“The proposed new county will bear the name of Rutledge, in honor of this State’s first governor, and will contain an area of little more than 400 square miles.” This new county of Rutledge would be from “Beginning at the point where the public highway known as the Spring Branch road crosses the Williamsburg and Clarendon county lines, near and to the north of Bethel Presbyterian church in Williamsburg county: running thence down said Williamsburg and Clarendon county line south 27 west 1.4 miles to the channel of Pudding swamp: thence up said Pudding Swamp to the mouth of Douglas swamp: thence up said Douglas swamp to the Clarendon and Florence county line at Hudson’s mill: thence running said Clarendon and Florence county in an easterly direction (the centennial road being said line) to the Williamsburg and Florence county line on said read: thence running said Williamsburg and Florence county line to Bass bridge, on Lynches river, which Williamsburg and Florence county line runs from said Centennial road first end 57 east 5.23 miles: thence north 85.30 east 8.9 miles to a point on Lynches river near and south of Anderson’s bridge: thence down said Lynches river to Bass bridge: thence running the Cain and Hannah township line in Florence county to the corner of Pee Dee township in Florence county, at Bostick's mill: thence running the Cain and Pee Dee township line to the Great Pee Dee river: thence down said Great Pee Dee river to the Williamsburg and Georgetown county line near Smith’s mill: thence down the Williamsburg and Georgetown county line to Black Mingo creek to Black Mingo swamp: thence up the channel of said Black Mingo swamp to Paisley swamp to White Oak swamp: thence up the channel of said White Oak swamp to the point where the old railroad grade of the projected railroad from Cafes to Georgetown crosses said swamp: thence running the center of the said old railroad grade to a point 2.75 miles south69.30 east of the point where the southern boundary of the town of Cades crosses the Atlantic Coast Line railway track: thence 69.30 west 2.75 miles to the said point where the southern boundary of the town of Cades crosses the Atlantic Coast Line railway track: thence north 69.30 west 1.82 miles to a corner, thence south 89.15 west 4.25 miles to the intersection of the said Spring Bank road, with the public highway known as the Hebron road near the residence of Thos. R. Wilson: thence west up said Spring Bank road, the line. To the point of beginning.”[1]
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[1] “Movement of Rutledge County.” The Manning Times, November 11, 1908.