The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-05
To Establish Lee County.


To Establish Lee County.
Whereas at an election held in ac-
cordance with law the qualified voters
residing in certain portions of eKer-
shaw, Darlington and Sumter Coun-
ties, as hereinafter described, decided
by legal votes cast IN favor of the
formation of new county, and all
the other conditions required by the
Consti and laws of this State for
the formation of new counties having
been complied with; therefoSe
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of South Carolina:
Section /. That new judicial and
election county to be known as Lee
County, is hereby iolmed with the
following boundaries, to wit: and to
contain 40 l-2 square miles: Begin
ming at Fields Bridge on Lynches
River, and running down said river
distance of 13 miles, leaving said
river back OF Irby Truluck's planta-
ton and crossing Lynchburg and Lake
City road between Bob Welch and DR..
Miner's places a course south %
degrees west 8 Ia miles striking rev
road thence south 80 west, 2 3-4 miles
to the Pudding Swamp road at T. Z.
Kilpatrick's. Then south 65 degrees
west crossing Raccoon road at Sam
Wilson's 5 3-4 miles TO Scottsyille.
Thence from ScottsTille south rs l-3
west 3-4 mile to Black River. Thence
up Black River, in Sumter County, 3
81 miles. to Witherspoon Crossing.
Thence south 80 degrees west to Scape-
Ger Swamp. Thence up said swamp
2 5-S miles to the G. S. & N. R. R.
crossing. Thence north 80 west 8 3S-
100 miles to Cow Pen Crossing.
Thence north 81 west II s1-100 miles
to point in Bradley's field near the
Kershaw County line. Thence due
north 1 s7-100 miles to Kershaw County
line. Thence down said line 2 62-100
of mile to Reynolds mill. Thence
following the three notch road in Ker-
shaw County distance Of three miles
to Antioch School House. Thence
north 80 east 1 IA miles. Thence due
north 3-4 miles to the Camden Road.
Thence following said road distance
of 4 3-4 miles to Harrison Hall mill.
Thence an eastern direction 1 87-1oo
miles to the old Georgetown road.
Thence up said road to near the head
of Turkey Greek. Thence north
line to the Camden Road leading from
Kelley's Bridge on Lynches River
to Camden. Thence down said road
to the Holland ditch. Thence up said
ditch 3-4 of a mile to corner Of plan
tation of Edmond Tiiler. Thence
north 63 degrees east crossing the
Mecklenburg> Road near the house of
Whitfield Gardner's TO Lynches River,
south of the DR.. Norwood place 8 73-
100 of mile. Thence down said river
a distance of 8 miles near Kelley's
Bridge IA of mile south Of said
bridge. Thence north q degrees east
q. distance of miles to Ashland Meth
odist Church. Thence north 22
dlegrees east crossing the Chesterfield
road between j. E. Woodham and J.
w. Gardner 2 621oo of mile to
stuckey's gate on the Old Stage Road.
Thence down said road 3-4 of mile.
Thence due south 2 62-10O of mile
TO Liberty Hill Church, at the head
OF Sparrow Swamp. Thence down
Sparrow Swamp to a point in the
Marco Mill Pond near B. A. Howls.
Thence in Cypress Township south
s8 degrees east 1 1-2 miles to Long
Branch. Thence up said branch IA
of mile; thence south % de-
grees east / 1-S miles to Screech-
es Branch; thence due south 3 miles,
to the Lamar Township line; thence
following said line to the beginning
corner; and the county seat is
hereby established at Bishopville.
Sec. 2. That W. a. James, J. E.
McCutchen. ". R. Shaw, Edwin Will
son, W. NJ. Kelly, A. E. Skinner, a.
NJ. Lee, A. johnson and John F. Mat
thews, are herbey appointed Commis
sioners of said County Of Lee, and
they and their successors in Office are
hereby authorized to have the boun-
daries of said new county marked as
now surveyed, and to provide a court
house and jail, by the erection of suit
able buildings at the county seat, and
to receive and accept in the name and
for the new County Of Lee any bonds,
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