Plat of 419 acres near Goose Creek sold to Benjamin Wood by John Parker. Only the trees located on the property line and names on neighboring property owners are included. Names associated with this plat are John Parker, Benjamin Wood, Thomas Barker, John Barley, James Boswood, Benjamin Woods, John Stevens, Thomas Hodson, I. Drayton, Thomas Mell, and Ben Godin.
Copy of a plat of 500 acres originally laid out to John Smith, now (1805) belonging to Alexander Bower as nephew and heir to the grantee. Details include swamps, surrounding lands, and trees. Names associated with this plat are Alexander Bower, John Smith, F. Bremar, William Moultrie, Sarah Blakeway, William Cattle, and Henry Crum.
Plat of 1,000 acres on Strawberry Bay granted to James Packer. The bay and marsh area is marked but there is little other detail included. Names associated with this plat include James Packer, William Sparkmon, James G. Ware, and W. Moultrie.
This plantation diary includes day-to-day management of Drayton plantations, (particularly Drayton Hall and Jehossee), focusing on crops, livestock, labor, and the movement of these between estates. Includes details on the unsatisfactory work of overseers, marriage of Charlotte Drayton, building of a new barn and slave houses, slave deaths from snake/spider bites and lightning strikes.
Petition of Anne Williams to the St. Andrew's Society explaining that she lives unmarried in Edinburgh and requesting that her annuity be paid. A postscript confirms that Anne Williams is alive and unmarried.
