Bull Creek property litigation papers, 1807-1842.

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Bull Creek property litigation papers, 1807-1842.

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Papers consist of property records, legal documents, a letter, a plat, and other items pertaining to litigation over land owned by William Alston located in Georgetown District (now situated in present-day Horry County, S.C.). Papers include a lease agreement (1807) of Richard Watts for land near Bull Creek Ferry (witnessed by Charlotte Alston); an acknowledgement (1810) by Watts of William Alston's ownership of the land; an acknowledgement of tenancy (1810) of James Newton; lease agreements (1817-1822) of Jacob Parker, Isaac Singleton, and William Cannon (witnessed by Charles Alston or Charles C.P. Alston); an abstract of title (1839) for the plaintiffs in the case of William A. Alston, Thomas Pinckney Alston, and Charles C.P. Alston v. Thomas McDowell; a plat (n.d.) with notes regarding land grants in the Bull Creek area; James Newton's release of acknowledgement of tenancy (1818); interrogatories (1842) concerning the case of William A. Alston et al. v. James Newton; answers (1842) of John L. Wilson to the interrogatories; affidavits (1842); and a letter (March 1842) from Robert M[eans?] to A.W. Dagin in Georgetown (S.C.) concerning the Alston land dispute.

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Alston, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

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Alston family.

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South Carolina family. William Alston (1756-1839), a Charleston and Georgetown District plantation owner and South Carolina state legislator, changed the spelling of his name from Allston to Alston to avoid confusion with his relative William Allston (1738-1781). His children included William Algernon Alston (1782-1860), Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Alston, and Thomas Pinckney Alston (1795-1861). From the description of Bull Creek property litigation papers, 1807-1842. (The South Caro...

Alston, William, 1756-1839.

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Charleston and Georgetown County, South Carolina resident and plantation owner. William Alston, son of Joseph Allston and Charlotte Rothmahler, changed the spelling of his name from Allston to Alston to avoid confusion with his kinsman, William Allston (1738-1781) of Brookgreen Plantation. Alston inherited Fairfield Plantation on the Waccamaw River and had a rice mill constructed there about 1787. At the time of his death Alston owned Fairfield, Clifton, Weehawka, Claremont, Midway,...

Alston, Thomas Pinckney, 1795-1861.

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Alston, William Algernon, 1782-1860.

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