The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-21
rpE wATcHMAN AND SOUTHRON MARCH 81. 1900.

Can be traced to the west side of the
Wateree river The enlistment itself
states thet they were of st Marks
Parish The fact is Marion brigade
through the war was composed of
settlers between the Sautee and a
teree rivers on the west, and the
North Carolina line op the east iheu
comprising The parishes OF Prince
George Wlnyaw, Prince Frederick
aud st Marks q. oum1er's brigade
was composed of settlers north of d
line running east and west about
Stateburg up to the North Carolina
line
1t may not be uainteresting to the
people of Sumter and Clarendon
counties TO STATE briefly the ante
Revolutionary divisions of this part
OF SOGtn CaEOllDa
The Colony OF South Carolina was
divided into counties named after
the lords pFoprietors, previous to the
yea. 100 In the year l7l9 the
general assembly Of the colony now
equivalent to our house OF represent
alives) passed an act to allow per
sons who did not adhere to and
were not confirmed IL the English
(Episcopai) church established in the
colony to become members of the
general assembly This had been
prohibited for years BY the governor
and MS ccunci!-representatives OF
The lords propsiesors-but after many
years OF dispute and wrangiing,
George 1st Of England sustained the
contention of the people, the lords
proprietors we're deprived OF their
charters, and South Carolina became
a royal colony uoder the direct gov.
ernmen. of the crown This was
without doubt the first ordinance OF
secession, in contra distinction to ,e-
bellion, ever adopted and maintained
by any people But this ia digres.
eion
Craven county was one of those
original territorial divisions. Its
original boundaries we're on the west
Of the Santee river and presumably
the Wateree-on the east by Cape
Fear river, on the north indefinitely
some of the acts speak of the
northwestern boundary Of the colony
snd therefore of Craven county as
being the south seas-meening the
Pacific Ocean. In l733 the southern
line was ran from the head Of See
Wee river to the Pee Dee, to cut it
off from Berkeley county.
AS the lower par, of the Cciooy be-
came more tbickly settled, the three
counties of ColIe.oo, Bsrkley aud
Craven were divided up into Parishes.
IL 1721 oat of Craven was Gu: Prince
George Wicyaw, bouoded southwest
cn Saatee River, northwest 90 Cape
Fear eastward oa Ocean and to the
westward IS far as is shall be inhabited
oy us Majes'y'a subjects " In 1874
tie poctnern part OF Prince George
Wioyes was ca, eff by lioc running
from joan DuBose's plantation 90
SaD:ec, northwest TO the Pedee,
and es.. bsished as Prince Frederick.
:asa:a 10 1857 St. Marks Parish was
cut cG from Prince Frederick oy CON
tiociog the westernoss line of Williams
burg Tovoship 10 Pedea and santee
Rivers So it would appear tnas St.
Marks was bounded by the Williams
burg line. Sauteo aud Cape Fear
Rivers, and north. westard indefinitely.
The church was then located where the
present. church staSds on the G'ebe
lands uear Fulton 10 Clarendon
County 1t was entitled to send two
nem0 0ers TO the General Assembly.
Camden Judicial District was estab-
lished 10 1863 and vas subd:vided in
1885 into seven couoties viz. Claren.