Among the entries in Patrick Calhoun’s survey book, I spotted his notes for the joint surveys he did on 16 July 1784 on Wilson’s Creek in Pendleton District for John Kerr, son of Samuel Kerr and Mary Calhoun, and William Matlack. As this previous posting states, John and William were living in Charleston when they obtained this upcountry land, and bought the land to speculate. I’ve now added the following notes to the posting I’ve just linked:
In a survey book he kept in the period 1784-1792, which is now found in the “John C. Calhoun Papers” at Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives (mss 200), Patrick Calhoun recorded notes about his two surveys on 16 July 1784 for John Kerr and William Matlack, each for 640 acres. Patrick Calhoun’s notes in the survey book state that John Kerr’s and William Matlack’s tracts adjoined each other, and that John Kerr’s 640 acres adjoined 150 acres on Wilson’s Creek that Patrick Calhoun surveyed on the same day, 16 July, for John Kerr’s cousin Alexander Noble. Alexander Noble was the son of John Noble and Mary Calhoun, Mary Calhoun being a sister of John Kerr’s grandfather Ezekiel Calhoun. Alexander married Catherine Calhoun, an aunt of John Kerr; Catherine was a sister of John Kerr’s mother Mary Calhoun.
BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS 