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City Directories and History: Architect, Mr. Robert Mills was hired by the State of S.C. to create accurate maps of the state’s districts. In turn, he employed knowledgeable surveyors to survey the local areas, from which he created his finished maps of S.C., districts or counties. This resulted in accurate maps of roads, streams, and cities located in each. Click on the More Information links, (found under the picture column), for an enlargeable county map, a history of Robert Mill’s survey of S.C. counties, written by Gene Waddell in 1980, an index to the names listed on the maps, and enlargeable quadrants for conducting in depth research.
“Charles Boyd, Deputy Surveyor, prepared a survey of Chester District, where he probably lived in 1820. His manuscript is dated 30 November, 1818, and he was paid $1,000 the following month. When Gordon Moore soon afterwards presented a survey of York, it became clear that the boundary between the districts was two miles too long on one of the surveys. A resurvey exonerated Moore. Boyd had originally been hired by Governor Pickens to survey both of these districts, and if he had, his mistake might have gone undetected until he had been paid for both. Boyd had, in fact, begun the York survey, but Pickens directed him to desist. Boyd complained to the Legislature that his contract called for surveying both districts for $2,000 and that he would have charged $1,200 for Chester alone. He asked for an additional payment of $200, but his claim was unjustified. Chester has 566 square miles and York 693, even disregarding the inadequacy of his work. The Legislature ignored his petition.” Information from: Mill’s Atlas of South Carolina – 1825, Southern Historical Press, 1980
R&R has also taken individual county maps and created a list of their recorded sites, allowing R&R’s users, faster access to historic data. Each of the More Information links opens items connected to the Mill’s map of this county. The last four are those related to Quadrants 1-4. Names within each quadrant are listed below and at the bottom of the page, is an alphabetical list, of all names shown in Chester District, along with other counties in which the name also appears. Another excellent website to view the Mill’s maps is at Rumsey’s Maps.
Scroll down to view the alphabetical listing of names:
| Section #1 | Section #2 | Section #3 | Section #4 | ||||
| Allen’s Island – Ch, Lan | 1 | 82 m. to Chesterville – Ch | 2 | Akison, Jas. – Ch | 3 | 11 miles to Thompson’s Road to the Line – Ch | 4 |
| Allen’s Mill – A, Ch | 1 | Baptist Church | 2 | Bole’s Branch – Ch, Y | 3 | 14 to Chesterville Road- Ch | 4 |
| Anderson, Col. – Ch, P | 1 | Boyds, Dr., House and Mill – Ch | 2 | Broad River – A, Be, Ch, F, Lex, N, R, Sp (2), | 3 | Caney Fork – Ch | 4 |
| Battle of F.C. – Ch | 1 | Bridge – A (2), Ba (3), Be (6), Cha, Ch (2), | 2 | Brown Col. John | 3 | Cornwell – Ch | 4 |
| Beaver Dam Creek – Ch, E (2), Gr (2), Lau, | 1 | Dale’s Mill – Ch | 2 | Cobean’s Tan Yard – Ch | 3 | Degraffenreid – Ch | 4 |
| Beckham’s Road – Ch | 1 | Davies, Revd. S.D. – Ch | 2 | Darby’s Mill – Ch | 3 | Fishdam Ford – Ch | 4 |
| Beckhamsville P.O. – Ch | 1 | Davy, Hyder – Ch | 2 | Edmond’s Church Presbyterian – Ch | 3 | Grubb’s Road – Ch (2) | 4 |
| Bethlehem Church – Ch, Sp | 1 | Davy’s Ferry – Ch | 2 | Foot – Ch, U | 3 | Hall – Ch, K, Lau (2), N, O, Su | 4 |
| Bull Run Creek- Ch | 1 | Davy’s Island – Ch | 2 | Free Stone Quarry Foot’s – Ch | 3 | Hopkin’s Br. – Ch (2) | 4 |
| Bull Run Church – Ch | 1 | Davy’s, Gen.: House and Mill – Ch | 2 | Greer – Ch, H, Y | 3 | Huey’s Creek – Ch | 4 |
| Bull Skin Creek – Ch | 1 | Douglas – A, Ch, Lan | 2 | Hills, Maj.: Distillery – Ch | 3 | Lee – A, Ch, Co (2), E, F, H, K, Su (2), | 4 |
| Canal – Ch (3), Ge, K, Lex (2), R Lands Ford | 1 | Fishing Creek Church Presbyt. – Ch | 2 | Hughes Mill – Ch | 3 | Lile’s Road – Ch | 4 |
| Charleston Road – Ch, O | 1 | Gibbs, W. – Ch | 2 | Indian Mound – Ch, W | 3 | Lyle’s Ferry – Ch | 4 |
| Clouds, Dr. – Ch | 1 | Gill’s, Col. Geo.: P.O.-Ch | 2 | Jones’ Mill – Ch | 3 | Mobley – Ch, F | 4 |
| Debardelabon – Ch | 1 | Green, Major – Ch, Y | 2 | Lagoon – Ch | 3 | Moman’s Ferry – Ch | 4 |
| Douglas’ Mill – A, Ch, R | 1 | Hall, Dr. – Ch | 2 | Lockhart’s Canal – Ch | 3 | Price’s Fork Creek Ch | 4 |
| Falls in 8 miles 178 feet – Ch | 1 | Johnston’s Ford – Ch | 2 | Lockhart’s Mill – Ch | 3 | Hughes, Wm. Rev. | 4 |
| Farrar’s Landing – Ch | 1 | Kingston – Ch | 2 | McCaw Mill- A, Ch | 3 | Sandy River – Ch (2), F, R, Su, W | 4 |
| Findley Ford – Ch | 1 | Land’s Ford – Ch, Lan | 2 | McCool’s Ferry – Ch | 3 | Sealey’s Creek – Ch | 4 |
| Fishing Creek | 1 | Lewis – Ch (2), D, Ge (2), H, P | 2 | Methodist Church – Be, Ch (2) | 3 | Stokes – Ba, Ch, Co (3), Gr | 4 |
| From the Fork to McDonald’s Ferry – Ch | 1 | Lowry – Ch, Ch’f, Su (2), Y | 2 | Moman’s Mill – Ch | 3 | Terrible Creek – Ch | 4 |
| Gore – Ch, H | 1 | McNeal – Ch, Y | 2 | Owens Mill – Ch | 3 | Terry – Ch, F, Gr | 4 |
| Great Falls of Catawba – Ch, Lau | 1 | Milling – Ch | 2 | Pinchback’s Mill – Ch (2) | 3 | Terry’s Tan Yard – Ch, F (2) | 4 |
| Harbison’s Saw Mill – Ch | 1 | Milling’s Mill – Ch | 2 | Pinkney’s Old Road – Ch | 3 | Walker’s Mill – Ba (2), Ch (2) | 4 |
| Hicklin’s Mill – Ch | 1 | O’melveny – Ch | 2 | Rice’s Tavern – Ch (2) | 3 | Wm. Jenkins – Ch | 4 |
| Lacky’s Fishery – Ch | 1 | Patton’s Island – Ch, Lan | 2 | Tindal’s Creek – Ch | 3 | Ald’s Ferry – Ch | NA |
| Lacky’s Island | 1 | Richardson’s Church Presbyterian – Ch | 2 | Turkey Creek | 3 | Falls 8 feet in 4 ch. – Ch (2), Sp | na |
| Little Rocky Creek – Ch | 1 | Robinson – Ch, Co, Lan, O, Su | 2 | Flenton’s Old Road – Ch (2) | 3 | McCane’s Mill – Ch | UN |
| Main Fishing Creek – Ch, Y | 1 | Rocky Creek – A (2), Ch (2), E (4), F, Lex, N, | 2 | Shallow Ford Road – Ch | UN | ||
| McAlilly – Ch | 1 | Russel – A, Ch, Ge, H, K | 2 | ||||
| McCalla’s Mill – Ch | 1 | Simpson’s Mill – Ch (2) | 2 | ||||
| McCalla’s Mill – Ch on Bull Skin Creek | 1 | South Fishing Creek – Ch, Y | 2 | ||||
| McCreary, Jno. – Ch | 1 | Tinker Creek – Ch, U | 2 | ||||
| McDonald’s Ferry – Ch | 1 | Toll House – Ch, Co, Gr | 2 | ||||
| McDonald’s Ford – Ch | 1 | Walker – Ba, Ch, Co, E, H, N, O | 2 | ||||
| McGuire – Ch | 1 | Wallace | 2 | ||||
| McKeown’s Mill – Ch | 1 | White’s Mill – Ch, P | 2 | ||||
| Millin’s, M., Tavern – Ch | 1 | 82 m. to Chesterville – Ch | 2 | ||||
| Mills Island – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Montgomery’s Tan Yard – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Mountain Gap Road – Ch (2) | 1 | ||||||
| Mountain Island – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Nelsons – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Picket’s Mill – Ch, F | 1 | ||||||
| Reedy – Ch, Ch’f, Gr, Mar, P | 1 | ||||||
| Rev, Hemphills ARP Church | 1 | ||||||
| Rocky Mount Mill – Ch, F, Lan | 1 | ||||||
| Rocky Mount Road – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Stinson’s Mill – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Store and Tavern – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Strong – Ch, Co | 1 | ||||||
| Taylor, Col. John I. – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Taylor’s, Col. John: Island – Ch, Lan | 1 | ||||||
| Thorn’s Mill – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| To Land’s Ford – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| United States Establishment – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Wall’s Fishery – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Wateree Road – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Westbrook’s Blk. Smith Shop – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Woodward’s Mill – Ch | 1 | ||||||
| Young’s Mill – Ch, O, R | 1 |
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