United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Cartlidge, James1831-02-14James Cartlidge (or Cartledge), an Inferior Court justice in Columbia County, Georgia, writes to Georgia Governor George R. Gilmer (1829-1831, 1837-1839) on February 14, 1831 to report that a local man was elected to two surveyor offices and inquire into the legality of this. He mentions that as District Surveyor, the surveyor elect will be surveying the Cherokee lands acquired under a late act of the state legislature.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/jpegtcc523engMode 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 49, folder 11, document 04.Cherokee Indians--Land tenureSurveyorsLetter, 1831 Feb. 14, Appling, Columbia County, [Georgia to] George R. Gilmer, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / James CartlidgeText