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| Ca 1773 "Parker" Map - South Carolina And Cherokee Lands (LOC) |
"...a series of individuals attempted to secure tracts of Greenville land while it was still beyond the [Native American] boundary. The first of these individuals was none other than Alexander Cameron, the deputy Indian superintendent...".
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| Fort Prince George On A 1794 South Carolina Map (LOC) |
"A Scot...[with] a commission as an ensign with the British Army, stationed at Fort Prince George (1762-1763). He settled on a land grant at Long Canes Creek in 1763...".
"He fathered a child by a Cherokee woman...chiefs offered him a tract of Greenville land in February 1768...". In 1770 the Cameron land was identified by surveyor Patrick Calhoun as 'Land reserved for an Indian Boy begotten by a White Man Alexander Cameron.'"[Source of all of the above text]
Cross-posted at Cameron Collections
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