Title
Land grant to Robert Brodie, Camden, South Carolina, 1794, featuring signature of William Moultrie.
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Description
Robert Brodie is granted "One thousand acres Surveyed for him 19th Mar. 1794 Situate in the District of Camden on Waters of Sawney’s Creek bounded by a line running SW. by Rob. Martins land all other sides by Rob. Brodies." South Carolina,
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[outer docket, viewed when folded] 4th August 1794 Robert Brodie’s Grant for 100 Acres Camden Districk Secretary’s Office} Recorded in Grant Book I, No. 5 page 510 and examined by Peter Freneau, Secretary [recto, first leaf] [drawing of tract of land] South Carolina I do hereby Certify for Robert Brodie a tract of Land containing one thousand Acres Surveyed for him the 19th of March 1794. Situate in the District of Camden on Waters of Sawney’s Creek Bounded by a line running SW. by Robert Martins Lands. all other sides by Robert Brodies And hath such form + marks as the above Plat Represents. Given under my hand this 2.d of August [signed] M. Winns} Depty Surv[?] } [signed] Peter Brennan pro. Surv. Genl [signed on folded edge] Will:m Moultrie [recto, second leaf] THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, That in pursuance of an act of the legislature, entitled, “ An act for establishing the mode of granting the lands now vacant in this state, and for allowing a commutation to be received for some lands that have been granted, passed the 19th of February, 1791; We have granted, and by these presents do grants unto Rob. Brodie his heirs and assigns, a plantation or tract of land, containing [handwritten] One thousand acres Surveyed for him 19th Mar. 1794 Situate in the District of Camden on Waters of Sawney’s Creek bounded by a line running SW. by Rob. Martins land all other sides by Rob. Brodies [printed] having such shape, form and marks, as are represented by a plat hereunto annexed, together with all woods, trees, waters, water courses, profits, commodities, appurtenances and hereditaments, whatsoever thereunto belonging: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of One thousand acres of land, and all singular other the premises hereby granted unto the said Rob. Brodie his heirs and assigns, for ever in free and common soccage. Given under the Great Seal of the State. WITNESS his Excellency WILLIAM MOULTRIE, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the said state, at Columbia, this fourth day of August Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and ninety four and of Independence of the United States of America the Nineteenth
Creation Date
8-4-1794
City
Charleston
County
Charleston
State/Province
South Carolina
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1730-1805
Keywords
Robert Brodie, William Moultrie, Camden, South Carolina, 1794, land grant, land, Sawney's Creek
Resource Identifier
080616-89
Date Digital
11-8-2013
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Archival Science | Social History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Brodie, Robert; Moultrie, William; and State of South Carolina, "Land grant to Robert Brodie, Camden, South Carolina, 1794, featuring signature of William Moultrie." (1794). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 97.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/97
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Notes
Life dates refer to William Moultrie.