Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-10-03
CranGehurg Now and Then

To the brief sketch of the early
settlement Of Orangeburg District
furnished heretofore, l will add few
remarks respecting the Territorial
divisions of the State, which may be
interesting in connection with the
history Of our County.
Counties we're marked out at an
early day, and were far more exten-
sivc than those now established.
There were four: Berkeley, Craven,
Collcton and Granville, named after
some ofthc proprietors of the Terri
tory. Berkeley County extended
alon. tie ocean, from Sccwee Creek
(ncar the mouth of the 'ant &c River)
to the Stnno, and embraced Orange
Parish. Parishes were esta blishcd in
l704, and the numb Der was increased
in 17OG, and subsequently. Their
original institution was ecclesiastical,
Int IS early rs l7lG they were made
elective precincts, and the church
wardcns were appointed managers.
st. Matth ews Parish was laid out in
lT65, and Orange Parish in 177S
The latter was an elective and never
an ecclesiastical Parish. In 1889
several Townships Of 10000 acres
each were established, and among
them Orangeburg and Amelia Town
ships, the latter embracing St. Mat
ihcws Parish. ] lcse Townships,
with manor<, caciqucs, and baronies,
have long since been forgotten. To
know these several partitions Of ter
ritory, however, is still important,
not only TO crafty curiosity, butt.
designate boundaries and localities in
grants and convcyances of lands.
Some Of the grants in this County
rceer 20 Berkeley County and Orange
burg Township. BY the County
Court act of 1855 Orange and
Wlnton Counties were established,
the latter embracing the Fork Of
Edisto and the present County OF
Bnrnwell. In 1908, the Fork of
Edisto was detached from Winton
County, and annexed to the District
of Orangeburg. BY The Constitution
Of 1870 Orange and ST. Matthews
Parishes were declared to be election
Districts, and, for the first time,
Winton was called Barnwell or
WiLton election District. In 1882,
that part Of Orangeburg District,
embraced within a line extending
from Williamsons' to the Pine log
bridge and thence to the Edgefeld
line, was attached to the judicial and
collection District of Lexington, and
III lS49, the same part was attached
to the election District of Lexington.
by an amendment OF the Constitution.
The Legislature Of South Carolina
assembled at Charleston, until the
Capitol was removed to Columbia in
1883. The members from Orange,
and other Parishes of the interior.
attended on horse back with their
snddlc-bags, and were billctted and
provided for in the most primitive
manner, as will appear from the fol-
lowing report submitted to the House
by Committee: "Your Committee
sent for Mr.. Chitty, who informed
them that he had accommodated the
country members with lodging, and
most of the articles in quantities as
heretofore, with which, in kind and
quality, they were satisfied, sail
articles consisting of rations of meat,
bread, butter, rum, sugar, coffee,
candles, pepper. salt, wood, rice and
short and long forage" 1t would
appear from the foregoing bill Of fare,
that whiskcy was not distilled ut that
carly period.
For the Orangcburg TIMES.
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