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RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of Henry Preston setting forth that he had been some Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having Seven Negroes Therefore praying for Five hundred Acres upon the North side of White Oak Creek great Satilla River in St Thomas's Parish about three or four Miles from M' Grayson's Planta- tion-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-for four Hundred and fifty Acres-
Read a Petition of James Stewart setting forth that he had lately ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in St John's Parish to adjoin Land there before granted him and was desirous to obtain an additional Quantity in the same place he having a Wife three Children and twenty Eight Negroes and only Seven Hundred Acres before granted him-Therefore praying that he might resign his Warrant for the two hundred Acres and obtain a Grant for four Hundred Acres in the same place-to be laid out agreeable to the Sketch thereof then Ex- hibited-
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RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of George Jarman setting forth that he had been some Years in the Province had had 110 Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St George's Parish on the road leading from Savannah to Augusta at a place where Andrew Me Currie had a Mill and to be run so as to include the Clear'd Land-
RESOLVED That on Condition &" the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of Robert Mackay setting forth that he had had no Land granted him had been many Years in the Province and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having two Negroes Therefore praying for two Hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land there granted his Father Donald Mackay deceased and Land of Hugh Clark-
RESOLVED That on Condition &e the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of William Long setting forth that he had been Six 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 Andrews Parish to adjoin Land there Granted Alexander Mc Donald de- ceased-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of Angus Mackay setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province had had no Land
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granted him (except Fifty Acres on his Majesty's Bounty as a disbanded Soldier) and was Desirous to obtain an Additional Tract for Cultivation Therefore praying for one hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish at a Place called Cat-head Creek to adjoin Land there of James Munroe and Edmund Harrold-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of James Galaspel setting forth that he had been a Year in the Province from South Carolina had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and a Child There- fore praying for two Hundred Acres at the head of Shevers's Creek in St Paul's Parish about half a Mile from Land there Surveyed for John Burney-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of Peter Parris setting forth that he had been brought up in the Province had had two Hun- dred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was de- sirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and Eleven Negroes as before proved Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres at Locust hill a Branch on Euchee Creek in St Paul's Parish about a Mile and half from Land there ordered Le Roy Hammond-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is Granted-
Read a Petition of Jacob Whitter setting forth that he had been Thirty Years in the Province had had One hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and a Negroe Therefore praying for One Hundred Acres on the Island
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St Simon's to adjoin the Land already granted him and Land of William Mackintosh-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Williams setting forth that he had lately ordered him One hundred Acres of Land on the south side of Great Ogechee which on going to Survey was found not Vacant Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof one hundred Acres on the Northside great Ogechee to adjoin Land there granted Francis Jones-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Michael Mayer setting forth that he had been above two Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for one hundred Acres upon Briar Creek a Mile above the Ferry and near Land there ordered Thomas Lamb --
RESOLVED . That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Grant setting forth that he had been upwards of Thirty Years in the Province and was a Private Centinel in General Oglethorpb's Regiment of Foot (since disbanded) near twenty Years, that he had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for one hundred acres in Family right in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land there granted John McDonald; and also fifty Acres in the same Parish (being his Majesty's bounty to dis- banded Soldiers settling or Settled in America) lying within two Miles of a place called the great Thicket to include a few Stragling Hammocks opposite-
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RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted, that is to say One hundred Acres at the place where he petitioned for the Fifty Acres-
Read a Petition of Robert McIntosh setting forth that he had served in the Royal Highland Regiment of Foot in North America as a Private Centinal and had since obtained his discharge therefrom and was desirous to settle and take up Land in this Province on his Majesty's Bounty Therefore praying for fifty Acres in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land there Granted Lachlan Mackintosh Sen™-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Me Donnald setting forth that he had had three hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife four Children and three Negroes Therefore pray- ing for One hundred and fifty Acres in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land there granted John Mc Bean- the Land prayed for to be run in an Oblong the Swamp being very narrow-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of David Miller setting forth that he had been upwards of Thirty Years in the Province had had no Land and was desirous to obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hun- dred and fifty Acres in St Andrew's Parish at a place called the Buffelo Swamp to adjoin Land of Peter Grant and Angus Clark-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of Eli Fort setting forth that he was lately come into the Province from North Carolina had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for one Hundred Acres about six Miles from the Mouth of little River and about two Miles above Land whereon Ralph Kilgore now Lives-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of George Cromley setting forth that he had lately ordered him three Hundred Acres of Land on St Simon's Island to adjoin Land of Forbes and Erskine but the same was not found Vacant Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof three hundred Acres on the same Island to adjoin Land there Granted Joseph Piercy-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Thomas Reddy setting forth that he had obtained a Warrant for Surveying One Hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the North Side of Sapalo River at a Place called Turkey Camp Swamp; which Warrant was Expired in its Term and the Land not laid out Therefore praying that the Surveyer General might be enabled and ordered to issue a New Precept on the said Warrant that the Land so ordered him might be surveyed and that the same might be mentioned to adjoin Land there of George Threadcraft-
RESOLVED That the Prayer of the said Petition is granted and that the Surveyer General do issue a New Precept accordingly-
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Read a petition of James Spalding setting forth that he had heretofore obtained Warrants for Surveying two hundred Acres and one hundred and fifty Acres lying between Satilla and Crooked River which Warrants were expired in their Term and the Tracts of Land not laid out Therefore praying that the Surveyer General might be enabled and ordered to issue new Precepts on the said Warrants that the Lands so ordered him might be Sur- veyed and ascertained-
RESOLVED That the Prayer of the said Petition is granted and that the Surveyer General do issue New Precepts Accordingly-
Read a Petition of Hamilton Scott setting forth that he had obtained a Warrant for laying out One hundred and fifty Acres on the Island S' Simon's to adjoin Land of the late Governour Ellis which Warrant was expired in its' term and the Land not Surveyed Therefore pray- ing that the Surveyer General might be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the said Land so ordered him might be Surveyed and Ascertained-
RESOLVED That the prayer of the said Petition is granted and that the Surveyer General do issue New Precept Accordingly-
Read a Petition of Jermyn Wright Esq" setting forth that he and his Brother did some time ago obtain War- . rants for laying out three Tracts of Land containing one hundred and fifty Acres each Tract and Petitioner had also a Warrant for. laying out to himself four hundred Acres on Purchase-the aforesaid Lands lying on St Mary's River and between St Mary's and Crooked River -which said Warrants were expired in their Term and the Lands not Surveyed Therefore praying that the Sur- veyer General might be enabled and ordered to Issue
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new Precepts on the several Warrants that the Lands so ordered theni might be Surveyed and Plans thereof returned into the Proper Office-
RESOLVED That the prayer of the said Petition is granted and that the Surveyer General do issue new Precepts Accordingly-
Read a Petition of Giles Moore setting forth that he had heretofore ordered him one hundred and Fifty Acres of Land in St Andrew's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the Lapse of time he 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-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Philip Singleton setting forth that he had heretofore ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer General might be or- dered to prepare and certify a Plan of the said Land for that Purpose-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition Nathaniel Parsley setting forth that he had been several Years in the Province had had one hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and two Children Therefore praying for one hun- dred Acres in St Paul's Parish being a Tract heretofore' ordered and Surveyed for one John Taylor and a Plan thereof now remaining in the Surveyer general's Office elapsed in respect of the time in which the same should have passed into a Grant-
RESOLVED That on Condition &e the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Richard Womack setting forth that he had heretofore 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 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 he 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-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Bradley setting forth that heretofore he had ordered him four Hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land And that the Surveyer General do prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
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RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Caleb Cox setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him one hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the Lapse of time he 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-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted
Read a Petition of Edward Pilsher setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in St Georges Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the Lapse of time he 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
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Jesse Brasher setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 notwith-
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standing the lapse of time he 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 Certifv a plan thereof for that purpose
RESOLVED That on Condition &e the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Matthew Marshal setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him fifty four Acres of Land in St Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majestys Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer General might be ordered to prepare and Certify a Plan thereof for that purpose
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Barnaby setting forth that he had heretofore ordered him one hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St Andrew's Parish, which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer General's Office but the time was elapsed in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed Therefore pray- ing that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he 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 --
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Munroe setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him fifty Acres of Land
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in St Andrew's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 notwith- standing the Lapse of time he 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-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted ---
Read a Petition of George Grey setting forth that he had had herctofore ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in St Andrew's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the lapse of time he 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 ----
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Belcher setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him seven hundred Acres of Land in St Matthew's Parish which had been Sur- veyed and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer General's Office but the time was elapsed in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed Therefore pray- ing that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he 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-
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RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Jonathan Cochran setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in St Philip's Parish which had been Surveyed and a plan thereof 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 not- withstanding the Lapse of time he 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-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Matthew Smallwood setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him one hundred Acres of Land in St John's Parish which had been Sur- veyed and returned and a Fiat for the same passed by the Attorney General but the time was elapsed in which the Grant ought to have been taken out Therefore pray- ing 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 pre- pare the same-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Jacob Helvenstine setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him four Hundred Acres of Land in St David's Parish which had been Surveyed and returned and a Fiat for the same passed by the At- torney General but the time was elapsed in which the Grant ought to have been taken out Therefore praying
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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-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Williams setting forth that he had had ordered him two hundred and forty and eight hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and returned and Fiats for the same Passed by the Attorney General but the time was elapsed in which the Grants ought to have been taken out There- fore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grants for the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the same-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Christopher De Brahe setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him one hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St Andrew's Parish which had been Surveyed and returned and a Fiat passed by the Attorney general for the same but the time was elapsed in which the Grant ought to have been taken out 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 Secretary might be ordered to prepare the same-
RESOLVED That on Condition &" the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Spalding setting forth that he had purchased of John Campbell (Son and Heir of
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John Campbell late of Frederica in this Province Taylor deceasedi) all his right and title of in and to a Town Lot in Frederica aforesaid with the Garden and Farm Lots · thereto belonging formerly allotted his said Father de- ceased Therefore praying that the truth of the Premisses appearing he might be permitted to take out a Grant of the Premisses in his own name And that the Surveyer General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the prayer of the said Petition is Granted-the Transfer Appearing
Read a Petition of Gerard Vanzart setting forth that he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land upon the Altamaha the Warrant for Surveying whereof was Expired in it's Term and the Land not laid out There- fore praying that the Surveyer General might be enabled and ordered to issue a new precept upon the said Warrant that the Land so ordered him might be run out and ascer- tained-
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be Postponed the Petitioner not attending
Read a Petition of Henry Sharp setting forth that he had heretofore had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer General's Office but the time was elapsed in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed Therefore pray- ing that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he 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-
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-
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Read a Petition of Abraham Hart setting forth that he was at Present in England but proposed to settle a Plantation in this Province with a Number of Negroes on his obtaining a Tract of Land for that purpose There- fore praying for One thousand Acres upon a Branch of little Coonochee near Land granted David Dicks in the Parish of St John-
ORDERED That the said Petition be Rejected-
Read a Petition of Robert Nelson setting forth that he had been Six 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 Philip's Parish on the North side of Midway to adjoin Land there ordered John Davis-
ORDERED That the said Petition be Rejected --
Read a Petition of Hamilton Scott setting forth that he was desirous to obtain a Town Lott in Frederica being an old Settler there Therefore praying for the Lott in the said Town whereon he now lives originally Allotted to Griffith Williams and was put by him into the Pos- session of Petitioners Wife on the said Williams's leav- ing the Province-
ORDERED That the said Petition be Rejected-
Read a Petition of John Lastinger setting forth that he had been three Years in the Province had had one hundred Acres granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and a Child There- fore praying for one hundred Acres upon Black Creek the South Side great Ogechee about a Mile below Land there ordered one Reiser-
ORDERED That the said Petition be Rejected- 44 cr-vol 10
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Read a Petition of Benjamin Lewis setting forth that he had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and two Negroes Therefore praying for fifty Acres on the South side of the Altamaha at the Mouth of Finhalloway where it Runs into the River Swamp-
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