| Landgrave Joseph Morton became
Governor of South Carolina in 1682, and one of the first measures
required of him was the division of the inhabited portion of
the Province into three Counties. (Order of the Lords Proprietors,
10 May 1682). BERKELEY, embracing Charles Town (now know as Charleston),
extended from Sewee on the North to Stono Creek on the South;
beyond this to the northward was CRAVEN County, and to the southward
COLLETON County. Shortly afterwards CARTERET County was added
to the number. This County included the country around Port Royal;
later, about 1708, it was called GRANVILLE County. |
