In 1682 it was found necessary to divide the inhabited parts of the Province of South Carolina into Counties, of which three were laid out, Berkeley, embracing Charleston, and the space around the capital, extending from Sewee on the north to Stono Creek on the South; beyond this to the N orth-ward was Craven County; and to the Southward Colleton County, all extending within the land to a distance of thirty-five miles from the Sea-coast. (rivers History of South Carolina, p.