United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181755-12-22This is a legal deposition of Lachlan McGillivray, dated December 22, 1755 in Augusta, Georgia. McGillivray, a trader to the Creek Nation, says that he was present at a meeting between the Governor of South Carolina and Creek leaders in Charleston in either June or July of 1753. McGillivray reports that Creek leader Malatchi (also Malatche or Malatchee) declared that the islands of St. Catherine's, Sapelo, Ossabaw, and other unnamed lands near Savannah, Georgia belonged to Mary Bosomworth (a.k.a. Mary Musgrove or Coosaponakeesa), herein referred to as Malatchi's sister. Malatchi reportedly asked the governor and his council to confirm her right to the lands in order to prevent any further disputes. McGillivray also states that Malatchi knew that some of the other Creek leaders present at the meeting had previously ceded the aforementioned lands to Patrick Graham (President of the Georgia colony, 1752-1754) but received no answer upon asking who was responsible for the cession.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/jpegkrc038engMode 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, Keith Read, box 02, folder 57, document 01.Creek Indians--Land tenureMalatchi Opiya MicoGlen, James, 1701-1777Creek Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.Musgrove, Mary, 1700-1765Deposition [of] Lachlan McGillivray, 1755 Dec. 22, Augusta, Georgia / [sworn to] before Jonathan CoppText