United States, Georgia, Morgan County, 33.59083, -83.492381829-04-18This document is a land grant, including a map and survey report, for a plot in Morgan County, Georgia, granted to a widow named Rebecca Thomas on April 18, 1829. 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 in December 1818 and December 1819. The plot was granted by George R. Gilmer (Governor of Georgia, 1829-1831 and 1837-1839) and it was surveyed on February 15, 1817.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegfhp006engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Felix Hargrett, box 03, folder 50, document 01.Creek Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--TreatiesCreek Indians--Land tenureCherokee Indians--Land tenureIndian land transfersReal propertyLand use[Land grant with map for plot in] Morgan County, Georgia, 1829 Apr. 18 / [authorized by] George R. Gilmer, Governor of GeorgiaText