Wateree Street

Wateree Street. . Joseph Kershaw came to this area to open a backcountry branch of Ancrum, Loocock, Lance, and Kershaw, a Charleston mercantile company, in June 1758. He chose land on the northern side of Big Pine Tree Creek. The 150 acre tract he asked the surveyor to lay out was placed in William Ancrum's name. The surveyor labeled it "Pine Tree Hill.", By 1774, Kershaw had laid out the town of Camden on additional land the mercantile partners had acquired here. The town lots Kershaw received, designated in yellow on the 150-acre tract called Pine Tree Hill, became the heart of the early Camden settlement. It contained rectangular lots and public spaces, wide streets and spaces for public buildings and a fair ground. In 1777, when the mercantile company dissolved, Kershaw was deeded specific lots along Wateree Street and on Lyttleton Street. He continued to engage in the mercantile business here under the name of Kershaw and Co., The town lots Kershaw received, designated in yellow on the 150-acre tract called Pine Tree Hill, became the heart of the early Camden settlement.