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 / Enlargeable 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.

“John Lowery probably surveyed three districts, but only the Chesterfield plate is definitely based on a survey by him. He probably prepared the Darlington survey as well. His Sumter survey was not used. Lowery was paid $700 for Chesterfield in May, 1819, but he had initially submitted it for approval a year-and-a-half earlier, in December, 1817. He was paid $1,000 for his Sumter map on 21 June, 1820, but as has been noted, Stephen H. Boykin had to make an entirely new survey and map. His surviving survey of Chesterfield has single ink lines for both roads and creeks, and it omits numerous names that appear in the Atlas.

On 20 November, 1820, before his Sumter survey was rejected. Col. Lowery petitioned the Legislature for further compensation. He said that when Governor Pickens had asked him to undertake this survey, he agreed to, but out of regard to Daniel Dubose, who had been asked by Governor Geddes to do it, he called on Dubose and explained the situation. Dubose was, dissatisfied because he had already done part of the district. Lowery wrote, “I wished at the time I had never undertaken the Job.” To satisfy Dubose, Lowery gave him $400 out of the $1,000 he eventually received. The remainder, after he deducted this payment and his expenses, was”but a trifle for the laborious toilsome job I have done for the State. He received nothing more.

The unsigned Darlington survey may be by Lowery. Certainly, it resembles his Chesterfield survey more closely than any of the other sixteen surviving surveys, but there are enough differences to make an attribution to him questionable. The chief problem with an attribution is that there is no mention of another payment to him that could be for Darlington. Since there seems to be no payment assignable to anyone for Darlington, he may have done the survey and not been paid for it after his Sumter map proved to be unusable.” 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 Chesterfield District, along with other counties in which the name also appears. Another excellent site to enjoy Mill’s maps is Rumsey’s Maps.

Scroll down to view the alphabetical listing of names:

Abrams – Ch’f, N	Line marked in 1764 – Ch’f
Abrams Creek – Ch’f	Little Beaver Dam – Ch’f
Anderson – A, Ch’f, E, Ge, Gr, H, Lan,	Little Black Creek – Ch’f
Avant – Ch’f, Ge	Little Cedar Creek – Ch’f, F, R
Bail – Ch’f	Little Fork Creek – Ch’f
Barch – Ch’f	Little Lynches Creek – Ch’f, K, Lan
Batt – Ch’f	Little River – A (2), F, H, Lau, Lex, N, P, R,
Batt’s Mill – Ch’f	Little Sandy Run – Ch’f
Bay – Ch’f, Co (2), D, W (3)	Little Westfield Creek – Ch’f
Bay Branch – Ch’f, D	Lower Alligator – Ch’f
Bear Creek – Ch’f, K, Lan, Lex, P, Su	Lowry – Ch, Ch’f, Su (2), Y
Beaver Creek – Ch’f (2), F, K, N, P	Lucas – Cha, Ch’f, Ge, W
Big Beaver Dam – Ch’f	Lucas’ Prong – Ch’f
Big Black Creek – Ch’f	Lynche – Ch’f, Su, W
Big Cedar Creek – Ch’f, F	Lynche’s Creek – Ch’f, D, K, Mar (2), Su (2),
Big Lynche’s Creek – Ch’f	Main Post Road – Ch’f
Big Sandy Run – Ch’f	Manguin – Ch’f
Black – A, Ch’f, Co (2), H, Lau	Maple – Ch’f
Black Creek – Be, Ch’f, Co (2), D, Lex, Mar,	Maple’s Mill – Ch’f
Blackeney – Ch’f	Marlborough – Ch’f, D, Mar
Blakeney – Ch’f (3)	Massy – Ch’f
Blakeney’s Old Store – Ch’f	Massy’s Mill – Ch’f
Boatwright – Ch’f	May – Ch’f, Co (2)
Brown, B.H. – Ba, Ch’f	McColmon’s Mill – Ch’f
Buffalo Creek – A, Ch’f, N, U, Y	McDonald – Ch, Ch’f (2), K, Lan, R
Burch – Ch’f	McFarland’s Tavern – Ch’f
Cabbin Branch – Ch’f	McLaughlin – Ch’f
Campbell – A, Be, Ch’f (3), Co, D, F, K,	McLeod – Ch’f
Campbell’s Mill – A, Ch’f	McLeod’s Mill – Ch’f
Cedar Creek – Ba (2), Ch’f, D, E (2), K, Lan,	McManus – Ch’f
Chapman – Ch’f (2), Sp	McManus’ Ford – Ch’f
Cheraw – Ch’f, Mar’b	McMillan – Ch’f, Mar, P
Chesterfield – Ch’f, D, H, Lan, Mar’b	McNair – Ch’f
Clark – Cha, Ch’f, Co, E, Gr, Lan, Lau,	McNeil – Ch’f
Clay Creek – Ch’f	McQueen – Ch’f, Co
Copeland – Ch’f, Su	McQueen’s Mill – Ch’f
Craig – Ba, Ch’f, F	Me Far lan – Ch’f
Craig’s Mill – Ch’f	Medor – Ch’f
Cruxy – Ch’f	Methodist M.H. – Ch’f (2)
Cruzy’s Br. – Ch’f	Middle Prong – Ch’f
Curry – Ch’f, Lau	Mill – A, Be (9), Cha, Ch’f (2), Co (6), D,
Darlington – Ch’f, D, K, Mar, Mar’b, Su, W	Mill Creek – A, Ch’f, D, E, F, Gr, H, Lex (2),
Dead Pine Creek – Ch’f, Ge, Mar’b	Mill Pegue’s – Ch’f
Deadin – Ch’f	Miller – Ch, Ch’f, Co, E, F, K, Lan (5),
Deep Creek – Ch’f, Co (2), Su	Miller’s Store – Ch’f
Derden – Ch’f	Mountain Prong – Ch’f
Dewitt – A, Ch’f	North Prong – Ch’f
Duglass – Ch’f	Parker – Ch’f, Co, Lex, Mar’b
Evan’s Ford – Ch’f	Parker’s Ferry – Ch’f, Co (2), Mar’b
Evans and Edwards Mill – Ch’f, D	Pegue’s Mill – Ch’f
Evans’ Mill – Ch’f	Pegues – Ch’f (2)
Ford – Ba, Ch’f, Co, F, Ge (7), Gr, Lex,	Perkin – Ba, Ch’f, K (2)
Ford’s Mill – Ba, Ch’f, Gr, Mar	Pope – A, Ba, Ch’f, E, N
From Chesterfield to Cheraw 14 m. – Ch’f	Popes Mill – A, Ch’f
From Hough’s Ford to the C.H. – Ch’f	Pouncey – Ch’f, D, Mar’b
From Lynches Creek to Cheraw – Ch’f	Pow – Ch’f (3)
From Society Hill to Cheraw – Ch’f	Pow’s Mill – Ch’f (2)
From the C.H. to Society Hall – Ch’f	Pritchard – Ch’f
From the Line to Chesterfield – Ch’f	Pritchard’s Mill – Ch’f
Funderburk – Ch’f (2), Lan	Purvis – Ch’f
Goodman – A, Ch:f, N	Reedy – Ch, Ch’f, Gr, Mar, P
Goodman’s Creek – Ch’f	Reedy Branch – A, Ch’f, N, P
Gordon – Ch’f, Ge, Lau, Mar’b, W (2)	Reynolds, B. – Cha, Ch’f
Gordon’s Fall – Ch’f, Mar’b	Rouse – Be, Ch’f
Great Pee Dee River – Ch’f, D (2), Ge (2), H,	Rushing – Ch’f
Griffin – A, Ch’f, F, Gr, Lan, P, Sp	Seller’s Mill – Ch’f
Griffin’s Ford – Ch’f, Lan	Sellers – Ch’f
Griffith – Ch’f, Co	Sevor – Ch’f
Haley – Ch’f	Shelby – Ch’f
Harris – A (2), Ch’f, E, F, K, Lan (2), P,	Shipper’s Creek – Ch’f
Harris Creek – Ch’f, Sp, U	Smith – A (2), Ba, Be (2), Cha (2), Ch’f,
Harrison – Be, Ch’f, Co, Gr, K, Lan, P	Smith Mill Creek – Ch’f
Harrison’s Ford – Ch’f, K, Lan	Sneadsborough – Ch’f
Head of Cedar Creek – Ch’f	Steward’s Mill – Ch’f
Head of Juniper Creek – Ch’f	Stewart – Ch’f, Co, K, Lan (2), Lex
Head of Steam Boat Navigation – Ch’f	Stone House Creek – Ch’f
Hem Branch – Ch’f	Sugar Leaf Mountain – Ch’f
Hendrick – Ch’f, N, U	Sweeny – Ch’f
Hill Creek – Ch’f, F	Swift Creek – Ch’f, D
Holly – Ch’f	Talton – Ch’f
Horn – Ch’f, Co, E	Thomas – Cha, Ch’f, Co, Ge (3), H, K
Horton – Ch’f, K, Lan (2)	Thompson – A, Ch’f, Co, H (2), Mar (3),
Hough – Ch’f	Thompson’s Creek – Ch’f, Mar’b
Hough’s Ford – Ch’f	Thompson’s Tav. – Ch’f, Sp
Huckleberry Creek – Ch’f	Thornton – Ch’f
Indian Creek – Ch’f, Lau, N (2)	Tiller – Ch’f, D, K
Jackson’s Mill – Ch’f, O, Sp	Tiller’s Ferry – Ch’f, D (2), K  The Yorkville Enquirer reported on July 23, 1885 – “Mrs. Eliz. Blackwell, who lives near Tiller’s Ferry in this county, was 100 years old on July 4, and the community celebrated with a picnic.”
Jemmy – Ch’f	Tiller’s Fork Creek – Ch’f
Jemmy’s Creek – Ch’f	To Haly’s Ferry – Ch’f
Jordan – Ch’f, H (2), Mar, O	Todd – Ch’f, H (3), Lau
Jordan’s Mill – Ch’f, O	Twitty’s Prong – Ch’f
Juniper – Ch’f	Upper Alligator – Ch’f
Juniper Creek – Ch’f	Wadsworth – Ch’f
Kershaw – Ch’f, D, F, Lan, R, Su	Welsh – Ch’f, Mar’b
King – A, Ch’f, Co, D, N, P	Welsh’s Mill – Ch’f, Mar’b
Kirby – Ch’f	Westfield Creek – Ch’f
Knight – Ch’f, Lau	White – Cha, Ch, Ch’f, Co (3), D, Ge (5
Lancaster – Ch’f, F, K, Lan, Y	White’s Creek Fall – Ch’f
Lany – Ch’f	Williams – Ba, Be, Ch’f, Co, E, Ge (2).
Line between Lancaster and Kershaw – Ch’f	Williams, General – Cotton Factory – Ch’f, D

The Rock Hill Herald reported on Dec. 17, 1885 – “The gin house of Mr. John Holley of Chesterfield was destroyed by fire last week.  Including five bales of cotton, and a large quantity of wheat and oats.”

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