Who was the John Jefford granted acreage in South Carolina?

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Who was the John Jefford granted acreage in South Carolina?

Legg inn av John Brandon » 19 feb 2007 23:16:55

_South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine_ 20 (1919):7
says ...

On 20 January 1677 a warrant was issued to lay out to John Jefford
1170 acres. This was laid out but no formal grant seems to have been
made, and after Jefford's death a grant was, on 1 June 1695 made to
William Cantey (apparently the first William Cantey, son of Teige, and
brother of George Cantey) for this 1170 acres on the north side of
Ashley River. William Cantey transferred the tract to the second
Landgrave Thomas Smith who on 15 July 1703 took out a new grant to
himself for this 1170 acres which had been first laid out to Jefford,
then granted to William Cantey and by Cantey sold to him. The new
grant was apparently to avoid the quit rents accrued under the earlier
grant.

There was a John Jefford, son of Amos Jefford or Geofford, apparently
in S.C. at this time, but he is said to have been born in 1667 (aged
10 in 1677) and had a son born 1709.

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? ... r&id=I4308

John Gifford of New England might be a better fit, at least as far as
vital dates go (his will, made in 1686 was proved in 1693).
Furthermore, one of Ezekiel Fogg's petitions from the prison in New
York mentioned:

"your suplycant offers to Leave in his Custody his papers and bookes
of accounts with [ ]
wherein there is not so litle as a thousand pound starl. due to your
petitionor besids deeds of an intrest in Carolynas of more value than
[ ] which is all the security he is of himself Capable off ..."

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