The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-10-23

House and the rebuilding of the goa
which was burnt about the wear 1sOl
or 1905.
In the Records Of the Clerks Office
for Sumter County in Book I. at Mage
24S, there is Deed dated septembe,
21th, 1904. by which John Gayle con.
veyed to Richard Harvin a plantation
OF eight hundred and fifty acres 70,
the sum of Five thousand dollars. Th.
description in said Deed describes the
plantation as being "in Sumter Dis
trict, at the place where Sumter Court
House now stands" and exempts from
the said Deed two lots to the public
as having before that time been solo
to the public for the purpose of erect.
ing Court House and Jail.
| In the possession Of r. L. Cooper
ESQ.,. a Member Of the Sumter Bar
there is a plat Of some of the Johr
Gayle lands. showing the original lay
Ing out of the Town Of Sumteryille
This plat was made by John McDon.
nell, d. S. and bears his certificate al
follows: "rhis above plan represent.
Sumterville. according to the last sur.
vey made by me 25th January. 1904
| This Plat of Sumter shows tina,
what is now Main Street was ther
called Broad Street." and shows also
Sumter Street, Harvin Street anG
Liberty Street as they now are; anc
shows the two public lots Of one acre
each on opposite sides of what wa.
then "Rroad," now Main Street.
The acre lot on the western side OF
Main Street above referred to was thu
one upon which the Court House wa.
built. and remained intact until re.
Gently sold for the purpose Of build.
Ing the present Court House.
The lot on the eastern side Of Mair
Street above referred to, upon which
the Jail was originally built, passed
into other hands, and is occupied now
partly by stores and by the Opera
House OF the City Of Sumter.
The offlcial records of Sumter Dis
trict begin in January, 1902, and show
that Sumter District, Claremont Coun.
ty. Clarendon County and Salem
County, were all at that time organ
lied. The counties being election
counties, and Sumter District bein,
the judicial District.
There appears on Record Book "a
Ia the clerks off1ce"for Sumter Coun
ty, at page 10, the affidavit OF Johl
Horan, Clerk Of the Court, which
| shows the exact date Of the burnin,
Of the clerks Office in Sumter Dis
trict.
South Carolina.
Sumter District.
Personally appeared John Horan
who being duly storm, deposeth ant
saith that John Marant. Esq, deposit
ed in his Office, as Clerk Of the sait
District, a Deed in Trust from AM
Bay and William Bay to Wade Hamp
ton and the said John Marant TO-
twelve negro slaves. for the use. ben
eft anu behoOf Of the children o
William r. Davis. deceased. and tina
the said Deed was consumed by fir
in his office on the 9th day Of No
vember, last.
1 RI hf ttot 1ny
OF January. 1902.
(Signed) John Horan.
(Signed) William Marant, J. r. &
Q. U. (16th Jan. 1SO2.)
The following is taken from tn
Acts Of the General Assembly Of Soutf
Carolina. December Session. 1901:
| Whereas, by the destruction O.
the public records and Minutes O.
the Court Of Sumter District. by fire
which consumed the Clerks Office
and all of the papers therein contain
ed, the names Of the Jurors drawn
regularly at the last November Cour
| were thereby burned and lost; IL
tHSISlOIe W TcIleQy ana dNOl(
the Inconvenience and evils that ma!
arise from delay Of justice, for tn,
want OF Jury to serve in the Court!
Of Sessions and Common Pleas fo
Sumter District at the next Spring Cir
|cuit;
BE 1T THEREFORE ENACTED b!
the Honorable the Senate and tn
House Of Representatives, now me
and sitting in General Assembly. ant
by the authority of the same, That i
shall be lawful for the Clerk Of tn
said District to require, by a Sum
mons under his Hand and Seal, tn
attendance Of four Justices, whereO
two shall be OF the quorum, to b.
and APPEAR at the Court House o
said District. on the fifteenth day o
January. next; and that the Clerk ano