In my previous post "Neighbors of Jesse and Obedience ROPER Expressly Identified in the Lancaster Deeds" (24 Aug 2015 7:54PM GMT ), I summarized the neighbors of Jesse and Obedience ROPER explicitly identified as neighbors within the extatnt ROPER Lancaster deeds.

Identification as a WITNESS to a deed involving these properties implicitly is suggestive that the witness may have lived nearby. In this post, I separately summarize the witnesses to the Lancaster deeds Susan has transcribed:

William WATSON
Cathbert COLEMAN
[Adam Fowler BRISBANE's 20 Dec 1791 deed to Jesse ROPER]

These two witnesses are probably distinguishable from the others, since Adam Fowler BRISBANE is KNOWN to have resided in Camden, SC, and was NOT resident at the location of the land he sold.

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William WREN
James ROPER
[Jesse ROPER's 24 May 1792 deed to George WRENN]

Daniel CARNES
George WRENN
James ROPER
[James and Jane AVENT's 26 Sep 1792 deed to Jesse ROPER]

Daniel CARNES
George WRENN
James ROPER
[Jesse and Biddy ROPER's 26 Sep 1792 deed to James and Jane AVENT]

Henry MASSEY
Thos. THREWER
Arthur COLLIER
[Jesse ROPER's 27 Nov 1794 deed to Moses HEATH]

Daniel CARNES
Thomas PAIR
Edward SHEPARD
[Jesse and Hannah ROPER's 19 Oct 1803 deed to Jane AVENT]

George WREN
Thos. VINCENT
Guy WALLACE
[Jesse and Biddy ROPER's 11 May 1805 deed to Isaac ANDERSON]

JESSE WREN
JOHN CRAWFORD
ARCHIBALD CROCKET
[Joseph FINCHER's 14 Nov 1808 deed to Robert CRAWFORD]

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To summaize, the following witnesses seem likely to live in close proximity to Jesse and Obedience ROPER (by chronological order of appearance):

William WREN
James ROPER (3)
Daniel CARNES (3)
George WRENN (3)
Henry MASSEY
Thos. THREWER
Arthur COLLIER
Thomas PAIR
Edward SHEPARD
Thos. VINCENT
Guy WALLACE
Jesse WREN
John CRAWFORD
Archibald CROCKET

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Of these, two are also expressly shown to be neighboring landowners within this same set of deeds:

William WREN
George WRENN

Three more share surnames with a known neighboring landowner:

Thomas PAIR (Land Owner = John PAIR)
Jesse WREN (Land Owners = William WRENN, George WRENN)
John CRAWFORD (Land Owner = Robert CRAWFORD)

The most frequently appearing surname is WRENN. Jesse ROPER sold a parcel of his land to George WRENN on 24 May 1792. One WRENN is named Jesse, introducing the bare possiblity that George WRENN of some other nearby WRENN might have intermarried with a member of Jesse ROPER's family (e.g. - a daughter) and and named a child for Jesse ROPER.

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Each of these neighbors is probably also the subject of further Lancaster deeds, probate records and other court records which might include one of more witnesses or neighbors NOT expressly mentioned in the cited deeds.

Also, more precise identification of the neighbors is helpful in identifying the precise location of Jesse ROPER's parcel. As I will show in a forthcoming post, the identities are also helpful in distinguishing the location and orientation of Jesse ROPER's property in respect of the state boundary.