United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Ossabaw Island, 31.80105, -81.09455United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.278711755/1776This undated document pertains to Isaac Levy's petition to the King of England with respect to his rights to the Islands of Ossabaw and Sapelo, off the coast of the colony of Georgia. It outlines the early settlement of the colony of Georgia and affairs with the Creek Indians, in particular the Treaty of Coweta (1739) between James Oglethorpe and the Creeks, in which the Crown pledged that the Creeks retained their ancient right to all of the lands in Georgia that were not already granted to the Crown. The treaty also reserved the islands of Ossabaw, Sapelo, and St. Catherine's to the Creeks. The document further discusses Creek leader Malatchi's grant of the three sea islands to Thomas and Mary Bosomworth (a.k.a. Mary Musgrove or Coosaponakeesa). According to this document, the Upper and Lower Creek Nations recognized Malatchi as their leader and thereby endorsed his grant of these three islands to the Bosomworths. In October of 1754, the Bosomworths went to England and signed a legal agreement with Isaac Levy to sell him Ossabaw and St. Catherine's islands. The document further chronicles Patrick Graham's (President of the colony of Georgia, 1752-1754) treaty negotiation with the Creeks in 1755 for the same islands and a similar conference shortly thereafter with Graham's successor John Reynolds (Royal Governor of Georgia, 1754-1757). The Creeks allegedly invalidated Graham's title to the lands and upheld the original land transfer between Malatchi and the Bosomworths. This document may be connected with krc040.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/jpegkrc053engMode 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 86, document 01.Creek Indians--TreatiesIndian land transfersLevy, IsaacMusgrove, Mary, 1700-1765Bosomworth, ThomasCase on behalf of Isaac Levy Esquire on his application to his Majesty in council with respect to his right to a moiety of the Islands of Usuba [i.e. Ossabaw] and Sappola [i.e. Sapelo] on the confines of GeorgiaText