Granby - Saxe Gotha Overlay
David Brinkman 5/1/2010
Important points:
1.
The Saxe Gotha overlay (Red) is scaled based on the chain measurements
on the survey and the alignment is done with the pond and canal in the
northern
part of the survey and the outline of the Congaree river on the east
side of the survey. It might be good to do another overlay whle
aligning with the creeks in the south-western part of the survey.
2.
The Granby map (overlay in Blue) did not have a scale. It was re-sized
so that the town block matched the same size as the blocks in the Saxe
survey and then aligned with the same pond and canal in the Saxe survey
(after overlaying the Saxe survey). The resize appears to be a good
assumption because the symbol for the fort ends up having the exact
same size in both surveys. Also, notice how the old Platt Springs Road
lines up exactly with the road today. I believe this was the ferry road
which lines up nicely with the recently located remains of the ferry
ramp.
3. Another interesting point is that the pond shown in the
northern portion of the Saxe survey matches the low lying area of the
Riverland Park neighborhood.
4. I was not really trying to align the
fort symbols of the Saxe Survey and the Granby map but, as you can
see, they end up with the exact same position and size.
5. The river front quad of the fort is located on an undeveloped lot in the Riverland Park neighborhood.
The
image below is large and you may need to use the scroll bars to
view the full image. Click on the "faint overlay" link (below) to lower
the opacity of the overlay.
Images of the Granby map and Saxe Gotha Town survey are also include below the following overlay.
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Below is the old Granby Map
Below is the old Saxe Gotha Survey
1798 Court Case involing a 1769 Survey of the land of the Saxe Gotha Town
Old
court cases can contain lots of good information for Historians. The
following PDF file covers a 1798 court case where there has been an
attempt to reclaim the town property claiming it was never really given
out by the King. The court accepts the orginal 1732 survey (called an
"ancient plat" by the 1798 court) as valid evidence. Click on the
following link to view the recorded court case. Don't let "Berkley
County" and "Santee River" confuse you. In 1798, all of today's
Lexington County was part of Berkley County and the Congaree River was
often called the Santee River.
By Elihu Hall Bay
The
above court case refers to the following 1769 plat. Notice that the
land owners to the north and south are the same as the ones in the 1732
survey. The south-west corner of the 1732 survey has a dotted-line
marking an area which is not included in the 1769 plat.
SCDAH: S213184: Colonial Plat Books (Copy Series)
MARION, JOB, PLAT FOR
764 ACRES IN BERKLEY COUNTY.