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-===== Elijah Postell, Memorial for 8 Tracts Containing 3,127 Acres in Colleton and Berkley Counties, 02 May 1769 =====
+====== Elijah Postell, Memorial for 8 Tracts Containing 3,127 Acres in Colleton and Berkley Counties in SC, 02 May 1769 ======
+===== Text =====
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 Elijah Postell\\
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+acres. Qt Rt 3/ Steel or 4/ Pro Money.\\
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 Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 297 acres, Situate in Colleton County St Pauls Parish (being part of a Tract of 300 acres) Granted to John Miles Senr ''[Senior]'' which on a Resurvey contained 396 acres. Who devesed ''[sic: devised]'' the Same to his Son Thos. ''[Thomas]'' Miles. And he by his last Will devised the Same to his Two Daughters Elizabeth Miles & Mary Miles, Mary dying under age & without Issue, her part descended to her Two Surviving Sisters, Elizabeth & Martha Miles, Elizh ''[Elizabeth]'' afterwards intermarried with Isaac %%McPherson%%.
-Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 35 acres Situate in Colleton County on Horse Savanah((located about 6 miles SSW of the Dorchester Settlement)) ''[sic: Horse Savanna]'' butting & bounding NEwardly ''[Northeastwardly]'' on lands of Wm. ''[William]'' Cattell Senr Decd ''[Deceased]'', to the Sward ''[Southward]'' partly on Said Cattells & partly on Isaac Nichol's lands, Eward ''[Eastward]'' partly on Said Nichols & partly on James Brisbanes, to the Westward part on Martha Miles & part on Samuel Wainwright, being the Sd three fourth ''[3/4]'' part of the above mentioned Tract of 396 acres, lately belonging to the Said Thomas Miles Junr ''[Junior]'' decd ''[deceased]''. Granted the 19th day of February 1767 ''[19 Feb 1767]'' to John Izard and Conveyed by him to Isaac %%McPherson%%, by lease and release bearing date respectively the 4th and 5th days of March 1767 ''[04 Mar 1767 and 05 Mar 1767]''. Quit Rent 4/ Pro: ''[4-shillings Proclamation]'' money
+Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 35 acres Situate in Colleton County on Horse Savanah[(note1)] ''[sic: Horse Savanna]'' butting & bounding NEwardly ''[Northeastwardly]'' on lands of Wm. ''[William]'' Cattell Senr Decd ''[Deceased]'', to the Sward ''[Southward]'' partly on Said Cattells & partly on Isaac Nichol's lands, Eward ''[Eastward]'' partly on Said Nichols & partly on James Brisbanes, to the Westward part on Martha Miles & part on Samuel Wainwright, being the Sd three fourth ''[3/4]'' part of the above mentioned Tract of 396 acres, lately belonging to the Said Thomas Miles Junr ''[Junior]'' decd ''[deceased]''. Granted the 19th day of February 1767 ''[19 Feb 1767]'' to John Izard and Conveyed by him to Isaac %%McPherson%%, by lease and release bearing date respectively the 4th and 5th days of March 1767 ''[04 Mar 1767 and 05 Mar 1767]''. Quit Rent 4/ Pro: ''[4-shillings Proclamation]'' money
 Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 160 ''[sic: should be 162]'' acres Situate in Colleton County (and is part of a Tract of 850 acres) originally Granted the 17th day of Octr 1755 ''[17 Oct 1755]'' to John Miles who by deed of Sale bearing date 16th day of May 1759 ''[16 May 1759]''. Conveyed the aforesaid 162 acres of land to his daughter Elizabeth Miles, and is butting & bounding to the Nward ''[Northward]'' by Broad River leading from Stono to Parker's & Ferguson's Ferry to the Eward ''[Eastward]'' & Sward by Fredk ''[Frederick]'' Grimkie's Land, to Wward ''[Westward]'' by other part of the Sd 650 acre Tract. All which Three Several Tracts of 297 acres, 35 acres & 162 acres making 494 acres more Sold and Conveyed by Isaac %%McPherson%% & Elizabeth his Wife (late Elizabeth Miles) to the memorialist by lease & release bearing date respectively the 31st day of March & 1st day of April 1767. Qt Rt 4/ Pro money p hund. acres ''[Quit Rent 4-shillings Proclamation money per hundred acres]''.
-Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 330 acres, Situate in Colleton County St Pauls Parish bounding Wwardly on land formerly Paul Jeny's, Northwardly on Daniel Blake, Ewardly on James Smith & Swardly on Land belonging to the Estate of Jno ''[John]'' Norman, being part of a Tract formerly belonging to Job Chamberlain also. ''[the word "also" in large, bold letters]''
+Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 330 acres, Situate in Colleton County St Pauls Parish bounding Wwardly on land formerly Paul Jeny's, Northwardly on Daniel Blake, Ewardly on James Smith & Swardly on Land belonging to the Estate of Jno ''[John]'' Norman, being part of a Tract formerly belonging to Job Chamberlain ''[sic: Chamberline]''
-Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 207 acres, Situate in Berkly ''[sic]'' County St George's Parish, bounding NEwardly ''[Northeastwardly]'' on lands formerly of Wm. Downing's & Thomas Diston's %%SoEwardly%% ''[Southeastwardly]'' on Sd Diston's, SWwardly ''[Southwestwardly]'' on Land formerly Wm. Ways & NWwardly ''[Northwestwardly]'' on lands of Richard Beden ''[sic: Bedon]''. Which Two Tracts of 330 acres &207 acres, making together 537 acres of Land were conveyed by Samuel Hamlin by deed of Sale bearing date the 31st day of July 1768 ''[31 Jul 1768]'' to the memorialist. Qt Rt. ''«blank space»''
+also Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 207 acres, Situate in Berkly ''[sic]'' County St George's Parish, bounding NEwardly ''[Northeastwardly]'' on lands formerly of Wm. Downing's & Thomas Diston's %%SoEwardly%% ''[Southeastwardly]'' on Sd Diston's, SWwardly ''[Southwestwardly]'' on Land formerly Wm. Ways & NWwardly ''[Northwestwardly]'' on lands of Richard Beden ''[sic: Bedon]''. Which Two Tracts of 330 acres &207 acres, making together 537 acres of Land were conveyed by Samuel Hamlin by deed of Sale bearing date the 31st day of July 1768 ''[31 Jul 1768]'' to the memorialist. Qt Rt. ''«blank space»''
 Of a Plantation or Tract of Land Contg. 796 acres, Situate in a Place commonly call'd Beech Hill partly on St George's Parish Berkly County & partly in St Paul's Parish Colleton County, butting & bounding to the NWward ''[Northwestward]'' partly on lands Sold by John Miles and Elijah Postell partly on lands Sold by Saml ''[Samuel]'' Hamlin to Said Elijah Postell & partly on Lands belonging to Danl ''[Daniel]'' Doyley, to the NEward ''[Northeastward]'' partly on Danl Doyley's, and part on Miss Francis Daniel's & partly on Jno ''[John]'' Drake's Land, to the So ''[South]'' & %%SoEward%% ''[Southeastward]'' partly on the Beech Hill high road & partly on lands belonging to the Estate of Joseph Waring decd, & partly on Richard Warings Land, & to the %%SoW%% ''[Southwest]'' on lands belonging to Wm. Blake. also.
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 Certified by R. L. ''[Richard Lambton]''
-==== Source ====
+===== Source =====
-  * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm FIXME. Memorial books (Copy Series). Series S111001, Volume 8, Pages 428-429, Item 2.
+  * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0091. Memorial books (Copy Series). Series S111001, Volume 8, Pages 428-429, Item 2.
+[(note1>located about 6 miles SSW of the Dorchester Settlement)]
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