Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 16

Author: Candler, Allen D
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Franklin Printing ; Atlanta, Ga. : Chas. Byrd
Number of Pages: 1054

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Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in the Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grant in the register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

250 Acres or- dered to be run in an oblong Square.

ORDERED That the two hundred and fifty Acres of Land on Snuff Box Branch in St Andrew's Parish lately ordered John Bradshaw be run in an Oblong Square and that the Surveyor General do give directions Accord- ingly-

ORDERED That his Majesty's Grant for One thousand Grant for 1000 Acres ordd. to Acres of Land on St Mary's River heretofore ordered pass to E. Gil- bert's Widow. and Surveyed for Ephriam Gilbert deceased Do pass to

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and in the Name of his Widow In trust for her Children by him and that the Surveyor General do prepare and certify a Plan thereof Accordingly-

Lands ordered to be reserved for a Town &c. at Darian.

ORDERED That a Reserve of Land be made for a Town at Darian where the Old Town formerly Stood, And that the Lots be of the Dimensions laid down in a Plan thereof already prepared And also that two hun- dred Acres of Land adjoining the said Town be in like Manner reserved for the Public And that the said Town be Accordingly laid out-

ORDERED That a Grant do pass to his Excellency the Grant to pass to the Govr. for Governor of ten Garden Lots to the east of the Town Lots & Land East of Darian. of Darian from Number one to Number ten: And also of One hundred Acres of Pine Land on the back of the said Lots-

Land called Walley's Point reserved for public Use &c.

ORDERED That the Point called Walley's Point at the Entrance of St Mary's River to the Southward of this Province be reserved for Public Use: And that on Messrs Jermyn and Charles Wrights conveying four hun- dred Acres on a Place called Butter Milk Bluff about four Miles up the said River (the Land having been already granted them) in Such Manner as shall be di- rected for like public Use: Then twelve hundred Acres to be ordered to the said Jermyn and Charles Wrights about three Miles above Mills's Ferry in Lieu of the Land so by them to be conveyed-

Caveat unde- termined to be published in Gazette.

ORDERED That a List of the Caveats entred and un- dertermined be publish'd in the Gazette and Notice given to the Parties that the first Wednesday in August is appointed for hearing them when all Parties are to At- tend-

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Justices for St. Paul's Parish ORDERED That the Present Justices for St Paul's appointed Jus- be also appointed Justices for the Parishes of St George tices for St. Geo. and St. Matthew's Par- and St Matthew's- ighes.

ORDERED That Lewis Turner be paid for his Work at the Light House pursuant to Agreement-

1200 Acres or- dered to be laid out for J. & C. Wright Esqrs. in Lieu &c.

ORDERED That a Warrant do issue for laying out unto Jermyn Wright and Charles Wright Esqrs twelve hundred Acres of Land on the North Side of St Mary's River about three or four Miles above what is called the fording Place or Mills's Ferry in Lieu of four hundred Acres at a place called Butter Milk Bluff about. four Miles up the said River (being part of a Tract of Land granted them) and which is to be laid out by Warrant, and afterwards conveyed by them for the Use of the Public-

His Excellency the Governor Signed the following Grants vizt

Grants signed.

To James Brantley- 150 Acres Robert Cade- 300 Acres Hans Hendick- 300 Acres Moses Lindsey- 100 Acres Elias Miller- 200 Acres John Rae Esq'- 100 Acres John Rae Jun- 200 Acres John Roberts- 350 Acres Abraham Sapp- 150 Acres Thomas Wimberley- 150 Acres

St Philip's Parish

Ulrick Kegar- 300 Acres Samuel Miller-

& 500 Acres | St George's Parish John Graves- George Mackenzie- 1000 Acres

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Grants signed.

Thomas Flyming- 200 Acres James MeHenry- 500 Acres Abraham Odam Jun'- 250 Acres

William Townsend- 200 Acres

Jolın Adam Treutlen- 400 Acres

St Matthew's Parish-

Benjamin Andrews 50 Acres St John's Parish-

James Deveaux 18 Acres Christ Church Parish- George Mackintosh 500 Acres St Andrew's Parish-

GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday ye 7th July 1767-

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

The Honble

James Habersham Francis Harris- Jonathan Bryan- James Mackay Clement Martin Grey Elliott -- Lewis Johnson John Graham

Esqrs

Petition of Wm. Kennedy for 150 Acres Purch. read

Read a Petition of William Kennedy setting forth that he had Obtained his Majesty's Grant for a fifty Acre Tract but on a Resurvey thereof there appeared to be included within the Lines of the Plan annexed to his said Grant One hundred and forty five Acres Surplus Measure That adjoining his said Tract was also a Small

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and

piece of land supposed to contain not more than five Acres Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres on Purchase lying and being as aforesaid --

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Clay. Execr.&c. for Grant to pass read

Read a Petition of Joseph Clay one of the Acting Ex- Petition of Jo. ecutors of the Last Will and Testiment of Benjamin Far- ley deceased setting forth that the said Benjamin Farley in his life time had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land on great Satilla River which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the said Benjamin died without having taken out his Majesty's Grant for the Same Therefore praying that a Grant for the Premisses might be ordered to pass and in the Name of the Executors for the benefit of the said deceased's Estate-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a grant for the said Land within Seven Months from this date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Read a Petition of Samuel Douglass setting forth that Petition of Sam. Douglass read sometime since he had ordered him Seven hundred Acres for new Survey of Land but on the Survey it appears that if the same was run According to general Instructions there would be included within the Lines too great a Quantity of bad

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and

Land Therefore praying that he might be permitted to have the said Seven hundred Acres surveyed Agreeable to a plat thereunto annexed and that the Surveyor Gen- eral might receive Orders accordingly-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven Months from this date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Petition of L McGillivray for garden Lots read

and

Read a Petition of Lachlan McGillivray Esq" setting forth that he had lately purchased a Tract of Land to the West and near the Town of Savannah consisting of Sun- dry Garden Lots adjoining which are two other Lots one of the property of James Habersham Esq" knowing by Number fifty two who had resigned his Right thereunto in Favour of the Petitioner and the other a vacant Lot known by Number forty nine Therefore praying that he might Obtain his Majesty's Grant for the said Lots-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Lots within Seven Months from this date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

· Petition of Ph. Hughes for 500 Acres read

Read a Petition of Philip Hughes setting forth that he had sometime since ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St John's Parish which he desired to resign and Obtain other Land in Lieu thereof having a Wife and three Negroes Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof three hundred Acres in St John's Parish being a Tract heretofore ordered and Surveyed for George God-

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and

frey the Plat whereof was laying elapsed in the Survey- or's Office-

Granted.

Petition of ford for 400 Acres read

Read a Petition of Charles Weatherford setting forth Chas. Weather- that he had had one hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and eight Children Therefore pray- and ing for four hundred Acres lying on the north Fork of the Kioka Creek

Granted.

Petition of for 300 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Sherwood Bugg setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Eight Children and three Slaves Therefore praying for three hundred Acres lying on the Waters of Kioka Creek and Cane Creek to begin at a Beach Tree there marked S. B .-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the

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said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Read a Petition of Isaac O'Daniel setting forth that Petition of Is. he was an Inhabitant of the Province had had no Land O'Daniel for 100 Acres read granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife and four Children Therefore pray- and ing for One hundred Acres on little River to join the upper line of Land of Samuel Payne-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov- ince within Six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Petition of James Pierce read

Read a Petition of James Pierce setting forth that he had had One hundred Acres of Land ordered him and 100 Acres was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having four Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on the Beaver Dams in St George's Parish about a Mile and and half from Land of Ann Moodie at a place called the Cove-

Granted.

Petition of Will. Price for 100 Acres read

Read a Petition of William Price setting forth that he had had no Land granted him in the Province and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore pray-

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and ing for One hundred Acres on the North side great Ogechee joining Land of Charles Watson-

Granted.

Petition® of Fran. Bigbie for 1000 Acres Purch. read

and

Read a petition of Doctor Francis Bigbie setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation Therefore praying for on Purchase One thousand Acres on St Mary's River to join Lands there surveyed for John Francis Williams-

Granted.

Petition of Francis Pugh for 100 Acres read and

Read a Petition of Francis Pugh setting forth that he had been ten Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land having a Negro Therefore praying for One hundred Acres to join Land of one Ducker on Buck head a Branch of great Ogechee-

RESOLVED

That on Condition only that the Petitioner

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Granted.

doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Petition of Henry Crumb for 500 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Henry Crumb setting forth that he resided in the Province on Land he had purchased had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land having a Wife seven Children and two Slaves Therefore praying for five hundred Acres joining his own Land on Buck head in St George's Parish-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that 1.is Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted on producing a proper Certificate of his Character-

Subdrien for 250 Acres read

Read a Petition of Joseph Subdrien setting forth that Petition of Jo. he had had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife five Children and Seven Negroes Therefore pray- ing for two hundred and fifty Acres to join Land of John and Gruber Ulric Neidlinger George Wiess and the Mill Land-

Granted.

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Petition o vid Steiner for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of David Steiner setting forth that he- had had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife two Children and three Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres to join Land granted George Surger and John Gruber-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province. within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Petition of Matt. Marshall for 200 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Matthew Marshall setting forth that he had been twelve Years in the Province from Vir- ginia had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St Paul's Parish between and to join Land of John Fitch deceased and Daniel Durozeaux-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner- doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Helvenstine for 400 Acres purch. read

Read a Petition of Jacob Helvenstine setting forth that Petition of Ja. he had had Land granted him in family Right and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract for the purpose of Sawing Lumber Therefore praying for on Purchase four hundred Acres of Pine Land on Lambeth's Creek and a Branch of Turtle River to join Land there already granted him-

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Granted.

Petition of Robt. Baillie for 150 Acres purch. read

and

Read a Petition of Robert Baillie setting forth that he had had Land in family Right and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for on Purchase One hundred and fifty Acres in St Andrews Parisli ad- joining Lands granted his Wife on Jacket Camp Branch for a Reservoir of Water and to be run in an Oblong Square-

Granted.

Petition of Wm. Dunham for 500 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Dunham setting forth that he had had Eleven hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife Six Children and twenty-eight Negroes as his Certificate annexed thereto could testify Therefore praying for five hundred Acres on Buffelo Swamp near or to join Land granted William Main in South Carolina-

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner 15 cr-vol 10

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Granted.

· Petition of John Milledge for 1000 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Milledge Esq" setting forth that he was possessed of twenty two Negroes for whom he had never Obtained any Land Therefore praying for One thousand Acres on the north side great Ogechee River about two Miles above Land of Abraham O'dam Jun™

Granted.

Petition of Henry Yonge (sic) i Acres

for 750 read

Read a Petition of Henry Younge setting forth that the 2ª day of December 1766 he did Obtain a Warrant of Survey for Seven hundred and fifty Acres of Land on Satilla River That the Situation of the Land intended to be petitioned for was Mistaken by the Petitioner and thereby the Warrant Remains unexecuted Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof Seven hundred and fifty Acres on the South Branch of Turtle River at or near Helvenstine's Old Cowpen-

and

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the

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said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Petition of Jas. Habersham for 665 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of James Habersham Esq" setting forth that he had had granted him five thousand nine hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having One hundred and thirty nine Persons in family Therefore praying for Six hundred and sixty five Acres on the north side Satilla River in St Mary's Parish to adjoin the back lines of Seven hundred and fifty Acres there already granted him-

Granted.

Petition of Henry Sharpe (sic) for 250 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Henry Sharp setting forth that he had been in the province three years from Virginia had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife three Children and nine Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres to include One hundred Acres on Bark Camp Creek the north Side of great Ogechee heretofore ordered Thomas Wimberly the Plat whereof was laying in the Surveyor general's Office elapsed-

Granted.

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esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-

Petition of Will. Jones for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Jones setting forth that he had purchased a Tract of Land of Josiah Powell on a Branch of North Newport adjoining which was some Land very commodious for the Petitioner's Improvement That he had three Negroes for whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres adjoining his said purchased Land at North New- port aforesaid-

Granted.

Petition of Don. Mackay for 100 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Donald Mackay setting forth that he had purchased of Henry Caldwell fifty Acres of Land about six Miles from Frederica on a Bluff known by the name of Gascoin's Bluff for which his Majesty's Grant had not yet been taken out That the Petitioner had yet several Negroes for whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres upon the north end of Gascoin's Bluff aforesaid to include the said fifty Acres purchased by him as aforesaid-

Granted.

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 16

Author: Candler, Allen D Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Franklin Printing ; Atlanta, Ga. : Chas. Byrd Number of Pages: 1054

Author: Candler, Allen D
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Franklin Printing ; Atlanta, Ga. : Chas. Byrd
Number of Pages: 1054