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ORDERED That the said Petition be Rejected-
On reading a Petition of Joseph Maddock and Jona- than Sell two of the People called Quakers on behalf of themselves and the friends lately come to settle in this Province from North Carolina setting forth among other things That some time since there was a reserve of Lands ordered to be made for forty Families of their People it being then supposed not more than that Num- ber would settle in the Province; but that there were already about Seventy Families come in and actually settled- And Praying that a larger extent of Land might be allotted and reserved for them for a further Term they expecting a considerable number of their Friends might yet Join them And Also Praying that their several Lands might be laid out; and Grants for the same passed; and a Road from their Settlement run; agreeable to the encouragement formerly given them, on the faith whereof they were come into the Prov- ince It Is Resolved that the Land on both sides Germany's Creek to the head thereof and from thence to continue the same Course 'till it intersects the Indian Line (not taken up by the People already come) be reserved for the same purpose for twelve Months next ensuing ; that a Road be run from their Settlement; their Lands Surveyed in the several Tracts and Proportions following and Grants for the same passed and perfected to the respective persons hereinafter named-
That is to say-
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To Thomas Watson Five hundred Acres
Joseph Maddock Three hundred Acres
Ditto ( Purchase ) Two hundred Acres -
NB. The said 200 Acres is the same Tract or- dered him in August last
Deborah Stubbs Three hundred Acres Thomas Jackson Two hundred and fifty Acres John Stubbs One hundred Acres Jonathan Sell Three hundred Acres Joseph Mooney Five hundred and fifty Acres Ann Stubbs Widow One hundred and fifty Acres John Jones Two hundred Acres Francis Jones Two hundred and fifty Acres Isaac Low Two hundred and fifty Acres James Hart Two hundred and fifty Acres Thomas Hart Two hundred Acres Richard Jones One hundred and fifty Acres Daniel Me Cartey Four hundred Acres Samuel Oliver Two hundred and fifty Acres Richard Moore One hundred Acres Thomas Ansley Two hundred Acres Thomas Linn Two hundred and fifty Acres Robert : MºClen Three hundred Acres
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To James Morrow Three hundred and fifty Acres Peter Perkins Five hundred Acres John Oliver Three hundred and fifty Acres Henry Ashfield Three hundred and fifty Acres William Elam Two hundred and fifty Acres Absolom Jackson Two hundred Acres
· John Slater Four hundred Acres Joseph Hollingsworth One hundred Acres John Whitsit Two hundred Acres John Whitsitt Jun' Two hundred and fifty Acres Stephen Day Two hundred Acres James Emitt Two hundred Acres Hugh Tinnin Two hundred Acres Cornelius Cochran Three hundred Acres Isaac Vernon Three hundred and fifty Acres John Sidwell Three hundred Acres Amos Vernon Two hundred Acres George Morrow Three hundred Acres Oliver Matthews Two hundred and fifty Acres John Perry Two hundred and fifty Acres Laurence Thompson Three hundred and fifty Acres John Howard Two hundred and fifty Acres
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DECEMBER, 1768.
To John Hodgin Three hundred Acres George Beck One hundred and fifty Acres Benjamin Dunn One hundred and fifty Acres Edward Murphy One hundred and fifty Acres Benjamin Jackson One hundred and fifty Acres William Miles One hundred Acres Isaac Jackson Three hundred and fifty Acres William Miles One hundred Acres Isaac Jackson Three hundred and fifty Acres William Fanner Five hundred and fifty Acres Walter Jackson One hundred Acres William Mitchell One hundred Acres John Carson Four hundred and fifty Acres Richard Bird One hundred Acres
Jolin Murry One hundred Acres Peter Philips One hundred Acres Samuel Wilson Two hundred Acres Alexander Oliver One hundred Acres John Hunter Two hundred Acres
James Oliver One Hundred Acres
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that one thousand Acres of Land out of the said Reserve be surveyed and laid out
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in a Proper Spot for a Township (to be called WRIGHTS- BOROUGH) And that a Plat of the same.be certified and returned to the Clerk of the Council-
ORDERED That the Secretary do prepare a Warrant or Warrants Accordingly
Whereas at a Council held on the Second day of Au- gust last a Piece of Land for a Cowpen was Ordered the Quakers lately settled in this Province from North Caro- lina but no order issued for a Warrant of Survey by reason they had omitted to nominate any person in whose name the same might be made out as Trustee for the Purposes intended
IT Is THIS DAY ORDERED, on a further Application that a Warrant do issue in the Names of Joseph Mad- dock and Jonathan Sell Trustees &ce for Surveying Five hundred Acres of Land for a Cowpen, out of the Lands reserved for those people, on the North Fork of Briar Creek above Land at the said Council in August there ordered the said Joseph Maddock for a Grist Mill And that the Secretary do prepare a Warrant accordingly-
On a Caveat entered by John Clubb against Alexander Inglis obtaining a Grant for One thousand Acres of Land ordered him on the south side of Satilla about three Miles below Cawston's Bluff pretending that the Survey took in a Creek called Todd's Creek which should be in- cluded in a Tract of Four hundred and fifty Acres lately ordered to said Clubb-The Matter came on this day to be heard between the parties, when it appeared by the Surveyer General that no such Creek as Todd's was Specified in M' Ingliss Warrant or Plat of the Land- That M' Inglis's Land was ordered him in February last and that Clubb did not obtain his till the Month follow- ing-That the Survey of M' Inglis's Land had been made,
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returned, and a Fiat from the Attorney General lodged with the Secretary for the Grant to pass, before ever the Caveat was entered-That the Survey of Club's Land, if made, was not returned at the time of his entering the Caveat-The Board taking the state of the matter under Consideration Ordered the Caveat to be discharged as Groundless-
Mackay Esq' Upon a Caveat entered by James
ag* Mackay Esq" against Joseph Baker ob-
Joseph Baker taining a Grant of One hundred and fifty Acres of Land lately ordered him at or near New- port-The Matter was this day heard when it appeared that the Land in Dispute was part of a Tract of Land there long since ordered the said James Mackay for a Cowpen Therefore his Majesty's Grant is Ordered to pass for the said Land to and in the name of the said James Mackay And the said Joseph Baker's Claim thereto is declared null and void-
ORDERED That the Honble Lewis Johnson Esq' be one of the Commissioners for the Town of Savannah in the Room of William Russell Esq' absent from the Prov- ince-
His Excellency the Governour signed the following Grants Vizt-
To Benjamin Andrew 400 Acres in St John's Parish- Andrew Barryhill 100 Acres?
Sanders Colson 150 Acres In St George's Parish- James Cuthbert 500 Acres in Christ Church Parish John Cubbage. . .. 250 Acres] Jonathan Cochran . . 100 Acres Josiah Dickson (Purc) 150 Acres In S' Philip's Parish- Revª Samuel Frink (Purc) | 500 Acres . . . John Martin ( Purc ) 1000 Acres]
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To Samuel Farley (Purc) 500 Acres in St Matthew's Parish-
John Graham Esq' 700 Acresl In St Mary's Parish- . John Graham Esq' 300 Acres
Jacob Helvenstine ( Purc) 500) Acres . In St David's Parish- Jacob Helvenstine (Purc) 80 Acres
Moses Way 200 Acres-In St Andrew's Parish --
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Monday the 20th February 1769-
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq".
The Honble
James Habershanı Noble Jones James Mackay James Edwd Powell Grey Elliott Lewis Johnson James Read
Esqrs
On Reading a Petition of Noble Wimberly Jones. Lachlan Me Gillivray, John Mullryne, John Smyth and Alexander Wylly Esq's nominated and appointed to carry into Execution an Act of the last General Assembly for settling a Township on the Branches of Great Ogechee River upon Lands some time since reserved for that pur- pose IT IS ORDERED that the following Tracts, out of the said reserve, be Surveyed and laid out to the several per-
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sons herunder Mentioned AND that the Surveyer Gen- eral do issue his Precept or Precepts for that purpose, and that Grants do pass to them for their Several Tracts Accordingly-That is to say-
To Clotworthy Robson One hundred Acres
Joseph Saunders Four hundred Acres
David Russell . Four hundred Acres
Matthew Lyle.
One hundred Acres
Robert Girvin. Four hundred Acres
Matthew Moore.
Two hundred and fifty Acres
John Kennedy . Two Hundred and fifty Acres Walter Stephenson Two hundred Acres
Patrick Mackay
One hundred Acres
William Mackay One hundred Acres
William Harding
One hundred Acres
James Haddin
Two hundred and fifty Acres
John Martin
Four hundred Acres
Robert Warnock
One hundred and fifty Acres
Robert Cooper Four hundred and fifty Acres John Ingram. Four Hundred Acres Samuel Fleming . Three hundred and fifty Acres James Fleming . One hundred Acres
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To Daniel McNeill
. One hundred and fifty Acres Thomas Bongridge. . . One hundred and fifty Acres John Brown. Two hundred Acres Thomas Beatty One hundred and fifty Acres
Adam MeIlroy. One hundred and fifty Acres
John Toland. Two hundred and fifty Acres
John Morrison. One hundred Acres
Adam Morrison
Two hundred Acres
David Greer. One hundred Acres
James Blair One hundred Acres
John Bryant One hundred Acres
John Bartholomew One hundred Acres
William McConchey One hundred Acres
Patrick McCulloch One hundred Acres
Robert Samson One hundred Acres
Andrew Moore One hundred Acres
James Thompson .
One hundred Acres
William Skelly
. One hundred Acres
Robert Dunkan One hundred Acres
James McKelvey One hundred Acres
Alexander Beggs One hundred Acres
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MARCH, 1769.
Read a Petition of Edward Barnard setting forth that he had had Eighteen hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife three Children and fifty six Negroes Therefore praying for One thousand Acres being two Tracts of Five hundred Acres each on great Satilla River reserved for twelve Months for one James Rogers in No- vember 1766-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Monday the 6th March 1769-
Present-
His Excellency James Wright Esq'-
[ James Habersham
, | Noble Jones The Honble { Grey Elliott Esq™ª
| James Edwd Powell | Lewis Johnson James Read
His Excellency acquainted the Board he had received Information that the Snow Britannia Captain Dean Mas- ter who Arrived at Tybee on the day of last with with Negroes from the Coast of Africa was infected with the small Pox; and desired the advice of the Board thereon in pursuance of and agreeable to the several Acts of the General Assembly now in force and in such Cases provided: Upon which the Board unanimously advised his Excellency to give the following Orders, Vizt-
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That the said Vessel be carried into, and moored in, Tybee Creek and together with the Slaves and Persons there in do remain there at least forty days after the last person infected shall have recovered; and that the Slaves and persons put on Shore be prohibited and restrained from going beyond the Marslı, on Tybee, which divides the Public Land from the other part of the Island; and that the Master be strictly injoined that such Slaves or persons who may die on Board or on Shore during the Quaraintain be buried in some convenient place on the Public Land at least five feet beneath the Surface; and that no person or persons whatsoever be permitted to go on board the said Vessel, or to the Lazaretto or Keeper's House, or to Land within the Space or Limits above described under the pain of being Obliged to remain and to perform the same Quaraintain as the said Vessel and the Slaves and persons therein shall perform, and also of the Penalties by Law in such cases inflicted- That all persons provisions and necessaries that may be wanted by the said Vessel, Slaves and persons therein and on Shoar be landed at the Oyster Bank below the Lazaretto; and that when any Boat shall be sent down therewith that the Commanding Officer of Fort George be directed to appoint a proper person to go with such Boat with orders to prevent any person therein from landing or having any intercourse with those on Shoar; and that the Commanding Officer of Fort George, the Commander of the Scout Boat, and the Keeper of the Lazaretto be appointed to enforce these orders pursuant to the Quar- antain Act-
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MARCH, 1769.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 7th March 1769-
Present-
His Excellency James Wright Esq'-
James Habersham Noble Jones Francis Harris
The Honble ¿ Grey Elliott | Lewis Johnson | James Read
Esqrs
Read a Petition of John Rae setting forth that he had Land various times granted but was yet possessed of many Rights in whose behalf he had obtained no Land Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St George's Parish on Buckhead to adjoin One hundred Acres of Land there already granted him-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William De Veaux setting forth that he had had granted him fifteen hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife two Children and thirty five Slaves Therefore pray- ing for five hundred Acres adjoining a like quantity already ordered him and lying West of Land of David Dick's-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Dunham setting forth that he had been long in the Province had had one thousand
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and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife Eight Children and twenty eight Slaves Therefore praying for six hun- Acres in St David's Parish on the South side of the Alta- maha to adjoin Land said to be granted in Carolina to William Maine-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said-Petition is granted -.
Read a Petition of Leonard Claiborne setting forth that he had had Eight hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife a Child and thirty five Negroes- Therefore praying for Eleven hundred Acres as follows, viz Eight hundred and fifty Acres in St Paul's Parish to adjoin One hundred and fifty Acres there already granted him; And also two hundred and fifty Acres in the same Parish on the South side of Butler's Creek to adjoin One hundred Acres heretofore granted Lachlan McGillivray which Petitioner had purchased-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Matthew Frederic setting forth that he had been nine Months in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife three Children and twenty four Negroes Therefore praying for One Thousand Acres. between the Lines of Land ordered Robert Miller and Jonathan Woodland at a place where Richard Burtley settled a Hog Crawl
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Walton setting forth that he
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had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and fourteen Negroes Therefore praying for Eight hundred and fifty Acres as follows Viz' Five hundred Acres on the South side of Uchee Creek beginning about half a Mile above the Public Road laid out for the Quakers and to run down the Creek And also three hundred and fifty Acres on the little Kioka about five Miles from the said five hundred Acres and to adjoin Land there granted Thomas Pace-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Lucena setting forth that he had been some time settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife three Children and Nine Ne- groes Therefore praying for Seven hundred and fifty Acres in the Parish of Christ Church out the North side of Great Ogechee to adjoin the lower Line of Land or- dered Francis Arwin and to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp being narrow-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Maxwell setting forth that he was long settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land having twenty Slaves Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Marsh Land in St Philip's Parish lying between Land of John Davis and Land belonging to Petitioner-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a, Petition of Alexander Craighton setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province had had
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no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having Six Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in Christ Church Parish lying Westward from the Town of Savannah to adjoin Land of Joseph Raymond and near Land granted Henry Burguine-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Stirk setting forth that he had been two Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife and Sixteen Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred Acres in St George's Parish on the South side of Briar Creek to adjoin Land of John Graham and lying near a place called the Major's Branch-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ee the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Alexander Sharrod setting forth that he had been Several Months in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and two Negroes There- fore praying for two hundred Acres on the South side of Altamaha at a Creek called the White Post Creek two Miles from Land of Robert Savage --
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Graves setting forth that he had sometime since twelve hundred Acres of Land ordered him on the Buffelo Swamp which he afterwards resigned the Land not being suitable And has obtained since only one hundred Acres in Lieu thereof Therefore
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praying for in further part thereof five hundred. Acres upon the Buffelo Swamp aforesaid in St David's Parish about three Miles from the One hundred Acres before ordered him
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Samuel Saltus setting forth that at the Last Board he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in St Philip's Parish the north side of Midway to adjoin Land of Henry Saltus which on going to Survey it was found inconvenient Therefore praying that he might resign his Warrant for the said Two hundred Acres and obtain a new one for One hundred Acres at the same place-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Lewis Mattier 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 Six Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred Acres at the Altamaha to adjoin the back line of Land there before ordered him-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Richards setting forth that he had been many Years 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 on the South side great Oge- chee to adjoin Land of Israel Bird and about four Miles from Braddocks Mill-
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RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Quintin Pooler setting forth that he was lately come into the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Culti- vation Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres in St George's Parish between M' Galphin's Cowpen and Land granted one Tomlinson And also to grant him one Town Lott in the Township there ordered to be laid out called Queensborough-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted for One hundred and fifty Acres-
Read a Petition of William Stedman setting forth that he some time since had ordered him a Small Island in little Ogechee called May Island and an Hammock called Gannet Island both supposed to contain forty five Acres but the same are since found to contain a larger Quantity Therefore praying for the aforesaid Island and Hammock containing together not more than One hundred Acres-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted --
Read a Petition of Harman Hierson 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 four Children and a Negro There- fore praying for four hundred Acres at Ogechee to adjoin Land there laid out for Nicholas Cavenah-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted for two Hundred Acres-
Read a Petition of John Tanner setting forth that he had been long settled in the Province had had One hun-
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dred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to ob- tain an Additional Tract having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St George's Parish to adjoin the Land there granted him-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Bruce setting forth that he had been many Years settled in the Province had had Land granted him but was possessed of two Negroes in whose right he had obtained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on St Simon's Island to adjoin the Land there before ordered him --
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Elijah Brazeale setting forth that he had been settled in the Province many Years had had Land granted him but was yet possessed of three Negroes and a Child for whom he had obtained no Land There- fore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres in St George's Parish at a Place called Brazeale's Branch with- in a Mile of the Land before ordered him
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Peter Sliterman setting forth that he had been long settled in the Province had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and seven Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres on a Branch of the Cross Swamp between great Ogechee and Coonochee near or to adjoin Land there laid out for Shem Butler-
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RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Fox setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultiva- tion Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St George's Parish on Rocky Creek near or to adjoin Land there ordered Joseph Dunlap-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Candler setting forth that he had lately settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Culti- vation having a Wife four Children and two Slaves Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres on the North Fork of great Kioka Creek to adjoin the upper Line of Land ordered Peter Parris-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Samuel Tomlinson setting forth that he had been long 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 two Chil- dren and four Negroes Therefore praying for One hun- dred and fifty Acres on great Ogechee to adjoin his aforesaid Land and whereon he is settled and has made good Improvements-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Bugg setting forth that he was lately settled in the Province had had no Land grant-
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ed him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation" having a Wife and Six Children Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St Paul's Parish on the South Branch of the great Kioka Creek about a Mile from M" Clairborne's North West Line and whereon is a Loghouse put up by Thomas Basset
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Holland Middleton Jun' setting forth that he was lately settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres on the lower side of Ger- many's Creek about half a Mile from Thomas Gilliland's Settlement-
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