Smith had been collecting for years with much painstaking care and toil, valuable papers and data upon which his sketch was based, many of which related to the genesis of Summerville's land grants.
It, therefore, was evident that any further investigation along these lines could accomplish nothing more than had already been accomplished, save possibly to elaborate. Realizing that the information in Mr. Smith's possession was far too important not to be permanently recorded in some local repository where those seeking for Summerville's history would most likely refer, the writer requested him to prepare a short sketch of the early history of Summerville lands.
This he very kindly consented to do, and the following is taken from this sketch:. State, Vol. Secy, of State, Vol. This grant with another grant of the same date to John Stevens for acres formed the tract known as 'Dorchester' and was subdivided among the Dorchester settlers.
The whole combined tract of acres was subdivided into lots, but lots 12, 13, 14, and 19 in the second division were all parts of the acre grant. John Stevens conveyed lots 12 and 14, each containing 45 acres to Michael Bacon on 21 Sept. Commission Memo. Lot 13 also containing 45 acres was conveyed by John Stevens on 21 Sept.
Lot No. Charleston Bk. This seems to have passed into the hands of Lady Rebecca Axtell for by her Will she devised it to several people, devising acres to Hannah Stewart wife of Daniel Stewart Off.
What interest Daniel Axtell Senr. Daniel Stewart being thus possessed of lots 12, 13, and 14, and of acres part of the Fenwick grant and acres part of the Hawks grant, on 24 Dec.
Michael Geiger died intestate in and the foregoing acres descended to his son and heir at law Jacob Geiger. Gershom Hawks to whom lot 19 and the Fenwick grant had been conveyed died leaving the land to his sons. Either before or after his death acres of this grant was transferred to Daniel Axtell, Senr. After the death of Moses Hawks his executors on 15 December conveyed this acres to Daniel Stewart who dying intestate the lands descended to his eldest son John Stewart who on 31 January conveyed the acres to Samuel Wainwright- Off.
Samuel Stevens, a tract of acres Off. Comn, Memo. Stevens on 16 January, , Off. Secy, of State Royal Grant Bks. This acres, with the acres purchased from John Stewart and acres purchased by Samuel Wainwright from Matthias Hutchinson, made together a tract of some acres which Wainwright owned at his death in and passed under his will to his nephew Richard Wainwright and niece Elizabeth Hopkins- Probate Court Charleston, Book A, p.
By some family arrangement the land seems to have passed to Richard Wainwright for in Richard Wainwright mortgaged to Miss Elizabeth Hopkins a tract of acres which seems to be this land. Detmolds map of New Summerville includes lot No. A small part of the present Town of Summerville lying West of the acres portrayed on the map of Payne of December , and also West of the line of the acres purchased by the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company according to the map attached to the deed to that Company is said to have been originally granted to - Stewart, but I have never been able to trace the title back to any grant to him.
In one James Stewart took out a grant for acres. A location of the plat attached to this grant shows plainly that it was an infringement of previous grants. It covers lots 12, 13, 14, and 19 of the Dorchester grant and also a part of the Robert Fenwick grant. It also covered other parts of the Dorchester grant. As to so much of this grant to James Stewart as infringed on the titles held by Jacob Williman and Richard Wainwright neither James Stewart nor any of his heirs seem to have ever asserted title.
At least I have never seen any titles to that portion derived from Stewart. As to such part of it, however, as covered other parts of the acre grant lying South of the Saw Mill Branch and which part seem to have been abandoned by the persons to whom John Stevens conveyed or their heirs this James Stewart grant seems to have been in part at least asserted and maintained.
In Stephen Nettles took out a grant for acres Off. Secy, of State Grant Bk. H, No. The plat attached to this grant when located apparently covers much of the land included in the James Stewart Grant but whether any title was ever asserted under it I cannot say.
It will be seen, therefore, that the lands now within the town limits came from several different sources. I shall now take up the history of these tracts from the point when Mr. Smith's sketch stops and bring it up to recent times. The larger tracts from which these lands came are most frequently referred to locally as follows: 1.
The James Stewart or Nettles Tract; 4. Approximately speaking this embraces the Southern portion of the town, the lines running about as follows:. Beginning at the intersection of the road and the canal back of Mr. Pedder's and Mr. Rivers's, thence to the Stallsville Road near the residence of Dr. Muckenfuss, thence following the line of the James Stewart or Nettles Tract to the Old Methodist Church, and thence East along the line of this tract to a point near the intersection of Main Street and the next Street South of Seventh South Street, thence in a straight line Northwardly separating it from the Wainwright tract to a point a little North of the termination of Sixth South Street thence in a straight line Northwestwardly separating it from the Wainwright tract to the intersection of Hickory Street and the prolongation of Fifth South Street, thence in a general Southwestwardly direction to the Southern limits of the town.
I have not been able to satisfy myself exactly where this last line ran, but am inclined to think that it so ran as to exclude at least that portion of the town lying to the West of Central Avenue.
Outside of the town this Tract covers Germantown, Mrs. Weed's, Mr. Pedder's and adjacent properties. This is the acres heretofore traced to Jacob Geiger page From him the title passed as follows:. Geiger intermarried with Anna Catherine, who had ments to said wife and children. That John J. Geiger died in and his widow married Owen Ross. Jacob Williman in his Answer alleged that he then held a tract of land owned partly by Estate of Jacob Geiger, but against which he had claims.
By Decree dated Nov. Gibbes Master by deed dated Apr. Neither this deed nor mortgage is of record. Wilbrandt Schmidt failing to pay the mortgage the Executors of Jacob Williman brought suit against him to foreclose the same Charleston County Bills No. A Decree was passed in this case for a sale Decree Book No. The records show no conveyance to Thomas Moer but they disclose a purchase money mortgage from him to M.
Kieth Master dated March 11th R. Office Charleston County Book U 9, page This mortgage covers among other lands those in question. The entire property is described as follows: "All that Plantation or Tract of Land called Golding or Giveham containing about Fourteen hundred and nine acres more or less as per plat of Robert Q.
Pinckney and also about Two Hundred and fifty acres more or less of pine Land not surveyed, exclusive of the Lots of Pine Land heretofore sold, referred to in said proceedings. Lots had evidently been sold off of this Tract which formed a part of the Village of Summerville Old Summerville and Thomas Moer had a plat made which covered such lots, and others adjoining the same, not then occupied.
The writer has a copy of this Plat in his possesion. This copy was made by Robert K. Payne, "from the original protraction in my his possession" of his "Plan of the Village of Old Summerville, the property of Thomas Moore.
Though designated "Old Summerville" it is in reality only a part of "Old Summerville" not containing within its lines many of the older settlements such as Miss Hopkins's and those of the Mileses, the Warings, and others, its Northern line, in fact, not extending more than two hundred and seventy-five yards North of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
I am informed by Mr. Smith that there is another plat made by R. Payne in Dec. I have never seen this plat. It is likely that Thomas Moer sold some of the lots covered by the plan of , probably not many, for shortly after the making of this plan he died , leaving his last Will and Testament dated Nov. Ridgeville got its name about that time and began to grow. George was originally named for the first settler, James George, who leased the land to the railroad and it became an important station on the line.
Reevesville was founded in or near Indian Trail, supposedly before , and several hundred members of the Edisto Indian tribe live in Indiantown today. They were officially recognized by the U. Department of the Interior in the s.
The rural town of Givhans is home to a state park on the banks of the Edisto River. Trees were being cut in large numbers for laying rails and the clearing of lots to relocate the commercial center near the tracks.
That ordinance, one of the oldest of its kind in the United States, is still on the books. The last decade of the 19th century saw two of the worst local events, followed by one of the best pieces of luck ever to befall a struggling community.
While still recovering from the War Between the States, Summerville suffered extensive destruction during the earthquake, followed by a downtown fire which wiped out most of the buildings surrounding the town square. The good fortune stemmed from Paris, France, when the International Congress of Physicians declared Summerville as one of the two best places in the world for the treatment and recovery of lung disorders.
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