Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 25

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 David Anderson setting forth that Petition of Dav. he was then a Resident in South Carolina and purposed Anderson for 150 Acres read to bring his Family into this Province had already brought a Stock of Cattle with one white Man and four Negroes and was desirous to Obtain Land whereon to settle Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres and at a Place called the Two Runs on St Mary's River about ten Miles above the Cattle Ford-

Postponed.

ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected as it is supposed the Land prayed for will be above the Boundary Line-

Petition of Chris. Ring for 300 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Christopher Ring setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province and was de- sirous to Obtain an Additional Tract of Land having a Family Right of Seven Slaves which he had purchased Since the last Land was ordered him Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in St David's Parish which Land was heretofore ordered John Lynn Jun" deceased the Plat whereof was in the Surveyor General's Office elapsed in respect of the Time in which a Grant ought to have passed-

Rejected.

ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected the Land prayed for being this day ordered to Moses Lynn Brother of the said John Lynn Jun" to whom the said Land was first ordered-

Petition of Han. Vincent for Grant to pass read

Read a Petition of Hannah Vincent setting forth that her late Husband Thomas Vincent had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land on the River great Ogechee the Survey of which had been returned but the Grant not

NOVEMBER, 1767.

and

perfected That her said husband by his last Will and Testament devised to the Petitioner all his real and personal Estate Therefore praying that the Surveyor general might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan of the said Land in her Name in Order to his Majesty's Grant passing to her for the same-

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 Thos. Irwin for Grant to pass read

and

Read a Petition of Thomas Irwin setting forth that he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land or- dered him which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor general's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyor general might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-

· 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 Council in that Case lately made) 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 Peter Wynne Sen' setting forth

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Petition of Pe- ter Wynne for Grant to pass read

and

that he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him in St George's Parish which had been sur- veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that not- withstanding the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-

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 Council in that Case lately made) 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-

Jones for Grant to pass read

Read "a Petition of James Jones setting forth that he had had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of Time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the. Sur- veyor general might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-

and

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 Council in that Case lately made) 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-

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Petition of Fr. Wynne for Grant to pass read

and

Read a Petition of Francis Wynne setting forth that he had had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed There- fore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-

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 that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg- ister 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 Sim. Beekham for Grant to pass read _

and

Read a Petition of Simon Beekham setting forth that he had had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in' St George's Parish which had been surveyed and re- turned and Fiat for the Same passed by the Attorney general but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwith- standing the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the Same-

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 Council in that Case lately made) 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

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

Petition of Grant to pass read

and

Read a Petition of Lambeth Lean setting forth that he had had ordered him fifty Acres of Land in St Mat- thew's Parish which had been surveyed and returned and a Fiat for the same passed by the Attorney general but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of Time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the Same-

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 Council in that Case lately made) 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 Jno Goldwire Junr. for Grant to pass read

and

Read a Petition of John Goldwire Jun' setting forth that he had had One hundred Acres of Land ordered him in St Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and returned and a Fiat for the Same passed by the Attorney general but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have been taken out Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he might be per- mitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the Same-

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 Council in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register

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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 Saml. Lyon for Grant to pass read

and

Read a Petition of Samuel Lyon setting forth that he had had ordered him Twenty five Acres of Hammocks in Skidoway River which had been surveyed and re- turned into the Surveyor general's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of Time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-

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 Council in that Case lately made) 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 Geo. Wyche for Grant to pass read

Read a Petition of George Wyche setting forth that he had had ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose-

and

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner

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Granted.

doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg- ister 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- .

Upon a Petition of John Dunbar, Thomas Young and The Adminrs. of Captain John Gray im- his Lands. John Simpson Administrators of Captain John Gray de- powered to sell ceased Praying that Grant for Two Tracts of Land, or- dered the deceased in his life time, might pass in the Name of the Petitioners In Trust to sell and dispose thereof for the Benefit of the said Estate which Petition was preferred on the Sixth day of January last and postponed And this day being again taken under Con- sideration It is Ordered that the Petitioners be permitted to sell the said Two Tracts of Land at public Sale and that the Proceeds thereof be divided amongst the Cred- itors of the said John Gray agreeable to the Act of General Assembly of this Province And that his Majesty's Grants for the said Lands do pass in the Name of the Purchaser or Purchasers-

Upon a Memorial of William Brown Searcher of his Additional Fees ordd .; to be ta- ken by the Customs. Majesty's. Customs at the Port of Savannah Praying Searcher of the that he might be allowed sundry Fees for Business in his Office not provided for in the Establishment of Fees by Order of the Governour and Council in the Year 1755 It is Ordered that the following Fees be demanded and taken by him, vizt

For indorsing a Sufferance for Shipping or loading Goods 1/4

Gauging Wine. . by the Pipe £o .. 0 .. 4 Gauging Melasses 0 .. 0 .. 5 Weighing foreign Sugars p' Cask. 0 .. 0 .. 4

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Caveat by the Adminrs. of Captain Gray agt. Kelsal &c. heard and de- termined.

Upon a Caveat entred by the Administrators of Cap- tain John Gray deceased against Roger Kelsal and Simon Munroe's Obtaining his Majesty's Grant for three hun- dred Acres of Land in St Andrew's Parish heretofore ordered Durham Hancock deceased which Caveat was this day heard It is Ordered that the said Administra- tors be permitted to sell the Land in Question, as Part of the Estate of the said John Gray at public Sale and that the Proceeds thereof be divided among the Creditors of the said Gray agreeable to the Act of the General Assembly of this Province And that his Majesty's Grant for the said Land do pass in the Name of the Purchaser thereof-

Grants ordered to pass for the Church Lot in Ebenezer and Lots ordered the Ministers.

Upon the Application of John Wertsch It is Ordered That his Majesty's Grant for a Town Lot in Ebenezer containing Sixty Feet by one hundred and Twenty Feet originally allotted for, and whereon the Church now Stands : And for Two Acres of Land there also allotted, and now used for a Cemetrey or burying Ground: Do pass (notwithstanding the Lapse of Time) to and in the Name of the Reverend Henry Harman Lemke and Christian Rabenhurst Clerks, the present Ministers, In Trust only for the Use and Purpose aforesaid And that the Surveyor General do prepare and certify a Plan Ac- cordingly from the Records in his Office-

Justices ap- pointed for St. George's Par- ish.

And likewise that his Majesty's Grant or Grants for Two Town Lots in Ebenezer each Lot containing sixty Feet by one hundred and Twenty Feet originally allotted for two Ministers of the Gospel Do pass (notwithstand- ing the Lapse of Time) to and in the Names of John Flerl and John Wertsch of Ebenezer aforesaid In Trust for the Use of the Reverend Henry Harman Lemke and Christian Rabenhurst the present Ministers resident there and their Successors for ever And that the Surveyor

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general do prepare and certify a Plan or Plans accord- ingly from the Records in his Office-

ORDERED That John Thomas and James Pugh be two of his Majesty's Justices Assigned to keep the Peace in and for the Parish of St George; And that the Clerk of the Crown with whom the Commission of the Peace is lodged do insert their Names accordingly-

His Excellency the Governour signed the following Grants vizt

Grants signed.

To Henry Baker 150 Acres Hall Hudson . 200 Acres Nicholas Horton . . 500 Acres Benjamin Lewis. .. . 100 Acres Barrot Montgomery. 200 Acres

St George's Parish

John Street ........ 200 Acres Benjamin Williamson. ... . 100 Acres

John Bradshaw . . . . 250 Acres r

Robert Baillie (Purch$) . . 1000 } St Andrew's Parish Acres

John McCullock. . . . 100 Acres

Mary Ann Delegal. . .. 300| St Matthew's Parish" Acres

George Swiger .. . . 300 Acres

Barnard Romans. . 100 Acres Elizabeth Valaton a Lot in Sa- Parish

Christ Church

vannah

Nicholas Cavenah. . . 200 Acres St Philip's Parish

James Heron

200 Acres St Paul's Parish.

Donald. Mackay. 100 Acres St James's Parish

Joseph Stevens 150 Acres St John's Parish :

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DECEMBER, 1767.

GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 1st December 1767-

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

The Honble

Noble Jones Francis Harris James Mackay Esqrs

( James Edwª Powell James Read Lewis Johnson -

Petition of Chas. West for 600 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Charles West setting forth that he had had granted him three thousand Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having Eighty Negroes Therefore praying for Six hundred Acres upon a Neck of Land of Turtle River to adjoin Land of Arthur Carney and Morgan Sabb-

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 the said Charles West setting forth Chas. West for as in the aforegoing Petition And praying for four hun- Petition of 400 Acres read and dred Acres upon a Branch of Turtle River to adjoin Land of Isaac Haynes-

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 23 cr-vol 10

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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 John Stacey setting forth that he Petition of John Stacy (sic) had had ordered him Five hundred and fifty Acres of 300 Acres read Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife four Children and thirteen Slaves There- fore praying for three hundred Acres to include two hundred and fifty Acres before ordered him but no Grant had passed for it as the Land was at that Time thought and to be within the Indian Boundaries but was now known to be a Part of the Province-

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 Rod. Mackay for 1000 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Roderic Mackay setting forth that he had had granted him five hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Family Right of Twenty Six Negroes as proved in June 1766 and four Negroes born since Therefore praying for One thousand Acres on the South Side of great Satilla River joining Land there ordered Captain Rogers --

Granted.

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Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted.

Petition of John Hall for 50 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Hall setting forth that he had been six years in the Province had had granted him three hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife five Children and one Negroe Therefore praying for fifty Acres upon the three Runs in St Matthew's Parish two Miles from Land run out for John Goldwire-

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 John Ford for 40 acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Ford setting forth that he had been three Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was settled on Land he had purchased at Pallachocolas before granted one MºClary adjoining the head Lines of which was a Small vacant Piece of Land containing not more than forty Acres Therefore praying for the said vacant Piece-

Granted

Read a Petition of Joseph Oswell setting forth that

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Petition of Jo. he had been about twelve Years in the Province had had Oswell for 400 Acres read

and

no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife two Children and three Negroes Therefore praying for four hundred Acres vizt three hundred Acres heretofore ordered Samuel Richard- son in St Andrew's Parish and One hundred Acres here- tofore ordered Thomas Elliott in St John's Parish both which Plats were elapsed in the Surveyor General's Office-

300 Acrs. granted.

Petition of Will. Jones for 300 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Jones setting forth that he had been five Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife and three Children Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish upon a Place called the black Bluff between the Lines of Land ordered Poulson and Homer-

Granted.

Read a Petition of Thomas Reddy setting forth that

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Petition of Thos. Reddy for 150 Acres read

and

he had had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the South side of Sapalo which was found not to be convenient and therefore he did not survey it And praying for in Lieu thereof One hundred and fifty Acres near Windy Hill to adjoin Land of Sir Patrick Hous- toun-

Granted.

Petition of sol. Wells for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Absolom Wells setting forth that he had been Eight Months in the Province had had or- dered him Two hundred Acres of Land and was de- sirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife four Children and three Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres upon Briar Creek to join Land of George Walker-

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-

Ryan for 100 Acres read and

Read a Petition of John Ryan setting forth that he Petition of Jno. had been twelve Months 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 Andrew's Parish at a Place called white Creek-

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Granted.

Petition of Giles Moore for 150 acres read

and

Read a Petition of Giles Moore setting forth that he had been some Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hun- dred and fifty Acres at a Place called Horse Creek about a Mile from Darian-

Granted.

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 25

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