====== Elijah Postell, Memorial for 8 Tracts Containing 3,127 Acres in Colleton and Berkley Counties in SC, 02 May 1769 ====== ===== Text ===== [//Margin//:]\\ South Carolina **Elijah Postell**\\ 800 acres. Qt Rt 3/ Steel or 4/ Pro Money.\\ 297 acres.\\ 35 acres. Qt Rt 4/ Pro\\ 162 acres. Qt Rt 2/ Pro\\ 330 acres.\\ 207 acres.\\ 796 acres.\\ 500 acres [//Main Text//:]\\ A memorial exhibited by **Elijah Postell** to be registd ''[registered]'' in the Auds ''[Auditor's]'' Office. Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. ''[Containing]'' 800 acres, Situate in Colleton County (being part of a Tract of 1250 acres) Granted the 16th day of Jany 1735 ''[16 Jan 1735]'', to **John Godfrey** Qt ''["Rt" missing]'' 4/ Pro money p hund acres ''[Quit Rent 4-shillings Proclamation money per hundred acres]'', butting & bounding at the time of the Grant, Swardly ''[Southwardly]'' on vact ''[vacant]'' land, Wwardly ''[Westwardly]'' on **John Champney**, Nwardly ''[Northwardly]'' on **John Kazier**'s & Ewardly ''[Eastwardly]'' partly on **Thomas Drayton**'s and partly on Colll. ''[Colonel]'' **Alexdr** ''[**Alexander**]'' **Trenche**'s ''[sic: **Trench**'s]'' land. Which Plantation or Tract of Land was by a Writ of Fieri Facias, Seized by **Rawlins Lowndes** then Provost Marshal, and Sold by him at Public Sale the 23rd day of Augt 1753 ''[23 Aug 1753]'' to **Joseph Glover** the highest Bidder_ and Conveyed by the Sd ''[Said]'' **Rawlins Lowndes** by deed of Sale bearing date the 2nd day of Octr 1753 to the Said **Joseph Glover**, Who afterwards With his Wife **Anne** Conveyed the Same to the memorialist by lease and release bearing date respectively the 9th & 10th days of May 1759 ''[09 May 1759 & 10 May 1759]''. Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 297 acres, Situate in Colleton County St Pauls Parish (being part of a Tract of 300 acres) Granted to **John Miles Senr** ''[Senior]'' which on a Resurvey contained 396 acres. Who devesed ''[sic: devised]'' the Same to his Son **Thos.** ''[**Thomas**]'' **Miles**. And he by his last Will devised the Same to his Two Daughters **Elizabeth Miles** & **Mary Miles**, **Mary** dying under age & without Issue, her part descended to her Two Surviving Sisters, **Elizabeth** & **Martha Miles**, **Elizh** ''[**Elizabeth**]'' afterwards intermarried with **Isaac %%McPherson%%**. Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 35 acres Situate in Colleton County on Horse Savanah[(note1)] ''[sic: Horse Savanna]'' butting & bounding NEwardly ''[Northeastwardly]'' on lands of **Wm.** ''[**William**]'' **Cattell Senr** Decd ''[Deceased]'', to the Sward ''[Southward]'' partly on Said **Cattell**s & partly on **Isaac Nichol**'s lands, Eward ''[Eastward]'' partly on Said **Nichol**s & partly on **James Brisbane**s, to the Westward part on **Martha Miles** & part on **Samuel Wainwright**, being the Sd three fourth ''[3/4]'' part of the above mentioned Tract of 396 acres, lately belonging to the Said **Thomas Miles Junr** ''[Junior]'' decd ''[deceased]''. Granted the 19th day of February 1767 ''[19 Feb 1767]'' to **John Izard** and Conveyed by him to **Isaac %%McPherson%%**, by lease and release bearing date respectively the 4th and 5th days of March 1767 ''[04 Mar 1767 and 05 Mar 1767]''. Quit Rent 4/ Pro: ''[4-shillings Proclamation]'' money Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 160 ''[sic: should be 162]'' acres Situate in Colleton County (and is part of a Tract of 850 acres) originally Granted the 17th day of Octr 1755 ''[17 Oct 1755]'' to **John Miles** who by deed of Sale bearing date 16th day of May 1759 ''[16 May 1759]''. Conveyed the aforesaid 162 acres of land to his daughter **Elizabeth Miles**, and is butting & bounding to the Nward ''[Northward]'' by Broad River leading from Stono to Parker's & Ferguson's Ferry to the Eward ''[Eastward]'' & Sward by **Fredk** ''[**Frederick**]'' **Grimkie**'s Land, to Wward ''[Westward]'' by other part of the Sd 650 acre Tract. All which Three Several Tracts of 297 acres, 35 acres & 162 acres making 494 acres more Sold and Conveyed by **Isaac %%McPherson%%** & **Elizabeth** his Wife (late **Elizabeth Miles**) to the memorialist by lease & release bearing date respectively the 31st day of March & 1st day of April 1767. Qt Rt 4/ Pro money p hund. acres ''[Quit Rent 4-shillings Proclamation money per hundred acres]''. Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 330 acres, Situate in Colleton County St Pauls Parish bounding Wwardly on land formerly **Paul Jeny**'s, Northwardly on **Daniel Blake**, Ewardly on **James Smith** & Swardly on Land belonging to the Estate of **Jno** ''[**John**]'' **Norman**, being part of a Tract formerly belonging to **Job Chamberlain** ''[sic: **Chamberline**]'' also Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 207 acres, Situate in Berkly ''[sic]'' County St George's Parish, bounding NEwardly ''[Northeastwardly]'' on lands formerly of **Wm. Downing**'s & **Thomas Diston**'s %%SoEwardly%% ''[Southeastwardly]'' on Sd **Diston**'s, SWwardly ''[Southwestwardly]'' on Land formerly **Wm. Ways** & NWwardly ''[Northwestwardly]'' on lands of **Richard Beden** ''[sic: **Bedon**]''. Which Two Tracts of 330 acres & 207 acres, making together 537 acres of Land were conveyed by **Samuel Hamlin** by deed of Sale bearing date the 31st day of July 1768 ''[31 Jul 1768]'' to the memorialist. Qt Rt. ''«blank space»'' Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 796 acres, Situate in a Place commonly call'd Beech Hill partly on St George's Parish Berkly County & partly in St Paul's Parish Colleton County, butting & bounding to the NWward ''[Northwestward]'' partly on lands Sold by **John Miles** and **Elijah Postell** partly on lands Sold by **Saml** ''[**Samuel**]'' **Hamlin** to Said **Elijah Postell** & partly on Lands belonging to **Danl** ''[**Daniel**]'' **Doyley**, to the NEward ''[Northeastward]'' partly on **Danl Doyley**'s, and part on Miss **Francis Daniel**'s & partly on **Jno** ''[**John**]'' **Drake**'s Land, to the So ''[South]'' & %%SoEward%% ''[Southeastward]'' partly on the Beech Hill high road & partly on lands belonging to the Estate of **Joseph Waring** decd, & partly on **Richard Waring**s Land, & to the %%SoW%% ''[Southwest]'' on lands belonging to **Wm. Blake**. also. Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 500 acres Situate in Berkly County, St George's Parish, between a Swamp commonly call'd the Cypress & Edisto River (being part of Two Five hundred acre Tracts) of Pine Barron, originally Granted to **Thomas Diston**, & is butting & bounding to the Northward on land's ''[sic]'' formerly **Uriah Edward**'s decd, and now the Estate of **Hugh Dowse** decd, to the Southward on Pine land Supposed to be the Property of Colll. ''[Colonel]'' **Richard Bedon**'s Estate and to the Wward ''[Westward]'' on the remaining part of the Two aforesaid 500 acre Tracts, now belonging to **Daniel** & **William Blake** and to the Eastward on land's ''[sic]'' belonging to Persons unknown Which Two Tracts of 796 acres and 500 acres making together Twelve hundred and Ninety Six ''[1296]'' acres of Land was conveyed to the memorialist by Leases and Releases bearing date respectively the Twenty Seventh & Twenty Eight days of Jany 1769 ''[27 Jan 1769 & 28 Jan 1769]''. Quit Rent ''«blank space»''/ p hund ''[per hundred]'' acres. In Witness whereof he hath hereunto Set his hand the 2nd of May 1769 ''[02 May 1769]'' For the memorialist {signed} **George Smith** Certified by R. L. ''[Richard Lambton]'' ===== Image ===== {{:transcriptions:land_records:memorials:st0091.s111001.memorial.vol_8.p_428.elijah_postell.jpg?200|}} {{:transcriptions:land_records:memorials:st0091.s111001.memorial.vol_8.p_429.elijah_postell.jpg?200|}} FIX-ME ===== Source ===== * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0091. Memorial books (Copy Series). Series S111001, Volume 8, Pages 428-429, Item 2. [(note1>located about 6 miles SSW of the [[https://goo.gl/maps/4tGXjiRzduUh7ipQA|Dorchester Settlement]])] {{tag>sc postell horse_savanna colleton chamberline berkley st_georges bedon st_pauls beech_hill}}