Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 31

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

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John Polson and Donald Mackay Esqrs Justices for the Parish of St James

Robert Baillie, Lachlan Mackintosh, George Mackin- tosh, Jermyn Wright, Charles Wright, Donald Mackay and Button Gwinnett Esqrs Justices of the Parish of St Andrew and as far Southward as the River St Mary.

ORDERED That the Secretary do prepare the said Commissions accordingly.

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His Excellency the Governour signed the following Grants vizt

Grants signed. To Henry Crumb 500 Acres Benjamin Horn 100 Acres Roger Kelsall & Simon Mun- roe 1000 Acres Roger Kelsall & Simon Mun- roe 100 Acres Francis Pugh 100 Acres George Wyche 200 Acres Peter Wynne (Purch®) 200 Acres

In St George's Parish

Joseph Burton 25 Acres William Kennedy (Purch8) | In St Matthew's Parish 150 Acres David Steiner 150 Acres

David Anderson 100 Acres 1 In St Paul's Parish David Calliham 100 Acres 'S

Elizabeth Butler Widow 500 Acres In St Philip's Parish. Rodolph Burghalter 400 Acres

James Habersham 665 Acres In St Mary's Parish

Roger Kelsall & Simon Munroe 200 Acres, In St Andrew's Parish

Richard Wylly (Purch8) 500 Acres, In Christ Church Parish

Henry Yonge 750 Acres, In St Patrick's Parish

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FEBRUARY, 1768.

GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Wednesday the 10th Febru- ary 1768

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

The Honble.

Noble Jones Francis Harris Grey Elliott Lewis Johnson ( John Graham

1 Esq™ª

His Excellency proposed that the following Gentlemen be added in the New Commission of the Peace, vizt,

Gentlemen posed to be in- new Commiss. of the Peace approved Edward Barnard Esq' for the Province, John Simpson Esq' for Christ Church Parish John Walton Esq" for St Paul's Parish, Roger Kelsal Esq" for St John's Parish, Lachlan Mackintosh and George Mackintosh Esq's for St Jame's Parish : and John Davis Sen" for St Philip's Commission signed. Parish; Which was accordingly done, and his Excellen- cy signed the said Commission.

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GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Thursday the 18th February 1768.

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

The Honble

James Habersham Noble Jones James Edwª Powell Grey Elliott Esqrs

Clement Martin Lewis Johnson James Read | John Graham

Read a Memorial of Mess's John Rae and George

Memorial of Rae & Galphin Galphin in Respect of the fifty Thousand Acres of Land touching the on the Branches of Ogechee heretofore laid out and re- for Irish prot- estant Families served for a Township for Protestant Families to be brought from the North of Ireland.

Ordered to be ORDERED That the said Memorial be laid before the laid before the General Assembly.

genl. Assembly

Read also a Letter from Le Roy Hammond acquaint- Arrival of sun- ing his Excellency that in Consequence of a Reserve of dry of the Qua- ker Families for whom a Re- serve of Land was made. Twelve Thousand Acres of Land on little River for sun- dry Families (Quakers) in North Carolina : ten Families of those People were arrived in the Province to take up and Settle Part of the Lands so reserved: Agreeable to the Stipulation made by the Board on the first day of September last, with the Person then presenting their Petition.

Reserve of the ORDERED That a further Reserve of the Residue of the said Twelve thousand Acres be made for those- Families until the first day of January 1769.

Residue of the Land continued until 1st Janu- ary 1769.

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Account pres- ent to the Board to be audited.

The Clerk present (sie) to his Excellency an Account intituled "The Public D' to Charles Gartl. Esq"" "For his Salary commencing the first Day of June last and provided for by the Tax Bill passed 26th March last £100"

Savannah 15th February 1768

Upon which his Excellency ordered the Tax Bill to be Opinion of the sent for, where the Article Stands as follows "To Charles Board in Re- spect of the same being paid.

Garth Esq" Agent for this Province his Salary fico" Whereupon the Clerk was desired by his Excellency to produce the Appointment of M' Garth as Agent for that his Excellency knew of no such Appointment: and was also asked whether he had any Power of Attorney to de- mand and receive that Sum? to which the Clerk answered that he was not possessed of M' Garth's Appointment as Agent, nor did he know of any such Appointment, nor had he any Power of Attorney from him to demand and receive the said £100. His Excellency observed that even if their had been a regular Appointment by the Govern- our Council and Assembly yet the Money would not be due till June Next : and then Stated the Matter to the Gentlemen of the Council for their Opinion and Resolu- tion thereon, Whether any order should or could issue to the Treasurer for the Payment of the same. Who unani- mously declared that they know of no Agent for this Province, and that they were of Opinion no order could issue for the Payment of the said fioo to M' Garth for the Reason given by his Excellency : And to obviate any seeming Impropriety in such an Article standing in the Tax Bill, they desired to refer to the Reasons given by them on the 20th of March 1767 when convened in gen- eral Assembly, and which were entred on their Journals for that Day.

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GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday Ist March 1768.

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

[ James Habersham | Noble Jones Jonathan Bryan

The Honble { Clement Martin Jun" } Esq's Grey Elliott Lewis Johnson \ John Graham

Minutes read & approved.

The Minutes of Council of the 5th IIth 20th and 28th Days of January and of the Ist 2ª 10th and 18th Days of February last were at this Board read and approved.

Petition of Clemt. Martin Junr. for 500 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Clement Martin Jun" Esq' setting forth that he had heretofore ordered him Eighteen hun- dred Acres of Land on Jekyl Island which he had since resigned And praying for in part thereof five hundred Acres upon the three Runs to adjoin Land there ordered John Milledge and Thomas Fleming.

Granted.

Petition of John Graham for 700 & 300 Acres read

Read a Petition of John Graham Esq" setting forth that he was possessed of fourteen Negroes for which he had Obtained no Land And praying for in Family Right Seven hundred Acres, and three hundred Acres adjoin-

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and

ing on Purchase, being Pine barren lying opposite to One thousand Acres of fresh Water Marsh heretofore granted him below Maxton's Bluff on Satilla River.

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out Grants for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grants 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, on his Complying with the order of Council in Respect of the three hundred Acres granted on Purchase.

Read a Petition of John Rae and George Galphin Rae & Galphin setting forth that on an Application by them made they Petition of for a further Reserve of the had had reserved on the Branches of Ogechee Fifty Land laid out a Towns read thousand Acres of Land for three Years which Reserve was intended for the Benefit of Families from the North of Ireland to be brought into the Province by their Means and was expired Therefore praying that a further Re- serve of the said Land for the Purposes aforesaid might be made for the Term of three Years to come in which and Time they were no Way doubtful but that they should be able to effect the Settlement intended.

ORDERED That the Reserve be continued for one Continued for a Year next coming But should the Quakers, for whom a Year. Reserve is made of Twelve thousand Acres on little River, choose to Settle on the said fifty thousand Acres they are to be accommodated-Nevertheless Lambtons big Creek is to be reserved intirely for the Irish Settle- ment.

Read a Petition of Jonathan Cochran setting forth that Petition of Jon. he had had no Land granted him being Settled on Lands Cochran for 1000 acres read

he had purchased and was desirous to Obtain Land for

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and

Cultivation having thirty Negroes Therefore praying for One thousand Acres in St Philip's Parish to adjoin Land there ordered James Cochran.

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out Grants for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grants 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 John Martin for 1000 Acres (purch.) read

and

Read a Petition of John Martin setting forth that he had been about Ten Months in the Province from Rhode Island had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land whereon to settle Therefore praying for, on Purchase, One thousand Acres in St Philip's Parish near Lands there granted or ordered James Cochran.

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 prayed for to adjoin this Day ordered Jonathan Cochran, Neverthe- less the Petitioner Complying with the Order of Coun- cil touching Lands granted on Purchase.

Petition of Saml. Farley for 500 Acres (Purch.) read and

Read a Petition of Samuel Farley setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land Therefore praying for on Purchase Five hundred Acres near or adjoining Land ordered Barnard Romans on 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 Prov- ince within Six Months from the Date thereof that liis Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted the Land prayed for to adjoin Barnard Roman's Land. Nevertheless the Petitioner Complying with the Order of Council touch- ing Lands granted on Purchase.

Petition of Geo. Galphin for 300 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of George Galphin setting forth that he had had two thousand Eight hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having Eighty Negroes for which he paid Tax in this Province Therefore praying for three hundred Acres between Me Bean's Swamp and Briar Creek to include the Place where one MºCleod was set- tled who fled from Justice.

Granted.

Petition of John Rae for 200 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Rae setting forth that he had had near two Thousand Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having Eighty Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres to adjoin Land of the Petitioner on the South side of Briar Creek called Rae's Ferry to include One hun- dred and fifty Acres surveyed for Thomas Whitehead and afterwards recalled.

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 John Maltby for 1000 Acres (Purch.) read

and

Read a Petition of John Maltby Clerk setting forth that he purposed settling in the Province and erecting a Saw Mill on a Tract of Land on St Mary's River ad- joining which was some Timber very commodious for the Use of the said Mill Therefore praying for on Pur- chase, One Thousand Acres on the head of Spanish Creek St Mary's River to adjoin the lower line of Land there ordered John Joachim Zubly.

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 on his Complying with the Order of Council touching Lands granted on Purchase.

Petition of Hugh Bryan for 1000 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Hugh Bryan setting forth that he had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having Twenty five Negroes Therefore praying for One thousand Acres on the Branches of black Creek three or four Miles back of M™ Jonathan Bryan's Plantation-the Land prayed for to be run in an oblong if necessary.

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

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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-

Petition of John Morel for 500 & 500 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Morel setting forth that he had lately ordered him for his Two Sons One thousand Acres of Land to the Southward of the Province which Lands were afterwards found to be included in Grants passed in Carolina Therefore praying for One thousand Acres a little above Land granted James Cochran on a Branch of black Creek great Ogechee River (that is to say) five hundred Acres in the Name of his Son Peter Henry Morel and the like Quantity in the Name of John Morel Jun".

Granted.

Petition of Robt. Bolton for 500 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Robert Bolton setting forth that he had had four hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having Six Children and Eight Negroes Therefore pray- ing for five hundred Acres between the two Satilla's at the head of Maxwell's Creek and near the Head of White Oak and M' Middleton's Plantation surrounded on all sides by vacant Land.

Granted.

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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-

Read a Petition of James Muter setting forth that he Petition of Jas. had been long settled in the Province had had three Muter for 400 Acres read hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having thirteen Negroes Therefore praying for four hundred Acres in and S' Philip's Parish on a Branch of Black Creek to adjoin Land petitioned for by John Bishop.

Granted.

Petition of John Gibbons , for 200 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Gibbons setting forth that he had had ordered him six hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife six Children and Twenty Negroes Therefore pray- ing for Two hundred Acres in Christ Church Parish to adjoin Land of David Montaigut, Alexander Wylly and vacant Land-

Granted.

Read a Petition of Edmund Pierce setting forth that

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Petition of Edmd. Pierce for 400 Acres (Purch.) read

and

he had lately ordered him Part in Family Right and partly on Purchase three hundred Acres of Land then- to-fore ordered Arthur Wall which was elapsed in Point of Time wherein a Grant ought to have passed That Petitioner had resigned his Right to that Land to the said Wall Therefore praying that (in Lieu of the Land so resigned) he might Obtain four hundred Acres on Purchase at the head of watery Branch upon the Waters of Briar Creek on the North side about half a Mile from the said Arthur Wall's Land.

Granted

Petition of Joseph Burton for 100 Acres read

Read a Petition of Joseph Burton setting forth that he had been many Years Settled in the Province had had only three hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife Eight Children and Seven Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred Acres about a Mile and half back from Savannah River to adjoin Land of Christopher Hudson in St Matthew's Parish.

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 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 Jackson setting forth that

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Petition of Jas. Jackson for 150 & 150 Acres read

and

Crook Mackintosh and Jackson some Time since Ob- tained a Warrant for three hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish-which afterwards proved not to be vacant so that the Warrant could not be executed and the said Company was since dissolved Therefore praying that in Lieu thereof he might have granted to himself One hundred and fifty Acres on a Fork of the Euchee Creek near a Place called Locust Hill and One hundred and fifty Acres on a Branch of the Euchee Creek called the long Branch or back Creek.

Postponed.

ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed until the Land be more clearly described. And the Petitioner shows that the Negroes of the late Partnership are vested in him.

Petition of John Cochrun for 100 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Cochrun setting forth that he had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and three Children Therefore praying for One hun- dred Acres in Hallifax to adjoin Land of Benjamin Orr on Briar Creek to include a Settlement there made by Peter Grant deceased.

Granted.

Petition of Peter Blyth for 500 Acres read and

Read a Petition of Peter Blyth setting forth that he was desirous to Obtain a Tract of Land upon Purchase And praying for five hundred Acres in St Philip's Parish upon a Branch of Black Creek above Land of Elisha Butler Esq".

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Granted.

Petition of Peter Randon for 500 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Peter Randon setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province had had five hun- dred and fifty Acres granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having Nineteen Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred Acres in S' Matthew's Parish about four Miles below the flat Ford and to adjoin Land there of John Teale.

Granted.

Petition of Caleb Cox for 100 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Caleb Cox setting forth that he was lately come into the Province from South Carolina and was desirous to Obtain Land whereon to Settle hav- ing a Wife Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on Brushy Branch to adjoin Land there granted or or- dered James Bickham 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 dothi 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 Jas. Douglass for 250 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of James Douglass setting forth that he had lived in the Province near three Years had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and six Children There- fore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres on Rocky Creek in St George's Parish to adjoin Land this Day ordered David Howell and near Land of John Tanner.

Granted.

Petition of Davd. Howell for 100 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of David Howell setting forth that he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract hav- ing a Wife and four Children Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on Rocky Creek St George's Parish to adjoin the Land before granted him.

Granted.

Read a Petition of John Club setting forth that he Petition of John Club for was an old Inhabitant of the Province had had no Land 450 Acres read granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-

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and

tivation having a Wife and six Children Therefore pray- ing for four hundred and fifty Acres at the head of Todd's Creek on the South Side of great Satilla River.

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 31

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