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Petition of Michl Stewart for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of Michael Stewart setting forth that he had one hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him which had been surveyed and a Plan returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in which a 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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of John King for Grant ¿to pass read
and
Read a Petition of John King setting forth that he had two hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him which had been surveyed and a Plan returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in Which a 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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof Accordingly-
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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.Granted.
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Peter Nephew for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of Peter Nephew setting forth that he had had two hundred Acres of Land ordered him which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in Which a 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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Regis- ter the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Sarah Fryer for Grant to pass read .and
Read a Petition of Sarah Fryer Widow setting forth that her husband John Fryer deceased had ordered him in his life time one hundred and fifty Acres of Land which had been surveyed and returned and a Fiat passed by the Attorney General but the time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have been taken out that she had eight Children Therefore praying that his Majesty's Grant for the said Land might pass in her Name the better to enable her to bring up and educate her said
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Children And that the Surveyor General might be or- dered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that pur- pose-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that she doth also Regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Amos Cutril (sic) for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of Amos Cuthril setting forth that he had had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land which had been surveyed and a Plat thereof returned but the time was elapsed in which a Grant for the Same ought to have been taken out 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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Joseph Burton for Grant to pass read
Read a Petition of Joseph Burton Setting forth that he had had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land on Purchase which had been Surveyed and a Plan there- of returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in which a Grant ought to have been
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and
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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of James Westley setting forth that he had ordered him one hundred Acres of Land which had been surveyed and the Plat thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in Which a 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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a plan thereof for that purpose-
Granted.
·
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Wm. Forsyth for Grants to pass read
Read a Petition of William Forsyth Setting forth that he had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land And also two hundred Acres both which Tracts had been
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Surveyed and Plans thereof returned and a Fiat for the five hundred Acres passed by the Attorney General but the time was elapsed in which Grants ought to have been taken out 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 Secre- tary might be ordered to prepare the one and the Sur- veyor General to certify a Plan of the Other for that purpose-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out Grants for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Donald Mackenzie setting forth Petition of D. that he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land Mackenzie for read Grant to pass which had been Surveyed and the Plat thereof returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in Which a 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 and Grant for the said Land And that the Surveyor General be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
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his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Lawr. Clark for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of Lawrence Clark Setting forth that he had lately reserved for him for Six Months (his family not being in the Province) three hundred and fifty Acres of Land That his Family was arrived con- sisting of a Wife a Child and two Negroes Therefore praying that his Majesty's Grant for the said Land so reserved might be ordered to pass in his Name-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of George Fox for Grant to pass read
and
Read a Petition of George Fox Setting forth that he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in St Mary's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan returned into the Surveyor General's Office but the time was elapsed in Which a 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 Surveyor General might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that purpose-
Granted,
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a grant for the said Land within Two Months from this date ( Agreeable to an Order of Coun- til in that Case lately made) and that he doth also regis- ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
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his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of M. McCulloch for (sic)
a new Precept read
and
Read a Petition of Mary McCullough Widow Setting forth that in the Month of November 1762 she had or- dered her in Trust for her six Children Jennet, Elizabeth, William Nathaniel, John, James, and Martha McCul- lough, One hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the east side of Cat head Creek between Lands granted John Perkins and John Holmes but the Same had been run out of date Meerly thro' her having a great family to support and not possessed of Money Sufficient to pass the Same thro' the proper Offices Therefore praying that taking the Premisses into Consideration the board would be pleased to grant her a new Precept on her said War- rant And that the Surveyor General might be ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant Accordingly-
Granted.
RESOLVED That the prayer of the said Petition is granted and that the Surveyor General do issue a new Precept on the said Warrant as prayed for-
Read a Petition of Leonard Claiborne Jun" Setting Petition of Leon. Claiborne rant read forth that he had ordered him in the Month of June last to resign War- seven hundred Acres of Land on Green Briar Creek about five Miles from the Kioka's to begin at a White Oak there mark'd L. C. but on the Survey there ap- peared to be no more than three hundred Acres fit for Cultivation Therefore praying that he might resign his and said Warrant for Seven hundred Acres and have granted him three hundred Acres in the Same place and four hundred Acres on a Branch of the Uchee Creek about two Miles from Moses Dicas's Land on the Same Creek-
Rejected. ORDERED
That the said Petition be rejected-
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Petition of G. Mackintosh for Lot in Freder- ica read
and
Read a Petition of George Mackintosh setting forth that he was desirous to improve a Lot in the Town of Frederica Therefore praying for a Lot in the north Di- vision of the said Town known by Number Six formerly the Property of Michael Wilson (including the fifty Acres thereto belonging) who had been long dead to join a Lot of Captain Mackay's or otherwise that he might have the Lot Number one in the South Division formerly belonging to Doctor Hawkins-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take take out a Grant for the said Lot within Seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within Six Months from the date thereof the Prayer of the said Petition is granted as to the mentioned Lot if vacant-
Petition of John Poulson for 50 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of John Poulson setting forth that he had had three hundred Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having six Negroes Therefore praying for fifty Acres at a Place called Anderson's Camp on the north side of the town of Frederica including the Old Barrack Lot or a Lot in the said town called John Mason's-
Rejected.
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-
Petition of James Mur- phey for 100 Acres Purch. read
and
Read a Petition of James Murphey setting forth that he had had one hundred Acres of Land ordered him on the north side Buck head and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for on Purchase One hundred Acres to join the One hundred Acres before ordered him-
Rejected.
ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected-
.
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Petition of Willm. Powell for 100 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of William Powell setting forth that- he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land or- dered him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional. Tract having a Wife two Children and three Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on a Branch of St Mary's River within eight Miles of Land this day petitioned for by Richard Scruggs-
Rejected.
ORDERED
That the said Petition be rejected-
Petition of David Lewis for 150 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of David Lewis Setting forth that he- had ordered him in the Month of June last three hun- dred Acres of Land in the fork of Spirit Creek about thirteen Miles below Augusta but on the Survey there appeared to be no more than one hundred and fifty Acres thereof fit for Cultivation Therefore praying that he might resign his said Warrant for three hundred Acres And have granted him One hundred and fifty Acres in the same Place
Rejected.
ORDERED ' That the said Petition be rejected-
added to a Tract lately or- dered Alexr. Wright at Sa- tilla
Whereas Alexander Wright on the fourth day of 100 Acres to be November 1765 had a Warrant ordered him for survey- ing One thousand Acres of Land on the South side Sa- tilla to adjoin Land now of John Graham Esq" It is this day ordered on the Motion of his Excellency the Gov- ernor that one hundred Acres be added to the same Tract and be so surveyed Accordingly-
1000 Acres or- dered to his Ex- cellv. to adjoin a like quantity ordered Alexr. Wright.
His Excellency the Governour had also a Warrant on the said day ordered him for Surveying five hundred. Acres on the North side Satilla to adjoin Land ordered" one Brantford in South Carolina It is this day ordered on his Excellency's Motion that his Excellency be at Liberty to resign that Warrant and have one thousand Acres on the South Side the same River to join the Tract:
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of One thousand Acres ordered Alexander Wright and that a Survey thereof be made accordingly-
And Whereas his Excellency the Governour had on the same day ordered him One thousand Acres on the South side Satilla to adjoin Land ordered Charles West It is this day ordered on his Excellency's Motion that one thousand Acres be added thereto and that the Survey be made Accordingly to be contained in one Plat all the Above Lands are on Family Right now in the Province-
His Excellency laid before the Board an Address pre- His Excelly. advises with sented to him from the Commons House of Assembly the Board upon setting forth that they having taken into Consideration an Address presented to him by the Coms. House of Assembly re- spectg. the that part of his Excellency's Speach at the Opening of the Session recommending a Lazaretto to be built for Powder Money. the reception of infected Persons coming into this Prov- ince had agreed to purchase a convenient Spot of Land on Tybee Island and would proceed to build an House Suitable for the Purpose but the several other Expences of Government the present Inability of their Constitu- ents and the Scarcity of Money rendered them incapable of providing for the useful work by an Additional (sic) to the general Tax And further setting forth that being fully convinced his Excellency on all Occasions would assist the House in carrying into Execution every Measure productive of Advantage to the Province and being in- formed that there was in the Treasury a considerable Sum of Money arising by Virtue of the Act for raising a public Store of Gun Powder which they apprehended would be no Occasion to make Use of for some time agreeable to the directions of the said Act as there was a large Store of Powder in the Magazine and the Quan- tity daily increasing they therefore requested his Excel- lency to permit them to borrow from that Fund a Sum not exceeding three hundred Pounds for the above Pur- pose which the House would chearfully repay when 6 cr-vol 10
1000 Acres to be added to a like quantity lately ordered his Excelly the Governour.
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thereunto required by his Excellency or the Commander in Chief for the time being-
His Excellency also mentioned the Law of this Prov- ince for raising a public Store of Gun Powder agreeable to his Majesty's royal Instruction and desired they would take the said Law and Address into their Consideration give him their Oppinion and Advice thereon-
And it appearing to this Board that there is at present The Board" ad- about One thousand One hundred weight of Gun Powder vises his Ex- in the Magazine belonging to the Public and considering sent to the Loan requested that there will be a constant Supply coming in from the Shipping and that the purchasing an additional Quantity at present could answer no valuable End; that a large Quantity might be liable to Damage before it could be possibly expended: that the Loan proposed they were sensible would be of Advantage to the Public and that in Case of Emergency or when ever required the Sum Lent could be forwith (sic) repaid: The Board there- fore unanimously advised his Excellency to consent to the Loan requested Provided there be a Clause in the Bill to enable the public Treasurer to repay the said Sum - whenever demanded by his Excellency or the Commander in chief for the time being out of whatever Money's might at that time be in the Treasury-
100 & 200 Acres of Land on Cumberland Is-
ORDERED That the Surveyor General have directions to cause to be reserved One hundred Acres of Land on land ordered to Cumberland Island where Fort St Andrew formerly be reserved for public Uses. Stood And also two hundred Acres on the Same Island where Fort William Stood for Public Uses-
Button Gwin-
nett appointed a Justice for the Parishes of St. John and St. Andrews.
ORDERED That Button Gwinnett Esq" be inserted in the Commission of the Peace one of his Majesty's Jus- tices for the Parishes of St John and St Andrew And that the Clerk of the Crown and Peace with whom the
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said Commission is lodged do insert the said M' Gwin- nett's Name therein Accordingly-
His Excellency the Governour Signed the following Grants vizt
Grants signed
To James Anderson 150 Acres Nicholas Fisher 100 Acres
John Graham Esq" - 500 Acres 500 Acres 1000 Acres
in St George's Parish
Isaac Linsey 100 Acres
James Ogilby 100 Acres
George Striegel 150 Acres Jacob Winfree 375 Acres
James Bennett 200 Acres Ann Moodie for life &c 200 Acres John Oxlin 50 Acres - 200 Acres Townsend Robinson 100 Acres
in St Matthew's Parish-
Hugh Burns 750 Acres
350 Acres
Peter Vandyke 150 Acres in St Mary's Parish- Thomas Williams 450 Acres I
Charles West 500 Acres
John William & Jane Carney 300 Acres
200 Acres { in St Patrick's Parish
James Forrester 150 Acres
500 Acres
George Mackintosh 150 Acres
Arthur Carney 500 Acres on the South Side the Alatamaha-
Richard Fox 100 Acres Christ Church Parish-
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Grants signed. To John Germany 100 Acres
100 Acres St Paul's Parish
John Lastinger 100 Acres in St Philip's Parish-
William Mackintosh 200 Acres
Lachlan Mackintosh 150 Acres
St Andrew's Parish-
200 Acres Roderic McLeod 200 Acres
Lewis Mattier 200 Acres
St David's Parish- Joseph Williams 150 Acres
Edward Way 100 Acres in St John's Parish-
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on Tuesday the 3ª March 1767.
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq"
The Honble
Noble Jones Francis Harris Jonathan Bryan James Mackay James Edwª Powell Grey Elliott Clement Martin Lewis Johnson James Read
Esqrs
Read a Petition of Jermyn Wright and Charles Wright Petition of J. & Esq' setting forth that they had some time since Seven thousand seven hundred Acres of Land ordered them in Family Right but no more than Seven thousand two hundred and fifty Acres thereof had been laid out There-
C. Wright for 450 Acres read
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fore praying that a remainder Part being four hundred and fifty Acres might be granted them to adjoin their own Land on Crooked River and a Place called Cane's Old Field-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted
Petition of Matthew Roche for 550 Acres read
and
Read a Petition of Matthew Roche Setting forth that he had had six hundred and ninety nine Acres of Land ordered him in family right and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife Child and twenty one Negroes Therefore praying for five hundred and fifty Acres in St Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land he had purchased of John Teal --
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj- esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Petition of Thos. Maxwell for 200 Acres read
and
Read a Petition .of Thomas Maxwell Setting forth that he had lately had two hundred Acres of Land or- dered him which having since been run by another Per- son he had resigned his right thereto Therefore praying that in Lieu thereof he might have granted him two hundred Acres on the South Side of the Alatamaha to adjoin Land granted one Kennan in South Carolina-
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Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Registers Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of Archibald Bulloch Setting forth Archd. Bulloch that he was settled in the Province had had no Land Petition of for 300 Acres read granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul- tivation having a Wife a Child and Six Negroes There- fore praying for three hundred Acres Pine Land on and Skidoway Island lying between Lands granted John Davis John Kelsall and Inigo Jones-
Granted.
RESOLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven Months from this Date and that he doth also register the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of the said Petition is granted-
Read a Petition of John Stevens Setting forth that Petition of John Stevens read and some time since he had ordered him One thousand Acres for 1000 Acres of Land which on going to Survey was found not vacant Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof One thousand Acres on great Ogechee River to include a Place called Bassett's old Field-
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