- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Land grant with map for plot in] Cherokee County, Georgia, 1843 June 17 / [authorized by] Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor (1839-1843 : McDonald)
- Contributor to Resource:
- McDonald, Charles James, 1793-1860
- Date of Original:
- 1843-06-17
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Creek Indians--Land tenure
Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Indian land transfers
Real property
Land use - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cherokee County, 34.24393, -84.4762
United States, Georgia, Walker County, 34.73566, -85.30098 - Medium:
- land grants
maps (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a land grant, including a map and survey report, for a plot in Cherokee County, Georgia, granted to John Abbott of Gwinnett County, Georgia on June 17, 1843. The land was obtained by the state of Georgia from the Creek and Cherokee Nations in unnamed treaties and distributed by acts passed in the Georgia Assembly on December 21, 1830, and on December 22, 1831. The plot was granted by Charles J. McDonald (Governor of Georgia, 1839-1843), and it was surveyed on May 22, 1832. 832 miles of Cherokee County became Murray County in December 1831. In 1833, a portion of this county became Walker County.
The addition of documents to the Southeastern Native American Documents database from the LaFayette-Walker County Library and the Walker County Historical Society in 2006 is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Cherokee Regional Library System as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_crl001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_crl001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_crl001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Early Walker County Papers, LaFayette-Walker County Library, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the LaFayette-Walker County Library, Early Walker County Papers.
- Holding Institution:
- LaFayette-Walker County Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[ Note: This document contains both written and printed text. ] [printed text: Magnetic Variation, 5 deg. [degrees] 15 min. [minutes] East. ]
[ Note: A printed map appears in the center of the page, containing printed and handwritten notes referring to distance and location.; 160 ACRES.
SCALE OF 20 CHAINS TO AN INCH. ]
STATE OF GEORGIA.
[printed text: The above Plat is a representation of that Tract or Lot of Land drawn by ] [written text: John Abbott ] [printed text: of ] [written text: Reids ] [printed text: District ] [printed text:, ] [written text: Gwinnett ] [printed text: County ] [printed text:, situate in the Twenty-Seventh District of the Third Section, in Cherokee County, containing One Hundred and Sixty Acres, which is known and distinguished in the plan of said District by the number ] [written text: 288 ]
[printed text: SURVEYED on the ]
[written text: 22nd ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: May, ] [printed text: 1832 ],
[printed text: By ]
[Signed] [printed text: JOHN HARRIS ] [printed text:, Surveyor. ]
[Signed] [written text: Charles J. McDonald ]
[printed text: Entered ]
[Signed] [written text: Jno G Parke ] [printed text: Comp. Gen. [Comptroller General] ]
[printed text: Received Five Dollars. ]
[Signed] [written text: B B Smith ] [printed text: Tr. [Treasurer] ]
[ Note: Pendant seal. ]
Page: [2]
[printed text: STATE OF GEORGIA. ]
[printed text: By His Excellency CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof. ]
[printed text: To all to whom these presents shall come ] [printed text: &151; Greeting: ]
KNOW YE, That in pursuance of the several Acts of the General Assembly of this State, passed the
21st of December, 1830, and of the
22d December, 1831, to authorize the survey and disposition of the Lands within the limits of Georgia, in the occupancy of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, and all other unlocated Lands, within the limits of said State, claimed as Creek Lands, and forming the county of Cherokee, I have given and granted, and by these presents, do give and grant, unto [written text: John Abbott ] [printed text: of ] [written text: Reids ] [printed text: District ] [printed text:, ] [written text: Gwinnett ] [printed text: County ] [printed text:, ] [printed text: his ] [printed text: heirs and assigns forever [damage] ] [printed text: Six Acres ] [printed text:, lying and being in the ] [written text: Twenty Seventh ] [printed text: District of the ] [written text: third ] [printed text: Section, in the County of Cherokee, in said State, which said Tract or Lot of Land is known and distinguished in the plan of said District by the Number ] [written text: Two hundred and eighty eight ] [printed text: having such shape, form and marks, as appear by a Plat of the same hereunto annexed: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Lot of Land, together with all and similar, the rights, members and appurtenances thereof whatsoever, unto the said ] [written text: John Abbott his ] [printed text: heirs and assigns; to ] [printed text: his ] [printed text: and their own proper use, benefit, and behoof forever in fee-simple. ]
[printed text: GIVEN under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State, this ]
[written text: 17th ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: June ] [printed text: in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-three ] [printed text: and of the Independence of the U. [United] States of America, the sixty-seventh. ]
[printed text: Signed by His Excellency the Governor, this ]
[written text: 17th ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: June ] [printed text: 1843 ] [printed text: . ]
[Signed] [written text: T. D. Harris ] [printed text: S. E. D. [Secretary Executive Department] ]
Page: [3]
[printed text: GRANT ]
[written text: John Abbott ] [printed text: for ]
[printed text: Lot ] [written text: 288 ] [printed text: = = ] [written text: 27th ] [printed text: Dist. [District] ] [written text: 3 ] [printed text: Sec. [Section] Cherokee. ]
[printed text: Secretary of State's Office, ]
[written text: [deleted text: 2 ] ]
[written text: 17th June ] [printed text: 1843. ]
[printed text: Registered in Book Cherokee, ]
[written text: 27th ] [printed text: Dist. [District] ] [written text: 3 ] [printed text: Sec. [Section] Page ] [written text: 257 ]
[Signed] [written text: J. W. A. Sanford ] [printed text: Sec'y [Secretary] of State. ]