The First Families Project - SC - Spartanburg County According to Dr. Howe's History of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina," the settlements on the North and Middle Tyger did not take place earlier than 1755. This was the year of Governor Glen's treaty, and this statement is corroborated by Ramsey, who refers to the small colony as following Colonel Clark and settling in Spartanburg County, in 1755. (See Ramsey's History of S. C, page 118.) Among these settlers are found the present familiar family names of Moore, Barry, Jordan, Nesbitt, Vernon, Collins, Pedan, Nichols, Caldwell, Wakefield, Anderson, Snoddy, Miller and others. Of the early settlers in other localities in Spartanburg, Union and other counties, it is almost impossible now to ascertain. It is probable that when the tide of emigration was turned, that different sections were simultaneously occupied. Mills in his statistics says that "this section was settled between 1750 and 1760, but from its exterior and exposed situation, it did not much increase in population until 1776. The first settlers were from Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina." By examination into early court records of Spartanburg Co., SC. beginning in 1785 (formation from Ninety-Six District) and U.S. Census returns for 1790, which this (Dr. Landrum) writer has procured from the Census Office in Washington, DC. we readily see that the early settlers of Spartanburg Co., were composed for the most part, of the following familiar family names: