- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Land grant with map for plot in] Baldwin County, Georgia, 1805 Oct. 10 / [authorized by] Jno. [i.e. John] Milledge, Governor of [Georgia]
- Date of Original:
- 1805-10-10
- 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 is a land grant, including a map and survey report, for a plot in Baldwin County, Georgia granted to Orandate Watson of Jefferson County, Georgia on October 10, 1805. The land was obtained by the state of Georgia through a treaty with the Creek Indians (Treaty of Fort Wilkinson, June 16, 1802) and granted under the authority of John Milledge, Governor of Georgia (1802-1806). The plot was surveyed on July 27, 1804.
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:
- krc125
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc125
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc125#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc125/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 18, folder 45, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[ 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 of the property appears in the middle of the page. ]
[printed text: SCALE OF 20 CHAINS TO AN INCH. ]
STATE OF GEORGIA.
[printed text: THE ] [printed text: above Plat represents the Lot or Parcel of Land, No. ] [written text: 37 ] [printed text: drawn by ] [written text: Orandate Watson ] [printed text: of ] [written text: Jefferson ] [printed text: County, situate in the ] [written text: Second ] [printed text: district in ] [written text: Baldwin ] [printed text: County, containing two hundred two and an half acres; bounded north east by Lot No. ] [written text: 48; NorthWest ] [printed text: by Lot No. ] [written text: 38; -- ] [printed text: South West by Lot No. ] [written text: 27; -- ] [printed text: and ] [written text: South East by Lot No. 36 in said district. ]
[printed text: Surveyed on the ]
[written text: 27th-- ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: July-- ] [printed text: 180 ][written text: 4 ]
[printed text: By ] [written text: Leven Wailes ] [printed text: District Surveyor. ]
[written text: Daniel Sturges ] [printed text: Surveyor General. ]
[printed text: C.Carriers} ] [written text: Edd. [Edward] L. Thomas ] [written text: Jo. [Joseph] Lockhart ]
[Signed] [written text: Jno. [John] Milledge ]
[ Note: A wax seal is attached to the bottom of the document by a cloth string. ]
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[printed text: STATE OF GEORGIA. ]
[printed text: By His Excellency ] [written text: John Milledge ] [printed text: 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, GREETING: ]
KNOW YE, That in pursuance of the several acts passed by the General Assembly, to make distribution of the lands 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: Orandates Watson ] [printed text: of the County of ] [written text: Jefferson, his -- -- ] [printed text: heirs and assigns forever; all that tract or 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 West [document damaged: by Lot No. 48 ] North West by Lot No. 3 [document damaged] South West by Lot No. [document damaged] 7 and South East by Lot No. 36 -- -- ] [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: thirty seven ] [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: Orandates Watson 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: Tenth ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: October ] [printed text: in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and ] [written text: five ] [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: -- 10th -- ] [printed text: day of ] [written text: October ] [printed text: 180 ][written text: 5 ]
[Signed] [written text: G. R. Clayton ] [written text: Sectry. E.D. [Secretary Executive Department] ]
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Recd. [Received] Eight dollars & 10 cts
Edwin [unclear text: Mounger ] [unclear text: Tr [Treasurer] ]
Entered for J [James] Meriwether Compr. Gl [Comptroller General]
Berry Bostick [unclear text: Jun [Junior] ]
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Grant To Orandates Watson for 202 1/2 Acres Land dated
10th Octr. [October] 1805.
Georgia Secretarys Office
Registered in book 2nd Baldwin, fo: [folio] 56 the
10th Octor. [October] 1805.
[Signed] [written text: Hor: [Horatio] Marbury ] Secy [Secretary]
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