Origins of Columbia County Settlers from the Notes of Jeannette Holland Austin

Bealle, Theodore of Maryland. 8/16/1794, Columbia County Deed.
Bealle, William of Maryland. 8/16/1794, Columbia County Deed.
Bossler, Henry, millwright, of Augusta, 11/21/1791. Columbia County Deeds.
Burroughs, James of St. Marys County, Maryland. 9/5/1794, Columbia County Deeds.
Culbreath, Edward of Mecklenburg County, Virginia; Mary Culbreath and Mary Ramsey, heirs, sell their share of 400 acres on the Roanoke River in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. 11/19/1796, Columbia County Deed.
Few, Sarah, 700 acres granted to William Few, 1794. Columbia Deed Book A, page 10.
Few, William, born in Baltimore County, Maryland 8 June 1748, a descendant of William Few, one of the Penn colonists. Memoirs of Georgia.
Finch, Charles, 700 acres granted to William Few, 1794. Columbia Deed Book A, page 10.
Galphin, Thomas of South Carolina, only qualified surviving executor of George Galphin, deceased, 1789. Columbia County Deeds.
Gardener, Samuel of Pendleton County, South Carolina, 160 acres on Beaverdam Creek, 1795. Oglethorpe Deed Book A, page 145.
Hodges, John owned land in Wrightsboro. 21/10/1791, Columbia County Deed.
Hozick, William of Greenbriar County, Virginia, 200 acres 10/27/1792. Columbia County Deeds.
Howard, Rhesa of Wrightsboro. 3/11/1795 Columbia County Deed.
Howell, George of Philadelphia. 3/24/1796, Columbia County Deed.
King, John of South Carolina, 250 acres on both sides of Williams Creek, 1791. Columbia County Deeds.
Knott, John of Granville or Greenville County, South Carolina, 100 acres on west side of Germany Creek bounded by Quaker Road, 5/30/1774. Columbia County Deeds.
Lamkin, Jeremiah from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, came to Columbia County before the Revolutionary War.
Martin, Samuel and wife Ann of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, owned 200 acres on the Great Kiokee Creek. 11/8/1783, Columbia County Deed.
Marshall, Daniel, Tax Collector, 1795.
Meadows, Enoch of Winton County, South Carolina. 9/7/1796, Columbia County Deed.
Meadows, Micajah of Winton County, South Carolina. 4/28/1794, Columbia County Deed.
Mendenhall, Joseph and wife, Elizabeth of Surrey County, North Carolina, 100 acres on Germany Creek in Wrightsborough granted Mendenhall 4/8/1784. Columbia County Deeds.
Meriwether, Richard of Edgefield County, South Carolina, owned land on the Savannah River. 22/16/1791 Columbia County Deed.
Perritt, John of Wrightsboro, owned 300 acres on Upton Creek. 12/1/1797, Columbia County Deed.
Pittman, Martha, land on Clouds Creek originally granted to John Pittman Sr. 2 April 1785. Columbia Deed Book A, page 43.
Reeves, Jesse of Berkley County, South Carolina, 100 acres granted 8/2/1774. Columbia County Deeds.
Renn, William and wife, Lidia, he being the son of Presley Penn and Elizabeth of Edgefield County, South Carolina, 150 acres originally granted to said Penn on 8/2/1774. 4/27/1797 Columbia County Deed.
Ruston, Thomas of Philadelphia, owned land on Kiokee River, Columbia County.
Scott, Alexander, doctor of divinity, of Lincoln County, North Carolina and wife, Elizabeth, owned a 500-acre plantation on the north side of Kiokee Creek. 7/26/1792 Columbia County Deeds.
Sell, Jonathan of Stokes County, North Carolina, owned 100 acres in Wrightsboro. 3/26/1791, Columbia County Deed.
Shackleford, Frances of Fayetteville, North Carolina. 8/5/1799, Columbia County Deed.
Smith, William of Wrightsborough. 3/11/1795 Columbia County Deed.
Sturgis, Andrew of Pendleton County, South Carolina, 160 acres on Beaverdam Creek, 1795. Oglethorpe Deed Book A, page 145.
Thomas, William, wheelright, owned land in Wrightsboro. 12/10/1791, Columbia County Deed.
Walton, William T., farmer at Kiokee, son of Jesse S. and Palatiah (Jones) Walton, born 1836 in Columbia County, Georgia. Memoirs of Georgia.