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Petition of Ensign C. Bur- nett for 2000 Acrs. (Bounty) read
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Read a Petition of Ensign Charles Burnett setting forth that he was a reduced Officer having the Commission of Ensign in his Majesty's Seventy Eight Regiment of Foot or second highland Battalion lately doing Duty in America and now disbanded And was desirous to settle in this Province and take up Lands on his Majesty's Bounty agreeable to the royal Proclamation Therefore praying for two Thousand Acres at great Ogechee near a Place there called rocky Comfort to adjoin Land this Day petitioned for by Thomas Netherclift.
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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 Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Joseph Gibbons setting forth that Petition of Jo. he had a Wife Seven Children and One hundred and Gibbons for 1000 Acres read Twenty nine Negroes in this Province and that he had had but Five Thousand and Sixty two Acres of Land granted him on Family right Therefore praying for one thousand Acres on or near great Ogechee River above the Lands reserved for an Irish Settlement or Adjoining and near Lands lately allotted to his Excellency the Govern- our.
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 to join Land this Day ordered Ensign Charles Burnett.
Petition of Wm. Gibbons for 1000 Acres read
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Read a Petition of William Gibbons setting forth that he had a Wife six Children and Seventy-one Negroes and had had no more than Two Thousand Five hundred Acres of Land granted him Therefore praying for One thousand Acres on or near great Ogechee River above the Lands reserved for an Irish Settlement, or adjoining near Lands petitioned for by William Gibbons son of Joseph Gibbons.
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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 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 to join Land or- dered this Day to his Brother.
Petition of Wm. DeVeaux for three Tracts read
Read a Petition of William De Veaux setting forth that at the last board he had ordered him fifteen hundred Acres of Land at a Place called Taylor's Creek or little Coonochee which on going to survey it was found that the Quantity could not be had in one Tract Therefore praying for the said fifteen hundred Acres in the follow- ing Manner viz five hundred Acres on little Coonochee or Taylor's Creek about a Mile and half from James Taylor's Land; five hundred Acres at little Coonochee · aforesaid adjoining Land of Charles Mearn Westerly : and five hundred Acres on little Coonochee aforesaid to adjoin Land of David Dicks Jun" Westerly.
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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 part of the prayer of the said Petition is granted vizt the five hun- dred Acres to join Land of Charles Mearn after three hundred and fifty Acres before ordered him is laid out.
Petition of Davd. Brydie for 150 Acres read
Read a Petition of David Brydie setting forth that pursuant to a Warrant of the 2ª August last he had five hundred Acres of Land ordered him in St John's Parish but finds that the pine lands included therein was (sic) too low for a Settlement and their being no high land in the
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Tract Therefore praying for an Additional Tract of One hundred and fifty Acres, adjoining the North East Cor- ner, being an Oak ride and high pine Land, and for the Convenience of his Settlement he might have the Survey in the form of an L to include the said high land and a Small branch adjoining the Corner of his tract afore- said and that he might be indulged by having the Whole in one Grant on his paying the fees of each Tract.
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 R. Womack for 300 Acres read
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Read a Petition of Richard Womack setting forth that he had been three Years in the Province had had one hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife four Children and Six Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres upon Rocky Comfort about a Mile above Land ordered the said Womack in May last.
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 the Lands this Day or- dered at or near the same Place to be first run.
Petition of Richd. Fox for Acres re
Read a Petition of Richard Fox setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had One hundred Acres granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having twelve Negroes Therefore praying for
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two hundred Acres on little Ogechee to adjoin Land at the last Board ordered his Brother Benjamin Fox and to be run in an Oblong on Account of the narrowness of the Swamp.
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 Will. Fox for 300 Acres read
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Read a Petition of William Fox setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had five hundred Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife two Children and ten Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres on a Branch of little Ogechee to adjoin a Tract of Land he had purchased of Francis Harris Esq"
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 Michl. Stutz for 150 Acres Purch. read
Read a Petition of Michael Stutz setting forth that at the last Board he had ordered him three hundred and fifty Acres of Land upon a Branch of the Buffelo Swamp the South Side of the Alatamaha which Tract on the Survey consists only of a small Piece of Swamp and Pine Barren without any high Land whereon to plant Provisions Therefore praying for on Purchase One hundred and fifty Acres upon the Buffelo Swamp afore-
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said lying between Land of Lewis Mattier and Land laid out for the Endowment of a Colledge being a Piece of Land fit for Corn and Provisions.
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 Randal Bracy for 200 Acres read
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Read a Petition of Randal Bracy setting forth that he had had three hundred Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife four Children and Six Negroes Therefore pray- ing for Two hundred Acres at Buck head at a Place called Bear Camp to include One hundred Acres here- tofore ordered Thomas Wimberly deceased.
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-
siah Dickson for 150 Acres Purch. read
Read a Petition of Josiah Dickson setting forth that Petition of Jo- he had been some Years Settled in the Province had had Six hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife and Eleven Children Therefore praying. for on Purchase One hundred and fifty Acres being a Piece of Swamp adjoining in Front the Land already granted and him on the South Side great Ogechee and lying between his said Land and the River.
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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 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 R. Smallwood for 500 Acres read
Read a Petition of Robert Smallwood setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province had had four hundred and twenty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife five Children and Eleven Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred Acres on the South Side of the Alatamaha River to adjoin Land there said to be laid out to Cornelius Dupont and to include an elapsed Tract there laid out for Moses Way - The Land prayed for to be run in an Oblong the Swamp being very narrow.
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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 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 Jno. Bishop for 500 Acres read and
Read a Petition of John Bishop setting forth that he had lately ordered him on Purchase five hundred Acres of Land in St Philip's Parish which on going to survey was found not to be vacant Therefore praying in Lieu thereof, five hundred Acres near the Head of little Oge- chee and near Land granted Christopher Dawson-
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 88 cr-vol 10
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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 to adjoin Dawson's Tract.
Petition of John Fox for 200 Acres read
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Read a Petition of John Fox setting forth that as a reduced non commissioned Officer had heretofore or- dered him two hundred Acres of Land upon the Main opposite Frederica but the same was not found vacant Therefore praying in Lieu thereof two hundred Acres upon great Satilla to adjoin Land there laid out and reserved for James Rogers.
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 Peter Grant for Acres r
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Read a Petition of Peter Grant setting forth that he had been thirty years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Wife and Six Children Therefore pray- ing for four hundred and fifty Acres on the South East End of St Simon's Island to adjoin or near Land ordered Jacob Shaw.
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 Nicholas Smith setting forth that
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he had been five Years in the Province had had no Land Petition of Nich. Smith for 250 Acres read granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Wife and two Children Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in St Andrew's and Parish upon the second Swamp to adjoin Land there laid out for Gilbert Grant.
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 Josiah Roberts setting forth that Petition of Jos. he was lately come into the Province from Mecklen- Roberts for 200 Acres read burgh County north Carolina had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land whereon to settle having a Wife and three Children Therefore praying and for two hundred Acres on a Branch of Rocky Creek called Reuben to adjoin Land of William Downey.
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 Jacob Meyer setting forth that he Petition of Ja. had been many Years settled in the Province had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was de- sirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife Therefore praying for forty Acres being vacant Garden Lots and Land joining his own Garden Lots and Land
Meyer for 40
Acres read
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and of Christopher Rottenburger, John Smith Michael Ha- berer and Viet Lietner.
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 the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Klein for 100 Acres read
Read a Petition of John Klein setting forth that he had been seventeen Years in the Province had had only fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and two Children Therefore praying for One hundred Acres at a Place called Basset's Pen Branch about fifteen Miles above Ebenezer, being a vacant Piece lying between Land there ordered David Unseld and Land of George Miller.
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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 Reuben Red for 100 Acres read
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Read a Petition of Reuben Red setting forth that he had been brought up in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul- tivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St George's Parish lying between Land granted John Fryer and Land of Thomas Red to begin at the said Fryer's Line.
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 Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of And. Bird for 50 Acres (Purch.) read
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Read a Petition of Andrew Bird setting forth that he had been several Years settled in the Province had had One hundred Acres of Land granted him and was de- sirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for on Purchase fifty Acres on the south side great Ogechee to adjoin Land of Josiah Dickson about Eight Miles above Parry's Mill-the Land prayed for being for the Use of a Grist Mill he was about to erect.
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 Bird for 100 Acres read
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Read a Petition of Silvanus Bird setting forth that he had been several Years in the Province had had One hundred Acres granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and three Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on great Oge- chee about three Miles above Land occupied by One Frost and fourteen Miles above Parry's Mill upon the River Swamp.
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
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may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Dunkin setting forth that he Petition of Jno. had been ten Years in the Province had had no Land Dunkin for 250 Acres read granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife and two Children Therefore pray- ing for two hundred and fifty Acres upon the South and Branch of Turtle River near or to adjoin. Land there ordered John William and Jane Carney.
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-
Moore for 400 Acres read
Read a Petition of Jacob Moore setting forth that he Petition of Jac. was lately come into the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous of Obtaining Land which he intended immediately to Cultivate and improve having a Wife and five Children Therefore praying for four hundred Acres, in two Tracts of two hundred Acres and each, on or near Turtle River on the north side at a place called hogg Crawl Creek and near White post Creek.
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven Months from this date and that 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 in one Tract
Read a Petition of Roderic Mackay setting forth that
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Petition of Rod. Mackay for Land or- dered him to pass to Rob. Baillie.
he had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land on the South Side great Satilla to adjoin Land there laid out and reserved for James Rogers; which Land so ordered him had not Yet been surveyed And the Petitioner had since exchanged the same with Robert Baillie Therefore praying that a new Warrant might issue for laying out the said One thousand Acres to and in the Name of the said Robert Baillie in Order that his Majesty's Grant might pass to him for the same.
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the said Rob- ert Baillie doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also regis- ter 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 Wm. Mackin- tosh for 400 & 100 Acres read
Read a Petition of William Mackintosh setting forth that he had heretofore Obtained a Warrant for laying out four hundred Acres of Land on the North Side Cat head Creek but the Land could not be there found vacant That the Petitioner was desirous to Obtain Land in Lieu thereof having a Wife six Children and twenty Eight Slaves and only Eight hundred and fifty Acres granted him Therefore praying for four hundred Acres in St An- drew's Parish to adjoin Land there of John Monroe and also One hundred Acres in the same Parish heretofore ordered James Westley and elapsed in respect of the Time in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed which last mentioned Tract adjoins the Petition- er's Settlement.
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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
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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 Hudson & al. for Grant to pass read
Read a Petition of Robert Hudson, Christopher Hud- son and James Noleboy setting forth that they had or- dered them Six hundred Acres of Land in St Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof re- turned into the Surveyer 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 they might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose.
and
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioners 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 they do also regis- ter 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-
Rutherford for Grant to pass read
Read a Petition of James Rutherford setting forth Petition of J. that he had had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land on the North Side great Ogechee adjoining Land of Henry Myers which had been surveyed and a Plan there- of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the Time was elapsed in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of Time his Majesty's Grant for the said Land might be ordered to pass to and in the Name of James Read Esq" who had purchased the same that the Sur- and veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose.
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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 regis- ter 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. Wertsch for
read
Read a Petition of John Wertsch setting forth that his Majesty's Grants for a Town Lot in Ebenezer and Grants to pass two Acres of Land originally allotted for and used for a Church and Cemetery, And for two other Town Lots originally allotted for two Ministers of the Gospel was some Time since ordered to pass to the Petitioner and others In trust for the aforesaid Uses but the Time was elapsed in which the Grants ought to have been taken or1 Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of Time his Majesty's Grants might be ordered to pass for the said Lots and that the Surveyer general might be and ordered to prepare and certify Plans thereof for that Purpose.
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