Map Collection, circa 1670-2015

See Cummings, THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS, page 246. This map is commonly called "The New Acquisition." A map of part of the counties of Mecklenberg and Tryon added to the province of South Carolina, surveyed by James Cook, Ephraim Mitchell, Thomas Rutherford and Thomas Pollk. A copy by Henry Mouzon Jr.

New map of South Carolina, 1849, published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia, PA. Map includes: canals, roads, railroads, and distances along the stage and steamboat route with an inset of Charleston.

A plan of Conwayborough laid out and numbered agreeable to the direction of the Commissioners appointed by law for that purpose and exhibits the number and shape of each lot. Surveyed by William Hemingway.

A Plan of Oak Grove Plantation in Orangeburg District containing 4331 acres and owned by Nash Roach, Esquire, surveyed in February 1840 by John N. Barrillon, D.S. Back contains inscription: The Property of Murray Robinson, Orangeburg, So. Ca., Given by Murray Robinson to E. N. Chisolm, 1879. Plan includes railroad, creeks, roads, ponds, swamps, residence, slave quarters, church and other buildings, adjacent land owners and boundaries of the original land grants of the property. Pencil and ink notations have been made to the original drawing. Donated in memory of Julian Q. Snelgrove and Beulah Hendrix Snelgrove.

Digitized version of the 1938 edition of Robert Mills' Atlas of the State of South Carolina. The 1938 edition is a facsimile of the original Atlas, which was published in 1825. Among other reasons, the Atlas is notable in its accuracy and the detail on place names current at the time of map survey.

Plat of land of the Catawba Indians, February 22, 1764, surveyed pursuant to treaty of Augusta. Fragment. Samuel Wyly, Surveyor.

Plan of Charles Town from a survey by Edward Crisp, 1704. Map shows forts, churches, streets, plantations, and a small number of property owners. Digitized from a 1994 printed copy.

One map with two city plans - plan of Charleston, SC and lan of Savannah, GA published by J. H. Colton, New York 1855. The city plans show streets, railroads, public buildings and city wards.

A plan of the town of Dorchester by Samuel Stevens, 1742. Includes: names of owners of lots.

Map of Marlboro County by R. L. Freeman, 1908 - map which shows school districts. Insets of the municipalities in the county, including Bennetsville, Dunbar, McColl, Tatum, Blenheim, and Clio. Reverse of map contains a list of real estate owners.

The boundary between North and South Carolina resurveyed, located and marked in accordance with the acts of the North Carolina Assembly and the South Carolina General Assembly #927,1928. Survey follows the state line along Horry County on the South Carolina side and Brunswick and Columbus County on the North Carolina side. Drawn by W. F. R. Johnson, May 9th to September 29th, 1928 (2 pieces, printed).

Plan of the Catawba and Broad Rivers with their waters and with the proposed boundary lines between North and South Carolina which, notes the latitudes observed at different stations, ca. April 1771. The map demarcates the Catawba Nation as well as the boundary line for Cherokee land. This tracing was removed from the British Public Records Office Transcripts, Volume 32, 1768 - 70, between pages 146 and 147 (2 copies, 2 pieces, 1 manuscript, 1 blueprint). Physical maps restricted due to physical condition.

Map of North and South Carolina, 1871, published by Asher and Adams. Includes railroad lines and depots.

Map of North and South Carolina published by H. S. Tanner, Philadelphia, 1827. The map inclues the railroads to Camden, Cheraw and Columbia proposed by John C. Calhoun. A railroad proposed by Gates. The Charleston-Hamburg railroad lines referred to in a report of the Columbia, commissioner and the Raurn route into Georgia.

Map of North Carolina and South Carolina, 1865, published by A. J. Johnson, New York, NY. Map includes railroads and an inset of Charleston Harbor.

Records of the Confederate Historian of SC. This map was compiled by John R. Todd from a map made by Francis Marion Hudson in July 1933 and shows grants and plats approved and surveyed in Prince William Parish, 1731 - 1737.

This document consists of a roll of the South Carolina volunteers who served in the Palmetto Regiment during the Mexican War. The roll list each of the eleven companies with the names of each company's officers, followed by a list of enlisted soldiers alphabetically by last name. A "K" next to a name indicates the soldier died in battle, while a "D" indicates he died of disease. At the bottom of the page are depictions of the major battles in which the Palmetto Regiment took part. Of the 1,100 men who enlisted at the beginning of the war, roughly two-thirds did not survive to the end in February 1848.

Map of the State of SC by the SC Department of Agriculture, A. P. Butler, Commissioner, 1883. Published by W. W. and C. B. Colton Company, N.Y. Includes geological and topographic features of the state, minerals, railroads in operation, railroads proposed, counties, and townships. From Ivan Allen Collection, Atlanta, Georgia.

A very scarce map of Carolina by Moll, with the plantations shown. The Appalachian Mountains are indicated. The coast is fairly well delineated, but the interior is a vast region of mountains and forests. Extends north to Cape Henry and south to Bat St. Matheo. Colored in outline. Compass star. L. S. Straight item 936. London, 1717 (printed).

"The State of South Carolina from the best authorities", by Samuel Lewis, 1795. Map of the state showing the locations of towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. From Carey's "General Atlas", Philadelphia, 1800, (1 piece, printed, encapsulated).