The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-09-11
LEE COUNTY LINES.
The Metes and Bounds Set Forth in Pc
tition.

The following extract from the petit
ton to Governor McSweeney for the
Lee County election will be of inter
est to all residents OF Sumter County,
whether residents and property owners
in the territory included or not:
We, the undersigned citizens, Of
those portions Of Sumter, Kershaw
and Darlington Counties, proposed to
be cut off to form the new county OF
Lee, do most respectfully petition
your excelleney to order an election
by the qualified electors residing with
in the area of the proposed new coun-
ty, to determine the question whether
or not such new ounty shall be form
ed. Said new conusy to be known
as Lee County and to contain 41O1a
square miles with the following metes
and bounds:
Beginning at Fields Bridge on
Lynches River and running down said
river distance Of l3 miles, leaving
said river back of Irby Truluck's
plantation, and crossing Lynchburg
and Lake city roads between Bob
Welche's and DR.. Miller's places, a
course % degrees west 81 miles: strik-
ing new road thence south 50 west,
2% miles to the Pudding Swamp road
at 7. Z. Kilpatrick's, thence south
65 degrees west crossing Raccoon road
at Sans Wilson's 5s4 miles to Scots
vile. Thence from Scottsville south
761s west 81 miles to Black River,
thence up Black River in Sumter
County 3s4 miles to Witherspoon'
crossing, thence south 80 degrees west
to Scape O'er Swami, thence up said
swamp 25s miles to the G. S. q n,
crossing, thence north 80 west 8 $500
miles to Cowpen Crossing. thence
north 81 west l, s1-1O0 miles to a
point in Bradley's field, near Kershaw
County line, thence d1e north / S7-lO0
miles to the Kershaw County line,
thence down said line 2 62-10O of a
mile to Reynolds mill. Thence fol-
lowing the Three Notch road in ker-
shaw County distance Of three miles
to Antioch School House. Thence
north 80 east ~ miles. Thence due
north 134 miles to the Camden road,
thence following said road a distance
Of 43l miles to the Harrison Hall Mill.
Thence in an eastern direction l S7-lOO
miles to the old Georgetown road.
Thence up said road to near the head
of Turkey Creek. Thence north line
to the Camden road leading from Kel-
ley's Bridge on Lynebe's river to Cam
den. Thence down said road to the
Holland Ditch. Thence up said ditch
81 Of a mile to q corner of plantation
OF Edmund Tillers. Thence north 63
degrees east crossing the Mecklenburg
road near the house of Whitefeld
Gardner to Lynche's river. South of
the DR.. Norwood place 8 37-l00 Of a
mile. Thence down said river dis
tance of 8 miles near Kelley's bridge
Il Of a mile south of said bridge.
Thence north ~ degrees east dis
tance of miles to Ashland Methodist
Church. Thence north % degrees
east crossing the Chesterfield road be
tween j. z. Woodham and j. W.
Gardner, 2 62-1OO of mile to
Stackey's gate on the old State road.
Thence down said road Of mile.
Thence due south 2 81 100 of a mile to
Liberty Hill church at the head Of
Sparrow Swamp. Thence down Spar
row Swamp to a point in the Marco
MIL IOAO uSS1 y. -. 41OWOA1o. 4AO0S0
in Cypress Township south 2S degrees
east ~ miles to Long Branch.
Thence up said branch Il of mile.
Thence south q degrees east 111s miles
to Screech's Branch. Thence due
south 8 miles to the Lamar Township
line. Thence following said line to
the beginning corner.
In the petition it is further stated
that 316 square miles is taken from
Sumter county leaving 544 square
miles in the old county; 4515 square
miles from Kershaw county, leaving
66O1a square miles; 40 square miles
from Darlington, leaving 800 square
miles.
The taxable property in the Sumter
territory is S1,424, 900; Darlington
1926, 285; Kershaw, ,s9o, 720.
The population of the proposed new
county is stated to be more than 23s