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ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected the Land not being vacant-
Read a Petition of John Golding setting forth that he had been settled in the Province many Years had had only
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two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having twenty nine Slaves Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in the Parish of St John- One hundred thereof being a Tract form- erly ordered Robert Carr- And the other One hundred Acres being a part of a Tract of three hundred Acres formerly ordered Sarah Golding Widow- which said two hundred Acres were since ordered Palmer Golding and the Plan thereof lays in the Surveyer General's Of- fice elapsed in respect of the time in which a Grant should have been taken out-
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be Postponed till next Land Day-
Read a Petition of Telamon Cuyler setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having already five Negroes in the Province and expect- ing the daily Arrival of the residue of his Family There- fore praying for five hundred and eighty two Acres in Christ Church Parish being a Tract of Land formerly ordered to Philip Delegal deceased and since to Marshalla and Mary Ann Delegal- And is now elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office in respect of the time in which a Grant for the same ought to have passed-
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected the Land not being regularly elapsed but lays over on particular Circumstances- -
Read a Petition of Sherwood Bugg setting forth that he had had Six hundred and fifty acres lately ordered him the Right and Title whereunto he had resigned and given up unto M' Edward Barnard as it adjoined other Land of the said Barnard's Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof Three hundred and fifty Acres on the North
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Fork of the great Kioka Creek in St Paul's Parish to adjoin or near Land there granted Edmund Bugg-
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be Postponed till next Land Day to hear from M' Barnard-
Read a Petition of Bud Cade setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had granted him one hundred Acres in St Georges Parish and was desirous to obtain a further Grant having three indented Mulattoe Servants Therefore praying for One hundred Acres at Rocky Comfort to adjoin Land this Day Petitioned for by Richard Womack-
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-
Read a Petition of David Baldwin setting forth that he had been more than two Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and five Children Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St Paul's Parish on the North Fork of Upton's Creek about ti Miles above the Fork whereon Petitioner was settled-
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-
Read a Petition of John Robinson setting forth that he had been settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Wife and four Children Therefore praying for three hundred and fifty Acres in St Paul's Parish the North Fork of Upton's Creek about a Mile and half above the Mouth of the Fork whereon he was at present settled-
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-
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Read a Petition of Jacob Lewis setting forth that he had lately ordered him One hundred Acres of Land which was afterwards found not to be' vacant Land; that Petitioner was possessed of three Negroes Therefore praying for (in Lieu of the said One hundred Acres) One hundred and fifty Acres on Lewis's Island Altamaha to adjoin Land of Samuel Lewis west, and Land of Sam- uel Lewis and Abraham Lewis North, and Land of Isaac Lewis East-
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be Postponed till the Petitioner appears and pro- duces a Plan of the Island called Lewis's Island-
Read a Petition of Francis Harris Esq" setting forth that he had had Land granted him several times but was possessed of More that forty Negroes for whom he had obtained no Land Therefore praying for two Tracts each Containing One thousand Acres on an Inland Swamp Called Parched Corn Swamp between Coonochee River Swamp and the Altamaha River to adjoin Land this day ordered his Excellency the Governour-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
His Excellency the Governour applied for the follow- ing Tracts of Land in further part of his Family Right Vizt --
One Piece or Strip of Land supposed to Contain not more than five hundred Acres lying on the back line of Land laid out to his Excellency at Rockey Comfort be- tween that and Rockey Comfort Creek-
Also two Tracts, each containing One thousand Acres, adjoining on an Inland Swamp called Parched Corn Swamp between Coonochee River Swamp and the Alta- maha River-
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ORDERED That Warrants do issue for Surveying the said Tracts of Land accordingly-
His Excellency the Governour signed the following Grants Vizt
, To Luke Mann . . .. . . 100 Acres) In St John's Parish Matthew Smallwood . 100 Acres
Thomas Peacock .. 200 Acres
Michael Stutz
350 Acres } In St David's Parish
Michael Stutz
(Pur)
I50
Acres .
Joseph Piercy 250 Acres In St James's Parish
Nathaniel Parsley . . 100 Acres
In St Paul's Parish Loveless Savage . . 100 Acres
Michael Reitter .. 100 Acres
John Simpson . . 500 Acres In Christ Church Parish
William Fox
. . 300 Acres
His Excellency James
Wright Esq" . . . [87 Acres
James Munroe
(Pur)
50
Acres .
In St Andrew's
Christopher De Brahe 150 Acres Parish William Mackintosh 400 Acres
William Williams ( Pur) 800) Acres
William Williams . . 240 Acres
In St Georges Parish
Gerrard Irwin 150 Acres John Mann 100 Acres
Francis Willson 100 Acres In St Matthew's Parish
Thomas Hearn . . .. 500 Acres Andrew Mc Corie. . .. 400 Acres (In S' Philips Parish
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GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 21st March 1769-
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq"
The Honble
[ James Habersham Francis Harris Noble Jones Grey Elliott Lewis Johnson John Graham L 1 .
Esq™ª
His Excellency acquainted the Board that M' Clay to whom the Slaves on Board the Snow Britannia Cap- tain Deane, now under Quarentain at Tybee on Account of the Small Pox are Consigned had represented to him that One hundred and twenty of the said Slaves had gone thro the distemper the last of whom had been recovered from the first day of this Month-That there were only thirty Slaves more who had not had it-That those who had gone thrô the disorder had been seperated from the rest of the Cargoe And the said M' Clay now attending informed the Board that the Doctor of the Vessel, on Account of the Malady having so long ceased to spread had advised the Captain not to innoculate-And there- fore prayed that a time might be fixed for bringing to Savannah those Negroes that had gone thro the Disorder And that such orders as might appear necessary should be given concerning the Vessel Which request being taken under Consideration It Is Ordered that the One hundred and twenty Slaves who have had the Small Pox be permitted to be brought to Savannah in forty days to be computed from the day on which the last Slave was Perfectly recovered from the said desease; which
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day is to be ascertained by the Oath of the Captain and Doctor of the Vessel to be made before the Commander of Fort George And that the said Slaves so permitted have their Heads first severally Shaved washed and Cleaned and that all such Cloths or Covering which they had or which were made use of by them during the Malady be burnt in the Presence of the Commander of the Scout Boat and the keeper of the Lazaretto And that the said Snow Britannia do not come up to Town but remain where she now lyes in Tybee Creek untill she be loaded and depart for Sea And in order to Shorten the detention of the said Vessel as much as may be with safety to the Inhabitants of this Province It Is Re- solved that leave be given to begin to Load five Days before the Expiration of the Quarentain in Manner fol- lowing Viz, That the Schooners or Vessels that may be sent down with Rice or other Merchandize be brought too at some convenient distance from the said Snow and that the People belonging to the said Schooner &ce go on Board the Scout Boat and that the Men belonging to the said Schooner &ce go on Board the Scout Boat and that the Men belonging to the said Snow do unlode such Schooner &ce and then and not before the People belonging to her go on Board her again and that the Commander of the Scout Boat take particular care that none of the People belonging to such Schooner or Schooners do at any time go on Board the said Snow or on Shore to the Lazaretto And It Is Further Or- dered that the thirty Slaves who have not had the distemper be put on shoar on Tybee Island to remain and be kept at the Lazaretto for forty days to be com- puted from the Day of their Landing And at the Ex- piration of that Term such Slaves may be brought to Savannah they being first severally Shaved and cleaned and that all their Cloaths and covering be Burnt as directed with respect to the other Slaves before they are taken from Tybee to be brought up to Town-
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GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 4th April 1769-
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq"
The Honble
Noble Jones Francis Harris Jonathan Bryan James Mackay Grey Elliott Lewis Johnson John Graham
Esqrs
The Minutes of Council of the Seventh and Twentieth Days of February last and of the Sixth Seventh and twenty first Days of March last were read and Ap- proved-
Read a Petition of Sir Patrick Houston setting forth that he had had only three hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having sixteen Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred Acres in St Philip's Parish to adjoin Southeast- erly Land there ordered James Mater-which said Tract was some time since ordered to Martin Tenton deceased but not surveyed
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Winn setting forth that there had been granted in right of the Negroes now pos- sessed by Petitioner two Thousand four hundred and fifty Acres of Land And he desirous to obtain an addi- tional Quantity his family being a Wife three Children and fifty Slaves Therefore praying for three hundred
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Acres as follows Viz' One hundred and fifty Acres lying on the West side of Land granted Lydia Sanders (now Winn) to run from the North Corner thereof and to Adjoin Land of James Andrew; and One hundred and fifty Acres lying on the South Side of Lydia Sanders's Land and to adjoin the East side of the said James An- drew's Land-the two pieces being in the Parishes of St John and St Andrew-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq" setting forth that he was possessed of twenty three Slaves for whom he had obtained no Land Therefore praying for One thousand Acres on Turkey branch on the South side great Satilla four Miles back from Cawston's Bluff and to adjoin Land this day Petitioned for by William Mack- intosh to be run in an Oblong And also to grant him three Small Islands containing not more than two hun- dred Acres on the Altamaha lying opposite to Land he had lately purchased of Thomas Maxwell-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Wylly setting forth that he was settled in the Province had lately ordered him Eight hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having two Children and twenty eight Slaves Therefore praying for five hundred Acres on a Branch of the cross Swamp between great Ogechee and Coonochee to adjoin Land there ordered Peter Sliter- man at the last Board-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted --
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Read a Petition of William Mackintosh setting forth that he had had eleven hundred Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife six Children and thirty three Negroes Therefore praying for four hundred Acres on a Branch called Turkey Branch about four Miles back from Caw- ston's Bluff-The Land prayed for to be laid out in an Oblong the Branch being very narrow-
1 RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Thomas Goldsmith setting forth that he had had a considerable quantity of Land ordered him in the Province and was desirous of an Additional Tract Therefore praying for One hundred Acres ad- joining his own Land and Land of one Cubbage -
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted ---
Read a Petition of Robert Baillie setting forth that he had had Land granted him at various times but was possessed of thirteen Slaves for whom he had yet ob- tained no Land Therefore for four hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish at a place called Jacket Camp to adjoin One hundred and fifty Acres there before ordered him and to be run in an oblong the Swamp being very nar- row-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-The Surveyer general observ- ing the Order made touching Lands laid out in an Ob- long-
Read a Petition of George Mackintosh setting forth that he had had Twelve hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having twenty seven Slaves Therefore praying for two
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hundred and fifty Acres upon a Branch of Sapalo for the conveniency of a Reservoir of Water-to be laid out in an Oblong and to adjoin Land there already ordered him-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted The Surveyer general observing the Order made touching Oblong Lands-
Read a Petition of William Gibbons setting forth that he had a Wife seven Children and sixty one Negroes, and that he had had Two thousand six hundred Acres of Land Therefore praying for one other Tract of five hundred Acres in St David's Parish adjoining the South- west Line of Lands surveyed by Isaac Hayns-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Wertsch setting forth That he had been long in the Province had had two hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife and Six Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St Philip's Parish at Black Creek the South side of great Ogechee to adjoin the Land there already granted him-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
. Read a Petition of Robert Watts setting forth That he had been two Years settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife two Children and fourteen Negroes Therefore praying for Nine hundred and fifty Acres on the Altamaha, that is to say, five hundred Acres on the South side thereof to adjoin Land at the last Board ordered John Tinkler; and four hundred and fifty. Acres
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on the North side thereof about twelve miles from the Goose Ponds and Bounded on all Sides by vacant Lands-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted for five hundred Acres the other postponed until more perfectly described-
Read a Petition of George Ducker setting forth that at the request of the Government he did lately resign and surrender to and for the Use and Accommodation of an Indian named S' Iago, Part of a Tract of Land before granted him at Coonochee-That Petitioner has Family Rights for three hundred Acres which he has never yet taken up Therefore praying for five hundred Acres in S' Philip's Parish on the North Fork of the Black Creek on the South side of Ogechee to adjoin Land of Israel Rieser-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of the Revª Christ" Frederick Triev- ner setting forth that he was lately come to this Province from Germany as a Minister of the Gospel for the Parish of St Matthew and was desirous to be favoured with a Tract of Land Therefore praying for on purchase five hundred Acres in St Philip's Parish on the south side of great Ogechee to adjoin Land this day Petitioned for by George Ducker-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Charles Francis Chevalier setting forth that he was come into the Province in order to settle and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and two Children Therefore praying for
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two hundred and fifty Acres in St John's Parish near or. to adjoin Land there lately ordered William Wylly-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted --
Read a Petition of Elizabeth Didcott Widow setting forth that she was come into the Province in order to settle and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having twenty six Slaves in the Province for whom she has taken up no Land Therefore praying for Six hun- dred Acres in S' John's Parish near or to adjoin Land this day Petitioned for by Charles Francis Chevalier-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Samuel Savery setting forth that he had some time since five hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him but could Survey no more of it than Three hundred Acres the residue being taken up by another Person and Petitioner has since obtained no Land in Lien thereof Therefore praying for two hun- dred and fifty Acres in S' Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land there heretofore ordered Peter Raudon-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted ---
Read a Petition of William Way setting forth That he had been fifteen Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having two Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St John's Parish upon a Branch called Button Snake Root a little above the old Coo- nachee Path going to Midway and about two Miles from Lands of Robert Miller-
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RESOLVED That on Condition &e the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Mackay setting forth that he had been many Years settled in the Province had had three hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract a Wife five Chil- dren and four Negroes Therefore praying for one hun- dred Acres in St George's Parish to adjoin the upper Line of a Tract of three hundred Acres there already granted him-
RESOLVED That.on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Rogers setting forth that he had been about four Years 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 upon the middle ground be- tween Briar Creek and Savannah River on the East side of a place called the Sister Ponds and to adjoin Lan.1 ( William Bland-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Richard Williamson setting forth That he was settled in the Province had lately had one thousand Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional quantity having sixty Negroes Therefore praying a vacant piece containing not more than One hundred Acres lying between Land granted the Revª M' Whitefield and Land Petitioner had purchased of M' John Smith ; And also to grant him One thousand Acres on black Creek in St Philips Parish where the Creek makes the three Branches about four Miles from Wertsch's Cowpen-
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RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Henry Barfield setting forth that he had been two Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Child Therefore praying for One hun- dred and fifty Acres on a Branch of Sapalo near Land there granted Donald Kennedy-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Club setting forth That here- tofore he had ordered him four hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the South side of Todd's Creek, great Satilla River, which on a Caveat entered by him and lately heard by the Board was ordered to another person Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof four hundred and fifty Acres on the North East Branch of the same Creek called Todd's Creek --
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Forsyth setting forth that he was born in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation There- fore praying for One hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish upon a place called Monroe's very near if not adjoining Land heretofore granted Murdoc Me Cleod ; the land prayed for to be run in an Oblong the Gall being very narraw-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Thomas Gilbert setting forth that
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he was many Years a Private Centinel in the Independ- ant Companies whereby he is Intituled in Virtue of his Majesty's Royal Proclamation to fifty Acres of Land which Bounty he had not yet taken up-That Petitioner had resided in this Province twenty six Years, has a Wife and has had no Land granted him Therefore pray- ing for fifty Acres in Right of said Proclamation and also One hundred and fifty Acres Adjoining in Family right at the White Post Creek on the Main opposite the Town of Frederica-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of George Ebridge setting forth that he was many Years a Private Centinel in the independant Companies whereby he became intituled in Virtue of his Majesty's Royal Proclamation to Fifty Acres of Land which Bounty he had not taken up neither has he had any Land granted him in Family right Therefore praying for fifty Acres in right of the said Proclamation And also One hundred Acres adjoining in Family right at the white Post Creek on the Main opposite Frederica to adjoin Land this Day Petitioned for by Thomas Gil- bert-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Richard Fox setting forth that he had in his own right Eleven Slaves and had been a Set- tler in the Province several Years and had never had but One hundred Acres granted him Therefore praying for Two hundred Acres of Land to be laid out in an Oblong in S' David's Parish on a small Branch of the Buffalo Swamp about a Mile distant from Land granted James Innes --
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RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted the Surveyer General observing the Order made touching oblong Lands-
Read a Petition of Joseph Raines setting forth That he had been in the Province for several Years had a Wife and a Child and had not as yet any Land in this Province Therefore praying for two hundred Acres upon a Branch of the Buffallo Swamp in St David's Parish about one half Mile from Land there petitioned for by Richard Fox-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted to adjoin Richard Fox if on the same Branch --
Read a Petition of John Simpson setting forth that heretofore he had ordered him four hundred Acres of Land in St Thomas's Parish which Tract 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-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Fox setting forth that he had a Wife five Children and twelve Slaves had but eight hundred Acres of Land in this Province Therefore praying for two hundred Acres to be laid out in a long square on a Branch of Buffalo Swamp in St David's Parish about three Miles from Land there petitioned for by Richard Fox-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the
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said Petition is granted-(the Surveyer General observ- ing the Order made touching Oblong Lands) If upon the same Branch to adjoin Joseph Raines-
Read a Petition of William Graves setting forth that he had some time since ordered him twelve hundred Acres of Land which he afterwards resigned and had on that Right six hundred Acres and no more Therefore praying for five hundred Acres upon a Branch of Buffalo Swamp and a Branch of Turtle River in the Parish of St David to adjoin a North West Line of Isaac Haynes-
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