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FROM THF.
BRIOHT LKOACY.
Descendants of Henrj Bright, jr., who died at Water-
town, Mass., in i6S6, are entitled to hold scholarships in
Harvard College, established in iSSo under the will of
JONATHAN BROWN BRIGHT
of Waltham, Mass., with one half the income of this
Legacy. Such descendants failing, other persons are
eligible tp the scholarships. The will requires that
this announcement shall be made in every book added
to the Library under its provisions.
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COMPII.BD AND FUBUSHBD UNDER AUTHORTrv
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BY
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VOLUME XI
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PROCEEDINGS AND MINUTES OF THE
_ GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
PROM
April 3, 1770, to July 13, 1771
(From British Public Records Office, B. T.)
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GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 3* April 1770.
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham.
Noble Jones
Francis Harris
James Mackay
The Hon^** i Grey Elliott \ Esquires
Clement Martin Jun'
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
James Read
Junr. for 80
Acres
Read a Petition of Clement Martin Jun' setting forth
o?emrM*rttii *hat there was a small piece of Land) adjoining the head
line of his lot at Abercom containing not more than
eighty Acres which he was desirous to Obtain as Con-
venient to his Settlement Therefore praying for the said
vacant piece of Land he having more than two Negroes
for whom he had Obtained no Land.
R^SOLV^ That on Condition that the Petiti(Mier
Granted joth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
the saici Grant in the register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Mary Douglass Widow setting
Ma ^i)iu7a88 ^^^^ *^^ ^^^ lately had a Warrant for a Quantity of
su^^ius Lind Surplus land included within the lines of a Tract of Land
up Savannah River purchased by her husband which
Surplus land at the ^***'^ of Petitioning was supposed to
granted
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU
contain six hiindred Acres : but by an Actual Survey was
found to be only three hundred and Sixty five Acres and
three Roads ^■**'^ Therefore praying that the Surveyer
general might be ordered to receive and certify to her
the said Surplus land agreeable to the plan thereof ex-
hibited.
R^oi^vKD That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do receive and
certify the same Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Samuel Prink C"" setting forth that
ot\he Eevd. he had Obtained no land in the Province and was desir-
for 500 Acres ous of Land for Cultivation having eight Negroes There-
fore praying for five hundred Acres in S* John's Parish
upon the head of the Spring branch two Miles from Land
of James Tanby to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp
being narrow.
R^soi^vED That on Condition 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 Joseph Wright setting forth that
Joseph wri^t be had five hundred Acres of Land ordered him at the
last board and was desirous to Obtain an Additional
Tract having a Wife three Children and forty five Ne-
groes Therefore praying for five hundred Acres in S*
Mary's Parish to adjoin the said five hundred Acres or-
dered him at the last board.
RESOI.VED That c«i Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
O ranted
APRIL, 1770. 6
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
6f the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Samuel Miller setting forth that he
ofsanfi.Mmerhad had four hundred Acres of Land granted him and
cres ^^^ desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a
Wife two Children and thirty eight Negroes Therefore
praying for four hundred Acres in S* John's Parish to
adjoin land there ordered Palmer Golding which Peti-
tioner had purchased to be laid out Oblong, it being for a
" Conveniency of back water Also one hundred Acres about
two Miles from the same land for a Cowpen also Ob-
long.
Granted
RESOLVED That on Condition 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 Graham Esq' setting forth
o?jnof*^*^^^ that he was possessed of forty two Negroes for whora
toTiSwISeshe had Obtained no Land and was desirous to Obtain
land on their behalf Therefore praying for One thousand
Acres in S* John's Parish on a Swamp about three miles
from Land of James Taylor on Coonochee and alsp five
hundred Acres in the same parish upon little Coonochee
to join land granted Nathaniel Hall and near the Indian
line.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within seven
6 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this Date and that he doth also register 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 John Forbes setting forth that he
the Petn. of _^ ^
iwioo Acres ^^^ ^^ '^^^ granted him in Family Right but had since
six Negroes in the Province for whom he Obtained no
Land Therefore praying for three hundred Acres of
Marsh Land adjoining his own land and Mars on Mid-
way River in S* John's and S* Philip's Parishes on a
Creek dividing the two Parishes —
Granted
RESOLVED That on Condition 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 Richard Scruggs setting forth that
Richd!^"* ^^ he had been many years settled in the Province had had
Acres^ ^' ^^ two hundred Acres of land granted him and was desirous
to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife four Chil-
dren and two Negroes Tlierefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres in S* Matthew's Parish up a Creek called
Black Creek about Seven Miles from Land ordered
Charles Hudson —
R^SOi^VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^j^q q^^ g. Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also raster
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 —
APRIL, 1770. 7
Read a Petition of Jane Russdl Widow setting forth
j^e^]^^n that she by the Will of her late Husband was possessed
ores ^ sixteen Farm Lots lying in Jekyl and Frederic Tythr
ings Darby Ward and in the fourth Tything Reyonlds
Ward between which said lots was some vacant Land
Originally designed and set apart for Roads between
each lot That she was desirous to Obtain a Grant of the
said vacant land having three N^^roes for whom she had
Obtained no Land Therefore praying for the said vacant
land containing One hundred and Sixteen Acres.
R^soi^v^ That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she 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 Tamer Oates setting forth that she
the Petn. of had from her Infancy been settled in the Province had
Tftmer Dates -^
for 800 Acres never yet any land granted her and was possessed of four
Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres 00
Oswald's Swamp near or adjoining Lands of John Oates.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she 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 Cutler Braddock setting forth
So.^cutie?' ^^* ^^ ^^^ *^^^^ brought up in the Province had had
S?Awe? '*^' ^^ Land granted him and) was desirous to Obtain land for
Cultivation having a Wife and two Negroes Therefore
8 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL;
praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in S' Matthew's
Parish on the back and near land granted his Father
deceased.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^j^th take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Ro-
ister 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 Edmond Bugg setting forth that he
Btoun^Bugg was lately come into the Province had had Two hundred
Acres of Land ordered him at the last board and was
desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife
Ten Children and thirteen Negroes Therefore praying
for two himdred and fifty Acres in S* Paul's Parish to
be laid out near the two hundred Acres before ordered
him.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
oranted ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Francis Stringer setting forth that
i?fni!®'°' ^' hie had been seven years in the Province had had two
IwaSbs'^^ hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous
to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife two Chil-
dren and four Negroes Therefore praying for two hun-
dred Acres in S* George's Parish to adjoin Land there
laid out for John Friar and Peter Torquinnett.
APRIL, 1770.
9
"Granted
RESOI.VHD That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
Benja.
Williamson
for 200 Aores
Qranted
Read a Petition of Benjamin Williamson setting forth
that he had been many years in the Province had had
Six hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous
to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife eight Chil-
dren and nine Negroes Therefore pra)ring for two hun-
dred Acres in S* George's Parish to adjoin the head lines
of BeviU's and Edward Barnard Land which Petitioner
had purchased —
Resoi^v^ That on Condition 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 —
^be Petn. of
Paal Fulton
for 250 Acres
Read a Petition of Paul Fulton setting forth that he
had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Ob-
tain Land having a Wife a Child and three Negroes
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres upon Branch
of the Buffelo Swamp for the settling of a Stock and
being within a Mile and half of Land ordered Moses
Way. And also to grant him One hundred and fifty
Acres in S* Andrew's Parish for the Conveniency of
back water to adjoin the land whereon- he lived which
had been granted his Father.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
10 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Grai4ted. ^q^j^ ^j^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 —
Read a Petition of John Nevell setting forth that he
^o. Neveinco had been in the Province near five years had had no
Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having a Wife and Child Therefore praying
for one hundred Acres upon Briar Creek adjoining of
Gilsh Thomas
Granted.
R^oi^vED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Ras-
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 —
Read a Petition of Sir Patrick Houstoun setting forth
the petn. of that he had lately ordered him five hundred Acres of
Hon8toiin°for Land in S* Philip's Parish which had been Surveyed but
the Surveyor general Objected to receiving the plan on
account of some difference in the Soundings Therefore
praying that the said five hundred Acres might be or-
dered him in S* Philips Parish to adjoin the Lands of
Thomas Ross John Mann and Susannah Wylly.
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. 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 —
APRIL, 1770. 11
Read a Petition of Joseph Ottolenghe setting forth
the^etn. of ^j^^ j^^ j^^ lately ordered him three hundred Acres of
aw Acres * ^"^Land which on Survey was found not proper for a Set-
tlement. That he had Twelve Negroes for whom he had
Obtained no Land Therefore praying for Six himdred
Acres in S* Philip's Parish near or to adjoin Land there
ordered Adam Ortner.
Granted.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Lee Jun' setting forth that
Thos^^Si o' he had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land
Acr^ '^' **^ ^^ ^^^ '^t board which proved not to be vacant and was
desirous to Obtain another Tract in Lieu thereof There-
fore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres on the
South side of Coonochee about four Miles from the
River and two Miles from land ordered John Bamaby
or Bams.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. (Joth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
ister the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
his Majesty ir.ay not be defrauded of his Quit Rents tlie
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Patrick Dennison setting forth
the Peto of that he was lately come into the Province had had no
Dennigon for Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
°^^ Cultivation having a Wife and seven Children Therefore
12 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
praying for three hundred and fifty Acres in S* George's
Parish to adjoin Land there ordered John Galphin.
Resolve That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
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 —
Read a Petition of John Winn setting forth that he
jno. winn*for ^^^ ^^^ ^^^S ^^ ^^c Province had had no Land granted
200 Acres j^jj^ ^^^ ^^g desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a Wife a Child and Twelve Negroes Therefore
praying for two hundred Acres in S* Andrew's Parish
to adjoin land of Thomas Kelly partly on two sides the
Comer being in the Swamp and to be laid out in an
Oblong the Swamp being very narrow.
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^jQ^h take out a Grant for the said Land ^within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Wilson setting forth that he
jm wiuon tor ^^ ^^^^ Stephen Smith purchased O'Daniel's Saw Mill
200 Acres jj^ gt Qeorge's Parish and was desirous to Obtain a piece
of Land Contiguous for the use of the said Mill having
a Wife and three Children and had Obtained no Land
in the province Therefore praying for three hundred
Acres on the South Side of the Beaver Dam in S*
George's Parish adjoining the saw Mill l^^nd — being
APRIL, 1770. 13
part of a Tract Sometime since ordered Morgan and
Dunlap and by them given up and Elapsed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted on doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Parobase.
Months from this date and that he doth also raster
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 — on Purchase be-
ing Pine barren for the use of the Mill.
Read a Petition of David Baldwin setting forth that
Dald^w^n ^^ h^ '^^^^ ^^^^ years in the Province had had no Land
for 200 Acres gnmted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and five Children Therefore pray-
ing for two hundred Acres in Wrightsborough Town-
ship S* Paul's Parish on the north Fork of Upton's Creek
whereon he was now Settled.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Ras-
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Shaw setting forth that he
the Petn. of was Settled in the Province had had no Land granted
«o Acrea^ ^' him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a Wife and Six Children Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres at the Waggon Ford on Green Briar
where he was then settled
Resoi^v^ That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^"^^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
14 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
Months from this date 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 —
Read a Petition of Brinkley Corbet setting forth that
of Brtnkiir he was settled in Wrightsborough Township S* Paul's
Acres ^' Parish had had no Land granted him and was desirous
to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres on Sweet Water Branch of Briar
Creek in the said Township.
Onnted.
R^soi/VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of tlie said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of John Rock setting forth that he
the Petn. of was settled in the province had had no Land granted
J no. Rook for ^ ° ,
100 Acres )^\^ gild was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for one hundred Acres to adjoin Land
there ordered William Davis at or near M*" Bean's
Swamp.
Granted.
R^soi^v^ That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 orranted —
tiM FMiuof
Inae Cooper
te 0)0 AerM
APRIL, 1770. 16
Read a Petition of Isaac Cooper setting forth that he
was settled at Wrightsborough in S* Paul's Parish had
had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having a Wife and Child There-
fore praying for two hundred Acres in the said Town-
ship on the Waters of Upton's Creek.
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 th^ 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 Patrick Butler setting forth that he
Sftk*Bitier ^^^ Settled in the province had had no Land granted
forifiOAem him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres to
adjoin Land granted Patrick Hallagan.
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 —
thePetn. of
Jacob MeOurty
Read a Petition of Jacob M^'Carty setting forth that
he was settled in the Province had had no Land gfranted
for aoo Acne ^im and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a Wife and one Child Therefore pra)ring for two
htmdred Acres on the Uchee Creek in S* Paul's Parish
where he then lived.
R^oi^v^D That on Condition that the Petitioner
**" doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
16 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 Thomas Higginbotham setting
iftePeto.^ forth that he was settled in the Province had had land
b^^ fer 100 granted him but was possessed of four Negroes for
whom he had Obtained no land Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres on Old Mill Creek to adjoin Land
there before granted him
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Joshua Bradley setting forth that
^S^E'riStyhe was settled in the Province and had two Children for
forioo Aerw ^jjom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres upon the great Kioka to adjoin land
there laid out for Ebenezer Smith.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, ^^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Stanley setting forth that he
^^^[i^ was settled in the Province had had no Land granted
for200AerM j^j^ ^^ ^^^ dcsirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
APRIL, 1770. 17
having a Wife and a Negro Therefore praying for two
hundred Acres near the Uchee Credc in S* Paul's Parish
where he then lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. 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 Prov-
ince 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 David Stanley setting forth that he
the Petn. of was Settled in the Province had had no Land granted
fo/200 Ae^B^ him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a Wife and six Children Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres on Uchee Creek in S* Paul's Parish
where he then lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. j^^ ^^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Lands within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Philip Elphinston setting forth that
toe Petn. of he was Settled in the Province had had no Land granted
Philip
?i?Sfl*^ him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
for 800 Acres
having a Wife and three Children Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres on the north side of Briar Creek
to adjoin Land of George Galphin and lands purchased
of John Higdon whereon Petitioner then lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
aranted. j^j^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Qj^^^^^ f^j. ^^ ^^ j^j; within Seven
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16 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 Thomas Higginbotham setting
mT^rngSn- ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ settled in the Province had had land
5^^Jf"»*»*» granted him but was possessed of four Negroes for
whom he had Obtained no land Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres on Old Mill Creek to adjoin Land
there before granted him
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Joshua Bradley setting forth that
^u'^i^ he was settled in the Province and had two Children for
forioo AerM ^Jjqj^ j^^ j^j^^ Obtained no Land Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres upon the great Kioka to adjoin land
there laid out for Ebenezer Smith.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grwited. j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Stanley setting forth that he
^^^Ii& was settled in the Province had had no Land granted
for2oo Acres j^.^ ^^^ ^^^ dcskous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
APRIL, 1770. 17
having a Wife and a Negro Therefore praying for two
hundred Acres near the Uchee Credc in S* Paul's Parish
where he then lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
ermnted. 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 Prov-
ince 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 David Stanley setting forth that he
the petn. of was settled in the Province had had no Land granted
for2ooAoreB*^him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a Wife and six Children Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres on Uchee Creek in S* Paul's Parish
where he then lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^^^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Lands within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Philip Elphinston setting forth that
toe Petn. of he was Settled in the Province had had no Land granted
S^StoaSSs *^™ ^^ ^^ desirous to Obtain Lajnd for Cultivation
having a Wife and three Children Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres on the north side of Briar Creek
to adjoin Land of George Galphin and lands purchased
of John Higdon whereon Petitioner then lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
aimnted. j^j^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Qj^^^ £^ ^^^ g^j j^j. Within Seven
2 c r— vol 11
18 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date 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 —
Read a Petition of Robert Rae, George Whitefield &
Robt^l& ""' C^ setting forth that they had heretofore ordei^ed them
wStlfleid & five hundred Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish which
siapsed ^' had been surveyed and a plan thereof returned into the
Surveyor general's Office but the time was Elapsed in
which a Grant for the same should have passed There-
fore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time they
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.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
©ranted j^^j^ ^^j^^ q„|. ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date ("Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that they do 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 Stewart setting forth that he
ttie petn. of had had two hundred Acres of Land ordered him which
Jno. Stewart , , , , , , , r , • ,
Eu ^d*^^'^ heen surveyed and a plan thereof retumted mto the
Surveyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed in
which a Grant for the same should have passed 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 Surveyer general might be
ordered to prepare and certify a plan thereof for that
purpose.
APRIL, 1770.
19
Granted
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
the Petn. of
8aml. Payne
for 200 Acres
Blapsed.
Read a Petition of Samuel Payne setting forth that
he had ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in
S* Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
R^oi^v^ That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
.Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
inthatCase'lately made) 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 —
the Petn. of
Jonan.
Oochran for
1000 Acres
Elapsed
Read a Petition of Jonathan Cocliran setting forth that
he had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land in S*
Philip's Parish which was afterwards Caveated by Mar-
tin Fenton deceased whose Executor had relinquished
all right and Claim thereto Therefore praying that a
Grant for the said Tract might be ordered to pass in his
Name.
18 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from thfs date 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 —
Read a Petition of Robert Rae, George Whitefield &
SS>t^SS^ ""' C^ setting forth that they had heretofore ordered them
whi^eid & five hundred Acres of Land in S* George's Parish which
sifti^ed °'^ had been surveyed and a plan thereof returned into the
Surveyor general's Office but the time was Elapsed in
which a Grant for the same should have passed There-
fore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time they
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.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
©ranted j^^]^ ^^^ Qy|. ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (" Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that they do 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 Stewart setting forth that he
ttie petn. of had had two hundred Acres of Land ordered him which
tor 200 Acres had been surveyed and a plan thereof retumted into the
Elapsed -^ *^ ^ _^ , .
Surveyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed m
which a Grant for the same should have passed 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 Surveyer general might be
ordered to prepare and certify a plan thereof for that
purpose.
APRIL, 1770.
19
Oranted
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
the Petn. of
8aml. Payne
for 200 Acres
Blapsed.
Read a Petition of Samuel Pa5me setting forth that
he had ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in
S* Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
Resoi^v^ That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
^Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
inthatCase'lately made) 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 —
the Petn. of
Jonan.
Oocbran for
1000 Acres
Elapsed
Read a Petition of Jonathan Cochran setting forth that
he had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land in S*
Philip's Parish which was afterwards Caveated by Mar-
tin Fentom deceased whose Executor had relinquished
all right and Claim thereto Therefore praying that a
Grant for the said Tract might be ordered to pass in his
Name.
20 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^^ ^^ ^ q^.^^ f^^ ^j^ ^^ ^^^ within Seven
Montlis from this date and that he doth also Regis-
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Jackson setting forth that
SS. ^u^l he had ordered him two Tracts of One hundred and fifty
j£p^ Acres ^^j-^g ^^^j^^i in S^ Paul's Parish which had been surveyed
and plans thereof returned into the Surveyer genend's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which Grants for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding 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 ordered to prepare and
certify plans thereof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out Grants for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also register 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 William Candler setting forth that
w* ^n*"u?' he had ordtered him Two hundired Acres of Land in S*
Su^^'*" Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time h)e might be pennitted' to take out his
Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
Granted
APRIL, 1770.
21
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RES01.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
for 400 Acres
Elapsed
Read a Petition of Charles Jordan setting forth that
of ch^ jor°in ^^ ^ad Ordered him four hundred Acres of Land in S*
Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a claim there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surv^eyer
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 Grants for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also register
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 ^'^^'^ John Joachim Zubly setting forth
the Petn. of that he had had Six hundred Acres of Land ordered him
znbiy for 600 on S^ Marv's River which had been surveyed and a plan
Acres Elapd ^ / "
thereof returned into the Surveyer general s Office but the
time w^as Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
-Granted
22 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permiitted 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
J thereof for that purpose.
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Robert Bolton setting forth that
Sfbtf^B^iton he had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in S*
BiAiwed^*'^' Thomas's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RES0I.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date ( Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Deveroux Gerard setting forth
the Petn. of that he had ordered him Two hundred' Acres of land
Deverz.
A^JS^iaiiSa i" S* Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
APRIL, 1770. 23
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Patrick O'brian setting forth that
the petD. of he had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
P»tk. 0*brtan "^
g>^i«>^ Acres in S' Paul'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.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petition
Granted (»»c) Jq^j^ take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
24 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of William Finley setting forth that
wm-^Fioiey' he had ordered him a fifty Acre lot in the Township of
iStNo.j? Augusta N** 37 which had been surveyed and returned
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 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 only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Williams setting forth that he
jno/wmiam8 l^a-d Ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in S^
Eia^d^'** Philip's Parish which had been surveyed and returned 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 notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said land and that the Secretary
might be ordered to prepare the same.
Granted
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
APRIL, 1770. 25
Read a Petition of Daniel Ryan setting: forth that he
Dani. Rvan had lately ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of
^^ Land in S* Patrick's Parish which had been surveyed
but not Agreeable to the Tenor of the Warrant There-
fore praying that th^e Surveyer general might be ordered
to receive and certify the said Tract to him Agreeable to
a plan thereof then Exhibited.
<3nnted
Resolved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do receive and
certify a plan thereof Accordingly.
Read a Petition of James Douglass setting forth that
the P«to. of he was settled' in the Province these four years past had
for 800 Acres had three hundred Acres of Land ordered him in S^
Geoi^'s Parish but the same becoming Elapsed in the
Surveyer general's Office was petitioned for and taken
from him by another person Therefore praying for three
hundred Acres in S* Andrew's Parish heretofore ordered
Roger Kelsall and Simon Munro and Elapsed in the Sur-
veyer general's Office in respect of the time in which a
Grant for the same should have passed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
'Granted doth take out a Grant for the said land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Regis-
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months frcwn 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 Philip Dell setting forth that he
4hiup Mifir ^'^^^ lately come into the Province had had One hundred
:26o Acres ^^^j, f^f^y Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous
to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife Seven
Children and Seven Negroes Therefore praying for two
hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish
Granted
26 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
heretofore ordered James Nesmith and One hundred
Acres in the same Parish liieretofore ordered' William
Linden — \vhich lands were Expired in the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 LeRoy Hammond setting forth that
the petn. of in the Second Ride^e of Falls in the River Savannah
Le Roy ^
f lci?oi Rock ^'^^^ Augusta there was a large Quantity of Rock a
piece of which the Petitioner was desirous to Obtain a
Grant for Therefore praying for an Acre of the said
Rock for the purpose of securing the Dam of a Saw Mill
he had erected where he lived
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Acre of Rock with-
in Seven Months from this date and tliat 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 upon proof being
produced at this board that it not Obstruct the Naviga-
tion of the River
ayn
Wright Esqr.
for 200 Acres
Read a Petition of Jermyn Wright Esq*" setting forth
the Petn. of that he had had lands granted him^ in Family Right but
was ix>ssessed of five Negroes for whom he had had no
Land Therefore praying for two hundred Acres on the
north side of S^ Mary's River to adjoin the Indian Line.
postponed ORDERED That the Said Petition be postponed
APRIL, 1770. 27
Read a Petition of Luke Dean setting forth that he
&keiS2?fo?' had been six years in the Province had had Two hun-
aGran7?op»M dxed and Seventy five Acres of Land granted him and
h*dprepd.but was dcsirous to Obtain an additional Tract having: a
ordered to be ^
Btoped Wife three Children and and three Negroes Therefore
praying for One hundred and Twenty five Acres in S*
George's Parish on the north west side of Briar Creek
to adjoin Land there ordered John Mulkey and the Peti-
tioner further prayed that he might be permitted to take
out a Grant for land which had been prepared but was
ordered to be Stopped.
pofltponed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed on
Accoimt of his Character notwithstanding the within
Certificate.
Read a Petition of Ann M'^Queen Widow setting
tt»e Petn. of forth that she was settled in the Province had had no
Ann McQueen
Ac?e8^'**'^ Land granted her and being desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having^ six Negroes Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha
about two Miles above Sancta Sevela to adjoin land this
day petitioned for by Charles Francis Chevalier
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed the
postponed , . t^ . , . < -r^ .
petitioner not being a Resident in the Province —
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq' setting forth
So ^Siiam ^^^* ^^ ^^^ Obtained a Warrant for laying out One
Jj^^^'*^^ thousand Acres of landi on Turkey Branch great Satilla
which was Expired in its Term and the land not yet
Surveyed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might Obtain a new Precept for laying
out the said land and that the Surveyer general might
be ordered to issue the same.
28 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Qranted
Resolved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of John Fox setting forth that he had
jno.^oxfo/a Obtained a Warrant for laying out One hundred and
new reoep ^^^^ Acres and two hundred Acres of Land on great
Satilla which Warrants were expired in the Term and
the land not yet surveyed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might Obtain new
Precepts for laying out the said Land arfld that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to issue the same.
Granted
Resolved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue new Pre-
cepts Accordingly.
Br^^nhiu Thomas Brownhill appointed keeper of the Lazaretto
LsMretto ^^ ^^ ^^^ Room of John Stanhope who resigned
Ordered That the Surveyer general do certify on
^ni.'dJk'eVp *^ ^^ ^f ^^^h plat annexed to the Grants prepared for
thl To'*^'' lJ)\ the Settlers of Wrightsborough and Queensborough the
m his office jj^^^i^r of the town Lots in his Office with a Memoran-
dum when such Certificate passed.
M'Carty ag* Walton On a Caveat heard M*" Walton
Jnd^the^nd ^PP^^^^ ^ ^^ M'^Carty Ordered that M^Carty have
Mcowfy 200 Two hundred Acres of Land on Uchee Creek being the
^"' land in Contest to include the said M'^Carty's Buildings
and Improvements.
His Excellency the Governour signed the following
Grants Viz^
To Benjamin Andrew 150 Acres 1
David Dicks 500 Acres > In S^ John's Parish
Andrew Darling 24 Acres J
APRIL, 1770.
Moody Burt 200 Acres
James Graves 200 Acres
Elisha Butler Purchase 500
Acres
Elisha Butler Purchase 500
Acres
John Gruber 200 Acres
Thomas Ross 200 Acres
John WilHams 200 Acres
i.
2»
S' Paul's Parish
In S* Philip's Parish
George Gray 500 Acres I t ot ivyr »
Lachlan M^Gillivray 600 Acres] ^^ ^ ^^^ ■
s Parish
Abraham Lamb 200 Acres
John Mercer 200 Acres
Joshua Odam 100 Acres
Josiah Osgood 300 Acres
Charles OdensaJl 350 Acres
Charles OdensaJl 300 Acres
William Williams 100 Acres
I In S*
George's Parish
In S^ Andrew's Parish
Lachlan M^'Gillivray 1000 Acres In S* David's Parish
Jacob Gasper Walthour 250 Acres In S^ Matthew^s
Parish
80 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the i"^ day of May
1770.
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
J James Habersham
Noble Jones
Francis Harris
James Mackay
John Graham
James Read
Esq",
Reaid a Petition of Thomas Moreman setting forth
Siof.^^^°' ^^^ Andrew Moreman late of S* Mathew's Parish in
?a?Ji*'^/o' this Province had in the year 1761 Two hundred and
For ^60 Acres fifty Acres of Land ordered him whereon he lived and
had been Cultivated and Improved the same to the time of his
ordered to his ^
brother Andw. death That the said Andrew departed this life intestate
Moreman, ^
letA^t^d^ht I^2iving a Wife and Children who are also since dead
Sin^lhe^hSf; (the Children in their Infancy) whereby the Premisses
at Law descended and came to the Petitioner his Eldest brother
and heir at law. That the Petitioner being settled with
his family in North Carolina was induced to dispose of
the said land to a Purchaser who had taken possession
and lived thereon and the Petitioner gave his Bond for
making a good Title thereto not doubting but that his
brother's Title thereto was Compleat but on the Offices
being Searched he found to his very great Surprize that
no Grant had been taken out for the said Lanid and only
a Survey thereof returned into the Office Therefore pray-
ing that the Truth of the Premisses appearing and his
particular Situation considered his Majesty's Grant for
the said land might be ordered to pass in his Name as
Eldest brother and heir of the deceased to enable him to
discharge his Obligation.
MAY, 1770. 31-
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Majes-
ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Anthony Stokes Esq' setting forth
Anthy. stoijeB that in March last the Petitioner had land ordered him
Bsqr. for 800
Acres jn Family Right but had since purchased Six Negroes
for whom he had taken up no Land Therefore praying
for three hundred Acres on the north side of great Oge-
chee in S^ George's Parish to adjoin the land there be-
fore ordered him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Bowman setting forth that"
the Pe*»o'^ he had lately purchased a Quantity of Swamp land at
?n i???chMe " ^^^ ^^^^ Creek on the Alatamaha on the back whereof
was some pinj land which the Petitioner was very de-
sirous to Obtain but was not at present Possessed of a
Sufficient family right Therefore praying for On Pur-
chase Eight hundred Acres of the said Land adjoining
his purchased Swamp land at Cat head Creek aforesaid
to include two htmdred Acres Surplus Measure in the
said Tract.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said land within Seven
32 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
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 gtianited it appearing that the land
prayed for was unfit for any Cultivation and absolutely
necessary for a Settlement and Timber for the use of
thie Swamp land which Petitioner had purchased
Read a Petition of John Wand setting forth that he.
jno. Wand tor piirposed to Settle in the Province and was desirous to
2000 Acres Obtain Land for Cultivation being possessed of thirty
seven Negroes most of whom had been in the Province
three years and had had no Land yet granted, him There-
fore praying for two thousandi Acres on the South side
of the Alatamaha River in Finhalloway Swanr^ about
five Miles from' the River and fifteen Miles from' Fort
Barrington
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^qii\^ take out a Grant for the said land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
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 Doctor James Cuthhert setting forth
the Petn. of that he had had land granted him in Family Right but
cuthbert for was yet possessed of ten Negroes for whom he had Ob-
M?^'on*^* tained no Land Therefore praying for five hundred Acres
PBrch»ge Q^ ti^^ north siidte of the Alatamaha to adjoin Land of
one Sherrard in Family Right and also five himdred
Acres adjoining the same on Purchase.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
000 Aeres on j^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Grant foT the said Land within Sevens
MAY, 1770. 38
JSSJ^GniinSd Months ffom this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents part of
the prayer of the saliki Petition is granted five hundred
Acres on family Right.
Read a Petition of John Irvine setting forth that he
So.^rvinS' had a Wife and two Children and was possessed of five
cres jj^jij-^g f^j. ^hom he had Obtained no Land Therefore
praying for five hundred Acres in S* John's Parish upon
a Cane flat a Mile below Collins's Trading House
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^j^^j^ ^^^ q^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 James Luicena setting forth
jm. Lncena that had lately sent a Vessel to Jamadca by the return
gf rwerre for whcreof he expocted a Parcell of iiegroes for the use of
a Plantation he was intending* to settle if he Could Ob-
tained a Reserve of Land for that purpose Therefore
pra)ring for a Reserve for Twelve Months One thousand
Acres of Land on the Alatamaha to adjoin Land there
ordered James Maxwell and Joseph Butler.
Qimnted
RESOI.VED That the said Land be reserved for
Twelve Months as prayed for
Read a Petition of John Stirk setting fortK that he
jno.^ftk?or had lately ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land 00
floo^rei Briar Creek which had been surveyed but on the plan
thereof being laid before the board the same was disal-
P c r— Tol 1^
34 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
lowed of as not being Agreeable to Instructions There-
fore praying for the said Five hundred Acres at the same
place on Briar Creek aforesaid, that he might Cause a
Survey to be made that might be approved but to be laid
out in an Oblong
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^y^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this d:ate 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 Richard Bradley setting forth that
g« p«tn. of hie had been many years in the Province had had no Land
J^^«y'®'*^ granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife a Child and three Negroes There-
fore praying for three hundred' Acres on great Ogechee
about five Miles below the flat Ford near land there
surveyed for Frederic Fahm in S* Matthew Parish be-
ing land heretofore ordered John Teale but not surveyed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 James Forrester setting forth that
the Petn. of he had a family Consisting of three Children and Eleven
forioo Ao?e8 NcgToes for whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore
praying for six hundred Acres in S^ Mar/s Parish be-
tween great Satilla and Crooked River within five Miles
of the head of Todd's Creek.
MAY, 1770. 36
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
oranM j^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the said 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 Thomas Stevens setting forth that
Thos. Stevens he was Settled in the Province had had One hundred and
for 800 Acres
fifty 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 Bull Town Swamp about two Miles frwn
Land of Thomas Kelly in S* Andrew's Parish to be laid
out Oblong.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months frcmi 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 Osgood setting forth that he
thePeiD. of had lately ordered him- One hundred and fifty Acres of
Jno. Osgood "^ •'
iorifio Acres Land whjch proved not to be vacant and was desirous
to Obtain Land in Lieu thereof Therefore praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres on a Branch of the Mortar Swamp
about three Miles from the land before ordered him.
%»ZJ
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
-Granted ^j^th 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
36
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
V&tlil.
Plnmmer
for 460 Aeret
Granted
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Nathaniel Plummer setting forth
that he had been Twenty two Years in the Province had
had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having a Wife and Six Children
Therefore praying for four hundred and fifty Acres on
the head of Midway to adjoin the north side of Land
heretofore ordered Grey Elliott.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 gpranted.
Read a Petition of William Peacock setting forth that
wm.^^oSk he had been long in the Province had had One hundred
for 200 Acres ^q-^ ^ Lanid granted him and was desirous to Obtain
an additional Tract having a Wife two Children and a
N^fro Therefore praying for two hundred Acres on a
branch of Bull town Swamp to adjoin Land which he
had purchased of Thomas Kelly.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said land within Seven
Months irom this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of 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 —
Read a Petition of Jacob Illy setting forth that he had
jiSob nSy fo'r '^^^^ many years settled in the Province had had six hun-
^^^ dred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desir-
MAY, 1770. 37
ous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife Seven
Children and eight Negroes Therefore praying for
for ^■'"'^ two hundred and fifty Acres to adjoin Land here-
tofore granted him at Black Creek.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
oranted j,^^j^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster 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.
Read a Petition of Samuel Tomlinson setting forth
simL*'^' ^' ^* h^ ^^ been many years settled in the Province had
Toi^i^nfor j^^ ^^^ hundred Acres of Land granted him and was
desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife
two Children and four Slaves Therefore praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres on Ogechee near Queensborough
Township to aldjoini the land there already ordered him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
a»nted ^th 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 Prov-
ince 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 Hugh Sym setting forth that he
th€ p«tn. of haid been six years in the Province had had no Land
Hngh 87m for -^
iooAflres granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife a Child and two n^;roes Therefore
praying for three hundred Acres on a Branch of little
Ogechee in Christ Church Parish about two Miles irom
land ordered Benjamin Fox and near Land called Sach-
everaJ's — ^to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp bping
very narrow.
38
Onnt«d
GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
Resolved That an Condition 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 the ^"^^^ said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said
Province within Six Months frcwtn 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 Collins De Butts setting forth
jno.^riini that he had been ten years in the Province had had One
200 Acres °' hundred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous
to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife and three
Children Therefore pra)ring for two himdred Acres in S*
George's Parish on Duharts Creek to adjoin Land there
Surveyed for Isaac Eatton
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted ^Qth 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
the Petn. of
▲ndwr
Goann for 100
Acres
Read a Petition of Andrew Gnaim setting forth that
he had been nineteen years in the Province had had no
Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
Bethany district to adjoin Land there ordtered Urban
Buntz.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted y^^j^ ^j^g Q^j. ^ 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 Prov-
ince within six Months from the Date thereof that his
MAY, 1770. 39
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of John Martin Rylander setting forth
jno5S5n?n that he was bom in the Province had had no Land
iiJAoreB ^^ granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying
for One hundred Acres in S^ Matthew's Parish at the
first Bridge Branch Old Ebenezer lying between land of
John Mullryne and Martin Dasher to be laid out Oblong
the branch being narrow.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 g^nted —
Read a Petition of Moses Fusill setting forth that he
Moflee plism ^ad beiu about three Months in the Province from- North
Carolina had had no Land granted him anid was desirous
to Obtain land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres on the Beaver Dam in S* George's
Parish near or adjoinii^ Land there Surveyed for Dan-
iel OSheal's—
for 100 Acres
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the Date thereof that his
Majesty may not b^ defrauded of his quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
40
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petp. of
Manh.
YarboTongh
for 101
Aona
Granted
the Petn. of
Thoa. Taryer
for 100 AoreB
Granted
Read a Petition of Manoah Yarborough setting forth
that he had been Eight Months in the Province from
North Carolina had had no Land granted him and was
desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred Acres on Ogechee at a place called
Case's Camp in S* George's Parish about three Miles
below the lower Trading path.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Tarver setting forth that
he had been in the Province about Twelve Months had
had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres on the north side of Briar Creek in S*
George's Parish at or near a place called Blanket Pond
about two Miles and an half above land surveyed for
Richard Carrington.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 William Wall setting forth that he
wm^wSiuor ^^^ '^^^^ ^^ *^^ province these five years had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and six Children Therefore pray-
800Aorea
MAY, 1770. 41
ing for three himdred Acres on Bark Camp to adjoin
Land there ordered Robert Brasswell in S^ George's Par-
ish. ^^^^^
Resoi<ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Sullivan setting forth that
Thoa. "' ^* he was settled in the Province had had four hundred
260 Acres Acrcs of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
an Additional Quantity having Two Children and Twen-
ty one Slaves Therefore praying for Two hundred and
fifty Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha to adjoin
Land of Stephen Williams and George Colwell And also
One hundred and fifty Acres on a Branch of Bull town
Swamp about a Mile from Land of William Williams —
the last tract to be run oblong —
aranted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 the whole Quantity
at either place in one Tract.
ReaJd a Petition of Adam Reser setting forth that he
juLmi^T ^^^ ^^^ ^^ years in the Province from Pennsylvania
for 100 Acres j^^^ j^^^ ^^ hand granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having a Wife and three Children
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in S* Mat-
42
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
theVs Parish being a Tract heretofore ordered and Sur-
veyed for one John Tilley and Elapsed in respect of the
time in which a Grant for the same should have passed.
Resoi<ved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Raines setting forth that he
the Petn. o had lately ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in
Joseph
Awer'^'^ S* David's Parish which had been surveyed but the plan
Agreebie. to a ^^^^^ ^ot be admitted being- out Oblong Therefore pray-
ing that the said land might be ordered him Agreeable
to the plan exhibited.
Granted
the Petn. of
Samson Ball
for 150 Acres
Resoi<ved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Samson Ball setting forth that he
was settled in the province had had two hundred Acres
of Lanid ordered him and was desirous to Obtain an ad-
ditional an ^■^''^ additional Tract having five negroes
Therefore praying for one hundred and fifty Acres in S^
Mary's Parish to adjoin Land ordered his Brother Ed-
wand Ball.
Orante
R^soi^VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
MAY, 1770. 43
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Nicholas Horton setting forth that
Nichofs!"' °' he had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in S^
600Aore«^ Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said land and that the Sur-
veyer 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 —
Read a Petition of William Deveaux setting forth that
ge petn. of h^ had Ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land in S^
Ku^d^'*" Andrew's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose —
44
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
RESOI.VED 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 regfis-
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
Granted
Read a Petition of William Wylly setting forth that
. he had ordered him* Five hundred Acres of Land in S*
Philip's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan therof for that purpose.
RESOI.VED 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 —
Read a Petition of James Fletcher setting forth that
he had ordered him One hundred Acres of land in S'
BiL^d^^'^ George's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said land and that the Sur-
the Petn. of
Ja8. Fletcher
MAY, 1770.
4&
Gnated
the P« tn. of
8aml UadfiOQ
for loo Acrf 8
Blftpsed
veyer general might be ardered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RESOI.VED 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 frcMn 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 Samuel Hudison setting forth that
he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S*
Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majest/s Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RES01.VED 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 —
Read a Petition of James Woodland setting' forth that
the p»tn. of he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land on Skid*-
|M^iooAorif oiway Island which had been surveyed and returned and
a fiat for the same passed by the Attorney general but
the time was Elapsed in which the Grant should have
Granted
46
Granted
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land withn 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 —
for 200 Acres
Elapsed
Read a Petition of John Hervey setting iorth that he
jno.^e?iey' had ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in S*
Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and returned
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 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 he ordered to prepare the same.
Oimnted
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 reg-
ister 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 Rae setting forth that he had
jno Ea^fo? a Obtained a Warrant for Surveying Two hundred Acres
new Precept ^f ^a^j [^ gt (jeoTge's Parish which Warrant was ex-
pired in its Term and the land not laid out Therefore
Granted
MAY, 1770. 47
praying that the Sunreyer general might be enabled' and
ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that
the land might be Surveyed.
RES01.VED That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer General do issue a New
Precept Accordingly—^
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz^
To Andrew Bird (Purchase) . . . "j
50' Acres
Jonathan Cole . . 100 Acres
50' Acres V In S* Philip's Parish
John Graham Esq' 50 Acres'
Clement Martin Jun'. . 1000
Acres
John M'^Donald.. 150 Acres
Alexander Sherrard. ..200
Acres
Richard Williamson. ..200
Acres
In S* Andrew's Parish
Joseph Gersham 200 Acresl
Roger Lawson . . 150 Acres V In S* George's Parish
William Lord . . . 100 AcresJ
Jacob Illy 400 Acres
}
In S* Matthew's Parish
John Williams. .100 Acres
William Baker Jun' 250 Acres In S' John's Parish
Thomas Quarterman 300 Acres In S^ David's Parish
Richard Williamson 700 Acres In S^ Paul's Parish
48 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Monday 7^ May 1770
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
The Hon^**
James Habersham
Noble Jones
John Graham
James Read —
Esquires
a petn. of Jno. R^^ 3- Petition of John Greirson respecting a Number
w«i5ec«°8ome ^^ Armed Men came to his Gate at Augusta and told him
wMUng^to** that they would not Suffer a Gang of horses which he the
h^Ses with said Jdin Greirson then had ready packed in his Yard
thePackAgefl, , . ,^ ,^,xt' « «•
which wM with goods for the Creek Nation to proceed on their
Supported by ° '^
oJIfJ^n's Journey or in Case the horses did go, that they would
wSrante first take away all the Ammunition contained in the
WM ordered to packages, which Complaint was also supported by the
Sfem ^^ °*^ said Grierson's affidavit — ^the Matter being duely Con-
sidered and M' Chief Justice present was desired to issue
his Warrant immediately for apprehending the Offenders
and bring them to Savannah to be dealt with According
to Law.
JUNE, 1770. 40
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 5"* June 1770.
Present
His Excellency Janfies Wright Esq'
{Francis Harris
James Mackay ^ Esquires
John Graham
Janaes Read
Read a Petition of Israel and Abraharp Bird setting
SSJ AAbi. forth that they l^d lately ordered them Four hundred
Aore/tS^ Acres of Land in S* Philip's Parish which had been sur-
of i8i ^BwT^** veyed and returned but no Grant had yet passed for the
Hugh Bryan same Therefore praying for ^■**'' the said Land might
be ordered to pass in the names of Israel Bird Abra-
ham Bird and Hugh Bryan
Oranted
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out z Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Peter Grant setting forth that he
the Petal, of had ordered him Four hundred and fifty Acres of Land
Peter Qrant , . , . _ , , • < .rx* • t
for 460 Acres In which on view was found not vacant and had Obtained
no Other land in Lieu thereof Therefore praying for in
lieu thereof four hundred and fifty Acres in S* Andrew's
. Parish to join Land there laid out for one Bradshaw.
RES01.VKD That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
4 r— TOl 11
60 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
ince 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 Willson setting forth that he
Jno. wiTiion had been thirty years in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife and three Children Therefore
praying for three hundred Acres in S' Andrew's Parish
to adjoin Land of George M*^Donald on the East side of
BuffcJo Swamp. Oblong
RESOI.VKD That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Lambright setting forth that
jio ^^^^' ^' ^^ ^^'^^ horn in the Province had had no land granted
forioo!Spes ^^"^ ^^ ^^^^^ desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for One htmdred Acres on black Creek
Christ Church Parish to adjoin Land of Jacob Cusmould
and to include fifty Acres there ordered- his Father de-
ceased for which no Grant had yet passed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also Raster
the ?aid Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
JUNE, 1770. 61
Read a Petition of Thomas Sillavant setting forth that
toe^p^tn. of j^^ ^^^^ settled in the Province had had four hundred
2M A^ °' Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
an Additional Tract having Tw^enty Slaves Therefore
praying for two hundred' and fifty Acres on the South
side of Alatamaha to adjoin Land there ordered Stephen
Williams.
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from, this Date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Hall & George Hamage set-
jnofHaUA'^'ting forth that John Hall had had three hundred and
H*?nagefor fifty Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to
^^^ Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife five Children
and one Slave and the Petitioner George Hamage had
two hundred Acres granted him and was desirous to
Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife a Child and
two N^froes Therefore praying for One hundred and
fifty Acres in S* Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land of
Thomas Noble, John Adam Trieutlen and John Hall.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
oimnted ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Gr^nt for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that they doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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^ —
62 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
Read a Petition, of Nicholas Horton setting forth that
NiohofB*"* ^^ he had had land granted him in Family Right but was
Acres possessed of a Childl and five Negroes for whom he had
Obtained no land Therefore praying for three hundred
Acres upon Buckhead to adjolin Hand there ordered
Patrick Brady.
Granted
Resoi^vbd That on Cbnaition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also raster the
said Grant in the regiister'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 —
the Petn. of Read a Petition of Thomas Peacock setting forth that
forSwAcSw he had had fifteen hundlred and fifty Acres of Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional
Tract having a Wife four Children and thirty Slaves
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on a Branch
of Bull Town Swamp about two Miles from Land there
ordered William Williams to be laid out Oblong the
Swamp being narrow.
Granted R^soi^vED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven-
Months from htis date and that he doth also regis-
. ter the said Grant in the register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Samuel Bacon setting forth that
the peto. of he was Settled in the Province had had no Land granted
forsooAows y^i^ ^^ ^35 desirous to Obtain land for Cultivation
having a Wife a Child and two Negroes Therefore pray-
JUNE, 177a 63
ing for three hundred Acres in S* John's Parish to adjoin
land of Joseph Stevens, Joseph Oswell, Benjamin An-
drew and the Estate of Kenneth Baillie.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
ennted j^^j^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 —
R^d a Petition of Joseph Oswell setting forth that he
joSej^^iwiu was settled in the Province had had three hundred Acres
Aeres ^j j^^ granted him' and was desirous to Obtain an Ad-
ditional Tract having a Wife three Children and six
Slaves Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in S*
John's Parish to adjoin Eastward the three hundred
Acres before ordered him —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also raster the
said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
within Six Months from the date ther.eof that his Maj-
esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Charles Watson setting forth that
Si/ wktBon some time since was ordered him Four hundred Acres
iSwJS^'^ of Land to be laid out for James Tebeau and his Chil-
dren and to be vested in a Trustee or Trustees for that
purpose which land Could not be found! vacant at the
place described and no other application had since t^een
made Therefore praying for in lieu thereof four himdred
Acres upon Dohart's Creek or a branch thereof in S*
64 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
George's Parish within Two Miles of Land there or-
dered Jcrfin Collin's De Butt
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of John Francis Williams setting forth
jno^pSmcV ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ many years settled in the Province and
Si^aow Acres ^^ possessed of forty Negroes for whom he haid Ob-
in 4-600 Tracts ^jjjj^ no Land Therefore praying for two thousand
Acres as follows, that is to say Five hundred Acres in
S* Andrews Parish to adjoin land ordered John Oates.
Five hundred Acres between Coonochee and great Oge-
chee River in S* Philip's Parish about three or four
Miles from Land of Elizabeth Butler Widow Five hun-
dred Acres about a Mile from that Tract and Five hun-
dred Acres about a Mile also from the last Tract.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted (he
last 8 Tracts to doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
be in 2 a. mile
SS?r***^ Months from this Date and that he doth also xegister
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 the last Three
Tracts to be in two and a Mile between each other.
Read a Petition of David Huguenin setting setting
g^^Petitionof (dc) f^h that he had had Seven hundred and fifty Acres
SoK*^" ^^ of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Ad-
ditional Tract having a Wife four Children and thirteen
N^^oes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in
JUNE, 1770.
55
•ruitod260
AATMonly
S* Philip's Parish to adjoin a Tract of four hundred and
fifty Acres there before ordered him.
Resoi^ved That on Cbndition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months frcwn this Date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months irom the Date thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents part
of the prayer of the said Petition is granted viz* Two
hundred and fifty Acres the Amount of his family Right
as set forth.
the Petn. of
Jno. Winn
Jnnr for 8Q0
Aeree
Qnnted
ttie Petn. of
Peter SalJlne
tor 1604950
Aoref
Read a Petition of John Winn Jun' setting forth that
he was settled in the Province had had two htmdred
Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
an Additional Tract having a Wife a Child and Twelve
Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in
S* Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land of John Martin to
be laid out Oblong the Swamp being very narrow.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Peter Sallens setting forth that he
had had two hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted
him and was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract
having fifty Negroes Therefore praying for One hun-
dred and fifty Acres on Southnewport about four Miles
from Land ordered Moses Way and. also Two hundred
and fifty Acres between the Alatamaha and Finhallo-
way to adjoin Land ordered James Papot.
66 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU
Granted
Resoi^ved That on Cbndition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Wright setting forth that
josh^^ight he had had! fifteen himdred Acres of Land ordered him
Acres and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having
a Wife three Children and forty five Negroes Therefore
praying for two himdred Acres in S^ Mary's Parish to
be laid out in an Oblong and adjoin five htmdred Acres
ordered him in March last and also three hundred Acres
to adjoin five hundred Acres in the same Parish ordered
him in April last.
Qranted
RESOLVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register the
said Grants 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.
^ ^ , , Read a Petition of Sarah Spencer Widow setting: forth
the Petn. of jr -&
widow%" 20O ^^^ ^^^ ^^ settled in the province had a family Con-
^®'®" sisting of five Children and Twelve Slaves for whom no
more than four hundred and Seventy seven Acres of
Land had been granted her Therefore praying for four
hundred Acres in S^ Andrew's Parish upon Bull Town
Swamp to adjoin Land heretofore ordered her late hus-
band Richard Spencer deceased.
RES0I.V12D That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^j^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
JUNE, 1770. 67
Months from this date and that she doth also register the
said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Province
within Six Months from the date thereof, that his Maj-
esty nmy not be defrauded of his Quit Rents Rents ^■*''^
the prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq' setting forth
jno. or^hain that he had lately a Warrant to survey two hundred and
Acres In Lieu fifty Acres of Land on the Alatsunaha including two
Small Islands which said Island she ^■**'^ desired leave to
resign as they were not Contiguous to his other land as
hie then imagined Therefore praying for in lieu of the
said Islands Fifty Acres lying between land purchased
by him of William Mackintosh on the Alatamaha and
land laid out for William Hervey by a Carolina War-
rant —
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of Michael Muckenfuss setting forth
Mteu!*"* ^' that he purposed immediately to settle in the province
lor Mo^Aores with his Family having a Wife four Children and four
Negroes Could he Obtain the Reserve of a piece of Land
for a Settlement Therefore praying that he might have
reserved for him for six Months Five hundred Acres
on great Ogechee to adjoin Land there ordered Waflfe
Rand and all other sides vacant.
Ordered That the said land be reserved as prayed
Grated fQj._
58
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Thomas Shruider setting forth that
1^*08^ shrodtr he had lately five hundred Acres of land and One hun-
iSs^forioo ^ dred Acres adjoining the same reserved for him he not
having then a Sufficient Family Right that he had since
purchased Negroes to make up the Deficiency Therefore
praying that his Majesty's Grant might be ordered to
pass to him for the said land so as aforesaid reserved.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also roister 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 —
the Petn. of
Jas. Lucena
for 750 A.ore8
Blapsed
Qranted
Read a Petition of James Lucena setting forth that
he had ordered him Seven hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in Christ Church Parish which had been surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he nwght 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
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
JUNE, 1770.
59
the Petn. of
Tho0.
Crawford for
100 Acres
Blapsed
Granted
Read a Petition of Thomas Crawford setting forth
that he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S^ Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and a
plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Gi-ant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might t|e permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
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 Council
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also reg-
ister 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 Mary M^Cleland Widow setting
the Petn. of forth that she had three hundred Acres of Land ordered
Marf
widow*f<?r3oo^^ in S* Andrew's Parish which had been surveyed and
Acres Biapd. ^ p|g^ thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time she might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
ResoI/VEd That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
60 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIIj.
his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted
Read a Petition of Stephen Williams setting forth that
the Petn. of he had ordered him Two himdred and fifty Acres of Land
Stephen *^
wiliumB for on the South side of the Alatamaha which had been sur-
ooo Acres
Elapsed veyed and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
General's Office but the time ws^s Elapsed in which a
Grant for the same should 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 only that the Petitioner
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 —
Read a Petition of Burgon Bird setting forth that he
B5?wS*Bi?d ^^ ordered! him Six hundred Acres of Land and One
EiaS^ed^'''^ hundred Acres both Tracts in S^ Philip's Parish which
had been surveyed and plans thereof returned into the
Surveyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed in
which Grants for the same should 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 ordered
to prepare and certify plans thereof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out Grants for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
JUNE, 1770. 61
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reigfister
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 William Maxwell setting forth that
wm. mS'wSu ^^ h^ ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land in S*
SujJSJd^**'** Philip's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer General might be ordered to prepare and certify
a plan thereof for that purpose.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Qr^iited 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
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 Robert Hawthorn setting forth
ttifi Pt tn. of that he had ordiered him* Two himdred Acres of Land
Robt.
SoaSSJ"'^' m S* George's Parish which had] been surveyed and re-
Biapsed 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 notwith-
standing 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.
62 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
Resoi^ved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ q^^^ j^^. ^j^^ ^^ j^^^ within TwO
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Ras-
ter the said Grant in the Raster'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 of the ^•**'^ said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of William Sapp setting forth that he
the Pctn. of had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S*
Wm. Sapp for
^Aores George's Parish which had been surveyed and returned
and a fiat for the samie passed by the Attorney 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 Secre-
tary might be ordered to prepare the Same.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Martin setting forth that he
the Petn. ef had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
Jas. Martin for
K?a^8ed' ^" ^^ 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 Majest/s Grant for the said Land and that
the Secretary mdght be ordered to prepare the same.
JUNE, 1770.
63
Oranted
R^oi<vED 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 Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Regfister*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
the Petn. of
Jno.
Williams for
MOAerei on
rtserve
Read a Petition of John Williams setting forth that
he was at present settled in South Carolina but purposed
to remove into this province with his Family consisting
of a Mother and fourteen Slaves could he Obtain a Re-
serve of Land for a Settlement Therefore praying for
(•**^> that he might have reserved for him for Twelve
Months Five hundred Axres of Land on the South side of
the Alatamaha between Ellic's Creek and the Indian line
and that a Warrant might issue in the Meantime to as-
certain the same.
poatpoDed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed Ques-
tion how near the Indian Line.
the P.'tn. of
Jno.
Keserye
Read a Petition of John Fitzgerald setting forth that
he was at present settled in South Carolina but intended
FiteKeraid for soon to removc into this province with his family Con-
coo Acres on rn * rt
sisting of a Wife a Child and nine Slaves could he
Obtain a reserve of land for a settlement Therefore pray-
ing that he might have reserved for him for twelve
Months five hundred Acres on the South side of the
Alatamaha between Ellic's Creek and the Indian line
and that a Warrant might issue in the meantime to ascer-
tain the same.
postponed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed Ques-
tion how near the Indian Line.
64
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Montgomery setting forth
thePetn,of ^j^^ j^^ ^^ ^^ present settled in South Carolina but in-
fo?sw jSSS tended to remove in this Province with his family Con-
on reserve for . . - ^ ^, ., ^ ^ ^
i2moDtii8 sistmg of three Children and two Slaves could he Obtain
a reserve of land for a Settlement Therefore praying that
he might have reserved for him for twelve Months three
hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the north side of the
Alatamaha between land of Thomas Carter and the In-
dian line — and that a Warrant might issue in the mean-
time to ascertain the same.
postponed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed Ques-
tion how near the Indian Line.
Read a Petition of William Cantey setting forth that
wm^cfnto' he had been lately favoured with a reserve of five hun-
on'^Sr^e'fSr ^^^ Acres of Land which afterwards was found not
19 months vacant and was desirous to Obtain a reserve of a like
Quantity in another place Therefore praying that he
might have reserved for him for twelve Months Five
hundred Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha be-
tween Ellic*s Creek and the Indian Line.
postponed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed Ques-
tion how near the Indian Line.
Read a Petition of Samuel Stevens setting forth that
8iSi^.*8te?ln8 ^^ ^^ ordered him Six hundred Acres of Land in the
p?e<JJ*^ Alatamaha Swamp bounded by the South side of Land
granted Thomas King and others and north by the River
the Warrant of Siuvey whereof was Expired in its Term
and the Land not laid out owing to a Mistake therein
Therefore praying that the Surveyer general might be
enabled an ordered to issue a new precept on the said
Warrant that the land might be surveyed and that it
might be therein mientioned bounded by the South line
of land laid out for instead of granted to Thomas King
postponed Ordered That the said Petition be postponed
JUNE, 1770. 65
Orders That a Survey be made of the Glebe land
SiSSroYthl in St Andrew's Parish and all the vacant land adjoining
st^Andrew'B by the poxties applying! for those lands and that the Ex-
pence thereof to be finally paid ^•**'^ who shall Obtain
Grants for the same.
On application of the Chuch Commissioners it is or-
raSeTorioo* dcred that a Warrant do issue in the Name of the Church
sciSro/ft * Commissioners for the time being for Surveying One
Mfttths. Parish hundred Acres at a place called Spring Hill near or
adjoining Rocky Branch in S* Matthew's Parish to ad-
join Lands of Thomas Davis In Trust for the • Scite of
a Church Cemetery and Parsonage House, for the said
Parish —
Also for five hundred Acres within a Mile of the One
ftQitS^or^the hundred Acres upon Spring Hill aforesaid for a Glebe
Parish to be in Trust to the Church Commissioners for the time
being for the aforesaid uses.
Also a Warrant for five hundred Acres in S^ Philip's
G?eb?f?r the* Parish to adjoin Lands Originally allotted Hugh and
phiiipe^ * William Stering to be in Trust to the Church Commis-
sioners for the use of a Glebe for the said Parish
Michael Illy ag* W* M^ntpsh On a Caveat entered
oSto^in ^y ^^^ said Illy ag^ W" Mcintosh Obtaining a Grant of
laTT.ofiuy Land in S* Paul's t>arish for which the said Illy had
lately Obtained a Warrant of Survey. The Cavtot was
admitted and allowed it appearing to the Board that the
said Mcintosh had caused the said land claimed by Illy
to be laid out without having any Warrant of Survey
to Authorise such Proceedings —
His Excellency the Govemour signed the following
Grants Viz*
5 c p— vol n
66
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
In S' Paul's Parish
In S* George's Parish
To John Anderson 500 Acres
Devereux Gerrard. .200 Acres
Patrick Obryan. ... 150 Acres
James Ross 150 Acres
To James Bewie 200 Acres
Patrick Brady. .. .200 Acres
William Boit 250 Acres
Robert Bewling. . . .200 Acres
Christopher Clark. .250 Acres
Philip Dill 250 Acres
Philip Dill 100 Acres
Philip Lightfood. ..200 Acres
Robert Pier 200 Acres
Edward Pennington 100 Acres
Edward Weathers . . 200 Acres
William Underwood 100 Acres
Jesse Womack 100 Acres
fe^« Micki.i; aSSI In S.Ma«h,„.s Parish
Charles O'densell. 1000 Acres!
Charles O'densell . . 500 Acres > In S* David's Parish
James Screven .... 300 AcresJ
Charles O'densell . . 200 Acres) t ot t u » -n • u
John Stevens lOo Acres} ^^ ^ J^^n s Pansh
James Lemen 250 Acres In S* Patrick's Parish
John M^^Lean 500 Acres In S^ Mary's Parish
Richard Williamson 1000 Acres in S* Andrew's Par-
ish
Richard Wiliamson 1000 Acres In S* Philip's Parish
JULY, 1770.
67
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 3* July 1770
Present —
His Excellency James Wright Esq' —
James Habersham
Noble Jones
Francis Harris
The Hon*"** \ James Mackay \ Esquires
James Edw^ Powell
John Graham
James Read
the Petn.of
James
MoKewen for
100 Acres
Granted
the Petn. of
Nathi.
Langley for
250 Acres
Read a Petition of James M^'Kewen setting forth that
he had been two years in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain a piece for Cul-
tivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
S* Matthew's Parish being part of a Tract of Six hun-
dred Acres heretofore ordered and Surveyed for Moses
Mulkey and now Elapsed.
RhsoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Nathaniel Langley setting forth
that he had been a year in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain land for Culti-
vation having a Wife a Child and a Negroe Therefore
praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in S^ Matthew's
Parish l.eing jxirt of a Tract of Six liiindred /\cres here-
tofore ordered and purveyed for Moses Mulkey and
Elapsed.
68
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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.
the F^tn. of
Jno. Tinkler
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of John Tinkler setting forth that he
had had land granted him in Family Right but was pos-
sessed of more than two Negroes for whom he had Ob-
tained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred
Acres in S' Paul's Parish which land was heretofore or-
dered and Surveyed for Robert Hatcher and was Elapsed
in respect of the time in which a Grant for the same
should have been taken out.
Gimnted
the Pptn. of
Rlchd.
WlUl&mson
for 460 Acres
Granted
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Richard Williamson setting forth
that he had had lands at Several times granted him in
Family Right but was possessed of Eight N^froes for
whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for
four himdred and fifty Acres in S^ Philip's Parish being
a Tract heretofore ordered and Surveyed for John Park-
inson but was then Elapsed in the Surveyer general's
Office in respect of the Time in which a Grant for the
same should have passed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
JULY, 1770.
69
th^ Petn. of
Noble
Wimberley
Jones for a
new Precept
Granted
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Noble Wimberly Jones Esq' setting
forth that he had Obtained a Warrant for laying out
Eighteen hundred Acres of Land in three Tracts within
fifteen Miles of Rocky Comfort in S* George's Parish
which Warrant was Expired in its Term and the land
not surveyed Therefore ^■**'^ that the Surveyer general
might be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on
the said Warrant that the land might be admeasured and
run out in three Tracts as near to each other as the nature
of the of the ^■'''^ land will admit, and within fifteen Miles
of Rocky Comfort aforesaid
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of William Skinner setting forth that
wmfsSiSer ^^ ^^^ ^^^ **^^ years in the Province had had no Land
for 100 Acres granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in S'
George's Parish at a place called Dohart's Creek to ad-
join Land there laid out for Jesse Womack
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^h 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
70 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 —
Read a Petition of William Redding setting forth that
wm^*BlJ*dding l^^ had been a year in the Province had had no Land
for 100 Acres g^^^^^ j^jj^ gjid was desirous to Obtain land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and two Children Therefore pray-
ing for One himdred Acres in S' George's Parish to ad-
join Land of Peter Randon William M'^Daniel and
Thomas Maubly at a place called the White Mare's
Pond—
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^.^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 —
Read a Petition Zebulon Cock setting forth that he
zebuio'ncSck was lately come into the Province from South Carolina
for »H) Acres ^^ order to settle and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having a Wife and one Child Therefore
praying for two himdred Acres in S' George's Parish at
a place called Bark Camp to adjoin Land there Surveyed
for Jethro Roundtree
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted joth 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.
JULY, 1770.
71
Read a Petition of Lucy Clark Widow setting forth
Lucfcur*' that she had been four years in the Province had had
Acr^'*''**'^ no Land granted her and was desirous to Obtain Land
for Cultivation having six Children Therefore praying
for One hundred and fifty Acres in S* George's Parish
about half a Mile from Land there surveyed for George
Walker—
Granted
thePeln. of
Jonn. Kamp
for 110 Acres
Granted
the Petn. of
Jacob LewlB
for 250 Acres
RESOiyVED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Jonathan Kamp setting forth
that he Iiad been settled in the Province about sixteen
Months from North Carolina and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having had none yet granted him
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in S^ George's
Parish on Rocky Creek a Small distance below land there
surveyed for William Underwood.
RES01.VED That on Condition 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.
Read a Petition of Jacob Lewis setting forth that he
had been long in the Province had had One himdred and
fifty Acres of Land granted him and he was desirous to
Obtain an additional Tract having Six N^roes There-
fore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in S^ John's
72 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Parish Originally ordered and Surveyed for James Ba-
ker and Elapsed in Respect of the time in which a Grant
for the same should have been taken out.
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Green setting forth that he
jno^Qreen for had bjecu four years in the province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife three Children and Six Negroes
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in S^ George's
Parish near land of Andrew M^'Currie and land whereon
Petitioner lived.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also roister the
said Grant in the registers 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 prayei
of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Robert Ford setting forth that he
SfbrFord'for had been Eighteen Months in the Province had had no
^"^ Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain land for
Cultivation Having a Wife and three Children There-
fore praying for three hundred Acres on an inland
Swamp between the Alatamaha and Turtle River near
Helvenstine's Cowpen.
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^.j^ ^^j^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
JULY, 1770.
73
the Peln. of
Jacob Witter
for 20O^Aore8
Granted
the Petn. of
Matthw.
Marahal for
100 Acres
Granted
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 Maj-
esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Jacob Witter setting forth that he
had been many years in the Province had had One him-
dred Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to
Otjtain an Additional Tract having a Wife a Child and
three Negroes Therefore praying for Two himdred and
fifty Acres upon the South End of S* Simon's Island
facing the Sound and i^ar land of Peter Grant.
RKS01.VED That on Condition 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 Maj-
esty may not he defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Matthew Marshall setting forth
that he was one of those who lately come from Ireland
to settle at Queensborough in this Province and had not
yet Obtained any land on his own behalf Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred Acres in the said Settlement about
two Miles from the Old Town at a large Pond which he
desired might be included in the Survey.
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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.
74
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
Jno. Marl In
fur 150 Acres
Granted
Read a Petition of John Martin setting forth that he
had had two thousand Acres of Land ordered him and
was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a
Wife a Child and thirty nine Negroes Therefore praying
for One hundred and fifty Acres in S* John's Parish to
adjoin Land whereon he then lived.
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
Thos. Pilson
forlUO Acres
Qranted
Read a Petition of Thomas Pilson setting forth that
he was lately come from' Ireland and was desirous to
become a settler in Queensborough and to Obtain Land
for that purpose Therefore praying for One hundred
Acres in the said Settlement to adjoin Land there granted
John Dillons, James Haddon and Lambert's big Creek.
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 —
the Petn. of
Andw.
McCorrle for
60 Acres
Read a Petition of Andrew M'^Currie setting forth
that he had had nine hundred Acres of Land ordered
him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife a Child and fifteen Negroes Therefore
praying for fifty Acres on a Branch of Horse Creek about
Two Miles from Land there ordered John Tillie in S^
Matthew's Parish.
Granted
the Petn. of
JULY, 1770. 76
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and tliat he doth also register
the said Grant ii> the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Benjamin Andrew setting forth
Benjn.'""/' that he had been long settled in the Province had had
Andiew for ° ^
850 Acres fifteen hundred Acres of Land granted him and was
desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife
six Children and Twenty Eight Slaves Therefore pray-
ing for three hundred and fifty Acres in S' John's Parish
on the north Branch of new port Swamp adjoining his
own land to be laid out Oblong the Swamp being very
narrow.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^h 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 Prov-
ince 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 Mary Dimham Widow and John
the Petn. oi Saudiford Executors of the Will of William Dunham
Mary Dunham
widw. for deceased setting- forth that the said William Dunham in
a Grant to pass ^
his life time had ordered him- three hundred Acres of
Land on a Branch of the Buffelo Swamp in S^ David's
Parish which had been surveyed and the Grant made out
for Signing at the tim/e of his Death That the deceased
bjy his Will gave all his Lands to be equally divided be-
tween his four Sons Therefore praying that a Grant for
the Premisses might be ordered to pass Agreeable to the
Will of the said deceased and that the Surveyer general
76
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
the Petn. of
Benjn. Stirk
for500A700
Acres in Lien
Granted
might be ordered to prepare and certify a plan thereof
for that purpose
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that they do 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 Benjamin Stiric setting forth that
he had had Twelve hundred Acres of Land lately ordered
him which on going to Survey the Quantity could not be
found vacant Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof five
hundred Acres in S^ Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land
thereof Philip Box and to run up to the Mouth of Bark
Camp from thence across Cowpen Branch to Little Buck
branch Also Seven hundred Acres in S^ George's Parish
on the Beaver Dam between land of George Hamage
and land where Nathaniel Miller heretofore lived on at
the Beaver Dam Bridge
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 the one Tract to
begin at Box's line and to be run agreeable to the King's
Instructions — ^the other to b^n at Hamage's line and
to be run the same.
the Petn of R^^-d a Petition of William Harding setting forth that
to?»?SSS«* ^^ ^^' ^^^ ^^^d granted him in Queensborough Town-
onPurohe. gj^jp j^^ gt Qccwge's Parish and was desirous to Obtain
JULY, 1770.
77
an Additional Tract few Cultivation Therefore praying
(for on Purchase) Two hundred Acres in the said Set-
tlement to adjoin the Tract there already granted him.
, ^ ^ Resolved
to be reserved '-^^^^■^'^ » '-^
for 12 months MouthSr—
That the said land be reserved for twelve
Je. Petn. of
[lehael
Haverln for
100 Acres
Elapsed^
Granted
(he Petn. of
Wm. Candler
for 50 Aorea
Blapaed
Granted
Read a Petition of Michael Haverin setting forth that
he had had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in
S* James's Parish which had been surveyed and returned
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 notwithstanding
the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his
Majesty's Grant for the said land and that and that ^"^^'^
the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the same.
Resoi^ved 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 —
Read a Petition of William Candler setting forth that
he had had ordered him fifty Acres of land in S* Paul's
Parish which had been surveyed and returned 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 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 only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
78 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date (Agreeable to an Order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 William Johnston setting forth that
wmTjohns't n he had ordered him a Town lot in Augusta which had
Kiapsed been surveyed and returned 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 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 orderd to prepare
the Same.
ResoIvVEd That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Lot 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 —
Read a Petition of Patrick Brady setting forth that he
fchePein oi had had ordered him Two himdred and fifty Acres of
m ^^ ^^^^^ Land in S^ George's Parish which had been surveyed and
returned 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.
ResoIvVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
JULY, 1770. 79
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Muckenfuss setting forth
jSS.ph ''•*'' that he had had ordered him three hundred and fifty
fo?®.5o Acres Acres of Land in S' Philip's Parish which had been sur-
veyed and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant
for the same should have passed Therefore praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and
that the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare
and certify a plan thereof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 —
Read a Petition of Alexander Wylly setting forth that
Ai!-x?.%?iiy l^is three Children William Campbell and Susannah
Children for Wylly had ordered them each a Tract of Land in S'
EuJs^Lind Philip's Parish which had been surveyed and plans there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which Grants for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be pennitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grants for the said land and^ that the Surveyer
80
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
general might be ordered to prepare and certify plans
thereof for that purpose.
R^soi^vED 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 Coim-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also
Register the said Grants in the Register's Office of the
said Province within Six Months frc«n 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 Daniel Thomas Sen' setting forth
SinKThimaB that he had had ordered him Two himdred Acres of Land
in S^ George's Parish which had been surveyed and a
jJan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
Senr. for 200
Acres
BUiwed
Granted
the Petn. of
Jm. Mix for
100 Acres
Blapsed
RES0I.VED 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 —
Read k Petition of James Mix setting forth that he
had had ordered him One himdred Acres of Land in S^
Matthew^s P^sh which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
JULY, 1770.
81
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Stu"-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
Granted
RES0I.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
the Petn. oC
Chrisn.
Zlppererfor
SMloret
Blapeed
Read a Petition of Christian Zipprer setting ^■*''^ that
he had had ordered him Two hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S* Matthew's Parish which had been
surveyed and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the tinne was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the same should 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.
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
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82
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
BllM
Ltndfey
for 100 Acres
SUpsed
Granted
Read a Petition of Elias Lindsay setting* forth that he
had had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S^
George's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that piupose.
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 Coimcil
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
within Six Months. from the date thereoit that his Majesty
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the
said Petition is granted —
the Petn. of
Danl. Ryan
for 160 Acies
Slapsed
Granted
Read a Petition of Daniel Ryan setting forth that he
had had ordered him One himdred and fifty Acres of
Land in S* Patrick's Parish which had been surveyed and
a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RESOI.VED 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 Coimcil
in that Case lately made) 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
JULY, 1770.
83
the Fetn. of
Fredo.
Francis for
160 Acres
Blapsed
Granted
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the
said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Frederic Francis setting forth that
he had had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S^ Psiul's Parish which- had been surveyed and
a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
ResoIvVEd 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 Reg-
ister 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 —
the Petn. of
Thos. Ayres
for 600 Acres
Blapsed
Granted
Read a Petition of Thomas Ayres setting forth that
he had had ordered him- Five hundred Acres of Land in
S^ Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
Resoi^ved 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 Council
84
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
Thos. Dixon
for new
Preoepts
Granted
in that Case lately made) 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 Thomas Dixon setting forth that
he had Obtained Warrants for laying out Two Tracts
of Land of One hundred and fifty Acres each Tract
which Warrants were expired in their Term and the
land not surveyed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time the Surveyer general might be en-
abled and ordered to issue new precepts on the said War-
rants, that the land so ordered him might be siu-veyed.
Resolved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue new pre-
cepts Accordingly —
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants viz*
To Robert Bolton 500 Acres In S* Thomas Parish.
Jesse Brasher 100 Acres
Thomas Fulker 200 Acres}
John Harvey 200 Acres
Adam Reser 100 Acres
In S' Matthew's Parish.
Cowper & Telfairs 1000 Acres
James Graham 1000 Acres
James Graham 1000 Acres
Thomas Shruder 600 Acres
In S' John's Parish.
Jonathan Cochran 1000 Acres
Telemen Cuyler 500 Acres
Christopher Ring 250 Acres
Christopher Frederick Trieb-
ner (Purchase) 500 Acres
In S* Philip's Parish
JULY, 1770.
85
To William Candler 200 Acres
James Jackson 150 Acres
James Jajckson 150 Acres
Samuel Payne 200 Acres
Edward Telfair 500 Acres
^ In S' Paul's Parish.
James Doug-lass 300 Acres) t o» a j > t> • 1
Peter Nephm 200 Acres } ^" ^ ^"^"^^ ^ ^^"^^
John Graham 500 Acres
James Papot 200 Acres
I In S' David's Parish.
) In Chri:
) Paris
John Joachim Zubly 600 Acres In S' Mary's Parish
James Read Esq' 200 Acres
James Woodland 100 Acres
Christ Church
Parish.
Lots Granted to the Settlers of Queensborough in S*
George's Parish Viz^
Namet of Penoiu.
No. of Lots.
Thomas Beatty
Alexander Bags
John Bartholomew
John Brown
James Blair
Samuel Fleming
David Greer
Robert Gervin
William Harding
James Haden .
John Kennedy .
Matthew Lysle .
John Martin
Adam Morison .
16
68
69
46
47
66
52
29
56
8
7
14
30
32
Nameeof Persons.
No. of Lots.
John Morison . .
Adam McLervy
William McConkey
James McCalvey .
Matthew Moore .
Clothworthy Robson
David Russel . .
Joseph Saunders .
Walker Stevens .
William Skelly .
James Thompson .
Robert Warnock .
John Gary . . .
Alexander Chesnut
15
45
72
31
5
II
13
17
34
48
51
50
a
3
86
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
Lots Granted to the Settlers of Wrightsborough.
Paul's Parish Viz*
NuMs of Penonc No. of Lota
Henry Ashfield . . 70
Namee of Paraona. No.
Alexander Oliver . .
of Lota
60
Richard Austin .
• 3
Samuel Oliver . ,
91
George Beck . .
• 59
John Oliver . . .
II
Cornelius Cochran
. 78
James Oliver . . .
36
John Carson . .
• 95
Ephraim Owen . ,
34
Joel Cloud . . .
• 19
John Perkins . . .
14
Stephen Day . .
. 61
JohnStubbs . . .
2
Benjamin Dunn .
• 75
John Slater . . . ,
67
Abraham Dennis .
• 29
Jonathan Sail . . .
23
Jacob Dennis . .
• 19
John Sidewell . . ,
59
John Dennis . .
. 16
Jonathan Sail . . ,
24
William Ellam .
• 25
Richard Smith . .
33
James Emitt . .
. 26
Amos Vernon . .
. 18
Edward Eakles .
. 96
Isaac Vernon . .
10
William Tanner .
. 21
John Whitsett . . ,
73
James Hart ...
. 76
Samuel Wilson .
• 13
John Howard . .
• 45
Thomas Watson .
• 3«
John Hodgin . .
• 85
John Welsh . . ,
62
William Hixxon .
• 30
Thomas Ansley .
. 28
Absolum Jackson .
• 17
Peter Hart . . .
I
Isaac Jackson . .
. 89
Samuel Hart . .
• 52
Thomas Jackson .
• 31
John Hunter . .
• 15
Isaac Low . . .
. 68
Benjamin Jackson
• 51
Robert Lockridge .
. 20
William Miles
• 71
Joseph Maddock .
. 66
Richard Moore . .
. 42
Edward Murphy .
• 41
Peter Perkins . .
. 48
William Mitchell .
• 43
Jacob Watson . .
. 63
Robert McClean .
, 64
John Watson . .
. 87
Joseph Mooney
. 27
Robert Walden .
. 12
John Moore . . .
• 5
Samuel Winslete .
. 94
Holland Middleton Junr.38
Thomas Moore
• 72
James McFarlin .
• 50
Richard Moore
. 46
Mordecai Moore .
• 7
Henry Sail . . •
• 8
Samuel Samson .
. . Lot No. 83
AUGUST, 1770.
87
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 7^^ August 1770
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq*"
James Habersham
Noble Jones
The Hon*'* \ Francis Harris \ Esq"
James Edw* Powell
John Graham
James Read
,^ „ ^ , Read a Petition of William Le Conte setting forth that
thePetn. of ^
Tofm£i^B^ he had had land granted him but was possessed of Ten
Negroes for whom he had had no Land Therefore pray-
ing for five hundred Acres on a South Branch of Coon-
ochee Swamp about two Miles from the head of Newport
Swamp in S* John's Parish.
Qranted
the Petn. of
Wm. BarneB
for 500 Acrea
Granted
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 William Barnes 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 thirty four Negroes Therefore pray-
ing for five hundred Acres in S^ Andrew's Parish to ad-
join the East side of Land granted Clement Martin
Esq^
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a grant for the said Land within Seven
88 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU
Months from this date and that he doth also Ras-
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 —
Read a Petition of John Smith setting forth that he
•jno. 8mith*for had heretofore granted him two hundred Acres of Land
and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having
a Wife four Children and six Negroes Therefore praying
for four hundred Acres on the Waters of great Ogechee
near or adjoining William Roundtree's I^and and Land
belonging to Petitioner.
Resolved Tliat on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 — ^to adjoin Roundtree's
Land.
Read a Petition of James M^Kewen setting forth that
jas. ilcKe^en he had ordered him One himdred Acres of Land which
in Lien was fouud to be run by another person and had had no
other land in Lieu thereof Therefore praying for in Lieu
aforesaid One hundred Acres on Duart's Creek S*
George's Parish near or adjoining Land of William
Skinner.
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^qj-Jj ^-jJ^^ Q^t 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
AUGUST, 1770. 89
prayer of the said Petition is granted to adjoin Skinner's
Land.
Read a Petition of Hugh Bennett setting forth that he
Hu^*Benn'ett had been near two years \m the province had had no Land
ores g.j.^j^|.^ jjjj^ gj^^. ^^^g^ desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and a Negroe Therefore praying
for two hundred Acres in S' Andrew's Parish bounded
Eastwardly on Land of Nicholas Smith, Westwardly and
Southwardly on Peter Grant's Land north westwardly
on John Martin's Land on a branch of the Buffelo and
second Swamp the north side of the Alatamaha,
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^.j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 James Pritchard setting forth that
Jas. j^rttohard some time since he had ordered him Three hundred and
ores ^j^y Acres of Land which was afterwards taken from
him by another person and he had never yet Obtained
any Land in Lieu thereof Therefore praying for three
hundred and fifty Acres jin the Fork of Ellic's Creek on
the South side of the Alatamaha
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted Jq|.}^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ 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.
90 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Thomas Galphin setting forth that
TS!i!®G^phin he lived in the Province had had no land granted him
^^^ and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation There-
fore praying for One hundred Acres at the head of the
Branch running by the new Cowpen.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster 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.
Read a Petition of George Galphin Jun*" setting forth
&oMe*°'^' that he lived in the province had had no Land granted
S?fw AcreJ him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on M^'Bean's
Swamp joining the upper line of land run out for him
at the new Cowpen.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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.
Read a Petition of James Brown setting forth that he
ja8.^*rown'for was Settled 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 S* George's Par-
ish joining on two Sides Land ordered John Harvey —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Qj.^^ f^j. ^j^^ g^^jj j^^j within Seven
AUGUST, 1770. 91
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Montlis 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 Sarah Spencer Widow setting forth
siSah^ 8*pe?oer ^^^^ she had ordered her four hundred Acres of Land
iSS/^r*^ upon Bull town Swamp in S* Andrew's Parish which
SmjSS one for Quantity could not be laid out agreeable to Instructions
Therefore praymg for leave to resign the precept for the
said four hundred Acres and to grant her One hundred
and fifty Acres at Bull Town Swamp aforesaid to ad-
join land of her late husband Richard Spencer deceased
to be laid out agreeable to a Sketch therewith —
Granted
the Pf tn. of
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date 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 —
Read a Petition of William Wylly setting forth that
^m^wyiJy he had heretofore land granted him and was desirous to
for 300 Acres j^. . * , *. • « tr\ , • » -kt r
Obtam an Additional Tract having six Negroes for
whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres near or adjoining land lately granted
Nicholas Horton on Buck head.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted joth take out a Grant for the ^aid 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 —
92 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU.
Read a Petition of James Pritchard setting forth that
thePetn.of j^^ j^j ordered him Three hundred and fifty Acres of
860 Acres In Land which was afterwards taken from him by another
Lieu
person and he had never yet Obtained any other land in
Lieu thereof — Therefore praying for three hundred and
fifty Acres upon the Mortar Swamp in S' Andrew's
Parish to be run in an Oblong the Swamp being very
narrow —
Resolved Tliat on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 James Andrew setting forth that
jaiTAndrew he had had Six himdred Acres of Land granted him and
^^^ was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a
Wife two Children and thirteen Negroes Therefore pray-
ing for two hundred Acres in S' Andrew's Parish on
lake Swamp to adjoin Joseph Butler and Joseph Gib-
bons.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted Jqij^ ^^\^^ q^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Obryan setting forth tliat
the petn. of he had been three years in the Province had had no Land
foMibo Acrw granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife a Child and Seven Negroes There-
AUGUST, 1770.
93
Granted
fore praying for four hundred Acres between Samuel and
Christopher Hudson in the Back Swamp on Briar Creek
near poor Robin —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
Jno. Adam
Trleatlen for
100 Acres
Read a Petition of John Adam Trieutlen setting forth
that he had had land granted him and was desirous to
Obtain an Additional Tract Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres to join Northwest a Comer of a Tract
already granted him between Savannah River and the
three rims to be laid out in an Oblong for a reserve of
water —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted joth 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
the PetD. of
James
Dereauz for
IM Acres
Surplus
Read a Petition of James Deveaux setting forth that
he had granted him in the late Govemour Reynold's
Time One Tract of Land on the Southermost End of
Argyle Island in Christ Church Parish within the lines
of which said Tract by a Survey lately made there was
found to be One hundred and fifty four Acres surplus
Measure Therefore praying that as he was possessed of
Sixteen Negroes foi whom he had Obtained no Land
94
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
the Petn. of
Wm. Peacock
for 200 Acres
for the said One hundred and fifty four Acres surplus
Measure as aforesaid —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitictfier
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 Prov-
ince 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 William Peacock setting forth that
he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land on a
Branch of Bull Town Swamp to adjoin Land purchased
by him of Kelly which was surveyed hut the plan thereof
was not agreeable to Instructions Therefore praying for
the said Two hundred Acres agreeable to a Sketch there-
with.
Granted
the Petn. of
Rodolph
Strawhager
for 160 Acres
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date theireof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted
Read a Petition of Rodolph Strawhager setting forth
that he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional
Tract Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres
at Turkey Branch between great Ogechee and Savannah
River laying below a like Quantity before ordered him
Agreeable to a Sketch therewith
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
AUGUST, 1770. 95
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Charles Jordan setting forth that
the Petn. of he had had land often granted him but was possessed of
Jordan for eififht NesToes for whom he had Obtained no Land There-
400 Acres ^ ^ ° ^ ^ , , , * - n,* ^ ,, t^ • t
fore praymg for four hundred Acres m S Paul s Pansh
heretofore ordered and Surveyed for himself but was
Elapsed in respect of the time in which a Grant for the
same ought to have been taken out.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^Q^h take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that lie doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Stirk setting forth that he
jnor^^iik'for '^ ^^ ^® hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted
600 Acres j^jj^ j^^^j ^^3 desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife six Children and four Negroes Therefore
praying for five hundred Acres in S* Paul s Parish which
had been Surveyed for Thomas Ayres and was Elapsed
in respect of the time a Grant for the same ought to have
been taken out.
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
96 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Basil Cooper William Telfair and
BMH^oowr Edward Telfair setting forth that they had three Negroes
Teifairs for ' for whom they had Obtained no Land and were desirous
of a Tract for Cultivation Therefore praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres in S* George's Parish being a
Tract of Land heretofore surveyed for William Pennel
and elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office as to the
time in which a Grant for the same should have passed.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioners
Granted ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that they do also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Clement Martin Jun*" Esq' setting
aemt Martin ^OTth that John Stcveus late of this Province had ordered
i'^pian* to'i)W8 him while here Two Tracts of five hundred Acres of
Smd^ordered' Land, and did take up and borrow of the Commissioners
Sit now^to ^"^ of the Loan a Sum of Money for which the land (when
Rtttionerin the Titles were perfected) was to be a Security, and in
TrufitforBale , V x^ . . ^ r> • • , i
the mean time the Petitioner became Secunty with the
said Stevens for the payment thereof with interest. That
the said Stevens left the Province without perfecting his
Title or any way enabling the Petitioner to discharge the
Debt That on a former Application an order was made
for Grants to pass to the Petitioner to enable him to sell
the said Lands for the purpose aforesaid — but on Search-
ing the Office only one of the said Tracts could be found
vacant, and no other application — Therefore praying
that the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered
to prepare and certify a plan of the said five hundred
AUGUST, 1770. 97
Acres tmto and in the name of the Petitioner that a Grant
might pass to him of the same In Trust for Sale thereof
for the purpose aforesaid.
Resolvkd That on Condition that the Petitioner
^(S§* ^^^ *^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Raster's OflSce of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Johnston setting forth that
Smei*"*^' ^^ had had two hundred Acres of land ordered him in
johjQEjon for gt Matthew^s Parish joining Land of Philip Box the
plan of which was not agreeable to Instructions There-
fore praying for two hundred Acres as aforesaid agree-
able to a Sketch therewith.
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Wright setting forth that
thePetn.of he had ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land in S*
Joseph Wright ^^
for 600 Acres Mar/s Parish which was Surveyed but the plan thereof
was not agreeable to Instructions Therefore praying for
five hundred Acres in S' Mar/s Parish about half a Mile
from Land theretofore ordered him and near Land laid
out for John M'^lean on a Branch of Satilla to be laid
out in an Oblong the Swamp being very narrow — agree-
able to a Sketch therewith.
7 c r— vol 11
98
GOVE5RN0R AND COUNCIL.
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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-^but not agreeable
to the plan but may be run in a Square agreeable to the
Dotted lines —
the Petn. of
Jas. Jackson
for 800 Acres
In Lieu
Granted
Read a Petition of James Jackson setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him in the name of Crooke Mack-
intosh and Jackson Eight hundred Acres of Land in
Family Right which land was taken away by running
the Indian Line That the Petitioner had the same family
Right yet subsisting now in his own right Therefore
praying for in Lieu thereof Eight hundred Ajcres on the
South Side of the Alatamaha about two Miles above
Sancta Sevela to adjoin four hundred Acres this day
petitioned for by them.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
Acres
Read a Petition of James Jackson & C* setting forth
the Petn. of that they had been long settled in the Province and were
Coy for 400° possessed of six Negroes therein for whom they had
Obtained no Land That Andrew M'^lean was also become
one of the said Company and had had no Land yet
granted him Therefore praying for four hundred Acres
on the South side of the Alatamaha about two Miles
AUGUST. 1770.
99
Orantod
above Sancta Sevela to adjoin Land this day petitioned
for by Eizabeth Simpson Widow
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioners
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that they do also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Elizabeth Simpson Widow set-
Bu«?h!^* ^' ting forth that she had had no Land gp-anted her in the
w^w tor I860 proviuce and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having thirty Seven negroes Therefore praying for
Eighteen hundred and fifty Ajcres on the South side of
the Alatamaha about two Miles above Sancta Sevela to
adjoin Land there this day petitioned for by William
Telfair
Qimnted
thePetiK of
Wm Teualr
for 600 Aorei
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 William Telfair setting forth that
he was settled in the Province and was possessed of ten
n^^roes for whom he had had no Land and was desirous
to Obtain a Tract for Cultivation Therefore praying for
five hundred Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha
about two Miles above Sancta Sevela to adjoin Land this
day petitioned for by Ann M^'Queen
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
100 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the R^ister's OflSce of the said Prov-
ince 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 g^ranted to adjoin M"
Elizabeth Didcott —
Read a Petition of Charles Francis Chevalier setting
ch8?FSii?! forth that he was settled in the Province had had Land
?TOo AoiS '^' ordered him but did not Survey it and was desirous to
Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife three Chil-
dren and Twenty Eight Negroes Therefore praying for
Seventeen hundred Acres on the South side of the Ala-
tamaha about two Miles above Sancta Sevela to adjoin
Land this day petitioned for by John Gordon and Thomas
Netherclift—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^Aofes^tS^ye ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
SootoThe* Months from this date and that he doth also Register
fn S-w^KiSth the said Grant in the R^ister's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 in the following
Manner viz* three hundred Acres to Charles Francis
Chevalier and fourteen hundred Acres to his Mother in
Law Elizabeth Didcott with respect to M' Chevalier to
be left to M' Attorney general he being an Alien bom, 3
years in Virginia 5 years in Sc?uth Carolina and 3 years
in Georgia
Read a Petition of John Gordon and Thomas Nether-
jno ^Gordon ft ^'^^^ Setting forth that they were possessed of Eight Ne-
wSihirciiftforS^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Province for whom they had Obtained no
400 Acres Land and were desirous to Obtain a Tract for Cultiva-
tion Therefore praying for four hundred Acres on the
South Side of the Alatamaha about two Miles from
Granted
AUGUST, 1770. 101
Sancta Sevda to adjoin Land this day petitioned for by
Thomas Netherclift.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioners
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that they do also Register
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Netherclift setting* forth
thePetn.of ^j^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ j^^^ granted him in Family Right but
4ooAcpe8 ^'had a Child and Seven Negroes for whom he had Ob-
tained no Land Therefore praying for four hundred
Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha about two
Miles above Sancta Sevela.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 N° i & 2 to be first
nm out.
Read a Petition of Collin Raddock setting forth that
the Petal, of he was settled in the province had had no Land granted
Raddock for him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
400 Acres on
if 4M^i5ei*oii having a Wife and fourteen Negroes Therefore praying
m^uS'"*'^ for Six hundred Acres on the South side of the Alata-
maha to adjoin the upper line of Land there laid out for
Thomas Carter And also that he might have reserved for
him for Six Months four hundred Acres on the north side
the Alatamaha Opposite the said Six hundred Acres at
102 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
a place called the long Warrior's Bluff also to adjoin
land of the said Carter
REsoiyVKD That on Condition that the Petitioner
whSewi*^* doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
* ^ * Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grants in the Register's OflSce of the said Prov-
ince 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 Six hundred Acres
on the South Side also four hundred Acres on the north
side having proved family Rights for the whole.
Read a Petition of Mary Tannatt Spinster setting forth
Mary^Simett ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ lately Ordered her One thousand Acres of
ifioASU^"^ Land in Family Right which she desired to resign as not
being convenient for her purpose and to Obtain other
land in lieu thereof Therefore praying for One thousand
Acres on the South side of the Alatamaha about two
Miles above Sancta Sevela to adjoin Land this day peti-
tioned for by James Jackson.
RESOLVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted joth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Poison setting forth that
the Petn. of Mark CaiT Esq' deceased being possessed in his lifetime
Jno. Poison ^ _ ^ ; . . ^* ,-v . f, -r^ . ,
for a Grant to. of a Tract of Land m S* David s Pansh whereon at a
pass for 9000
t^^jSduh^'*** Considerable Expence he had erected a large Saw Mill,
Su«hte?of did petition for and ordered him two thousand Acres in
iteqr.SoJased two Tracts of Pine barren land, for the use of the said
«aidu2^ was Mill in Supplying it with Timber, but died before grants
AUGUST, 1770.
103
JJ^J^o" for the same were taken out That on the death of the
said Mark Carr the Petitioner (who married Judith Carr
his daughter) became the Purchaser of the Tract where-
on the said Saw Mill was erected (from the Executors
of his Will) and hath paid Taxes for the whole of the
land for these two years past in the name of Judith Pol-
son Therefore praying that Grants might be ordered to
pass for the said Two thousand Acres elapsed Land in
the name of Judith Poison.
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 —
the Fetn. of
If oBride for
SOOAeres
Blapsed
Read a Petition of Samuel M^Bride setting forth that
he had ordered him Three hundred Acres of Land in
Queensborough Township S* George's Parish which had
been surveyed and a plan thereof returned into the Sur-
veyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which
a Grant for the same should 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.
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 irom the date thereof that
104
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
Giles Moore
for 160 Acres
Blapfled
Granted
the Petn. of
DayldBrydle
for 500 Acres
Elapsed.
Granted
his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents
the Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Giles Moore setting forth that he
had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
in S^ Andrew's Parish which had been surveyed and a
plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's OflSce
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the sanie
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose —
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Ag^reeable 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 —
Read a Petition of David Brydie setting forth that he
had ordered him Five himdred Acres of Land in S*
John's Parish 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 for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty'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 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-
AUGUST, 1770.
106
dl 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 —
the P6tn. of
Danl.
Matthias A
Nathl.
Zetler'8 for
SOOAores
X lapsed
Read a Petition of Daniel Zetler Matthias Zetler and
Nathaniel Zetler setting forth that they had three hun-
dred Acres of Land prdered them which had been sur-
veyed and a ^■**'^ thereof returned into the Surveyer Gen-
eral's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant
for the same should have passed Therefore praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time they might be permit-
ted 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.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioners
oranted 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 they do also Regis-
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
the Petn. of
Jermy-n
& Chi. Wrtg]
Bsqrs. foroo
450.150AU0
Acres all
Blapsed.
Read a Petition of Jermyn and Charles Wright Esq"
setting forth that they had ordered them four Tracts of
)^ Land in S* Mary's Parish Viz* One of five hundred Acres
one of four hundred and fifty Acres and two of One hun-
dred and fifty Acres each which had bieen surveyed and
plans thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which Grants for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time they might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grants for the said land and that the
106
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Qranted
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
plans thereof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioners
doth take out Grants for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (AgreeaUe to an Order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that they do 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 Jermyn Wright Esq' setting forth
jerayn ""^ "" that hc had ordered him Two Tracts of Land in S' Mary's
for&oA.4S)' Parish one Containing* five hundred Acres and the other
▲ores Blapeed
four hundred Acres which had been surveyed and plans
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which Grants for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grants for the said Land and that the Surveyer
general might be ordered to prepare and certify plans
thereof 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 Raster'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 George Cromley setting forth that
the Petn. of he had ordered him Three hundred Acres of Land in S*
George
SoAores '°' Jame's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan there-
Biapsed ^f j-etumed into the Surveyer general's Office but the
AUGUST, 1770. 107
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer
general might be ordered to prepare and certify a plan
thereof for that purpose —
Rkolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted Jq^j^ take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this Date (Agreeable to an Order of Cotm-
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 —
Read a Petition of Andrew Knife setting forth that
Andwf Knife ^^ ^^^ Ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
Biapwd^^*^®' in S* Jame's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing 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.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Prov-
ince 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 —
108 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU
Read a Petition of Frederic Helvenstine setting forth
thej^etn. of ^j^^^ j^^ j^^ ^^ ^^^^ hundred Acres of Land ordered
for 800 Aores him in S* Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and
returned 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 bie pemuitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the same.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 —
Read a Petition of John Green Jun' setting forth that
the Petn. of he had ordered him One thousand Acres of Land in S^
unV. for ino Philip s Parish which had been surveyed and returned
Acres Blapsed , /< r i t , i a i
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 notwithstanding
the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his
Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Secre-
tary might be ordered to prepare the same.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^th 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 m?iy not be defrauded of his Quit Rents
the Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
AUGUST, 1770.
109
Read a Petition of John Hall setting forth that he had
So.^h2ii tor ordered him fifty Acres of Land in S* Matthew's Parish
Si^i which had been siirveyed and returned 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 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 only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^h 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 Ras-
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 —
Read a Petition of John Darby setting forth that he
?^® ^^"vJiLhad had One himdred Acres of Land ordered him in
Jno. PftrDjior
^^d' Queensborough Township S* George's Parish which had
been surveyed and a plan thereof returned into the Sur-
veyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which
a Grant for the same ought to have passed Therefore
praying that Notwithstanding the lapse of time he might
bp 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 only that the Petitioner
Grftnted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
110 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Askins setting forth that he
jno Akins tor had a Warrant ordered him for laying* out three hundred
arran ^^^ ^^^^ Acres of Land upon the Brakish Marshes bdow
Broughton Island which Warrant had been elapsed in
its Termi and the Survey not returned Therefore praying
that a new Warrant might be ordered to issue in respect
of the said Land
Oranted
' Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Clark setting forth that he
jno.cia?k?or ^^^ Ordered him a Warrant for laying out three hundred
wa?nuit Acres of Land in S* James's Parish lying at the South
end of S* Simon's Island which warrant had been elapsed
in its Term and the Survey not returned Therefore pray-
ing that a new Warrant might be ordered to issue in re-
spect of the aforesaid Land
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted joth 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 Prov-
ince 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 David Murray setting forth that he
the Petn. of had a Warrant ordered him for layingf out a Tract of
David r. ^
Jlew'WmkSt ^^^ hundred Acres of Land upon Todd's Creek South
side great Satilla to adjoin Land there ordered Alexander
Inglis which Warrant was expired in its Term and the
AUGUST, 1770.
Ill
Survey not returned Therefore praying that a new War-
rant might be ordered to issue in respect of the said
Land
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted joth 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 Prov-
ince 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.
the Petn. of
Bobt.BAlllle
for a new
warrant
Read a Petition of Robert Baillie setting forth that he
had a Warrant ordered him for laying out two hundred
Acres of Land on the South side of great Satilla to ad-
join One thousand Acre there lately ordered. him to be
laid out in an Oblong being for a Reservoir of water
which warrant had been expired in its Term and the Sur-
vey not returned Therefore praying that a new Warrant
might be ordered to issue in respect of the said Land.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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.
Ordered That Jonathan Cochran Esq' be added to
^pointing the Commission of the Peace for the Parishes of S* John
thS**p7riB'he8 and S' Andrew and James Butler Sen' for the Parish of
Sl®Phu5?8*°'* S* Philip and that the Clark of the Crown and peace
with whom the said Commission is lodged do insert their
names therein Accordingly.
112 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
A List of Fees being drawn up and certified by the
by^hSf'*"^*^ Chief Justice and Senior Assistant Justice of the general
agt!juro« Court of PlcES as regular and necessary to be taken on
defauu In any Copias to be issued against Jurors makings Default
SSmmo^l in attendance on the Courts when duly summoned laid
t^fore this Board for Approbation and allowance and
the same being taken under Consideration Are ordered
to be Established and entred in the Minutes of Council.
His Excellency the Govemour moved that he might
LSd*G»nted have granted him in further port of his family Right
to the Govt, q^^ thousand Acres on the Alatamaha River near Sancta
Sevela Bluff And also two thousand Acres in two Tracts
also 2000 Acres ^. . ,. ^ , , , /^ , ^
on Finhalloway Swamp near the head or Source thereof.
Ordered That the same be granted to His Excd-
suiTeSr to ^' lency and that Warrants of Survey do Issue Accord-
issue ingly—
Ordered That the general Assembly be prorogued
untill Monday 22* October next then to meet for the
dispatch of Business and that the Secretary do prepare
a Proclamation Accordingly
Commissary's Account of Contingent Expences from
the 25'** June 1769 to 24"* June 1770 both days inclusive
were laid before the Board Audited and passed.
His Excellency the Govemour signed the following
Grants Viz*
To John Bowles 200 Acres
Bourgon Bord 600 Acres
Shem Butler 250 Acres
William Wylly 500 Acres
In S' Philip's Parish
AUGUST, 1770.
113
To William Candler 50 Acres
John Dodds 100 Acres
Sanmel Getson 100 Acres
Samuel Lyon 229 Acres
James Fletcher 100 Acres
James Martin 100 Acres
John Wertsch 85 Acres
Nicholas Horton 500 Acres
Samuel Hudson 100 Acres
John Hall 50 Acres
In S* Paul's Parish
In S* George's Parish
In S* Matthew's Parish
Joseph Raines 200 Acres
James Screven 300 Acres
I In S' David's Parish
Michael Haverin 100 Acres In S* James's Parish
Peter Nephew 250 Acres In S* Andrew's Parish
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 21'* Aug' ^77^*
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
{James Habersham
Noble Jones
Francis Harris
James Edw* Powell
John Graham
Esq"
A Petition of Driggers the Prisoner under Sentence
of death was taken into Consideration and it was the
a Petn. of
Drlggen for
a repiiere bat
SSlSardhe''' Unanimous Opinion of the Board that he should Suffer
gdj^^erhif j^greeable to his Sentence
8 r— TOl 11
114 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
GEORGIA At a Council held at his Excellency's house
at Savannah on Tuesday the 4"" Sepf 1770
/ Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
John Graham
The Hon**** { Clement Martin Jun'
James Edw* Powell
James Read
Francis Harris
■ Esquires
The Minutes of August last was Read and approved —
Read a Petition of Nathaniel Miller setting forth that
Natw*Miiier ^^ ^^^ ^^^ hundred and Seventy Acres of Land granted
SoAcreii""*^*"^ and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having three Children and thirteen Negroes Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres in S* George's Parish
joining Land Surveyed for William Champ And also
Two hundred Acres about a Mile from Land surveyed
for John Brunson in said Parish
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
^"S^TiSSo^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 to be run in one
Tract at either place.
Read a Petition of Moses Nunes setting forth that he
^£i«?Nime8 ^^^ lately ordered him Seven hundred and fifty Acres of
in'^n^*''^' Land which on going to survey the same was found unfit
for a Settlement Therefore praying for in lieu thereof
Granted
SEPTEMBER, 1770. 115
Seven hundred and fifty Acres on the South side of the
Alaiamaha near Sancta Sevela Bluff near or to adjoin
Land there petitioned for by James Jackson
Resolved That on Condition 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 to adjoin Mary Tannett.
Read a Petition of Isaac Wimberly setting forth that
the Petn. of he had been above four years in the Province had had
tor^'ifores '^^ hundred and fifty Acres and was desirous to Obtain
an Additional Tract having six N^joes for whom he
had had no Land Therefore praying for three hundred
Acres on the Aligator Pond in S^ George's Parish join-
ing One hundred Acres there already ordered him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 g^ranted
Read a Petition of William Bennett setting forth that
wm.^B^nnett ^^ ^ad One hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered
foriiwAoreB ^^ ^j ^^ dcsirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife a Child and two Negroes Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred and fifty Acres in S* Andrew's Par-
ish to adjoin the One hundred and fifty Acres before
ordered him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^ ^ Grant for the said land within Seven
116 GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Nathaniel M'^Culloch setting forth
Natwf*°* ^' ^^^^ ^^ came into the Province with his parents eight
So^Jre?^ ^^^ years ago had had no Land granted him and was desirous
to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres in S^ Andrew's Parish upon the Black
Gall on the north side of Sapalo River near land of
George Gray to t|e laid out Oblong.
RESOiyVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Qj.^^ £^ ^j^^ g^j l^^j within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Paul Miller Jun' setting forth
inn pSSJi* ®' ^^^^ ^^ *^^ ordered him One hundred and thirty Acres
^mS aSSb ^f La^d but was possessed of a Wife two Children and
One Negroe for whom he had had no Land Therefore
praying for Two hundred Acres in S' Matthew's Parish
on the River Swanip joining Land there granted John
Paul Miller Senior
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 thle said Prov-
ince 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.
SEPTEMBER, 1770.
117
the Petn. of
Read a Petition of John Mitchell setting forth that he
So, MiSsheii had One thousand and forty six Acres of Land granted
Acres him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife three Children and twenty four Negroes
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Pine Bar-
ren to adjoin his plantation And also Two hundred Acres
on a Branch called Gotian about three Miles from his
said Plantation both in S^ John's Parish to be. run in an
Oblong the Swamp being narrow.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Regard to be had
with respect to Oblong land — •
Read a Petition of Charles Hudson setting forth that
ohV^^'son he had One hundred Acres of Land granted him and
®^ was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife
three Children and two N^roes Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres in S' George's Parish (One hundred
Acres of which was ordered to Samuel Jordan and
elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office in respect of the
time a Grant for the same should have been taken out.
Oranted
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
118 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of William Belcher setting forth that
wm^lifohw he had ordered him Two hundred and fifty Acres of Land
p/eoept^ about four Miles from great Ogechee River and about
two Miles from Paris's Mill upon the Mill Creek sur-
rounded by vacant land which by reason of Disappoint-
ments from the Surveyer had not been surveyed There-
fore praying that the Surveyer general might be enabled
and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant
in order that the land so ordered him might be surveyed.
RESOI.VED That the prayer of the said Petition is
Granted granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Esa Emanuel setting forth that .he
^Emanuel ^^ Ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S'
SipeSd*^'*" George's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyor general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a plan thereof for that purpose.
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 —
Read a Petition of Samuel Houlton setting forth that
fi£mL H^ouuLn ^e had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
BuJ2id°'^ in S* George's Parish which had been surveyed and a
SEPTEMBER, 1770. 119
plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted ^^j^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Qj.^^ £^j. ^j^^ g^j j^^j 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.
Read a Petition of Thomas Pussell setting forth that
the peto. of he had ordered him One hundred and Seventy five Acres
for 175 Acres of Land in S* George's Parish which had been surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
•a plan thereof for that purpose.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^th 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 Ras-
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.
120
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Green setting forth that he
jno.arMiifor had Ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in S'
Elapsed Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer
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.
Read a Petition of John Upton setting forth that he
thePetn. of had orderd him One hundred Acres of Land in S^ Paul's
Jno. Upton for
EUpaed* Parish which had been surveyed and a plan thereof re-
turned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time was
Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should have passed
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant
for the said Land 'and that the Surveyer general might
be ordered to prepare and certify a plan thereof for that
purpose.
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 Ras-
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
SEPTEMBER, 1770.
121
his Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Refad a Petition of Urban Buntz setting forth that he
urban^untz had had Five hundred Acres of Land in S^ Philip's Par-
Eiapeed ish which had been surveyed and a plan thereof returned
into the Surveyer general's Office but the time was
Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should have passed
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
he might l^e permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant
for the said Land and that the Surveyer might be ordered
to prepare and certify a plan thereof for that purpose.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Reg-
ister 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 Thomas Crawford setting forth
ttePetn.^ that he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in
Thoa. Crawford
EUp8«f^*^ S' Matthew's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to- take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said land and that the Surveyer gen-
eral might be ordered to prepare and certify a plan there-
of 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-
122
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
Josh. BaiUie for
100 Acres
Elapsed
Granted.
the Petn. of
Wm. Bennett
for 160 Acres
Granted.
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'.
Read a Petition of Joseph Baillie setting forth that he
had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in Queens-
borough Township 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.
RESOI.VED 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 Reg-
ister 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 William Bennett setting forth that
he had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
in S' Andrew's Parish which had been surveyed and
returned 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
RiSSOi^VED 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-
SEPTEMBER, 1770.
123
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 James Gordon setting forth that he
the Pete, of ^ was onc of the Irish Settlers that came with Captain Ash
Jas. Qoraon for
lopACTw and had had One hundred Acres of Land ordered him
in Queensborough Township which had been surveyed
and returned and a fiat for the same passed by the Attor-
ney 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.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gimnted. 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 bp defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted
Public Acta. Two PuWick Aocouuts where this day Audited-—
certificatefrom A Certificate from the Church Wardens of S* Paul's
wwdens of St Parish of M' Ellington's Officiating as Rector there —
^j^^^^ The Order was this day issued for Marshal and Finlay
^^to^a^th* i-Q attend y* Land day in November to be heard on the
^^* Caveat.
the Case of '^^^ ^^^^ ^^ Drfggers the Prisoner under Sentence of
j^gStfd death for Cattle Stealing was again taken under Consid-
124 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
eration-: when the Board advised his Excellency to grant
him a further Reprieve until the 12^ day of next Month.
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz*
To John Helvenstine 100 Acres
Frederic Helvenstine . . 300
Acres
Thomas Moreman. . .250
Acres
-In S* Matthew's Parish
James Lucena. . .750 Acresi
David Snook & others Lotl-InChrist Church Parish
& 45 Acres]
Stephen Williams. .250 Acres In S* David's Parish
cx:tober, 1770.
125
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 2* October
1770.
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Mackay
TheHon^^* -I Francis Harris ► Esquires
Francis Edw* Powell
Jcrfin Graham
Clement Martin Jun'
Read a Petition of John Martin Zetler setting forth
tiieP6tn.of that Lucas Moser deceased had ordered him forty Seven
Jno. Msrtin ^
^r^iio^ Acres Twelve thousand Eight hundred Links of Land in
S* Matthew's Parish which by his last Will and Testa-
ment he devised to his Daughter the Wife of the Peti-
tioner but died before the Grant for the same was taken
out Therefore praying that the Truth of the Premisses
appearing a Grant might pass to and in the name of the
Petitioner.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^S£wSm^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 — on the Facts
first appearing.
tfaePetii.o(f
forSOAczee
Read a Petition of John Hickey setting forth that he
had Served his Majesty as a private Sential in one of
the Independant Companys in South Carolina for the
Space of thirteen years Therefore praying for fifty Acres
126
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
of Land on M^'Bean's Swamp in the Parish of S* Paul
joining the upper Tract granted to Zachariah Fann be-
ing his Majesty's Royal Bounty Granted to disbanded
Soldier in America.
Granted on
Certifieateof
his belnff Solder
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
^ the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 on producing a
Certificate of his being a Soldier as sett forth in his Peti-
tion.
theP«tn.of
Dftvid
FitBgermld f or
200 Acres
Read a Petition of David Fitzgerald setting forth that
he had been a year and an half in the Province had had
no Land and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultiva-
tion Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in S*
Andrew's Parish on a Branch of the little Mortar Ala-
tamaha to join Jacob Lewis's Line.
Granted on
Prodncinffa
Cerdflcate
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster 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 on producing a Certificate
of his Character.
tliePetn. ot
Wm. Austin
for 600 Acres
Read a Petition of William Austin setting forth that
he had had one hundred Acres of Land granted him and
was desirous to Obtain an additional Tract having
Twenty negroes Therefore praying for five hundred
Acres in S' Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land of Joseph
OCTOBER, 1770.
127
Gibbons And also Five hundred Acres in the same Par-
ish on the Cross Swamp surroimded by vacant Land.
Gimntadtobe ORDERED That the land to be run out in one Tract
m fa 1 Tact at either place and reservedi for Six Months or untill he
tflConths
for
becomes an Inhabitant of this Province —
thePetn.of
Realm. FieldB
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of Reuben Fields 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 and five Children Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred Acres on a Branch the South Side
of Briar Creek.
Granted
Resolved That cm Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 George Newman setting forth that
Gmge^ he had been three years in the province had had no Land
Acres granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying
for One himdred Acres at Hallifax on Savannah River
to adjoin Francis Stringer and Peter Turquenot.
ResoItVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimntad doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from, this date and that he doth also Raster 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.
128 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Jesse Williams setting forth that
^BPetn.of j^^ i^j jj^j^ Seven years in the Province had had no Land
100 Acres ^ granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for One himdred Acres on the
waters of Black Creek in Christ Church Parish near or
adjoining Land of John Graham Esq*"
Grmnted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Patrick M^^Cormidc setting forth
gj5^' ^ that he_had been near two years in the Province had had
iwaSS^^^ ^o Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land
for Cultivation having a Wife Therefore praying for one
hundred Acres on great Ogechee within a Mile of Land
lately ordered there to Henry Sharp..
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty may not l^e defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of John M^'Cormick setting forth that
tii«p«tn.<tf he had been three years in the Province had had no Land
fteiooAcws granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres near gfreat Ogechee River within a Mile of
* Land granted there to one James Briggs.
OCTOBER, 1770.
129
Ckantod
thePetiLof
Jno. Smith for
too Acres
Qrant«d
tbePetiLof
SarnL BurseM
forlOO.Acrw
Gimnted
Resolved That on: Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of John Smith setting forth that he
had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and was
desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife
four Children and Six Negroes Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres joining Land of William Jones and
also fifty Acres joining his own Land both in S^ George's
Parish.
Resolved That on Conditioii that the Petitic«ier
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.
Read a Petition of Samuel Burgess setting forth that
he had been Several years in the Province had had no
Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
S*. George's Parish on a Fork of Duhart's Creek.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
9 c r— vol 11
130 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of James Fox setting forth that he
Sl^wSr MO was settled in the Province had had no land granted him
^^'^ and was desirous to Obtain Land for Ctiltivation having
a Wife three Children and a Negroe Therefore praying
for three hundred Acres in S^ George's Parish on Rocky
Comfort within a Mile of Land of Thomas Irwin
RESOLVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gruited j^^tj^ ^^^ Q^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Peter Stewart setting forth that
th«p«tiLo« he was bom in the province had had no Land granted
fOTiwAcpea him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a Negroe Therefore praying for one himdred
and fifty Acres at the head of Grant's Creek S' George's
Parish —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Regiser
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty may not he defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of John Gretion setting forth that he
thePetiLof had been in the Province about three years had had no
iwAoSiB ^ Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having a Wife and a Child Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred Acres in S' George's Parish at a
place called the Bull pond joining Land Surveyed for
James Brown.
OCTOBER, 1770.
131
Grantod
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
tliePetn. <tf
0«rr»rd
AncUeyfor
860 Acres
Gimntod
Read a Petition of Gerrard Andly setting forth that
he had been in the Province about a year had had no
Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having a Wife and five Children Therefore
praying for three hundred and fifty Acres joining Land
surveyed for William Jordan and Jlames Hiall in S*
George's Parish —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Charles Churchwill setting forth
tbePetn-of that he had been long in the Province had had no Land
for 100 Acrw granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on
Buck head to adjoin Land lately granted William Wylly.
Gimntod.
ResoItVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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
132
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
the Petn. of
David Mesell
forlOOAowB
Read a Petition of David Mezell setting forth that
he had been about two Months in the Province had had
no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres
in S^ George's Parish on a Branch of Buck head about a
Mile from Samuel Cooper's
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gmntod. joth 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 Prov-
ince 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.
the Petn. of
Frmns. Davis
for 60 Acres
Read a Petition of Francis Davis setting forth that
he had been in the Province about nine Months had had
no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain I^and
for Cultivation having a Wife and five Children There-
fore praying for fifty Acres on Beaver Dam Swamp
joining Land of George Harnage.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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.
the Petn.. of
Robt DusUss
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of Robert Dugliss setting forth that
he had been about nine Months in the Province had had
no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres
in S^ George's Parish joining Land there granted one
Sharp—
OCTOBER, 1770. 133
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant fot 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Darcey setting forth that
tiiePegLof he had been six years in the Province had had no Land
Josh. Dare«y *^
fori50Acr«e granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hun-
dred and fifty Acres on Reedy Creek to include One
hundred Acres surveyed for John Williams and since
elapsed in respect of the time a Grant for the said Land
should have been taken out
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^^^^^ j-^g ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Michael M'^Infuss setting forth
thePetn. of that he had ordered him 'Five himdred Acres of Land
McinfuBsfor on great Ogechee which on going to Survey was found
BOO Acres ^^ . _ . ^ en
not vacant Therefore praymg for in Lieu thereof nve
hundred Acres on great Ogechee in S^ Matthew's Parish
about a Mile and a half from where Matthew Small was
Settled to be run in an Oblong the Swamp being narrow.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Se\^en
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
134
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
ince 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 complying with
the order in that Case provided —
thePctiLof
Tlionitonfor
ISOAena
Gnunted.
Read a Petition of Samuel Thornton 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 negro Therefore praying for One hundred and
fifty Acres at Bruce Neck in S* Andrew's Parish which
was formerly ordered and Surveyed for William Ryan
and Elapsed in respect of the time a Grant for the same
should have passed.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
thePetn.of
Mcintosh for
600 Aerea
Gnuntad
Read a Petition of Lachlan M^'Intosh setting forth
that he had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land upon
an Island in the River Alatamaha between Harrington
and Finhalloway which on going to Survey was found
to be run by another person and had Obtained no Land
in Lieu thereof Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof
five hundred Acres to join George Cromley and Gov-
ernour Ellis's in S* James's parish —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
CX:T0BER, 1770. 135
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Edward Barnard setting forth that
mJ5l*^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ granted him at various times in Family
SSdi50^*° Right but was possessed of three head rights for which
^^"^ he had Obtained no land. Therefore praying for a
Small Island in Savannah River not exceeding One hun-
dred and fifty Acres about five Miles above the Mouth
of little River within a few paces of the Carolina Side
and Contiguous to a Plantation the Petitioner had in
that Province, as little River was the Boundary line be-
tween us and the Indians the said Island might be sup-
prosed to lay withm it but the Indians claiming no farther
than the Banks of Savannah River the Petitioner imag-
ined the land was not within their Claim.
Resoi^ved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Rae setting forth that he had
tiie Petn. of had Land granted him Several times but was yet pos-
Jno. Rae for 800 ^ -^ '^
sessed of more than six Negroes for whom he had had
no Land Therefore praying for three hundred Acres on
Briar Creek joining Northeast on Land there already
granted him —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted dotb take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months froni this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Aereo
136 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Philip Dill setting forth that he had
ra^*Dii?far had granted him three hundred Acres of Land and was
** ^^'^ desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife
seven Children and Seven Negroes Therefore praying
for two hundred Aa'es in S' Matthew's Parish to adjoin
Land ordered Christopher Hudson which Petitioner had
purchased and to be laid out in an Oblong the land being
Chiefly Pine Barren —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^ ^^y^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 David Anderson setting forth that
SavM*^**""**' he had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and
tmmAenB was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having up-
wards of forty Negroes Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres to join Land he had purchased of Joseph
Goodby in S^ Andrew's Parish and to run the Length of
Goodby's north Line.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
Granted
OCTOBER, 1770.
137
•ihePetn^of
Bobt
Smallwood for
60AerM
Read a Petition of Robert Smallwood setting forth
that he had had One thousand Acres of Land granted
him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife four Children and fourteen Negroes
Therefore praying for fifty Acres in S^ John's Parish to
adjoin Eighty Acres granted him on one side and John
Sullivan on the other.
^imnted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
thePetn.of
Jonan. Peat
for 250 Aereo
Ocanted
Read a Petition of Jonathan Peat setting forth that
he had had land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
an Additional Tract having Seven Negroes for whom- he
had Obtained no Land Therefore praying for two hun-
dred and fifty Acres on Smith's line joining John Mil-
ledge on great Ogechee S^ Philip's Parish —
Resoi^ved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Baker setting forth that he
jo!h*B&e?for ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted
BooAeree j^jj^ ^^^ ^3^ desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife four Children and Seven Negroes There-
fore praying for three himdred Acres in S^ Andrew's
Parish on a branch of Bull Town Swamp to adjoin
138 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU
Lands said to be the property of Grey Elliott and Wil-
liam Peacock.
Gnuntad
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Roister
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 William Brown setting forth that
S* ^5lii?# h^ had b^cn sometime in the Province had had no Land
Wm> Brown for
^AcresAieo granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife two Children and two negroes
Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in
S^ Paul's Parish heretofore ordered Nicholas Murphy
and also one hundred and fifty Acres adjoining being
the remaining Part of a Tract of Two hundred and fifty
one Acres ordered to Owen Sullivan both which were
elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office in respect of the
time in which Grants for the same ought to have passed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out Grants 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 Prov-
ince 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 g^ranted.
Read a Petition of James Houstoun setting forth that
Sl^HOT^un ^^ ^^^ '^'^^^ ^^^S ^" ^^^ Province had' had no Land grant-
for 160 Acwe ^j ^im and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having a N^roe Therefore praying for One hundred
and fifty Acres in S' Matthew's Parish being a Tract
heretofore ordered to Michael Joyce and Elapsed in the
OCTOBER, 1770.
139
Gnmtad
thdPotn. of
Thos. Shmder
EsQT. for 160
Aereo
Granted
thePetn. of
SiunLMUler
for 100 Acres
Granted
Surveyer generars Office in respect of the time in which
a Grant for the same should have passed —
ResoItVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Shruder E^q' setting forth
that he was possessed of three n^roes for whom he had
Obtained no Land Therefore praying for One hundred
and fifty Acres in S^ Matthew's Parish being a Tract
heretofore ordered and Surveyed for Robert Sutherland
and elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office.
Resoi^ved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Samuel Miller setting forth that
he had had Land granted him in Family Right but was
possessed of three Negroes for whom he had Obtained
no Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
S^ Matthew's Parish within a Mile of Land heretofore
granted Robert Homer.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
140 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
ince 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.
th6 Potn. of
Wm. Williams
for200 Aereo
Read a Petition of William Williams setting forth
that he was settled in the Province had had no Land
granted him and w^s desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife seven Children and eight Negroes
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres joining
Thomas Carter's lower line and land granted John Mid-
dleton And also three hundred Acres joining land granted
said Middleton both in S' Andrew's Parish —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out Grants 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 Prov-
ince 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.
thePetiLof
Wm. O'Bryan
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of William O'Bryan setting forth that
he had had Land granted him in S' Matthew's Parish and
was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a
Wife a Child and Seven negroes Thereft>re praying for
One hundred Acres to adjoin the four hundred Acres
already granted him to begin at the Swamp at the north
Corner of the westward line.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Oimnted 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 Prov-
ince 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.
OCTOBER, 1770.
141
Read a Petition of William Mackintosh setting forth
w^ MdS»8h that he had had land granted him in family Right but
foriooAcree ^^^ ^^^ possessed of two Negroes for whom he had had
no Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
S' Andrew's Parish upon a Branch called Cowpen branch
about five Miles from Barrington to be run in an Oblong
the Branch being narrow.
Granted
Resolved That oh Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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.
tliePetiLof
Jno. Cioldwire
for 400 Acres
Granted
Read a Petition of John Goldwire setting forth that
he had had four hundred Acres of Land granted him and
was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having
Twenty five Negroes Therefore praying for four hun-
dred Acres in S^ Matthew's Parish at the back of a Tract
of three hundred Acres granted to Peter Tondee.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months fromi 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 George Mackintosh setting forth
the Pctn of that he had lately purchased twelve Negroes for whom
Mcintosh for he had Obtained no Land Therefore ^^'''^ for five hundred
800 A 200 Acree . ^f * 1 » -r^ • < 1 r< t 1
Acres m S Andrew s Parish that is to Say, three hun-
dred Acres to adjoin Land of Christian Rolland Widow,
westward which land the Petitioner had purchased, and
142 GOVERNOR AND COUNCII..
two hundred Acres to adjoin Land of Jennet Graham
and the said Christian Rolland and Land of the Peti-
tioner Eastward and circumjacent the Land he then
lived on.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Qnnted doth take out Grants 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 Prov-
ince 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 Absolum Wells setting forth that
thePetn.of he had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land
for 260 Acres in S^ Gcorgc's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer
general might be ordered to prepare and certify a plan
thereof for that purpose.
Resol,vEd 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 Ro-
ister 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 Charles Golightly setting forth that
^foS^tiy ^^ ^^^ ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in S'
George's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
for^OOAeres
<ji!ant«d
CX:T0BER, 1770. 143
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose —
Rj^soi^vED 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 Ro-
ister 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 Edward Barnard setting forth that
the Petn. of ^ he had ordered him One hundred Acres of ^■**'^ on Boegy
f^mAaeB Gut near Briar Creek in S* George's Parish which had
been surveyed and a plan returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same should 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.
RESOI.VED' That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Ro-
ister 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 —
144
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Sharp setting forth that he
j^^shi^for had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in S*
SiwSr* George's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have been passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the Said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a plan thereof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted cloth 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 Reg-
ister 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 —
thePetiLof
Wychee for
20O AcTM
Elapeed
Read a Petition of George Wychee setting forth that
he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in S*
George's Parish which had been surveyed and returned
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 notwithstanding
the lai>se 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.
Resoi^ved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gnmtod 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 Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
cx:tober, 1770,
145
his Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
thePetiLof
Frade.Brlert
for 800 Acree
Elftpaed
Read a Petition of Frederic Driest setting forth that
he had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in S*
Philip's Parish which had been Surveyed and returned
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 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 —
RES01.VKD That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Ro-
ister 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 —
thePetiLof
Jno. Hodeden
fortheSelUiiff
of aTractof
Land
Read a Petition of John Hodsden of Charles Town
Setting forth that he was a large if not a principle
Creditor of the late John Gray Esq' the Administration
of which Estate had been Transmitted to Mess" Simp-
son Ruebar and Young who had promised to pay the
Petitioner as far as the Effects of the deceased should
reach, the Petitioner not yet having received any pay-
ment and being uncertain where or whether ever he shall
receive any Therefore praying that a piece of Land said
to be run out (but not granted) to the Said John Gray
Esq' might be Sold and in Case Petitioner shall not re-
ceive Satisfaction from the Administrators that the
Money arising from the Sale be employed in payment
of what to him is most Justly due.
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146 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Grmnted
thePetiL«f
Ordered That a Copy of the former order made in
Respect of these lands be Sent to the Petitioner for his
Information And it is also ordered that the Clerk of the
Council inclose the Administrators a Copy of the order
and requiring them Immediately to Comply with the
Same —
Read a Petition of Lachlan Mackintosh setting forth
that he had had Land granted him but was desirous to
1000 AewBtobe Obtain an Additional Quantity for the use of a Saw
Mill for a Supply of Timber Therefore praying that he
might have reserved for him twelve or Eighteen Months
One thousand Acres of Pine Land in S^ Andrew's Parish
adjoining or near horse Creek for the use of the Saw
Mill aforesaid.
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for Eigh-
teen Mcwiths as prayed for.
Read a Petition of Lachlan Mackintosh setting forth
gjjg^*' that he was desirous of Obtaining a Tract of Land re-
%DA^fOTa served as a Glebe for the use of the Presbyterian Con-
gregation in S* Andrew's Parish Therefore praying that
Seven hundred Acres might be reserved as a Glebe for
the uses aforesaid.
Glabe
Grmnted
Resoi^ved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted
Read a Petition of John Stirk setting forth that he
Um Petal, of had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in S^
Jno. Stinc the
gjs^GwiL^ George's Parish on Briar Creek to be laid out in an
Oblong but by Mistake the word Oblong had been
Omitted to be mentioned in the order to the Secretary
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Said Omis-
sion the Surveyer general might be ordered to receive
and certify the said five hundred Acres agreeable to a
plan therewith exhibited.
OCTOBER, 1770.
147
Giaiitad
Resolved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do receive and
certify a plan thereof for that purpose.
ih« Petn. of
th«H(mble.
Anthony
Stokes Ssqr.
for new
Warrants
Read a Petition of Anthony Stokes Esq' setting forth
that Some time last year he had ordered him eight hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish in
this Province in Family Right which had been run out
and return thereof made into the Surveyer general's
Offiqe. That since that time he had ordered him Six
hundred and fifty Acres of Land on Purchase and three
hundred Acres in Family Right in the Said Parish of
S^ George and the Petitioner had Obtained Warrants for
the Same with ^■**'^ respectively direct that such Six hun-
dred and fifty Acres and three hundred Acres of Land
Should adjoin the eight hundred and fifty Acres before
ordered him That the Petitioner apprehends there was
little or no Land adjoining the said eight hundred and
fifty Acres which was not run out already, and that if he
delivers the Warrant he had then to a Surveyer it would
be Attended with a Needless Expence to him- There-
fore praying for new Warrants for the said Six hundred
and fifty Acres on Purchase and the said three hundred
Acres in Family Right and that Such Warrants respect-
ively might direct that the Lands therein ordered the
Petitioner might be run out adjoining or near to the
Said eight hundred and fifty Acres already run out by the
Petitioner.
<3ranted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Roister
the said Grants in the Register's .Office of the said Prov-
ince 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.
148
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
tbePtttiLof
Jno* PonlBon
for a new
Pnoept
Read a Petition of John Poulson Setting forth that
he had five hundred Acres of Land ordered him on Turtle
River in S^ David's Parish a part of which was for to
be run on an Old Carolina Survey Therefore praying
that the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered
to issue a new Precept to Survey the said five hundred
Acres so as to run upon the back Line —
Gxanted
RESOI.VED That the prayer of the Said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly.
the Petn. of
Jno. Graham
Esq. for a new
Precept
Granted
the Petn. of
Thoe.Morsan
for a new
Precept.
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq' setting forth
that he had Obtained a Warrant for One thousand Acres
of Land on Turkey Branch on the South Side of great
Satilla four Miles back from Cawston's Bluff to be laid
out in an Oblong which Warrant was Expired in its
Term and the land not Surveyed Therefore praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time the Surveyer general
might be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on
the said Warrant that the land so ordered him might be
Surveyed.
Resoi^ved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Thomas Morgan Setting forth that
he had ordered him a Warrant for Surveying three hun-
dred Acres of Land in S' George's Parish which War-
rant was Expired in its Term and the land not Surveyed
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to
issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the land so
ordered him might be Surveyed.
Granted RESOI.VED That the prayer of the said Petition is
OCTOBER, 1770. 149
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of William Clark setting- forth that
tiiA Pate. <rf
Wm.ck»kfor he had Obtained Warrants for Surveying Two hundred
Acres of Land in a narrow Swamp two Miles back from
S* Mary's River and within a Mile of Land ordered
Samuel Douglass to be in an Oblong And also Two hun-
dred Acres to adjoin the Said two hundred Acres to be
reserved for Six Months both which Warrants were ex-
pired in their Terms and the Said Tracts not Surveyed
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to
issue new Precepts on the said Warrants of Survey to
Continue in force for Six Months next ensuing.
Granted
tlM PtttlLOf
Jno. F6z for a
Granted
R^soi^vED That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue new Pre-
cepts Accordingly —
Read a Petition of John Fox setting forth that he had
Obtained a Warrant for Surveying One hundred and
fifty Acres of Land upon great Satilla adjoining Land
there ordered William Mackintosh in Lieu of the like
Quantity heretofore ordered him which Warrant was
Expired in its Term and the land not Surveyed There-
fore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time the
Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to issue
a new Precept on the said Warrant that the Land so or-
dered him might he Surveyed.
RESOLVED That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Siureyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
160
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
thePetiLOif
Gruit0d
Read a Petition of Lachlan Mackintosh setting forth
that he had Obtained a Warrant for Surve3ang' One hun-
iiewPreo«>?*dred Acres of Land (c«i Purchase) in Lieu of a like
Quantity before ordered him upon the head of Cat head
Creek by Mistake and now altered to S* Simons Island
to adjoin Land of George Crumley and John Clubb
which warrant was Expired in its Term and the Land
not Surveyed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time the Surveyer general might be enabled and
ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that
the land so ordered him might be Surveyed.
Rjesoi^vED That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of William Mackintosh Setting forth
Wm^^tatodi ^^^^ ^^ ^^ Obtained a Warrant for Surveying three
hundred Acres of Land on the South Side of great Sa-
tilla about Six Miles from Cawston's Bluff which war-
rant was Expired in its Term and the land not Surveyed
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to
issue a new precept on the said Warrant that the Land
so ordered him might be Surveyed —
RESOI.VED That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
for a new
Precept
Granted
thePetn.of
Peter Grant
for a new
Warrt
Read a Petition of Peter Grant Setting forth that he
had Obtained a Warrant for four hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in S^ Andrew's Parish which Says to join Land
there laid out for one Bradshaw in Lieu of the like Quan-
tity before ordered him and not found vacant Therefore
praying that a warrant might issue to join or above land
there laid out for one Bradshaw in Lieu of the like Quan-
tity before ordered him and not found vacant.
C^Mted
cx:tober, 1770.
151
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the isaid Prov-
ince 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 William Mackintosh setting forth
wSJSStntorii that he had ordered him fifty Acres of Land in S^ An^
warrt drew's Parish to adjoin Land of Thomas Reddy and
George Threadcraft at Turkey Camp Swamp, which
Land had not been Surveyed Therefore praying that a
new Warrant of Survey might issue for laying* out the
said fifty Acres to adjoin Minis Minis the said Thomas
Reddy and George Threadcraft at Turkey Camp Swamp
aforesaid —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted 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 Prov-
ince 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.
thePetiLof
Biphraim
Ledbetter
for 800 Acres
Read a Petition of Ephraim Ledbetter Setting forth
that he had been about four Months in the Province had
had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having a Wife and three Children
Therefore praying for three hundred Acres near Turtle
River below white Post Creek —
(sic)
Ordered That the said Petition is rejected —
152
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
thePeta-of
Wm. Gibbon
Read a Petition of William Gibbons Executor of
Joseph Gibbons deceased setting forth that the Testator
SaGUvrnT*^ in his life time had ordered him five hundred Acres of
Land to the Southward of the Province which was after-
wards found to be part of a Tract of One thousand Acres
there ordered John Wereat and a Caveat having been
entered against a Grant passing for the said Land, the
Same yet remains undetermined Therefore praying that
a day might be set for the hearing of the said Caveat and
that all Parties might be ordered to attend —
Gnnted:
Ordered That William Gibbons Attend next Land
day and that Notice be given M*" Wereatt's Attorney
theP«tn.of
Tboe. Sullivan
for lOO^Acres
Reald a Petition of Thomas Sullivan (Postponed the
7^** August 1770) setting forth that he had had Six hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was de-
sirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having two Chil-
dren and Sixteen Negroes Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres in S^ Andrew's Parish on a Branch of
Bull Town Swamp about two Miles frc«n Land granted
William Williams to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp
being narrow —
Resoi^vEd That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Ezekiel Williams setting forth that
the Petn. of he Hved in South Carolina but had in this province twelve
wniiMMfto Negroes working upon Land he had purchased and had
'~^ had no Land granted him Therefore praying for One
OCTOBER, 1770.
153
hundred Acres in S* Georges Parish at a place called
Long Pond joining Land Surveyed for one Brown —
Ordered That the Said Petition be postponed till
he Comes to reside in the Province —
tlMPetn.of
TluML Wiloon
for 100 Acres
postpoiMd
Read a Petition of Thomas Wilson setting forth that
he had been three years in the province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
S' Matthew's Parish being a Tract ordered to Cathrine
Mooreman and elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office
in respect of the time a Grant for the Same ought to have
passed —
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed till he
Attends and produces a Certificate of his Character
Read a Petition of John Baker Postponed 4"* Sepf
tiiePeto^of Last Setting forth that he had been a year in the Prov-
too Acres ince had had no Land granted him and was desirous to
Obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and four
Children Therefore praying for two hundred Acres ^■**'^
great C^echee within a Mile of Isaac Ford's Cowpen —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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 Daniel Stiver Postponed 4"" Sep-
&• P?SL_^. tember last Setting forth that he had been about a Month
Danl* stiver for
iooAci«s in the Province had had no Land granted him and was
desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore pray-
154
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Postponed
ing for One hundred Acres on Johnston's Bay within
one Mile of Briar Creek —
Ordered That the Said Petiticwi be Postponed the
Petitioner not Attending or Sending a Certificate of his
Character —
the Peta. of
Cha. Gftvenah
for 100 Acres
Postponed
Read a Petition of Charles Cavenah setting forth that
he had been Some time in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to CM>tain Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in
S^ George's Parish the land Petitioned for was ordered
to John Sallens and was Elapsed in the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office in respect of the time in which a Grant for
the Same should have passed —
Ordered That the Said Petition be postponed till he
produces a Character —
Read a Petition of Lawrence Clark (Postponed 7*^
Sfw^ciSk August last) Setting forth that he had had Land granted
or200Aeres j^j^ ^^^ ^^ desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract hav-
ing Seven Negroes for whom he had Obtained no Land
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres on an Island
in the Alatamaha River about two Miles above the long
Warriors Bluff —
Postponed Ordered That the Petition be further postponed —
the Petn. of
Robt Savage
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of Robert Savage Setting forth that
he was Settled in the province had had Land granted him
but had yet Family Rights (for One hundred and fifty
Acres) having a Wife and two Children Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred Acres to adjoin the lower Corner
of Colonel Lawrence's Line on Turtle River S^ David's
Parish —
Postponed
Ordered That the Said Petition be postponed
OCTOBER, 1770. 165
Read a Petition of William Moore Setting forth that
wSJTiSiSf for he had been three years in the Province had had no Land
**^ granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in S*
David's Parish between Land of Jacob Moore Robert
Savage on the Back River of Frederica —
Postponed Ordered That the Said Petition be postponed —
Read a Petition of Adam Nester Setting forth that
A^^^Bter George Rentz had ordered him a Lot in Ebenezer where-
foraLot on he lived hut the said Rentz was dead and the Land
elapsed Therefore praying for the Said Lot in Ebenezer —
Postponed
Ordered That the Said Petition be postponed till
the Surveyer general's Certificate is produced —
Resoi^ved That a Town be forthwith laid out at
wdTtQuSid Carr's Fields on Turtle River in the Parish of S' David
Brunswick heretofore Reserved for that purpose and that the Said
Town to be called Brunswick
Read his Majesty's Warrant dated 4"* March 1770
directing Five thousand Acres of Land for Henry Yonge
Esq'.
Ordered That a Warrant do issue for laying out
i^^wtswo Five thousand Acres of Land (Agreeable to the above
Instructions) in a place called the Middle Ground be-
tween the Middle Ground ^"^''^ between the Buck head Set-
tlement and Galphin's Cowpen in S* George's Parish —
That an Advertisement be published in the Georgia
S^ta^ Gazette giving Notice that all Caveats respecting Lands
^Jhl^frtt now entered in the Secretary's Office and not determined
Srn^d ^ will be finally heard and determined, or dismissed on the
first Tuesday in December next in the Council Chamber
at Savannah when and where all Parties concerned are
156 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
required to Attend: and that the Secretary do publish
the Same —
On Reading a Petition of Sundry Passengers who
Sundry Persons Arrived from Ireland in the Ship Hopewell Cap^ Ash in
Und Elapsed December 1769 who had Lands ordered them in Queens-
borough Township and the Usual time allowed for Sur-
veying the Same having elapsed —
Ordered That the Warrants for laying out the Said
Piroionffiied j^j^ jg j^ prolonged for the further Term- of Six Months—
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz^
To John Bowman 1600 Acres
Patrick Brady 250 Acres
John Harvey 150 Acres
Anthony Stokes 850 Acres
In S* George's Parish
William Bennet . 150 Acres) i^ 3* Andrew's Parish
Mary M^'Cleland . 300 Acres)
Frederick Briest.300 Acres) y ot nu-r > n • i.
John Green Jun'. looo Acres^" ^^ Ph.hp s Pansh
John Askin 200 Acres In S* James's Parish
Frederick Francis 150 Acres In S* Paul's Parish
Daniel Ryan 150 Acres In S* Patrick's Parish
Hannah Vincent. .20 Acres In S* Matthew's Parish
NOVEMBER, 1770, 167
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 6^ November
1770
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
Noble Jones
James Mackay
James Edw* Powell
The Hon^** \ James Read - Esquires
Clement Martin
John Graham
Read a Petition of Benjamin Warren Setting forth
SSiSwran that he had lived in the Province about Six Months and
was desirous to Obtain a Grant of Land having a family
Consisting of a Wife and Seven Children and had never
Obtained any land in the province Therefore praying
for four himdredi Acres of Land adjoining Ephraim
Odam's Land in the Parish of S* George —
RESOiyVHD That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted j^^j^ ^j^^ q^^ ^ Grant for th€ said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also raster 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 —
Read a Petition of George Galphin setting forth that
qS^^^ he had ordered him One himdred Acres of land which
paSat had been run out Agreeable to Instruction Therefore
praying that the Surveyer general might be enabled an
ordered to pass, the plat then exhibited —
RES01.VKD That the prayer of the Said Petition is
Granted granted and that the Surveyer general do receive and
certify a plan thereof for thsLt purpose —
158 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition 6f Thomas Kelly setting forth that
t£im^k^ for he had been Sometime in the province had had two hun-
iooAeres ^^^ AcTes of Land ordered him and was desirous to
Obtain an Additional Tract having Eleven persons in
family Therefore praying for four hundred Acres on the
North Side of the Alatamaha about four or five Miles
from the Indian Line —
Postponed.
Ordered That the Said Petition be postponed till
Petitioner attends and gives Accoimt of his Character
Read a Petition of Frederick Odam Setting forth that
F^dk^^waS? ^^ had ordered him One himdred Acres of Land in S'
Etatp^^*^^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
Should have passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a plan thereof for that purpose —
Resolved That on Condition 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-r-
Read a Petition of George Galphin Jun' Setting forth
thePetn. of that he had had no Land granted him and was desirous
junr. for 100 to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One himdred Acres to be laid out According to a Survey
then Exhibited—
NOVEMBER, 1770. 169
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
<}z»ited. ^^^Yi 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 —
Read a Petition of Samuel Miller Setting forth that
Samuel ifuier he had Ordered him One himdred Acres of Land at the
last board which on going to Survey was found to be
already run out Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof
One hundred Acres on a Branch of Bull Town Swamp
S' Andrew's Parish joining Land there granted him-
self—
Granted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of William Williams Setting forth
wL^TOUiuL ^^^^ ^^ *^® '^^ Board he did petition for and had or-
JSreS^ * ^ dered him five himdred Acres of Land in Two Tracts
adjoining a Settlement of three himdred and fifty Acres
of James Pritchett That the Petitioner was desirous to
Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife Seven Chil-
dren and eight Negroes Therefore praying for four hun-
dred Acres as follows viz* One hundred Acres to adjoin
the upper line of Land there ordered James Spalding near
Land heretofore ordered or granted one Andrew Hamp-
ton and three hundred Acres to adjoin the upper line of
the said Hampton's Land which Land the Petitioner had
purchased —
160 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
RESOI.VKD That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gzsnted. j^^ ^^ ^^^ Gnuits foT the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Gersham Setting forth that
jolf *Sri£un he had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him- and
for 200 AcNs ^^g possessed of a Wife a Child and four N^froes for
whom he was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in S* George's
Parish on the north Side of Briar Creek near John Cart-
ledge or Permeto branch
RESOiyVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted, j^^ ^^j^^ ^^ ^ q^^^ f^^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^^^ within Scveu
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Benjamin Fox Setting forth that
^P«*^<rf^ he had been long in the Province had had only One thou-
iBO Acres gaud and fifty Acres of Land granted him and had -a
Wife four Children and Seventeen Slaves and was de-
sirous to Obtain more land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for One himdred and fifty Acres in S* Paul's
Parish on a Branch of little Satilla about a Mile from
Land granted to Daniel Rian to be laid out in an Oblong
the Swamp being narrow —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^*'*"*^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
NOVEMBER, 1770. 161
the Said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 WilHam Fox setting forth that he
ifei.^1&*for had been long in the Province had had only One thousand
100 Acres Acres of Land granted him and had a Wife Seven Chil-
dren and Seventeen Negroes and was desirous to Obtain
more land for Cultivation Therefore praying for three
hundred Acres in S' Thomas's Parish on a branch of
little Satilla joining Lands Granted to Thomas Max-
well —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. Jq^j^ ^^j^^ Qy|- ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Stacey Setting forth that he
?* sSiy'for ^^^ '^^^^ about Ten years in the Province had had Eight
100 Acres hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and was
desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife
five Children ^^"^^ having a Wife five Children and fifteen
Negroes Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres in
S' John's Parish to adjoin Lands of John Baker and
Lands granted John Shave and his own Land —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also raster
the Said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince vdthin Six Months from the date thereof that his
Ucr-yolU ^
162 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of James Cantey Setting forth that he
SlalSijforh3.d ordered him Two hundred Ajcres of Land to be
^ ^^'^ reserved 3* October 1769 and since had brought his rights
into the Province being two Negroes Therefore Praying
for One hundred and Twenty Acres in S* Andrew's
Parish on a Bay Gall joining Land ordered John Jones
and others —
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
thePebL'of
Geocge Ifbore
Read a Petition of George Moore Setting forth that
he had been long in the Province had had two hundred
for 100 Acres Acres of Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
an Additional Tract having a Wife and three Children
Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres on the head
of M' M^^Cleland's Branch on Triangle Bay Gall within
three Quarters of a Mile of his own Land —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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 (the Son of William Mack-
intosh) Setting forth that he was bom in the Province
Sr4?^^ had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Ob-
tlM PebLof
Jno Sonof
NOVEMBER, 1770.
163
Granted.
thePctiLof
Ai«hibald
McDonald for
260Aerai
tain Land for Cultivation Therefore Praying for forty
Acres Ijeing a Small Piece of Pine Hammock Patter-
son's Island Fronting Sapalo Island —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 M^'Donald Setting forth
that he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain an Additional
Tract having a Wife four Children and one Negroe
Therefore Praying for two himdred and fifty Acres in
S^ Andrew's Parish on Snuff Box Gall to join the east
line of his own land to be run Oblong —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Banister setting forth that
^Potn. of he had been sometime in the Province had had no Land
Wm. Banister
for 260 Aci«e granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife and two Children Therefore
Praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in S* Andrew's
Parish on Brary Neck to join William Jones and Samuel
Thornton —
Gfantod
Gnuitod.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
164 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the Said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
thePetiLof
TI1O0. Noble
Read a Petition of Thomas Noble Setting forth that
he had had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of
for 200 Acres j^^^ ^j ^^ dcsirous to Obtain an Additional Tract
having a Wife and four Children Therefore Praying for
two hundred Acres on Belcher's Mill Creek in S^ Mat-
thew's Parish —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
the Petn. of
Thoe.Wood
for 250 Acres
Read a Petition of Thomas Wood Setting forth that
he had been four years in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and two Children Therefore Pray-
ing for two hundred and fifty Acres in S^ George's
Parish on the north Side of Briar Creek at a Place
called the Dog Pond —
Grmnted.
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
NOVEMBER, 1770. ^ 165
Read a Petition of James Castalow setting forth that
jm.^^1^ he had had One hundred Acres of Land granted him
for 800 AcwB ^^^ ^^ desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having
a Wife three Children and five Negroes Therefore Pray-
ing for three hundred Acres in S' George's Parish on the
north side of Briar Creek joining Joel Walker's Line —
. RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted. j^^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov^
ince 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 David Holmes Setting forth that
ttePeto. of he had been long in the Province had had no Land grant-
for 100 AcNs ed him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having two Negroes Therefore Praying for One hun-
dred Acres on M'^Bean's Swamp to be run in an Oblong —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grwited. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Amos Emanuel Setting forth that
aI^^^uoi he had Obtained a Warrant last March for One hundred
for 200 Aere. ^^^^ ^j j^^^ .^ gt Qeorge's Parish on the South Side
of Briar Creek to adjoin Land there granted John Eman-
uel deceased but finding the Quantity not Sufficient to
take in the vacancy, and the Conveniency of Building
thereon was desirous of Obtaining a larger Quantity
having a Wife and two Children Therefore Praying for
166 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
two hundred Acres of Land in S* George's Parish in Lieu
of the aforesaid One hundred Acres to adjoin Land of
John Emanuel deceased and Land of Solomon Boykin —
Gtanted.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Josiah Roberts Setting forth that
rfSSS'Rob- ^^ ^^ ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in the
«^ori5o Parish of S* George and was desirous of Obtaining an
Additional Tract having a Family Consisting of a Wife
and four Children Therefore Praying for One hundred
and fifty Acres of Land on Reuben in the Parish afore-
said adjoining the land formerly ordered him —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. Jq^j^ ^j^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Brown Setting forth that
wi^^ovm ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ board ordered him four hundred Acres
for 400 Acres ^f i^.and but was since found to be granted to another
Person and was desirous to Obtain Land in Lieu thereof
Therefore Praying for four hundred Acres of Land (in
Lieu aforesaid) being Part of a Tract heretofore ordered
to Robert Watts and elapsed in the Surveyer general's
Office in respect of the time in which a Grant should have
Passed —
NOVEMBER, 1770.
167
Gzsnted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
thePetiLof
Thos. Shnid«r
Ebot. forlfiO
Aer«8
Read a Petition of Thomas Shruder Esq' setting forth
that he had ordered him at the last board One hundred
and fifty Acres of Land but was since foimd to be granted
to another Person and was desirous to Obtain Land in
Lieu thereof Therefore Praying for (in Lieu aforesaid)
One hundred and fifty Acres in S* Paul's Parish hereto-
fore ordered Owen O'Daniel and elapsed in the Surveyer
general's Office in respect of the time in which a Grant
should have Passed —
Gzsnted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
tfaePetn. of
VietUetner
Read a Petition of Viet Lietner Setting forth that he
had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in S' Mat-
H»p^ Acr«« thew's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same Should
have Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstang ^'^''^
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 —
168
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnmtod.
tfaePetn. of
Peter Parii
for 260 Acres
Elapd
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 Ro-
ister 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 Peter Paris setting forth that he
had ordered him Two hundred and fifty Acres of Land
in S' Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose. —
Resolve That on Condition only that the PetiticMier
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 Reg-
ister 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 Stephen Forrester setting forth
tiiePetn. of that he had ordered him three himdred Acres of Land in
otepD* Forres*
twtewo S* George's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
Should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might b^ Permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Granted
Gnntod.
NOVEMBER, 1770. 169
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
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 Coim-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 Stephen Smith Setting forth that
aSp^Ja^tti he had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in S*
XS^ ^"^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Ran
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
Should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Oranted.
RESOiyVED 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 Reg-
ister 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 Teleman Cuyler setting forth
!??2*% *? that he had heretofore ordered him- Five hundred Acres
Tatob. C uyler
imMAetm ^f j^nd which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof
returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same Should have
170 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the Said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Ran thereof
for that Purpos
Resoi^vEd That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coim-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 —
the PetD. of
Ja8.SpaIdinff
for 160 A 200
Acree elapsed
Read a Petition of James Spalding Setting forth that
he had ordered him Two Tracts of land the one of One
hundred and fifty Acres and the other Two hundred
Acres in S^ David's Parish both which Tracts had been
Surveyed and plans thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which Grants
for the Same should 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 ordered to Prepare
and certify Plans thereof for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 dotli also Reg-
ister 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 —
NOVEMBER, 1770.
171
thePetn. of
Jna FoKf«r
600Acr«B
elapsed
Read a Petition of John Fox Setting forth that he had
ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land in S' David's
Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof re-
turned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same Should have
passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Reg-
ister 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 —
thePetn. of
Thoe. Ayres
for 600 Aerea
elapsed
Read a Petition of Thomas Ayres Setting forth that
he had ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land in S'
Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan thereof
returned into the Surveyer general's office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
miight be ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Graated. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this ^"^""^ 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
172 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Jacob Yakley setting forth that he
jMobTakkj had Ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in Christ
for 200 JiCMM
•i*p««i Church Parish which had been Surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Qnntea
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 Reg-
ister 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 Stephen Forrester settng forth that
*5?,E!?^«_ he had ordered him three hundred Acres of Land in S'
A^X^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying- that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be Permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
GrMited. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Cotm-
NOVEMBER, 1770.
173
cil in that Case lately made) and that he dcth also Reg-
ister 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 Gilshot Thomas setting forth that
S^S^TboniM ^^ had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
tor^^ Acres j^^ gt Qeorge's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Granted
thePetn. of
Jno. A Wm.
Fox for 700
Aerei Elapsed
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 Reg-
ister 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 and William Fox Executors
of the last Will and Testament of David Fox deceased
setting forth that they had ordered them Seven hundred
Acres of Land in S^ David's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the tinie was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same should have Passed Therefore Pray-
ing that notwithstanding the lapse of time they 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 —
174
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petition-
ers 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 they do also Ro-
ister 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 —
thePetiLof
Robt
Hawthorn for
600 AeiM
Elapd.
Read a Petition of Robert Hawthorn Setting forth
that he had ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land in
S' George's Parish which had been Surveyed and returned
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 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 —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
the Peta. of
J«m.&Cli8.
Wriffht EaqrB.
for 160-160 ft
150 Acres
Elapsed
Read a Petition of Jermyn and Charles Wright Esq"
Setting forth that they had ordered them three Tracts of
Land of One hundred and fifty Acres each in S' Mary's
Parish which had been surveyed and returned and Fiats
for the Same Passed by the Attorney general but the
time was Elapsed in which Grants should have .been taken
out Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of
time they might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
NOVEMBER, 1770.
175
Granted.
thePetn. of
Qnintin Pooler
for 160 Acres
Elapsed
Granted.
wiePetn« of
Andw.
BerryhlDfor
lOOAoes
Grants for the said Land and that the Secretary might
be ordered to prepare the Same —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Quintin Pooler Setting forth that
he had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
in S' 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 permittd to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the. Secretary might be ordered to prepare the Same —
Resoi^ved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months frcMn this date (Agreeable to an order of Cotmcil
in that Case lately made) 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 Andrew Berryhill setting forth that
he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S*
George's Parish which had Past into a Grant but (thro'
a Mistake of the Surveyer) had since be found to be
measured in another Tract Granted to George Galphin
Esq*" Therefore praying that he might be permitted to
176 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
resign his said Grant and that he might have granted
him in Lieu thereof One hundred Acres in S* George's
Parish aforesaid on a branch of M*^Bean's Swamp to
adjoin a Tract there granted to Said M*" Galphin —
Ordered That he Procures a Certificate from the
Gnikt^ Deputy Surveyer of the fact and an Indorsement to be
made on the Grant &*" the Warrant to issue for the land
Petitioned for —
^ Read a Petition of David Fleming setting forth that
SSooaSma'^^ had been sometime in the Province had had no Land
looAciM granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on Ger-
many's Creek (on Purchase) and One hundred Acres on
head Right in S* Paul's Parish where Jacob Poison
lived —
Ordered That the One hundred Acres on Purchase
^^^00 on be rejected the Other One hundred Acres on head Right
to be Postponed till he Sends a Certificate when a War-
rant for the said One hundred Acres is to be issued —
Read a Petition of John Dunman Setting forth that
SaD^hMi he^had been some time in the Province had had no Land
for 100 Aerei granted and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultiva-
tion Therefore praying for One hundred Acres in S'
Andrew's Parish five Miles below the Indian Line —
Postponed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed untill
he Produces a Certificate of his Character —
Read a Petition of William Burney and Reason White-
theP««iLof head setting forth that they had made preparation for
Reiuion building a Saw Mill and was desirous tp Obtain a Grant
500 Aeres of Land for said Purpose on Purchase Therefore praying
for on Purchase as aforesaid five hundred Acres of Land
NOVEMBER, 1770.
177
PostpoiMd
in Joint Tennants in the Parish of S* George on the Big
Creek to adjoin Land of the aforesaid William Bumey-
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed until
he produces a Certificate of his Character —
tbePetiLof
Alexr. Carey
forlOOAerea
PoBtponed
Read a Petition of Alexander Carey Setting forth that
he was one of the Settlers in Queensborough Township
had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred
Acres in Queensborough Township —
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed till he
Produces a Certificate of his Character —
tbePetiLof
Robt
Blanehard f or
ISO AeiM
Postpoiied
Read a Petition of Robert Blanehard Setting forth that
he had been some time in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife three Children and three Negroes
Therefore praying for four hundred and fifty Acres in
S* George's Parish on the north Side of Briar Creek —
i
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed^ —
Read a Petition of Thomas Castalow Setting forth
tiMPetiLof ' that he had been sometime in the Province had had no
faraooAoM Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having Six Negroes Therefore Praying for
three hundred Acres ^•**'^ S* George's Parish on the north
Side of Briar Creek joining Arthur Wall's Land —
PoftpoDtd
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed-
Read a Petition of John Stirk setting forth that he
^^Sk^cr ^^^ ^^^ "^ Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
*^^«^ Land for Cultivation having a Wife Seven Children and
four Negroes Therefore praying for three hundred and
ISor-TOlU
178
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Sej6ct0d
fifty Acres in S* Paul's Parish heretofore ordered Rali^i
Kilgore and elapsed in the Siirveyer general's Office —
Ordered That the said Petition be rejected —
Read a Petition of Thomas Lynch and Alexander Rose
T&f^^ & setting forth that they had purchased the Island of Cum-
t^SetB <m '* berland which they intended to Cultivate and there being
Island reserved a Tract of Land on the South end of the Island
on which Fort William was built and also one other
Tract of Land on the north west Part of the said Island
on which Fort S* Andrew Stood, but which Forts are
abandon'd and Totally destroyed the Proprietors of the
Island would be greatly injured by those Tracts remain-
ing in their Present Situation as they would prove a
harbour for loose and disorderly Persons who might
destroy the Stock of the Proprietors Therefore praying
for ^■*''^ that Thomas Lynch might Obtain a Grant of the
Tract on which Fort S^ Andrew Stood. And Alexander
Rose might likewise Obtain a Grant for the Tract on
which Fort William Stood, and they are Content if an
Absolute Grant of those Tracts Can't be Passed to take
it Subject to either or both those Tracts or any others
being Haced on any part of the said Tracts whenever his
Majesty's Service might require it —
Rejected ORDERED That the Said Petition be rejected —
imierafft
Peftoock
This day was heard a Caveat entred by Samuel Miller
against Thomas Peacock's Obtaining a Tract of Land
for which the said Miller had heretofore Obtained a
Warrant, but had not Caused it to be executed the said
aC^vei^heMed Miller Personally appeared upon Summons but the said
U7r.dnSSLt Peacock made default, altho' Solemnly called and due
Proof made of his having been Summotfi'd to answer
whereupon the Board Proceeded to examine the Matter
Exparte and Ordered the land in dispute to pass to
NOVEMBER, 1770. 179
Miller and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept for that Purpose —
Ordered That the Mistake in the Grant to John
Sectifled Mann 7*** March 1769 be rectified by the Secretary and
rectified in the other Offices —
Granted to Miles Brewton Esq*" a Garden Lot of five
Mi£%£^ Acres N** 156 adjoining a lot of Hamilton's lately Pur-
chased by the Said Miles Brewton —
The determination on Caveats between M^ M°Kay M'
Gftveatpostpd. Jamcisou and others be Postponed till first Wednesday
in December —
Higdon not Attending tho' duely Summoned the Mat-
StJ^Sto - tcr was heard on the Part of Elphenstone and the land
^^*** in dispute ordered Elphenstone and his Warrant renewed
on his Sending an Affidavit that Higdon was Served with
the Order to Attend —
Ordered That Samuel Jones and John Jones Esq"
fOT^ToS*^ be added to the Commission of the Peace for the Parish
^^^ of S' John—
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants viz*
To David Brydie 500 Acres
Paul Fulton 150 Acres
Paul Fulton 150 Acres
Gila Moore 150 Acres
John Winn 200 Acres
In S' Andrew's Parish-
George Cromley 300 Acres | j^ g* James's Parish-
Andrew Knife 150 Acres ) -^
180
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
To Sir Patrick Houstouin 500
Acres
William Wyllyjun' 500 Acres
Campbell Wylly 5CX) Acres
Susannah Wylly 400 Acres
In S' Philip's Parish-
Thomas Higgenbotham 200
Acres
Charles Jordan 400 Acres
Daniel M^'Carty 200 Acres
]• In S* Paul's Parish-
Dorothy Reiser 33 Acres \j Qt
Matthew's Parish —
Christian Zipperer 250 Acres)
Patrick Dennison — 350 Acres In S' George's Parish —
Clement Martin Jun' in Trust 500 Acres In S* Pat-
rick's Parish —
Jane Russell Widow — 116 Acres In Christ Church
Parish —
DECEMBER, 1770.
181
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday
1770—
Present —
the 4*** Decern^
His Excellency James Wright Esquire
The Hon"" ^
James Habersham
James Mackay
James Edw"* Powell
James Read
Noble Jones
Lewis Johnson
Francis Harris
Clement Martin
John Graham
- Esquires
thePetiLof
Jna Graham
Eaqr. for 1600
Aeres
Chanted.
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq"" Setting forth
that he had had Land Often granted him but was Pos-
sessed of Forty eight Negroes for whom he had had no
Land Therefore praying for fifteen hundred Acres about
four Miles from Land Surveyed for Jesse Williams last
Month, in Christ Church Parish to be laid out in two
equal Tracts —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register the
said Grants in the register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of said Petition is granted —
thePeta.of
Jno. Graham
EMir.forSOO
Acres
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq' Setting forth
that he had had Land often granted him but was yet
Possessed of Forty eight Negroes for whom he had had
no Land Therefore praying for three hundred Acres c«i
182
GOVERNOR AND COUNCHj.
Giantad.
tha P«tii. of
Helntoihfor
100 AoM
the three Runs, S' Matthew's Parish to join Land there
ordered James Johnston —
R^OLVED That on Condition 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 Ms Majesty
May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the Said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Roderic Mcintosh setting forth
that he had had land granted him but was Possessed of
more than two Negroes for whom he had had no Land
Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres joining a
Tract of Land granted him called Mallow —
RESoirVED That on Condition 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 William Mackintosh Setting forth
ft*^S"T^v that he had ordered him Fifty Acres of Land in S'
Wm. Mcintosh -^
for 100 Acre* Andrew's Parish which would not answer the end of the
Petitioner Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof One
hundred Acres of Land in S' Andrew's Parish agreeable
to the Sketch therewith Produced —
Gmntod.
Granted
RESoirVED That on Condition 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 —
DECEMBER, 1770. 183
Read a Petition of John Williams Setting forth that
Slo^^^iMw he had been many Years in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for fifty Acres in Christ Church
Parish joining Land he then lived on —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
theP«tn.of
Qninton Poolar
for 860 Acres
Read a Petition of Quinton Pooler setting forth that
he had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered
him but was desirous of Obtaining more for Cultivation
he being Possessed of Seven Negroes Therefore pray-
ing for three hundred and fifty Acres of Land on buck
head within two Miles of Land of Henry Sharp —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Roan Guin Setting forth that he
the Petal, of had been many Years in the Province had had no Land
200 Acres ^ granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife and a Child Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres in S' George's Parish on the Beaver
Dam about three Miles below George Hamidge —
Onmted
RESOLVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
dcth take out a Grant for the said Land withifi seven
184 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 Nehemiah Wade Setting forth that
N«iMh.w«de he had been long in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife five Children and one Negro
Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres in
S' George's Parish near land granted Thomas Bolch —
Gimnted
ResoItVEd That on Condition 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 Christian Bell Setting forth that
^^^^^^he had been many Years in the Province had had no
aooAcTM Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having five Negroes Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres^ in S^ George's Parish near Land
granted Henry Yonge Esq'
Grmnted
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 —
DECEMBER, 1770: 186
Read a Petition of William Hobbs setting forth that
w^^bSforhe had been in the Province about five years had had
ISO At^rtm
One hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him and
was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having a
Wife and three Children Therefore Praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres joining Land granted Richard
Scruggs and Roger Lawson —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted (j^^^h take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register the
said Grant in ^he 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 Ussilly Brinnier setting forth that
u^SSitoaier she had been about four years in the Province had had
no Land granted her and was desirous to Obtain Land
for Cultivation having two Children Therefore praying
for two hundred Acres on Rocky Creek joining Land
granted Matthew Gray —
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Gray setting forth that
ttePetn.of he had been five Years in the Province had had no Land
ThoB. Gray for , ^« . t i i- ^ i •
100 AerM granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres on the
north Side of Briar Creek joining Land Surveyed for
Joseph Brantley —
186 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.'
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petiticmer
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 Henry Cavenah Setting forth that
HMiyfoiTOah he had been Some time in the Province had had One
eree j^^^^^jj.^ Acres of Land ordered him and was desirous
to Obtain an additional Tract having a Wife and one
Child Therefore praying for One hundred Acres at a
Place called the Turkey Pond joining Land of David
Cavenah —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted jQ^h ^ake out a Grant for the said Land with Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Sarah Underwood Setting forth
tte]^tn.of that she had been about five years in the Province had
^^^'^had no Land panted her and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having three Children Therefore
praying for One hundred and fifty Acres on Rocky
Creek joining Land granted William Underwood —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^jj ^ake out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of 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 —
DECEMBER, 1770.
187
tfaeP eto.af
Wm. Stovttns
for800 Aeree
Granted
Read a Petition of William Stevens Setting forth that
he had been near Twelve Months 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 three hundred Acres on Rocky
Creek joining Land granted William Downey and Moses
Cressup —
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Edward Pennington Setting forth
tfaePetBuof that he had been sometime in the Province had had One
Edwd*
Pwmiiifftoii foar hundred Acres of Land granted him an was desirous to
160 Acres >t* /-h •
Obtain an Additional Tract having a Wife and two Chil-
dren Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres
on the north Side of Briar Creek joining Land granted
Arthur Wall and Edmund Pierce —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Timothy Lemke Setting forth that
^^j^^L^*'^^ ^^^ ^^^^ *^^S ^^ *^ Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having four Negroes Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres in S* Philip's Parish on the Second
Black Credc—
for 800 Acres
188 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Tilley Setting forth that he
joJh. Tiueyforhad been Some time in the Province had had no Land
160 Aene
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation having a Wife two Children and one Negro There-
fore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres on the
South Side of Briar Creek about a Mile below land
granted William Todd —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Qrmnted j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Daniel M^^Daniel setting forth that
^e Peto.^ he had been about three years in the Province had had
Daal. MeDaniel -^
foriooAcreB no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres
on the Beaver Dam about two Miles below M*" Curries
Cowpen —
Gimnted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
tho Pdtn. of
Haah,
BradweUfor
600 Acres
DECEMBER, 1770.
189
Read a Petition of Hannah Bradwell setting forth that
he had been in the Province about two Months and was
desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation having four
Children and thirty eight Negroes Therefore praying for
five hundred Acres of Land in S' Andrew's Parish on
a Branch of the little Mortar joining the Sand hill about
three miles from Lands ordered Thomas Stevens —
Granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a- Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from, this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
}»lajesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Andrew Lietner Setting forth that
And5i?Ltoier be had been some time in the Province had had no Land
£op 160 Acres gj-g^^-^d hfj^ and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife Therefore praying for One hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land in S* Matthew's Parish
joining north to Land of Jacob Gasper Walthour —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnuited 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 Prov-
ince 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 James Fitzgerald setting forth that
tiiePeta.of ^^he had had eranted him Two hundred Acres of Land
ianaoActm ^nd was desirous to Obtain an Additional Tract having
a Wife and three Children Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres at a place called London's hole at the head
190
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL^
Gimnted
th«Petmof
Wm. Bennett
for 800 Acres
Granted
the Petn. of
Tlu)e.TRrTer
for 100 Acres
Gnmted
of the Beaver Dam in S* George's Parish Surrounded
on all Sides by Vacant Land —
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Bennett Setting forth that
he had been about Twelve Months 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 three himdred Acres on Buck head
to include One hundred Acres ordered Mark Lott and
elapsed in the Secretary's office which Sold to the said
Bennett and was gone off the Province without Making
him a Title to the Same
Resoi^ved That on Conditic«i 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 Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Tarver setting forth that
he had had One hundred Acres of land ordered him which
on going to Survey was foimd not vacant Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres on the north Side of Briar
Creek joining the upper line of Land granted Richard
Carrigton (in Lieu of the Same)
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
DECEMBER, 1770.
191
thePetELOf
Robt
forSOOAcNt
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Robert Quarterman Setting forth
that he had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in
S* David's Parish on a Branch of the Buffelo Swamp
but upon a Survey it was found not to be vacant There-
fore praying for in Lieu thereof three hundred Acres
in S* David's Parish on the Alatamaha about a Mile
from Land ordered Lewis Mattier —
Granted
tlieP ctn. of
Win. Bkvwb
EflQir. for 400
Aam,
Gnmted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Brown Esq' setting forth
that he had ordered him four hundred Acres of Land
which was found to be already granted to another Per-
son Therefore praying for in Lieu thereof four hundred
Acres in Christ Church Parish about Six or Seven Miles
from Land of Michael Boreman to be laid out in an
Oblong the Swamp being very narrow —
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 Prov^
ince 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 —
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Isaac Antrobus Setting forth that
^c*£;^bu»he had had two hundred Acres of Land ordered him
foriMAeres ^^^ ^^ desirous of Obtaining More having a Wife two
Children and one Negroe Therefore praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres in S* John's Parish and joining
to the Southeast by Land of Thomas Carr and to the
north east by Midway River —
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Sarah Spencer Widow Setting forth
Si55fs^°cer ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ hundred and fifty Acres already
aowT'**'^*^ ordered her and was desirous of Obtaining more having
Family Rigfhts for the Same Therefore praying for three
hundred Acres upon a Branch of the little Mortar about
half a Mile from land of Thomas Stevens to be run in
an Oblong —
Resolved That on Condition /that the Petitioner
Gianted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Charles Mahanahan Setting forth-
&. **^ *** that he had been two years in the Province had had no
100 AcNe Land granted him and was desirous of Obtaining Land
for Cultivaticxi Therefore praying for One hundred Acres
on a Branch of the little Mortar Swamp to be run OMong:
the Swamp being narrow —
DECEMBER, 1770.
198
Granted
tfaeP«te. of
Jno. Donean
foratzmctto
bemnoblonff
Granted.
tfaePetn.of
Joseph
Wmmff for
COOAeroa
Granted
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Observing the
order of Council in respect to Oblong Lands —
Read a Petition of John Duncan Setting forth that he
he ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land
upon the South Branch of Turtle River to adjoin Land
heretofore ordered John William and Jane Carney but
upon a Survey thereof it was found not to be Convenient
Therefore praying that the said Tract might be run in
an Oblong the Swamp being Narrow
RESOItVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 — Observing the
order of Council in respect to Oblong Lands —
Read a Petition of Joseph Woodruff setting forth that
he had had Land granted him but was possessed of a
Family Right for five hundred Acres of Land having a
Wife three Children and four Negroes Therefore pray-
ing for five hundred Acres in S* Andrew's Parish former-
ly ordered William Bams who was out of the Province —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
18 r— vol 11
194 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted — Observing the
order of Council respecting Oblong Lands —
Read a Petition of Benjamin Lanier Setting forth that
BSi5*LjSier he had been Six Months in the Province had had no
orsoo ens j^j granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation having a Wife three Children and two Ne-
groes Therefore praying for two hundred Acres in S*
Matthew's Parish joining Land granted Jesse Bo^er —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnmtwi. 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 Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Shruder Esq' Setting forth
th« Petal, of that he had had Land ordered him and was desirous to
Thos. Shruder
Ew for 260 Obtain an Additional Tract having two N^^oes for
whom he had had no Land Therefore praying for two
hundred and fifty Acres in Christ Church Parish near
or adjoining Land Surveyed for Jesse Williams last
Month to be laid out in an Oblong the Swamp being very
narrow — One hundred and fifty Acres of the above
being in Lieu of that Quantity ordered him in October
last Since found to be already granted and the Additional
hundred Acres on Family Right —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted 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 —
DECEMBER, 1770.
196
Read a Petition of Christian Dasher setting forth that
ai£*DJi«rhe had had no Land gfranted him and was desirous of
Obtaining Land for Cultivation having been long in the
Province Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of
Land in S* Matthew's Parish on the head of little Ogechee
joining Lands of ^■*''^ Father —
Granted
the Potn* of
Joah. JonM
for 800 Acres
Granted.
tbePetn.of
Jno. Johnston
for 460 Acres
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of Joseph Jones setting forth that he
had been long in the Province had had no Land granted
him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation
having Six Negroes for whom he had Obtained no Land
Therefore praying for three hundred Acres in S* Mat-
thew's Parish near Land of Isaac Ford Esq' on little
Ogechee
Resoi^ved That <mi Condition that the Petitic«ier
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 —
Read a Petition of John Johnston Setting forth that he
had been long in the Province had had no Land granted
him and was desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation
having a Wife two Children and four Negroes Therefore
praying for four hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S^
Andrew's Parish to adjoin on the Western line of Land
ordered the Hon'''' Clement Martin Esq'
196 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of John Stirk Setting forth that Ben-
^w^s^^ jamin Stirk had ordered him in his life time five
tob?^^S? hundred Acres of Land in S^ Matthew's Parish at present
bS^sS^ in the Surveyer general's Office Therefore praying that
the Land so granted might be reserved to the Petitioner
for Eighteen Months for the said Benjamin's heir at
Law —
Gnntod. ORDERED That the Land be reserved as Prayed for —
Read a Petition of William Deveaux Setting forth that
tfaeP«tB. of he had had five hundred Acres of Land ordered him and
forsooAcTM* that the time Allotted for the taking out of a Grant for
olipiKn
the said land was Elapsed Therefore praying that the
time for taking out the Grant for the said Land might
be Prolongued
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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' in Case the Petitioner returns
to the Province —
tfacPetiuof
■toff for 260
AereeolMMd
Read a Petition of George Mingestoff Setting forth
that he had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S* Philip's Parish which had been Surveyed
GoorsoMinge-
■tofffor260 . T o«^ ,« Qt
DECEMBER, 1770. 197
and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have Passed Therefore Praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resoi^ved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, ^^^i^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Martin Weatherford Setting forth
thePetn. of that he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in
«rfordforaoo S' Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan
Acres elapsed
thereof returned into tlie Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be Permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Granted.
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
198
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Jacob M'Carty Setting forth that
SSSrSiSrtjhe had had two hundred Acres of Land ordered him in
for 200 Acresgt p^^i's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general mi^ht be ordered to prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that purpose —
Qtmnted.
ResoLtVEd 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
th«P«te. of
WoEkBariMtt
isiT 200 Acres
Ckanted.
Read a Petition of William Bamett Setting forth that
he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in S*
Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should have
Passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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
DECEMBER, 1770. 199
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Nathan Bamett Setting forth that
Ni^SljsarLtt he had ordered him two hudred Acres of Land inS* Paul's
Mf^ Oftft A AMIS
•upaed Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof re-
turned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time was
Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
Passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof for
that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
®'*"*^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 David Baldwin Setting forth that
tte Petal. «f he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in S*
imvd. oaklwm
•£S!^ ^"** Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a Ran there-
of returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
Passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date ( Agfeeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also register
200 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL^
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 Isaac Lows Setting forth that he
Sil lS*w*? had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of Land
te^^Acre. jj^ gt p^yj^g Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the ^Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said- Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Elias Lindesay setting forth that
giePetn.of he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S'
EUas Lindesay ^
toi^ Acres Gcorge's Parish which had been surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
Plan thereof for that Purpose —
DECEMBER, 1770.
201
'Gnuited.
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
the Petn. of
DanL Thomas
for for 100
Acres elapsed
Gnuited.
Read a Petition of Daniel Thomas Setting forth that
he had ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in S'
George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have PiLssed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
Plan thereof for that Purpose —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
the Petn. of
Jna Cutler
Braddoekfor
250Aeres
Read a Petition of John Cutler Braddock Setting forth
that he had ordered him two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof re-
turned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
Passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
202
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnntsd*
might be ordered to prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
RESOiyVED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
thePetn. of
Davd. Brydle
for 160 Acres
Granted.
Read a Petition of David Brydie setting forth that he
had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
in S* John'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 only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
thePetn. of
Francis Push
for 160 Acree
elapsed
Read a Petition of Francis Pugh Setting forth that he
had had One hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered him
which had been Surveyed and returned 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 notwithstanding the lapse of time
DECEMBER, 1770. 203
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 —
RBS01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gxanted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coimcil
in that Case lately made) 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 Elijah Braziel Setting forth that
miMTB^^ he had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
in S* 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 —
RES01.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Edmund Bugg Setting forth that
^PetiLof he had ordered him two hundred Acres of Land in S*
Bdmq. Sugg
to^Aere* Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and returned
and a fiat for the Same Passed by the Attorney general
but the time was Elapsed in which the Grant Should
204 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
have been taken out Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sec-
retary might be ordered to prepare the Same —
RES0I.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted d^th take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the R^ister's Office of the said Province
within Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty
May not be defrauded of his Quit ^■**'^ the prayer of the
said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of John Graham Esq"" setting forth that
tiie Petn. of he had heretofore ordered him a Warrant for laying out
gquteanew Que thousand Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish
but the Warrant was expired in its Term and the Land
not laid out Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time the Surveyer general might be ordered to
issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the land
so ordered him might be Surveyed in order to his Obtain-
ing his Majesty's Grant for the Same
Granted.
Ordered That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly
Read a Petition of Moses Nunes setting forth that
mmwTnu^ there was a vacant Lot of Ground at Yamacraw joining
iorayacantLotj^o g and Q where he then lived which would be very
Convenient to his Lot Therefore praying for the said
vacant Lot so adjoining his own Land —
Ordered That the said Petiticm be referred to the
Surveyer general untill he makes a Report —
DECEMBER, 1770.
206
Ordered That Joseph Johnson be added in
Commission of the Peace for the Parish of S* Philip
the
Ordered That M' Watson do search all the Minutes
mnatMof of Council and report what orders had been made re-
gains oieiM specting the Glebe land at S* Andrew's Parish and that
he lay it before this Board at the next Council day —
lOateke
fled
Ordered That the Mistake be rectified in the order
to Peter Paris and that the Clerk do alter the Same from
200 to 250 Acres —
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz*
To Josiah Alday 150 Acres
Joseph Bailey 150 Acres
Moses Fusill 100 Acres
Thomas Fusill 175 Acres
Samuel Houlton 150 Acres
In S* George's Parish —
Edmund Bugg 200 Acres ) j
John Rae Esq' 200 Acres )
S* Paul's Parish-
Jacob Illy 250 Acres
Hugh Sym 300 Acres
Anthony Stokes Esq' 94
Acres
John & William Fox in
Trust 700 Acres
Collin Raddock 600 Acres
Jaco'* Lewis 250 Acres
Nathaniel Plummer 450
Acres
•In Christ Church Parish
► In S* David's Parish—
. In S* John's Parish-
John Osgood 1 50 Acres 1
Collin Raddock 400 Acres [in S*
William Peacock 200 AcresJ
Andrew's Parish —
206
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
To John Martin Rylander
lOO Acres
Daniel Matthew's & Na-
thaniel Zetler 300
Acres
1
In S* Matthew's Parish-
Urban Buntz 500 Acres In S* Philip's Parish —
William Le Conte 500 Acres in S^ Andrew's and S*
John's Parish —
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Wednesday the 5"" Decem*"
1770
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq*"
James Habersham
James Mackay
James Edw** Powell
The Hon***® ^ James Read - Esquires
Clement Martin
Francis Harris
Lewis Johnson
Noble Jones
Oftveats Deter-
mln'd
W°* Shirley A«* Ebsolum Wells. Caveat discharged
Shirley not appearing —
Baillie A** Westly .... discharged Baillie not ap^
pearing —
Darby Dungsent A** John Young discharged ^'^^^ not
appearing —
DECEMBER, 1770. 207
Kelsall A** Fenn . . Caveat heard and determined and
to^^d^^'^^land ordered Kelsall Fenn not appea*
Henry L. Bourquin A** Tinkler & others, discharged
Bourquin not appearing —
Samuel Saunders A** W"* Pinion discharged Saunders
not appearing —
John Young A** Tho* Tunnagan — discharged Young
not appearing — ,
Owen O'Daniel A"* Any Person — discharged O'Daniel
not appearing —
John Jorahson A"* John Graves— discharged Jorahson
not appearing —
James Jackson A"* John Cleaker— discharged Jackson
not appearing —
Jonathan Anderson A** W"* Ryan — discharged Ander-
son not appearing —
Clark Baillie A"* M°Intosh — discharged the parties not
appearing —
W" Jackson A^ W°* Joiner — discharged Jackson not
appearing —
Thomas Lamb A** Michael Myers — discharged Lamb
not appearing —
Frederic Closeman A** James Creswell — ^Land ordered
Closeman, Creswell not appearing —
Bryce M'leland A«^ Tho» Thrf Quarterman— dis-
charged M^'leland not appearing
208 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Lewin Muttear A^ Joseph Rains — Enquire whether
og«t»Det»-|j^jg Caveat had not been determined Land heretofore
ordered Muttear
Arthur Carney A"* W°* Graves — Caveat heard and
Land ordered Graves —
Joseph Maddocks A** John Red — Examine the Min-
utes of Council about this Matter —
Edward Upton A"* Mordecai Sheftall— discharged
Upton not appearing —
James Lucena A^ Josiah Ward— discharged Lucena
not appearing —
John Clubb Price Ag* Francis Harris — ^heard and de-
termined and Land ordered Clubb & Price
Josejrfi Maddocks Ag* John Murray — discharged —
James Findley Ag* Joseph Marshal — Postponed —
Michael Illy Ag* Mackay & others — discharged —
James Bullock Ag* Mary Douglass — ordered to be
heard on the first Tuesday in Jan'' next
John Simpson Ag* Lewis's — ^heard and determined in
favour of Simpson he paying the Expense that Lewis-
had been at upon the Occasion —
Drury Scruggs Ag* Rich* Moreman — ^Discharged
Scruggs not appearing —
W"* Le Conte Ag* Sarah Spencer — ^heard and deter-^
mined in fav*" of W"* Le Conte the Land adjoining Thom-
as Smith Including the branch and the remainder to Sarah
Spencer —
DECEMBER, 1770. 209
oaveats Deterw Robert M'Intosh Ag^ John M'Cullough discharged M*
■'**^^' Intosh not appearing —
Ordered That for the future that the List of the
p^^^^tff. names of all Persons entering Caveats be Published every
pnbHflhedevery SlX Months
6 Months
M*" Povveirs Ace' laid before the Govemour & Council
and ordered to be passed
Read a Memorial of William Gibbons an Acting Ex-
GflSS to?"^ ecutor of Joseph Gibbons deceased Setting forth that the
^i^Qffona Testator in his life time had ordered him a Tract of
Land to the Southward of the Province and M' John
Wereatt afterwards entered a Caveat ag* his Majest/s
Grant passing for the Same, That the Testator in and by
his Will had given the said Land to one of his Children
altho' the Caveat Still remains Undertermined the Me-
morialist Therefore requests that a day might be appoint-
ed for the hearing and dejtermining the said Matter —
14 c r-Tol u
tio
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the first day of
Jan^ 1771
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
(Noble Jones 1
James Read I
James Edw* Powell V
Clement Martin
John Graham
Esq"
His Excellency informed the Board that he had ap-
Wyiiy pointed Alexander WyHy Clerk of the Council in the
th« place of Charles Watson deceased Accordingly the said
Alexander Wylly attended took all the State Oaths ap-
pointed by Law and declared and Subscribed the Test
and also took the usual Oath of Fidelity and Secresy —
The Minutes of the Board of the fourth and fifth de-
* approved cembcr were read and approved —
«liePetii.of
jM.Rod«eri
forSOOAcTM
Read a Petition of James Rodgers Setting forth that
he was lately arrived from Ireland with his Family Con-
sisting of a Wife and one Child with Intention to Settle
in the Province Therefore praying for two hundred Acres
of Land out of the Tract Reserved for Irish Settlers —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gfmnted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within sev^
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 Majes-
ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted.
thttPetikof
BobtRodswB
for 460Acrea
JANUARY, 1771. 211
Read a Petition of Robert Rodgers Setting forth that
he was lately arrived from Ireland with his family Con-
sisting of a' Wife and Six Children with an Intention
to Settle in the Province Therefore praying for four
hundred and fifty Acres of Land out of the Tract Re-
served for Irish Settlers —
RHS01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
<'«n*^- 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Skelly Setting forth that
wm*s£ih? ^® ^^ lately arrived from Ireland with his family Con-
sisting of a Wife one Child and one Servant with Inten-
tion to Settle in the Province Therefore praying for two
hundred and fifty Acres of Land out of the Tract Re-
served for Irish Settlers —
fbr 260 Aerw
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Qzmnted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Reeister the
said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
witliin 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.
tlMPctn.of
BMtl
Aerw
«1^^
Read a Petition of Joseph- Beatty setting forth that
he was lately arrived from Ireland with his family Con-
sisting of a Wife Six Children and one Servant with In-
tention to Settle in the Province Therefore praying for
five hundred Acres out of the Tract Reserved for Irish
Settlers—
212 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, ^^^^i 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
ThePetD. of
John Allen
for 400 Acres
Read a Petition of John Allen Setting forth that he
was lately arrived from Ireland with his family Con-
sisting of a Wife and five Children with Intention to
Settle in the Province Therefore praying for four hun-
dred Acres of Land out of the Tract Reserved for Irish
Settlers —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, joth 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 defrai^ded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of David Alexander setting forth that
thePetn.of he was lately arrived from Ireland with his family Con-
fer 560 Acrea sisting of a Wife and Eight Children with Intention of
Settling in the Province Therefore praying for five hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land out of the Tract Reserved
for Irish Settlers —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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.
thePetiLof
Wm. Sampson
for 860 Acres
JANUARY, 1771. 213
Read a Petition of William Samson Setting forth that
he was lately arrived frorri Ireland with his family Con-
sisting of one Son and that he had three other Sons and
one Daughter in the Province of South Carolina and East
Florida whom he dailey Expected in this Province with
an intention to Settle Therefore praying for three hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land out of the Tract Reserved
for Irish Settlers —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Ac!i*^n^ 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 Part of the
prayer of the said Petition is granted namely One hun-
dred and fifty Acres
Read a Petition of Patrick iPGee setting forth that he
Sftridf'**' was lately arrived from Ireland with Intention to Settle
Aci«8 ^' in the Province Therefore praying for One hundred Acres
of Land out of the Tract Reserved for Irish Settlers —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster 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 Robert M^'Cormick Setting forth
ttePetn.of ^j^^^ |^g j^^j ^^^ Settled in the Province for some Years
te2WAaU having a Wife and two Negroes and was desirous of Cul-
tivating Some land if he Could Obtain the Same There-
fore praying for two hundred and fifty Acres of Land in
the Parish of S^ Matthew adjoining Land laid out for
Michael M^'Infuss
214 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Timmens setting forth that he
th« PetiL <rf had a family in the Province and was desirous of taking
for 200 Acres up Two hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of S An-
drew on a branch of the Mortar Therefore Praying for
the said Two hundred Acres of Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be directed to lay it out in an Oblong
Form —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, 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 on Observing the order of Council in
Such Cases —
Read a Petition of the Said John Timmens Setting
jSo^^^db forth that he had a family in the Province and was desir-
forsoo Acre« ^^^ ^£ taking Up Two hundred Acres of Land in the Par-
ish of S' Andrew within a Mile of Samuel Jones Cowpen
Therefore praying for the said Two hundred Acres of
Land and that the Surveyer general might be directed to
lay it out in an Oblong Form —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Gnmted^ 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
JANUARY, 1771.
21s
Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty Maj,
not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the the Prayer of the
said Petition is granted — Observing the order of CouncS
in Such cases —
tli0P«tn.of
JohnCktlett
for 100 Acres
Grsntsd
Read a Petition of John Catlett Setting forth that he
had Resided in this Province for four years last Past
and that hitherto Jie had no Land granted him Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land to be laid out for
him in the Parish of S* George adjoining Lands whereon
he then lived near Bryer Creek.
R^soi^vJ^D That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
Bobt
Quartonnan
for 200 Acres
Read a Petition of Robert Quarterman Setting forth
that he had ordered him five hundred Acres of Land in
S* David's Parish on a Branch of the Buffelo Swamp hvt
on a Survey thereof the Same was found not to be vacant
Therefore Praying for two hundred Acres of Land in the
Parish of S^ Andrew adjoining Lands of William Dun-
nam deceased in Lieu of so much of the five hundred
Acres heretofore ordered him
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, 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 —
216 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Simpson of Sunbury Setting
jfe^^SSn ^^^^ *^t h^ h^d entered a Caveat in the Secretary's Office
toaGrwit to against a Grant Passing to Jacob Lewis for One hundred
and fifty Acres of Land in the Parish of S* Andrew and on
a hearing thereon the said Lands was ordered to the Peti-
tioner Therefore Praying that a Grant might Pass for the
Same Land in his own Name —
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, ^ake 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 Irvine Setting forth that he
the Peto. of had in May last apply'd for and had ordered him a Tract
F^nstufftiie of five hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of S* John
which he had not yet been able to have laid out the Deputy
Surveyer to whom he gave the Precept having been Some-
time Sick Therefore Praying that he might be allowed the
further Term of three Months to have the said Land
Surveyed —
Ordered That the Prayer of the said Petition be
Granted, granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept on the said Warrant Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Samuel Frink Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had on the third day of April last Obtained a Warrant for
a new Prooep? Running out Five hundred Acres of Land in S^ John's
Parish which Warrant was expired in its Term and the
land not yet laid out Therefore Praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time the Surveyer general might be en-
abled and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said War-
rant that the land so ordered him might be Surveyed
Tract of
Grmntod.
JANUARY, 1771. 217
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new Pre-
cept Accordingly
Read a Petition of Richard Brown Setting forth that he
Sdil bJU? had on the Second day of January last Obtained a War-
.SJiSeSr' rant for Running out one Tract of Two hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S^ Philip's Parish which Warrant was
Expired in its Term and the land not yet laid out There-
fore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time the
Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to issue
a new Precept on the said Warrant that the land so or-
dered him might be Surveyed —
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
Granted, granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of John Francis Williams Setting forth
the Petn. of that he had On the fifth day of June last Obtained a War-
wiiiiamfl for rant for Running out One Tract of fifteen hundred Acres
of Land in S^ Philip's Parish which Warrant was Expired
in its Term and the land not yet laid out Therefore Pray-
ing that notwithstanding the lapse of time the Surveyer
general might be enabled and ordered to issue a new
Precept on the said Warrant that the land so ordered him
might be Surveyed —
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
Gnmted. granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept on the said Warrant Accordingly —
Read a Petition of John Francis Wiliams Setting forth
tiM Peta. of that he had On the fifth day of June last Obtained a War-
J™^*™j««f • rant for Running out One Tract of Land of Five hundred
Acres in S' Andrew's Parish which from his Remote Sit-
uation he had not been able to have Surveyed within the
218 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Customery time and the Warrant Expired Therefore
Praying that notwithstanding the lapse of Time the Sur-
veyer general might be enabled and ordered to issue a
new Precept on the said Warrant that the Land so ordered
him might be Surveyed —
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
Gruted. granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of John Bacon Setting forth that he
jSLsilconfor ^^^ ^ Wife and Eighteen Slaves and that he had no more
than five hundred Acres of Land granted him on the said
Rights Therefore Praying for Two hundred Acres of
Land in S^ Andrew's Parish on a Branch of the Mortar
within three Miles of Moses Way. Vacant on all sides, to
be run in an Oblong Form
200 ACTM
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Observing the Order of Council in
Such Cases —
Read a Petition of Moses Way setting forth that he
MwJwvfOT ^^^ formerly apply'd for and had ordered him One hun-
eSi^^ dred and fifty Acres of Land in S' Andrew's Parish the
Plat of which was Elapsed in the Surveyer general's
Office Therefore Praying that he might be allowed a fur-
ther time to Pass the said Piatt —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
, 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 Reg-
JANUARY, 1771.
219
the Petn. of
Jiia Simpton
foranew
Precept
Gnuited.
the Petn. of
Tboe. Stevens
forSOO Aeree
Onmted.
ister 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 Simpson Setting forth that he
had on the Second day of January last Obtained a War-
rant for Running out Six hundred Acres of Land in S*
John's Parish which Warrant was Expired in its Term
and the land not yet laid out Therefore Praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time the Surveyer general might
be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said
Warrant that the land so ordered him might be Sur-
veyed* —
Resoi^ved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Thomas Stevens Setting forth that
he had formerly ordered him three hundred Acres of
Land in S' Andrew's Parish which had been Surveyed and
a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
Should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstand-
ing 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 —
ResoIvVED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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
220
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
Jno. Upton
for 100 Acres
elapsed
Granted.
Read a Petition of John Upton Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S^ Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same Should
have Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer gen-
eral might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan there-
of for that Purpose —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
the Petn. of
Jna Green
Jnnr. forSOO
Acres elapsed
Granted.
Read a Petition of John Green Jun' Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
Land in S' Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and a
Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
Should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be Permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certi-
fy a plan thereof for that Purpose —
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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
JANUARY, 1 77 1. 221
May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petition is granted
Read a Petition of Frederick Odam Setting forth that
tte peta. of he was Possessed of a deed of Gift from William Green
Frek. Odaxn for
iSSJlrfL^ for a Tract of Land Containing One hundred Acres in
the Parish of S^ George formerly ordered to be laid out to
the said William Green the Grant whereof was Elapsed
in the Secretary's Office Therefore Praying that in Con-
sideration of the deed aforesaid he might be Permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land in his
Own Name —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Richard Cooper Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had f our Negroes in the Province and had never any Land
towb^ASSi granted him Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres
of Land in the Parish of S* Andrew Adjoining Land
originally Granted to John Stacey to be laid out Ob-
long—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Gnmted. 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 —
222 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of David Fitzgerald Setting forth that
STvm RteJer. he had formerly ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land
aidforiooAcr«ij^ gt Patrick's Parish. That he was desirous of Resign-
ing One hundred Acres thereof the Same being unfit for
Cultivation Therefore praying to have the Remaining One
hundred Acres laid out to him in an Oblong the Swamp
being narrow —
Grantod.
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Rodolph Strawhager Setting forth
SdSihs^w-that he had ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of
hi^foriM j^^j^j j^ gt George's Parish which when laid out not be-
ing in Right Angles with land of the Petitioner adjoining
the Same the Surveyer general Refused to Pass the Plat
thereof thro* his Office Therefore Praying that the Sur-
veyer general might be Permitted and directed to Certify
and Pass a Piatt of the said One hundred and fifty Acres
of Land Agreeable to a Sketch Annexed
Resolved That on Condition 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 Peter Nephew Setting forth that he
tii«Peta.«E had been many years in the Province and had Several
fMWAam Family Rights for which he had not yet Obtained any
Land Therefore Praying for fifty Acres of Land in S*
JANUARY, 1771. 223
Andrew's Parish to adjoin Lands whereon he was Set-
tled and Land of Daniel and Murdoc M'^Cloud —
ResoIvV^d That on Condition 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 —
tlMP6tll.«f
PMerNephciw
Read a Petition of the said Peter Nephew Setting forth
that he had Several Family Rights for which he had yet
injoAcnB Obtained no Land Therefore Pra)ring for fifty Acres of
Land in S* Andrew's Parish adjoining the land whereon
he was Settled to be laid out on three Lines —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Christopher Blanton Setting forth
tfaeP«tii.of 9 that he had formerly ordered him One himdred and fifty
tewSSST Acres of Land in the Parish of S* David which had been
Surveyed and a Plat thereof returned into the Surveyer
, general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant
for the Same Should have Passed Therefore Praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be Permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose—
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
^**"*^- doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
224
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
tlMPetn-of
Jiia Bowman
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of John Bowman Setting forth that he
was desirous of taking up One hundred Acres of Land on
Skidoway Island adjoining Lands of the Petitioner but
not having at Present Family Rights to entitule him to
the Same Therefore Praying for a Reserve of the said
One hundred Acres of Land for twelve Months in which
time he had Reason to Expect a Sufficient addition of
Slaves to Stock the Same
Gnuited.
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for twelve
Months as Prayed for —
thePetn. of
Jno. BowniAik
for 400 AcroB
Read a Petition of the Said John Bowman Setting forth
that he was desirous of taking up five hundred Acres of
Land in the Parish of S^ Andrew adjoining land of the
Petitioner and land granted James Wobdland but not
having at Present Family Rights to intitule him to the
Same Therefore Praying for a Reserve of the said four
hundred Acres of Land for twelve Months in which time
he had Sufficient Reason to Expect an addition of Slaves
to Stocks the Same —
Granted.
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for twelve
Months as Prayed for —
«hePetn.of
Ju»BrmtelMr
forMAcrw
Read a Petition of James Bratcher Setting forth that he
had had no Land granted him and was desirous of Ob-
taining Land for Cultivation Therefore Praying for fifty
Acres of Land in S' Philip's Parish on little Coonochee-^
about a Mile above James Taylor's —
JANUARY, 1771.
225
postponed
Ordered That the said Petition be postponed untill
he produces a Certificate of his Character —
Read a Petition of Robert Mackintosh Setting forth
M>t M^iStoBh that he was desirous of Obtaining land for Cultivation
or crea. 'pj^^^^fQ^^ Praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in the Parish of Christ Church on the Branches of
little Ogeeche about two Miles above Ogechee Bridges —
rejected ORDERED That the Said Petition be rejected —
Read a Petition of Janies Brown Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had Some time ago entered a Caveat in the Secretary's
aheMPinffona Office against a Grant passing to John Grearson for One
hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of S* George ordered
him Therefore praying that a day might be appointed
when he might be heard in Support of his said Caveat
the Petitioner hopeing to give Sufficient Reasons why the
said John Grearson should not Obtain a Grant for the
said Land —
Granted.
Ordered That the Parties do appear on Next Land
day and that notice be given by Brown to Grearson to at-
tend —
anftffidt.of
Davd. Green
Read an Affidavit of David Green Setting forth that
John Higdon was served with an Order of Council for
Attending the first Tuesday in November to be heard on
a Caveat Entred against him by Philip Elphinstone —
Ordered That as Higdon tho' Served with Notice
ESwnrtlS? did not Attend that the Land in Question be ordered El-
phinstone —
Read the Presentments made by the Grand Jury at the
the Present- l^st Sessious and the Same being taking into Considera-
GiSSid'jw tion Resolved that the Subject Matter of the first Present-
ment be Recommended to the Commons house of Assem-
l5cr— vol n
226 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
bly and that the other Presentments do Come properly
within the Authority of the Judpes of the general Court
and the private Majestrates
Ordered That the Clerk do Carry a Copy of this Res-
olution to the Commons house of Assembly —
Read a Report of Thomas Shruder Deputy Surveyer
gSSJ^SS** general Re^)ecting a lots of Land at Yamacraw between
CoocwTLrt ^j^^ ^j^^ j^^^g Number Eight and Nine formerly Petitioned
for by Moses Nunes : and the Same being taken into Con-
sideration —
^ ^ Resoi^ved That the Petition of the said Moses Nunes
oraared to
MoBM Nun«« for the said Lott of Land be granted —
Read a Letter of James Bullock to his Excellency and
BuSiSftoifi*' ^^^ ^ Memorial of the said James Bullock to his Excellen-
Exoriiy. cy and their honors in Support of a Caveat entered by him
against a Grant passing to Mary Douglass for Six hun-
dred Acres of Land in the Parish of Christ Church for-
merly ordered to her and the said Mary Douglass and
John Douglass her Son being heard in Answer to the
Memorial of the said James Bullock.
tli6600 Aeres
ResoIvVED That the grant for the said Six hundred
nottopMato ^^^^ ^^ Land do not pass to the said Mary Douglass. It
Mny KoffiMs being the Opinion of the Board that the Matter in Dispute
between the said Mary Douglass and James Bullock Re-
specting the said Land Should be determined by a differ-
ent Jurisdiction
Read a Petition of William Greemes Setting forth that
^ Petn. of During: the late Warr with France he had the honor to
for 8000 AcfOB 5^ Master of one of his Majesty's Ships of Warr at the
Reduction of Louisbourg the Certificate of which the Peti-
tioner did Sometime Since Committ to the Care of M'
William Telfair, who Could not then find the Same
pos^Doned
JANUARY, 1771. 227
Therefore Praying for two thousand Acres of Land
within three Miles of the River Alatamaha — on a Reserve
for Twelve Months or untill the Petitioner Could lay
before the Board Sufficient Vouchers of his having Served
in the Station aforesaid —
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed untill
he Produces a Certificate of his having Served his Majesty
in America during the late Warr and that he is a reduced
Officer and what Rank he bears as Master of a Ship of
Warr with Officers in the Land Service —
«jiutioeappd. Ordered That Elijah Brazill be appointed a Justice
It S^'^'^'of the Peace for the Parish of S^ George—
On Reading the Petitiones of Sundry Persons Just Ar-
^s^SS^Ki. rived in the Province in the Ship Hopewell Thomas Ash
1^^^ Master from Belfast in Ireland in behalf of themselves and
^S^*""** Families Praying that Tracts of Land might be ordered
them in the Township of Queensborough and Lots of
Land in the Town of Queensborough — And the said Pe-
titiones being taken into Consideration Resolved that the
Several Tracts and lots of Land in the Town and Town-
ship of Queensborough be laid out as follows Viz'
To Robert Rodgers 450 Acres and one Town Lott—
James Rodgers 200 one ditto —
William Skelly . . .250 one ditto-
John Allen .400 one ditto-
David Alexander . . 500 one ditto-
William Sampson. . 150 one ditto-
Joseph Beatty 500 ^ne ditto-
Patrick M'Gee 100 one ditto—
228 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz'
To Saniuel
David
luel Bacon. . . .300 Acres) j„ g. John's Parish-
id Brydie . . . . 150 Acres) -^
Charles Golightly 200 Acres]
Noble Wimberly Jones Esq'J-In S* George's Parish —
1800 AcresJ
John Hall & George Har-1
nage 150 Acres j- In S* Matthew's Parish —
John Stirk .... 500 AcresJ
Michael Illy . . ... 300 Acres
David Lewis . . . . 100 Acres
Rob* Rae George) 500 Acres
Whitefield & O]
In S' Paul's Parish-
Thomas Peacock i5oAcres}T ot a j > n • 1.
Peter Sallens . . 150 AcresJ S' Andrew s Parish-
William Brown Esq' 400 Acres In Christ Church Par**
Israel Bird Ab° Bird & Hugh Bryan 400 Acres In
S* Philip's Parish
JANUARY, 1771. 229
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber at
Savannah on Friday the 11*^ January 1771
Present —
His Excellency James Wright Esq""
rj3
Ija
fames Habersham
James Edw** Powell
The Hon****' ^ James Read
^ Lewis Johnson
John Graham
A Memorial of the Principal Merchants of the Town of
Savannah, the Inhabitants and Land holders of the said
Town and the Captain's of Merchant Ships and other Ves-
sels thereunto belonging and Trading thereto was Pre-
sented to his Excellency. And Read in the words following
Viz*
To his Excellency James Wright Esq' Captain General
and Commander in Chief in an over his Majesty's Prov-
ince of Georgia. The Members of his Majesty's honora-
ble Council and the Honorable the Commons House of
Assembly in General Assembly met.
The humble Memorial of the Principal Merchants of
the Town of Savannah the Inhabitants and Land holders
of the said Town and the Captains of Merchant Ships and
other Vessels thereunto belonging and Trading thereto —
Sheweth That your Memorialists having Observed in
a Memorial &c Your ExccUeucy's Speech at the Opening of the Present
«oncer]iflr« new -^ *^ x- o
SSJm^^" Session that you was Pleased to recommend to the Con-
sideration of the honorable Commons house of Assembly,
the ruinous Condition of Fort George and the necessity
there appeared to be of having a Fort upon Cockspur
Island, for the Security of the navigation of this River
230 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
and to Prevent Malignant distempers being brought inta
this Province and to enforce the execution of other Salu-
tary Laws thereof and having farther Observed, by your
Excellencys Message Subsequent to your Speech, that you
again urge and recommend to their Consideration, the
expediency of having a Fort built on Some Convenient
Spot at the Entrance of this River ; and having also seen
that in Consequence of your Excellency's Speech and
Message, the hon***' the Commons house of Assembly
appointed a Committee of their hon**^* house to go down
and fix upon a proper Spot of Ground for that Purpose
which they having Accordingly done, and reported the
Same and the Sum which in their Opinion, it will take to
erect a respectable Fort thereon — We therefore with the
greatest deference beg leave to lay before you, our appre-
hensions and fears, lest the the Present fluctuating and
uncertain State of Affairs in Europe, should be Produc-
tive of a War between Great Britain and Some of the
Maritime Powers, which Event may Prove of very Per-
nicious Consequences to the Trade and Navigation of this
Province in its Present Difenceless Condition and Per-
haps to the ruin of the Inhabitants of the Principal Towns
and the Neighbouring Plantations And to humbly Pray
that such a Fort might be Erected as might answer the
Salutary Purposes beifore mentioned, and also be able to
Repell the Attempts of Privateers, and to Secure the Navi-
gation of this River from them, and other Sea Rovers.
All which we hope and even assure ourselves (from the
Experience, we have had of the Wisdom and Publick
Spirit of every Branch of the Legislature) will be Speedily
done —
And your Memorialists Shall ever Pray
Signed by 70. of the Merchants. Inhabitants. Land-
holdes and Captains of Vessels —
JANUARY, 1771. 281
GEORGIA At a Council in the Council Chamber at
Savannah on Friday the 25"* January 1771
Present —
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Mackay
The Hon"* -I James Read \ Esquires
James Edw^ Powell
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
A Memorial of Cornelius M^'Carty Carpenter was read
in the Words following Viz*
To his Excellency James Wright Esq"" Captain General
Governor & Commander in Chief in and Over his Majes-
ty's Province of Georgia the Members of the hon"* Coun-
cil and Commons house of Assembly in General Assembly
met—
The Memorial of Cornelius M^'Carty Carpenter —
Humbly Sheweth
That your Memorialist being informed that the Sum
of £3000 was Some time Since Granted by an Act of As-
sembly of this Province for Building a new Light house
upon Tybey Island and that a Bill was now under Consid-
eration of the hon"* Commons house of Assembly for An-
nulling and making Void the Same from an Opinion as
your Memorialist humbly Conceives, "that the Present
Old Light House with. Small Repairs, would Stand
for many Years, and the Public thereby freed from the
Expense of building a new one for a Considerable time.
Your Memorialist therefore begs leave to represent to
232 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
your Excellency and the Members of the hon**** houses of
cSSS^"^ Assembly "That about the year 1759 the Commissioners
o^erK.y« appointed for keeping in repair the Light house on Tybey
onTybeeWand Island did Employ your Memorialist to repair the Same,
which he did as fully as was in his Power" That by the
many Violent Gales of Wind which have since happened
(as he presumes) the Additional Base which your Memo-
rialist then gave to the house, was now in a great Measure
rendered Useless. Especially to the North West! the
Principal Timbers and Frame of the Original Building
much decayed, And the whole (as your Memorialist hum-
bly Conceives from a very late Examination which he per-
sonally made of the Same) in a ruinous Condition and
Incapable of Standing long, Your Memorialist from these
Considerations was therefore Induced to lay before your
Excellency and the hon^*® Members of both houses of As-
sembly. The following Proposals for your Considera-
tion
!•* That he will at his own Proper Cost — Charge and
Expense, Build or Cause to be built (on such Part of the
Island of Tybee as he might be directed by Commission-
ers appointed for that Purpose) a Light house of the
Same height, form and Shape, of the Present light house
the Frame to be made of good and Sufficient Pine Tim-
ber, Placed on a brick foundation well Secured under-
neath with Piles or Plank, and Shingled on the out Side
from bottom to top with good Cypruss Shingles (which
will best Secure the Frame) for the Sum of Twelve hun-
dred Pounds Current Money of Georgia —
2^ He will (tho* he thinks the Undertaking might be
Attended with Some Danger to the People Employed in
the Work) undertake to repair the Present Light house
in the most Effectual Manner it can be done. By Splicing
the defective Parts of the Frame, or Putting in New
Pieces where it may be done with Safety. Putting on new
FEBRUARY, 1771.
233
Weather Boards where Wanted Glazing, or Closing up
the Windows to Prevent Rain beating in repairing the
floors and Stairs making the roof tight and Improving
the foundation in the fullest Manner in his Power, for
the Sum of Six hundred Pounds Current Money of
Georgia —
Your Memorialist humbly Submits the Premises to
your Excellency & honors Consideration & is &""
Cornelius M^'Carty
thePetiLCxf
Jno Smith
for 100 Acres
Granted.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 5'** February
1771
Present
»
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
f James Habersham
The Hon»*'« ^ Noble Jones
[ James Edw^ Powell
[Lewis Johnson j
I
Esq"
Read a Petition of John Smith Setting forth that he
had been Some time in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of
Land in S* George*s Parish near Land of James Fitz-
gerald —
Resolved That on Condition 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
234
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL^
thePetiLof
Jno. Smith fcr
100 AeiM
Granted.
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 Smith Setting forth that he
had been sometime Resident in the Province had had no
Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of
Land in S' George's Parish near Duke's Pond —
RESOI.VED That oh Condition 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 Andrew Hamilton Setting forth that
he was lately arrived from Ireland had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Culti-
vation Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of Land
in Queensborough Settlement and one Town Lot in
Queensborough
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 James Simpson Setting forth that
jm. sSwot ^^ ^^^ ^^^ some time in the Province and was desirous
for»o Acres to obtain Land for Cultivation having a Wife and a Child
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Land on a
thePetn. of
Andw.
Hamilton fcr
100 Acres
Granted
Granted
FEBRUARY, 1771. 235
Branch of Buck head in S' George's Parish to be run Ob-
long
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Hickey setting forth that he
tije Petn. of had Served as a private Soldier for the Space of thirteen
Jno. Hick«y for '^ '^
soAcrw Years (Ending the 19^** day of January 1764) in One of
his Majesty's Independant Cortipanies Under the Com-
mand of Captain James Coldar doeing duty in South Car-
olina Therefore praying for fifty Acres of Land adjoin-
ing the upper Tract of land of Zechariah Fann on M""-
Bean's Swamp in the Parish of S* Paul —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, 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 George Beasley Setting forth that he
&wS«riJy^^ desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore
for 100 AcTM Praying for One hundred Acres of Land in S* Matthew's
Parish near Land ordered the Hon*'* John Graham Esq''
to be laid out Oblong —
RES01.VED That on Condition 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
286
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. cxf
Mathw.
Anderson for
150 Acres
Granted
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 but the Grant not to be signed until
Petitioner bring his Family into the Province
Read a Petition of Matthew Anderson Setting forth
that he had been some time a Resident in the Province
and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation There-
fore Praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in
S* George's Parish adjoining Land of William Pinder
on a Branch of Buck head to be laid out in an Oblong the
Swamp being narrow —
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 James Welsh setting forth that he
^e P«tn. of had been some time Resident in the Province and was de-
Jas. Welsh for
100 Acres sirous to Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore Praying
for One hundred Acres of Land in S' Matthew's Parish
on the Waters of Turkey Branch near John Maynard's —
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Thomas Jones Setting forth that he
TfeT^esfor^*^^ ^^" somctime Resident in the Province had had no
100 Acres Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
FEBRUARY, 1771.
237
Granted.
Cultivation Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of
Land in S* Matthew's Parish on the three Runs —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
Georffe Frasier
for 1000 Acres
Granted
Read a Petition of George Frasier setting forth that
during the late Warr with France and Spain he had the
honor to serve as Lieu* in his Majesty's 78"* Regiment of
foot Commanded by CoP Simon Frasier at the Reduction
of Louisbourg and Quebeck Therefore praying for One
thousand Acres of Land in S* John's Parish about eight
Miles from Land of James Taylor and one Mile from
Land of his Excellency James Wright Esq*"
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
the Petn- of
Thoe. Yonnff
for 460 Acres
rejected
Read a Petition of Thomas Young setting forth that
he had been many years Settled in the Province with his
Family Consisting of a Wife and Six Children and had
hitherto no Land granted him Therefore Praying for four
hundred and fifty Acres of vacant Land adjoining Land
of the Petitioner in the district of white Bluff —
Ordered That the said Petition be rejected the land
being in the Barony
236
<,^
^V£^ jg} Hawthorn Setting forth
yv pttid'^'' "^^'ffrs Resident in the Province
■*'• * fif^d ' ^^ wjaw/ ^.^ gnd ivas desirous to Obtain
• t/>^( "j^ol^'^^Lyiiig a \Vife and three Children
gf^f^ '""^J'%r Colt''^^""lor two Small Points of Land on
*" ^refof^ ^"^^"fand two Small Hammocks Opposite
^yftit'"^'^'' ning '" ^^^ whole about One hundred
thereto' Co"t^
v£D 'That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
t^ out a GrsLnt for the said Land within 'Seven Months
I tn this date and that he doth also Register the said
rrant in the Register's Office of the said Province within
cfx Months from the date thereof that his Majesty May
jj^t be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said
petition is granted —
of
Read a Petition of Richard Wylly setting forth that he
had been Several years Resident in the Province and was
*g/^2 Possessed of four Negroe Slaves Therefore praying for
'** three hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of Christ
Church adjoining Land of Alexander Wylly —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
o«««*^ 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 Alexander Carey setting forth that
the Petn. of he had been some time Resident in the Province and was
fOTWo Acres & desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land and one Lott in
the town of Queensborough on Reserve —
Ordered That the said Land be reserved as prayed
FEBRUARY, 1771. 239
Read a Petition of Elizabeth Simpson Setting forth that
^K^Tstai^ she had sometime since ordered her Eighteen hundred and
lor I860 Ac*, gf^^ ^^^.^ ^^ j^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ p^j^j^ ^^ g, pj^jjjp^g ^^ Family
Right which upon Examination was found not to be va-
cant Therefore praying for Eighteen hundred and fifty
Acres of Land about three Miles back from the River Ala-
tamaha in Lieu of the Land formerly ordered her —
Granted.
the Petn. cxf
Wm. TelfAir
for 600 Acres
<}nuitocl
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven Months
from this date and that she 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 William Telfair Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him five hundred Acres of Land
on Family Right which Land on Examination y/as found
not to be vacant Therefore praying for five htmdred Acres
of Land between the River Alatamaha and Middleton's
Cowpen about three Miles from the said River in Lieu
of the land formerly ordered him.
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 Brydie Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had been many years an Inhabitant of the province and
iMAeiee "'had never apply 'd for or had any land granted him There-
fore praying for One hundred Acres of Land adjoining
238
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
NathL
Hawthorn for
H)0 Acres
Gimnted.
Read a Petition of Nathaniel Hawthorn Setting forth
that he had been many Years Resident in the Province
had had no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain
Land for Cultivation having a Wife and three Children
Therefore praying for two Small Points of Land on
Whitmarsh Island and two Small Hammocks Opposite
thereto Containing in the whole about One himdred
Acres.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Richard Wylly setting forth that he
had been Several years Resident in the Province and was
Possessed of four Negroe Slaves Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of Christ
Church adjoining Land of Alexander Wylly —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Alexander Carey setting forth that
the Petn. of he had been some time Resident in the Province and was
fOTio6Aeiei& desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land and one Lott in
the town of Queensborough on Reserve —
Ordered That the said Land be reserved as prayed
Gx»nt«d. |qj._
the Petn. of
IUehd.WyI]y
foraoOAem
FEBRUARY, 1771. 239
Read a Petition of Elizabeth Simpson Setting forth that
^K^Tstai^ she had sometime since ordered her Eighteen hundred and
i6ri860Aci«. gj^^ ^^^^ ^^ j^^^^^ j^ ^j^^ p^^.^j^ ^^ gt phiHp's on Family
Right which upon Examination was found not to be va-
cant Therefore praying for Eighteen hundred and fifty
Acres of Land about three Miles back from the River Ala-
tamaha in Lieu of the Land formerly ordered her —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, ^.^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven Months
from this date and that she 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 William Telfair Setting forth that
wn/lSfi^ he had heretofore ordered him five hundred Acres of Land
lor 600 Acres ^j^ Family Right which Land on Examination )vas found
not to be vacant Therefore praying for five hundred Acres
of Land between the River Alatamaha and Middleton's
Cowpen about three Miles from the said River in Lieu
of the land formerly ordered him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
<^'^ttd 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 Brydie Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had been many years an Inhabitant of the province and
iMAerw "'had ncver apply'd for or had any land granted him There-
fore praying for One hundred Acres of Land adjoining
240
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted.
th« Petn. cxf
SirPatk.
Soastounfor
400 Acr«8
Grmnted.
the Petn. of
George
Strobardt for
100 Acres
Granted.
Land of his Father and Luke Dean and William Moxel
in- the Parish of S* George for Cultivation —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Sir Patrick Houstoun Baron* setting
forth that he was possessed of Sundry Slaves now in tlie
Province for whom he had not yet had any land granted
him Therefore praying for four hundred Acres of Land
adjoining his Plantation in S* Andrew's Parish —
Resolved That on Condition 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 George Strobardt setting forth that
he was desirous of taking up One hundred Acres of vacant
Land adjoining Westerly a Tract of Land Originally
granted Jacob Hansler and Goshen Creek now the prop-
erty of the Petitioner Therefore praying that the said One
hundred Acres of Land might be ordered to be laid out
to him —
Resolved That on Condition 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
FEBRUARY, 1771.
241
not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said
Petition is granted —
the Petn. of
G«orse
Stzobwrdt f or
160 Aciw
Read a Petition of George Strobardt setting forth that
he was desirous of taking up One hundred and fifty Acres
of vacant Land adjoining to the Eastward a Tract of Land
Originally granted Jacob Hansler on Goschen Creek now
the Property of the Petitioner Therefore praying that the
said One hundred and fifty Acres of Land might be or-
dered to be laid out to him —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, 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 —
the Petn. of
George Fraeier
for 600 Acres
Granted.
Read a Petition of George Frasier Setting forth that
during the late Warr with France and Spain he had the
honor to Serve as Lieu* in his Majesty's 78*** Regiment of
foot Commanded by CoP Simon Frazier at the Reduction
of Louisbourgh and Quebeck Therefore Praying for five
hundred Acres of Land in S* Philip's Parish upon the
South Branch of black Creek about three Miles from Land
granted to the Children of Alexander Wylly —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
16cr— TolU
342
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of George Frasier Setting forth that
Geor^?]5«rM:« during the late Warr with France and Spain he had the
^ ***■ honor to serve as Lieu* in his Majesty's 78"* Regiment of
foot Commanded by Col* Simon Frazier at the Reduction
of Louisbourgh and Quebeck Therefore Praying for five
hundred Acres of Land to join a Tract of five hundred
Acres of Land already apply'd for in the Parish of S*
Philip's—
Granted.
tfaePetii.of
George
Strobudtfcr
2G0|Acies
Gzmnted.
the Petn. of
Georse
Strobftidtfov
260 Aoee
R^soi^VED That on Condition 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 George Strobardt setting forth that
he was Settled with his family in the Province Consisting
of a Wife three Children and thirty eight Slaves for whom
he had not had any Land granted him Therefore Praying
for two hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S^ Matthew's
Parish adjoining Land of William Ewen and Henly —
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 George Strobardt Setting forth that
he was desirous of taking up Two hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in the Parish of Christ Church adjoining Lands
of John Cheick Therefore Praying that the said Two hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land might be ordered to be laid
out to him —
FEBRUARY, 1771.
243
Gnwted.
the Petn. of
Dftvid Ftanen
for 100 Acres
Resolved That on Condition 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 David Flemen Setting forth that he
had been an Inhabitant of this Province for some years
and had had no Land granted him and was desirous to
Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres of Land within the Tract Reserved for the
People Called Quakers Commonly called Wrightsbor-
ough —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Jane Bourquin setting forth that her
ttiePeto. of husband Benedict Bourquin deceased had some time Since
Ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in the
Parish of Christ Church the Grant for which was not
Perfected dureing his life time Therefore Praying that a
Grant might Pass for the said Land in her Name but in
Trust for her Son Benedict Bourquin a Minor the Child
of her late husband —
Granted.
Jane Boaxqain
Widw.forlfiO
Acres the
Cfcant to Pass
to her in Trust
forlier Son
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
Granted, take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven Months
from this date and that she doth also Roister the said
Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province within
Six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty May
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GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
tiMPetn. of
ChcGavenah
for 100 Aer«B
Granted
not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the said
Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Charles Cavenah Setting forth that
he had been some time An Inhabitant of this Province
had had no Land granted him Therefore Praying for One
hundred Acres of Land in S* George's Parish to take in
Part of the whole formerly ordered John Sellers —
Resolved That on Condition 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 George Frasier setting forth that he
was lately arrived with his family Consisting of a Wife
fSrSoAcres three Children and Six Negroes with an Intention of Set-
tling in the Province Therefore Praying for Six hundred
Acres in S* John's Parish adjoining Land of Jesse Stalling
on Family Right for Cultivation —
thoPetn* of
Granted.
the Petn. of
ThoB. Sullivan
for 250 Aerea
Elapsed
Resolved That on Condition 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 Thomas Sullivan Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S* David's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for
the Same should have Passed Therefore Praying that not-
FEBRUARY, 1771.
245
Granted.
thePetii.of
SethSlocumb
for 100 Acres
Elapsed
withstanding the lapse of time he might be Permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and cer-
tify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
Rt^d a Petition of Seth Slocumb setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S* George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a
Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstand-
ing the Lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certify a
Plan thereof for that Purpose —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Joseph Perry Setting forth that he
thePetn. of had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty Acres
^^oaSS of Land in S' George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Granted.
246 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Roister
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 —
the Petn. 'of
Peter Sallens
for 260 Acres
Elapsed
Read a Petition of Peter Sallens Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in S* David's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 —
FEBRUARY, 1771.
247
Read a Petition of Mary Dunham & John Sandiford
iuJu^hSL Executors of the last Will of William Dunham deceased
Sandiford Setting forth that they had Some time Since apply'd for a
wm. Dtmiuun Grant to Pass m their Names but in Trust for the Sons of
xor 800 Acres 1 1 v • « « • t-n,
EUpaed William Dunham deceased for a Tract of three hundred
. Acres of Land in the Parish of S* David which was Or-
dered Accordingly but the Piatt thereof was Elapsed ii|
the Surveyer general's Office Therefore praying that not^
withstanding the lapse of time they 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 —
Granted.
R^OLVED That on Condition only that the Petitioners
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that they doth also Roister
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 Jacob Whitters Setting forth thai
ttie Peto. of he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty
Jacob Whitters ''
tor^Aciee Acres of Land in S* Jame's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant
for the Same Should have Passed Therefore praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and cer-
tify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Grmnted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months frohi this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
248 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 —
thaPetiLOif
Al«n. Wells
for 260 Acrea
Read a Petition of Absolum Wells Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office but the time was elapsed in which a Grant for
the Same should have Passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed untill
Postponed it be known whether the Petitioner was not the Person
Convicted of killing Cattle the last Court of Sessions —
llMPetn.of
WnLPixm^
for 160 Acres
Blspd.
rejeeted
Read a Petition of William Pinnell Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S' George's Parish (that the said Land
had been Caveated by one Saunders and his Caveat dis-
charged which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof
returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
Ordered That the said Petition be rejected for Spe-
cial Reasons the said One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land be reserved and not granted to any Person —
FEBRUARY, 1771. 249
Read a Petition of John Poison Setting forth that a
^o.pSSii"for Tract of Land of Two thousand Acres heretofore or-
Grant to Paw dered to be laid out to Mark Carr deceased, the Grant
for which had been Omitted to be taken out. That after
the death of the said Mark Carr the aforesaid Tract of
Land was on the Petition of Judith Poison Daughter of
the said Mark Carr and then the Wife of the Petitioner
ordered to be granted to her in her own Name the Grant
whereof Elapsed after her death Therefore Praying that
in Consideration of his Marriage aforesaid and also of
the Several Exi>ences Improvements he had since the
death of his: said Wife Caused to be made on the said
Tract of Land that a Grant for the same might Pass in
his own Rights —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
the Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of George Wycke Setting forth that
^ww^ke he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of
BUpSu ^*^'** Land which had been Surveyed and returned 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 notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be Permitted to take out his Maj-
esty's Grant for the said Land and that the Secretary
might be ordered to Prepare the Same
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (AgreeaJ)le to an order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Regis-
250
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
tlM Fwtn. of
Andw.
HMnptonfoc
800 Acres
Gimntod.
the Petn. of
Wm. Pinnal
for 150 Acres
Elapssd
ter the said Grant in the Raster'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 Andrew Hamptc«i Setting forth
that he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres
of Land in S* David's Parish which had been Surveyed
and returned and a fiat for the Same Passed by the At-
torney general but the time was Elapsed in which the
Grant should have been taken out Therefore Praying
that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might he Per-
mitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land
and that the Secretary miight be ordered to Prepare the
Same —
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 Reg-
ister 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 William Pinndl Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S* George's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office t||Ut the time was Elapsed in which a Grant
for the Same should have Passed Therefqre Praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be Permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and
that the Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare
and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose
Postponed. Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed untill
FEBRUARY, 1771. 251
the Petitioner attends to give a more Satisfactory Ac-
count of the Situation of the Land Petitioned for —
Read a Petition of Christopher hinds Setting forth
cS^^bLt ^^^ ^^ ^^^ 5"* ^^y ^^ April 1757 John Michael Herst
J^j^^«^ had fifty Acres of Land granted him in the Miln Dis-
trict of Ebenezer, that after the death of the said John
Michael Herst the Petitioner married his Widow that
the Petitioner was now Called on for Payment of Sun-
dry debts left unpaid by the said John Michael Herst and
he had never received nor knows of any Effects left by
the said Michael Herst were with to Pay the said Debts,
but the said fifty Acres of Land Therefore Praying that
he ntight have granted him Such Relief in the Premisses,
as the Board shall Seen meet —
»j«5ted Ordered That the said Petition be rejected —
Read a Petition of William Gibbons Senior Acting
WmT^Sns Executor to Joseph Gibbons deceased Setting forth that
&Sto^S£ the late Joseph Gibbons Some time before his death at
aS^'S'SiI? Publick Sale bought a Piece of Land Seised and Sold
Piovt. Marshal by the Provost Marshal containing One hundred Acres
Originally laid out for Andrew Way butting and bound-
ing on the West on Lands granted to John Graves now
the Property of William Graves on the Eastward by
Lands granted Alexander Low now the Property of
Joseph Gibbons's Estate to the South on Lands Granted
Isaac Geredeaux now the Property of John Martin That
since his descease the Purchase Money was tendered to
the Provost Marshal but it appearing that no Grant had
ever issued, Titles for the Same CotUd not be made that
the said deceased by his Will ordered the said Land to
his Daughter Hannah Therefore Praying that a Grant
for the said Land might Pass to Hannah the Daughter
of the said deceased Accordingly —
252 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Ccwidition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 upon Proof of the Facts
Ascerted —
His Excellency the Governour Signed the following
Grants Viz^
To Thomas Ayres 5CX) Acres } j^ g^ p^^,,^ p^^j^^
Peter Pans 250 Acres )
Benjamin Andrew 350 Acres Ij ot t i. » t^ • i_
Johi Martin 84 Acres J ^" ^ J°^" « ^^^'^
In S^ George's Parish
Stephen Forrester 300 Acres
George Galphin 100 Acres
John Golphin 100 Acres
John Green 200 Acres
Matthew Marshall 100 Acres Queensborough —
John Fox 500 Acres 1
James Spalding 200 Acres V In S* David's Parish
James Spalding 150 Acres J
Viet Lietner 150 Acres \j otnir 4.4.U » td • u
Andrew M^Currie 50 Acres} ^^ ^^ Matthew s Pansh
William Rian 250 Acres In S^ Andrews Parish —
Richard Williamson 450 Acres In S' Philip's Par-
ish —
George Galphin Jun'* 100 Acres In S' George & S*
Paul's Parish-
Jacob Yakely 200 Ceres In Christ Church Parish
FEBRUARY, 1771.
263
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on
1771
Friday the 22* February
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
The Hon*^**-
James Habersham
Noble Jones
Jolm Graham
James Edw** Powell
Lewis Johnson
Esquire
His Excellency addressed himself to the Board in the
following Manner Viz*
Gentlemen
I meet you in Council this afternoon in Order to State
AnAddrMB and lay before you Some Proceedings of the house of
xfOUl iu8
^^'toSie Assembly In the Course of this Week, which I Conceive
oSm^*^ to be of a very Extraordinary nature, and which I shall
Concerning the <io as briefly as Possible. On my Return to town on
of Afl8emb5°^ Wednesday and Examining the Journal of Proceedings
of the house of Assembly I was much Surprized to See
that a Committee appointed by that house to Examine
the Proceedings of the Courts of Justice, and to enquire
into the State of Publick Offices, had taken upon them
of their Own Authority, to Resolve to examine all Per-
sons on Oath, and did Actually tender an Oath to M''
Moodie the Deputy Secretary, and here I must Observe
that this Committee had no Authority to Examine any
Person on Oath, aftd that all Oath must be lawfull either
allowed by Common Law, or some Statute, and required
by Persons having legal Power so to do, and that it is
a Rule founded on Law Reason and Justice, that no
Man is bound or shall be Compelled to Accuse himself^
264 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
and that a Witness shall not be Examined, where his
Evidence tends either to clear or Accuse himself, and
which is also Elucidated and Supported by Act of Par-
liament, and on M' Moodie's refusing to take the Oath
tendered it appears that the said Committee declared
their Opinion that such Refusal was a Presumptuous
breach of the privilege of the house and a daring Con-
tempt of the Authority of the said Committee: and I
was equally Siuprized to find, that the house had Agreed
to the Report made by the Committee and ordered the
Speaker to issue his Warrant directed to the Messenger
Attending the house, and the Acting Provost Marshal
to take and Commit the Body of the said Thomas Moodie
Immediately to the Common Goal in Savannah there to
remain during the Pleasure of the house, and on which
Warrant M' Moodie acquainted me he was Actually
taken into Custody Yesterday, and I have received fur-
ther Information, that he is now Confined in the Com-
mon Goal in the same Room with a Man lately Con-
victed of Perjury and who Stood on the Pillory for the
Same, and a Negroe Prisoner, and I was also much Sur-
prized to find by the Journal of the Assembly, that on
Wednesday last, on the order of the day for taking into
Consideration, the entring upon a Tax Bill being read,
and a Motion made that the house would order in a Tax
Bill for the Present year the Same Passed in the Nega-
tive and it was resolved that the house would not enter
upon a Tax Bill for the Present Year, the Parishes of
S' David, S' Patrick S* Thomas & S' Mary's being Rep-
resented, which Matters I should have taken Notice of
Yesterday had they made a house While the Committee
were merely making an Innofensive enquirey and which
I thought might Possibly make some discovery of Abuses
Committed by Officers, and which on a Proper Repre-
sentation to me. I should certainly have taken due No-
tice of. I acquiesced and had they Contented themselves
FEBRUARY, 1771. 256
with exerciseing moderate Powers. Possibly — I might
have Continued Silent. But when I find the Assembly of
Georgia and even a Committee of that Assembly, not
only Assuming to themselves all the Powers laws and
Custcxns of the Parliament of Great Britain, but even
going beyond what I Conceive to be the General and
Common Practice of the Committees of the house of
Commons there, and when I find the house approves of.
and endeavours to Support the Proceeding of the said
Committee, by Arbitrarily depriving his Majesty's good
Subjects of their Liberty, and when instead of dispatch-
ing the necessary business of the Province and doing
their duty to their Constituents by Providing Against
apparent Dangers they refuse to go upon the Tax Bill
for raising the Usual Supplies for the Support of Gov-
ernment, and by the Reasons given for such refusal take
upon them (to Call it no worse) in Effect to insist on his
Majesty Complying with their request (or rather de-
mand) Previous to their Passing a Tax Bill and that
without Observing any degree of delicasey or even de-
cency, in Waiting a Reascinable time for my receiving his
Majesty's Commands on the Subject altho' I have Ac-
quainted them that the Conduct I Observed with Respect
to this Matter last Session had been approved by his Maj-
esty who Considers the appointing what Places shall Send
Representatives to the Assembly as a Matter which by
the form and Principles of Government Established for
this Province entirely depends upon his Royal discre-
tion, and which his Majesty had Declared he Should
always be ready to exercise in Such Manner as should
be for the Interest and Welfare of this Province, when
it should appear to be necessary either upon my Repre-
sentation of the State of those Parishes, or on the appli-
cation of the Inhabitants, there to be indulged in the
Privilege of Electing Representatives, this Gentlemen is
the answer I received on my Transmitting their Address
256 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
and Yours on this Subject during the last Session, and
which I received the fifth of October last : and finding that
I was not empowered to issue those Writs of Election.
I wrote again to his Majesty's Secretary of State on the
eighth of October, and on the 25'** Informed the house
that that I had Represented this Matter in Such a light,
as I did not doubt but I should receive his Majesty's
Permission to issue Writs for Electing Representatives
for those Parishes and which in answer to their Message
of the Second Instant I told them I was daily expecting
to receive tho' there was Scarcely time for it since I wrote
last which was by Cap^ Hall who only Sailed the 2i"'
of October and as a Proof of the Impropriety of their
hasty Conduct. I have now in my hands an answer to my
last letter dated the 11^** day of december with his Maj-
esty's Authority for issuing those very Writs. If I shall
think fit so to do with your Advice, and this Letter I re-
ceived the very Evening after their Resolution was en-
tered into, a Remarkable Instance of Government At-
tention to the affairs of this Province and to my Solicita-
tions in its behalf. I say Gentlemen after all this, when
I see such Resolutions entered into, and that Such a
Spirit Prevails amongst them^ I think it a duty Incum-
bent on me to put a Stop to such Extraordinary and in-
temi>erate Proceedings. And as on the one hand you and
they have ever found me Anxious to Promote and ready
to Concur in every Proper Measure: for the Prosperity
of the People and Province, so on the other hai^d you
and they have good reason to believe, that I will not
knowingly allow them to assume Powers and do things
which I Conceive to he Improper. And I must further
Acquaint you. that out of regard and Friendship to the
People and Province. I this Morning Communicated my
Sentiments on these Matters to the Speaker, and told him
Expressly, that I would Dissolve the Assembly at One
O'clock, unless they reconsidered their Proceeding of
J FEBRUARY, 1771. 267
this Week, and removed my Objections thereto and
which I strongly recommended. I also told him. that I
had last night received the letter above mentioned Rela-
tive to the Southern Parishes, and on his Observing that
the time would be too Short for Communicating what
had Passed to the house or Members, I consented to
defer going to the Council Chamber 'till four O'Clock
this afternoon and as I find notwithstanding this that
the house is adjourned till to Morrow Morning (and
you well know not with an Intention to reconsider, or
alter their former Proceedings) and this without giving
me any Notice or Intimation of such adjournment and
which is Probably with design not to meet again till
Monday (as they Seldom Sit on Saturday Therefore I
desire your Opinion whether from the Conduct of the
Assembly, as now Stated and laid before you I should
or should not Immediately dissolve them by Proclama-
tion — And the Board having Maturely Considered of
S^oJ^fto ^^^ Several Matters Stated were Unanimously of Opin-
ion that the said house of Assembly ought to be Imme-
diately dissolved by Proclamation and Advised the Same
Accordingly. And also they Requested his Excellency to
Permit the said State to be Published in the Gazette
of this Province —
His Excellency then again addressed himself to the
Board as follows Vizt
Honorable Gentlemen —
I am Extremely Sorry that after you have been kept
SS^J^' setting as an Upper house for four Months I am now.
u^SSmSS^ from the Conduct of the house of Assembly under the
necessity of Putting a Stop to their Proceeding's before
the Business of the Session is finished, but Gentlemen
in Justice to you as a branch of the l^slature. I Cannot
Omitt returning you my thanks for the readiness you
17 c r— TOl u
hfa Excellency
to dlBsoIve the
Aseembly
Gouncfl
268 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
have shewn on all Occasions to discharge your duty to
his Majesty and also to the good People of this Province,
who if they Suffer any distress or Inconvenience, for
want of the Several Matters recommended by me being
Carried into Execution, or in any other manner for want
of the L^slature they Cannot blame either Me or You
but must Impute it wholly to the Conduct of their Repre-
sentatives Ja Wright
Savannah in Georgia
Council Chamber the
22^ February 1771 —
To his Excellency James Wright Esq' Captain Gen-
eral and Govemour in Chief in and over his Majesty's
Province of Georgia —
The Humble Address of his Majesty's Council of the
said Province —
May it Please your Excellency
We the Members of his Majesty's Council of the Prov-
£lJ^^hteMaZ ince of Georgia return your Excellency our most Sin-
iteExSS^the cere and Cordial thanks for the very favourable Opinion
you are Pleased to entertain of oiu* Conduct during the
last Session of Assembly. We have ever made it out
Study to discharge, as farr as in our Power, our duty
to our most Gracious Sovereign, and at the Same time
to Promote the true Interest and happiness of the good
People of this Province — Objects which we have always
looked up as Inseparable — It was with great Concern
that we found our Selves Obliged from the State of the
Proceedings of the Commons house of Assembly which
your Excellency has been Pleased to lay before us. to
give it as our Unanimous Opinion, that a Stop should
be Put to their fufther Proceedings by Immediately dis-
FEBRUARY, 1771. 269
solving them by Proclamation. For tho' we eartiestly
wished to have seen the Salutary and Important Matters
recommended by your Excellency Carried into Execu-
tion and which at this Particular Juncture: were the
more necessary, frc«n apparent danger. Yet we Could
not Consistent with the duty we owe our Sovereign, and
the regard we have for the Liberties of the Inhabitants
of this Province, give your Excellency any other Advice
Convinced, however that whatever difficulties and dis-
tress this County may thereby be Subjected to must, and
Can only be Imputed to the Representatives of the Peo-
ple and upon this Occasion we must in Justice declare that
from the long Experience we have had of your Excel-
lency's Administration, we ^■*'^^ well assured that as on the
one hand you will not knowingly permit any Incroach-
ments to be made on the Just Prerogative of the_ Crown,
so, on the other hand, we must Testify, that you have
always Manifested a Tender regard to the Real rights,
and liberties of the People under your Government and
have on all Occasions. Chearfully given your Concurence
and Assistance to promote their Essential and permanent
Interests —
It is with Pleasure we learn from your Excellency that
his Majesty has been pleased to permitt you to issue
Writs for Electing Members to represent the Parishes
of S' David S' Patrick S' Thomas and S' Mary's the re-
gard and Attention paid to your Excellency's Solicita-
tions on this Occasion, adds another Proof to the many
we have already Experienced of his Majesty's readiness
to grant to his faithfull Subjects in this Province what-
ever he deems to be for their good and upon which we
may on all future Occasions rely for he has himself as
the True Father of his People declared from the Throne
260 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
that he has no Interest can have none, distinct from
his People
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Edw* Poweix
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
Council Chamber 25'** February 1771.
Altho we were not present when the State of the Pro-
tiMGooneu ^^^ii^g^ of the house of Assembly was laid before the
^J^J'JjJ^*^^ Council by his Excellency the Govemour yet we approve
•boTeMembernj^^ Advice given by the board and Join in the above
Address
Francis Harris
&
James Read
His Excellency's Answer to the foregoing Address
Honorable Gentlemen
I thank you for this Address in which you so Justly
Express your duty and Gratitude to our most Gracious
Sovereign, and your regard for the liberties and Wel-
fare of the Inhabitants of this Province and for the hon-
orable Testimony you are pleased to bear of my Conduct
Ja: Wright
Savannah in Georgia
25*'' February 1771
hisExdly's.
MARCH, 1771.
261
t]MP«tO. of
Wm. WaUaee
for 800 Acres
Granted.
tlMP««ll.Of
Hkm Notheew
eUftforSOO
Aeree
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday 5**" March 1771
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq*"
r James Habersham
I Noble Jones
1 Lewis Johnson
James Edw** Powell }► Esquires
James Read I
John Graham J
Read a Petition of William Wallace Setting forth that
he had resided for some time in this Province had had
no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain a Tract
for Cultivation having a Wife and four Children There-
fore praying for two hundred Acres of Land in S* Pat-
rick's Parish on the great Kioka Creek to join Abraham
Air's Land —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Raster'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 Thomas Netherclift Setting forth
that he had had Land granted him but was Possessed
of Twenty four Negroes in the Province for whom he
had no Land and was desirous to Obtain some on their
Right Therefore Praying for Three hundred Acres of
Land in S^ Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land granted
Benjamin Stirk deceased and Land this day apply'd for
by Petitioner —
262
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
thePetiLof
Geonre ICcIn-
t(»hforl60
Acr«ft
Gnnted.
Read a Petition of George Mackintosh setting forth
that he had had Land granted him at Simdry times on
Family Right but had now three Persons in family for
whom he never had any land Therefore praying for
One hundred and fifty Acres of Land to join Land
whereon he was Settled to be run Oblong the Swamp
being narrow —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
JxK>.Leefor
400 Acres
Read a Petition of John Lee Setting forth that he had
a Wife and five Children in this Province and had never
any Land granted himi Therefore praying for four hun-
dred Acres of Land in the Township of Queensborough
for Cultivation
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted j^^ ^^j^^ q^^ ^ 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 —
MARCH, 1771.
263
Read a Petition of Anthony Stokes Setting forth that
aS^!s^«b he had had Land granted him in Family Rierht but was
f-_ OKA A^»f-Mi
now possessed of Seven Negroes for whom he never
had any Lands granted him' Therefore praying for three
hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the north Side of
the Alatamaha River adjoining on Lands Reserved for
one Austin —
Granted.
the Petn. of
Jno. Galaape
for 500 Acres
Granted
the Petn. of
Akxr.lnslis
for 800 Acres
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Galaspe setting forth that he
was lately arrived in the Province from Jamaica where
he intended Speedily to return for his Family and Ne-
groes if he Could Obtain Land in the Province on Re-
serve for Six Months Therefore Praying for on reserve
for Six Months five hundred Acres of Land on the Ceader
Pond branch about two Miles from Goshen Swamp in
S* John's Parish which he engaged to Stock Sufficiently
with Negroes —
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for Six
Months as Prayed for —
Read a Petition of Alexander Inglis Setting forth that
he had been many years Resident in the Province and
was possessed of Eleven Negroes for whom he had never
any Land granted him Therefore praying for three hun-
dred Acres of Land on the River Satilla adjoining Lands
of George Inglis —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
264 GOVERNOR AND CX)UNCIL.
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
tliaP«tii.of
Jiiii.lfartiii
ior 160 Aow
Read a Petition of John Martin Setting forth that he
had been some years in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain a Tract on fam-
ily Right Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S' Andrew's Parish to adjoin Lands
of Jennet Graham —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gtmnted 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 Raster's Office of the said Province
within six Months from the E>ate thereof that his Maj-
esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer
of the said Petition is granted —
tiMFMB.Of
Jm. Bfown
forlOOAens
Read a Petition of James Brown Setting forth that he
had lived some years in the Province and had never ajv
ply'd for or had any land granted him Therefore Pray-
ing for One hundred Acres of Land in S' Philip's Parish
adjoining Lands of George Weakly —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnuitod 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 —
MARCH, 1771.
265
theP«tii.cll
Jiio.H»nioU
fbr 100 Acres
Gnuited.
tiieP«to. of
CI«orseStro-
lMffdtfor260
AerM
<*rmiit«d.
-tlieP«to.of
Tkos. FlyBdnff
^orSOO Aem
Reaxl a Petition of John Hamoll Setting forth that
he had been Some time in the Province had had no Land
Granted him and was desirous to Obtain land for Culti-
vation Therefore Praying for Chie hundred Acres of Land
in S* Paul's Parish bounding on Lands Surveyed for
Thomas M*^Dowell on the Waters of the great Kioka —
RES01.VED That on Condition 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 Mcmths 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 George Strobardt Setting forth that
he had had Lands often granted him on his family Right
but had now Rights which he had never before Claimed
or had granted him for two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land Therefore Praying for Two hundred and fifty
Acres in S* Matthew's Parish adjoining Lands of Benja-
min Stirk —
RES01.VED That on Conditictfi 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 Raster'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 —
Read a Petition of Thomas Flyming Setting forth that
he had had Land granted him but was yet possessed of
Six Negroes for whom he had never Obtained any Land
Therefore Praying for three hundred Acres of Land on
the three Runs in S^ George's Parish adjoining his own
Lands to be run Oblong the Swamp being narrow—
266
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
tlMPetiLaf
Jno. Slater
for 200 Acres
Granted
thePetn.of
Jaa.McFarlin
for 200 Acres
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Slater Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land
in Wrightsborough Settlement near the Indian Lines
whereon he Settled but was much disturbed by Stragling
Indians which Obliged him to quite his Settlement There-
fore Praying for on Purchase — ^Two hundred Acres of
Land in Wrightsborough Township formerly Surveyed
for James Morrow the Plat of which was Elapsed —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince within six Months from the Date thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents t;he
Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of James M'^Farlin Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of
Land near the Indan Line in Wrightsborough Township
whereon he Settled but was mnich disturbed by the
Irrigularity of Stragling Indians which induced him to
quite his Settlement Therefore Praying for on Purchase
Two hundred Acres of Land in Wrightsborough. In-
cluding One hundred and fifty Acres formerly Surveyed
for Richard Jones and Elapsed in the Secretary's Office —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
MARCH, 1771. 267
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 —
Read a Petition of William Duke Setting forth that
wSiTmcS' he had been some years in the Province had had no
Lands granted him Therefore Praying for One hundred
Acres of Land three Miles below Barrington —
for 100 Acres
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted joth 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 —
Read a Petition of William Williamson Setting forth
th«Petiuof that he had a laree Stock of Cattle to the Southward of
Wm. William- ^
Bonforioo the River Alatamaha but had no Land there whereon to
Acres
make a Settlement or Plantation Therefore Praying for
on Family Right four hundred Acres of Land between
the River Alatamaha and S' Mary's —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 gp'anted —
Read a Petition of Adam Nesler Setting forth that
thePetn.of h^ had been long Resident in the Province and had a
to^w^SSS family Consisting of a Wife and three Negroes There-
268
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
fore Praying for three hundred Acres of Land on the
Branches of Augustin's and black Creek adjoining Land
of William Brown the Same being very near together —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted Joth 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 —
Read a Petition of Thomas Netherclift Setting forth
that he was Possessed of Twenty foiir Negroes in the
Province in whose rights he had never Obtained any
land Therefore Praying for three hundred Acres of Land
in S* Matthew's Parish near Lands granted Benjamin
Stirk deceased—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
onmted 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 —
tlMPetlLOf
TlMM. NcliMr-
ettftforaoo
Acns
tlieP«to.of
P«terY<mnv-
blood for 100
ACTM
Read a Petition of Peter Youngblood Setting forth
that he had lived Some time in the Province had had no
Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for
Cultivation Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres
of Land in S* Paul's Parish on the Euchee Creek to ad-
join Lands this day Petitioned for by Benjamin Young-
blood —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
onatod. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
MARCH, 1771.
269
iPetiLof
for 160 Acres
Gnmted.
tlMFetn. of
B«njn-
Yoansblood
for 100 Acres
Grmnto^
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Philip Delegal Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Land called the Racoon hammocks in Christ Church
Parish the Warrant for Surveying whereof was lost be-
fore the land was Surveyed since which he had reason
to believe the said hammocks Contain One hundred and
fifty Acres or thereabout Therefore Praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres of Land on the said hammocks
if they Contain So much and that the Secretary might
be directed to Prepare the Warrant Accordingly —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
er 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 Benjamin Youngblood Setting forth
that he had lived sometime in the Province had had no
Land granted him and was desirous of Obtaining Land
for Cultivation Therefore Praying jfor One hundred
Acres of Land on the Euchee Creek in S' Paul's Parish
about a Mile from Land of George Osbum —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 g^nted —
270
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the Petn. of
SamiFrlnk
for 160 AcMB
Granted.
the Petn. of
Wm. Wheat i
for 200 Acres
Granted-
the Petn. of
BfyrickDavia
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of Samuel Frink Clerk Setting forth
that he had had Land granted him but was yet Possessed
of a family Right for One himdred and fifty Acres of
Land more than what he had apply'd for Therefore Pray-
ing for One hundred and fifty Acres of Land to adjoin
five hundred Acres lately ordered him —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 tlie date thereof that his Maj-
esty may not he defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of William Wheat Setting forth that
he had been some time in the Province had had no Land
granted him having a Wife and one Child Therefore
Praying for two hundred Acres of Land in Wrights-
borough Township on Germany's Creek —
Resolved That on Condition 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 this Prov-
ince 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 Myrick Davis Setting forth that
he had been for some time an Inhabitant of the Province
had had no Land granted him having a Wife and five
Children Therefore Praying for One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S' George's Parish to adjoin Land of
Thomas Ford and Jacob Lewis —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^j^ ^^(^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
:march, 1771.
271
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
. within six Mctfiths from the Date thereof that his Maj-
esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer
of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Clement Martin Sen*' Setting forth
ae^twtotiii ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ Land granted him on Family Right but
S«nr. for 600
Acres
was yet Possessed of ten Negroes for whom he had never
Obtained any Land Therefore Praying for five hundred
* Acres of Salt Marsh in S' James's Parish between Car-
ters Point and Egg Island
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Sev^en
Months from this Date and that he doth also register the
said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Powell Setting forth that
he had been Some time in the Province had had no Land
Wife three Children and four
Negroes Therefore Praying for Two hundred and fifty
Acres of Land a mile above the Mouth of horse Creek
in S^ George's Parish —
the Petn. of
Jno. Powell for , . , .
250 Acres granted him having a
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, joth 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 Majes-
tv may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
272
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Abraham Winsey Setting forth
AJbnf^^ian that he had been some time Resident in the Province had
a Wife and one Child had had no Land granted him
Therefore Praying for two hundred Acres of Land near
the Mouth of horse Creek in S' George's Parish —
QmnUd
RESOiyVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
dotli 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 —
the Petn. of
Lodwiff Tan-
ner for 200
Acres
Gnmted.
Read a Petition of Ludwig Tanner Setting forth that
he had had four hundred Acres of land granted him
but was yet Possessed of a Family Right to intitule him
to two hundred Acres more Therefore Praying for two
hundred Acres of Land in S^ Matthew's Parish near
Bryer Creek- —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of John Vallancier Setting forth that
Jn^vSijmcier ^^ was lately arrived in the Province with a Cargo of
fm sooAeres Merchandize to dispose of therein and to Load a Vessel
with Rice and other Produce for the Island of Jamaica
from whence he Purposes soon to return here again in
Order to Settle a Plantation if he Could Obtain Lands
Therefore Praying that he might have on Reserve for
Six Months five hundred Acres of Land in S* Philip's
MARCH, 1771. 273
Parish near land ordered to Stiric in which time he en-
gaged to bring into the Province a Sufficient Number
of Negroes to Entitule him thereto —
OiojEREd That the said Land be reserved for Six
^^*'"*^ Months as Prayed for —
Read a Petition of Samuel Lewis Setting forth that
almiLewisftir ^^ ^^^ lately arrived in the Province with Intention to
M» Aewe* 1" gettlc and Cultivate Land if any he Could Obtain There-
fore Praying for One hundred Acres of Land and one
Town Lot in the Township of Queensborough —
Resoi^vEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
onattd doth take out a Grant for the said Lot and Land within
Seven Months fromi this date and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 Ednwind Cartelledge Jun' Setting
^nl^oirtoii- ^^^^ ^h^^ ^^ ^^^ "^^ ^^^S Settled in the Province had
a Wife and one N^^oe and had had no Land granted
him Therefore Pra.ying for One hundred and fifty Acres
of Land on the north Side of the little Kioka's in S*
Paul's Parish^
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Cbranted. 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
l8cr-Tolll
eds«for 160
274
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
260 Acr«0
Read a Petition of Edmund Hill Setting forth that
iLd!*Hflite he had been some time Resident in the Province that
he had a Wife and two Children and had had no Land
granted him Therefore Praying for two hundred & fifty
Acres of Land in S* George's Parish formerly ordered
to Joseph Brantley the Plat of which was Elapsed in the
Surveyer general's Office —
Cvnuited.
thePetiuof
Jno. Walton
for 800 AcreB
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Walton Setting forth that
he had resided Some years in the Province had a Wife
one Child and thirty four N^joes and that he had never
apply'd for or had any Land granted him Therefore
Praying for three hundred Acres of Land formerly or-
dered Joseph Woodruff in the Parish of S^ Philip the
Piatt of which was Elapsed in the Surveyer general's
Office—
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 Walton Setting forth that
«i«p«tiLof he had been Resident some years in the Province and
Jno. Walton ^
for floo Acrea had uevcr any land granted him had a Wife a Child
and thirty four Negroes Therefore Praying ^'^'^^ Six hun-
MARCH, 1771.
275
Granted.
tfa«^etn. of
J]M>. Walton
for 600 Acres
Granted.
the Petn. of
Wm. M eintoih
for 60 Acres
dred Acres of Land in SJ Philip's Parish formerly or-
dered Hugh Bryan the Plat of which was Elapsed in
the Surveyer general's Office —
RESOLVED That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of the said John Walton Setting forth
that he had been Some years Resident in the Province
and had never any land granted him having a Wife one
Child and thirty four Negroes Therefore Praying for
five hundred Acres of Land formerly ordered to Robert
Watts the Plat of which was Elapsed in the Surveyer
general's Office —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Majes-
ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of William Mackintosh Setting forth
that he had Land heretofore granted him but had now
Several Persons in family for whom he had not any land
Therefore Praying for fifty Acres of Land in S* An-
drew's Parish formerly ordered Alexander McDonald
Sen"" deceased the Plat of which was long since Elapsed —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^'*"*^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
276 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 —
tii6 Pctn* of
Jaa. Jonas
for 60 Acres
Read a Petition of James Jones Setting forth that
he had been for some time Resident in. the Province had
had Land granted him but had now one Child for whom
he never Obtained any Land Therefore Praying for fifty
Acres of Land joining to or near Land granted Cap^
John Gray in S* Andrew's Parish —
ResolvKd That on Condition that the Petitioner
(Snnted. 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 —
tiw PotlLOf
Jacob L«wls
for 100 Acres
Read a Petition of Jacob Lewis Setting forth that
he had lived many Years in the Province had had no
Land granted him Therefore Praying for One hundred
Acres of Land in S* George's Parish to adjoin Lands
left him by his Father Evan Lewis —
RESOLVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
^*»"**'- doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
thePetn. of
Dayd. Holmea
for 200 Acres
MARCH, 1771.
277
Read a Petition of David Holmes Setting forth that
he had had Some lands granted him in the Province but
was yet Possessed of four Negroes for \yhom' he had
never Obtained any land Therefore Praying for two
hundred Acres of Land on M*^Bean*s Swamp in the
Parish of S^ Paul
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
€rantod 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
thePetn.of
Jas. Johnston
for 150 Acres
Read a Petition of James Johnston Setting forth that
he had had Land granted him but had yet three Persons
in Family for whom he had never Obtained any Land
Therefore Praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S^ Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land already
laid out for him — '
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted do take Qut 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 —
Read a Petition of John Gasper Hershman Setting
thePetn.of forth that he had been long Resident in the Province
HM^hmanifor had a Wife and three Children and had never any Land
granted him Therefore Praying for three hundred Acres
of Land in S* George's Parish to adjoin Land of Andrew
Griner —
278
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Qnnted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Isaac Antrobus Setting forth that
uaacl&^baB ^^ ^^ ^^^ Land Ordered him on Family Right but was
for 60 Acres desirous of Obtaining a Tract of fifty Acres in S* John's
Parish bounding to the South west on the Marsh of the
River Midway and near Land of Thomas Carr tho' he
had at Present no family Right thereto Therefore Pray-
ing for the said fifty Acres of Land for which he en-
gaged to Obtain Family Right in a very Short time —
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
tfaePeta. of
Robt.Bid]]ie
for 160 Acres
Granted
Read a Petition of Robert Baillie Setting forth that
he had Land Often ordered him but had now three Per-
sons in family for whom he never Obtained any Land
Therefore Praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land on the South Side of the River Alatamaha to ad-
join Land of Henry Lawrence and others —
Resolved That on Condition 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-
MARCH, 1771. 279
esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Pra)rer
of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of John Earle Setting forth that
^^E^tefor ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ many Years in the Province had a
Wife Six Children and Seven Negroes and had not any
Land granted him Therefore Praying for Eight hun-
dred Acres of Land in S* Andrew's Parish to adjoin
Land reserved for James Lucena —
800 Acres
Gxantod
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of Isaac Antrobus Setting forth that
thePetiLof he had formerly ordered him on Family Right three
laaae Antrobus . "1 .
for 300 Acres hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of S John's which
upon Examination he found unfit for Cultivation There
fore Praying for in Lieu thereof three hundred Acres of
Land in S' Andrew's Parish within three Miles of the
River Alatamaha and about four Mile from the Goose
Ponds —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmted 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 —
Read a Petition of Charles M^'Donald setting forth
^^SudSLm *^^ ^^ ^^ '^^'^ ^"^ ^^^^ Resident in the Province had
foriso Acres ^-j^j.^ N^^roes — and never had any Land granted him
280
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted
Therefor^ Praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S' Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land of John
M^'Donald and to be run in an Oblong the Swamp being
narrow —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
th« Petn. of
Jno. Mullryn«
for a farm lot
Grantad
tliePetD.of
Thoa. Garter
for60 Acrea
the Grant to
pass to Ann
Metton
R^id a Petition of John Mullryne Setting forth that
he had had lands granted him on Family Right but had
now Several Persons in family for whom he had never
Obtained any Land Therefore Praying for a farm Lot
in the third Tything Reynold ward which he believed to
be vacant as on Enquirey he Could not hear of any heir
or Claimant —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth 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 R^ister'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 —
Read a Petition of Thomas Carter Setting forth that
he had already Land granted him in the Province but
had family Rights to a Considerable Additional Quantity
Therefore Praying for on Family Right fifty Acres of
Land in S' John's Parish to adjoin Land of William
Quarterman and Stephen Williams — ^and that the Grant
might be ordered to Pass to and in the Name of Mary
Ann Melton.
MARCH, 1771. 281
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant foF the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Raster'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 William Livingston Setting forth
the Petn. of * that he had been Resident in the Province some years
rtonforioo had had two hundred Acres of Land granted him and
had a Wife three Children and two Negroes Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land in S' George's
Parish to adjoin the Land whereon he lived and the Land
of Quintin Pooler —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 R^ister'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 —
Read a Petition of Robert Gray setting forth that he
&^*G!i^or ^^^ '^^^^ some years settled in the Province had had no
^^"^^ Land granted himi and had a Wife and two Children
Therefore Praying for two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S^ George's Parish within one Mile of Land
granted Joseph Gibbons —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^ t;ake 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 —
282 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of George Rollinson Setting forth that
S<»w^fRoWii- he had been Resident for some years in the Province
Mjnfbrioo j^^^ j^^j never Obtained any Land Therefore Praying
for One hundred Acres of Land on the three Runs in
S' Matthew's Parish—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ^^^^i 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 Stephen Day Setting forth that he
StepntDi? ^^^ *^d '^^^ hundred Acres of Land granted him but
for 100 Acrei j^^j ^^ ^^^ Persons in his family for whom he had not
Obtained any land Therefore Praying for One hundred
Acres of Land in S* Paul's Parish on the great Kioka
Creek at a place called the Beaver Dams near William
Barnard's Land
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmntod. 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 —
Read a Petition of Alexander Ledger Setting forth
tii« Petal, of that he had been long Resident in the Province had had
for 160 Acres no Land and having now a family Right for One hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land Therefore Praying for One
hundred and fifty Acres of Land adjoining to or near
Land of John Mullryne and John Cuppage on Kilkineany
in the Parish of S' Philip—
MARCH, 1771. 28a
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of Henry Irby Setting forth that he
Hiw*Sby*for ^^^ been Some time in the Province had a Wife and
400 Acres. gy^ Children and had had no Land granted him There-
fore Praying for four hundred Acres of Land on the
Waters of Buck head in the Parish of S^ George —
Gnnted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Elizabeth Moore Widow Setting
Khth*^w forth that he had lived many years in the Province had
A^* '^ ^ had no Land granted her and was Possessed of one Ne-
groe Therefore Pra)ring for Chie hundred and fifty Acres
of Land on the three Runs near Land granted Thomas
Flyming in S' Matthew^s Parish —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^*'*"*®^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that she 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 —
284 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Andrew M^'Currie Setting forth
xSd^ M^chSJ. that he had had Lands granted him but was yet Possessed
AxJS!^^ of two Persons in his family for whom he never had
Obtained any land Therefore Praying for One hundred
Acres of Land in S' Matthew's Parish near to or ad-
joining his own Land —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Thomas Lassiter Setting forth that
tiie Petn.pf he had been some time in the Province had had no Land
ThoB. Lassiter
for 100 Acres granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of
Land on Dukes Pond in the Parish of S^ George —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, joth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from tliis 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 Jane Bourquin Widow Settings
the Petn. of forth that her late husband Benedict Bourquin at the time
Jane BoorQuin
widw. for 400 of his death left to his Children eight Negroes for whom
Acres In Trust
her dSseoSi*' ^^ never had any Land granted him Therefore Praying
huabo. f^j. j,^ Trust for the Sons of the said Benedict Bourquin
(Benedict & Francis) four hundred Acres of Land near
to or to adjoin Land reserved for William Austin —
Granted.
MARCH, 1771.
285
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this Date and that she 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 Dunman Setting forth that
Sio. ^Li^ ^^ ^^^ "^^^^ some years in the Province had had no Land
for 100 Acres grrantcd him Therefore Pra)ring for One hundred Acres
of land in S* Andrew's Parish about four Miles from
South Newport Bridge —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
GzMtad 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 Regiister'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 —
Uie Petn. of
Akocr. BalUie
for 100 Aeres
Read a Petition of Alexander Baillie Setting forth
that he had been somsetime in the Province and had had
no Land granted him Therefore Praying for One hun-
dred Acres of Land on the Mortar Swamp at a Place
called Red Castle—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. Jq^-j^ ^^^ Q^t ^ 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 —
286 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Stewart Setting forth that
^ast^rt' he had heretofore One hundred Acres of Land granted
Acres j^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Possesscd of eight Persons in his
family for whom he had never any Land granted him
Therefore Praying for four hundred Acres of Land in
S^ Andrew's Parish to adjoin Lands of Archibald M*"-
Donald and others —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^^^]^ ^-g^i^g q^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register the
said 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 Robert M^'Kay Setting forth that
the Petn. of he had had Land granted him but had now two Negroes
Robt* Itf cRfty ^^
for 100 Acree for whom he never had any Land Therefore Praying
for One hundred Acres of Land on a Branch of Sapalo
River adjoining Land of Stevens in S* Andrew's Parish
to be run Oblong
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this Dat^ 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 —
Read a Petition of George Gray Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had a family Right for One hundred Acres of land which
for 100 Acres he had yet never applied for Therefore Praying for One
hundred Acres of Land joining South on Land of
Stephen Dickison in S* Andrew's Parish to be run Ob-
long the Swamp bping narrow —
MARCH, 1771. 287
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
-Granted, j^^}^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 William Williamson Setting forth
wSl^^bS- ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Considerable Stocks of Cattle to
Bo«forfloo the Southward of the Alatamaha River but had no Land
there whereon to make Settlements or Plantations There-
fore Praying for Six hundred Acres of Land on the
Waters of little Satilla on Family Right he having up-
wards of Twenty Negroes in the Province for whom he
had never any Land granted him —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
onntod. j^th 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 Jiis Maj-
esty May not be defraued of his Quit Rents the Prayer
of the said Petition is granted
Read a Petition of Aaron Moore Setting forth that
tfa« Petn. of he had been long Resident in the Province had had Some
for 260 Aerm land granted him on family Right but had now five Per-
sons in family for whom he never had any Land ordered
him Therefore Praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres
of Land on the three Runs in S' Matthew's Parish at a
Place called the Cut ford—
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Sy**^ ^^2 doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
wife in Trust ^^
for thachfldwn Months from this Date and that he doth also register the
said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Province
288
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
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 — ^to the Wife in Trust for
the Children —
tliePfltn.of
Tlio»Oampl.
for 100 A«ns
Gnuited.
the Petn. of
Ode)CHbboiis
aadJohn Mar-
tin BzAcntora
of J<Mli.Oib-
bonsforlOO
Acres for the
heirs of th« sd
Josh. Gibbons
Read a Petition of Thomas Campbell Setting forth
that he had been some time Resident in the Province and
was desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation There-
fore Praying for One hundred Acres of Land in S* Mat-
thew's Parish near Lands of Joseph Jones —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of ^■'"'^ Gibbons and John Martin Sur-
viving Executors of Joseph Gibbons deceased Setting
forth that they being Authorized and directed by the
last Will and Testament of the said Joseph Gibbons to
. keep together and Improve the Real and Personal Estate
left by him for the benefit of his Children untill they
should Severally Arrive at the age of 21 years and
thinking it of Advantage to the said Estate Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land in S* John's
Parish formerly ordered to Andrew Way the Plat of
which was Elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office and
that a Grant for the same might Pass to them in Trust
for and to the use of the heirs of the said Joseph Gibbons
deceased —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioners
^^'««*^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that they doth also Register
MARCH, 1771.
289
tiMPMn. of
Jna Grabm.
Biqr.forSM
AS68AerM
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Graham Esq' Setting forth
that he had heretofore him One thousand Acres of Land
in Christ Church Parish which he hoped to have found
vacant adjoining to or laying near to his Pantation but
upon Examination Could only find two Small Tracts
Vacant one Containing five hundred and forty four Acres
the other Two hundred and Sixty eight Acres which he
had Surveyed and the Plats thereof were thereunto an-
nexed Therefore Praying that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Certify and Pass the said Platts
thr'o his Office as Part of the One thousand Acres for-
merly ordered him
Resoi.vei> That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants 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 —
Read a Petition of Archibald Stincey Setting forth
^ES^tJ** that he had heretofore ordered him One hundred and
fogriMAerM fif^y Acres of Land in S* George's Parish joining Lands
of Love Savage and Edward Telfair which had been
Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same should 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—
19 c r— vol 11
Gimted.
290 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
^^^^ doth take 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 —
Read a Petition of Thomas Lee Jim*" Setting forth
the Petn. of ^^at he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and
S^SoaLST'' fifty Acres of Land in the Parish of S^ Philip which had
been Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the
Surveyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed in
which a Grant for the Same Should have Passed 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 Surveyer general might be
ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that
Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Grmntod. doth take take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coim-
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 —
^ the Petn. oC
Read a Petition of Thomas M'Dowall Setting forth
that he liad heretofore ordered him Two hundred and
'S^^M^" fifty Acres of Land in S' Pauls Parish which had been
AcNB Eiapd. g^j.^^ygd and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same should have Passed Therefore Pray-
ing that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be
MARCH, 1771.
291
Grmnted.
ihePetn. of
Jas. Gimnt
for 100 Aeret
Elapd.
Grmnted
th«Petii.Qf
P«tar Grant
for460Aer«B
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 —
R^soivVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
doth take 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 with 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 James Grant Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S^ Andrew's Parish within a Mile of the great thicket
which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned
into the Surveyer general's Office but the time was
Elapsed in which a Grant for the same should have
Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
doth take 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
Read a Petition of Peter Grant Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him four hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in S^ Andrew's Parish to adjoin Land laid out
292 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
for one Bradshaw which had been Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the Lapse of time he might be Permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
ResoItVEd 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 Reg-
ister 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 Donald Forbes Setting forth that
ft?^^f^jL^ he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of
foMBM AerM Land on the Cane Savannah in S* Andrew's Parish
which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned
into the Surveyer general's Office but the time was
Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
Passed Therefore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Han thereof
for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
GrsBted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coim-
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 fropi the date thereof that
MARCH, 1771.
293
his Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
thePetiLof
Jo«ph« Oswald
forlOO Aena
Granted
Read a Petition of Joseph Oswald Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Land in S* John's Parish which had been Surveyed and
a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standii^ 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 only that the Petitioner
doth take take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Cotm-
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 —
Read a Petition of John Willson Setting forth that
^^vrai^ he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
toMOAcwa La^^ ij, gt Andrew's Parish on the east Side of the
Buffelo Swamp which had been Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore Praying that notwith-
standing the Lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resoi^ved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
^^*~**^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
294 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 Samuel Cooper Setting forth that
tiiePete.of he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Bum. oooper
teMo^Acrw i^nd in S* George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for
the Same Should have Passed Therefore Praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be Permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and
that the Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare
and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gnnted. 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 Reg-
ister 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 Petiticm of Leonard Claiborne Setting forth
tii«p«tii.of that he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and
^^"°* JS* ^ fifty Acres of Land in S* Paul's Parish whicK had been
Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same should 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
MARCH, 1771. 298
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^ ^^^ ^ Q^^^^^ f^^ ^j^^ g^jj j^^j Within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Raster's CMfice 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 William Wylly Setting forth that
^pgn.of^ he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
Wm. Wylly for
g^AgPM Land in the Parish of S* George which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same Should have Passed Therefore
Praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he might
be Permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the
said Land and that the Surveyer general might be or-
dered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that
Purpose —
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 Reg-
ister 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 def raued of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is gfranted
Read a Petition of Thomas Flyming Setting forth
S6«^«St_^. that he had heretofore ordered him five hundred Acres
tewo^Acre. of ^^nd in S' Matthew's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the same should have Passed Therefore Pray-
ing that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be
Granted.
39G GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said
Land and that tlie Surveyer general might be ordered
to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
RESOirVED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted. ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ Q^^ g^ 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 Ro-
ister 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 James Johnston Setting forth that
V**^?^ i he had some time since ordered him Two hundred Acres
Jm. Johnston
te200AcM of Land in S' Matthew's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and returned an ^■**'^ 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 Pray-
ing that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be
Permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said
Land and that the Secretary might bje ordered to Pre-
pare the Same —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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
tiM FMa. cf
_ Read a Petition of Tamer Waters setting forth that
S^^^^A^she had formerly ordered her in the Name of Tamer
SSTnm^ Oates three hundred Acres of Land in S* Andrew's Par-
SS«?**~** ish on Family Right which had been Surveyed and re-
MARCH, 1771.
297
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 she might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said three hundred
Acres of Land and that it might pass to and in the Name
of John Oates her Father in Trust for her and her heirs
and that the Surveyer general mright Certify a plan
thereof Accordingly —
Resoi,ved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
^rsBtat. 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 n^ide) and that she doth also Ras-
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 —
Read a Petition of William Pilsher Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One himdred Acres of
Land in S^ George'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 he 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 only that the Petitioner
vOnatod. 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 —
tlie P«tii. of
"Wm. PJQflh«r
for 100 Aeres
-'film>md
286
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIU
Read a Petition of Quintin Pooler and John Parkin-
oShS^PcSier son Setting forth that they had heretofore land granted
■wf for%'^" them Separately on Family Right but was now possessed
of Six Negroes their Joint Property for whom* they had
never Obtained any Land Therefore praying for in Joint
Tennants three hundred Acres of Land on Bryer Creek
in S^ Paul's Parish which had been formerly Surve)red
for Joseph Brantley the Piatt whereof had ^'^^^ laying in
the Surveyer generars Office Elapsed Since the year
, 1768—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioners
^5»^*^- doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that they doth also Register
the said Grant in the R^ister's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Jones Setting forth that he
um p«ta. of had been Resident in the Province for some time past
JoQpli* Jones *■
for 150 Acres and was desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S* Matthew's Parish near Land on which he
then lived —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
GtMtod. 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Jones setting forth that he
^sphT^oDss ^^^ been a Considerable time in the Province and was
for 800 Acres j^sirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
MARCH, 1771. 299
praying for three hundred Acres of Land in S^ Matthew's
Parish to be laid out in an Oblong on little Ogechee near
land formerly ordered hinrk —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 CMfice of the said Province
within six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty
mav not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the
said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Samuel Miller Setting forth that
thePetn. of he had ordered him the Sixth day of November last One
a new Precept hundred Acres of Land on a Branch of Bull Town
Swamp in S^ John's Parish which upon Examination was
found it would not answer any Valuable purpose to him
unless run Oblong Therefore praying that the Surveyer
general might be enabled and ordered to issue a new
Precept on the said Warrant for laying out the said One
.hundred Acres Oblong —
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
Granted, granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Charles Pryce Setting forth that
thePetn.of he had heretofore ordered him five hundred and fifty
a new Precept Acres of Land in S* John's Parish which had not been
Surveyed within the time limited and the Warrant Ex-
pired in its Term Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time the Surveyer general might be ena-
bled and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said War-
rant that the land so ordered him might be Surveyed in
order to his Obtaining his Majesty's Grant for the
Same —
300 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted.
RESOL.VED That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Acxordingly —
Read a Petition of Patrick Sergison Setting forth that
Mri^sersi. he had ordered him on Family Right Two hundred Acres
DAM^loo^^ of Land in Wrightsborough on the Waters of Germany's
Name. Creek but before the Warrant Could be executed the
Land was laid out for John Jones who was then gone
out of the Province Therefore praying that the Surveyer
general might be ordered to certify and pass a Plat for
the said Two hundred Acres of Land to him and that his
Majesty's Grant might be ordered to pass in his Name
Granted*
ResoItVEd That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do certify and
pass a Plan thereof Accordingly —
Read a Petition of David Murray Setting forth that
Davd^unay he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of
wmtT' Land on Todd Creek on the South Side of great Satilla
adjoining Land ordered to Alexander Inglis the Warrant
whereof was Expired in its Term and the Land not yet
Surveyed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time the Secretary might be ordered to issue a
new Warrant for Surveying the said Two hundred Acres
of Land so ordered him in Order to his Obtaining his
Majesty's Grant for the Same —
Resolved That the Prayer of the said ^"**'^ is granted
Granted, and that the Secretary do issue a new Warrant Accord-
ingly-
Read a Petition of Benjamin Lewis Setting" forth that
thePetn.of he had heretofore ordered him fifty Acres of Land in
5Ste?Jir^*"the Parish of S' Geoi^e which had been Surveyed and
"*" returned but the time was Elapsed in which the Grant
should have been r^ster'd Therefore praying that not-
MARCH, 1771.
301
Gnmtod
withstanding the lapse of time the Raster of Grants
might be ordered to receive and Register the said Grant
on record in his Office —
RES01.VED That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Register of Grants do Register the
said Grant on Record Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Richard Sheperd Setting forth that
thePetn.of , he had been scMne time Settled in the Province and had
mi»>Mi Sheperd
for 100 Acrea had no Land granted him Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres of Land in S* George's Parish to adjoin Land
of Thomas Ford to the South West on a Branch of the
Walnut Branch
Postponed
the Peta. of
Wm. Candler
forlOOAeree.
Ordered That the said Petition be Postponed the ^
Petitioner not Attending
Read a Petition of Williamr Candler Setting forth that
he had had Laild already granted him on Family Right
but was desirous of Obtaining four hundred Acres on
the Middle Fork of Upton's Creek in the Township of
Wrightsborough (on Purchase) for the Purpose of Es-
tablishing a Grist Mill & Saw Mill for the Convenience
of the said Settlement Therefore praying for the said
four hundred Acres of Land (on Purchase) for the use
aforesaid
Rejected. ORDERED That the said Petition be rejected —
Read a Petition of George Delegal Setting forth that
thePetn.of he had resided a Considerable time in the Province had
to^ aST" had Land granted him on his Family Right but was now
possessed of five persons more in family Right for whom
he had not Obtained any Land Therefore praying for
Two hundred and fifty Acres of Land in the Parish of
Christ Church being the Land he then lived on adjoin-
ing Lands of the Honorable James Habersham Esq'
302 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant fof the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register tlie
said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Province
within six Months from the Date thereof that his Maj-
esty may not be defended of his Quit Rents the Prayer
of the said Petition is granted —
His Excellency desired the Opinion of the Board
his Exceiiy.d*- whether he should Issue Writs for CalliMf a new As-
of the Board' scmWy and when the Writs for that purpose should issue
whether or not /l * *
ho BhQuid iwue bear Teste and be returnable. And the Board were Unan-
Write xor uaii-
wS^andASSed iniously of Opinion that Writs should issue and be tested
taTuf'iSSh ' ^ on Wednesday the Sixth day of this Instant March and
^^^' Returnable on Tuesday the Twenty third day of April —
A part of a Letter from the Right Honorable the Earl
%^2ht hSS^ ^^ Hillsborough to his Excellency dated the Seventh day
g5j2^^^<>'of deceml)er 1770 Respecting the Election of Members
EiSSii/Mein. ^^ represent the four Southern Parishes in Assembly was
toS ^th^ read and his Excellency desired the Opinion of the Board
whether he should Issue Writs for Electing Members
to represent the said Parishes in General Assembly and
the Board were uanimously of Opinion that writs should
issue for Electing one Member for the Parish of S' David
one Member for S^ Patrick one for S^ Thomas and one
for S' Mary.
Ordered That the Several Grants for Lands in the
Grants to be Province to the Southward of the River Alatamaha here-
recorded'
tofore Signed tjy the Govemour of South Carolina be
recorded by the Several Officers Concerned in Passing
Grants of Lands in this Province when they shall be
thereunto required by Persons possessed of Such Grants
thehonUe jas. '^^ Commissioners of the General Loan Office having
mST' *^' applied to his Excellency to appoint a Commissioner in
.ofthe^l^^ Room of the Hon^** Francis Harris Esq' who had
MARCH, 1771.
303
declined Acting his Excellency was pleased with the
Unanimous Advice of the Board to appoint the Hon***
James Read E^q' a Commissioner of the Loan Office in
the Room of M*" Harris —
Ordered That the Secretary do prepare and issue
^IdendtoftSrae Writs of Election for Members to Serve in General As-
inff memban. sembly in and for this Province bearing Teste the Sixth
day of this Instant March and be made Returnable on
Tuesday the Sixteenth day of April next —
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz'
To David Baldwin. . . .200 Acres
Isaac Low 250 Acres
Jacob M^'Carty 200 Acres
Martin Weatherford 200 Acres
Elijah Brazel 150 Acres
Cowper & Telfairs 100 Acres
Thomas Galph^n..ioo Acres
Elias Lindsay 100 Acres
Francis Pugh 150 Acres
Daniel Thomas. ... 100 Acres
Wrightsborough
In S' Paul's Parish-
In S' George's Parish
William Bennet..i50 Acresl
Roderic Mackintosh .. 100 1- In S' Andrew's Parish
Acres I
John Cutler Braddock..250
Acres
Thomas Shruder 250 Acres
Thomas Wilson . 100 Acres
' In S* Matthew's Parish
John Graham Esq*" 750 Acres
John Graham Esq' 750 Acres
Moses Nunes for a Piece of
Land —
> In Christ Church Parish
George Mingestoff 250 Acres in S' Philip's Parish —
304 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber-
at Savannah on Thursday the Sixth day of
March 1771
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
The Hon^** \ James Edw* Powell \ Esquires
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
James Read
The Board having taking into Consideration the Sev-
JJaJSs ?^i ^^^ applications heretofore made for a Parcel or Tract of
totoCanriderm.L^j^jg on the Alatamaha in S* Andrew's Parish Supposed
to Contain in the whole One thousand Eight hundred and
forty five Acres Came to the following Resolutions
Resolved That his Majesty's Grant for Two hundred
f^^^SoiSlB. ^"d forty five Acres of Land formerly ordered to Charles
w«rt dMd. West deceased do pass agreeable to the desire of the said
deceased —
Also That five hundred Acres of the said Land adjoin-
fSffrt^nr"/** ing the aforesaid Two himdred and fifty Acres be Sur-
GkiM. veyed and reserved as a Glebe for the use of a Clergyman
of the Established Church of England when one Shall be
Settled in the said Parish
Also That five hundred Acres of the said Land adjoin-
■2^J«*"^JJ*^ing the aforesaid five hundred Acres be Surveyed and re-
<*!*•• served as a Glebe for the use of a Presb3rterian Clergyman .
when one shall be Settled in the said Parish —
MARCH, 1771. 306
Also That his Majesty's Grant do pass to Samuel Ste-
d2«^ t?&SSi. vens for three hundred Acres of the aforesaid Eighteen
^**^*"* hundred and forty five Acres of Land
aOO Aeres or-
dered
Also That his Majesty's Grant for three hundred Acres
tT j^ of the aforesaid Eighteen hundred and forty five Acres to
and in the name of John Jameison Provided Nevertheless
that if it Shall hereafter appear to the Board that three
hundred Acres of Land formerly applied for by James
Mackay Esq' is part of the Lands within Cantey's Survey
of the aforesaid Eighteen hundred and forty five Acres
that grants shall Pass to James Mackay Esq' Samuel Ste-
vens and John Jameison for Two hundred Acres each
His Excellency laid before the Board a Report made bv
• Heport^made Joseph Ottoleughc and David Montaigut Esq" Justices
vS^A^onui for the Parish of Christ Church Concerning the Trial of
Ji^SfSSN^^ Certain Negroe Man Slave Convicted of breaking a
Sriid^ j^Shop and Stealing Sundry goods thereout and also a Me-
^^^^' morial of John Glen the Owner of the said Slave praying
that the said Slave might be Transported and not executed
According to the Sentence passed by th*e said Justices the
Board took the said Report and Memorial into the Con-
sideration and were of Opinion the Sentence of the Jus-
tices should be carried into Execution —
Ordered That the Clerk do deliver a Coppy of the
above Minute to Joseph Ottolenghe and David Montaigut
Esq"
Ordered That the Lands in dispute between James
^Jj{^^^ Finly and Joseph Marshal in the Township of Queens-
toiunhai. borough which were Caveated by Finly be granted to
Marshal and that his Majesty's Grant for the same do
Pass Accordingly —
20Cl^TOlll
306
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 2* April 1771 —
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
Francis Harris
James Mackay
The Hon"* ^ James Edw* Powell
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
James Read
Esquires
The Minutes of the fifth and Sixth of March were read
approved, and approved —
Read a Petition of John Allen Setting forth that he had
jM^iSen for'^^" resident in the Province near twelve Months had a
160 Acres Wife and five Children and never had any Land granted
him and being now desirous of Obtaining Land for Culti-
vation Therefore Praying for One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in the Parish of S* George adjoining Land
Surveyed for Lucy Clark Widow —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, ^q^)^ |^g q^|- ^ 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 fi:ranted —
Read a Petition of Richard Hazard Setting forth that
wSS^aSard^^ had lived in the Province from his infancy and was
for 200 Acres ^^^ Posscsscd of in the Province of a Wife a Child and
four Negroes and never had applied for or had any Land
APRIL, 1771. 307
granted him. Except five hundred Acres which during
the Trustees time were ordered his Father in the Name of
the Petitioner as a Premium to his Father for having
brought the first boat load of Rice the Produce of Georgia
to Savannah (as the Petitioner had been informed There-
fore Praying for in Part of his family Right two hun-
dred Acres of Land on great Satilla River adjoining to
the Westward on Lands granted William Mackintosh in
the Parish of S^ Mary—
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Daniel Douglass Setting forth
the Petn. of that he had been long in the Province had a Wife five
tatmAeiea Children and ten Negroes and had had Seven hundred
Acres of Land granted him and no more Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred and fifty Acres of Land adjoining
Land Surveyed for Thomas Irvin now the Petitioners
and Land of Peter Elliott and Thomas Ford —
Ctemted.
Resoi^ved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Boykin Setting forth that he
jSi.^^Jto^had been upwards of Seven Years in the Province had
lOo Aeres never applied for or had any Land granted him but was
308 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
now desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation There-
fore praying for One hundred Acres of Land in S* Mat-
thew's Parish to join Land of his Father Edward Boy-
kin —
Gnmted
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Josiah Tatnell Setting forth that
JcSwb^riitoBU he had heretofore Land granted him on his family Right
for 1000 Acres j^^^ ^^ ^^^ Posscssed of Twenty N^roes in the Prov-
ince for whom he had Obtained no Land Therefore pray-
ing for One thousand Acres of Land on the Island of
S' Simon to be laid out in two or more Tracts if the
whole thousand Acres Cannot be found vacant in one
Place on the said Island
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 if to be found in one Place
or as much of the one thousand Acres as can be so
found —
Read a Petition of Gerrard Audley Setting forth that
^SS?'a^- he had ordered him three hundred and fifty Acres of
^'^ Land in S' George's Parish the Precept of Surveying
which had Expired the Land as applied for not Proving
Suitable Therefore Praying for three hundred and fifty
APRIL, 1 77 1.
309
Acres of Land in the Parish of S^ George to adjoin Land
Surveyed for William Jordan and James Hall and to in-
clude One hundred Acres of Land formerly ordered to
James Howell the Plats of which had been some years
Elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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.
thePetiLof
Geargo Stro-
bardt for 160
Acres
Read a Petition of George Strobardt Setting forth that
he had had Land granted him at different times on his
family Right but had yet many Negroes for whom he
had Obtained no Land Therefore Praying for One hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land adjoining Land granted
to Joshua M^'Pherson in Christ Church Parish —
. RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Raster'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 Newman Setting forth that he
tiie Prtn. of was Settled in the Province on Lands Purchased by him
Jno. Newnan "^
^^°^^J^*®and was Possessed of four Negroes for whom he had
g^JJjJ^"*- never applied for or had any Land granted Therefore
Praying for Two hundred Acres of Land bounded On
Ogeeche on Lamberts big Creek and that a Grant for the
Same n^ight Pass to and in the Name of William Har-
din
310
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnukted.
Resolved That on Ccxidition 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 —
the Petn. of
John G«lf era
for 100 Acres
Gimnted
Read a Petition of John Geffers Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S' Matthew's Parish but upon Examination the same ,
was found not to be vacant Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres of Land in S^ Matthew's Parish half a
Mile above Ford's Cowpen (in Lieu) where the Same
might be found vacant —
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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.
Read a Petition of George Galphin Setting forth that
^^GiOphfai ^^ ^v^s Possessed of four N^^oes for whom he had had
for 200 Acre* ^^ Land Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of
Land on the Kioka's where one Humphreys was going to
build a Mill but had Since left the Province —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted doth take out a Grant tor 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 —
APRIL, 1771.
811
ihePetn. of
Ja8.1Iacka3r
Esqr.forSOO
Aeres
Granted.
the Petn. of
SamL Loek-
hartforaOO
Acres
Granted.
the Petn. of
Saml-Loek-
hartforlOO
Acres
Read a Petition of James Mackay Esq' Setting forth
that he had often lands granted him on Family Right
but had yet twenty Negroes for whom he had not had
any Land Therefore praying for five hundred Acres of
Land on the South Side of great Satilla near Lands laid
out for James Forrester to be run in an Oblong the
Swamp being narrow
Resolved That on Condition 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 R^ister's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Samuel Lockhart Setting forth that
he had been Some time in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation having a Wife and Child Therefore praying
for two hundred Acres of Land at new Ford a Mile
above Bud Cade's Line at Buck head
Resolved That on Condition 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 Samuel Lockhart Setting forth that
he had Some time since ordered him Two hundred Acres
of Land on Buck head which he had since found was
under a Reserve for some other Person Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred Acres of Land in the Parish of
S* George adjoining Land now in the Possession of the
Widow O'dams on the new Road leading to little River —
312 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved (That on Condition that the Petitioner
ISStSS^^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
tJtaT* ^"^ Months from this Daie and that he doth also register tiie
said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
within Six Months from the Date thereof that his Majes-
ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted — )
Read a Petition of Samuel Lockhart Setting forth that
aSX^i? he had heretofore ordered him on his family Right Two
iooA<a«i hundred Acres of Land at Buck head which he after-
wards found was under a Reserve for some other Per-
son That he Since had applied for One hundred Acres
of Land in part of the Land ordered him but his Petition
was ordered to be postponed untill he produced a Cer-
tificate of his good Character Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres lately Petitioned for Also One hundred
Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish near James Ogelvies
to include the dwelling house and Cleared Land whereon
one Taylor then lived the same being vacant —
Granted.
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 this and the former
Petition to be nm in one Tract
Read a Petition of Michael Mickle Setting forth that
thePetn. of he had been some years resident in the Province but had
for 800 Aeres never any Land granted him that he had now four Ne-
groes in the Province and was desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for three hun-
dred Acres of Land in Bethany in the Parish of S*
APRIL, 1771. 313
Matthew adjoining Lands of John Mickle Ludwig Buntz
and Christian OaxHn —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimated j^^ ^^^ ^^^ g^ 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 defraudied of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Michael Gnanns <"*°^ Setting forth
thePetiLof that he had been many years Resident in the Province
for 100 Aerw had had no Land granted him Therefore praying for One
hundred Acres of Land in Bethany in S' Matthew's
Parish adjoining Land of Andrew Gnann —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, ^q^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Shirley Setting forth that
the Petn. of he had resided many years in the Province had had Two
SSwaSS hundred and fifty Acres of Land granted him on his
Family Right but had now four Persons in family white
and Black for whom he never had any Land Therefore
praying for two hundred Acres of Land on the South
Side of Isaac Woods land on Withers Branch S* George's
Parish —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
chranted 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
314 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
within six Months from the Date thereof that his Majesty
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petiton is granted —
Read a Petition of Edward Telfair Setting forth that
^JSuMftdr he had Purchased a Tract of One hundred Acres of
-^Sfw Land Originally granted to James Woodland in the
Parish of Christ Church which was bounded on all Sides
by Land Vacant that he had a family Right for three
hundred Acres of Land which he had never before ap-
plied for Therefore praying for on Family Right three
hundred Acres of Land And also Two hundred Acres on
reserve for Six Months in which time he engaged to
purchase Slaves to intitule him thereto and that the whole
five hundred Acres might be laid out in one -Tract to
Surround the Tract of One hundred Acres which he had
now in his Possession
Resolv0> That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmntod. j^^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^ 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 and that a reserve be made
for the two hundred Acres for Six Months as Prayed
for—
Read a Petition of George Winkler Setting forth that
^iSJwiS- he had been many years in the Province had a Wife and
^ ^''^had never before applied for more than One hundred
Acres of Land Therefore praying for fifty Acres of Land
on family right to adjoin Lands of Jacob Moore and
Jacob Tusant in S^ Matthew's Parish —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gntfted. ^Q^h take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
APRIL, 1771. 316
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Clement Cooke Setting forth that
oLit^^kL he had been two years Settled in the Province but had
topMsinthe not had any Land granted him Therefore praying for
Oseivie One hundred Acres of Land on the Beaver Dam in S'
George's Parish to adjoin Land of James Ogelvie and
that his Majesty's Grant for the same might' Pass to
and in the Name of Peter Ogelvie Son of the said James
Ogelvie —
Gvsnted
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Sepha Watson Setting forth that
se^h^^tBon ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ some time Resident' in the Province that
for 200 Acres gj^g ^ad had no Land granted her and was Possessed of
two Negroes Therefore Praying for two hundred Acres
of Land in S^ Matthew's Parish near Land of Jesse Wil-
liams —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitictfier
Granted. ^Q^h t^kc out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this date and that she doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
316 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Robert ^t^'Bee Setting forth that
fiSit M^ he had: been some time in the Province had had no Land
granted him Therefore praying for One hundred Acres
of Land on the three Runs near to Land of Philip Box
in S^ Matthew's Parish —
for 100 Aens
Granted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Riter Setting forth that he
j^ Wtoito ^^^ ^ family Consisting of a Wife and two Children
sooAcKB ha,d been many years in the Province had had no Land
granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of
Land in S* Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land this day
t^etitioned for by Gasper and Matthias Micks —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted. 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 Prov-
ince 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 Matthew Micks Setting forth that
the Petn. of he had been many years Settled in th^ Province had never
Matthw. Bficks
foriooAcsree any Land granted him and was ^desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres of Land in S' Matthew's Parish near Land
ordered Fith Lacker and Frederick Helvenstine de-
ceased —
Granted.
APRIL, 1 77 1.
317
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
the PetB. of
Ckiper Mick
for 160 Acree
Read a Petition of Gasper Mick Setting forth that he
had been many years Settled in the Province had a Wife
and one Child had had no Land granted him and was
desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
jiraying for One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S'
Matthews Parish to adjoin Northerly on Land granted
Fith Lackner and near Land Surveyed for Frederick
Helvenstine —
GrmntecL
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof tliat his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of James Sherbert Setting forth that
the Petn. of he had been Resident in the Province upwards of four
Jama. Sherbert , , , t , « • i
foriooAcrea years and had never any Land granted him but was now
desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres of Land on Bryer Creek
adjoining Land of Elias Miller and Bryan's Land —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 Prov-
ince within six Months from the date thereof that his
318 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
the Petn. of
Jonan. Ander-
Botk for • new
Warrant
Read a Petition of Jonathan Anderson Setting forth
that he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres
of Land the Warrant for Surveying which was by Ac-
cident lost before the Survey was made Therefore pray-
ing that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare a new
Warrant of Survey for One hundred Acres of Land in
S' Andrew's Parish to adjoin Robert Hamers Land
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
tlie Petn. of
>Owen Jenkins
er 200 Acres
Read a Petition of Owen Jenkins Setting forth that
he had been Settled in the Province for some time with
his family Consisting of a Wife and Six Children and
had only Two hundred Acres of Land granted him and
was desirous of Obtaining an Additional Quantity of
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for two hundred
Acres of Land in S' George's Parish to adjoin to the
Eastward land Surveyed for John Mann on Bc^gy Gut —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
-Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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.
APRIL, 1771. 319 .
Read a Petition of Benjamin Warren Setting forth
Sojo/wirwi that he had Obtained an order for running out four hun-
wiit*^ dred Acres of Land in the Parish of S^ George to adjoin
Lands of Ephraim O'dam but Could not find the whole
Quantity Vacant Therefore praying that the Secretary
might be ordered to issue a new Warrant for Surveying
three hundred Acres of Land in S* George's Parish on
the north Side of Briar Creek in Part of the four hun-
dred Acres formerly ordered him —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, joth 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 Prov-
ince 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 Gretion Setting forth that
fSx^oon ^^ ^^^ O"^ hundred Acres of Land ordered him which
for 100 AoPM ^2^g Surveyed but after which he found the Same had
been ordered to James Brown Prior to his Application
Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of Land in
S* George's Parish adjoining the Land whereon he lived
in Lieu of the One hundred Acres formerly ordered*
him —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted 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 Prov-
ince 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 Allen Groves Setting forth that
AUoT^^M ^^ ^^^ "^^'^ upwards of a year Settled in the Province
foraooAcMB ^j^j^ j^jg family Consisting of a Wife and five Negroes
320
Gnmted
the Petn. of
Jno. Mulkay
forlBOAeres
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
but had not any land yet granted 4iim and being now
desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for three hundred Acres of Land in S^ George's
Parish to adjoin Northerly on Land Surveyed for John
Mann of Boggy Gut —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months frc«n this Date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Mulkey Setting forth that he
had been some time in the Province had had One hun-
dred Acres of Land only granted him That he had now
a Wife and two Children in Right for whom he was
desirous of Obtaining an Additional Quantity of Land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred and
fifty Acres of Land to adjoin Southerly and Easterly on
land Surveyed for William Green but then the Property
of fhe Petitioner —
Grmnt«d
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Mary Goodall Widow Setting forth
ft*^*fci5't. that she had been resident in the Province about two
Mary Gootuul
AcSi*'***^ Years with her family Consisting of four Children had
had no Land granted her and being now desirous of
Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
APRIL, 1771. 321
three hundred Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish on
the north side of Bryer Creek to adjoin William Moor's
lower line
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^^^^^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she 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 defraudied of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the Petition is granted —
the PetB .-
Jai. Lambert
Read a Petition of James Lambert Setting forth that
of ^ he had been many years Settled in the Province had had
for 100 Acrts i^nd granted him but was now Possessed of two Negroes
for whom he had never Obtained any Land Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres of Land to adjoin his
own Land and Land of the Hon^^* Anthony Stokes and
one Womack at a Place Called Rocky Comfort —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnmted 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 —
Read a Petition of David Russell Setting forth that
the PetB. of he had been for Some years Settled in the Province with
for 100 Acres his family had had four hundred Acres of Land granted
him but had now a Wife Six Children and one Negro
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Land in
S' George's Parish about a Quarter of a Mile of the Land
whereon he was Settled —
Qia&ted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
21 r— Tol 11
322 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date and that he doth also raster 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 but to adjoin some Part of
his former Tract —
Read a Petition of Thomas Rivers Setting forth that
nSTl^rm he had been about four years in the Province had now a
for 100 Acrts ^j£^ ^^^ never had any Land granted him Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres of Land in S* George's
Parish near Land Surveyed for John Fitch deceased —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
®«»*^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months f rcHn 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 Rent the prayer^
of the said Petition is granted.
tlM P«tll.Of
Jno. Graham
for 260*260
Aereo
Read a Petition of John Graham Setting forth that he
had Purchased Lands of William Mackintosh and John
Calwell in the River Alatamaha and that there appears to
be vacant Land lying in two different Places between the
said Tract Therefore praying for two hundred and fifty
Acres joining Land t>f Petitioner Purchased of William
Mackintosh Also Two Hundred and fifty Acres lying
between said Land bought of the said Mackintosh and
Land of John Calwell Also the Property of the Pe-
titioner —
•vMktod.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also roister the
said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Province
within Six Months from the date thereof that his Maj-
APRIL, 1771. 323
csty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of James Mackay Esq' Setting forth
Sl^SSc!^ that he had Often lands granted him on his family Right
Acria*" but was yet possessed of Twenty Negroes for whom he
had never Obtained any Land Therefore praying for five
hundred Acres of Land in S* George's Parish above horse
Creek near Land ordered Peter Grienier to be run in a
Square
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, joth take out a Grant for the said Land witliin 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.
Read a Petition of James Brown Setting forth that he
jm. SlSrnto ^^^ heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
toTt^tmm^ in S* George's Parish but when he went to lay out the
same found it had been Surveyed for one John Gretion
by Virtue of a Subsequent Warrant whereupon he en-
tered a Caveat against a Grant passing to the said Gretion
for the said Land and a day had been appointed for hear-
ing the Same of which Gretion was Served with due
Notice but did not Attend Therefore praying that a
Grant might Pass to him for the said One hundred Acres
Agreeable to the Prayer of his first Petition —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
QiMited. 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 Raster's Office of the said Province
within Six Months from the Date thereof that his Majes-
ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer of
the said Petition is granted.
324 GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
Read a Petition of William Blake Setting forth that
wmf^!k^forhe had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
EiapMd. Land on the Euchee Creek which had been Surveyed and
a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have Passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the 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 —
RESOI.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Richard Capers Setting forth that
Rfchd*oip« ^^ ^^^ heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
Land in Christ Church Parish at the head of pipe Makers
Credc near Land there granted Thomas Sacheveral,
which had been surveyed and a plan thereof returned into
the Surveyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed in
which a Grant for the Same should have Passed 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 Surveyer general might be
ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof for that
Purpose —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
for 800 Acrts
ElapMd
APRIL, 1771. 325
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 WilHam Sapp Setting forth that he
w^^*^? for had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
Elapsed which had been Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned
into the Surveyer general's Office but the time was
Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should have
passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surveyer general
might be ordered to Prepare and certify a Plan thereof
for that Purpose —
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Sellers Setting forth that he
tiie Petn. of had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land in
Jno. SeUenfor
^Awee S* George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a
Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have Passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing 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 —
Resoi^vEd That on Condition only that the Petitioner
*''*"***' doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
326 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Stephen Murray setting forth that
^^^rayhe had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Etaipaed*'*" Land in S* George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have Passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted Joth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Manoah Yarborough Setting forth
tiieP«tiLof that he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres
bo«m«hforiooof Land in S* George'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 —
APRIL, 1771. 327
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Nevill setting forth that he
^J^^^f^had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
m^^r on Bryer Creek which had been Surveyed and returned
and a fiat for. the Same ^'*^^ by the Attorney 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 tlie said Land and that the Secretary
might be ordered to Prepare the Same —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^^ take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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.
thePetiLof
Nathl. Lanffley
Read a Petition of Nathaniel Langley Setting forth
^ that he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and
tor^2»Acws ' flf^y ^^j.^ ^f Laj^j jj^ gt Matthew's Parish which had
been Surveyed and returned 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 notwithstanding the lapse of time he might
be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said
328 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare
the Same —
RESOI.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gnnted ^i^^y^ ^^ke out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 William Elliott Setting forth that
WmTmcrttfor^^ had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty
^2^^ Acres of Land in S* George's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and returned and a fiat for the Same passed by
the Attorney general but the time was Elapsed in which
the Grant should have been taken out Therefore praying
that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be per-
mitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land
and that the Secretary might be ordered to Prepare the
Same —
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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Angus Mackay setting forth that
^US°i&Mj^^ had heretofore ordered him One hundred and
ftouoAcTM fifty Acres of Land in S* Andrew's ^'^^'^ which on view
did not answer his Purpose Therefore praying for in
Lieu thereof One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S'
-Gimnted
APRIL, 1 77 1. 329
Andrew's Parish to adjoin Lands of Angus Mcintosh
and George M^'Donald —
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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.
Read a Petition of John Wand Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him Five hundred Acres of Land
• "*^ '''****** on Finhalloway Swamp tlie Warrant for Surveying
whereof was Expired in its Term and the Land not laid
out Therefore praying that notwithstanding the Lapse
of time the Surveyer general might be enabled and or-
dered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that
the Land so ordered him might be Surveyed in Order to
his Obtaining his Majesty's Grant for the Same —
thePetiLof .
Jna Wand tat
Granted
RESOI.VED That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly. —
Read a Petition of William Belcher Setting forth that
^peta.of he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty
Wm. Beleher
g^j^ Acres of Land in S* Philip's Parish upon Parry's Mill
Creek the Warrant for Surveying whereof was Expired
in its Term and the land not laid out Therefore praying
that notwithstanding the lapse of time the Surveyer gen-
eral might be enabled an ordered to issue a new Precept
on the said Warrant that the Land so ordered him might
be Surveyed and run Oblong in Order to his Obtaining
his Majesty's Grant for the Same —
-Oiantad.
RESOI.VED That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly. —
Granted.
330 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Isaac Wimberly Setting forth that
SSS^fe^iyhe had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
otmnew L^nj ^^ ^h^ Alegator Pond in S* George's Parish which
he Could not Possibly gitt Surveyed within the time
usually allowed for that Purpose and the Warrant Ex-
pired in its Term Therefore praying that notwithstanding
the lapse of time the Surveyer general might be enabled
and ordered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant
that the Land so ordered him might be Surveyed in order
to his Obtaining his Majesty's Grant for the Same —
Resolved That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly.—
James Mackay Esq' informed the board that he quit
jm. MeKiy Claim to any part of the Eighteen hundred and forty five
wS^ ^ Acres of Land on the Alatamaha which was under Con-
t^w Jt sideration of the board on the Sixth of March Last It
Alatamaha. jg therefore Ordered That three hundred Acres of the
said Land be granted to James Cantey in right of Samuel
Stevens at the particular desire of the said Stevens Also
that the remaining three hundred Acres be granted to
John Jameison —
A Memorial of Thomas Shruder Esq' deputy Surveyer
general was read in the Words following — Viz*
That some difficulties have arisen in regard to the
•^^»gg^ Customary and Established fees of the Surveyer general's
gw. Concern. Office That Govemour Reynold's Order in Council for
regulating the fees of the said Office is not in his Opinion
Sufficiently Explicit in some respects — ^that several very
necessary and distinct Matters of business have arisen
for which fees ought to be taken which are not Specified
in the above order. That in the said Order it is Ex-
pressed that upon the application of any Officer (under
APRIL, I7ZI. 331
the Predicaments set forth in the foregoing Order) to
the Govemour in Council he shall be ordered to take a
Proper Fee in a Similar Proportion to those Specified in
the said Order That your Memorialist had been very
Credibly informed that the late honourable Commons
house of Assembly came to a Resolution to Augment the
Fees of the Publick Officers of this Province, so far as
to make them Equal to those taken by Officers of the like
respective denomination in South Carolina and that a
bill was actually prepared for that Purpose which was
read a third time and Passed that house
Your Memorialist therefore hopes your Excellency and
your honors will be Pleased to take into your Considera-
tion the list of Articles of Official business which is here-
unto annexed and order such a Fee upon each as to your
Excellency and your honors shall seem meet all which
is Submitted ft'^*
RKSOI.VED That the Consideration of the S^everal
Matters set forth in the foregoing Memorial be Postponed
untill the next meeting of the Board Henry Yonge Esq'
Surveyer general being daily Expected here from Eng-
land —
His Excellency Communicated to the Board a letter he
jjjt-^m^jl^ received from William Belcher Esq*" Also a list of the
^■J^^J^ names of the Male white Inhabitants Settled on the South
^^' Side of great Ogeechee River above the Ferry Request-
ing that they might be formed into a Company of Militia
and Officers appointed to Command them and it appear-
ing that there were a Sufficient Number of Man to form
a Company of Militia the Board were unanimously of
Opinion and gave it as their Advice that his Excellency
should Commission Officers to Command them —
AOB^|)OII6d
332
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz*
To Nathan Bamett 200 Acres 1
William Bamett 200 Acres V In S* Paul's Parish —
John Green Esq' 300 Acres J
Christopher Blanton 150 Acres
Andrew Hampton 300 Acres
John Poison 1000 Acres
John Poison 1000 Acres
In S' David's Parish
John Graham Esq' 1000
Acres
John Irvine 500 Acres
In S' John's Parish-
James Johnston 200 Acres
John Paul Miller 200 Acres
Rodolph Strahager 150
Acres
John Wertsch andl
others in Trust > Lots
' Church J
Moser Way 1 50 Acres
John Walton 600 Acres
John Walton 500 Acres
John Walton 300 Acres J
In S* Matthew's Parish
[ InS*
Philip's Parish-
George Wyche 200 Acres
Henry Yonge Esq' 5000
Acres
Robert Cooper Lot N* 4 & fin S* George's Parish
450 Acres
James Fleming Lot N** 6 &
100 Acres
Queensborough
APRIL, 1 77 1.
833
To John Hill Lot N** 47 & 200"
Acres
James Hill Lot N** 49 & 100
Acres
John Stewart LotN^4& 100
Acres
Joseph Maddock 200 Acres
In S' Paul's Parish
Wrightsborough
Purchase Public
Thomas Stevens 300 Acres In S' Andrew's Parish
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 23* of April
1771
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
Th^ Hon^»«
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Edw"* Powell
Lewis Johnson
James Read
Esquires
The Several Writts bearing Teste the sixth day of
March last for Electing Members to Serve in general
S2*?^toSdr Assembly for this Province were this day returned in
Council as follows viz^
1771 rNobleWimberlyJ^^^
[Jonathan Bryan.
Christ Church
23* Richard Wylly Vemonburg in said Parish
25«» Philip Box Acton Village in ditto ditto
ditto George Mcintosh S*. Mary's Parish—
334 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
IjohnlUe ) "'^-
ditto George Delegal. . . .Little Ogechee Christ Church Pariah
rf* Isaac Yonng Abercom & Goshen-ditto-ditto
ditto Jennytt Wright S*. Thoma's Parish —
»8"|^ut?WyUy.:::::::: f H«^«*St. George'. Parish
March 29* j ^•^"^fffimson I ^^hrf^ J^ ^* ^^^ •*'
ditto James Spalding S*. Patrick's Parish—
4«wi ,* J M^^o^^-.„fU„ I Ebenezer and Parish of S».
April i-||^n^AdamT*^e«tlen J j,.^^
ditto Thomas Carter S^ David's Parish—
^'^ \ %l'j^^T^ ^ ! S.. Andrew's Parish-
6^ James Habersham Jon' S^. James's Parish—
( Benjamin Andrew )
8^ < John Stevens v Snnbory & Parish of S\ John—
( Josiah Powell J
^-^{S^i^^'^ \ f-Hsh of S. Philip
The foregoing Writts being Examined by the Retumt
the writibdnjr thereon made by the Provost Marshal his Excellency or-
impowwinff dcred the Same to be delivered to tfie Cleik of the Com-
Mwdbsni tor
IjToi^^^^mons house together witfi a dedimus Impowering the
itrj9.T9§L Members returned for the Town of Savannah to Qualify
the rest by Administering the State Oaths &•
APRIL, 1771. 335
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Friday the 26*^ April 1771 —
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Francis Harris
Noble Jones
The Hon^** -! James Edw* Powell \ Esquires
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
James Read
His Excellency informed the Board that having Exam-
iimry BmOu'^^^ ^^^ Joumal of the Proceedings of the Commons
SjoSrSwS'^^^^ of Assembly he found, that house had entered into
^JS^IS"^"^ ^ very Extraordinary and unprecedented Resolution yes-
^'••"'*'^* terday which was the Reason for his Calling them to meet
this day His Excellency then directed the Clerk to re-
^geri^of quire the Journal of the Commons house from their
jjjg^**^^^ Clerk which being brought up and their Resolution of
SoS^ati*rf yesterday read also his Majesty's Royal Instruction to
^■■^^' his Excellency touching his power of approving or dis-
approving the Speaker that might at any time be Chosen
by the Members of the Commons house of Assembly
His Excellency then put the following Questions to the
Board viz*
First Whether this Resolution is not most indecent
and Insolent denial of his Majesty's Autfiority To which
the Board unanimously replied that the Resolution en-
tered on tfie Joumal of the Commons house of yesterday
was a most indecent and Insolent denial of his Majesty's
Authority —
Second Whether it is possible for me to do Businew
386
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
with them after sucli a Resolution and whilest it remains
on their Journals —
To which the Board Unanimously Answered in the
Negative —
Third Whether they shall be dissolved or only Pro-
rogued
To which the Board gave it as their Unanimous Opin-
ion and Advice, that his Excellency should Immediately
dissolve the Assembly.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday the 7"* May 1771
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
TheHon^** \
James Habersham
Noble Jones
Clement Martin
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
. James Read
• Esquires
The Minutes of the fifth of March 23* & 26^^ of April
•ppvotmL were read and approved.
Read a Petition of William Mackintosh Setting forth
iiMP«tB.of that he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres
Will* Mdiktosh
teaooAene of Land on the South Side of great Satilla about Six
Miles from Cawston's BlufT which on view did not an-
swer his Expectations Therefore praying for in Lieu
MAY, 1771. 337
thereof three hundred Acres of Land on the South Side
of great Satilla near or to adjoin his land there
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 bie defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted — to adjoin his own
Land —
Read a Petition of William Mackintosh Setting forth
wSi^l&iSLih ^^^* ^^ ^^^ heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres
foriooAciM ^^f i^and in S' Andrew's Parish upon Cowpen Branch
which on view thereof did not answer the purpose for
which he intended it Therefore praying for in Lieu there-
of One hundred Acres of Land near to or adjoining the
three hundred Acres this day Petitioned for by him on
the South Side of great Satilla —
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Montfis from this Date and that he doth also register the
said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Province
v/Ithin Six Months from the Date thereof that his Majes-
ty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the jwuyer of
the said Petition is granted to adjoin the three hundred
Acres —
Read a Petition of George Baillie setting forth that
giPijt^of^ he had a Wife a Child and Eight Negroes and was
foraooAerM desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for Six hundred Acres of Land in the South Side
of great Satilla on a Branch between great Satilla and
Crooked River to be run Oblong three hundred and fifty
Acres of which to be in Lieu of the like Quantity former-
ly ordered him but not Surveyed
22or-Tolll
338 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Raster's Office of the said Provin<(
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 —
thaPctiLof
Jbo. MeLcui
for 600 Aam
Read a Petition of John M^'Lean setting forth that he
had heretofore Land granted him on Family Right but
was now Possessed of ten Negroes in the Province for
whom he had never Obtained any Land Therefore pray-
ing for five hundred Acres of Land in S* Mary's Parish
to adjoin Lands already ordered him to be run Square —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Ormattd doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster the
said Grant in tfie Raster's Office of the said Province
witfiin Six Months from the date tfiereof that his Majesty
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petition is granted Observing the order of
Council in such Cases
Read a Petition of Gideon Thomas Setting forth that
tiM FMo. ci he had heretofore Two hundred Acres of Land granted
foriooAens him in the Province on Family Right and no more that
he had a Wife three Children and one Negroe Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres of Land on the west side
of little Buck head near the Mouth of the Boggy Branch
at a Place called the horse Pen —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster the
said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Province
within six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty
MAY, 1771. 339
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of William Phelps setting forth that
wh^F&^for^^ now possessed in the Province a Wife two Children
^^ ^^'^ and six Negroes and was desirous of becoming a Settler
if he could Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore pray-
ing for One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S^ Paul's
Parish to adjoin Land of Ebenezer Smith.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Oranted. ^Qth 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 —
8oloHi» Pratop
•n for 160.
Read a Petition of Solomon Prothers Setting forth tfiat
he had been long Settled in the Province but had had no
Land granted him that he was possessed of a Wife and
two Children and being desirous of Obtaining Land for
Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land on horse Pen bay near Peter Blyths bade
line in the Parish of S* Matthew
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
<*««*^ doth take oiut a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register the
said Grant in the Raster'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 Edward Ashton Setting forth that
gj^tn^^^he Came lately into the Province with intention to be-
teiooAerM ^ome a Settler if he Could Obtain Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Land upon
340
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnuited.
tliePetii. of
Job Smith
Jour, for 160
Acrai.
the Euchee Creek about ten Miles from the Mouth
thereof
RES0I.VED That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Job Smith Jun' Setting forth that
he Came lately into the Province with an intention to
Settle if he Could Obtain Land for Cultivation that he
had a Wife and had heretofore no Land granted him
Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty Acres of
Land on the South Side of the great Kioka's to adjoin
Land of William Candler and Thomas Ayres —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Graham Setting forth that he
^^Sh^-for^*^^ had Land granted him but was desirous of Obtaining
an Additional Tract Therefore praying for One hundred
Acres joining Land of his Own Purchased of John Cal-
well on the Alatamaha being a narrow Slip lying between
said Land of Calwell's and Land granted to John Harvey
in South Carolina —
Gnuited
100 Aene
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
MAY, 1771. 341
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Marshall Setting forth that
S2ff*tfi£ he had heretofore ordered him four hundred Acres of
4^ toiwran Land in Queensborough Settlement which on view there-
of would not answer any Valuable Purpose to him unless
run Oblong Therefore praying that the Surveyer general
might be directed to Cause the Same to be laid out Ob-
long and to Certifie a Plat thereof Accordingly
■hsU for 400
Aercat
Obkms
Qnuited*
Resolved That on Condition that tfie Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this 4.ate and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Forbes Setting forth that he
jm.^fmm ^^ desirous of Obtaining Lands for Cultivation There-
foruooAcNs fore praying for fifteen hundred Acres of Land being
three Tracts heretofore ordered and Surveyed to Joseph
Wright the Plats whereof were els^sed in the Surveyer
general's Office —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Qfrnated jQ^th 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
342 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of John Forbes Setting forth that he
^^bSforwas desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation and had
upwards of forty Negroes for whom he had not Obtained
any Land Therefore praying for five hundred Acres of
Land in S^ Matthew's Parish about Six Miles from
Hudson's Mill to be laid out Oblong —
Gnuited.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Peter Durginits Setting forth that
P^Dwinito somc time since he had purchased a Tract of Land from
ISdJctaSTto Francis Macartin and Martin tampbell in S^ Paul's Par-
THtct of' 600 ish heretofore granted them for five hundred Acres but
on a Resurvey thereof he found the Same to Contain
Seven hundred and fifty Acres and having Six Negroes
for whom he had never Obtained any Land Therefore
praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres, or Surplus
Land within the lines of the said Tract and also that the
Original Grant of the said five hundred Acres might be
Registered —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant foT 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 Prov-
ince 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^ — and that the Reg-
ister of grants do receive and enter the said Grant of five
hundred Acres an Record in his Office —
thePetn. of
George McIdf
-to«hfor200
Acres
MAY, 1771. 348
Read a Petition of George Mackintosh Setting forth
that he had family Rights for which he had Obtained no
Land Therefore praying for Two hundred Acres of Land
in S' Andrew's Parish to adjoin his own Land and to
include One hundred Acres heretofore run for Jennett
Greme but not granted
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted Joth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from tfiis date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Sarah Mizzell Widow Setting forth
si»5r^iMeii ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ been some years in the Province and
had never any Land granted her that she had two Chil-
dren and was desirous of Obtaining land for Cultiva-
tion Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Land in
S' Philip's Parish near James Pugh's Cowpen to be run
Square the Swamp not extending a Sufficient depth —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land witfiin Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Boykin Setting forth that he
jDo-^icfa for ^^^ heretofore ordered him One hundred' Acres of Land
100 Acres jn S^ Matthew's Parish which on view thereof he had
reason to believe it was not vacant Therefore praying for
in Lieu thereof One hundred Acres in S^ Matthew's
Parish to be laid out Agreeable to a Sketch Annexed if
for200Aeree
344 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the same Could be found Vacant or near to Land this
day ordered to Solomon Prothero
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
onnted ^^^y^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 near to Prothero's
Land
Read a Petition of Chaplin and Pride Williams Setting
^J^^«^^ forth that Pride Williams one of the Petitioners had
^^Jj;;^'®' ^ heretofore One hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered
him which on Examination was not found vacant There-
fore praying for in Joint Tennants four hundred and
fifty Acres of Land in S* Matthew's Parish to include
part of five hundred Acres ordered John Waters the Hat
of which was Elapsed (on the family Right of Chaplin
Williams) Consisting of three Negroes for whom he had
never Obtained any Land —
Resolved Hiat on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that they doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty ftiay not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of Isaac Mounsey Setting forth that
^Z^Ji.^ he had resided a Considerable time in tfie Province and
had not any Land granted him and was desirous to Ob-
tain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres in S* George's Parish near Lands of James
Pugh to be laid out Oblong —
for lOOAerM
MAY, 1771. 346
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Tobias Jones Setting forth that he
«toP«tiLof had been fifteen Months in the Province and had Eight
foraooAeMs Negroes therein but never had any Land granted him
and being now desirous of Obtaining Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for three hundred Acres of
Land in S^ Matthew's Parish to adjoin or near to Land
ordered Joseph Jones to be run Oblong —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^*'*'**^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land witfiin Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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.
tlMPeta. ci
Joipli. Jones
for 200 Aeros
Read a Petition of Joseph Jones Setting forth that he
had had Land granted him in Part of his Family Right
but was yet possessed of right for Two hundred Acres
as might appear by his former Cotificate and Proof of
right Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Land
to adjoin or near to the Lands already ordered him
in S* Matthew's Parish to be run Oblong the Swamp
being very narrow —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
onnM. 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
346
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL^
the Petn. of
Wm. McFar-
landforlOO
Acres
Grmnted.
within six Months from the date thereof that his Majesty
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
of the said Petition is granted to adjoin on proof of his
Family Right —
Read a Petition of William M'Farland Setting forth
that he was desirous of becoming a Settler in the Prov-
ince if he Could Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land in Wrights-
borough Township where the same might be found va-
cant and one lot in the Town of Wrightsborough —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner doth
take out a Grant for the said Land and 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 that his Majesty
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Joshua Odam Setting forth that he
Se£lJ"o?dmm had been some time Settled in the Province with his fam-
ily Consisting of a Wife and two Children and had had
only One hundred Acres of Land heretofore granted him
Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of Land on
the head of Withers's Branch in S* Georges Parish —
Granted
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
XV « ^ ^ Read a Petition of Edward Barnard Setting forth that
the Fetn. of ,
to'ii^hSSd ^^ ^^^ frequently Land granted him on Family Right
ftbt. 4 or 600 j^^j|. ^^ g|.jjj Possessed of rights for an Additional Quan-
MAY, 1 771. 347
tity Therefore praying for on Family Right an Island
in Savannah River about Twenty five Miles above Au-
gusta Containing four or five hundred Acres in the
whole —
Resoi^vEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Mcwiths from the date thereof that his Majesty
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of
the said Petition is granted —
thaPetiLQf
Bdmnnd Curt-
Read a Petition of Edmund Cartlidge Setting forth
that he had heretofore five hundred Acres of land granted
^«£or 150 him on Family Right but was yet Possessed of an Addi-
tional right having a Wife Eight Children and three
Negroes Therefore praying for One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land on the great Kioka Creek about a Mile
and half from the River —
Resoi^ved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Buttin Gwinnett Setting forth that
^^•ta,^ he did Some time ago apply for Fourteen hundred and
Button Owln* * *^ •'
ni^or 1460 fifty Acres of Land on South Newport (on family Right)
but his Wife and Daughter being then Absent from the
Province thirteen hundred and fifty Acres only of the
Land Petitioned for was ordered him that being in daily
Expectation of the Arrival of his Wife and Child he
had not run the said thirteen hundred and fifty Acres.
348
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Onuitod.
And they were now Arrived Therefore praying for the
said Fourteen hundred and fifty Acres of Land on South
Newport formerly applied for he having Sufficient fam-
ily Right to the Same —
RES0I.VED That on Condition 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 —
the PetB. of
Jaa. SfnipMii
farSOOAciM
Read a Petition of James Simpson Setting forth that
he had already granted him Two hundred Acres of Land
which was almost the whole of his family Right but
being very desirous of Obtaining an Additional Tract to
adjoin the said Two hundred Acres on two Sides which
if allowed him would be of great Value to himself and
Family Therefore Praying for Two hundred Acres of
Land in S^ George's Parish to adjoin his Land there
on two sides on a reserve for Twelve Months
in which time he hoped and doubted not to Acquire
Family Right to the Same and that in the Mean time
the Secretary might issue a Warrant for Surveying the
said two hundred Acres of Land —
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for twelve
Months as Prayed for —
Read a Petition of Edward Barnard Setting forth that
^wdutai!^ he had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty
n«dfor siiew ^^^^ ^f ^a^j jj^ gt George's Parish Originally ordered
to Edward Davidson the Warrant for Surveying which
was lost or Mislaid before a Precept Could be Obtained
from the Surveyer general Therefore Praying that the
Secretary might be directed to issue a new warrant to
MAY, 1771.
349
Gnmtad.
TheP«tn. of
Jna Keebler
for 600 Acres
Survey the said One hundred and fifty Acres of Land
and that his Majesty's Grant might Pass to and in the
Name of Joseph Volentine —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Keebler Setting forth that
he had a Wife three Children a Young brother and three
N^joes and was desirous of Obtaining Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore Praying for five hundred Acres of
Land in S* George's Parish near Bear Camp —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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-— only four hun-
dred and fifty Acres —
Read a Petition of William Blackman Setting forth
w^ K&a^ that he had Some time ago Two hundred Acres of Land
forsooAoM granted him and was desirous of Obtaining more that
he had a Wife two Children and Ten N^froes Therefore
Praying for Two hundred Acres of Land in S' Mat-
thew's Parish near Land of Robert Hudson to be laid
out Oblong —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
^■•""•^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also register
Gnmted.
350 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Philip Yonge Setting forth that he
^p«ta.of was desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation There-
£oat looAm ^^^ Praying for an Island in Doboy River called Patter-
son's Island containing about One hundred Acres of
Land —
Onnttd.
for 100 Acres
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Edward Cater Setting forth that
juwdloftttf ^^ ^^ desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation
Therefore Praying for One himdred Acres of Land on
Boggy Gut bounded West by land of James Ogelvie's
and to join Stephen Miuray's and Radcliff's Land —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Raster'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 —
Read a Petition of William Hadon Setting forth that
wSijB^for ^^ arrived in the Province in the Year 1769 in the Ship
s^^w" Hopewell Cap' Thomas Ash frcwn Ireland and had then
Aent&iLot q^^ hundred Acres of Land ordered him but n^lected
taking out a Warrant to have the Same Surveyed There-
MAY, 1771. 861
fore Praying that the Secretary might be ordered to issue
a Warrant to the Surveyer general for laying out to him
One hundred Acres of Land in Queensborough Settle-
ment and one Lott in the Town of Queensborough —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^*»»*^ doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and tha;t he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Boyd Setting forth that he
thePetiLof arrived in the Province in the Year 1769 in the Ship
Jospo* Boyd
|»*wmt for Hopewell Cap' Ash from Ireland and had then One
AemftiLott hundred Acres of Land ordered him in Queensborough
Settlement but Neglected taking out a Warrant to have
the Same Surveyed Therefore Pra)ring that the Secre-
tary might be ordered to issue a Warrant to the Surveyer
general for laying out to him One hundred Acres of
Land in Queensborough Settlement and also one lott in
the Town of Queensborough —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 William Read setting forth that
fii0P«tiLof he arrived in the Province in the Year 1769 in the ship
• Want, for Hopcwell Cap* Ash from Ireland and had then One hun^
Acri A 1 Lott dred Acres of Land ordered him but Neglected taking
out a Warrant to have the same Surveyed Therefore
352
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Qrantod.
tlMPetiuof
Axkdw Snider
for 100 Acne
Gnmted.
tlM Petn* of
Jm. Flnlaj f or
SOOAensAl
Praying that the Secretary might be directed to issue
a Warrant for laying out One hundred Acres of Land
in Queensborough Township and also one lot in the
Town of Queensborough
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the ^**^^ Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Register the
said Grant in the Raster'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 —
Read a Petition of Andrew Snider setting forth that
he had been many years Resident in the Province but
had never any Land granted him and being now de-
sirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
Praying for One hundred Acres of Land on the great Bay
in S^ Matthew's Parish to adjoin Land of the Hon^'*
John Graham —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Finlay Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in Queensborough Township (on his family
Right) but that from the Situation of the Land he found
it would not answer his Purpose unless run Oblong That
he had a Child more than he had at the time heretofore
applied for Land Therefore Praying for three hundred
Acres of Land on the great Spring in Queensborough
MAY, 1771.
853
Granted.
Township and one Lott in the Town of Queensborough
and that the said three hundred Acres might be run Ob-
long.
Resolved That on Condition 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 — Observing the Instruc-
tions on Oblong Land
tfaePetn. of
HAiih.Stirk
Widow for
200 Acres
Granted.
Read a Petition of Hannah Stirk Widow Setting forth
that she had been many years Settled in the Province
and was now Possessed of Eleven Negroe Slaves for
whom he had never any Land granted her Therefore
Praying for Two hundred Acres of Land in S*^ Matthew's
Parish near Land granted Nathaniel Langley in Part
of her family Right —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Roister
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
thePetiLof
Bobt I>aim
for 860 Acres
Read a Petition of Robert Dunn Setting forth that he
had resided upwards of four Years in the Province that
he had a Wife and four Children for whom he never had
any land granted him and was desirous of taking up
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for three hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land adjoining or near to Mob-
ley's Pond in S^ George's Parish
28 c r-voi 11
354
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted.
thePetiLOf
Jna Adm.
Trientlen ifiit
100 Acx«0
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seveii
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 —
Read a Petition of John Adam Trieutlen Setting forth
that he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres
of Land which he afterwards found was not Vacant
Therefore Praying for in Lieu thereof One hundred
Acres of Land adjoining Land of his own and Land
granted James Love
Resolved That on Condition 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
Read a Petition of Lewis Johnson Setting forth that
L^ j^Mon ^^ ^^^ Twenty Negroes for whom he had not any Land
tte^am?of *" granted him' Therefore Praying for five hundred Acres
^8. JohnBiL ^f j^^^ jj^ gt Matthew's Parish near to or adjoining
Land of James Johnston and John Patten and that his
Majesty ^"^"^^ for the same might pass to and in the Name
of Lewis Johnson Jun""
Granted
Grftiited.
Resolved That on Condition thait the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant^for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he dotli 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
MAY, 1771. 355
Read a Petition of William Ledbetter Setting forth
wl?iSbSttor that he had been sometime resident in the Province with
his family Consisting* of a Wife two Children and three
Negroes in right of whom he had never any land granted
him Therefore Praying- for four hundred Acres of Land
in S' Philip's Parish near Land ordered John Vallenceir
to be run Square the Swamp not extending Sufficient
depth from the River —
Granted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Observing the Instructions
on Square Lands —
thePetxLof
GeoTffo Stro-
bardt for 160
Acres
Read a Petition of George Strobardt Setting forth that
he had many Negroes for whomi he had not any Land
granted him Therefore Praying for One hundred and
fifty Acres of Land in S*^ Philip s Parish to adjoin Land
ordered James Brown
Granted.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from tliis date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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
thePetiLof
Davd,: r.^
Deleeall for
100 Acres
Read a Petition of David Delegall Setting forth that
he expected in a Short time to have an Addition to his
Negroes Therefore Praying for One hundred Acres of
Land on South Newport joining Southerly on Lands of
856 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
John Jones and Northerly on Lands of John Barber to
be reserved for him for three Months
Granted-
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for three
Months as Prayed for
th6P«tn.of
Jonathn. Coch'
Read a Petition of Jonathan Cochran Setting forth
that he had heretofore Land ei anted him but was now
I- °
nmto 400 Possessed of Eight Negroes for whom he had Obtained
no Land Therefore Praying for four hundred Acres of
Land on great Ogechee River to adjoin Land of the
Petitioner
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted ck)th 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 Prov-
ince 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 Nathan Harris Setting forth that
thePetnof he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
for 100 Acres Land in S' Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and
Elapsed -^
returned and a fiat for the same Passed by the Attorney
general but the time was elapsed in which the Grant
should ha\e 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 only that the Petitioner
^"*^- doth take otit 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
Register the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the
said Province within Six Months from the date thereof
MAY, 1771. 357
that his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents
the Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of David Lewis Setting forth that
S^LSWtefarhc had heretofore ordered him One himdred Acres of
SSipaST Land in S' Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and
returned 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 only that the Petitioner
Granted. (Jq^^ take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also reg-
ister 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 Joshua Saimders Setting forth that
theP«tii.of he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Joshua Sami"
A^^Ek^Md Land in S' Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and
returned 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 only that the Petitioner
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
358
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
thePetiLof
QnintinTooler
forUOAerw
Granted.
the Petn. of
Jno- Rock for
lOOAcxee
Granted.
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 Quintin Pooler Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in Queensbprough Township which had
been surveyed and returned 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 There-
fore Praying that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he
might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for
the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to
Prepare the Same —
Resolved That on Condition 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 register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Rock Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
which had been Surveyed and returned 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 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 or-
dered to Prepare the Same —
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-
MAY, 1771. 359
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 Patrick Butler Setting forth that
STtri^Bntte ^^ ^^^ heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty
&i2^^^^ Acres of Land on M^'Bean's Swamp which had been Sur-
veyed and returned and a fiat for the Same Passed by
the Attorney general but the time was Elapsed in which
the Grant should have been taken out Therefore Pray-
ing that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be
Permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said
Land and that the Secretary might be ordered to Pre-
pare the Same
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 —
Read a Petition of Jermyn Wright Setting forth that
thePeto-of he had heretofore ordered him Two Tracts of Land the
Jt/narn,
AWQAm^ One Containing four hundred Acres and the other five
hundred Acres in S' Mary's Parish both which Tracts
had b|een Surveyed and returned and fiats for the Same
Passed by the Attorney general but the time was Elapsed
in which the Grants should have been taken out There-
fore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time he
might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for
the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered
to Prepare the Same
Elapd.
860 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gninted.
thcPetn-of
Jermyn.
Wr^t*Cbt.
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 Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Jermyn Wright and Charles Wright
Esq" Setting forth that they had heretofore ordered
wSStfor 6*' them Seven Tracts of Land five Tracts of which Contain-
SMfaTrmet A 2 ingf One hundred and fifty Acres each Tract and the other
TlACtS ODO of ^
460 ft the oUicr Two Tracts one of four hundred and fifty Acres and the
ouo Acres all *^
■"•"^^ Other five hundred Acres in S^ Mary's Parish all which
had been Surveyed and returned and fiats for the Same
Passed by the Attorney general but the time was Elapsed
in which the Grants should have been taken out There-
fore Praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time they
might be Permitted to take out his Majesty's Grants for
the said Land and that the Secretary might be ordered
to Prepare the Same
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petition-
Granted, ers 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 they do 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
theP«tn.ar
JoehA'Peaxoe
Read a Petition of Joshua Pearce Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres
gruoAeree ^f ^^^j j^ gt Matthew's Parish which had been Sur-
veyed and returned and a fiat for the same Passed by the
Attorney general but the time was Elapsed in which the
MAY, 1771.
361
Granted.
the Petn- of
Wm. Johneon
for one Lot
Elapsed
Granted
Grant should have been taken out Therefore Praying
that notwithstanding the Lapse of time he might be Per-
mitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land
and that the Secretary might be ordered to Prepare the
Same
RES01.VED 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 Reg-
ister 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 William Johnson Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One Lot in the Town
of Augusta known by the Number thirty One which
had been laid out to him and returned 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 notwithstanding the lapse of time
he mright be permitted to take out his Majesty's Grant
for the said Lot and that the Secretary might be ordered
to prepare the Same.
RES01.VED 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 Reg-
ister 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 Thomas Green Setting forth that
the Petn. of *»*
^"^^^ he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty
Acres of Land in S^ Paul's Parish which had been sur-
362 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
veyed and returned 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 notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be per-
mitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land
and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the
Same
Grmnted.
RESOI.VED 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 Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months from the date thereof that
his Majesty May Hot be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
the Petn- of
EbeiMser
SmithforaOO
Aerw Elapsed
Read a Petition of Ehenezer Smith Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of
Land in S^ Paul's Parish which liad been surveyed and
returned 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 —
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 Reg-
ister 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
MAY, 1 771. 363
Read a Petition of William Kilgore Setting forth that
wm.^i»i? he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
buSSj^**^ Land in S^ Paul's Parish which had been Surveyed and
returned and a fiat for the Same passed by the Attorney
gieneral 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
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
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 Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months fromi 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 Robert Story Setting forth that he
the Petn. of had heretofore ordered him four hundred Acres of Land
Robt. Story for
mi^ST ^^ ^^ Paul'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
tlie Secretary might be ordered to prepare the Same
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, j^th 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 Reg-
ister 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 —
364
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Read a Petition of Henry Yonge Jun' Setting forth
aS|*Yi^ that he had a Wife two Children and fifteen Slaves and
iMAcnL^^^had only Two hundred Acres of Land granted him
Therefore praying for two Tracts of Land Containing
One hundred and fifty Acres each Tract in S^ Matthew's
Parish formerly ordered to Barnard Romans the Fiats
of which were Elapsed
Gzmntod.
Resolved Tliat on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the said Grants in the register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 the said Henry Yonge Jun*" Setting
HSiyfYoSje forth that he had a Wife two Children and fifteen Negroes
aS'Ai^'^^and that he had only Two hundred Acres of Land grant-
ed him Therefore praying for two Tracts of Land in S'
Paul's Parish Containing two hundred Acres each Tract
formerly ordered to Robert Hatcher the Fiats of which
were elapsed
Gnmtod.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register the
said Grants 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 ^■**'^ is granted —
the P«tiL of
Chs. Choreh-
w«n for 100
Acres Elapeed
Read a Petition of Charles Churchwell Setting forth
that he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres
of Land in S* George^s Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
MAY, 1 77 1.
866
Granted.
the Petn. of
Jno. Upton
for 100 Acres
Elapsed
Granted.
Same should h^ve passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and
that the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare
and certify a plan thereof for that purpose —
ResoIvVEd 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 Reg-
ister the said Grant in the Register's OfTice 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 Upton Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S' Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a plan thereof for that purpose —
RESOI.VED 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 niade) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 —
tiiaPetn.'of Read a Petition of David Huegunin Setting forth that
Stofor^So^*" he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
Acres Elapsed j^^^j j^ gt j^j^^ ^^ 31 phiHp's Parish which had been
366
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnmtod.
the Petn. of
Jno. McLean
for 300 Acres
Elmpsed
Granted.
Surveyed and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the Same should 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 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 Reg-
ister 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 M'^Lean Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of Land
on Reserve for Six Months not having at that time a
Sufficient family Right since which time he acquired a
Considerable Number of Slaves which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into' the Surveyer general's
Office but tlie tiir.e was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and
that the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare
and certify a plan thereof for that purpose —
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
MAY, 1771.
367
thePetn. of
iphMar-
1 for 100
JoMphMar-
■haUfc
Read a Petition of Joseph Marshall Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
i^i^Eiil^ Land in Queensborough Settlement which had been Sur-
veyed and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant
for the Same Should have passed Therefore praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a plan thereof for that purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, ^q^)^ 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 —
the Petn. of
Botton Gwin-
nett for 1000
Acres Elapsed
Granted.
Read a Petition of Button Gwinnett Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One thousand Acres of
Land in S' Andrew's Parisli which had been Sun^eyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify
a plan thereof for that purpose —
Resolved That on Condition 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
368 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents
the Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Michael Muckinfuss Setting forth
mJcwTmIi^- that he had heretofore ordered him five hundred Acres
AamEkSSted of Land in the Parish of S' Matthew which had been
Surveyed and a Plan thereof returned into the Surveyer
general's Office but the time was Elapsed in which a
Grant for the same should 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 —
Gnmtod.
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 —
tlMPetlLOf
Jbo. Wosnack
for 100 AerM
ElapMd
Gimntod.
Read a Petition of John Womack Setting forth that he
had heietofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S' George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a
plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the tiir.e was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose —
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-
MAY, 1771. 369
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 —
Read a Petition of Jonathan Hemp Setting forth that
SiS*K«S> ^^ ^^^ heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
BiJj22d^"** Land in S^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a plan thereof for that purpose —
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Zebulon Cock Setting forth that he
zibuKJc^k had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land
^200 Acw. ^ gt George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a
plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that purpose —
24 c r— Tol n
870
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Granted.
thePetn. of
Jas- Willson
for 800 Acres
Elapsed
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 —
Read a Petition of James Willson Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of
Land in S^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed and
a plan thereof returned into the Surve>^er general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
Should have Passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the Lapse of time he might be, permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to Prepare and certi-
fy a Plan thereof for that Purpose —
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 —
Read a Petition of Hannah Stirk Widow Setting forth
Sllnh^Stirk that her late Husband Benjamin Stirk had Obtained an
www. for 500 ^j.j^ f^ /p^^ Tracts of Land one of Seven hundred
Acres and the other five hundred Acres which were Sur-
veyed and Plans thereof returned into the Surveyer gen-
eral's Office but the time was Elapsed in which Grants
for the same should have passed Therefore praying that
the Tract of five hundred Acres might pass to her and in
Granted.
MAY, 1771. 371
her own Name she having Purchased the Negroes Since
the death of her said husband in right of whom the said
Land was Originally Ordered —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said- Prov-
ince 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 William Clark Setting forth that
wm^c&kfor he had heretofore ordered him Two Tracts of land on
ffiSt^'^ the back of S' Mary's River Containing Two hundred
Acres each (on reserve) for Six Months which term was
Just Expired and had not yet ^"**'^ able to Procure a
family Right thereto Therefore praying for a further
reserve of Six Months for the said Land —
Tract
Granted.
Ordered That the further Term of Six Months for
a Reser\'e be allowed as Prayed for —
Read a Petition of George Delegal Setting forth that
ti^«P«^j* he had lately Prefered a Petition Concerning a moiety
ofVrSiSt oT ^^ share of a Tract of Land Containing in the whole five
hSdi^ aS hundred and Eighty two Acres at little Ogechee whereon
A^iSSt the Petitioner had been Settled for some years past, did
SShew Geor«« not Sufficiently advert to a former order touching the
said Land nor did so fully as he ought, set forth his
Reasons for asking an Alteration on the said order There-
fore praying that he might be allowed to more fully ex-
plain the reasons which induced him to desire an Altera-
tion to be made on the former order of Council, first, it
was desired that his Majesty's Grant for one Moiety or
share of the five hundred and Eighty two Acres of Land
should pass to the Petitioner and his Wife Jane for their
Joint lives and the life of the longest liver of them and
372 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
to the heirs of their bodies — and in default of such issue
to Marshella and Mary Ann Delegal and the Surviver of
them (.the daughters of Edward Delegal deceased the
Petitioners late Brother) the Petitioner would further
Observe that since the order of Council aforesaid one of
the said Children died and the Survivor was not only
wholly Entitled to one Moiety of the five hundred and
Eighty two Acres of Land Agreeable to the order of
Council which the Petitioner by no means wishes to de-
prive her of but had ^■*'^^ acres of land in the prov-
ince Exclusive the Petitioner begs further leave to Ob-
serve that a Sister of his and late Wife to John Deveaux
left behind her a Son — Called George Delegal Deveaux
who was entirely destitute of any Estate whatever for
his Support, and wholly dependent on the Petitioner —
that in Strict equity the said Child was Entitled to an
equal share of the Lands in Question with the Surviving
Child of Edward Delegal both being the Grand Children
of the Petitioner's Father to whom the Lands were
Originally Allotted, the Petitioner nevertheless only
Craves that in Case of the death of himself and his Wife
Jane without issue the Moiety of five hundred and Eighty
two Acres of Land might be ordered to go to his Nephew
George Delegal Deveaux and that his Majesty's Grant
for the Same might Pass Accordingly —
Ordered That the said Petition be rejected the
z^eetod. Claim with Respect to the land being Solemnly and fully
determined on the 4^ of July 1769 on an hearing of the
parties —
Read a Petition of Hannah Stirk Widow Setting forth
niih^sSrk' that she had been many years Settled in the Province that
www. for 800 gj^^ j^^^ ^j^^^ Eleven Negroes for whom she had never
had any land granted her and was desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for three hun-
dred Acres of Land in S^ Matthew's Parish near Land
for a ne^
precept
MAY, 1771. 373
Surveyed for Thomas Flyming in part of her family
Right
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^'*"*^* doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also register
the Said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 George Baillie setting forth that he
^j^Pj^^^ had heretofore ordered him Six hundred Acres of Land
on Crooked River near to lands granted William Knox
the Warrant for Surveying whereof was Expired in its
Term and the land not laid out Therefore praying that
notwithstanding the lapse of time the Surveyer general
might be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on
the said Warrant that the land so ordered him might be
Surveyed in order to his Obtaining his Majesty's Grant
for the Same —
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
Granted, granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accprdingly —
Read a Petition of John Graham Setting forth that
^^G«ii^ he had heretofore ordered him One thousand Acres of
for 1000 Acres ^a^j ^^ Turkey branch South Side of great Satilla about
four Miles from Cawston's bluflf but not Surveyed and
was desirous to Obtain Land in Lieu thereof Therefore
praying for One thousand Acres of Pine Barren joining
Land of Henry Lawrence on Plug Point near the Land
reserved for Brunswick in Lieu of the aforesaid One
thousand Acres —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^jj ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
374
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the Said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
the Petn. of
Jno. Grahm.
for a new
precept
Read a Petition of the said John Graham Setting forth
that he had heretofore Obtained a Warrant for laying
out One thousand Acres of Land joining Land ordered
his Excellency near Santa Sevela Bluff which Warrant
was Expired in its Term and the land not yet Surveyed
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to
issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the land
so ordered him might be Surveyed in order to his Ob-
taining his Majesty^s Grant for the Same —
Granted
RESOI.VED That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
Read a Petition of Philip Elphinston Setting forth that
pwir^pwn- ^^ ^^^ heretofore ordered him three hundred and fifty
SSS/pt*°*^ Acres of Land on the north side of Briar Creek the War-
rant for Surveying whereof was Expired in its Term and
the land not yet Surveyed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the the lapse of time the Surveyer general
might be enabled and ordered to issue a new Precept on
the said Warrant that the land so ordered him might be
Surveyed in order to his Obtaining his Majesty's Grant
for the Same —
Granted.
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
MAY, 1771.
376
Read a Petition of James Graves Setting forth that
^.toJj^forhe had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
anew precept j^^^ ^^ ^^^ jj^^^ Kioka's about four Miles above the
Mouth to include the Improvements where he then lived
which had not been Surveyed within the time limited
Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time
the Surveyer general might be enabled and ordered to
issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that the land
so ordered him might be Surveyed in order to his Ob-
taining his Majesty's Grant for the Same
Gnmted.
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
Precept Accordingly —
His Excellency Informed the Board that he had
ordered the Attorney general to Report his Opinion with
Respect to Sundry Laws of this Province whether they
are expired or in force and the said Report was read
as follow's
May it please your Excellency
Agreeable to your Excellency's direction that I should
g^^Attor^ make my Report whether the Several Acts following
S^wh^SS^ are of force to wit the Militia Act. N^^oe Act. Watch
inforceorxurt Act and Road Act. I have taken them into Considera-
tion and am of Opinion they are. the Militia Act passed
in March 1765 to Continue for five years, for the last
two Meetings were only Convention no Laws having
passed) it Consequently Still is of force the Watch Act
Passed in May 1770 to Continue for two years and from
thence to the end of tlie next Session of Assembly, it
will therefore be of force for at Least twelve Months
to Come, both the Negroe law and Road Law are
enumerated in the last Continuation Act which passed
also in May 1770 to be of force for one year and from
376
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
thence to the end of the next Session of Assembly. Con-
sequently will not Expire until an Assembly is ag^n
Called and a Session is held and Ended — James Hume —
port to be pub- •
fishedinthe
GMett*.
And Whereas some insidious and evil minded Person
clJi^iS^ or Persons by a Paper Sent to the Printer and published
"in the last Gazette, asserted that this Province was now
without a Law to regulate the Militia, and without a
Law for the Rule and Trial of Slaves — and also with-
out a law Establishing a Watch or guard for the Town,
and it is Insinuated that there is no Law for making
or repairing Roads Therefore to the End that Militia
Officers Magistrates and other his Majesty's good Sub-
jects might not be misled by such Groundless and base
insinuations his Excellency had thought fit with the
Advice of his Majesty's honorable Council to order the
above Report of the Attorney general to be Published
in the Gazette
JiutloMappd.
foTMYenU
ParlshM
Resolved That Philip Howell and John Fieri be
added to the Number of Justices for the Parish of S^
Matthew and that Sir Patrick Houstoun and James For-
rester be added to the Number of Justices for S^ An-
drew's Parish and all the Parishes to the Southward
thereof and that Henry Downes and Ebenezer Smith
be added to the Number of S* Paul's Parish and that
Samuel Elbert be added to the Number of Justices for
S* George's Parish —
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants viz*
To David Anderson loo Acresi
George Mackintosh 300 Acres [ In S* Andrew's Parish —
George Mackintosh 200 Acres I
William Mackintosh 50 AcresJ
MAY, 1771.
377
Ta Philip Dill 200 Acres 1
John Goldwire 400 Acres >InS' Matthew's Parish —
Nathaniel Langley25oAcresJ
Robert Dumvill 150 Acres
David Marin 200 Acres
Patrick M^'Cormick 100 Acres
William Pilsher 100 Acres
Seth Slocumb 100 Acres
Anthony Stokes (Purchase)
650 Acres
Anthony Stokes 300 Acres
John Smith 200 Acres
David Wood 300 Acres
Mary Dunham &^ in Trust '
300 Acres
Thomas Sullivant 250 Acres
Peter Sallens 250 Acres
Queensborough
ditto
In S* George's Parish—
In S* David's Parish—
Jermyn
Esq"
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
Jermyn
ditto
& Charles Wright
1 50 Acres
ditto 150 Acres
ditto 500 Acres
ditto 150 Acres
ditto 150 Acres
ditto 450 Acres
ditto 150 Acres
Wright 500 Acres
400 Acres
In S' Mary's Parish-
Samuel Frink 500 Acres In S^ John's Parish —
Thomas Lee Jun*" 250 Acres In S' Philip's Parish —
William M'^Intosh (Bounty) 200 Acres In S^ Paul's
Parish —
Jacob Witter 250 Acres In S* James's Parish —
378 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Wednesday the 8*^ May
1771—
Present.
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Edw* Powell
The Hon^** ^ James Read \ Esquires
Clement Martin
Lewis Johnson
John Graham
Read a Petition of David Delegal Setting forth that
SnS^i^i ^^ h^^ "^^^ ^^^^ "P ^^ ^^ Province and being at age
for 460Acres ^^^ Posscsscd nine Slaves in his own right was desirous
of Obtaining Land for Cultivation which if granted he
promises Immediately to Settle and Improve Therefore
praying for four hundred and fifty Acres of Land on
South New Port in S' Andrew's Parish bounded to the
north by land of John Barber and South by land of Rod-
erick M^^Intosh —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petiticwier
^''^*^' 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 Prov-
ince 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 William M'Kenzie Setting forth
w^fSk^iethat he had heretofore Land granted to his Son
toffis^ George M'^Kenzie a Minor on the family Right of the
GmKeMcKen- pg^i^jQ^^^ that he had now two Negroes in the Province
Oxmnted.
MAY, 1771. 379
for whom he had never any land Therefore praying for.
his Son George M'^Kenzie One hundred Acres of Land
on Conoochee to adjoin Land formerly granted to the
said George M'^Kenzie
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Roger Champney's Setting forth
^e/champ- that he had a Wife and three Negroes and was desirous
Aa»8 of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
three hundred Acres of Land in S' Matthew's Parish
near Lands ordered John Stirk and to be run Oblong —
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted j^^j^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Robert Blanchard Setting forth that
RobtBian- he had formerly p>refered a Petition for four hundred
ehard for 450 . _^ .,
Acres and fifty Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish on Family
Right but the Consideration of his Petition was at that
time postponed Therefore praying for four hundred and
fifty Acres of Land for Cultivation on the north Side
of Bryer Creek in his Family Right Consisting of a Wife
three Children and three Negroes —
ResoIvVEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, j^}^ ^ake out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
380
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
thePetn. of
James Gold-
wire for 100
Acres
Granted.
Months from this date and that he doth also register
the Said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Goldwire Setting forth that
he had been sometime Resident in the Province but had
not any Land granted him and being now desirous of
Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres of Land on Belcher's Mill Creek
in S' Philip's Parish—
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
the Petn. of
John Penny
for 260 Acres
Granted.
Read a Petition of John Perry Setting forth that he
had been Six years Resident in the Province but had not
any land granted him and was desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivation having a Wife and two Children
Therefore praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land in S' George's Parish to adjoin Land of William
Hudley
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also roister the
said Grant in the register's Ofiice 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 —
thePetiLof
Georse Mcin-
tosh for GO
Aem
MAY, 1771. 381
Read a Petition of George M'^Intosh Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him fifty Acres of Land which
on Inquirey he foiind was not vacant Therefore pray-
ing for in Lieu thereof fifty Acres of Land on S' Simons
p.car the Town —
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
^3««t^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Edward Barnard Setting forth that
Mwd*Biimrf^^ had heretofore ordered him Three hundred Acres of
gr^sM Acws Land in S^ Paul's Parish which had been surveyed and
a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
plan thereof for that Purpose —
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gnntod. 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 —
Read a Petition of James Lucena Setting forth that
thePatiLof he had heretofore ordered him One thousand Acres of
fmiiMAam Land ou the South Side of the River Alatamaha on Re-
serve the term of which reserve was now nearly Expired
382
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
and had not at present more than Twelve Slaves for
whom he had not had any Land Therefore praying for
the further term of Six Months for purchasing such an
Additional Number of Slaves as might Intitle him to the
said One thousand Acres of Land —
Granted.
Ordered That the further Term of Six Months be
allowed for the said reserve as Prayed for —
Read a Petition of Thomas Netherclift Setting forth
Tw^Nether- that he had not any land granted him on his family
A^?*^*^ Right Therefore praying for four hundred Acres of
Land in S' Matthew's Parish near Isaac Ford's Cow-
pen —
Granted
ResoIvVEd That on Condtion 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 Prov-
ince 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 Thomas Netherclift setting: forth
thePetn^ that he had not any Land granted him on his Family
«iift*for4oo Ri^ht Therefore praying for four hundred Acres of Land
in S* Matthew's Parish near Land of Francis Jones
Acres
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
MAY, 1771. 383
Whereas the Several Persons whose Names are under
tf s2SS?*pL- written had Lands ordered and Surveyed for them in the
iS^^pJi Township of Wrightsborough and had departed the
Province without taking out out his Majesty's Grants
for the Lands so ordered and Surveyed for them Re-
spectively. — It is therefore Resolved that all and every
SeP^Xce^do^f the Said Persons who do not return into the Province
tife m'Siy^of on or before the first day of January next and take ot't
SSr^ndB his, her, or their Grants for the Tract or lot of Land
feited ^^' Ordered and Surveyed for them respectively as aforesaid
Shall forfeit the Same and that Immediately after the
said first day of January the Same will be deemed vacant
and disposed of Accordingly —
Richard Bird
Thomas Hart
Richard Jones
John Jones
Francis Jones
Benj° Jackson
Walter Jackson
Thomas Lynn
Oliver Matthews
John Murry
George Morrow
Debora Stubbs
Peter Philips
Hugh Tinner
John Whitsett
William Alleson
John Rogers
John Dover
Joseph Hollingsworth
Abrose Holliday
William Lynn
Thomas Matthew's
Holland Middleton
Robert Middleton
Lawrence Thompson
384 GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
Ordered That the above Resolve of the Board be
b^JSS^^ published in the next Gazette and that the Clerk do
furnish the Printer with a Copy thereof for that Pur-
pose —
Read a Memorial of Thomas Shruder Esq' deputy
Surveyer general in the words fdlowing viz'
To his Excellency James Wright Esq' Captain Gen-
eral and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's
Province of Georgia and to the Members of his
Majesty's honorable Council of the said Province.
The Memorial of Thomas Shruder Deputy Sur-
veyer general —
humbly Sheweth.
That some difficulties had arisen in regfard to the
Thos. Shruder Customery and Established fees of the Surveyer general's
iofffMri* Office — that Govemour Reynold's order in Council for
regulating the fees of the said Office was not in his ap-
prehension Sufficiently explicit in some respects — that
Several very necessary and distinct Matters of business
have arisen for which fees ought to be taken whi'-h arc
not Specified in the above mentioned order — that in the
said Order it is Expressed that upon the application of
any Officers under the predicaments set forth in the fore-
going Article) to the Govemour in Council, he shall be
ordered to take a proper fee in a Similar Proportion ro
those Specified in the said order That your Memorialists
had been Credibly Informed that the late honorable the
Commons house of Assembly came to a Resolution to
Augnwnt the fees of the Publick Officers of this Province
so farr as to make them equal to those taken by officers
of the like respective denomination in South Carolina
and that a Bill was Actually prepared for that Purpose
which was read a third time and Passed the house Your
Memorialist therefore hopes yoiu" Excellency and your
MAY, 1771,
386
honors will be pleased to take into your Consideration
the list of Articles of Official Business which is hereunto
annexed and order such a fee upon each as to your Ex-
cellency and your honors shall seem meet all which is
Submitted &"
Resoi.ve;d That the Consideration of the Several
PortpoMd Matters set forth in the said Memorial be postponed until
the next Meeting of the Board Henry Yonge Esq"" the
Surveyer general being daily expected from England
R^soiyVED That every Person Petitioning for and
toS^i^fa**" Obtaining a Grant for any lot of Land in the intended
own of Town of Brunswick on Turtle River shall within three
Brunswick to
BoUdthepson years from the date of such Grant build or cause to be
built and erected on every Lot so granted a good and
Sufficient dwelling house not less than thirty foot in
length and eighteen foot in wedth with a good brick
Chimney thereto and in Case of neglect or failure in ^^n
doing within three years as aforesaid — than to forfeit
and Pay Yearly and evry year for the Term of Seven
years after the Sum of One poimd Sterling ^ Annum
and at the Expiration of the said Seven years if such
such dwelling house shall not then be built the lot so
granted and not improved as aforesaid shall revert to
his Majesty his heirs and Successors —
40 Lots to be
res erve d for
pnblick Uses
Resoi^ved That forty lots in the aforesaid Town of
Brunswick (that is to say ten lots beginning at the Num-
ber 103 and ending at 112 both inclusve. Ten lots be-
gining at the Number 117 and ending at 126 both In-
clusive Ten lots beginning at the Number 331 and end-
ing at 140 both inclusive Ten lots beginning at the Num-
ber 345 and ending at 354 be all reserved for PuWick
uses or to be ather\\^ays disposed of as might be thought
Proper hereafter —
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386 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That Petitions for lots in the said Town
ESSftobe'** of Brunswick will be receved and heard on Wednesday
e^jdJmn^ the fifth day of June next from any Person or Persons
desirous of Obtaining Lots therein —
Ordered That notice of the same be published in the
next Gazette —
Resolved That the land under the Bluff of the said
Town Opposite to each Street fronting the River and the
full Wedth of each Street respecting be reserved for
Publick Landing places —
respectinfflthe
Land v tv^
theBhiff
And in Order to defray the Expence of laying out the
said Town and ascertaining the Several Streets and lots
therein It is ordered that every person appling for any
lot from Number One to One hundred and from the
Number 129 to 228 both inclusive or for any lot under
the Bluff of the said Town shall deposit with, the Clerk
of the Council the Sum of Twenty shillings to defray the
jg^ecttafftiM Expense aforesaid to be returned to the person or per-
iwrr^the g^j^g applying if the lot or lots so applied for be not
granted Also that the Several lots in the said Town from
the Number 229 to 328 both inclusive shall be chargeable
with fifteen shillings each as aforesaid Also that the Sev-
eral lots in the said Town from the Number 357 to 557
both inclusive shall be Chargeable with Twelve shillings
and Six pence each aforesaid the fifty Six publick lots
and the Several Lots Opposite the ends of the Streets
leading to the Water to be laid out and ascertained by
M*" George Mackintosh (the deputy Surv^er appointed
for laying out the said Town^ without any expence or
Charge to th^ Publick —
^ ^ ^ Ordered That the Clerk of the Council do pay to
the Clark to pay ^ "^
JJ-jJJJ^Jjf M' George Mackintosh the Several Sums of Money he
dr^mSu^^ might receive from the persons applying for and obtain-
JUNE, 1771.
387
ing lots as aforesaid when the Survey's of the said lots
shall be made by him which Sums of Money so re-
ceived and paid shall be in full of all his Charges and de-
mands for Surveying the said Lots from the Several
persons Obtaining the Same —
Ordered That the Surveyer general do issue a pre-
fiSSJtS'iSontcept directed to George Mackintosh to Survey and lay
BnmSwSsk out a Town to be called Bruswick and the Several lots
therein Agreeable to a plan given him at a place called
Carr's Old Fields on Turtle River.
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Wednesday the 5^** June
1771.
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq*"
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Mackay
James Edw"* Powell
The Hon'^'M John Graham \ Esquires
Lewis Johnson
Clement Martin
James Read
Read a Petition of Josiah Tatnell Setting forth that he
SSS*Si^«u^^^ desirous to Obtain a Tract of Land for Cultivation
«or260Acic8 Therefore praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land on S^ Simons Island heretofore ordered to John
Gordon the plat whereof was laying elapsed in the Sur-
veyer general's Office ever since the year 1760.
388 GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
Resolved That on Condition that the PetiticMier
Granted, j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant foF the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Raster's office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Anderson Setting forth that
jw> ^SSimm^^ ^^^ ^^^ some years resident in the Province but had
for 100 AcTM never any Land granted him and being now desirous of
Obtaining Land for Culti\'ation Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres of Land on M^'Bean's Swamp near
M' George Galphin's Cowpen.
RESOiyVED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Jacob Blount Setting forth that he
the Petn, of had been several years in the Province hjut never had any
JaooD Blount
for 100 Acres land granted him and being now desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres of Land on Briar Creek near Land of O'brien
to be run Square.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
JUNE, 1771.
389
tha PetiLof
Jno. Bamaby
forSOO Aem
Grmntod.
Read a Petition of John Bamaby Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in S' Andrew's Parish (on his family Right)
which was afterwards found not to be vacant Since
which he had one Child bom which was alive and. being
desirous of Obtaining an Additional Quantity of Land
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Land on
the east side of black Creek S' Andrew's Parish to join
Lands of Barber and Jones on Harrs's Neck.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Alexander Berryhill Setting forth
that he had been some time in the Province with his
family Consisting of a Wife and Seven Children but
never had any land granted him and being now desirous
of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
two hundred Acres of Land joining Land of George Gal-
phin on the north side of M^^Bean's Swamp in S^ Paul's
Parish to be nm Oblong the Swamp being narrow.
ResoIvVEd That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Henry Cooper Setting forth that
^J^'cwi he Came lately in the Province with his family Consist-
ing of a Wife and five Children in order to Settle if he
the Petn. of
Alexr. Berry*
hiU f or 200
Acres
Granted.
for 200 Acres
390 GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
Could Obtain Land for Cultivation Therefore praying
for Two hundred Acres of Land on Bark Camp joining
Land of Samuel Holton.
Granted.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's office of the said Prov-
ince 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 James Deveaux Setting forth that
SH^D^rmx he had heretofore Lands granted him in the Province
Mf^m KIM iLi*MMi
the Grant to but was now f>ossessed of more than fifty Negroes in
frS Derenox. right of whom he had never had any land Therefore
praying for (on Family Right) five hundred Acres of
Land in S' John's Parish formerly Surveyed for his Son
William Deveaux and that his Majesty's Grant for the
Same might pass to and in the name of his said Son
William Deveaux who would return into the Province
with his family
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's dfice of the said Prov-
ince 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 Michael Deverixso Setting forth
^^gftoj^ that he had been many years in the Province but never
t^o for 100 had any land granted him and being now desirous of
Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One hundred Acres of Land about Eight Mile from
Bryer Creek in S' George's Parish.
JUNE, 1771. 391
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Peter Deverixso Setting forth that
^;5^De?J he had been long in the Province but never had any
2^ '^ '^ land granted him and being now desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivaton Therefore praying for One hun-
dred Acres of Land about Eight Mile from Bryer Creek
and near Land this day petitioned for by Michael Deve-
rixso.
Resoi^vEd That on Condition that the Petitioner
GiABteC (jQth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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^ — to join Michael
Deverixso.
Read a Petition of Stephen Deverixso Setting forth
^p«tn. of that he had been long in the Province but never had any
^Mio far 100 land granted him and being now desirous of Obtaining
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred
Acres of Land within eight Mile of Bryer Creek near
Land this day petitioned for by Michael and Peter
Deverixso.
Resolved That on Condition that the PetiticMier
Qnntod. joth 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
892
GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
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 — to join Michael
and Peter Deverixso's Land.
Read a Petition of John Donavan Setting forth that
jbh^^DouTui ^ ^^^^^^ lately arrived in the Province with his Family
foraoo Acns Consisting of a Wife and four Children with intention
to Settle if he Could Obtain Land for Cultivation There-
fore praying for two hundred Acres of Land on a Branch
of Buck head to join Land of Charles Church well.
Gnmtod.
theP«tD. of
BamL Elbsrt
forlOOAcNB
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of Samuel Elbert Setting forth that
he had heretofore land granted him but had a Wife and
Child in right of whom he never had any land and being
desirous of Obtaining an additional Quantity of Land for
Cultivation and for Settling a Cowpen Therefore praying
for One hundred Acrea of Land on a Boggy Branch of
Briar Creek in S^ George's Parish within Six Miles of
the north side of Briar Creek.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnmtod. 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 Pr6vince
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 —
JUNE, 1 77 1. 393
Read a Petition of John Forbes Setting forth that he
^hnlShSiforhad heretofore Land granted him but had two Negroes
100 Acres ^^^ whom he had never Obtained any land Therefore
praying for One hundred Acres of land joining the
Marshes of Midway and Contiguous to his own land.*
Onmtad.
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of Ann Fitch Setting forth that she
A^M^pfehfor ^^^ heretofore land granted her on her family Right but
100 Aens j^ad now two NcgTocs f or whom he had Obtained no
Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Land
on Spirit Creek near the Land whereon she lived.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
<3rantad doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Roister
the said Grant in the Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 to join the land
whereon she lived.
Read a Petition of Valentine Hollingsworth Setting
the Petal, of forth that he had been upwards of one year in the prov-
Valeneu HoU- j r
-ggj^fwr ince with his family Consisting of a Wife Six Children
and one Negroe but had never any land granted him and
being now desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation
Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of Land on
the Beaver Dams near the Augusta Road.
394
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnmted.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also Raster
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Samuel Holmes Setting forth that
SSlnrfiSei he had been many years Settled in the Province with
panso Quintiii his family Consisting of a Wife and ten Negroes but had
never any Land granted him Therfore praying for Two
hundred Acres of Land on M^'Bean's Swamp near
Fann's land and that his Majesty's Grant for the same
might pass to and in the name of Quintin Pooler.
Granted.
the PetiLOif
Abm. Lewis
for200 Aeras
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Abraham Lewis Setting forth that
he had been six years in the Province with his family
Consisting of a Wife Six Children and one Negro and
that he had never any land granted him and being now
desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for two hundred Acres of Land on the north
side of the Beaver dam to be run Oblong the Swamp
being very narrow.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
G«»n*^ 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 Prov-
JUNE, 1771. 396
ince 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 Lemuel Leniere Setting forth that
&iufLeiiJwe he had been long Resident in the Province with his fam-
ily Consisting of a Wife and one Child but had never had
any land and being now desirous of Obtaining Land for
Cultivation Therefore praying for two hundred Acres
of Land in S' George's Parish formerly Surveyed for
Francis Stringer the plat long since elapsed.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmntod. ^^.j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 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 Prov-
ince 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 Joseph Moor Setting forth that he
thePetiLof had been four years Resident in the Province with his
Joseph Moofr
for 200 Acne family Consisting of a Wife and Seven Children and
that he had never any land granted him l)ut being now
desirous of Obtainir^ Land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for Two hundred Acres of Land on the South
Side of Bryer Creek bleow land granted Thomas White-
head deceased.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months fromi the date thereof that his
Majesty May not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted — to join the lower
line of Whitehead's Land.
396 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIt.
Read a Petition of George PickhaJt Setting forth that
^rS?*Pici5 he had a Wife and a Child in the Province that he had
hjd^or 100 heretofore only fifty Acres of Land granted him and be-
ii^ desirous of Obtaining an Additional Quantity of
Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for One Hun-
dred Acres of Land on black Creek to adjoin Land of
Michael Boreman and George Strobardt.
Granted Re^lved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
thePetiLof Read a Petition of Benjamin Richardson Setting forth
RkhardKm for that he had land granted him in 1769 in part of his fam-
ily Right and being now desirous of Obtaining an Ad-
ditional Quantity for Cultivation Therefore praying for
fifty Acres of Land in S^ Philip's Parish near* land of
George Weakly to be run Oblong the Swamp being very
narrow.
Gntntod.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Ryard Setting forth that he
tiieP«ta.of had a Wife five Children and one negroe in the province
860 Aeres and that he had never but one hundred Acres of Land
granted him and being desirous of Obtaining an Addi-
tional Quantity of Land for Cultivation Therefore pray-
ing for three hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S^ Mat-
JUNE, 1771.
397
Chrmntad.
thePetn. of
Wm. Spencer
for 600 Acres
thew's Parish to adjoin Lands of John Baker and Rod-
erick M'^Intosh.
• Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land in the Register's
Office of the said Province within Six Months fromi 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 William Spencer Setting forth that
he had five hundred and forty five Acres of land granted
him under the late Honorable the Trustees the whole of
which he was Informed and had reason to believe was
within the lands claimed by Sir William Baker that he
had a family Consisting of nine Children and four
Negroes and being desirous of Obtaining Land for Cul-
tivation Therefore praying for Six hundred Acres, of
Land in S^ Andrew's Parish adjoining Land Surveyed
for William Barnes to be run Oblong if found necessary.
Resolved That on Conditicni 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 Raster's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Allen and Ann Stuart Setting
thePetn.of forth that they had been long in the Province but never
stiwt for 460 had any land granted either of them that they had five
Negroes and were desirous of Obtaining Land for Culti-
vation Therefore praying for in Joint Tenancy four hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land on the Mortar Swamp "in
S* Andrew's Parish.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioners
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Granted
Acres
Grmated
398
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
thePetiLof
Dayd. Tliom
for 200 Acne
Granted.
Months from this date and that they do also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty May not b^ defrauded of his Quit JRents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of David Thorn Setting forth that
he had been sometime Resident in the Province with his
family Consisting of a Wife and one Child but had never
any Land granted him and being now desirous of Ob-
taining Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for Two
hundred Acres of Land in S^ George's Parish formerly
Surveyed for John Griffiths the plat of which had been
long elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 —
the PetiLof
MuT Wflb
Widw.forlOO
Acres
Granted
Read a Petition of Mary Wills Widow Setting forth
that she had been upwards of two years in the Province
with her family Consisting of four Children and three
negroes and had never any land granted her and being
now desirous of obtaining Land for Cultivation There-
fore praying for One hundred Acres of Land on the
north Side of Briar Creek formerly ordered Thomas
Tarver but not Siu^eyed and Joining the upper line of
Carrington's Land.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
JUNE, 1771. 399
ince 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 William Young Setting forth that
wm?*ySngfar*^^ had three hundred Acres of Land already granted
iGOAoNs j^jj^ j^ right of his Family Consisting of a Wife and
Six Children but was desirous of Obtaining an additional
Quantity of Land for Cultivation Therefore praying for
One hundred' and fifty Acres of Land joining Land of
David Lewis on the head of the Beaver dam.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Charles Frish Setting forth
tiie Petn. of that he had been sometime Settled in the Province with
Jno. Chft. .
his family Consisting of a Wife four Children and Six
Negroes and that he had never any Land granted him
and being how desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultiva-
tion Therefore praying for fifty Acres of Land joining
Land ordered Benjamin Stirk deceased and Fiat Leitner
in S* Matthew's Parish.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
ontnted 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 Raster'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 —
VrUhtarSO
Acne
400
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
Read a Petition of Henry Yonge Setting forth that he-
HMi/^^Dff« ^^^ ^ Wife two Children and eighteen Negroes and had
Se.^o^!toL hitherto had no more than Nine hundred Acres of Land
granted him Therefore praying for an Island in Savajinah
River Containing about three hundred Acres and within-
three Miles of Collin's Island lately ordered Edward
Barnard.
the Petn. of
Nathl.MIUer
for 100 Acne
Resolvep That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^'^*^ doth take out a Grant for the Land within seven Months
from this date and that he doth also raster the
said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Nathaniel Miller Setting forth that
three hundred Acres of Land had been ordered him
sometime since in S* George's Parish but on Examination
the same was found to be only One hundred Acres
thereof suitable or Convenient for him Therefore praying
for the said One hundred Acres of Land joining Land
Surveyed for William Champ in part of the three hun-
dred Acres formerly ordered him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted d^th 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 Prov-
ince 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 Richard Moore, Thomas Moore,
the Petn. of Samuel Samson, and Henry Sell Setting forth that they
Thoe. Moore had each of them a Tract of Land ordered them in the
Beini* Seneon
^^^tetobe Township of Wrightsborough which Tracts of Land and
lots had been Surveyed and returned and Grants passed.
JUNE, 1771.
401
Grsnted.
the Peta. of
Peter Spenee
S ur geon for
2000 Acres
Granted.
but the usual time allowed for R^stering the said
Grants in the Register's Office was Elapsed Therfore
praying that notwithstanding the lapse of tim^ the Reg-
ister of Grants might be ordered to receive and Raster
the said Grants on record in his Office.
Resolved That the Prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Register of Grants do Register the
said Grants in his Office Accordingly.
Read a Petition of Peter Spenee Surgeon Setting forth
that he had the Honor to Act as a Surgeon in a Regiment
Raised in the Colony of Virginia during the late Warr
and apprehended he was entituled to Lands in any of his
Majesty's Provinces Agreeable to his Royal Proclamation
and being desirous to Settle in the Province Therefore
praying for Two thousand Acres of Land on the South
Side of Great Ogechee to join Land of Hugh Bryan
above the Mouth of black Creek.
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for Six
Months
thePetn.of
Edmund Ball
forSOOAczes
Granted.
Read a Petition of Edward Ball Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him three hundred Acres of Land
in S^ Mary's Parish which had been Surveyed and a plan
thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office but the
time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same should
have passed Therefore praying that notwithstanding the
lapse of time he might be permitted to take out his Maj-
esty'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 only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for 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-
26 r— vol 11
402
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
IIm PMii« of
8uB9ii.Ball
f«rS0O AcTM
Qnuitod
tlMP«tll.Of
Jna Coehraa
forlOOAcrw
Orsntad.
tcr the said Grant in the Raster'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 Samson Ball Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land
in S^ Mary's Parish which had bjeen Surveyed and a Plan
thereof returned into the Survej'er general's Office but ,
the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the Same
should have passed Therefore praying that notwithstand-
ing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take out
his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the Sur-
veyer general might be ordered to prepare and certify a
{rfan therof for that purpose.
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 —
Read a Petition of John Cochran Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
in S^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed and a
plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's Office
but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that notwith-
standing the lapse of time he might be permitted to take
out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that the
Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and cer-
tify a plan therof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
for 800 & 200
Acree Elapsed
JUNE, 1771. 403
Months from this date (Agreeable to an Order of Coun-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Reg-
ister 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 William Williams Setting forth that
wm-^SSua^ he had heretofore ordered him Two Tracts of Land in
S^ Andrew's Parish the One Containing three hundred
Acres and the other Two hundred Acres borth which
Tract had been Surveyed and plans thereof returned into
the Surveyer general's Office but the time was Elapsed
in which Grants for the Same should have passed There-
fore praying that notwithstanding the lapse of time he
might be permitted to take out his Majest/s Grants for
the said Land and that the Surveyer general might be
ordered to prepare and certify plans thereof for that
purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Gnntad ^joth take out Grants for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Coim-
cil in that Case lately made) and that he doth also
Register 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 Joseph Cannon Setting forth that
J** hi^Cto^ ^^ ^^^ heretofore ordered him Four hundred Acres of
for.400AerM Land in Christ Church Parish which had been Surveyed
and returned and a fiat for the Seme passed by the Attor-
ney 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
404 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
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 cmly that the Petitioner
Gnntad j^^-j^ |.^j^^ ^^^ ^ 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 —
Read a Petition of Assa Emanuel Setting forth that he
Awa *Ei»nuei had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of Land
HbpSed^"** which had been survey'ed and returned 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 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 or-
dered to prepare the Same.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Cotm-
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 —
Read a Petition of Henry Bourquin Setting forth that
S>«p«£L**' u.he had heretofore orderedi him five hundred Acres of
grMOAcMs Land in S^ David's Parish which had been Surveyed
and returned and a fiat for the Same passed by the At-
torney general but the time was Elapsed in which the
Grant should have been taken out Therefore praying that
JUNE, 1771. ^ 405
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 only that the Petitioner
Granted doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince within Six Months from the date thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded qi his Quit Rents the
prayer of the said Petition is granted.
Ordered That One hundred Acres of Land in the
\S>iffSSb<^ Township of Wrightsborough be granted to Jacob Stubbs
SacobtoSbe?' Son of Thomas Stubbs to adjoin Land of Debora
Stubbs Mother of the said Jacob Stubbs.
Also That one hundred Acres of Land in Wrightsbor-
lS«itrftoHeB-^"&h Township be granted to Hester Stubbs the daugh-
ter stubbB. ^^j. Qf Joseph Stubbs to adjoin the One hundred Acres
above ordered to Jacob Stubbs.
Whereas Sundry persons did apply by Petition to his
J^^^;^^ Excellency the Govemour in Council this day praying
^^SfiJuS^that lots of Land might be granted them in the Town
^ of Brunswick on Turtle River and whereas such persons
did4iot set forth in their Petition the particular Number
Sheet or Square on which the lot or Lots so petitioned
for are Situate It is therefore ordered that the Clerk
of the Council do give Notice in the Gazette to all such
persons as did petition as aforesaid to Attend at the
State house on the first Tuesday in July next in order
that the Respective Numbers of the lots by them peti-
tioned for might be ascertained and fixt on the plan of
the said Town
406
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz*
To Richard Brown 250 Acres
Thomas Noble 200 Acres
}'"
S* Philip's Parish
James Castillon 300 Acres
William Elliott 150 Acres
Amos Emanuel 200 Acres
David Holmes 100 Acres
John Nevill 100 Acres
Josiah Roberts 150 Acres
James Simpson 200 Acres
Manoah Yarborough 100
Acres
In S* George's Parish
Thomas Fleming 500 Acres!
John Forbes 500 Acres J- In S' Matthew's Parish
James Johnston 1 50 Acres J
John Mcintosh Son of W"
40 Acres
Samuel Miller 400 Acres
Samuel Miller 100 Acres
John Simpson (of Sunbury)
150 Acres
' In S' Andrew's Parish
Joseph Oswell 100 Acres
John Stacey 100 Acres
John Simpson (of Sunbury) }• In S* John's Parish
600 Acres
William Fox 300 Acres In S* Patrick's Parish
JULY, 1771.
407
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Tuesday Y** 2^ July 1771,
Present
His Excellency James Wright Esq'
James Habersham
Noble Jones
James Mackay
The Hon"* \ James Edw'* Powell \ Esquires
John Graham
Lewis Johnson
James Read
Read a Petition of John Oates Setting forth that he
S^'^cS^forWas desirous of Obtaining a Tract of Land for Cultiva-
iMAezw ^j^^ Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Land
in the Parish of S^ Andrew bounded on all Sides by
Vacant Land heretofore ordered to Charles Mahanahan
and elapsed in the Secretary's Office.
Granted.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Rentz Setting forth that he*
^^l^^^^was desirous of Obtaining a Lot in the Town of Eben-
»Lot. ezer Therefore praying for a Lot known by the Number
Ten in the South west Corner of the main Street in
Ebenezer.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted. ^^^'^ j-^k^ qu|. ^ Grant for the said Lot within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also regis-
408
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
ter the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said
Province within Six Months frcmi 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 Thomas Ross Setting forth that he
ThoTl^Mfor ^^'^^ desirous of Obtaining a Tract of Land for Cultiva-
100 Acres ^.j^j^ Therefore praying for Two hundred Acres of Land
in S* PhiHp's Parish heretofore ordered to Jane Camp-
bell and Elapsed in the Surveyer general's Office.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnud. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that he doth also raster 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.
thePetn. of
Chs Momy
for 200/
Granted.
Read a Petition of Charles Murray Setting forth that
his late Brother David Murray had Two hundred Acres
of Land ordered him in S' Mary's Parish but not Sur-
veyed which Land was to have been Conveyed to the
Petitioner by his late brother had he lived to take out
a Grant for the Same Therefore praying for the said
Two hundred Acres of Land as it adjoin's land of which
he had purchased and was very necessary to him to keep
back water on.
Resolved That on Condition 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 QuitrRents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted the facts set forth appear-
ing.
JULY, 1771.
409
the Petn. of
Jno- Ryan for
860 Aci«e
Granted.
Read a Petition of John Ryan Setting forth that he
had last land day proved his Rights for three hundred
and fifty Acres of Land which he was desirous of taking
up Therefore praying for three hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in S' David's Parish lying to the Southward of
Lands of Jacob Moore.
Resolved That on Condition 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.
Read a Petition of Hannah Bradwell Setting forth that
Hanh. Bradweu she had heretofore Land granted her but had yet Negroes
for whom she had ^■**'^ had any Land Therefore praying
for three hundred Acres of Land in S' Andrew's Parish
to adjoin her lands there already granted her and to be
run Oblong.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 —
i;he Petn. of
Chrisr. Rinff
for 260 Acres
Read a Petition of Christopher Ring Setting forth
that he had had Land granted him but was yet possessed
of five Slaves for whom he had never Obtained any land
Therefore praying for Two hundred and fifty Acres of
Land within four Miles of M' Bryan's Cowpen in S^
Philip's Parish.
410 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gnmted
Resolvkd That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date 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 —
Read a Petition of Hannah Stirk Setting forth that
SuSfstfrkfarShe had Two hundred and fifty Acres of Land ordered
J/SSbLLS? her in S' Matthew's Parish which had been Surveyed
Aam and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office Therefore praying that a Grant for the said Land
might pass to and in the Name of Nathaniel Langley.
Resolved That on Conditicwi that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within seven
Months from this Date and that she 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 James Stewart Setting forth that
jS£!^i^Lit he had Eleven hundred Acres of Land granted him on
for 800 Aeres p^j„j|y Rjght but was yet posscssed of Six Slaves for
whom he had ne\'^er Obtained any Land Therefore pray-
ing for three hundred Acres of Land on a Branch of the
Mortar Swamp in S* Andrew's Parish within half a
Mile of Land ordered M" Bradwell- to be run Oblong.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. Jq|;}^ ^^^ q^^ g^ 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.
JULY, 1771. 411
Read a Petition of Joseph Low Setting forth that he
taiphLw for resided Twelve Months in the Province had had no Land
^^ *^ granted him and being possessed of a Wife four Chil-
dren and thirty Six Slaves Therefore pra5ring for three
hundred Acres of Land in S^ Andrew's Parish to take in
a branch of the Mortar Swamp and to be run Oblong
the Swamp being narrow.
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted. 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 Raymond Demerie Setting forth
th« Pete, of that he was bred up in the Province had had no Land
erieforioo granted him and was now desirous of Obtaining Land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for One hundred
Acres of Land in S* Andrew's Parish to adjoin Lands
Surveyed for John Perkins.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gmntod 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.
Read a Petition of David Unsell Setting forth that
thePetiuof he had resided a Considerable time in the Province and
David Unaell
for 460 Acres was desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation having
a Wife and Ten Negroes for whom he had only Two
hundred Acres of Land granted him Therefore praying
for four hundred and fifty Acres of Land in S' Matthew's
Parish about three Miles from Martin Dasher's Cowpen.
412 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted. j^^j^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^ Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that he doth also register the
said Grant in the Regpister'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.
Read a Petition of Joseph Law Setting forth that he
^Jh!*Liw«orhad resided Twelve Months in the Province that he had
^^«« a Wife four Children and thirty Six Slaves and that
he never had yet any land granted him on the said Rights
Therefore praying for four hundred Acres of Land in
the Parish of S^ Andrew to take in two Branches near
the River Alatamaha called the two brothers.
Resolved That on Condition that the . Petitioner
Gimnted. joth 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 provided the two Branches
lie within the Compass of four hundred Acres.
the Petn. of
Jamee Home
forSOOAcree
Read a Petition of James Hume Setting forth that he
having many Slaves for whom he never had any lands
granted him and being desirous of Obtaining three hun-
dred Acres of Land to adjoin his plantation in the
Parish of Christ Church Therefore praying for the said
three hundred Acres of Land to adjoin the Land where-
on he had Settled in the Parish of Christ Church.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted joth 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
JULY, 1771. 413
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 —
Read a Petition of William Canty Setting forth that
wSifcanty'for ^^ had heretofore ordered him five hundred Acres of
600 Aci«e Land on Reserve which was Suffered to ElapSe and ap-
plication was made to M' Watson to prefer a Petition
for a further time to Survey the said Land so Reserved
. but no order had passed thereon Therefore praying for
five hundred Acres of Land on S' Simon's Island being
a palmeto hammock near Rotten Creek on reserve in
Lieu of the land formerly reserved for him
Granted.
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for Six
Months as prayed for.
Read a Petition of Deverix Garratt Setting forth that
the Petn,of he had resided for some time in the Province that he
for 100 Acres had a Wife two Children and Seven Negroes for whom
he had only Two hundred Acres of Land granted him
Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Land in
the Parish of S' Paul to join Land formerly granted
him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grmnted. ^Qth 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 Prov-
ince 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 M^^Intosh Setting forth that
jno-^S^tMh ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^" *^^ Province from his Infancy but had
for 860 Acres never had any Land granted him that he had Eight
Negroes and was very desirous of Obtaining Land for
Cultivation Therefore praying for three hundred and
414
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
fifty Acres of Land on Cowpen Swamp in S* David's
Parish.
Granted.
thePetn.of
Chs. Fraas.
Chevalier for
800 Acies
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince 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 Charles Francis Chevalier Setting
forth that he had sometime since ordered him_ three hun-
dred Acres of Land on the South Side of the Alatamaha
but the same was not to be found vacant Therefore pray-
ing for in lieu of the aforesaid Land three hundred Acres
in S^ Matthew's Parish near land of Davidson and Land
said to be one Oberry's.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seveo
Months from this date and that he doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Elizabeth Didcott Setting forth
g^2**Sfci^ that she had ordered her in August last fourteen hundred
So A^2^* Acres of Land on the South Side of the Alatamaha but
the same Could not be found vacant Therefore praying
for in Lieu of the aforesaid Land five hundred Acres
in S* Philip's Parish within three Miles of Jonathan
Bryan's Cowpen, and five hundred Acres in said Parish
near Land of John Lassiner. And also four hundred
Acres in S' Mathew's Parish near Land of Davidson and
land said to be one Oberry's.
Granted.
JULY, 1771. 415
Resoi^v^ That on Condition that the Petitioner
^^'*"*^ doth take out Grants for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Jonathan Bacon Setting forth that
SmKL*Bwon ^^ had resided sometime in the Province and was de-
for 160 Acne gij-ous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation that he had a
Wife a Child and Eighteen Slaves for whom he had not
yet Obtained any land Therefore praying for One hun-
dred and fifty Acres of Land in S^ Andrew's -Parish near
Land formerly the property of Francis Arthur to be run
Oblong.
RES01.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
GnnteA. Jq^]^ ^^g qu^ g. 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 William Bacon Setting forth that
^^Sinforhe had resided Sometime in the Province and was de-
800 Acxw sirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation having a Wife
and fourteen Slaves and had only Seventy one Acres of
Land granted him Therefore praying for three hundred
Acres of Land in S^ Andrew's Parish near land belong-
ing to Abraham Lewis to be run Oblong the Swamp
being narrow.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
416 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
ince 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 David Tubear Setting forth that
S^kTitoi^ he had sometime since purchased fifty Acres of Land in
SL*S^60*** the district of Vemonburg Originally laid out to Jan
Name Bclligau who neglected to take out his Majesty's Grant
for the Same Therefore praying that in Consideration
of his purchased ^"*'^ aforesaid his Majesty's Grant for
the said fifty Acres of Land might pass to him and in
his Name.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted. ^Jq^Ij ^^\^^ 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 the Facts set forth in the
Petition appearing.
tikePetn. of
Lncae SOeff ler
forSOOAcree
Read a Petition of Lucas Ziegler Setting forth that
he had resided some time in the Province had a Wife
and three Children and was desirous of Obtaining Land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for two hundred Acres
of Land on a Branch of Augustin's Creek in the Parish
of S^ Matthew near lands of Andrew Sickiner to be run
Oblong the Swamp being narrow.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, 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 Prov-
ince 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.
JUI.Y, I77I.
417
liMP«tlLOf
J«nL Wriffht
lorSBOAerM
Read a Petition of Jermyn Wright Setting forth that
teiSSw^the had heretofore Land granted him on family Right but
ftvMOAcras ^^ ^^^ possessed of ten N^joes for whom he had
never Obtained any Land Therefore praying for four
hundred Acres of Land to adjoin two lines of Land Sur-
veyed for George Fox.
Resolved That on Condition 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 Prov-
ince within Six Months from the dslte thereof that his
Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents Part
of the Prayer of the said Petition is granted viz* Two
hundred and fifty Acres.
Read a Petition of Jermyn Wright Setting forth that
he had had Land granted him on family Right but was
now possessed of Ten Slaves for whom he never had
Obtained any Land Therefore praying for Two hundred
and fifty Acres of Land between S* Mary's and Crooked
River to adjoin Land heretofore granted him.
Resolved That on Condition 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 —
Read a Petition of James Jones Setting forth that he
had been formerly a Soldier in one of his Majesty's In-
dependant Company's of Foot Commanded by Cap^ John
Epay and Obtained his discharge from the Same There-
fore praying for fifty Acres of Land on a Branch called
Cowpen Swamp in S* David's Parish Agreeable to his
Majesty's Roysl Bounty.
17 c r— yol U
Gnatti
uMPota. of
JamM JooM
far 80 AerM
418 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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.
Read a Petition of William Price Setting forth that
wm. Price for he had been many years Settled in the Province with his
800 Acres
family Consisting of a Wife and three Children had had
no Land granted him and was desirous to Obtain Land
for Cultivation Therefore praying for three hundred
Acres of Land on the north Side of the Buffelo Swamp
in S' David's Parish.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gimnted 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 Prov-
ince 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 Elizabeth Butler Setting forth that
SteS*B^cr ^^^ ^^^ heretofore Land granted her on Family Right
lor 100 Acres ^^^ j^j many Negroes for whom she had not Obtained
any Land Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of
Land in S^ Philip's Parish to adjoin her own Land there.
RESOI.VED That on Condition that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Months from this date and that she doth also Roister
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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
JULY, 1771. 419
Read a Petition of Thomas Shruder Setting forth that
^>J^hrS«r he had heretofore land granted him on Family Right but
Acrea **' had Since Obtained four Negroes for whom he had not
had any Land Therefore praying for two hundred Acres
of Land in S^ Philip's Parish to join the upper line of
land ordered to Jonathan Cochran.
Granted
RESOI.VED That on Condition 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.
Read a Petition of Lachlan M'^Intosh Setting forth
Slch^^Jto-: ^hat he had heretofore Land granted him but had now
toshforsoo gj^ NcgToes for whom he never had Obtained aijy Land
Therefore praying for three hundred Acres of Land on
Great S^ Simon's to adjoin One hundred Acres already
granted him there.
Resolve;d That on Condition that the Petitioner
Cimnted (jQ^h 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 —
Read a Petition of George Rentz Setting forth that he
^e Pat^ of had a Wife four Children and two Negroes and had but
Georare Rente ^
ior 800 Acres Que hundred and fifty Acres of Land and being desirous
of Obtaining an Additional Quantity of Land Therefore
praying for three hundred Acres of Land in S* Philip's
Parish to join Land of Joseph Johnson.
420 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gfaated
Resolved That on Condition 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 fnxn the date thereof that his Maj-
esty may not he defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted.
Read a Petition of John Green Setting forth that he
So/BSii fcr*^^ been long Settled in the Province with his family
Consisting of a Wife and three Children but never had
any land and being now desirous of Obtaining Land for
Cultivation Therefore praying for two hundred Acres of
Land in S' Philip's Parish to join Land of Joseph John-
ston.
Resolved, That on Condition 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 Maj-
esty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the prayer
of the said Petition is granted John Rentz's Land to be
first run.
Read a Petition of Adam Erick Setting forth that he
liMPtotiLof had lately added two to the Number of his Negroes
Adam Eriek for ^->
looAerM . Therefore praying for One hundred Acres of Land in
S* Philip's Parish near Land formerly Granted him.
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Gnnted 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 Prov-
ince 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.
JULY, 1771. 421
Read a Petition of Henry Lawrence Setting forth that
siSr^hSL he had for some time past and at present a Considerable
TCoee for 1000 jgr^^ij^r of Slaves Employed in planting in the province
for whcttn he never had any land granted him Therefore
praying for One thousand Acres of Land on Turtle
River near or to adjoin his Lands there.
RBS01.VED That on Condition 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 the Warrant for Surveying
One thousand Acres ordered M' Graham to be first ex-
ecuted. '
tiiePetiLof
Wm. Moore for
200 Acree
Ctouitod*
Read a Petition of William Moore Setting forth that
he had been long Settled in the province with his family
Consisting of a Wife and Child had had no Land granted
him Therefore praying for Two hundred Acres of Land
on the South Side of the hog Crawl Credc to adjoin
Land of Jacob Moore in S* David's Parish.
RES01.VKD That on Condition 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. —
Read a Petition of William Haven Setting forth that
w^SliSSfor'^^ was lately arrived in the province to Execute the
iMOAo^insoffice of Naval or Navy Office That he soon Expected
his family here in order to Settle and that he also Ex-
pected a Considerable Numtjer of Indented white Serv-
ants Therefore praying for fifteen hundred Acres of
422
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Gimnted.
the PetiLof
Wm. Haven for
600 AcTM
Granted.
the Petn. of
Jno. Womack
for 100 Acree
Elapsed
Granted.
Land in the Township of Queensborough to be laid out
in three Tracts) or reserved for twelve Months in which
time he engaged to Settle the said Land with white Serv-
ants or Negroes.
Ordered That the said Land be reserved for twelve
Months he Settling Negroes thereon in that time.
Read a Petition of the said William Haven Setting
forth that he was lately arrived in the province to exercise
the office of Naval or Navy Office to which he was ap-
pointed that he Expected his family Consisting of a Wife
and Six Children and Some Servants soon here and being
desirous of Obtaining Land for Cultivation Therefore
praying for on his family Right five hundred Acres of
Land in the Township of Queensborough and one lot
in the Town of Queensborough.
Ordered That the said Land be surveyed and re-
served untill his family Arrives.
Read a Petition of John Womack Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Land in S^ George'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 taking out Therefore praying
that notwithstanding the lapse of time he might be per-
mitted to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land
and that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the
same.
RESOI.VED 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
JULY, 1771.
423
thePeta of
Richd. Wylly
for 200 Acres
Elapsed.
Granted.
his Majesty may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the
Prayer of the said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of Richard Wylly Setting forth that he
heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres of Land and
three hundred Acres which had been Surveyed and re-
turned and fiats for the Same passed by the Attorney
general but the time was Elapsed in which the Grants
should have been taken out Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grants for the said Land and
that the Secretary might be ordered to prepare the Same.
RKS01.VED 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 Council
in that Case lately made) and that he doth also Register
the said Grants in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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 Lucy Clark Setting forth that she
thePeto.of had heretofore ordered her One himdred and fifty Acres
Laey Clark for -'
160 Acres ^f i^and in S^ George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
same Should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time she 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.
RES01.VED That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that she doth also Register
424
GOVERNOR AND COUNCILw
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 —
tlieP0tii.of
Immc PaefttoB
for 100 Aeres
Gtsntid.
Read a Petition of Isaac Pacaton Setting forth that
he had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
Land in S* Philip's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted
to take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and
that the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare
and certify a plan thereof for that purpose.
Resoi^viBd 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 Council
in that Case lately made) 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—
tlieP»tB.of
Wm. HiK for
tfOAeroa
Giantad.
Read A Petition of William Hix Setting forth that he
had heretofore ordered him Two hundred and fifty Acres
of Land in S' George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same Should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a plan thereof for that purpose.
[Sic no Resolution]
JULY, 1771. 426
Read a Petition of David M^Gown Setting forth that
STYd^cCktnhe had heretofore ordered him One hundred Acres of
SSii2d^*^ Land in S' George's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was Elapsed in which a Grant for the
Same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time he might be permitted to
take out his Majesty's Grant for the said Land and that
the Surveyer general might be ordered to prepare and
certify a plan thereof for that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
cfafmntad. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) 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 Hannah Bradwell Setting forth
HiuSlS^w«nthat she had heretofore ordered her five hundred Acres
SSiSSd *^ of Land in S* Andrew's Parish which had been Surveyed
and a plan thereof returned into the Surveyer general's
Office but the time was elapsed in which a Grant for the
same should have passed Therefore praying that not-
withstanding the lapse of time she 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 only that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^j^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Grant foT the said Land within Two
Months from this date (Agreeable to an order of Council
in that Case lately made) and that she 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
426 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
may not be defrauded of his Quit Rents the Prayer of the
said Petition is granted —
Read a Petition of John Mitchell Setting forth that
the p«tn. of he had heretofore ordered him Two hundred Acres and
^200 AcTM Two hundred Acres of Land in S^ John's Parish both
which Tracts had been Surveyed and plans thereof re-
turned into the-Surveyer general's Office but the time
was Elapsed in which Grants for the Same should have
passed therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time he might be permitted to take out his Majesty's
Grant for the said Land and that the Surv^eyer general
might be ordered to prepare and certify plans thereof for
that purpose.
Resolved That on Condition only that the Petitioner
Granted, j^^h 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 Reg-
ister 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 Ann Fitch Setting forth that she
£?n''^i/*for ^^^ desirous to Obtain a Tract of Land for Cultivation
600 Acres Therefore praying for five hundred Acres of Land in S^
David's Pa^rish heretofore ordered and Surveyed to
George Fox the plat wherof was Elapsed in the Sur-
veyer general's Office
Resolved That on Condition that the Petitioner
Grantad. doth take out a Grant for the said Land within Seven
Mc«iths from this date and that she doth also Register
the said Grant in the Register's Office of the said Prov-
ince 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.
JULY, 1771.
427
Read a Petition of Richard Bradly Setting forth that
SchdfBiadiflF he had heretofore three hundred Acres of land ordered
or a new j^j^ j^ Christ ChuTch Parish which he had not been able
Precept
Gfsnted.
to gitt Surveyed in the usual time allowed for that pur-
pose Therefore praying that notwithstanding the lapse
of time the Surveyer general might be enabled and or-
dered to issue a new Precept on the said Warrant that
the land so ordered him might be Surveyed in order to
his Obtaining his Majesty's Grant for the Same.
ResoItVEd That the prayer of the said Petition is
granted and that the Surveyer general do issue a new
precept Accordingly.
His Excellency laid before the Board his Majestys
his Majesty Warrant to him directed requiring him forthwith to ad-
Exceihf. mit Henry Yonge Esq' Member of his Majesty's Coun-
cil in this province which was read in the Words follow-
ing — Viz'
George R. Trusty and well beloved we greet you
wi^iSSoint- ^^^^ we being well Satisfied with the loyalty Integrity
rfw^^ir. a and Ability of our Trusty and well beloved Henry Yonge
c^rff of ^' Esq' have thought fit hereby to Signify to you our will
and pleasure that forthwith upon receipt of these pres-
ents you Swear and admit him the said Henry Yonge to
be of our Council in our province of Georgia and for so
doing this shall be your Warrant and we bid you fare-
well. Given at our Court at S' James's the fourth day
of March 1771 in the Eleventh year of our Reign By
his Majesty's Command
HlU<SBOROUGH.
After which Henry Yonge Esq' was required to At-
Ew' to5k*Sie tend and Attended Accordingly took the State Oath of
Oath A his Seat ^ .„ - a ,..,,. r^ • ^ .,
Councillor and was Admitted to his Seat in Council.
VktwI or NftTT
Officer in the
B oom of Wn.
428 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
His Excellency laid before the Board his Majesty's
w5ttj?tehjlr Warrant to him directed requiring him forthwith to
****"'* Cause letters patent to be passed under the great Seal of
this province for Constituting and appointing W" Haven
Esq"^ Clerk of the Navel or Navy Office of this province
in the Room of W" Russel Esq' deceased which was read
in the words following Viz*
George R. Trusty and well beloved we greet well
^{5J5JW^» Whereas we have taken into our Royal Consideration
^wE^'.. the loyalty Integrity and Ability of our Trusty, and well
beloved William Haven Esq"^ we have though 'fit hereby
to Authorize and require you forthwith to Cause letters
patent to be passed under the Seal of our province of
Georgia in America for Constituting and appointing him
the said William Haven Clerk of the Naval or Navy
Office in our said province in the Room of W°* Russel
Esq' deceased to have hold exercise and enjoy the Same
by himself or his sufficient deputy or dq>uties during our
Pleasure together with all and Singular the fees, rights
privileges and Advantages to the said Office or place
belonging or appurtaining with a proviso that nothing in
the said letters patent contained shall extend or be Con-
strued to extend to the Prejudice or disadvantage of the
Office of our high Admiral of great Britain or of otu"
Admiralty of our foreign Plantations for the time being
or of any of the rights privil^^es Jurisdictions powers
and Authorities to the Same in any wise appertaining
and you are likewise to insert in the said letters patent
a Clause for Ol^iging him the said William Haven to
reside within our said Province and not to depart or be
absent from thence for more than the Space of three
Months without our Special leave and Licence in that
behalf and it is our further Will and pleasure that these
our Letters be without delay recorded Amongst the Rec-
ords of our Council of our said Province and for so doing
JULY, 1771. 42»
this Shall be your Warrant and so we bid you farewell.
Given at our Court at S' James's the 18*^ day of Feb-
ruary 1 77 1. In the Eleventh year of our Reign.
By his Majesty's Command
HnXSBOROUOH
Richard Cunningham Crooke Esq' was Called to Qual-
^^SSkm ^^y himself to Act as Clerk of the Commons house of as-
d^cSk^Sm^ sembly in the Room of John Simpson Esq"^ who resigned
SSSi**'^^ the said Office and the said Richard Cunningham Crooke
Attended Accordingly and took the State Oaths and
Oath of Clerk of the Commons house of Assembly.
His Excellency Commimicated to the Board a Letter
a Letter!^ which he had received from the Rigfht honorable, the
™j^gj«^ Earl of Hillsborough acquainting his Excellency that his
coDdu|rtof ye Majesty had disapproved of the Conduct of the Assem-
SJSlSd^bly which was dissolved the 22* of February last and
So&.'to was Graciously pleased to approve of his Excellency's
Conduct on the Occasion and that he was Commanded to
Acquaint the Board that their behavious was highly to
be Commended and that his Majesty recived with appro-
bation so proper a Testimony of their Attachment to the
Constitution and of their Zeal to Support it His Excel-
lency also acquainted the Board that he had Obtained
hia Majesty's Royal permission to Visit England and
that he intended Soon to embark for that Kingdom..
His Excellency also Acquainted the Board ^■'"^ a Talk
tjjjjttjjM* he had lately received from Emistesego and the Gun
Merchant two head Men of the Creek Nation which was
read as also his ExceK'* answer thereto and the latter was
highly approved by the Board.
430 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
His Excellency informed the Board that the Office of
SJ^p^toSd Collector and Comptroller of the Country duties at the
comptroMerat Dort of Sunburv was become vacant by the departure of
thePortofSun- ^
bury James Kitchen the late Collector and Comptroller from
this province and that he thought William Mackenzie
Esq"" a proper person to execute that Office and the Board
Unanimously advised his Excellency to appoint the said
William Mackenzie Collector and Comptroller of the
Country duties at the port of Sunbury — Ordered that
the Clerk do furnish the Secretary with a Copy of the
above Minute and that the Secretary do prepare a Conv
mission appointing William Mackenzie Collector and
Comptroller of the port of Sunbury. The Board took
under Consideration a Memorial of Thomas Shruder
Esq"" deputy Surveyer general of the 2^ April Respecting
the fees of the Surveyer general's Office and after some
time Resolved that the Surveyer general and deputy
forthes.o & Surv^cycr's may hereafter demand and take the following
fees and no more for business done by them respectively.
Surveyer
Surveyer Generars fees.
For a Copy of every Warrant and Precept
thereon £.. i.. 4
Every hundred Acres of Land Surveyed 2.. 3
A new Precept or prolonging an Old one i.. 4
Each plat record of that plat and Certificate 6.. 9
Survey of a Town Lot 3.. .•
Plat of a Town Lot record and Certificate of the
same 6.. 9
For an Attested Copy of a plat 4.. ..
For a Search that is every diflferen Name 8
For a Certificate i.. ••
For business done by Special order of the Coun-
cil and not herein provided for i.. 4
For a Copy of a Warrant without a Precept and
Certifying the Same i.. 4
JULY, 1771. 431
N. B. If a Tract of Land or Town Lot is ordered and
^* ^' Surveyed for any person and afterwards ordered to be
passed to another person, the latter is to pay all fees
due thereon by the person or persons to whom it was
before ordered.
Deputy Surveyer's Fees.
For every Survey under Twenty Miles distant
from the place of abode £..16.. 9
For every Survey p*" 100 Acres 2.. 3
For a plat of each Survey certified and returned
to the Surveyer general's Office 6.. 9
For every Survey above Twenty Miles from]
his place of abode >
For every Twenty Miles exceeding that distance] 6.. 9
For running out a Town lot if Cleared 3.. ..
For the Same if not Cleared 6.. ..
For a Certificate of. the Same returned to the
Surveyer general's Office 6.. 9
Ordered That the Clerk deliver M' Attorney Gen-
Condftionsof eral a Copy of the Conditions on which the lots in the
the Lots on ^•'
4o^gSSted* Town of Brunswick are to be granted as entered on the
Minutes of the Eight of May last and that M*" Attorney
general do prepare a draft agreeable thereto and then
the following lots were ordered to be laid out and granted
to the perscMis whose Names will be hereafter menticMied.
His Excellency the Govemour Signed the following
Grants Viz^
To Patrick Butler 150 Acres) j^ s' Paul's Parish
John Roch loo Acres)
Roam Guin 200 Acres -
Stephen Murray 100 Acres
Quintin Pooler 350 Acres
Quintin Pooler 150 Acres
In S* George's Parish
432
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
To John Graham Esq' 300'
Acres
Benjamin Lanier 200 Acres
Robert M'Cormick 250 [ In S^ Matthew's Parish
Acres
Joshua Pierce 150 Acres
Hannah Stirk 500 Acres
William Mcintosh 100 Acres!
Sarah Spencer 300 Acres Vin S* Andrew's Parish
Joseph Woodruff 500 Acres J
™^ Wijjiamson lOO Acres) j^ g' David's'fesh
William Williamson 300 Acres)
John Duncan 250 Acres In S* Patrick's Parish
William Deveaux 500 Acres In S* John's Parish
Timothy Lemke 300 Acres In S* Philip's Parish
GEORGIA At a Council held in the Council Chamber
at Savannah on Saturday the 13*^ July 1771
Present
The Honourable James Habersham Esq'
President
The Hon"-
Noble Jones
James Edw* Powell
James Read
Henry Yonge
Esq"
His honour the president infonned the Board that as
his Excellency Janaes Wright had lately departed this
province in order to proceed to Great Britain, having
JULY, 1771. 438
Obtained his Majesty's leave of absence and the Govern-
ment thereof had devolved upon him he had called them
together that he might take the usual Oaths to Qualify
him to take upon him the Administration — Accordingly
his honour took the Oaths for Administering the Gov-
ernment and for securing the Acts of Trade and Naviga-
tion, which Oaths are as follows viz*
You do Swear that you will faith and True Allegiance
bear unto his most Sacred Majesty King George the
third and to his Heirs and Successors and will well and
Truly execute the Office and Trust of Commander in
Chief of the province of Georgia according to the best
of your Skill and Knowledge and According to the pow-
ers wherewith you are vested. So help you God —
Oath relatii^ to the Acts of Trade and Navigation
You do Swear that you will to the best of your Skill and
power so long as you shall Continue in the Government
and Command of his Majesty's province of Georgia well
and Truly execute and perform all Matters and things
which by the Statute made in the Twelfth Year of the
reign of King Charles the Second Intituled an Act for
the Encouragement and increasing of Shipping and Navi-
gation and the other Statute made in the fifteenth Year
of his said Majesty's Reign intituled An Act for the
Encouragement of Trade and also the Acts made in the
Seventh and eight years of the Reig^ of his late Majesty
King William intituled an Act for preventing fraudes
and Abuses in the plantation Trade and also all other
Acts which have been made and are in force for the bet-
ter Regulating and Securing the plantation Trade, you
are required as Commander in Chief of the said Province
to be Sworn to the performance of So help you God
After which the Hon"* Noble Jones, James Edw*
28 e r-Toi 11
434 GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Powell James Read and Henry Yongei Esquires Severally
took the Oaths^ appointed for a Councellor —
His honor informed the Board that William Ryan
Davis, who was Convicted of horse stealing at the last
Sessions and had Sentence of death passed upon him, had
been recommended to him as an Object worthy of Mercy
and many favourable Circumstances appearing, the Board
UnaninKmsly advised his Honour to g^rant him the said
William Ryan a full and free pardctfi —
Then a proclamation for Continuing all officer's Civil
and Military in their Respective places, untill his honours
pleasure be further known, was ordered to be issued —
That the Secretary do prepare such Proclamation Ac-
cordingly Sundry publick Accounts respecting Contin-
gent expences from the 25*^ day of June 1770 to 24*^ day
of June 1771 Inclusive Amounting to £i95..7..3 were
laid before the Board by M' Baillie the Commissary,
audited passed and ordered for payment —
INDEX.
Alexander, David, petition for land, 212; land and town lot in Queensboro
granted to, 227.
Alday, Josiah, grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Allen, John, petition for land, 212, 306; land and town lot in Queensboro grant-
ed to, 227.
Anderson, David, petition for land, 136; grant for signed by the Governor, 376.
Anderson, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 66 ; petition for land, 388.
Anderson, Jonathan, petition for new warrant, 318.
Anderson, Matthew, petition for land, 236.
Andly, Gerrard, petition for land, 131. **
Andrew, Benjamin, grants for signed by the Governor, 28, 252; petition for
land, 75; returned to legislature, 334.
Andrew, James, petition for land, 92.
Ansley, Thomas, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Antrobus, Isaac, petition for land, 192, 278, 279.
Ashfield, Henry, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Ashton, Edward, petition for land, 339.
Askins, John, petition for new warrant, no.
Askin, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 156.
Attorney-General, opinion of as to certain laws, 375; report of to be published
in gazette, 376.
Audley, Gerrard, petition for land, 308.
Austin, William, petition for land, 126.
Austin, Richard, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Ayres, Thomas, petition for grant, 83, 171 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 252.
B
Bacon, John, petition for land, 218.
Bacon, Jonathan, petition for land, 415.
Bacon, Samuel, petition for land, 52; grant for signed by the Governor, 228.
Bacon, William, petition for land, 415.
Bags, Alexander, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Bailey, Joseph, grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Baillie, Alexander, petition for land, 285.
(485)
486 INDEX.
Baillie, George, petition for land, 337 ; petition for new precept, 373.
Baillie, Joseph, petition for grant, 122.
Baillie, Robert, petition for new warrant, iii; petition for land, 378.
Baillie against Mcintosh, caveat, 207.
Baillie against Westly, caveat, 206.
Baker, John, petition for land, 153.
Baker, Joseph, petition for land, 137.
Baker, William, Jr., grant for signed by the Governor, 47.
Baldwin, David, petition for land, 13; petition for grant, 199; grant for signed
by the Governor, 303.
Ball, Edward, petition for grant, 401.
Ball, Samson, petition for land, 42; petition for grant, 402.
Banister, William, petition for land, 163.
Barnaby, John, petition for land, 389.
Barnard, Edward, petition for land, 135 ; petition for grants, 143, 381 ; returned
to legislature, 334; petition for island, 346; petition for new warrant, 348.
Barnes, William, petition for land, 87.
Barnett, Nathan, petition for grant, 199; grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Bamett, William, petition for grant, 198; grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Bartholomew, John, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Beatty, Joseph, petition for land, 211; land and town lot in Queensboro laid
out for, 227.
Beatty, Thomas, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Beasley, George, petition for land, 235.
Beck, George, lot in Wrij^tsboro granted to, 86.
Belcher, William, petition for new precept, 118, 329; letter from concerning new
military company, 331.
Bell, Christian, petition for land, 184.
Bennet, William, grants for signed by the Governor, 156, 303.
Bennett, Hugh, petition for land, 89.
Bennett, William, petition for land, 115, 122, 190.
Berryhill, Alexander, petition for land, 389.
Berryhill, Andrew, petition for land, 175.
Bewie, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Bewling, Robert, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Bird, Andrew, grant for signed by the Governor, 47.
Bird, Burgon, petition for grants, 60.
Bird, Israel & Abraham, petition for grant, 49.
Bird, Israel, Abraham Bird & Hugh Bryan, grant for signed by the Governor,.
22a
Blackman, William, petition for land, 349.
Blair, James, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Blake, William, petition for grant, 324.
Blanchard, Robert, petition for land postponed, 177 ; petition for knd, 379.
INDEX. 437
Blanton, Christopher, petition for grant, 223; grant for signed by the Governor,
332.
Blount, Jacob, petition for land, 388.
Boit, William, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Bolton, Robert, petition for grant, 22; grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Bord, Burgeon, grant for signed by the Governor, ii2.-
Bourquin, Henry, petition for grant, 404.
Bourquin, Jane, petition for land in tr^st, 243, 284.
Bourquin, against Tinkler, caveat, 207.
Bowles, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 112.
Bowman, John, petition for grant, 31; grant for signed by the Governor, 156;
petition for reserve, 224.
Box, Philip, returned to the legislature, 333.
Boyd, Joseph, petition for .warrant, 351.
Boykin, John, petition for land, 307, 343-
Braddock, John Cutler, petition for land, 7; petition for grant, 201; grant for
signed by the Governor, 303.
Bradley, Joshua, petition for land, 16.
Bradley, Richard, petition for land, 34; petition for new precept, 427.
Bradwell, Hannah, petition for land, 189, 409; petition for grant, 425.
Brady, Patrick, grants for signed by the Governor, 66, 156 ; petition for grant, 78.
Brasher, Jesse, grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Bratcher, James, petition for land, 224.
Brazel, Elijah, grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Braziel, Elijah, petition for grant, 203.
Brazill, Elijah, appointed justice of the peace, 227.
Brewton, Miles, garden lot granted to, 179.
Briest, Frederic, petition for grant, 145; grant for signed by the Governor, 156.
Brinnier, Ussilly, petition for land, 185.
Brown, James, petition for land, 90, 264, 323 ; petition for hearing caveat, 225.
Brown, John, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Brown, Richard, petition for new precept, 217; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 406.
Brown, William, petition for land, 138, 166, 191 ; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 228.
Brownhill, Thomas, appointed keeper of lazaretto, 28.
Brunswick, town of laid out, 155 ; persons obtaining lots in must build on them,
38s; forty lots in reserved for public uses, 385; lots under bluff reserved
386 ; expense of laying out town, how paid, 386 ; George Mackintosh direct-
ed to lay out town of, 387; persons applying for lots in to attend at State
House, 405 ; conditions on which lots are to be granted, 431.
Bryan, Hu£^, Israel Bird and Abraham Bird, grant for signed by the Governor,
228.
438 INDEX.
Bryan, Jonathan, returned to legislature, 333.
Brydie, David, petition for grants, 104, 202; grants for signed by the Governor,
179, 238.
Brydie, John, petition for land, 239.
Bugg, Edmond, petition for land, 8.
Bugg, Edmund, petition for grant, 203 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Bulloch, Archibald, returned to legislature, 333.
Bullock, James, memorial of, 226.
Bullock against Douglass, caveat, 208.
Buntz, Urban, petition for grant, 121 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 206.
Burgess, Samuel, petition for land, 129.
Burney, William, and Reason Whitehead, petition for land postponed, 176.
Burt, Moody, grant for signed by the Governor, 29.
Butler, Elisha, grants for signed by the Governor, 29.
Butler, Elizabeth, petition for land, 418.
Butler, James, Sr., appointed justice of peace, iii.
Butler, Patrick, petition for land, 15.
Butler, Shem, grant for signed by the Governor, 112.
Campbell, Thomas, petition for land, 288.
Candler, William, petition for grants, 20, ^^\ grants for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 85, 113; petition to purchase land for grist and saw mill rejected, 301.
Cannon, Joseph, petition for land, 403.
Cantey, James, petition for land, 162; land ordered for, 330.
Canty, William, petition for reserve postponed, 413.
Capers, Richard, petition for grant, 324.
Carney, against Graves, caveat, 208.
Carson, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Carey, Alexander, petition for land postponed, 177; petition for reserve, 238.
Cary, John, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Cartelledge, Edmund, Jr., petition for land, 273.
Cartlidge, Edmund, petition for land, 347.
Carter, Thomas, petition for land, 280; returned to legislature, 334.
Castalow, James, petition for land, 165.
Castalow, Thomas, petition for land postponed, 177.
Castillon, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Cater, Edward, petition for land, 35a
Catlett, John, petition for land, 215.
Cavenah, Charles, petition for land postponed, 154; petition for land, 244.
Cavenah, Henry, petition for land, 186.
INDEX. 439
Champneys, Roger, petition for land, 379.
Chestnut, Alexander, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Chevalier, Charles Francis, petition for land, 100, 414.
Churchwell, Charles, petition for grant, 364.
Church will, Charles, petition for land, 131.
Claiborne, Leonard, petition for grant, 294.
Clark, Christopher, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Clark, John, petition for new warrant, no.
Clark, Lawrence, petition for land postponed, 154.
Clark, Lucy, petition for land, 71;. petition for grant, 423.
Clark, William, petition for new precept, 149; petition for land, 371.
Clerk of Council to demand Journal of the House of Assembly, 335.
Closeman against Creswell, 207.
Cloud, Joel, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Cochran, Cornelius, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Cochran, John, petition for grant, 402.
Cochran, Jonathan, petition for grant, 19, 356; grant for signed by the Governor,,
84; appointed justice of peace, in.
Cock, Zebulon, petition for land, 70, 369.
Cole, Jonathan, grant for signed by the Governor, 47.
Cooke, Clement, petition for grant, 315.
Cooper, Basil, and others, petition for land, 96.
Cooper, Henry, petition for land, 389.
Cooper, Isaac, petition for land, 15.
Cooper, Richard, petition for land, 221.
Cooper, Robert, grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Cooper, Samuel, petition for grant, 294.
Commissary's accounts audited, 112.
Corbet, Brinkley, petition for land, 14.
Council, the, advises the Governor to dissolve the Assembly, 257 ; address of the
Governor to, 257; advise the Governor to issue writs of election for new
Assembly, 302.
Cowper, Basil and others, petition for land, 96.
Cowper & Telfairs, grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Crawford, Thomas, petition for grant, 59, 121.
Crooke, Richard Cunningham, returned to legislature, 334; takes oath as Clerk
of Commons House of Assembly, 429.
Cromley, George, petition for land, 106 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 179.
Cuthbert, James, Dr., petition for land on purchase, 32.
Cuyler, Telemen, grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Cuyler, Teleman, petition for grant, 169.
440 INDEX.
D
Darby, John, petition for grant, 109.
Darcey, Joseph, petition for land, 133.
Darling, Andrew, grant for signed by the Governor, 28.
Dasher, Christian, petition for land, 195.
Davis, Francis, petition for land, 132.
Davis, Myrick, petition for land, 270.
Davis, William Ryan, under sentence of death for horse stealing, pardoned, 434.
Day, Stephen, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; petition for land, 282.
Dean, Luke, petition for land, 27; petition for grant, 27.
DeButts, John Collins, petition for land, 38.
Defaulting jurors, 112.
Delegal, David, petition for land, 378.
Delegall, David, petition for land, 355.
Delegal, George, petition for land, 301 ; returned to legislature, 334 ; petition for
land for nephew rejected, 371.
Delegal, Philip, petition for land, 269.
Dell, Philip, petition for land, 25.
Demerie, Raymond, petition for land, 411.
Dennis, Abraham, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Dennis, Jacob, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Dennis, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Dennison, Patrick, petition for land, 11; grant for signed by the Governor, i8a
Deputy Surveyor's fees, 431.
Deveaux, James, petition for land, 93; petition for land for son, 390.
Deveaux, William, petition for grant, 43, 196 ; grant for signed by the Governor,
432.
Deverixso, Michael, petition for land, 390.
Deverixso, Peter, petition, for land, 391.
Deverixso, Stephen, petition for land, 391.
Dicks, David, grant for signed by the Governor, 28.
Didcott, Elizabeth, petition for land, 100, 414.
Dill, Philip, grants for signed by the Governor, 66, 377 ; petition for land, 136.
Dixon, Thomas, petition for 4iew precept, 84.
Dodds, John, grant for signed by the Governor, U3.
Donavan, John, petition for land, 392.
Douglass, Daniel, petition for land, 307.
Douglass, James, petition for land, 25 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 85.
Douglass, Mary, petition for land, 3.
Downes, Henry, appointed justice, 376.
Driggers, a prisoner under sentence of death, clemency refused, 113; further re-
prieved, 123.
INDEX. 441
Dugliss, Robert, petition for land, 132.
Duke, William, petition for land, 267.
Duncan, John, petition for land, 193 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 432.
Dungsent against Young, caveat, 206.
Dunham, John, petition for land postponed, 176.
Dunham, Mary & John Sandiford, executors, petition for grant, 75, 247.
Dunham, Mary, in trust, grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
Dunman, John, petition for land, 176, 285.
Dumvill, Robert, grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
Dunn, Benjamin, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Dunn, Robert, petition for land, 353-
Durginits, Peter, petition for land, 342.
E
Eakles, Edward, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Karl, John, petition for land, 279.
Elbert, Samuel, appointed justice, 376; petition for land, 392.
Ellam, William, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Elliott, William, petition for grant, 328; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Elphenstone against Hegdon, caveat, 179.
Elphinston, Philip, petition for land, 17; petition for new precept, 374.
Emanuel, Amos, petition for land, 165 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Emanuel, Assa, petition for grant, 404,
Emanuel, Esa, petition for land, 118.
Emitt, James, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Erick, Adam, petition for land, 420.
Ewen, William, returned to legislature, 334.
Farley, Samuel, returned to legislature, 334-
Fields, Reuben, petition for land, 127.
Findlay, James, petition for land, 352.
Findley, William, petition for lot, 24.
Findley against Marshall, caveat, 208.
Finly, James, caveat of against Joseph Marshall, 305.
Fitch, Ann, petition for land, 393, 426.
Fitzgerald, David, petition for land, 126, 222.
Fitzgerald, James, petition for land, 189.
Fitzgerald, John, petition for reserve postponed, 63.
Flemen, David, petition for land, 243.
442 INDEX.
Fleming, David, petition for land, 176.
Fleming, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 332*
Fleming, Samuel, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Fleming, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Fieri, John, appointed justice, 376.
Fletcher, James, petition for grant, 44; grant for signed by the Covcmor, 113.
Flyming, Thomas, petition for land, 265 ; petition for grant, 295.
Forbes, Donald, petition for grant, 292.
Forbes, John, petition for land, 6, 341, 342, 393; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 406.
Ford, Robert, petition for land, 'jz.
Fort George, ruinous condition of, 229.
Forrester, James, petition for land, 34; appointed justice, 376.
Forrester, Stephen, petition for grant, 168, 172; grant /or signed by the Gov-
ernor, 252.
Fox, Benjamin, petition for land, 160.
Fox, James, petition for land, 130.
Fox, John, petition for new precept, 28, 149 ; petition for grant, 171 ; grant for
signed by the Governor, 252.
Fox, William, petition for land, 161 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Fox, John and William, executors, petition for grant, 173; grant for signed by
the Governor, 205.
Francis, Frederic, petition for grant, 83 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 156.
Frasier, George, petition for land, 237, 241, 242, 244.
Frink, Samuel, petition for land, 270; petition for new precept, 216; grant for
signed by the Governor, 377.
Frish, John Charles, petition for land, 399.
Fulker, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Fulton, Paul, petition for land, 9; grant for signed by the Governor, 179.
Fusill, Moses, petition for land, 39; grant for sig^ned by the Governor, 205.
Fusill, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Fussell, Thomas, petition for grant, 119.
Galaspe, John, petition for land, 263.
Galphin, George, petition for plat, 157; grant for signed by the Governor, 252;
petition for land, 310.
Galphin, George, Jr., petition for land, 90, 158; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 252.
Galphin, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 252,
Galphin, Thomas, petition for land, 90 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Garratt, Deverix, petition for land, 413.
INDEX. 443
Geffers, John, petition for land, 310.
General Assembly prorogued, 112.
Georgia Gazette, notice of caveat to be published in, 155.
Gerard, Deveroux, petition for grant, 22.
Gerrard, Devereux, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Gersham, Joseph, grant for signed by the Governor, 47 ; petition for land, 160.
Gervin, Robert, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Getson, Samuel, grant for signed by the Governor, 113.
Gibbons, William, executor, petition for hearing caveat, 152; memorial of, 209;
petition for grant, 251.
Gibbons & Martin, executors, petition for land for heirs of Joseph Gibbons, 288.
Glebe, land reserved for clergyman, of Established Church for a, 304; land re^
served for Presbyterian clergyman for a glebe, 304.
Gnann, Andrew, petition for land, 38.
Gnanns, Michael, petition for land, 313.
Goldwire, James, petition for land, 380.
Goldwire, John, petition for land, 141 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
Golightly, Charles, petition for land, 142 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 228.
Goodall, Mary, petition for land, 320.
Gordon, James, petition for grant, 123.
Gordon, John, petition for land, 100.
Governor Wright, land granted to, 112; address of to Council concerning House
of Assembly, 253; reply of to the Council, 257; thanks Council, 260; sub-
mits questions concerning House of Assembly to the Board, 335; granted
leave to visit England, 429; receives talk from Emistesego and replies to
same, 429.
Graham, James, grants for signed by the Governor, 84.
Graham, John, petition for land, 5, 57, 181, 289, 322, 340, 373; petition for new
precept, 27, 148, 204, 374; grants for signed by the Governor, 47, 85, 303
332, 432.
Grand jury, presentments of, 225.
Grants of land in this province signed by Governor of South Carolina recorded,
^02.
Grant, James, petition for grant, 291.
Grant, Peter, petition for land, 49; petition for new warrant, 150; petition for
grant, 291.
Graves, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 29; petition for new precept,
375-
Gray, George, grant for signed by the Governor, 29; petition for land, 286.
Gray, Robert, petition for land, 281.
Gray, Thomas, petition for land, 185.
Grcemes, William, petition for reserve, 226.
Green, David, affidavit of, 225.
444 INDEX.
Green, John, petition for land, 72, 420 ; petition for grant, 120 ; grants for signed
by the Governor, 252, 332.
Green, John, Jr., petition for grant,' 108, 220 ; grant for signed by the Governor,
156.
Green, Thomas, petition for grant, 361.
Greer, David, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Gretion, John, petition for land, 130, 319.
Grierson, John, complaint concerning band of armed men, 48.
Groves, Allen, petition for land, 319.
Gruber, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 29.
Guin, Roam, grant for signed by the Governor, 431.
Guin, Roan, petition for land, 183.
Gwinnett, Buttin, petition for land, 347.
Gwinnett, Button, petition for land, 367.
H
Habersham, James, qualifies for administering the government, 432.
Habersham, James, Jr., returned to legislature, 334.
Haden, James, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Hadon, William, petition for warrant, 350.
Hall, John, petition for land, 51 ; petition for grant, 109; grant for signed by the
Governor, 113.
Hall, John, and George Harnage, petition for land, 51 ; grant for signed by the
Governor, 228.
Hamilton, Andrew, petition for land, 234.
Hammond, LeRoy, petition for acre of rock, 26.
Hampton, Andrew, petition for grant, 250; grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Hardin, William, petition of John Newman for grant for, 309.
Harding, William, petition for land, 76; lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Harnage, George, petition for land, 51.
Harnage, George and John Hall, grant for signed by the Governor, 228.
Hamoll, John, petition for land, 265.
Harris, Francis, concurs with Council, 260.
Harris, Nathan, petition for grant, 356.
Hart, James, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Hart, Peter, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Hart, Samuel, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Harvey, John, grants for signed by the Governor, 84, 156.
Haven, William, land reserved for, 421 ; appointed naval officer, 428.
Haverin, Michael, petition for grant, ^7; grant for signed by the Governor, 113.
Hawthorn, Nathaniel, petition for land, 238.
Hawthorn, Robert, petition for grant, 61, 174.
INDEX. 446
Hazard, Richard, petition for land, 306.
Hegdon, , caveat against, 179.
Helvenstine, Frederic, petition for grant, 108; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 124.
Helvenstine, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 124.
Hemp, Jonathan, petition for land, 369.
Hershman, John Gasper, petition for land, 277.
Hervey, John, petition for grant, 46.
Hickey, John, petition for bounty, 125 ; petition for land, 235.
Higgenbotham, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 180.
Higginbotham, Thomas, petition for land, 16.
Hill, Edmund, petition for land, 274.
Hill, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 333.
Hill, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 333.
Hillsboro, Earl of, letter from to the Governor, 302; letter from concerning
conduct of House of Assembly, 429.
Hinds, Christopher, petition for land rejected, 251.
Hix, William, petition for grant, 424.
Hixxon, William, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Hobbs, William, petition for land, 185.
Hodgin, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Hodsden, John, petition of to sell land of John Gray, 145.
Hollingsworth, Valentine, petition for land, 393.
Holmes, David, petition for land, 165, 277; grant for signed by the Governor^
406.
Holmes, Samuel, petition for grant for Quintin Pooler, 394.
Horton, Nicholas, petition for land, 43, 52; grant for signed by the Governor,.
113.
Houlton, Samuel, petition for grant, 118; grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
House of Assembly, address of Governor concerning the, 253.
Houstoun, James, petition for land, 138.
Houstoun, Sir Patrick, petition for land, 10, 240; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 180; returned to legislature, 334; appointed justice, 376.
Howard, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Howell, Philip, appointed justice, 376.
Hudson, Charles, petition for land, 117.
Hudson, Samuel, petition for grant, 45 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 1 13.
Huguenin, David, petition for land, 54 ; petition for grant, 365.
Huegunin, David, petition for grant, 365.
Hume, James, petition for land, 412.
Hunter, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
446 INDEX.
I
Illy, Jacob, petition for land, 36; grants for signed by the Governor, 47, 205;
caveat against Wm. Mackintosh, 65.
Illy, Michael, grant for signed by the Governor, 228.
Illy against Mackay, caveat, 208.
Inglis, Alexander, petition for land, 263.
Irby, Henry, petition for land, 283.
Ireland, petition of sundry persons from that warrants be prolonged, 156.
Irvine, John, petition for land, 33; petition to prolong time for surveying land,
216; grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Jackson, Absolum, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Jackson, Benjamin, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Jackson, Isaac, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Jackson, James, petition for grant, 20; grants for signed by the Governor, 85;
petition for land, 98.
Jackson, James & Co., petition for land, 98.
Jackson, Thomas, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Jackson against Cleaker, caveat, 207.
Jackson against Joiner, caveat, 207.
Jameison, John, grant ordered for, 305, 330.
Jamieson, John, returned to legislature, 334.
Jenkins, Owen, petition for land, 318.
Johnson, Joseph, appointed justice of peace, 205.
Johnson, Lewis, petition for land, 354.
Johnson, William, petition for land, 361.
Johnston, James, petition for land, 97, 277; petition for grant, 296; grants for
signed by the Governor, 332, 406.
Johnston, John, petition for land, 195.
Johnston, William, petition for grant, 78.
Jones, James, petition for land, 276, 417.
Jones, John, appointed justice of peace, 179.
Jones, Joseph, petition for land, 195, 298, 345.
Jones, Noble, takes oaths as Councelor, 433.
Jones, Noble Wimberly, petition for new precept, 69; grant for signed by the
Governor, 228; returned to legislature, 333.
Jones, Samuel, appointed justice of peace, 179.
Jones, Thomas, petition for land, 236.
Jones, Tobias, petition for land, 345.
INDEX. 447
Jorahson against Graves, caveat, 207.
Jordan, Charles, petition for grant, 21 ; petition for land, 95 ; grant for signed
by the Governor, 180.
Kamp, Jonathan, petition for land, 71.
Keebler, John, petition for land, 349.
Kelly, Thomas, petition for land, 158.
Kelsall against Fenn, caveat, 207.
Kennedy, John, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Kilgore, William, petition for grant, 364.
Knife, Andrew, petition for grant, 107 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 179.
Lamb, Abraham, grant for signed by the Governor, 29.
Lamb against Myers, caveat, 207.
Lambert, James, petition for land, 321.
Lambright, John, petition for land, 50.
Langley, Nathaniel, petition for land, 67; petition for grants, 327; grant for
signed by the Governor, 377.
Lanier, Benjamin, petition for land, 194; grant for signed by the Governor, 432^
Lassiter, Thomas, petition for land, 284.
Law, Joseph, petition for land, 412.
Lawson, Roger, grant for signed by the Governor, 47.
Lawrence, Henry, petition for land, 421.
LeConte, William, petition for land, 87; grant for signed by the Governor, 206;
returned to legislature, 334.
LeConte against Spencer, caveat, 208.
Ledbetter, Ephraim, petition for land, 151.
Ledbetter, William, petition for land, 355.
Ledger, Alexander, petition for land, 282.
Lee, John, petition for land, 262.
Lee, Thomas, Sr., grant for signed by the Governor, 124.
Lee, Thomas, Jr., petition for land, 11, 290; grant for signed by the Governor,
37;.
Lemen, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Lemke, Timothy, petition for land, 187; grant for signed by the Governor, 432.
Leniere, Lemuel, petition for land, 395.
Lewis, Abraham, petition for land, 394.
Lewis, Benjamin, petition to register grant, 300.
Lewis, David, grant for signed by the Governor, 228; petition for grant, 357.
448 INDEX.
Lewis, Jacob, petition for land, 71, 276; grant for signed by the Governor, 20$^
Lewis, Samuel; petition for land and lot in Queensboro, 273.
Lietner, Andrew, petition for land, 189.
Lietner, Viet, petition for grant, 167; grant for signed by the Governor, 252.
Lightfood, Philip, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Livingston, William, petition for land, 281.
Lindesay, Elias, petition for grant, 200.
Lindsay, Elias, petition for grant, 82; grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Lockhart, Samuel, petition for land, 311, 312.
Lockridge, Robert, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Lord, William, grant for signed by the Governor, 47.
Low, Isaac, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 303.
Low, Joseph, petition for land, 411.
Lows, Isaac, petition for grant, 200.
Lucena, James, land reserved for, 33; petition for grant, 58; grant for signed by
the Governor, 124; petition for land, 381.
Lucena against Ward, caveat, 208.
Lynch, Thomas and Alexander Rose, petition for land on Cumberland Island re-
jected, 178.
Lyon, Samuel, grant for signed by the Governor, 113.
Lysle, Matthew, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
M
Mackay, Angus, petition for land, 328.
Mackay, James, petition for land, 323; renounces claim to land, 330.
Mackintosh, George, petition for land, 141, 262, 343; grant for signed by the
Governor, 376; directed to survey and lay out town of Brunswick, 387.
Mackintosh, John, petition for land, 162.
Mackintosh, Lachlan, petitions for land, 146; petition for new precept, 150.
Mackintosh, Robert, petition for land rejected, 225.
Mackintosh, Roderic, grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Mackintosh, William," caveat against, 65;. petition for land, 141, 182, 336, 337;
petition for new precept, 150; petition for new warrant, 151; petition for
Alexander McDonald's land, 275 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 376.
Maddock, Joseph, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; grant for signed by the
Governor, 333.
Maddocks against Red, caveat, 208.
Maddocks against Murray, caveat, 208.
Mahanahan, Charles, petition for land, 192.
Mann, John, mistake in grant corrected, 179.
Marin, David, grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
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INDEX. 449
Marshal, Joseph, disputed land granted to, 305.
Marshall, Joseph, petition for land, 341*; petition for grant, 367.
Marshall, Matthew, petition for land, 73 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 252.
Marshall and Finlay, caveat of, 123.
Martin, Clement, Sr., petition for land, 271.
Martin, Clement, Jr., petition for land, 3 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 47,
180; petition for plat and grant, 96.
Martin, James, petition for grant, 62; grant for signed by the Governor, 113.
Martin, John, petition for land, 74, 264; lot in Queensboro granted to, 85;
grant for signed by the Governor, 252.
Matthews, Daniel, grant for signed by the Governor, 206.
Maxwell, William, petition for grant, 61 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 124.
McBee, Robert, petition for land, 316.
McBride, Samuel, petition for grant, 103.
McCalvey, James, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
McCarty, Cornelius, memorial of, 231.
McCarty, Daniel, grant for signed by the Governor, i8a
McCarty, Jacob, petition for land, 15; petition for grant, 198; grant for signed
by the Governor, 303.
McCarty, Mr., caveat against Walton heard, 28.
McClean, Robert, lot in Wrightsboro, granted to, 86.
McCleland, Mary, petition for grant, 59; grant for signed by the Governor, 156.
McConkey, William, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
McCormick, John, petition for land, 128.
McCormick, Patrick, petition for land, 128 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
McCormick, Robert, petition for land, 213; grant for signed by the Governor,
432.
McCulloch, Nathaniel, petition for land, 116.
McCurrie, Andrew, petition for land, 74, 284; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 252.
McDaniel, Daniel, petition for land, 188.
McDonald, Archibald, petition for land, 163.
McDonald, Charles, petition for land, 279.
McDonald, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 47. '\
McDowall, Thomas, petition for grant, 290.
McFarland, William, petition for land, 346.
McFarlin, James, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; petition for land, 266.
McGee, Patrick, petition for land, 213; land and town lot in Queensboro laid
out for, 227.
McGillivray, Lachlan, grants for signed by the Governor, 29.
McGowan, David, petition for grant, 425.
Mclnfuss, Michael, petition for land, 133.
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450 INDEX.
Mcintosh, George, returned to legislature, 333 ; petition for land, 381.
Mcintosh, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 406; petition for land, 413.
Mcintosh, Lachlan, petition for land, 134, 419.
Mcintosh, Roderic, petition for land, 182.
Mcintosh, William, grants for signed by the Governor, 377, 432.
Mcintosh against McCullough, caveat, 209.
McKay, Robert, petition for land, 286.
McKenzie, William, petition for land for George McKenzie, 378; appointed Col-
lector at Sunbury, 430.
McKewen, James, petition for land, 67, 88.
McLeim, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 66; petition for land, 338; pe-
tition for grant, 366.
Mdeland against Quarterman, caveat, 207.
McLervy, Adam, lot in Quecnsboro granted to, 85.
McQueen, Ann, petition for land postponed, ttj.
Mercer, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 29.
Merchants of Savannah, memorial of, 229.
Mezell, David,. petition for land, 132.
Mick, Frederic, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Mick, Gasper, petition for land, 317.
Mickle, Matthew, petition for land, 312, 316.
Middleton, Holland, Jr., lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Miles, William, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Millen, Stephen, returned to legislature, 334.
Miller, John Paul, Jr., petition for land, 116; grant for signed by the Governor,
33a.
Miller, Nathaniel, petition for land, 114, 400.
Miller, Samuel, petition for land, 5, 139, 159; caveat of against Thomas Pea-
cock, 178; petition for new precept, 299; grant for signed by the Governor,
406.
Mingestoff, George, petition for grant, 196; grant for signed by th^ Governor,
303.
Mitchell, John, petition for land, 117; petition for grant, 426.
Mitchell, William, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Mizzell, Sarah, petition for land, 343.
Mix, James, petition for grant, 80.
Montaigut, David and Joseph Ottolenghe, justices, report of concerning negro
convict, 305.
Montgomery, John, petition for reserve postponed, 64.
Mooney, Joseph, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Moor, Joseph, petition for land, 395.
Moore, Aaron, petition for land, 287.
Moore, Elizabeth, petition for land, 283.
INDEX. 461
Moore, George, petition for land, 162.
Moore, Gila, grant for signed by the Governor, 179.
Moore, Giles, petition for grant, 104.
Moore, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Moore, Matthew, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Moore, Mordecai, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Moore, Richard, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86 ; petition to register grant, 400.
Moore, Thomas, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; petition to register grant,
400.
Moore, William, petition for land postponed, 155; petition for land, 421.
Moreman, Thomas, petition for grant formerly ordered brother, 30; grant for
signed by the Governor, 124.
Morer, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Morgan, Thomas, petition for new precept, 148.
Morison, Adam, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Morison, John, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Mounsey, Isaac, petition for land, 344.
Muckenfuss, Joseph, petition for grant, 79.
Muckenfuss, Michael, petition for reserve, 57.
Muckinfuss, Michael, petition for grant, 368.
Mulkey, John, petition for land, 320.
Mullryne, John, petiton for farm lot, 28a
Mullryne, John and Richard Williamson, tied in election for legislature, 334.
Murphy, Edward, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Murray, Charles, petition for land, 408.
Murray, David, petition for new warrant, no, 300.
Murray, Stephen, petition for grant, 326; grant for signed by the Governor, 431.
Muttear against Rains, caveat, 208.
N
Nephew, Peter, grants for signed by the Governor, 85, 113; petition for land,
222, 223.
Nesler, Adam, petition for land, 267.
Nester, Adam, petition for lot postponed, 155.
Netherclift, Thomas, petition for land, 100, loi, 261, 268, 382.
Nevell, John, petition for land, 10.
Nevill, John, petition for grant, 327 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Newman, George, petition for land, 127.
Newman, John, petition for grant for William Harden, 309.
Noble, Thomas, petition for land, 164; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Nunes, Moses, petition for land, 114; petition for vacant lot, 204; grant for
signed by the Governor, 303.
452 INDEX.
Oates, John, pedtion for land, 407.
Oates, Tamer, petition for land, 7.
Cbryan, Patrick, petition for grant, 23.
Obryan, Patrick, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Obryan, William, petition for land, 92.
O'Bryan, William, petition for land, 140.
Odam, Frederick, petition for grant, 158, 221.
Odam, Joshua, grant for signed by the Governor, 29 ; petition for land, 346.
O'Daniel, against any person, caveat, 207.
Odensall, Charles, grants for signed by the Governor, 29.
O'densell, Charles, grants for signed by the Governor, 66.
Oliver, Alexander, lot in WrightsborO granted to, 86.
Oliver, James, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Oliver, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Oliver, Samuel, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Osgood, John, petition for land, 35; grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Osgood, Josiah, grant for signed by the Governor, 29.
Oswald, Joseph, petition for grant, 293.
Oswell, Joseph, petition for land, 53 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Ottoleng^e, Joseph, petition for land, 11.
Ottolenghe, Joseph and David Montaigut, justices, report of concerning negro
convict, 3Q5.
Owen, Ephraim, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Pacaton, Isaac, petition for grant, 424.
Papot, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 85.
Paris, Peter, petition for grant, 168; mistake in order to be rectified, 205; grant
for signed by the Governor, 252.
Parkinson, John, petition for land, 298.
Payne, Samuel, petition for grant, 19; grant for signed by the Governor, 85.
Peacock, Thomas, petition for land, 52; caveat against, 178; grant for signed by
the Governor, 228.
Peacock, William, petition for land, 36, 94; grant for signed by the Governor,
20s.
Pearce, Joshua, petition for grant, 360.
Peat, Jonathan, petition for land, 137.
Pennington, Edward, grant for signed by the Governor, 66; petition for land, 187.
Perkins, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Perkins, Peter, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
INDEX. 458
Perry, John, petition for land, 380.
Perry, Joseph, petition lor grant, 245.
Phelps, William, petition for land, 339.
Pickhalt, George, petition for land, 396.
Pier, Robert, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Pierce, Joshua, grant for signed by the Governor, 432.
Pilsher, William, petition for grant, 297; grant for signed by the Governor, m.
Pilson, Thomas, petition for land, 74.
Pinnell, William, petition for grant rejected, 248; petition for grant, 250.
Plummer, Nathaniel, petition for land, 36 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Poison, John, petition for land for Judith Poison, 102; petition for grant, 249;
grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Pooler, Quintin, petition for grant, 175, 358; petition for land, 298; petition of
Samuel Holmes for grant to pass to, 394; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 431.
Pooler, Quinton, petition for land, 183.
Poulson, John, petition for new precept, 148.
Powell^ James Edward, takes oaths as Councilor, 434.
Powell, John, petition for land, 271.
Powell, Josiah, returned to legislature, 334.
Price, William, petition for land, 418.
Price against Harris, caveat, 208.
Pritchard, James, petition for land, 89, 92.
Proclamation continuing all officers in their places, 434.
Prothers, Solomon, petition for land, 339.
Pryce, Charles, petition for new precept, 299.
Public accounts audited, 123, 434.
Pugh, Francis, petition for grant, 202; grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Quarterman, Robert, petition for land, 215.
Quarterman, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 47; petition for land,
191.
Queensboro, lots granted to settlers of, 85.
Queensboro and Wrightsboro, instructions to Surveyor General concerning
grants prepared for settlers in, 28.
Rae, John, petition for new precept, 46; petition for land, 135; grant for
signed by the Governor, 205; returned to legislature, 334.
Rae, Robert, George Whitfield & Co., petition for grant, 18; grant for
signed by the Governor, 228.
454 INDEX.
Raddock, Collin, petition for land, loi; grants for signed by the Governor,
205; returned to legislature, 334.
Raines, Joseph, petition for land, 42; grant for signed by the Governor, 113.
Read, James, grant for signed by the Governor, 85; concurs with Council,
260; appointed Commissioner of Loan Office, 303; takes oath as Coun-
cilor, 434.
Read, William, petition for warrant, 351.
Redding, William, petition for land, 70.
Rentz, George, petition for land, 419.
Rentz, John, petition for lot, 407.
Reiser, Dorothy, grant for signed by the Governor, 180.
Reser, Adam, petition for land, 41; grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Rian, William, grant for signed by the Governor, 252.
Richardson, Benjamin, petition for land, 396.
Ring, Christopher, grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Riter, John, petition for land, 316.
Rivers, Thomas, petition for land, 322.
Roberts, Josiah, petition for land, 166; grant for signed by the Governor, 406.
Robson, Chothworthy, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 85.
Rock, John, petition for land, 14; petition for grant, 358.
Roch, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 431.
Rodgers, James, petition for land, 210; land and town lot laid out for in
Queensboro, 227.
Rodgers, Robert, petition for land, 211; land and town lot laid out for in
Queensboro, 227.
Rollinson, George, petition for land, 282.
Rose, Alexander and Thomas Lynch, petition for land on Cumberland
Island rejected, 178.
Ross, ^ames, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Ross, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 29; petition for land, 408.
Russell, David, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85; petition for land, 321.
Russell, Jane, petition for land, 7; grant for signed by the Governor, 180.
Ryan, Daniel, petition for land, 25; petition for grant, 82; grant for signed
by the Governor, 156.
Ryan, John, petition for land, 409.
Ryard, John, petition for land, 396.
Rylander, John Martin, petition for land, 39; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 206.
Sail, Henry, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Sail, Jonathan, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
INDEX. 466
Sallens, Peter, petition for land, 55; grants for signed by the Governor, 228,
n7\ petition for grant, 246.
Sampson, Samuel, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; petition to register
grant, 400.
Sampson, William, land and town lot in Queensboro laid out for, 227.
Samson, William, petition for land, 213.
Sapp, William, petition for grant, 62, 325.
Saunders, Joseph, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Saunders, Joshua, petition for grant, 357.
Saunders against Pinion, caveat, 207.
Savage, Robert, petition for land postponed, 154.
Screven, James, grants for signed by the Governor, 66, 113.
Scruggs, Richard, petition for land, 6.
Scruggs against Moreman, caveat, 208.
Sell, Henry, petition to register grant, 400.
Sellers, John, petition for grant, 325.
Sergison, Patrick, petition for grant, 300.
Sharp, John, petition for grant, 144.
Shaw, John, petition for land, 13.
Sheperd, Richard, petition for land postponed, 301.
Sherbert, James, petition for land, 317.
Sherrard, Alexander, grant for signed by the Governor, 47.
Shirley, William, petition for land, 313.
Shirley against Wells, caveat, 206.
Shruder, Thomas, petition for grant, 58; grants for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 84, 303; petition for land, 139, 167, 194, 419.
Shruder, Thomas, Deputy Surveyor, report of, 226; memorial of, 330;
memorial of respecting fees, 384.
Sidewell, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Sillavant, Thomas, petition for land, 51.
Simpson, Elizabeth, petition for land, 99, 239.
Simpson, James, petition for land, ^34, 348; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 406.
Simpson, John, petition for grant, 216; petition for new precept, 219; grant
for signed by the Governor, 406.
Simpson against Lewis, caveat, 208.
Skelly, William, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85; petition for land, 211;
land and town lot in Queensboro laid out for, 227.
Skinner, William, petition for land, 69.
Slater, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86; petition for land, 266.
Slocumb, Seth, petition for grant, 245; grant for signed by the Governor,
377.
Smallwood, Robert, petition for land, 137.
456 INDEX.
Smith, Ebenezer, petition for grant, 362.
Smith, Job, Jr., petition for land, 340.
Smith, John, petition for land, 88, 129, 233, 234; grant for signed by the
Governor, 377.
Smith, Richard, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Smith, Stephen, petition for grant, 169.
Snider, Andrew, petition for land, 352.
Snook, David and others, grant for signed by the Governor, 124.
Spalding, James, petition for grant, 170; grants for signed by the Gover-
nor, 252; returned to legislature, 334.
Spence, Peter, Surgeon, petition for land, 401.
Spencer, Sarah, petition for land, 56, 192; petition to resign precept, 91;
grant for signed by the Governor, 432.
Spencer, William, petition for land, 397.
Spring Hill, cemetery at, 65; glebe at, 65.
Stacey, John, petition for land, 161; grant for signed by the Governor,
406.
St. Andrew's Parish, glebe land in surveyed, 65.
Stanley, David, petition for land, 17.
Stanley, John, petition for land, 16.
Stevens, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 66; returned to legisla-
ture, 334.
Stevens, Samuel, petition for new precept, 64; land granted to, 305.
.Stevens, Thomas, petition for land, 35; petition for grant, 219; grant for
signed by the Governor, 333.
Stevens, Walker, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Stevens, William, petition for land, 187.
Stuart, Allen and Ann, petition for land, 397.
Stewart, James, petition for land, 410.
Stewart, John, petition for land, 18, 286; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 333. f
Stewart, Peter, petition for land, 130.
Stincey, Archibald, petition for grant, 289.
Stirk, Benjamin, petition for land, 76.
Stirk, Hannah, petition for land, 353, 370, 372; petition for grant, 410;
grant for signed by the Governor, 432.
Stirk, John, petition for land, 33, 95; petition that Surveyor General sur-
vey plat, 146; petition for land rejected, 177; petition for reserve, 196;
grant for signed by the governor, 228.
Stiver, Daniel, petition for land postponed, 153-
Story, Robert, petition for grant, 363.
Stokes, Anthony, petition for land, 31, 263; petition for new warrant, 147;
grants for signed by the Governor, 156, 205, 377.
INDEX. 467
Strahager, Rodolph, grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Strawhager, Rodolph, petition for land, 94, 222.
Stringer, Francis, petition for land, 8.
Strobardt, George, petition for land, 240, 241, 242, 265, 309, 355.
Stubbs, Jacob, land in Wrightsboro granted to, 405.
Stubbs, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Sullivan, Thomas, petition for land, 41, 152; petition for grant, 244.
Sullivant, Thomas, grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
Surveyor General, to keep the numbers of town lots granted in his office,
28; fees of, 430.
Sym, Hugh, petition for land, 37; grant for signed by the Governor, 205.
Tannatt, Mary, petition to exchange land, 102.
Tanner, Ludwig, petition for land, 272.
Tanner, William, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Tarvcr, Thomas, petition for land, 40, 190.
Tatnell, Josiah, petition for land, 308; petition for land on St. Simon's
Island, 387.
Telfair, Edward, grant for signed by the Governor, 85 ; petition for land, 314.
Telfair, William, petition for land, 99, 239.
Telfair & Cowper, grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Thomas, Deniel, Sr., petition for grant, 80.
Thomas, Daniel, Sr., petition for grant, 80.
Thomas, Daniel, petition for land, 201 ; grant for signed by the Governor, 303.
Thomas, Gideon, petition for land, 338.
Thomas, Gilshot, petition for grant, 173.
Thompson, James, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Thorn, David, petition for land, 398.
Thornton, Samuel, petition for land, 134.
Tilley, Joseph, petition for land, 188.
Timmens, John, petition for land, 214. .
Tinkler, John, petition for land, 68.
Tomlinson, Samuel, petition for land, 37.
Triebner, Christopher Frederick, grant for signed by the Governor, 84.
Trieutlen, John Adam, petition for land, 93» 354; returned to legislature,
334.
Tubear, David, petition for grant. 416.
468 INDEX.
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Underwood, Sarah, petition for land, i86.
Underwood, William, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Unsell, David, petition for land, 411.
Upton, John, petition for grant, 120, 220, 365.
Upton against Sheftall, caveat, 208.
Vallancier, John, petition for reserve, 272.
Vernon, Amos, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Vernon, Isaac, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Vincent, Hannah, grant for signed by the Governor, 156.
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Wade, Nehemiah, petition for land, 184.
Walden, Robert, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Wall, William, petition for land, 40.
Wallace, William, petition for land, 261.
Walthour, Jacob Gasper, grant for signed by the Governor, 29.
Walton, John, petition for land, 274; petition for Woodruff land, 274;
petition for Watts' land, 275; grants for signed by the Governor, 332.
Walton, Mr., caveat against heard, 28.
Wand, John, petition for land, 32; petition for new precept, 327.
Warnock, Robert, lot in Queensboro granted to, 85.
Warren, Benjamin, petition for land, 157; petition for new precept, 319.
Waters, Tamer, petition for grant, 296.
Watson, Charles, petition for 'land, 53.
Watson, Jacob, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Watson, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Watson, Sepha, petition for land, 315.
Watson, Thomas, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Watts, Robert, land formerly ordered for granted John Walton, 275.
Way, Moser, grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Way, Moses, petition for grant, 218.
Weatherford, Martin, petition for grant, 197; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 303.
Weathers, Edward, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Wells, Absolum, petition for land, 142; petition for grant postponed, 248.
Welsh, James, petition for land, 236.
INDEX. 469
Welsh, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Wertsch, John, grant for signed by the Governor, 113.
Wertsch, John and others, grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
West, Charles, deceased, land ordered to, 304.
Wheat, William, petition for land, 270.
Whitsett, John, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Whitters, Jacob, petition for grant, 247.
Williams, John Francis, petition for new precept, 217.
Williams, Chaplin and Pride, petition for land, 344.
Williams, Ezekiel, petition for land, 152.
Williams, Jesse, petition for land, 128.
Williams, John Francis, petition for land, 54; petition for new precept,.
217.
Williams, John, petition for grant, 24; grant for signed by the Governor,
29, 47; petition for a reserve postponed, 63; petition for land, 183.
Williams, Stephen, petition for grant, 60; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 124.
Williams, William, grant for signed by the Governor, 29; petition for land, 140^
159; petition for grant, 403.
Williamson, Benjamin, petition for land, 9.
Williamson, Richard, grants for signed by the Governor, 47, 66, 252; peti-
tion for land, 68.
Williamson, Richard and John MuUryne, tied in election for legislature^
334-
Williamson, William, petition for land, 267, 287; grant for signed by the
Governor, 432.
Wills, Mary, petition for land, 398.
Willson, James, petition for grant, 370.
Willson, John, petition for land, 50; petition for grant, 293.
Wilson, James, petition for land, 12.
Wilson, Samuel, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Wilson, Thomas, petition for land, 153; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 303.
Wimberly, Isaac, petition for land, 115; petition for new precept, 330.
Winkler, George, petition for land, 314.
Winn, John, petition for land, 12; grant for signed by the Governor, 179.
Winn, John, Jr., petition for land, 55.
Winsey, Abraham, petition for land, 272.
Winslete, Samuel, lot in Wrightsboro granted to, 86.
Witter, Jacob, petition for land, 73; grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
Womack, Jesse, grant for signed by the Governor, 66.
Womack, John, petition for land, 368, 422.
460 INDEX.
Wood, David, grant for signed by the Governor, 377.
Wood, Thomas, petition for land, 164.
Woodland, James, petition for grant, 45; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 85.
WoodruflF, Joseph, petition for land, 193; land formerly ordered to granted
to John Walton, 274; grant for signed by the Governor, 432.
Wright, Sir James, see Governor Wright.
Wright, Jermyn and Charles, petition for land, 105; petition for grant,
174, 360; grants for signed by the Governor, 377.
Wright, Jermyn, petition for land postponed, 26; petition for grant, 106,
359; returned to the legislature, 334; grant for signed by the Governor,
377; petition for land, 417.
Wright, Joseph, petition for land, 4, 56, 97.
Wrightsboro and Queensboro, see Queensboro.
Wrightsboro, lots granted to settlers of, 86; land ordered certain persons
on forfeited, 383.
Writs of election. Secretary ordered to issue, 303.
Wyche, George, grant for signed by the Governor, 332.
Wychec, George, petition for grant, 144.
Wycke, George, petition for grant, 249.
Wylly, Alexander, petition for grant, 79; appointed Clerk of Council, 210.
Wylly, Campbell, grant for signed by the Governor, 180.
Wylly, Richard, petition for land, 238; returned to legislature, 333; petition
for land, 423.
Wylly, Susannah, grant for signed by the Governor, 180.
Wylly, William, petition for grant, 44, 295; petition for land, 91; grant for
signed by the Governor, 112.
Wylly, William, Jr., grant for sig^ned by the Governor, 180.
Yakely, Jacob, grant for signed by the Governor, 252.
Yakley, Jacob, petition for grant, 172.
Yarbrough, Manoah, petition for land, 40; petition for grant, 326; grant
for signed by the Governor, 406.
Yonge, Henry, Jr., petition for land, 364.
Yonge, Henry, warrant issued to for five thousand acres, 155; grant for
signed by the Governor, 332; petition for island, 400; appointed mem-
ber of Council, 427; sworn as member of Council, 427; takes oath as
CoT'nrilor, 434.
Yonge, Philip, petition for an island, 350.
Younjf, Isaac, returned to legislature. 334.
INDEX. 461
Young, Thomas, petition for land, 2^7*
Young, William, returned to legislature, 333; petition for land, 399.
Young against Tunnagan, caveat, 207.
Youngblood, Benjamin, petition for land, 269.
Youngblood, Peter, petition for land, 268.
Zetler, Daniel, petition for grant, 105.
Zetler, John Martin, petition for land ordered Lucas Moser, 125.
Zetler, Matthias, petition for grant, 105.
Zetler, Nathaniel, petitioir for grant, 105; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 2Q6.
Ziegler, Lucas, petition for land, 416.
Zipperer, Christian, grant for signed by the Governor, 180.
Zipprer, Christian, petition for grant, 81.
Zubly, John Joachim, petition for grant, 21; grant for signed by the Gov-
ernor, 85.
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