papers of any kindwere placed on record in Charleston, including wills, administrations, deeds, and other legal papers.The long distance a man had to travel from up-state, often made the recording of many papers, left undone.......S.C. had four counties up to the Revolution, but in 1765 these counties were formed into Cheraw, Beaufort, Charleston, Orange, Ninety-Six, Winyah (Georgetown) and Camden districts and these districts continued until after 1790. The counties however were over the districts. 27a Granville County was a narrow county and began with the present counties of Beaufort and jasper and extended up the east bank of the Savannah River to the N.C. line in what is now Oconee County. 27b Colleton County was the smaller of the four counties and began with the county of Colleton and extended on west side along Granville and was supposed to go to N.C. line but actually it petered out in what is now Greenwood County....on east side it came down to Colleton and was in the form of a triangle. 27c Berkeley County began with the present county of Charleston and on west followed the Colleton Co. line to N.C. at a point where the present counties of Pickens and Greenville join.....on east from the point it came in a straight line to where the present of Columbia is located and thence along the south banks of the Congaree and Santee Rivers to the Atlantic....Actually Berkeley was supposed to follow up from Columbia to the N.C. along the Broad River but in some way it did not follow its original line. 27d Craven County was the largest and included the present county of Marion S.C.( Formed as Liberty Co. i.e. marion was)...Craven began at the mouth of Santee River and followed the north bank up to where the city of Columbia is and from there along Berkeley to a point where the present counties of Pickens and Greenville join (Actuall Craven was to end at the Broad River but did not) and thence along the N.C. line to the Atlantic Ocean. 27e Up state the county lines were ill defined and often a land grant was listed in one county when actually it was in another county. 28 Land Grants before the Revolution as taken from Index 1 James MacLeland, 320a land in Craven County 10 April 1738 James MacLeland, 320a land in Craven Co. 10 Apr. 1738* *perhaps a duplicate entry. David McClellan, 450a on the Pee Dee River in Craven Co. 12 Jan. 1737* *early in the Marion County area of S.C. Charles McCleland (See #22) 150a on Bear Creek in Berkeley 12 Mar 1775. Francis McCleland, 200a on Pee Dee in Craven 21 Dec. 1769. James McCleland, 230a in Craven Co. 10 April 1738....see above James of the same date. John McCleland, (see #19 and I think the error is for the head of the family in 19a listed as "James" when it should be John) a grant of 352a on Cosley Creek (County not listed) 29 July 1768. Mary McCleland, 100a on n. side Broad River in Craven 13 May 1765. Robert McCleland 100a on n. side of broad River in Craven 13 May 1765. In S.C. today are several families of McClelland and McCleland, But all pronounce the name with the last letter "D" silent. Archibald McClellan, 150a St. James Santee in Craven 3 July 1769. Archibald McClellan, 350a in Craven County 4 May 1771 Archibald McClellan, 200 a on Long Canes in Grenville at Patton's Branch 18 Jan. 1765...(This is in present Abbeville or McCormick Co). Archibald McClellan 5a island in Santee River 13 July 1770 Samuel McClellan 100a on Cane Creek in Craven 12 Oct 1770 William McClellan, (see #21) 100a on Long Canes in Granville, 5 may 1773. * Andrew McClelland, 1 lot in Kingstree and 750a in Williamsburg Township in Craven Co, 12 Aug 1737 Archibald McClelland, 100a at Seewee Bay in Craven 13 July 1770....This was at where the town of McClellanville is located. Francis McClelland 100a on Black River in Williamsburg Township in Craven 23 Jan. 1773 Jane McClelland 50a on Boggy Swamp in Craven 26 June 1738 Mary McClelland 50a on Boggy Swamp of Williamsburg Township 26 June 1738 These two are likely sisters and single women (see #26) William McClelland (see #21) 100a at Long Canes in Granville 1 Dec. 1772 William McClelland (see #21) 400a on Cannon Creek of Broad River 17 Mar 1775 Andrew McClelland (see #20) 150a on Bear Creek (see Charles in #28) in Craven County, 4 Oct 1768. John McLeland (see #21) 200a on 2-mile Creek of Broad River 17 Mar 1775 John McLeland 100a on Beaverdam Creek in Craven 17 Mar 1775 Rose McLeland (See #21) 100a on Cannon Creek in Craven 17 Mar. 1775 All three of these same date are likely of same family...Cannon Creek is in present Newberry County..see William 400a above William McLelland (see #21) 100a on Broad River in Craven 4 May 1775. Elizabeth McLellan 100a on S.side Broad River in Craven 4 Mar. 1775 Samuel McLellan 200a on Wateree River in Craven Co. 4 Jul 1754 * Bodie in his History of Williamsburg County, S.C. states that among the first settlers in Williamsburg were Andrew and son James McClelland and that they likely came down from Pennsylvania with the Scotch-Irish settlers from that state. 29 Land Grants after the Revolution in Index II.....See 26c James McCleland, 600a on Black River in Camden Dist. 4 mar 1793. John McCleland, 35a on Cannon Creek in Newberry Co. 1 July 1816. Francis McClellan with William Rowe, Daniel Sandle & John Crum, 1000a in Orangeburg District 3 March 1806. Charles McClellan 37a in Barnwell County, 6 Feb. 1809 Samuel McClellan 100a on Alexander Creek of Little River in 96 Dist. 7 Dec. 1795. 30 Land Grants after the Revolution from Index III....see #26a Grizel McCleland, 250a in Georgetown Dist. on Pee Dee River 4 July 1791 James McCleland, 200a on Black River in Camden Dist. 6 Mar 1786 Mary McCleland, 250a in Georgetown Dist. 4 July 1790 Samuel McCleland, 170a & 175a in Georgetown Dist. 5 Feb 1787 Jno. McCleland, 100a on Cannon Creek in 96 Dist. 1 Jan 1787 Robert McCleland, 270a in York County 3 Mar 1842 Elias Baxter McClelan 540a in York County 26 Feb. 1842 Angus McLellan, 1000a in Marion Dist. S.C. 29 Oct. 1825 Malcolm McLellan, 197a in Georgetown Dist. 4 May 1789 Malcolm McLellan, 145a in Georgetown Dist. 7 April 1794 |