United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Ogeechee River, 31.83355, -81.02761785-05-05This document is a petition on behalf of the inhabitants of Burke County, Georgia, to Samuel Elbert, Governor of Georgia (1785-1786), and the Executive Council. The petitioners indicate that land surveyed by Sir James Wright in Burke County near the fork of the Rocky Comfort Creek and the Ogeechee River is to be sold, and they maintain that the land was supposed to be vacant and available for settlement. They assert that several poor families are settled there despite threats from unnamed Indians and should be allowed to remain.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/jpegtcc940engMode 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 23, folder 28, document 01.Land settlementLand useSurveyorsIndians of North America--WarfarePetition of the inhabitants of Burke County, [Georgia] to Samuel Elbert, Governor [of Georgia] and the Executive Council, 1785 May 5 / John Fulton [?] ... [et al.]Text