Why these names matter
The Poston place-history project treats Ellison, Ellison’s Landing, Allison Landing and Poston Landing as overlapping names in the older Great Pee Dee River landscape that preceded the railroad-era Poston identity.
This archive does not yet hold a complete primary-source packet for those names. The purpose of this page is to keep the research question explicit and connect it to the records that should eventually be acquired.
Current evidentiary position
Project synthesis
The older landing history is supported by the broader PostonSouthCarolina.com research project and modern historical materials. It should not be presented here as if the archive already possesses every underlying period map, deed, landing reference or ferry record.
Records to locate
- Historic maps labeling Ellison, Allison or Poston Landing.
- River-landing, ferry, road or commercial references.
- Deeds identifying adjoining landowners and landing names.
- Newspaper references predating or overlapping the railroad-era Poston name.