Kershaw County is bounded on the southeast by Lee and Sumter Counties from which it is divided by a line beginning at Spivey's Ferry on Lynch's River and extending along the Lee County line to the point where the line between Lee County and Sumter County meets the line of Kershaw County; thence in a southwest direction along the Sumter County line to the Wateree River; on the southwest by Richland County, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the Wateree River, opposite to the last-mentioned point, and running S. 66° W. or by Raglin's Creek to Speer's Creek; thence up Raglin's Creek to its head; thence by a straight line N. 40.75° W. 10 miles 17 chains; thence N. 56.5° W. 1 mile 14 chains to a point over Rice Creek on Peay's plantation, nearly half a mile above the fork of Twenty-five Mile Creek; on the west by Fairfield County, from which it is separated by a line drawn from the last-mentioned point N. 18.25° E. 23 miles 14 chains or until it intersects the Wateree River and up said river 1/2 mile above Peay's Ferry; on the northwest and north by Lancaster County from which it is divided by the following lines: beginning at a point on Catawba River 1/2 mile above Peay's Ferry, thence N. 54° E. 9 miles 62 chains to stone corner near Russell Place; thence N. 74° E. 1 mile 37 chains and 50 links to corner at Hammond's Springs 75 feet left; thence N. 48° E. 2 miles 63 chains to stone corner near Hanging Rock Bridge; thence south along the Salisbury Road 4 miles 16 chains to corner near Bethel Church; thence N. 66° E. 14 miles 76 chains 16 links to Lynch's River, separating Chesterfield from Kershaw and Lancaster Counties; on the northeast by Chesterfield and Darlington Counties, from which it is separated by Lynch's River down to the place of beginning, less the following territory transferred to Lee County by act of the General Assembly approved March 7 1921, to wit: commencing at that point on the McCullum public road from Bishopville to Camden, west of Marshall's just where the present boundary line between Lee and Kershaw Counties enters said road; thence a northerly direction to a point where the lands now or formerly owned by Joseph Radcliffe, D. L. Johnson and Richard Cullum corner; thence in a northeasterly direction to Neil's crossing on Thickhead Swamp; thence in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line between lands now or formerly owned by M. H. Pate and Wesley McCaskill to neighborhood road leading from the McCullum road by residence of Wesley McCaskill; thence in a northerly direction along said road to the point where the land now or formerly owned by J. S. Tisdale corners with the land now or formerly belonging to the estate of Bullock; thence in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line between said lands of estate of Bullock and lands now or formerly owned by J. S. Tisdale and between lands now or formerly belonging to J. J. Self and Wiley Hatfield to neighborhood road, known as Riley's old road; thence with the said road in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of Lee County and Kershaw County boundary lines; thence with the Lee County line back to the beginning point. To the above-described area of Kershaw County is to be added that territory transferred from Lee County by act approved March 5 1925, to wit: all that small portion of Lee County containing one thousand and seventeen acres, or one and 58/100 square miles, as shown by plat thereof on file in the office of the Secretary of State, executed by H. W. Shaw and A. B. Boykin, surveyors, dated June 25 and 26 1924, that is to say, that body of land which lies between the lines heretofore dividing the said two counties, and the line represented on said plat as beginning at Harbord Branch where the line between the said two counties crosses said branch running thence S. 41° E. 3319 feet; thence 27° 30' E. 1025 feet; thence S. 79° W. 2530 feet; thence S. 1° W. 5147.09 feet; thence S. 8° 15' E. 3288 feet; thence S. 33° W. 8225 feet; thence N. 78° 30' W., to the Three Notch Road, be and the same is hereby annexed to Kershaw County, and the lines heretofore dividing the said two counties are altered accordingly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-78; 1952 Code Section 14-78; 1942 Code Section 3003; 1932 Code Section 3003; Civ. C. '22 Section 695; Civ. C. '12 Section 613; Civ. C. '02 Section 553; G. S. 422; R. S. 484; (5) 218; (6) 69; (7) 270, 284; (9) 386; 1892 (21) 296; 1921 (32) 239; 1925 (34) 12.