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ORDERED That the further Consideration of the, said Petition be postponed untill Notice be given to Philip Delegal to Attend --
Whereas about Two years ago five hundred Acres of Land on little Swamp above Fort Barrington was or- dered to and laid out for Joseph Gibbons and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office und there retained as it was then apprehended that on the Boundary Line being Run, the said Land would be out of the Bounds settled between Us and the Indians It Is This Day Ordered on the Application of the said M'
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Gibbons that his Majesty's Grant do pass to him for the said Tract of Land the same being within the Provincial Boundary And that the Surveyer general do prepare and certify a plan thereof from the Survey returned into his Office-
ORDERED That the Treasurer do Issue One thousand Pounds to the Commissioners appointed for building a Light House on Tybee Island that they may be enabled to perform their Contract with the Person undertaking to build the same-
ORDERED That the Surveyer general do prepare for the Attorney general a Plan of the Land at Buttermilk Bluff reserved for Public Use and charge the Expence of doing thereof to the Public-
His Excellency the Governour Signed the following Grants Vizt
To Charles Burnett (Bounty) - 2000 Acres
In St John's Parish- Francis Brown 200 Acres
Jess Brasher. 100 Acres
Caleb Cox
100 Acres
Thomas Fussel
75 Acres
William Jordon
400Acres
In St George's Parish-
William Todd . 100 Acres John Thomas Jun' 200 Acres
Richª Womack .. 250 Acres]
Cornelius Connor 200 Acres In St Philip's Parish-
John Clickler 450 Acres ? In St Paul's Parish- Thomas Pace . 200 Acres S
William Graves .. 100 Acres?
John Martin . . 200 Acres ( In St David's Parish-
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To Frederick Cox. . 150 Acres ( In S' Matthew's Parish- Robert Tanner . . 40 Acres§
William Stedman 100 Acres In Christ Church Parish-
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 6th June 1769-
Present-
His Excellency James Wright Esq"
[ James Habersham Francis Harris [ Jonathan Bryan
The Honble { James Mackay James Edwd Powell Grey Elliott James Read
Esqre
Read a Petition of Lachlan Me Gillivray Esq' setting forth that he had had several Tracts of Land granted in family Right and was desirous to obtain an Additional Quantity on Purchase Therefore praying for seven hun- dred and fifty Acres to adjoin the Indian Line on the North side of the Altamaha River and to bound on the said River And also seven hundred and fifty Acres on the South side of the same River and to adjoin Fin hallo- way-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Samuel Jones setting forth that he had had six hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having forty Negroes Therefore praying for four hundred Acres in St
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. Andrew's Parish on a Branch called Snuff Box Branch about four Miles from the Widow McClelands Land- to include the said Branch-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Maxwell setting forth that he had had five hundred Acres of Land lately ordered him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife five Children and thirty three Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred Acres on the big Swamp four Miles below Oswald's Path in St John's Parish to adjoin his other five hundred Acres-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Angus Clark setting forth that he had had no Land granted him and was desirous to ob- tain a Tract having a Wife seven Children and four Slaves Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land of Edmund Hammond and to be laid out in an Oblong on Account of the nar- rowness of the Swamp --
RESOLVED That on Condition &re the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Green Jun" setting forth that he had had twelve hundred Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife two Children and thirty three Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in St Paul's Parish on Cane Creek above Augusta to adjoin the lower line of Land there ordered William Mc Murran
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of Jolin Oates setting forth that he had been nine Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cul- tivation having three Children and five Negroes There- iore praying for five hundred Acres on the South side of Ogechee at Black Creek near Land ordered John WVertsch-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Le Roy Hammond setting forth that he had had granted him five hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife a Child and seven Negroes Therefore praying for fifty Acres in St Paul's Parish about three Miles above Land of one Cartlidge and near to an Improve- ment made by one Cook-for the Conveniency of a Grist Mill-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Francis Ranier setting forth that at the last Board he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land which was since found to be within a Survey made by John Mulryne and therefore could not run it out Pet : having a Wife and three Negroes Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof Two hundred Acres at a Place called Bassett's Pen Branch lying be- tween Land granted George Miller and Land of John Klein-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of James Port setting forth that he had been some Years in the Province had had no Land
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granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cul- tivation having ten Negroes Therefore praying for six hundred Acres on a Branch of the Cross Swamp be- tween Ogechee and Coonochee to adjoin Land there ordered Peter Sliterman --
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Alexander Findlay and James Sey- mour setting forth that they were settled in the Province had had no Land granted them and desired to obtain Land having two Negroes Therefore praying for three hun- dred Acres in Christ Church Parish near or to adjoin Land there lateiy ordered William Watt- as Tenants in Common
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Henry Lewis Bourquin setting forth that he had ordered him at the last Board three hundred and fifty Acres of Land to adjoin Land of John Milledge which on going to Survey the quantity was not to be found Therefore praying for (in Lieu thereof) two hundred and fifty Acres at Coonochee to adjoin five hun- dred Acres at the last Board ordered Henry Bourquin & within two Miles of Robinson-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Fox setting forth that he had ordered him at last Board five hundred Acres of Land on a Branch of Coonochee which quantity was not found vacant Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof five hun- dred Acres in St John's Parish to adjoin Land there ran out for John Mitchell and called Mitchell's Cowpen-
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the Land prayed for to be run out in an Oblong the Swamp being very narrow-
RESOLVED That on Condition &" the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Jonathan Fox setting forth that he had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having twelve Negroes Therefore Praying for five hundred Acres in St John's Parish near Land called Mitchels Cowpen and to adjoin Land this Day petitioned for by John Fox and to be laid out in an Oblong-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Mordecai Sheftall setting forth that he had been favoured with Land but had six Persons in family for whom he had obtained none & having lately purchased a stock of Cattle above Augusta was under a Necessity of having a Spot whereon to fix a Cowpen Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres be- tween Kioka and Booth Branch about seven Miles from the River Savannah, as there were no near settlements Petitioner could not more particularly ascertain the Spot
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Randal Bracey setting forth that he had had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife five Children and six Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres on the Alatamaha lately settled by one Vanzant and lying near Land Surveyed by Mackin- tosh- Also one hundred and fifty Acres at the Alata- maha aforesaid lying above the Mouth of white Post Creek and to adjoin Land there of James Spalding-
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RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted for One hundred and fifty Acres-
Read a Petition of Michael Stutz setting forth that he had had three hundred Acres of Land granted him in Family right and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife two Children and six Negroes Therefore praying for one hundred Acres to adjoin the Land before granted him on the Alatamaha-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Bacon setting forth that he had ordered him at the last Board seven hundred Acres of Land but as the Board were not pleased to grant a Sur- vey thereof in a long Square the same was found very unsuitable for him and desired leave to resign the War- rant Therefore praying for in lieu five hundred Acres in St David's Parish on a Branch of the Buffelo Swamp about two Miles from a late Survey made for William Dunham-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Silvanus Robinson setting forth that he had had three hundred and fifty Acres of Land grant- ed him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract having a Wife five Children and a Negroe Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in St John's Parish called Hoopee near an old Path leading to Darian and about three Miles from Land laid out for James Taylor-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of Lambeth Lean setting forth that he had had fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife two Children and Two Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres on the North side of great Ogechee to adjoin Land there laid out for David Cutler Braddock deceased-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Taylor setting forth that he had been fourteen Years in the Province had had no Land and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres at a place called Rocky Comfort on Dohart's Creek about two Miles above Land surveyed by Isaac Eatton-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of William Bennett setting forth that he had been some Months in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Therefore praying for Onc hundred and fifty Acres in St Andrew's Parish upon the Buffelo Swamp about three Miles from Land ordered the Widow M'Cleland-
RESOLVED That on Condition &e the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Frederic Francis setting forth that he had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land to adjoin Land of Philip Alston which was found not to be Vacant Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof One hundred and fifty Acres on the North Fork of Kioka about half a Mile from Land ordered Sherwood Bugg-
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RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Henry Dixon setting forth that he had purchased a Piece of Land of Samuel Carney on the North side great Ogechee, adjoining which surrounded on all Sides by Land already surveyed, is a Small piece which would be very commodious for Petitioners Im- provement he having settled the Land he had Purchased .. Therefore praying for the said Vacant Piece at great Ogechee aforesaid adjoining his purchased Land and con- taining not more than fifty Acres- Petitioner having a Wife for whom he had obtained no Land-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Andrew Hampton setting forth that he had been four Years in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife two Children and a Negroe Therefore praying for three hundred Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha near the White Posts, near the Mouth, to adjoin the Marshes of the Bay, and Land this day Petitioned for by Randal Bray-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Hall setting forth that he had Leen long settled in the Province had fifty Acres of Land granted him but the same was afterwards found to be included in a larger Tract Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof Fifty Acres at a place called Tuckasee Kings St Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land there granted him where he lives-
RESOLVED That on Condition &re the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of William Tarvin setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife Children and five Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres on the little Kioka Creek St Paul's Parish about two Miles from Land there ordered Zachariah La Mar-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Red setting forth that he had been many Years in the Province had had no Land grant- ed him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife four Children and five Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St Paul's Parish on the 'North side of Briar Creek at the Old Beaver Dams between the two Augusta Treading Roads-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Patrick Delaney setting forth that he was settled in the Province had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in St George's Parish near a Place called the Dog Ponds to adjoin Land there ordered Joseph Perry-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Alexander Sherrod setting forth that he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land which was afterwards found not Vacant Therefore pray- ing for in Lieu thereof two hundred Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha opposite the Mouth of a Creek
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there called Sandy Creek- One hundred and fifty Acres to be laid out on the South side and fifty Acres on the North side of the said River-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted- the whole or any part thereof on North side-
Read a Petition of Thomas Watson setting forth that he was one of the Settlers in Wrights-Borough Town- ship and had two Sons arrived at Man's Estate who were desirous to settle for themselves Theretore praying for two hundred Acres within the said Reserve for the Bene- fit of his said two Sons John and Jacob Watson to adjoin his own Land-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted- One hundred Acres to each of the Son's and in their Names-
Read a Petition of William Miles setting forth that he was one of the settlers in Wrightsborough he had had only One hundred Acres of Land ordered him and had a Family of a Wife and Child Therefore praying for out of the said Reserve the further quantity of One hun- dred Acres-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted --
Read a Petition of John Stubbs setting forth that he was one of the Settlers in Wrightsborough had had only One hundred Acres of Land granted him and had a Family of a Wife and six Children Therefore praying for out of the said Reserve the further quantity of Three hundred and fifty Acres-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of William Candler setting forth that he had had two hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to obtain an additional Tract hav- ing a Wife four Children and two Negroes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres being part of a Tract of tour hundred Acres surveyed for Edmund Bugg in St Paul's Parish and elapsed, which Land prayed for ad- joins the Land already ordered him-
RESOLVED That on Condition & the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Joseph Baker setting forth that he had ordered him a Tract of One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in St Andrew'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 should have been taken out 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 Secretary might be ordered to prepare the same-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Robert Oran setting forth that he had Ordered him a Tract of One hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and re- turned 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 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 &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of Peter Stedler setting forth that he had ordered him a Tract of two hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish which had been Surveyed and re- turned and a Fiat for the same passed by the Attorney General but the Time was elapsed in which the Grant should have been taken out 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 Secretary might be ordered to prepare the same-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Sherwood Bugg setting forth that he had had ordered him two Tracts of Land of four hun- dred Acres and three hundred and fifty Acres which had been Surveyed and Plans thereof returned into the Sur- veyer general's Office but the Time was elapsed in which Grants 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 Grants for the said Land And that the Surveyer general might be or- dered to prepare and certify plans thereof accordingly-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Simpson setting forth that he had had no Land granted him and was desirous to obtain Land having a Negro Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres in St Andrew's Parish hereto- fore surveyed for Edward Gillman and is as long since elapsed in the Secretary's Office-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of David Anderson setting forth that
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he had ordered him in February last two hundred Acres of Land in St Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land he had purchased and was desirous to obtain Leave to Survey the same some what from the usual Orders given Therefore praying that the Surveyer general might be instructed to order the same to be laid out in an Oblong Square agree- able to a Sketch now exhibited-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Christopher Cremer Executor of Matthew Zetler deceased setting forth that Matthew Zet- ler deceased had ordered him in his Lifetime three hun- dred Acres of Land at Ogechee which had been Surveyed and returned but the said Zetler died before a Grant for the same was perfected Therefore praying that a Grant for the said Land might be ordered to pass to and in the Names of Daniel Mathias and Nathaniel the Sons of the said Deceased to whom he Devised the same in and by his last Will and Testament-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted as Tenants in Common-
Read a Petition of James Mackay setting forth that he had long since ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish whereon he was settled- That the same was regularly Surveyed by a Surveyer since Dead and it is doubtful whether he ever returned a Plan thereof unto the general Surveyer's Office as no such thing is now to be found after much Search There- fore praying that a Resurvey of the Lines might be or- dered by the Surveyer General that a Plan might be re- turned for his Majesty's Grant to pass thereon-
RESOLVED That on Condition &ce the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
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Read a Petition of Joseph Hollingsworth setting forth that he was one of the People called Quakers and a Settler in Wrightsborough had had One hundred Acres Ordered him but had not had it laid out as it was too small a Quantity to make a Settlement Therefore praying that he might obtain by Purchase or otherwise as might be most agreeable Two hundred Acres within the said Reserve to be laid out for him on both sides the long Branch of Uptons Creek near a Survey there made for Robert Me- Clon
ORDERED That the further Consideration of the said Petition be Postponed
His Excellency the Governor applied for Five hundred Acres of Pine Land joining Land of William Butler and John Milledge on great Ogechee and to run up to adjoin Land of Thomas Burrington in Lieu of Five hundred Acres Ordered in September 1768 and not Surveyed-
ORDERED That One thousand five hundred Acres of Land in St George's Parish in the Fork of Rocky Comfort where it disembogues into Ogechee River be Surveyed and laid out in Two Tracts of equal Quantities to and in the Name of James Habersham Esq"-
ORDERED That fifty Acres of Land in Queensborough Township St George's Parish at a place called Sandy Run Spring being the Head of Sandy Run be Surveyed and laid out for the Scite of a Church for the said Parish And that a Grant for the Said Land do pass In trust to Also That five hundred Acres in the same Township and Parish at a Place called the Fork of the Dry Creek be Surveyed and laid out for a Glebe for the Same Parish And that a Grant do pass for the said Land In Trust to
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ORDERED That Andrew M'Currie be incerted in the Commission of the Peace a Justice for St George's Parish
His Excellency the Governour Signed the following Grants Vizt
To Francis Arwin 200 Acres John Klein 100 Acres Jolin Linch 100 Acres Stephen Millen 400 Acres -
In S' Matthew's
1 Parish-
Joseph Atkinson 126 Acres John Conyers 50 Acres
David Cavenah (Pur) 150 Acres
Amos Emanuel 150 Acres Jonathan Mulkey ( Pur) 1000 Acres Ruben Red 100 Acres
John Davis 150 Acres
John Richards 200 Acres
James Mackay Esq" 6co Acres
Stephen Millen 300 Acres
Stephen Millen 300 Acres
John Stafford 150 Acres
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In St Philip's Parish-
Alexander Inglis ( Pur) 1000 Acres In St Mary's Parish-
George Limbacker 400 Acres Christian Limbacker 100 Acres Elias Walraven 100 Acres
In St Paul's Parish-
James Mackay Esq' 200 Acres John Rian 100 Acres
John Rae 50 Acres Thomas Shruder 500 Acres
Thomas Netherclift ( Pur) 500 Acres Thomas Netherclift 500 Acres John Simpson 400 Acres
In St Andrew's Parish-
In Christ Church 5 Parish-
In St Thomas's Parish-
In St George's Parishı-
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GEORGIA At a Council held at the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 4th July 1769
Present --
His Excellency James Wright Esq"-
The Honble
L Noble Jones Francis Harris Jonathan Bryan James Edwª Powell Lewis Johnson James Read 1
Esqrs
Read a Petition of Joseph Hollingsworth setting forth that he was one of the People lately settled at Wrights- borough and had a Warrant ordered him by the Govern- ment for One hundred Acres out of the Land reserved for that Settlement which Quantity being too small for Per- sons who Cultivate after their manner he was desirous to resign the Bounty in order to obtain a larger quantity of Land Therefore praying for two hundred Acres to run on both sides of the long Branch above Land there laid out for Robert McClung -- .
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