Santee Cooper District SC

Trader made home along Lyon's Creek

Times and Democrat | Orangeburg

Aug 14, 2026

George Sterling, explorer and Indian trader, received a 570-acre land grant in March 1704 along Ox Creek (today called Lyon's Creek), and settled there when Santee and Congaree Ind…

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Trader made home along Lyon's Creek

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