Matthew and Mary filed this land grant in 1756. Notice on the detail image how all the land around this plot was "vacant land". Also note the markers that colonial surveyors depended on. Their markers included oak and pine trees as well as stakes. | |
 | Translation South Carolina. Pursuant to a Warrant from his late Excellency James Glen Esqr then Governor &c: Dated the fourth Day of May 1756. Directed to William De Brahm Esqr late Surveyor General, who hath caused to be Admeasured unto Matthew Singleton a Tract of One hundred and Fifty Acres of Land In Craven County on the Waters of Santee at Shanks Creek Bounded on all sides by Vacant Land and hath such Forms and Marks as the above Platt represents. John Evans D. S. Certified for the 15.th day of May 1756. |
Detail of compass and surveyed land
Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the Sumter County Museum Archives. Source: Matthew Singleton 1756 Land Grant, Thomas D. Broun Collection. Sumter County Museum Archives. Sumter, SC.
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