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Petition of Depy. Survr. for new cept read
pre-
and
Read a Petition of James Anderson deputy Surveyor setting forth that he had two Precepts lodged with him for laying out Land to M' Philip Box which would ex- pire in the Term thereby given for executing the Same before he could possibly survey the Land, Sickness of himself and Family and the Wetness of the Season having hitherto prevented him Therefore praying that the Surveyor general might be enabled and ordered to prolong the said Precepts for the further Term of three Months-
Granted.
ORDERED That the Surveyor general do prolong the said Precepts for the further Term of Two Months from their Expiration-
Petition of Richd. Wylly for a new Pre- cept read
Read a Petition of Richard Wylly setting forth that in March last he Obtained a Warrant for surveying five hundred Acres of Land Which Warrant was expired in
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its Term and the Land not laid out Therefore praying that the Surveyor general might be enabled and ordered" to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the Land might be surveyed in Order to his Majesty's Grant pass- ing for the Same-
Granted.
ORDERED That the prayer of the said Petition is granted and that the Surveyor general do issue a new Precept on the said Warrant of Survey to be in force for the further Term of Two Months-
Petition of Jas. Grierson for Grant to pass read
Read a Petition of James Grierson setting forth that under the Will of one John Pettygrew late of Augusta deceased bearing date the fifteenth day of February One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight Katharine the Wife of the Petitioner (who was the Widow and Relict of the said John Pettygrew) and one Jean Pettygrew daughter of the said John and Katharine were equally intituled as Tenants in Common to all and Singular the real Estate of the said John That at the Time of the death of the said John Pettygrew and for a long Time before a certain Lot known by Nº 20 in the Plan of the Township of Augusta was occupied and enjoyed by the said John as a Part of his real Estate but on searching the several Offices the said Lot appeared to be vacant and that no Grant had ever passed for the same There- fore praying that his Majesty's Grant for the said Lot might be ordered to pass in the Name of the Petitioner and of Jane Pettygrew as Tenants in Common subject to the Powers and Limitations of the Testator's said Will-
and
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Lot within Seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the. said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
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within Six Months from the date thereof the prayer of the said Petition is granted, the Facts therein set forth Sufficiently appearing-
Petition of Ph. Delegal Execr. &c. for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of Philip Delegal Executor of the last Will and Testament of his Father Philip Delegal Sen' late of the Island of Guernsey deceased setting forth that his said Father was possessed of a Tract of Land at little Ogechee by Warrant of the President and As- sistants under the late Trustees for establishing the Prov- ince of Georgia which said Land was improved by the Petitioner's two Brothers George Delegal and Edward Delegal by Virtue of a Power from their said Father : That their Father in and by his last Will and Testament duely proved an authentic Copy whereof had been trans- mitted to the Petitioner (thereby appointed Executor) had given and bequeathed to the said George and Edward the said Tract of Land to be divided between them or the Surviving Heir of either of them and to descend from Heir to Heir in firm Intail for ever That the said Ed- ward Delegal was since dead leaving Issue two Daughters whowere thereby intituled to a Moiety of the said Tract of Land in Right of Their Father and no Grant having yet passed for the said Land Therefore praying that his Majesty's Grant for the said Land might pass in Man- ner following that is to say, One Moiety thereof to the said George Delegal, and the Other Moiety thereof to Marshalla and Mary Ann Delegal the Daughters of Edward Delegal deceased Agreeable to the Intention of the Testator in his said Will declared and under the Intail therein mentioned and limited-
.
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 Majes-
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ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Affidt. relative to the Murders said to be com- side of St. Mary's.
His Excellency laid before the Board an Affidavit of Christian Kegle relative to the Murders said to be committed on the South Side of St Mary's River, and Captain George Mackintosh also attended to give some Account of the same; Whereby it appeared that only two Men were killed and one wounded, and that upon a private Quarrel between one Mills and an Indian named Saucy Jack : That a Number of Indians to the Amount, as supposed, of forty or fifty had possessed themselves of the Houses and Plantations of one Leman and one Helvenstine on Satilla River which had been abandoned by the Inhabitants, and that in Leman's House the In- dians, having found Some Rum and other Goods, had taken them away - Captain Mackintosh tendring his Service to go with a Party of Men to the said Leman's House and get what Intelligence he could of the Indians Intentions, and of the depredations they had committed. His Excellency by the unanimous Advice of the Board, gave Orders to Captain McIntosh to proceed to Satilla with a Detachment of fifty Men of the Southern Com- panies of Militia, and in Case he found any Indians there to endeavor by all possible fair Means to induce them to return such Goods as they might have belonging to. the said Leman : and to Acquaint them that in Pursu- ance of the Treaty at Augusta Satisfaction would cer- tainly be demanded of the Nation but should the Indians refuse to return Such goods by no Means to use force, and to be very careful in avoiding any Steps being taken that might produce a Disturbance or Rupture with those Indians-
One Thomas Davis also attended who had Yesterday
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made an Affidavit before Charles Watson Esq' and which he this Day confirmed and is as follows vizt
GEORGIA Personally appeared before me Charles Wat- Affidt. touching son Esq' one of his Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the the threatnings of ye Indians. Peace in the Parish of Christ Church Thomas Davis who being duly Sworn made Oath that at Several Times since last Spring the Creek Indians came to him and ordered him off their Lands and said it was Indian Ground and not given up in the Treaty, and if the Settlers on the South Side Ogechee did not remove from off their Grounds that they would take their horses and Cattle and kill the Inhabitants: And that on Friday last being the second day of October the said Davis with a Party, went to the Indian Camp and was told hy the Indians that they had better move from off their Lands, as there was an Head Warriour gone up to the Nation and in- tended to be down soon again with a Party of Indians, and if by that time the Settlers had not removed from off their Grounds that they intended to take their Horses and Cattle and kill the People- the Mark of Sworn the 5th October 1767 + before ire CHAS WATSON THOMAS DAVIS
Whereupon his Excellency proposed Sending up M' Moses Nunes attended by an Officer and ten Men of the Ebenezer Companies of Militia to Acquaint the Indians on the South side of Ogechee that the Line as settled by the Treaty at Augusta would Shortly be run - and if it then appeared any Settlements were beyond that Line they should be removed: And to Represent to them in the Strongest Light the ill Consequences that may attend any Attempts being made in the Mean Time to dis- possess the Inhabitants or drive off or destroy their Cat- tle or Horses. - And his Excellency likewise proposed giving Orders that a Detachment of the Ebenezer Com-
His Excelly Proposals how to proceed in the affair.
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panies of Twenty five or Thirty Men upon any Information from the Inhabitants of those parts that they are really in Danger should march to their Assistance, and prevent their Stocks being driven off or destroyed; the Officer Commanding such Detachment being particularly cau- tioned to avoid every rash Means that might tend to imbroil the Province or produce a Rupture with the In- dians - And that twelve Pounds and an half of Powder and Twenty five Pounds of Ball should be delivered the said Davis for the Defence of the Settlement. -- All which the Board unanimously approved of
Approved by the Board.
His Excellency the Governour signed the following Grants vizt
Grants signed.
To Robert Braswell 100 Acres Thomas Fusill .... 200 Acres Francis Jackson .. .. 400 Acres Daniel Lott (Purchase) . . 100 Acres George McDaniel .. 250 Acres John Morris ( Purchase ) . . 100} St George's Parish Acres
Wiliam Odam. .... 100 Acres Aaron Penson ..... 200 Acres Lydia Sharp Widow. .... 400 Acres -p
John Tanner (Purchase) . 100 Acres
Thomas Coulson. . 250 Acres r
William Knox. . . . 125 Acres
Robert Kirkwood. . 400 Acres John Mercer. . ... . 150 Acres
St Matthew's Parish
Matthew Roche. .. 550 Acres
George Ziegler. . . . 150 Acres Solomon Scent. . . . 100 Acres
Thomas Quarterman . 100 Acres St Andrew's Parish
William Woodland . 250 Acres
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Grants signed. To John Douglass 50 Acres St Paul's Parish
Samuel Elbert. 450 Acres St David's Parish
Thomas Moodie .a Town Lot in Savannah
James O'Berry . 200 Acres in St Philip's Parish
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday 3ª November 1767-
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq"
James Habersham Noble Jones
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The Honble Jonathan Bryan EsqTs
Francis Harris Grey Elliott Clement Martin John Graham Lewis Johnson
Petit Wertsch for 85 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Wertsch setting forth that he had had Land granted him in Family Right and was de- sirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for on Purchase Eighty five Acres in St George's Parish which Land was heretofore ordered Charles Springle and elapsed in Respect of the Time in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed-
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-
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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-
Cochran for 800 Acres read
Read a Petition of James Cochran setting forth that Petition of Jas. he had been four Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having fourteen Negroes Therefore praying for Eight hundred Acres upon a Branch of Black Creek a little above Land granted George Ducker to include a Savannah about a Mile and half long and about sixteen or eighteen Chains wide And as the Land lay fourteen or fifteen Miles from where the River Ogechee was nav- igable further praying that the Land might be run out and in a long Square that he might not take in more of the Pine Land than would serve for Plantation Use-
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- the Land to be laid out in a Square double the length of the Breadth-
Petition of Arth, Carney for 100 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Arthur Carney setting forth that he had Settled a Stock of Cattle on Turtle River and had from Time to Time intended to Petition for a Piece of Land there but had hitherto been prevented by Sickness Therefore praying for on Purchase One hundred Acres Pine Land upon the Head Branch of Turtle River for the Use of the said Stock of Cattle-
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 Adam Ordner for 150 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Adam Ordner setting forth that he had been thirty Years in the Province had had fifty Acres of Land granted him at White Bluff and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having one Child Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres upon Ogechee to join Land of Moses Nunes and Land this day peti- tioned for by his Son Henry Ordner-
100 Acres 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 part of the prayer of the said Petition namely One hundred Acres is granted if not interfering with Land lately ordered his Excellency-
Petition of Hen. Ordner for 150 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Henry Ordner setting forth that he was bred up in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres upon Ogechee to adjoin Land of Moses Nunes-
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 22 c r - vol 10
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prayer of the said Petition is granted if not interfering with Land lately ordered his Excellency the Governour-
Petition of Bar. Romans for 500 Acres (Purch.) read
and
Read a Petition of Barnard Romans setting forth that he was settled in the Province and was desirous to Ob- tain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for on Pur- chase five hundred Acres upon Ogechee near Land there ordered Isaac Young-
Granted com- plying &c.
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 the Petitioner Complying with the Order of Council touching Lands granted on Purchase-
Petition of Jno. Emanuel for 150 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Emanuel setting forth that he had been long in the Province and was desirous to Obtain a Piece of Land whereon to Settle a Stock of Cattle that he was possessed of Therefore praying for on Purchase One hundred and fifty Acres at a Place called Rocky Comfort about three Miles above Land of Thomas Irwin-
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-
Read a Petition of James Gray setting forth that he had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Ob- tain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Therefore pray-
Gray for 150 Acres read
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and ing for One hundred and fifty Acres about Eight Miles from the Mouth of the South Side little River-
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 if not interfering with with (sic) a Reserve of Twelve thousand Acres there lately made-
Petition of G. Acres read
and
Read a Petition of George Heislear setting forth that he had had ordered him one hundred Acres of Land at Blue Bluff which afterwards proved to be in the Prov- ince of South Carolina and was desirous to Obtain Land in Lieu thereof having a Wife and two Children There- fore praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres in St George's Parish to include One hundred Acres before ordered Thomas Comins and elapsed in Respect of the Time in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed-
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 Alice Mackay for 250 Acres read
Read a Petition of Alice Mackay Widow setting forth that she had been nine Years in the Province had had no Land granted her and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having two Children and a Negro There- fore praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres in Me-
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and
Bean's Swamp to adjoin the upper Line of Zachariah Fenn's Land-
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 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
100 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Rotlen setting forth that he had been nine Months in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land There- fore praying for One hundred Acres below the Fork of Buck head upon a Stream of Water called Buck Head and to run on both Sides the said Stream for the Use of a Grist Mill-
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 Majes- ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of. the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Matt. Zettler for 300 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Matthias Zettler setting forth that he had had ordered him Three hundred Acres of Land which was afterwards run out by another Person and was desirous to Obtain Land in Lieu thereof Therefore praying for Three hundred Acres on the north side Oge- chee about four Miles below the Indian Bluff and be- tween the third and fourth Branch-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
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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 John Large for 300 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Large setting forth that he had been five Months in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife and Six Children Therefore pray- ing for three hundred Acres in the Parish of St George at a Place called the dry Branch within two Miles of Aligator Lake wherein John Higden had settled him- self-
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 Jesse Brasher for 100 Acres read and
Read a Petition of Jesse Brasher setting forth that he had had two hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife Six Children and a Negroe Therefore praying for One hundred Acres upon the North side Ogechee at the Mouth of the Mile Branch about three Miles below Land of Richard Scruggs upon the River-
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
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Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Petition of Jno. Williams for 100 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Williams setting forth that · he had been some Time in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on Ogechee to adjoin the West Line of Land ordered John Ironmonger-
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 J. M. Dasher for 100 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Martin Dasher setting forth that he was born in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres upon Turkey Branch within a Mile and half of Land ordered Lambert Lean-
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 Miles Brewton for vacant Marsh read
Read a Petition of Miles Brewton setting forth that he was possessed of Land within four Miles of the Town surrounding a Small vacant Piece of Marsh Land which he was desirous to Obtain Therefore praying for the
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and said Piece of vacant Marsh containing about One hun- dred and fifty Acres-
Postponed.
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed as the Land prayed for appears to be in dispute --
Petition of Steph. Forster for 300 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Stephen Forster setting forth that he had resided Several Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Child and three Negroes There- fore praying for three hundred Acres on Me Bean's Swamp to include one hundred Acres ordered John Bletsoe for which a Grant had passed-
Postponed.
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed until M' George Galphin attends-
Petition of Sam. Saunders for 100 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Samuel Saunders setting forth that he had been some Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St George's Parish on the north side great Ogechee between Land granted Peter Wynne Sent and the Mouth of the Ash Spring-
Postponed,
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed the Petitioner not attending-
Read a Petition of John, William, and Jane, Carney Petition of Jno setting forth that they had had granted them Three 300 Acres read hundred Acres of Land upon Turtle River joining which Carney &c. for was some vacant Pine Land very convenient for the Use of their Plantation Therefore praying for on Purchase three hundred Acres of the said Pine Land on Turtle and River to adjoin the three hundred Acres heretofore granted them-
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Postponed.
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed for Reasons entred on the back thereof-
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