- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Land grant with map of plot in] Baldwin County, Georgia, 1806 Feb. 20 / [signed by] Jno. [i.e., John] Milledge, Governor of [Georgia]
- Date of Original:
- 1806-02-20
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Creek Indians--Land tenure
Real property - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, 33.06928, -83.24959
- Medium:
- land grants
plats (maps)
land surveys - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a land grant, including a hand drawn map and survey report, for a plot in Baldwin County, Georgia that was granted to Aaron Parker of Greene County, Georgia. The land was acquired by the state of Georgia from the Creek Nation in the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson, signed June 16, 1802. The survey and land grant are both endorsed by John Milledge, Governor of Georgia (1802-1806).
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. - Local Identifier:
- krc029
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc029
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc029#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc029/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 01, folder 54, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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[ Note: This document contains both written and printed text. ]
[printed text: Magnetic Variation ] [written text: 5 45 ] [printed text: East ]
[ Note: A hand drawn map appears in the center of the page. ]
[printed text: Scale of 20 Chains to an Inch. ]
STATE OF GEORGIA.
[printed text: THE above plat represents the Lot or Parcel of Land, No. ] [written text: 19. ] [printed text: drawn by ] [written text: Aaron Parker of Greene County ] [printed text: situate in the second district in Baldwin County, containing two hundred two and an half acres ; bounded North East by Lot No. ] [written text: 27 North West ] [printed text: by Lot No. ] [written text: 20 ] [printed text: South West by Lot No. ] [written text: 13 ] [printed text: and ] [written text: South East by lot No. 18 ] [printed text: in the said ] [written text: District ]
[printed text: Surveyed on the ]
[written text: 25th ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: July ] [printed text: 180 ][written text: 4 ] [printed text: By Levin Wailes, District Surveyor. ]
[Signed] [written text: Daniel Sturges ] [printed text: Surveyor General. ]
C. Carriers,
Edward Loyd Thomas,
[Signed] [written text: Joseph Lockhart ]
[Signed] [written text: Jno. [John] Milledge ]
[ Note: A large wax seal is affixed to the bottom of this document. ]
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Recd [Received] $8.10
Jas [James] Bozeman, for Edwin Mounger, Jr.
Enter'd [Entered]
Eleazer Early Compr. Genl. [Comptroller General]
[written text: No 19 ]
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
By His Excellency [written text: John Milledge ] Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE, That in pursuance of the several acts passed by the General Assembly, to make distribution of the land obtained from the Creek Nation of Indians by the United States Commissioners, in a treaty entered into at or near Fort Wilkinson, on the
sixteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and two; and by virtue of the powers in me vested; I have given and granted, and by these presents, in the name and behalf of the said state, DO give and grant unto [written text: Aaron Parker ] [printed text: of the County of ] [written text: Greene his ] [printed text: heirs and assigns forever; all that tract, lot or parcel of land, containing two hundred two and an half acres, situate lying and being in the ] [written text: Second ] [printed text: district ] [written text: Baldwin ] [printed text: County, in the said State, and butting and bounding ] [written text: North East by No. 27; North West by No. 20; South West by No. 13; and South East by lot no. 18~ ] [printed text: which said tract or lot of land is known and distinguished in the plan of the said district by the number ] [written text: Nineteen~ ] [printed text: having such shape, form and marks, as appear by a plat of the same hereunto annexed; together with all and singular the rights, members and appurtenances thereof, whatsoever, to the said tract, lot or parcel of land, belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand of the State aforesaid, of, in, to or out of the same: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract, lot or parcel of land, and all and singular the premises aforesaid, with their, and every of their rights, members and appurtenances, unto the said ] [written text: Aaron Parker his ] [printed text: heirs and assigns, to ] [written text: his ] [printed text: and their own proper use and behoof forever, in fee simple. ]
[printed text: Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the said State, this ]
[written text: twentieth ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: February ] [printed text: in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and ] [written text: six ] [printed text: and in the thirt ] [written text: ieth ] [printed text: year of American Independence. ]
[printed text: SIGNED by his Excellency the Governor the ]
-- [written text: 20th ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: February ] [printed text: 180 ][written text: 6 ]
[Signed] [written text: G. [George] R. Clayton ] [written text: Sectry E.D. [Secretary Executive Department] ]
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Grant To Aaron Parker for 202 1/2 acres land
Dated
20 Feby [February] 1806
Georgia Secretarys office
Registered in Book 2 Baldwin [unclear text: fol ] 331-
the
20 Feby. [February] 1806.
[Signed] [written text: Hor. Marbury ] Secy [Secretary] [checkmark]
331