York County Landowners

Drawn from Plats Dated

1843, 1850 and 1851

contributed to York County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails by Sharon S. Ashcraft


Full dates are dates of surveys; years in parenthesis are the years neighboring landowners’ names appeared on plats.

- Drawn December 29, 2007 by Sharon Spielman Ashcraft



References: SC State Plats S213192 from the SC Dept. of Archives and History, as follows: 1843 Jesse Ashcraft - Reel 27, Vol. 53, Pg. 429, Frame 941; 1843 Joel Ashcraft - Reel 27, Vol. 53, Pg. 430, Frame 942; 1850 John M. Ashcraft, Rachael McCollough - Reel 28, Vol. 55, Pg. 338, Frame 915; Samuel and George Reid - Reel 28, Vol. 55, Pg. 276, Frame 853.


Transcription of Surveyors’ Text

South Carolina

Jesse Ashcraft Chester District

Pursuant to a warrant from the Commis. of Location for said Dist. dated December 1st 1842 I have admeasured and laid out unto Jesse Ashcraft a tract of Land containing Two Hundred and fifty three acres in said State and District on the So E side of Fishing Creek and Cain run branch, adjoining Lands of Joel Ashcraft John Mobly Wm. Celsey in the Indian Land of which the said Jesse Ashcraft is the present leesee and that such shape marks buttings and boundry as the above plat represents.

Given under my hand January 20, 1843

B.H. Saxon Sur Genl [Surveyor General] David Roddy D S [Deputy Surveyor]

South Carolina

Joel Ashcraft York District

Pursuant to a warrant from the Commissioner of Location for York District dated January 11th 1843. I have admeasured and laid out unto Joel Ashcraft a Tract of Land containing Three Hundred and ninety four acres in said Dist. on the East side of Fishing Creek on the waters of Cain run in the Indian Land part of which land was Conveyed to the said Ashcraft by Jonathan Davis and Dr. Culp of which he is the present Leesee adjoining Lands of A Wherry Joseph Crook John Mobly Jesse Ashcraft Wm Celsey Saml Reid and John Pitman and hath such shape marks buttings and boundrys as the above plat represents.

Given under my hand 17 February 1843 January 19, 1843

B.H. Saxon Sur Genl David Roddy D S

John M. Ashcraft

South Carolina

Pursuant to a warrant from John G. Enloe Clerk of the Court & Ex. officio Commissioner of Locations in the District of York dated twenty Eighth day of September 1850, I have admeasured & laid out unto John M. Ashcraft a Tract of land containing one hundred and seven acres, situated in the said District, on Caney Run Branch waters of Catawba River, bounded as represented by the above plat; and hath such form and marks as the above plat doth represent. Surveyed the 3rd day of October 1850.

Given under my hand this 30th January 1851. James H. Crawford D.S.

W.F. Arthur, Sur. Gen’l.

Rachael McCollough

South Carolina

Pursuant to a warrant from John G. Enloe, Clerk of the Court, and Ex. officio Com’r of Locations in the District of York dated the 26th day of September 1850, I have admeasured and laid out unto Rachael M.Collough, a tract of Land containing seventy four acres, situated in the said District, on Caney Run Branch, water of the Catawba River, bounded as represented by the above plat, and hath such forms and marks as the above plat represents. Surveyed this 4th day of October 1850.

Given under my hand 28th January 1851. James H. Crawford D.S.

W.F. Arthur, Sur. Gen’l.

Samuel Reid and George Reid

South Carolina

Pursuant to a warrant from James Keykendall, Commissioner of Locations in the District of York dated the 28th day of November 1849: I have admeasured and laid out unto Samuel Reid and George Reid a Tract of Land containing two hundred and forty Eight acres, situate in the said District, and in the Indian Land, on waters of fishing Creek, a tributary of Catawba River, bounded by lines running S.E. by lands surveyed for McElesise?, Reid and Kelsey - lines running N.E. by land of Ashcraft & Pitman, N.W. by lands of McCullough, S.W. by lands belonging to Anderson and Chambers; and hath such form and marks as the above plat represents. Surveyed the 10th day of January 1851.

Given under my hand the 13ath May 1851.

W.F. Arthur, Sur. Gen’l James H. Crawford D.S.



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