Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 35

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

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Warrant was expired in its Term and the Land not laid out Therefore praying for leave to resign that Warrant and to have the said Land granted him in Two Tracts at the same Place, that is to say, One Tract to contain five hundred Acres and the other Tract four hundred and fifty Acres.

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

Petition of Thos. Flyming cept read

and

Read a Petition of Thomas Flyming setting forth that he had Obtained a Warrant for laying out five hundred Acres of Land which was to be reserved for him for twelve Months but the Deputy Surveyer, with whom the Precept was lodged lost the same and no Survey had been yet made Therefore praying that the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the Land might be ascertained.

Granted.

RESOLVED That the Prayer of the said Petition is granted And that the Surveyer general do issue a new Precept accordingly.

Read a Petition of Lachlan McGillivray Esq" setting Petition of L. forth that in the Month of November 1766 he did pur- McGillivray concerning a Garden Lot chase sundry Garden Lots lying to the West of Savannah lately ordered together with the dwelling House Buildings and Im- provements thereon erected and being, which Premisses were the Property of William Smith Tanner deceased : And had since purchased of several Persons other Garden Lots adjoining, the Cost of the whole amounting to five hundred Pounds Sterling or there about- That the dwelling House and Improvements made by Smith and

him read

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purchased by Memorialist were said to be and were in- tended to be erected on Lot Number 41. but the Lot being divided from Lot Number 42 only by a diagonal Line (the two Lots making a Square) it was apprehended that, possibly, some of the said Buildings, by their Situation might extend across the Line: and to prevent future Contests, as well as to Secure his Just property, Memo- rialist made early Application to become Purchaser of the said Lot Number 42 but finding it impracticable the said Lot, as then said being the Property of a Minor who could make no Title, Memorialist proposed, as an Expe- dient to lodge a Sum of Money in the Guardian's Hands, equivalent to the Value of the said Lot, to be for the use of the Minor, when of Age, on the said Lot being conveyed to him- That upon Search lately made in the proper offices it was found that no Grant had passed to the Person, under whom the present Minor claimed, for the Lot Number 42, but that the Lot inserted in the said Grant was Number 50; therefore the Memorialist at the last Board did exhibit his Petition for the said Lot Num- ber 42 as a vacant Lot, which was accordingly ordered him, but the Guardian of the aforementioned Minor had since entered a Caveat against the Grant passing- That on a Resurvey of the front Lines of the said Lots, lately made at Memorialist's Expence by Henry Yonge Esq" Surveyer general and M' Romans his Deputy, it was found that all the Buildings made by Smith were on the said Lot Number 42 claimed by the aforesaid Minor- That after the great Expense Memorialist had been at it would be an extreme Hardship on him to have his Build- ings taken from him by far the most valuable Part of his Purchase, Therefore hoping his Case being taking under serious Consideration, and it not appearing in the Public Plan of Garden Lots (remaining in the Surveyer general's Office) that any Grant had yet passed for the said Lot Number 42. that the order made in his Favour

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at the last Board touching the same Lot might be con- firmed.

Postponed.

ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Memorial be postponed until all Parties can attend.

Read a Petition of Nicholas Tiess setting forth that he Nicholas Tiess Was an old settler in the Province had had no Land Petition of for 50 Acres read granted him and was desirous to Obtain a Piece for Cul- tivation Therefore praying for a Lot containing fifty and Acres in Vernonburgh known in the Plan of the Town- ship by Number twenty two.

Postponed. ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed the Petitioner not attending.

Petition of John Frost for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Frost setting forth that he had been three years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife and two Children Therefore pray- ing for One hundred and fifty Acres on the South side of great Ogechee River in St Philip's Parish about seven Miles above a Place there called Eatton's Gardens.

Postponed.

ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be postponed the Petitioner not attending.

Petition of John Bishop for 250 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of John Bishop setting forth that he had had no Land granted him in Family right and was desirous to Obtain Land having three Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres about ten Miles South West of Savannah and to adjoin Land of Alexan- der Wylly.

Rejected. ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected.

Read a Petition of Samuel Eastlake setting forth that

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he had been favoured with Land in Family right and Petition of Sam. Eastlake for 150 Acres purch. read

and

was desirous to Obtain a Tract upon Purchase There- fore praying for on Purchase, One hundred and fifty Acres on the South Side of great Ogechee in St Philip's Parish to adjoin Land there ordered Joseph Johnson.

Rejected. ORDERED That the said petition be rejected-

Petition of Hen. Cavenah for 100 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Henry Cavenah setting forth that he had had granted him One hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on Dohart's Creek a Branch of Rocky Comfort about a Mile and half above Land granted John Emanuel.

Rejected.

ORDERED

That the said Petition be rejected.

His Excellency communicated to the Board a Letter His Excelly. communicates' Letter to the Bod. touching some Indians having robbed he had received from Colonel Jackson, of Augusta ac- quainting him that a Party of Indians going through the Settlements towards the Creek Nation had robbed a Man in the one James Carter of all he had and that the rest of the Settlements. Inhabitants were so apprehensive of suffering the Same Injury that they prevailed on Capt Thomas (who with some of the Militia under his Command had gone after the Indians and recovered a Part of the Stolen Goods) to leave some of his People for their Protection, which Captain Thomas had done under Promise of being paid for their Service: And requesting to be informed how those People were to be paid, and what Orders he might give in such Cases for the future The Board on consid- Opinion of Board thereon. ering the Matter were of Opinion that whatever the De- mand might be should be given into the Treasurer to be laid before the Assembly at their Next Meeting, there being no Fund appropriated for that Service- That the People in the Settlements ought to take every prudent Step to defend and protect their Properties from Depre-

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dation, but that the late Treaty settled with the Indians at Augusta and the Laws of the Province were to be duely Observed and great Care taken that no Acts of Violence be committed that might in their Consequence involve the Province in a Rupture with the Indians.

ORDERED That Captain Powell and Messrs John Persons named Smith and Basil Cooper be requested to meet and adjust to adjust the Salvage of some the Salvage of two Boxes of Silk saved from on Board Silk. the Ship Hawk lately cast away on the southern Coast of this Province.

His Excellency the Governour signed the following Grants vizt

Grants signed.

To James Bridges 250 Acres James Bowie 150 Acres John Brunson 200 Acres James Garvey (Bounty) 200 Acres Solomon Prethro 150 Acres Peter Shand 100 Acres

In St George's Parish.

Arthur Wall 350 Acres John Waters 150 Acres

Richard Burford 150 Acres Basil Cooper & Cº 500 Acres Robert Hudson 400 Acres William Powell 150 Acres Ludwig Weitman 250 Acres

In St Matthew's Parish.

William Jones 150 Acres James Muter 400 Acres William Odam 300 Acres John Wertsch 100 Acres

In St Philip's Parish.

John Christian 100 Acres - In St Paul's Parish.

Peter Walsh 300 Acres

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Grants signed. To Benjamin Fox 100 Acres ) Benjamin Fox (Purch$) { In Christ's Church Parish. 150 Acres

John Grayson 500 Acres In St Thomas's Parish. .

William Mackintosh 300 Acres In St Mary's Parish.

Christian Rolland (Widow) 200 Acres In St An- drew's Parish.

Edward Barnard a Town Lot in Augusta.

GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 7th June 1768.

Present

His Excellency James Wright Esq"

The Honble { James Edwd Powell Esqrs

[ James Habersham Francis Harris James Mackay Clement Martin Jun™ Lewis Johnson James Read L

Read a Petition of Lieutenant White Outerbridge set- ting forth that under his Majesty's royal Proclamation granting Lands to reduced Officers in America he was intituled to Two Thousand Acres of Land as an Ensign in General Oglethorpe's late Regiment and afterwards a Lieutenant in one of the late Independent Companies of South Carolina which Portion of Land he was desirous to Obtain and take up in this Province Therefore praying

Petition of Lieut. White Outerbridge for Bounty Land read

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and

for Two Thousand Acres on the South side of great Sa- tilla near Land there ordered Alexander Inglis and oppo- site a Small Hammock called Crow Harbor.

Granted.

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

Read a Petition of Jonathan Cochran setting forth that Petition of Jon, he had had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land in Cochran for 1000 & 500 Acres read St Philip's Parish which on going to Survey was found not fit for Cultivation that he was possessed of Upwards of thirty Negroes Therefore praying for One thousand Acres upon Black Creek Swamp in St Philip's Parish to adjoin four hundred Acres there ordered James Muter and to be run out in an Oblong and also for five hundred Acres in the same Parish about twenty Miles above Perry's Mill to join upon Ogechee River at a small Branch about three Miles above a Creek called Crawford's and and to be laid out nearly square as the good Land did not extend more than thirty Chains from the 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 Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted but the five hundred Acre Tract is not to be laid out 'till the Boundary Line is fixed.

Read a Petition of John Wereat setting forth that he

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Petition of John Wereat for 1000 Acres read

had had only three hundred and sixty Acres of Land granted him in family Right and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife a Child and twenty six Negroes Therefore praying for One thousand Acres- on the North side great Satilla to adjoin the Upper Line of Land said to be granted in Carolina to Benjamin Singleton.

and

Granted.

Petition of Will. Coulson for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Coulson setting forth that he had had Eight hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife a Child and twenty one Slaves Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres in St George's Parish to adjoin Land there granted Abraham Lundy.

Granted.

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner dothi 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 Saml. Jones for 400 Acres read and

Read a Petition of Samuel Jones setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an addi- tional Tract having a Wife two Children and twenty Negroes Therefore praying for four Hundred Acres on a Branch of Newport lying between Land of James Andrew and Lydia Saunders and to be laid out in an Oblong.

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Granted.

Read a Petition of Shem Butler setting forth that he Petition of Shem Butler read had had five hundred Acres of Land granted him and was for 750 Acres desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Child and Twenty two Negroes Therefore praying for Seven hundred and fifty Acres between Ogechee and Coonochee and near the Land before granted him to be laid out in an Oblong it being intended for a Reservoir of Water.

Granted.

Petition of Richd. Baker for 300 Acres read

Read a Petition of Richard Baker setting forth that he had had granted him One thousand Acres of Land and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife five Children and Twenty Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish (as appeared by the Parish Line lately run) to adjoin Land there already granted him and to include One hundred Acres heretofore ordered Benjamin Baker and elapsed- The Land prayed for to be laid out in an Oblong on Account of the Narrowness of the Swamp.

and

Granted.

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

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said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted.

Spalding for 800 Acres read

Read a Petition of James Spalding setting forth that Petition of Jas. he with Donald Mackay had ordered them in January last Eight hundred Acres of Land about three Miles back from Cawston's Bluff on the South side of great Satilla being Inland Swamp they having Sixteen Negroes That no grant had passed for the said Land and that the said Mackay was dead and the Negroes become the Property and of the Petitioner Therefore praying that the aforesaid Eight hundred Acres be granted to him in Family Right.

Granted.

Petition of Henry Petty for 250 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of Henry Petty setting forth that he had been Eighteen Months in the Province had had 110 Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and two Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin three hundred Acres this Day ordered Richard Baker and to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp being very narrow.

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- 32 cr-vol 10

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

Read a Petition of James Andrew setting forth that he Andrew for 150 had not obtained Land to the Number of his Family Petition of Jas, Acres read having a Wife two Children and seven Slaves and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract Therefore pray- ing for One hundred and fifty Acres on a Branch of and Newport lying to the West of and adjoining Land there already granted him.

Granted

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

Petition of James Ler on for 400 Acres read

Read a Petition of James Lemon setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Ad- ditional Tract having a Wife three Children and three Negroes Therefore praying for four hundred Acres on the Head of Lambert's Creek a Branch of Turtle River within a Quarter of a Mile of Land ordered John Lynn ; to be run in an Oblong the Swamp being narrow.

and

RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner Granted 250 Acres in Fame 150 Acrs. on Purchase. doth take out Grants for the said Land within seven ily Right and 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 Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted viz two hundred and fifty Acres in Family right and One hundred and fifty Acres on Pur- chase.

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Petition of J. 500 Acres Purch. read

and

Read a Petition of Jacob Helvenstine setting forth that he had had Land granted him in Family right and four hundred Acres on Purchase And that he was building a Saw Mill upon the said Land Therefore praying for on Purchase, for the Use of the said Mill Five hundred Acres of Pine Land upon Turtle River in St David's Parish to adjoin the Land there already granted him and also Eighty Acres to adjoin other Part of his said Land-

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 complying with the order of Council touching Lands granted on Purchase.

Petition of James Hearn for 200 read

and

Read a Petition of James Hearn setting forth that he had been in the Province from his Childhood had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having two Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres upon Cypress Branch about five Miles back from great Ogechee River near Land ordered John Barnaby to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp being extremely narrow.

Granted,

Read a Petition of Samuel Hudson setting forth that

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Petition of Saml. Hudson for 100 Acres read

and

he had had seven hundred Acres of Land granted him and was possessed of two Negroes for whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres about a Mile above Barton's Branch in St Mat- thew's Parish to adjoin Land of the Petitioner's and Land of Charles Hudson and Richard Scruggs.

Granted.

Petition of Waffe Rand for 550 Acres re

and

Read a Petition of Waffe Rand setting forth that he had been some Years in the Province had had no Lands granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having seven Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred and fifty Acres on the South Side of great Ogechee River above Parry's Mill and nearly opposite Land ordered Isaac Young on the north side of the said 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-

Petition of Matt. Ash for

and

Read a Petition of Matthias Ash setting forth that he had had ordered him four hundred Acres of Land but could (sie) only One hundred and fifty Acres vacant That he had a Wife and four Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres on Black Creek three Miles above Land ordered James Muter.

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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 Barnard Ro- mans for 150 & Acres re

and

Read a Petition of Barnard Romans setting forth that he had lately ordered him five hundred Acres of Land on Purchase at Ogechee which he had not surveyed and desired to resign That he had three Negroes for whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres in Family right and One hun- dred and fifty Acres adjoining on Purchase at Ogechee aforesaid at the Place where he had the five hundred Acres ordered him.

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 Willm. Pinnell for 150 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of William Pinnell 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 six Children and two Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres between great Ogechee and Buck head at a Place called the Aligator Pond.

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 James Cherry for 200 Acres read

and

Read a Petition of James Cherry setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St Philip's Parish to adjoin Southerly Land there ordered Peter Knight and near Land ordered George Gardiner deceased.

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Volume X, Part 35

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