Spencer of Edgefield County, South Carolina and Burke County, Georgia

John Thomas Spencer died before 1820 in Burke County, Georgia. Mary, his widow, resided there in 1820. Because of the lost Burke County records, it is impossible to locate information. The name is spelled "Spence" in the census.

Edgefield book 2, pp. 81, 84. 1/14/1788. Joshua Hammond of Edgefield County to William Spencer of the same place for 200 pounds, 164 acres on Sweet Water Creek, being part of 500 acres granted to John Hammond, deceased on 11/19/1772, and the said 164 acres was invested to Joshua Hammond by the Last Will and Testament of said John Hammond, deceased, land bounded Southwest by Joseph Day, Southeast by William Covington, Northeast by Ally Hinton, and Northwest by the main waggon road.


John Hammond Plat

Edgefield Book 2, page 179, 181. 9/4/1788. John Thomas Spencer and Mary, his wife of Burke County, Georgia, sold to Leroy Hammond of South Carolina for 150 pounds, 250 acres, being part of two tracts of land inherited by John Thomas Spencer by the death his brother, William Spencer, late of South Carolina. The first tract of 150 acres being on Horns Creek called Cedar Creek was granted to David Robertson and transferred to said WIlliam Spencer. The other tract of 100 acres was granted to William Spencer.

Edgefield Deed Book 4, pp. 13, 17. 12/2/1789. John Spencer and his wife, Mary of Burke County, Georgia deed to Phillip May, Jr. of Edgefield County, South Carolina, for 100 pounds, 87 acres of land, being part of 100 acres granted the said John Spencer on 6/19/1772 being located on the East of Chavers Creek and bounded Southwest by land formerly held by Jinkins Harris, Northwest by Rubin Rambo and being part of the original land grant. The town planned by Leroy and John Hammond became known as Beech Island, South Carolina.