Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 20

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

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Read a Petition of Jacob Hienley setting forth that he Petition of Ja- cob Hienley for Was one of the Ebenezer Inhabitants had had One hun- 150 Acres Purch. read

and

dred Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Ob- tain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for on Pur- chase One hundred and fifty Acres at Ebenezer to adjoin the one hundred Acres before ordered him-

Rejected. ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-

for 150 Acres Purch. read

Read a Petition of Henry Cavenah setting forth that he Hen. Cavenah had been four Years in the Province had had One hundred " Petition of Acres of Land granted him whereon he was settled and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres on Purchase on and the north side of Ogechee to adjoin the One hundred Acres before ordered him-

Rejected.

ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-

for 500 Acres Purch. read

Read a Petition of Robert Kirkwood setting forth that Robt. Kirkwood he had been favoured with Land in family Right and was Petition of desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore pray- ing for on Purchase five hundred Acres of Pine Land on and the South Side of little Satilla opposite the Mouth of Clarks Creek-

Rejected. ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-

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Read a Letter from the Magistrates of Augusta touch- ing the Settlers on little River and the Indians in those: parts, which Letter is as follows vizt

Augusta 30th July 1767

We are just now favoured with Yours of the 24th In- Letter fm Mag- istrates of Au- stant in Answer to ours of the 20th it has ever been the the little River Prectice of the Creek Indians coming to the Settlements gusta touching Settlers and the Indians. to Steal and carry back horses of late they have gone greater Lengths and in an Open Manner drove off whole Stocks of the horses of Some of the People up the River killed their Cattle and Hogs before their Faces and desired them to remove off the Lands on little River- It was not till we were informed of this, and the Petition of the little River People was shown Us that we thought it necessary to trouble Your Excellency --

The very next day after they dispatched the Messenger with their Petition thirteen of them went to the Indian Settlement on the Oconees and Yesterday we were in- formed that they had burnt the Settlement consisting of seven houses and brought off a few old Blankets some Kittles and Skins which they found in the houses and that they saw but one Indian who immediately made off-

The Inconsistency of these People's behaviour an (sic) the Consequences that may Attend it has given us not a little Uneasiness : we had no Opportunity of preventing it as they were gone several days before we were ac- quainted with it, and we never imagined they would have thought of going till the Return of their Messenger when we would not have neglected taking proper Steps to pre- vent them-

An oppertunity offering we thought it necessary to Ac-

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quaint you of this we shall Send for Some of the People that have been out and examine them further And by the next Opportunity (sie) shall transmit you their Names-

We are Sir, Your Most Obedt humble Servts

JAMES JACKSON PETER WALSH EDWARD BARNARD THOMAS WATERS

Whereupon his Excellency Acquainted the Board that prepares a Let- he had prepared a Letter to the Magistrates at Augusta His Excelly ter in answer. ordering them directly to issue their Warrants for the Ap- prehending as many as possible of the People who had been guilty of the Above Outrage, and that they do com- mit to Jail three or four of the principal of them against whom the clearest Evidence can be Obtained, which the Board approved off ---

His Excellency also Communicated to the Board the Talk which he had prepared to be sent to the Creek Na- tion in Respect of the Above affair which said Talk was read approved and is as follows-

Copy of Talk to the Creek Nation

Friends & Brothers

Since writing my Talk of the 30th of last Month I have Also a Talk to received an Account from M' Barnard and other beloved the Creek Na- tion, Men at Augusta that some of the Straggling White Peo- ple above Augusta being provoked by having their horses Cattle and hogs Stolen and carried away by Some of your People went to the Oconees to the Settlement I have men- tioned in the following Talk, and finding no body there but one Indian who went away immediately on their com- ing, they burnt the Indian Huts or Houses, but as I have heard nothing of this Matter 'till Yesterday and dont 18 ℃ r-vol 10

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yet know whether I have been told the whole truth, all I can say is that I am very sorry any of the white people within my Government should behave in Such a Manner : and that I have Sent orders to M' Barnard and the Other beloved Men at Augusta to apprehend the people who it is Suspected have been guilty of this Misbehaviour and Breach of the Treaty Subsisting between us, and to send them here to Savannah and you may depend upon it that they shall be strictly prosecuted and punished with the Utmost Severity that the Laws of the White People will admit of It gives me much Concern that this rash Action has been committed but you must well know that it was not in my Power, at this great distance from the Place were (sic) those people live, and the Oconee, to prevent an Injury being done especially one that was Actually com- mitted eight or ten days before I know (sie) or heard any thing of it : and you may be assured I will punish them for it, and that you shall have full Justice done you on this Occasion Agreeable to the Treaty-I hope you will have due regard to my Talk of the 30th July and as much as possible prevent your people coming down amongst the white People as you see the Inconvenience and Dan- ger of their doing so and taking away the white people's Horses Cattle and Hogs-

Savannah in Georgia 5th Aug 1767 JA: WRIGHT

The talk also which his Excellency at a Council held on the 29th July last had proposed to send to the Creek Nation upon the Complaint of the Settlers on little River and parts Adjacent was read at the same time and in- tirely approved of and is as follows vizt

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Talk to the Creek Nation

Friends and Brothers

Talk sent to the Creek Nation on 30th July last.

On the 24th of this Month I received a Complaint in Writing from thirty five of the Inhabitants between Augusta and little River setting forth that some of your People have made a Small Settlement on the Oconee River from whence they come into the Settlement aforesaid and also to the Settlements on Bryar Creek and that they or some other Indians have at Several times and for some Months past Stolen many horses & from the white people and carried them to the Indian Settlement at the Oconee River aforesaid: That lately five of the White People went after the Indians to that Settlement in Order to get their horses back again, and not getting near the Settlement 'till Night they lay by at a Small distance, that in the Night one of their dogs barked and immedi- ately the Indians set up the War-hoop and fired Several Guns, the Bullets from which were heard to Strike the Trees and Canes where the White Men were, on which they returned home again without going to the said Settlement to demand their horses or Speaking to any of the Indians-And the said White People in their Com- plaint further set forth that they have been informed that upwards of twenty more Indians were to set out from your Nation in Order to kill and destroy all the Stocks on the little River Settlement and disturb the In- habitants in that Part of this Province in their Settle- ments and Plantations-

Friends and Brothers

I am very sorry I have any Occasion to make any Complaint to you on this Account, but you very well know that by the fourth Article of the Treaty made by me with the Other three Governours and Superintendent

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Indian Talk continued.

and all your head Men that were at Augusta in Novem- ber 1763, and which has been since Solemnly approved and confirmed by your Whole Nation, It was agreed that the Boundary between the English Settlement and your Hunting Grounds in that Part of the Countrey should be known and Settled by a Line extending up Savannah River to little River and back to the fork of little River, and from the fork of little River to the Ends of the South Branch of Briar Creek, and down that Branch to the lower Creek Path, and along the lower Creek Path to the main stream of Ogechee River and so on as in the said Treaty is mentioned and expressed, And you also very well know that by the third Article of the said Treaty it is expressly agreed. on your Part "That the In- dians belonging to your Nation would in all Cases and upon all Occasions do full and ample Justice to the Eng- lish, and that you would do your utmost to prevent any of your People from giving any disturbance or doing any damage to them in their Settlements or elsewhere- either by Stealing their horses killing their Cattle or otherwise, or by doing them any personal hurt or Injury and that if any damage be done Satisfaction shall be made for the same to the Party injured."-I know perfectly well that I have taken the Utmost Care and pains that all the White people should conform and conduct them- selves agreeable to the said Treaty, and that none of them Should Settle over the Bounds on your hunting Ground, and have sent Parties to see that none did; and if any had been found there, I should have destroyed their houses and punished them for so doing: And I have taken great Care that no abuses in the Settlements or damage whatever should be committed or done to any of the Indians: And when one of your People was killed near Satilla by three run away Negroes from Carolina I immediately set out after the Negroes apprehended them,

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Indian Talk continued.

and they were all put to death, as I acquainted you in my Talk sent up by M' Mackintosh in January last : and all these things you must very well know and be sensi- ble are true, and that I have always been ready to do you full Justice and will do so on all Occasions-The white people about little River and Briar Creek, as far as I know or have heard, live peaceably and quietly and em- ploy themselves in planting and taking Care of their Stocks of horses and Cattle, and which they have a Right to do in all Places within the Bounds agreed upon by the Treaty aforesaid: And I must not Suffer any Indians to disturb them or their Plantations or to Steal their horses and Cattle if any white people were to Steal the hores and Cattle of Other white People by our Laws they would be hanged, and a White Man is to be hanged here at Savannah to Morrow for Stealing an horse- But with respect to your People I now make my Com- plaint to you Agreeable to the Treaty and shall expect that you immediately inquire into it and make them deliver back the horses they have Stolen, and that you take Care to prevent their Stealing any more, or giving the White People who are Settled on little River and Briar Creek any further disturbance, or doing them any Injury or damage whatever I do not Charge the whole Nation with this Injury and Breach of the Treaty as I am informed it was done by a Party that was settled in the Oconees, or some Other straggling Indians: but I apply to the Whole Nation or Head Men to restrain the Offenders and thereby to keep the Path strait and White between us, and not let our Peace and Friendship be in- terrupted and broke by some few bad Man (ste) Amongst you, and the better to effect this I would Strongly recom- mend it to you not to Suffer any of your People to Settle on the Oconee River, or have any Scattering Settlements about in the Woods, especially near the White people. but to keep together in your Towns in the Nation and

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Indian Talk continued.

they will be at too great a distance to go Often Amongst the White People to disturb or do them any damage- What I require of you you must see and be well con- vinced is only common Justice, and what the White People have an absolute and indisputable Right to de- mand and Obtain and you must also Clearly See and be convinced that it is for your own Benefit and Advantage to comply with my demand for the terms of the Treaty are that on your performing it on your Part the Great King's Subjects shall furnish you with goods of all kinds to Supply your Wants, and without having Guns and Am- munition what deer could you kill? and how could you cloath your Selves and your Women and Children if you had not goods from us, for where can you now get these things but from the great King George's Subjects the White People? Seeing therefore that my demand is not only intirely just and reasonable, but also clearly for your own Interest and Welfare, I have not the least doubt but you will immediately and cheerfully inquire into the Matters I complain of and order your People to break up the Settlement on the Oconees and return to the Nation, and prevent Mischief being be be (sie) done by any of your People for the future, and you may depend on being well Supplied with Goods and receiving every other Mark of Friendship from me-

JA: WRIGHT

Savannah in Georgia 30th July 1767

ORDERED That a further Reserve of two hundred 200 acres re- served for Use and 1000 acres celly. adjoining thereto. Acres of Land, by continuing the back Lines of three of Fort Argyle, hundred Acres already laid out, be made On Ogechee for granted his Ex- the use of Fort Argyle; and that his Excellency the Governour might have One thousand Acres of vacant Land granted him in family Right on Ogechee between the said reserved Land for the Use of the Fort and Land of Moses Nunes-

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Jas. Forrester ORDERED That James Forrester be appointed one of appointed Jus- tice for St. John's Parish. his Majesty's Justices for the Parish of St John-

ORDERED That a Warrani do issue for surveying to lay out 400 four hundred Acres of Land for the Use of the Public Wart. ordered Acrs. at Butter Milk Bluff for at Butter Milk Bluff out of a Tract of Land there already public Uses.

granted Jermyn and Charles Wright Esq' --

His Excellency the Governour signed the following grants viz*

Grants signed. To Jolın Barber 250 Acres John Jones 200 Acres James Brantley 150 Acres

- St Andrew's Parish-

William Burney 150 Acres John Cattlet 200 Acres Thomas Lamb 150 Acres Benjamin Orr 100 Acres William Porter 100 Acres John Reeves 250 Acres Mordecai Sheftall 1,000 Acres Isaac Wimberly 100 Acres

St George's Parish-

Josiah Dickson § 250 Acres I50 Acres

Jolın Patten & 700 Acres

St Matthew's Parish

Richª Thompson

Robert Hudson 200 Acres

William Powell 150 Acres

Richard Scruggs 200 Acres

Benjamin Johnson 150 Acres 1 Joseph Johnson 200 Acres

James Read Esq" 1250 Acres } St Philip's Parish- Israel Raser 100 Acres

William Simp- SI'200 Acres)

St Thomas's Parish- son Esq" ICO Acres

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Grants signed. Hannah Sheftall Widow 150 Acres 1 Mordecai & Levi Sheftall } Christ Church Parish- 45 Acres

To Mary Gilbert Widow 1000 Acres St Mary's Parish-

James Stewart 300 Acres St David's Parish-

Accounts audited.

Sundry Accounts relative to Contingent Expenses of the General Assembly were laid before the Board audited entred in the Book of Accounts kept for that Purpose and ordered for Payment-

GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Wednesday the 5th August 1767

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

The Honble

[ James Habersham Noble Jones Francis Harris James Mackay James Edwr Powell Grey Elliott Clement Martin James Read John Graham

Esqrs

Caveat's heard and determined as follows vizt

Presbeterian (sic) congregation of St. Andrew's Parish Agt. the Widow Spry & others.

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that the Sur- veyor General do cause a Resurvey to be made of a Tract of Land said to contain Seven hundred Acres in St An- drew's Parish and heretofore reserved for the Revd Archibald Simpson; and on return thereof that a Grant

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for the same do pass In Trust for the Use of the said Con- gregation of St Andrew's Parish-

Daniel Dere- zeaux Agt. Charles Pace.

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his Majesty's Grant for One hundred and fifty Acres at New Savannah, heretofore ordered and Surveyed for Charles Pace do pass to George Galphin In Trust for the Children of the said Derezeaux and that the Surveyor General do prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose-

Thomas Nash Agt. Joseph Brant ley.

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his Majesty's Grant for two hundred and fifty Acres on the north side of Briar Creek near Land of James Brant- ley and heretofore ordered the said Joseph Brantley do pass to and in the Name of the said Thomas Nash and that the Surveyor General do prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose

Peter Randon Agt. Saml. Savery.

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his Majesty's Grant for three hundred Acres heretofore ordered the said Savery on great Ogechee River as an elapsed Plat, but before that time laid out for the said Randon; do pass to and in the Name of the said Samuel Savery and that the Secretary do prepare the Grant Accordingly from a Fiat already lodged in his Office --

Darby Donno- van Agt

John Young.

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his Majesty's Grant for two hundred and fifty Acres at Lon- don Bluff heretofore ordered and Surveyed for John Young do pass to and in the Name of the said Young and that the Secretary do prepare the same-

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his John Conyers Agt. Majesty's Grant for Two hundred Acres heretofore John Mullryne ordered and Surveyed for the said John Conyers do pass to and in the Name of John Mullryne and that the Sec- retary do prepare the Same-

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On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his Tondee & others Agt Majesty's Grant for a fifty, Acre Lot on Shidoway (sic). Willm. Norton. Island Originally allotted Thomas Mouse long since de- ceased do pass to and in the Name of William Norton Jun' and that the Surveyor general do prepare and cer- tify a Plan thereof for that Purpose-

James Wood- land Agt.

Paul Fulton.

On a Caveat this day heard It is Ordered that his Majesty's Grant for One hundred Acres lying between Land of the said Woodland and William Clark and lately ordered the said Fulton do pass to and in the Name of the said James Woodland on his reimburseing the. said Fulton by the Ist Septem" next all the Expenses he has been at concerning the Same Otherwise the Grant of the said Land then to pass to and in the Name of the said Paul Fulton and that the Surveyor General do prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose --

On reading again a Petition of Samuel Fulton preferred. Wart. issued2d. on the 7th day of July last and postponed It is Ordered laying out 100 that a Warrant do issue for laying out to the said Sam- June last for Acres to Lack. Mackintosh re- called, and the same Land or- dered Saml. Fulton. uel Fulton One hundred Acres of Land on Purchase at Cat head Creek between Land granted George Kidd and Isaac Lines the said Land being the Same Piece for which a Warrant of Survey . was ordered to issue on the Second of June last to Lachlan Mackintosh which Warrant is hereby recalled-

SEPTEMBER, 1767. 283

GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the Ist of Sept" 1767-

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

[ James Habersham

1 Noble Jones Francis Harris

The Honble Jonathan Bryan Esqrs Grey Elliott

James Edwd Powell 1 James Read

Petition of Pryde Williams for 100 Acres read

Read a Petition of Pryde Williams setting forth that he had been about two Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Pine Land in St Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land of Robert Hudson and Richard Scruggs on Savan- nah River ---

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 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 Matthew Mauve for 5 Acres read

Read a Petition of Matthew Mauve setting forth that he had had granted him three hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and fourteen Negroes Therefore praying for in family Right five hundred and fifty Acres on little Sa-

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and

tilla Opposite to Lands of Lockerman a little above Clark's Creek-

Granted.

Petition of Wm. Johnson for 200 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Johnson setting forth that he had been in the Province about four Years had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and one Negro Therefore praying for two hundred Acres on Brushy Creek near .

Lands ordered David Emanuel Jun"

Granted.

Petition of Willm. Burney for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Burney setting forth that he had had granted him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and three Children Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres on Walker's big Creek at the Mouth of the Hickory Branch about three Miles from Land ordered Reason Whitehead-

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Monthis 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 Jno. J. Zubly for 600 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Joachim Zubly Clerk setting forth that he had a Wife three Children and thirty nine Slaves and had had near twelve hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for six hundred Acres on Spanish Creek about twelve Miles from great Satilla Cattle Ford-

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 provided the same is not above the Indian Line-

Petition of Jas. Beckham for 400 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of James Beckham setting forth that he had been in the Province about Six Months had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and five Children There- fore praying for four hundred Acres on a Branch of Brushy Creek within two Miles of David Emanuel-

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 to join Land this day ordered John Wells -

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Read a Petition of Catherine Pool setting forth that Catharine Poole she had been three Years in the Province had had no Petition of for 150 Acres read Land granted her and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having four Children Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres lying between Land of- and James Gray and John Thornhill on the north side of Briar Creek-

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 she 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 to join either of the Lines-

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 20

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