The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Entry Books of Commissions, Powers, Instructions, Leases, Grants of Land, Etc. by the Trustees 1732-1738 - Volume 32
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

VOLUME 32

The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

Entry Books of Commissions, Powers, Instructions, Leases, Grants of Land, Etc. by the Trustees17321738

VOLUME 32

Edited by

KENNETH COLEMAN

Copies Made from Original Records in England and Compiled under Authority of Allen D. Candler, 1902

The University of Georgia PressAthens

1989 by the University of Georgia PressAthens, Georgia 30602All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Entry books of commissions, powers, instructions, leases, grants of land, etc. by the trustees, 17321738/edited by Kenneth Coleman.

p. cm.(The Colonial records of the state of Georgia; v. 32)

Copies made from original records in England and compiled under authority of Allen D. Candler, 1902.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-8203-1079-4 (alk. paper)

1. GeorgiaHistoryColonial period, ca. 16001775Sources. I. Coleman, Kenneth. II. Series.

F281.C71 vol. 32

[F289]

975.8′02dc 19 88-27790

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Transcripts of Crown-Copyright records in the Public Record Office, London, appear by permission of the Controller of H. M. Stationery Office

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Reissue published in 2021ISBN 9780820359298 (Hardcover)ISBN 9780820359281 (Paperback)ISBN 9780820359274 (eBook)

These Volumes are forGeorgia Archivists and Librarians

This Volume is forMarion R. Hemperley

CONTENTS

Foreword to the Reissuevii

Prefacexiii

Introductionxv

Trustees Entry Book1

Index289

FOREWORD TO THE REISSUE

This volume of the Colonial Records of Georgia provides scholars and interested readers with the opportunity to look closely at the paperwork generated by The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, more commonly known as just the Trustees. As stated in the subtitle, that paperwork includes a wide variety of documents such as formal appointments to official positions, specific directions to those officials, land grants of all sizes and to all types of colonists, and other important correspondence. Oftentimes, historians overlook these records because of their dense legal prose, but hidden within this complicated language lies the opportunity to study this unique governing body for its successes and its failures.

In most studies of early Georgia, the Trustees appear as aloof administrators who are completely out of touch with reality. As an organization, they seem like an amorphous body of aristocrats who supervised the colony from afar. They are criticized for designing an idealistic, impractical, and ultimately unworkable plan whereby the worthy poor of Englandmen experiencing hard times because of circumstances beyond their controlwould have the opportunity to start their lives over in a new place with close supervision to prevent them from falling into poverty again. The Trustees would provide that close supervision by retaining all powerlegislative, executive, and judicialfor themselves, and they expected their subjects to comply willingly and gratefully with all their directives. They issued a series of strict regulations that included very specific rules about land inheritance, agricultural activities, labor policy, the Indian trade, and even alcohol consumption in an effort to protect their colonists from venturing back down the path to financial ruin. As it became apparent that their ideas were not working as they had planned, the Trustees entrenched and defended their position instead of making practical modifications to conform to the reality of the situation in coastal Georgia. This choice, however, only led to more problems and added to their not wholly undeserved reputation as being detached from reality. They eventually lost interest in their charitable venture as their administrative duties became more tedious and the entire project decreased in popularity in England, and they finally surrendered their colony to the Crown in 1752 after almost twenty years of countless challenges and complications.

This overly negative portrayal of the Trustees wrongly casts them as the bad guys who exerted a heavy hand over their poor and destitute subjects simply because they could. In fact, the Trustees had almost no applicable experience when it came to running a colony and were simply addressing issues as they became aware of them. They seemed to have good intentions when they kept all authority to themselves because they knew their subjects lacked any practical knowledge about governance and also suffered from the stigma of previous economic adversity. By expecting their colonists to consult with them on all matters, however, the Trustees stalled any developments that might occur in the meantime. The vast distance between Savannah and London obviously frustrated any possibility of quick communication, and other extenuating circumstances such as weather and war postponed ships carrying correspondence even longer.

Moreover, the very bureaucracy of the Trustees worked against speedy responses as well. They needed to have a quorum to vote, and they often sent matters into committee for further investigation, which resulted in additional delays. Many of the documents contained in this volume come from the Common Council, which consisted of a certain number of Trustees tasked with finalizing the decisions that the entire body of Trustees had made. Because the original conceivers of the Georgia project anticipated that the number of Trustees would increase over time and because it would be unwieldy to expect all of them to participate fully in every aspect of administration, it made sense to delegate the actual writing of their orders to only a select few.1 However, by doing so, they added another time-consuming layer of bureaucracy to the governing process. Nevertheless, their resulting paperwork represents a valuable source of documentation, much of which occupies this volume.

Rather than creating one overarching governmental organization run by local colonists to attend to everyday activities, the Trustees chose to appoint specific officials to certain offices as the need appeared. This volume contains many of those appointments and shows the emergence of the various issues that required some sort of immediate oversight. Obvious positions included a minister for religious affairs and a secretary to direct the Indian trade, but others such as a botanist seem almost trivial to modern readers in comparison. The Trustees did create the fundamental managerial offices of bailiffs, constables, court recorder, and several others to provide basic law and order, but these essential positions also necessitated selection of capable individuals to fill them as well as explanation of their responsibilities. Those explanations usually involved lengthy lists of instructions that went far beyond the main duties that should be expected of that particular job. Oftentimes, to stay informed about what was happening in the colony and issue orders accordingly, the Trustees commanded these individuals to supply lengthy, detailed, and even daily records of the situation in the colony. This volume includes many of those appointments along with those precise instructions and provides historians with a window through which to view the Trustees excessive attempts at administering their colony from afar, which contributed to the charitable projects ultimate demise.

Historians may criticize the Trustees for their micromanagement of their colony, but they should also recognize that their meticulousness demonstrates just how seriously they took this endeavor. According to their charter, they could not profit in any way from their activities in Georgia, but they could help their subjects do so. The Trustees wanted to provide as many opportunities as they could while forestalling the possibility of failure, and they believed they were making decisions that would support the colonists, not hamper or hurt them. This volume represents the very beginning of the colonial project, when the Trustees were full of enthusiasm and zeal for their undertaking and had a positive attitude about the future. Their diligence and dedication are admirable and are reflected in the attention to detail that went into these documents. The Trustees did not know how their colonial venture would turn out when they began, and when historians look back and evaluate what the Trustees did not accomplish, they should also acknowledge the original aspirations of these well-intentioned aristocrats and how they went about trying to realize them. This volume embodies their initial optimism and offers numerous opportunities to study what the Trustees sought to achieve.

The time has also come to revisit the Trustees themselves, as individuals and as an institution. James Oglethorpe has obviously received the most scholarly attention, but other men back in England also worked hard to make Georgia a success and should be recognized for their efforts. The Trustees as a unit serve as one example of the many different approaches the British Empire took toward administering its colonies. A close examination of the Trustees inner workings and its relationships with other British governing bodies such as Parliament and its many committees as well as the various royal councils has yet to be done.

In addition, scholars can treat the Trustees endeavor as an exercise in colonialism. The British Empire had already established countless colonies by the time the Trustees founded Georgia, and it would go on to create many more over the next century and a half. Comparing the Trustees approach to colonialism with other ventures elsewhere in the world would yield interesting results and bring Georgia into the fold of global history. Too often, individual colonies get pigeonholed into their own niche by limited and exclusive studies that fail to make broader connections to other colonial projects, but with the surge of interest in globalization in the twenty-first century in all aspects of life, it is only reasonable, and indeed necessary, to apply that same approach to history and to colonial Georgia. This volume showcases the administrative aspect of those endeavors and provides an excellent opportunity to compare it with other colonial undertakings around the world.

More specific opportunities exist within this volume as well. Environmental historians can get a closer look at the Trustees land policies, both in terms of how they divided up the landscape as well as how they expected their subjects to use it. Economic historians can benefit from looking at these same documents and gleaning from them the ways that the Trustees planned to make their colony financially viable. Legal historians can watch the colonial court system develop and evolve from its very beginning. Biographers can find the names of the important characters that grace the stage of early Georgia, such as Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, Thomas Christie, Peter Gordon, and Patrick Tailfer.

In the end, the Trustees failed to achieve their objectives when it came to colonial Georgia. Scholars, however, must temper their judgement of that failure and also appreciate what the Trustees sought to accomplish by teasing out the important lessons they offer to the many facets of colonial history. This volume allows historians to do just that.

Julie Anne Sweet

Notes

1. James Ross McCain, Georgia as a Proprietary Province: The Execution of a Trust (Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1917), 100101. Despite its age, McCains study still remains the best, and only, in-depth analysis of the Trustees.

PREFACE

The history of Georgias colonial records has been a varied one. Her customs records were destroyed in early 1776 when the vessel upon which they had been stored for safekeeping was burned during the Battle of the Rice Boats at Savannah. During the Revolutionary War, Georgia sent many of her records as far north as Maryland to protect them, and some of these never found their way back to Georgia. Many old records were left at Milledgeville when the states capital was moved to Atlanta in 1868. As late as the twentieth century colonial records were destroyed in Savannah to make room for current records. Normal loss and destruction through improper use and storage over the years have taken their toll as well.

With all this loss and destruction, it is not surprising that most of the colonial records which survived are the letters, reports, and other documents sent to London by colonial officials and now deposited in the Public Record Office. Georgia first had these records copied in the 1830s and 1840s and they were used by several historians before being burned accidentally in the late nineteenth century. Early in the twentieth century the Georgia volumes (mainly P.R.O., C.O. 5/636-712) were copied a second time by the State.

Between 1904 and 1916 twenty-five volumes of these transcripts were published as The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia (Volumes 1-19, 21-26). Allen D. Candlerbegan compiling an printing these volumes, and William J. Northen and Lucian Lamar Knight assumed the work after Candlers death in 1910. Essentially Candler, Northen, and Knight arranged the transcripts and printed the volumes with no further editorial apparatus.

Immediately the published volumes had an influence upon the writing of Georgias colonial history. The unpublished transcripts, arranged in fourteen volumes in the state archives, have been used considerably less.

Publication of additional volumes, sponsored by the Georgia Commission for the National Bicentennial Celebration and the University of Georgia Press, was begun in 1976 as a part of Georgias participation in the nations Bicentennial. Publication has continued since as funds have become available.


Athens, Georgia


Kenneth Coleman

INTRODUCTION

Volumes XXXII, XXXIII, and XXXIV consist of the Trustees Entry Book of commissions, powers, instructions, leases and grants of land, agreements, appointments of various officials, orders and answers of the Trustees, letters of attorney, memorials or petitions to the King and various administrative offices and to Parliament, and annual abstracts of accounts, number of new settlers, and lands granted.

Most of the decisions which brought these documents into being are briefly referred to in the Journal of the Trustees or the Minutes of the Common Council of the Trustees (printed in Volumes I and II of this series). But the full documents give much more information not in the Journal or Minutes. Thus Trustee policy and changes in it can sometimes be more clearly seen than in previously published volumes.

There are more documents concerned with land granting than any other single topic. A number of these grants are in minute detail, but most refer to an earlier full grant or document. One thing made clear by these grants is that the Trustees were willing to grant inheritance rights to women and people other than the eldest son of the grantee, if the grantee requested it. These grants make it clear that women received considerably more inheritance rights than an adherence to the general rules of the Trustees would have allowed.

The documents in these volumes were written by Benjamin Martyn, the Secretary of the Trustees, and Harman Verelst, Accountant to the Trustees, apparently the only office force the Trustees ever had. Usually general matters were handled by Martyn and fiscal ones by Verelst, but both might write about any subject when the other was not available.

Little is known about Martyn and Vere 1st. There is a brief sketch of Martyn in the Dictionar of National Biography, XII, 1199-1200. Trevor R. Reese wrote Benjamin Martyn, Secretary to the Trustees of Georgia, Ga. Hist. Quarterly, XXXVIII, 142-147, and Harman Verelst, Accountant to the Trustees, ibid., XXXIX, 348-352.

This volume, the first in this series of three, shows Trustee in-decision and changes of policy, especially about land granting, early in the life of the Trust. As time went on things became more routine and there were fewer changes. As always in the Trustees life, much more work was done by the Common Council of the Trustees rather than by the full body of the Trustees.

Editorial Guidelines

The volume divisions created by Allen D. Candler and Lucian Lamar Knight, the original compilers of this series, have been retained. This will facilitate references in works already published which used these volumes in manuscript.

Original spellings are retained unless the meaning is not clear. (Note. The Old English thorn th was usually written and printed as y in the early eighteenth century. This has been kept throughout this text. Thus ye is the, yt is that, and ym is them.) All raised letters have been lowered, abbreviations that are not clear have been expanded, and slips of the pen have been corrected silently. A single word may be explained in brackets immediately after its appearance in the text. More lengthy explanations will be given in footnotes. Punctuation, often scarce in eighteenth century manuscripts, has been supplied sometimes for the sake of clarity, though many sentences are long by modern standards. No attempt at uniform spelling, even of proper names, has been attempted; rather the original text has been followed. For proper names, a single most common spelling has been used in tbe index.

In the manuscript there is no consistency in the system of money notation. Thus 1.7.10 might be written that way, 1:7:10, or 1..7..10. Colons have been left as written, but the .. has been changed to a single period. When the pound sign is given after the figure it is often written as a lower case 1 with a line through it (ł). These have been changed to for the sake of clarity.

Each document is given a short introduction which consists of the office of origin, date, Public Record Office location, and topic or topics treated.

The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

VOLUME 32

ENTRY BOOKS OF COMMISSIONS, POWERS, INSTRUCTIONS, LEASES, ETC., BY THE TRUSTEES1732-1738

Common Council of Georgia Trustees Agreement with Dr. William Houstoun1 for his services as Botanist to the Trustees. Oct. 3, 1732. Receipt of Houstoun for 75, salary for half a year. Oct. 4, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 1-2.

To all whom it may Concern Know Yee That I William Houstoun Doctor of Physick of the University of St. Andrews do Covenant and agree that in Consideration of the Yearly Salary of Two Hundred Pounds to be paid unto me or my Order in the Manner following, Vizt. One Hundred Pounds at the Feast of St. Michael2 and One Hundred Pounds on the 25th. March. That I will serve the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in the following Manner Vizt. That I will forthwith Imbark on Board a Ship bound for the Maderas, will from thence Proceed to America & will for the space of two Years at my own Charge & Expence travel to such Parts thereof as the Trustees shall think proper in order to Collect all such Plants as shall be containd in my Instructions from the said Trustees & that I will use my utmost diligence for Collecting the same and that I will carry or cause them to be carryd to Georgia & that I will constantly correspond with & from time to time transmitt to the sd. Trustees all such Observations as I shall apprehend may be useful to the sd. Colony & after the Expiration of the sd. two Years or sooner if, the Trustees shall think proper, I will go and reside in the sd. Colony of Georgia at my own Charge & Expence & use my utmost endeavours there for the Preserving and propagating of the sd. Plants & follow such Orders therein as I shall receive from the said Trustees.

And Whereas The Rt. Honble the Lord Petre has engaged to pay unto me Fifty Pounds p Ann. towards defraying the Charge of my said Travels I Declare that I do accept of the sd. Engagement as part of the sd. Two Hundred Pounds p Ann. Salary. And that the sd. Trustees will be thereby dischargd by paying unto me One Hundred & Fifty Pounds p Ann. during the Life of the sd. Lord Petre. But in Case the sd. Lord Petre shall dye within the Space of the said three Years, then the Trustees shall pay unto me the full Two Hundred pounds as aforesaid. And that in Case they shall not think fitt so to do then that they shall shorten the said Term of three Years proportionably as the whole Sume shall fall short of Six Hundred Pounds.

Signd William Houstoun


Signd Seald & Deliverd in Presence of

Thos. Richards

Andrew Balston

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London October 4th. 1732.

Receivd on Account of the sd. Trustees Seventy five Pounds being in full for one half Years Payment commencing at Michaelmass last post.

Signd William Houstoun

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Common Council Instructions to Dr. William Houstoun. Oct. 12, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 2-3.

Sir

You are Orderd by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to go on Board the Ship Amelia Capt. Brooks Commander now lying in the River Thames, and bound for Madera & Jamaica. When you arrive at Madera you are Orderd to inform your self of the Manner of Cultivating the Vines and making the Wines there; And to carry with you to Jamaica cuttings of their best sorts of Vines, & Seeds, Roots or Cuttings of any other usefull Plants you shall meet with on that Island which are wanting in the British Colonies, but particularly the Cinnamon tree. And if you can find any Vessell going from thence to South Carolina, you must also send some of each of the above mentiond things directly there, adressed to Mr. [James] St. Julian at Charles Town.

From Jamaica you are Orderd to go to the several Spanish Settlements at Carthagena, Puerto Bello, Campechy, & Vera Cruz. As soon as you can have the opportunity of any Vessels going to the sd. Places, and if you can you are to Cross the Country to Panama. At all these Places you are to use your utmost dilligence to procure the Seeds & Roots of all usefull Plants such as Ipecacuana, Jallap, Contrayerva, Sarsaparilla, & Jesuites Bark the Trees which yield the Peruvian & Capivi Balsoms, the Gum Eleme &c, the Cochineel Plant3 with the Animals upon it and all other things that you shall judge may be of use to the Colony of Georgia

When you return from any of the sd. Places to Jamaica, you are to leave the things you shall have brought over with the Person you shall find most capable and willing to take Care of them while you go to the other Spanish Ports in search of others. But if you can have the Opportunity of a Ship going to Charles Town you are still to send some of each kind to Mr. [James] St. Julian there.

When you have visited each of the aforesd. Places, & collected from them all that shall be in your Power, you are to expect our further Orders to be sent you to Jamaica, directing you how to proceed in transporting yourself them to Georgia where you are to spend the remaining part of the three Years, in taking care of the Culture of what you shall carry with you.

And you are particularly desired to inform your self of the Nature & Culture of the White Mulberry tree which is most proper for the Nourishment of Silkworms.

As likewise of all Sorts of Logwood & other Woods and Barks of use in Dyeing in order to the propagating of them in Georgia.

October 12th 1732

Copy of Mr. Houstons Instructions.

Direct to him to the Care of Dr. John Cochran at Kingston in Jamaica.

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Common Council Lease to Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes, and William Calvert of 5000 acres of land in Georgia. Oct. 25, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 4-5.

This Indenture made the Twenty fifth Day of October in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni4 1732 Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, of the one Part & Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert of London Labourers of the other Part. Witnesseth That the sd. Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of five Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in Hand paid by the sd. Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes and William Calvert or one of them at on or before the Ensealing & Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes & Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted bargaind & Sold and by these Presents do give grant bargain & Sell unto the sd. Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert All those five Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part & parcel of the Lands which His Majesty by his Royal Charter bearing date the ninth day of June Anno Dni. 1732 Granted unto the sd. Trustees & their Successors for ever In trust for Establishing the sd. Colony of Georgia To have and to hold the said Five Thousand Acres of Land unto the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert and the Survivors & Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor from the Day of the Date of these Presents unto the full End & Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully Compleat and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of one Pepper Corn upon the Feast Day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next coming (if lawfully demanded) and no more To the Intent That by virtue of these Presents & of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the sd. Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the actual Possession of the sd. hereby bargained Premises and be thereby Enabled to Accept & take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to them the sd. Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one Part and the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert of the other Part and to bear date the day next after the Day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day & Year first above written.

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Common Council Release of 5000 acres to Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes, and William Calvert to be granted to settlers in Georgia, together with provisions for granting to actual settlers. Oct. 26, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 5-10.

This Indenture made the twenty & Sixth Day of October in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & Annoque Dni. 1732 Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part and Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert of London Labourers of the other Part. Whereas His Majesty hath been Graciously please to take into Consideraton that many of his poor Subjects and many Foreigners who are willing to become his Subjects are reduced to great necessities & would gladly be settled in the British Provinces in America where by cultivating the Lands at present wast and desolate; they might not only gain a comfortable Subsistance for themselves & Familys but also Strengthen in his Majestys Colonies & encrease the Trade Navigation & Wealth of Great Britain. And Whereas his Majesty hath declard it highly becoming his Crown and Royal Dignity to Extend his Fatherly Compassion even to the meanest & most unfortunate of his People, & to releive the Wants of his above mentiond poor Subjects, & that it will be highly Conducive for the Accomplishing these Ends that a regular Colony of the sd. Poor People be settled & Established in the Southern Frontiers of South Carolina. And Whereas his Majesty for the more orderly Carrying on the sd. good Purposes Hath by his Royal Charter bearing date the ninth Day of June Anno Dni. 1732 constituted a Body Politick & Corporate by the Name of The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & hath granted unto the said Trustees & their Successors for ever certain Lands & Territories in South Carolina In Trust for Establishing the sd. Colony, and hath erected the same into an Independant Province by the Name of Georgia. And Whereas divers poor Persons have represented to the Common Council of the Corporation of the sd. Trustees that through Misfortunes & want of Employment they are reduced to great Necessities insomuch that by their Labour they are not able to Provide a Maintenance for themselves & Families & if they had Means to defray the Charge of Passage & other Expences incident to new Settlements they would be glad to be settled in Georgia aforesaid. And Whereas the sd. Common Council taking into Consideration the requests & desires of the sd. poor Persons have resolved with all convenient Speed to send such & so many of them as by & with the Charitable Contributions of well disposed Persons by them already received they shall be enabled to convey settle & establish in the sd. Province of Georgia. Now this Indenture Witnesseth That in pursuance of the Execution of the Trust in them the sd. Trustees by his Majesty most graciously reposed & to the intent that such Persons who shall now 8, such others as shall hereafter go to reside & inhabit the sd. Province may have & enjoy to them & their Heirs Male a fit & Sufficient Quantity of Land whereby they may maintain & provide for themselves and Families. They the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for themselves their Successors Have Granted released & confirmed And by these Presents do grant release & confirm to them the sd. Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert (in their actual Possession now being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these Presents in Consideration of Five Shillings by them or one of them payd to the sd. Trustees, and by force of the Statute for transferring Uses into Possession) & to their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them Five thousand acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America part & parcel of the Lands which his said Majesty graciously granted to the said Corporation by his said Letters Patent bearing date the ninth Day of June Anno Dni. 1732. The said Five Thousand Acres of Land to be sett out limited divided & bounded in such Manner & in such Part or Parts of the said Province as shall be thought most Convenient & proper by such Person or Persons as shall by the sd. Common Council be for that purpose authorized & appointed. To have and to Hold the said Five thousand Acres of Land to them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert and their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them To such Uses intents & purposes & subject to such Powers & under such Provisors Limitations and Agreements as are herein after limited declared & expressed. That is to say to the intent and purpose that they the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert & the Survivors or Survivor of them & the Heirs of Such Survivor shall from time to time as Occasion shall require grant assign & transfer to Every Man of the Age of twenty one Years or upwards, who within the Space of twelve Months from the date hereof shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a design to settle and inhabit there and shall signify to them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert or the Survivors and Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor his desire to have Lands granted to him; A certain Numbr of Acres not exceeding fifty to every such Man To have & to hold to him & his Heirs Male upon the Terms & Subject to the Reservations Conditions Provisoes & Limitations herein after limited declared & Expressed of & concerning the same. That is to say upon Express Condition that if any such Person or Persons to whom such Grant shall be made shall not abide settle and inhabit in the sd. Province of Georgia for & during the Term of three Years from & after the Day on which he or they shall request & desire such Grant to him on them to be Made, and shall not cultivate such Lands as shall be allotted & given him or them by all such ways & means as according to their several abilities & skill he or they shall be best able & capable, or if any such Person or Persons shall depart or pass out of the limits of the said Province of Georgia without Licence in Writing first had & obtaind under the Hand & Seal of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized & impowerd to grant such Licences, or if any such Person or Persons to whom any such Lands shall be granted as aforesaid shall alien assign or transfer the sd. Lands or any part or parcel thereof or any Term Estate or Interest therein to any other Person or Persons whatsoever without the Special Leave & Licence of the Common Council of the sd. Corporation for the time being or of such Officer or Officers as shall by the sd. Common Council be authorized & impowered to grant such Licences. That then & from thenceforth in any or either of these Cases it shall & may be lawfull to and for the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors into & upon the sd. Lands hereby intended to be granted as aforesaid or into & upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole Wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if such Grant or Grants had never been had or made, and such Person or Persons so misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesd.; and all other the Occupiers & Possessors of the said Lands or of any part thereof thereout & from thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove5 and also that upon such Entry by such Officer or Officers as shall by the sd. Common Council for the time being be for that purpose authorized and appointed such Grant or Grants shall respectively cease determine & become void. This Indenture or the said Indentures of Grant so to be made as aforesaid or anything herein containd to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding; and also on this further Condition That if any of the sd. Lands so to be granted as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared or improved during the space of ten Years to be accounted from the Day of the date of the Grant of such Lands that then & in such Case all & every part or parcell of such Lands not cultivated planted cleared or improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors & the Grant or Grants of such Lands as to such parts or parcels thereof shall cease determine & be void, and shall be Granted & disposed of in such manner and to such Persons as the sd. Common Council of the said Corporation shall think fit and further reserving in all and every the Grants so to be made as aforesaid a Rent Charge or Yearly Rent for Ever after the rate of four Shillings for every hundred Acres of the sd. Lands which shall be so granted, the Payment of which said Rent not to commence or be made untill Ten Years after the making such Grant and to be paid to such Person & at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be directed and appointed. And further as touching and concerning the Reversion or Reversions or Remainder or Remainders expectant on the respective demise or demises of any such Person or Persons to whom such Grants shall be made as aforesaid without Issue Male or any forfeiture or other determination of the Estate of such Person or Persons. It is hereby declared and agreed by all the Parties to these Presents and their intent & Meaning is that the same shall be and remain to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors and to and for their Use & Behoof & for none other Use whatsoever. And the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert by these presents for themsel ves severally & respectively & for their Several & respective Heirs Executors & Administrators & not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other Do by these presents Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors: That they and every of them will from time to time according to the best of their Skill and knowledge duely & faithfully execute the trust hereby in them reposed and shall & will at all times obey and perform all such Orders & Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council or by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized & empowered touching the Granting and Disposing of such Lands and Premises and the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corportion of the said Trustees to these Presents; And the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert have severally sett their hands & Seals to another part thereof remaining in the Hands of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to give orders to Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes, and William Calvert as to granting of land to settlers. Nov. 1, 1732. C.O. 5-670, pp. 11-12.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come sendeth Greeting. Whereas in and by a certain Indenture of Release dated the twenty sixth day of October 1732 and made between the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert of London Labourers of the other Part. The said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert for themselves severally & respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly nor the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Have covenanted Promised and Agreed to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them would from time to time according to the best of their Skill and knowledge duely and faithfully execute the Trust thereby in them reposed and should and would at all times obey & perform all such Orders & Directions as should from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized and appointed touching the Granting and Dispossing of certain Lands and Premisses in & by the said Indenture of Release granted & mentioned and also touching the Execution of the Trust thereby in them reposed. Now Know Ye That We Have authorized and appointed James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surrey Esqr. one of the sd. Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Present Do authorize and appoint him the said James Oglethorpe from time to time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America or in any of the British Colonies adjoyning to the said Province to give such Orders & Directions (touching the Granting & Disposing of the said Lands & Premises & touching the Execution of the Trust in and by the said Indenture in them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert reposed) to them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert as he the said James Oglethorpe shall Judge fit & Necessary. And We do further by these Presents strictly enjoyn & Require them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert duely & faithfully to Execute all such Orders & Directions as shall from time to time be given them by him the said James Oglethorpe according to the several Covenants of them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert in that behalf made as aforesaid as they & every of them will answer the contrary at their Peril. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the first Day of November in the sixth Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni. 1732.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to set out 5000 acres released to Thomas Christie, Joseph Hughes, and William Calvert. Nov. 1, 1732. C.O. 5/670, p. 13.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall come sendeth Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorized & impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Councils of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do authorize and impower the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America to set out limit divide & bound Five thousand Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees by several Indentures of Lease & Release bearing date the twenty fifth & twenty Sixth Days of October 1732 respectively, to Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes & William Calvert for the Uses & Purposes therein mentiond) in such manner and in such part or Parts of the sd. Province as He shall Judge most Proper and convenient for the settling & Establishing a Colany there. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the first day of November in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni. 1732.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethrope to grant licences to people to leave Georgia. Nov. 1, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 13-14.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall come sendeth Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorized & impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do authorize & impower him the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America or in any of the British Colonies adjoyning to the said Province to grant to such Person or Persons for such times & on such Occasions as he shall Judge fitt and Proper Leave & Licence in Writing under his Hand & Seal to depart or Pass out of the said Province of Georgia & such Person or Persons so licenced by the said James Oglethorpe shall not incurr any Penalty or forfeiture for such their passing out or departure from the said Province of Georgia. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corportion of the said Trustees the first Day of November in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. Anno. Dni. 1732.

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Trustee Creation of Town Court of Savannah to try all cases arising in Savannah or the precincts thereof. Nov. 2, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 14-17.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall Come send Greeting. Whereas our Sovereign Lord George the second by his Letters Patents under the great Seal bearing date the ninth Day of June in the fifth Year of his Reign amongst other things Hath of his Grace certain Knowledge & meer Motion Granted Established & Ordained for himself & his Successors that the Corporation of the said Trustees & their Successors should have full Power & Authority to Erect & Constitute Judicatories & Courts of Record or other Courts to be held in the Name of his said Majesty his Heirs & Successors for the Hearing & Determining of all manner of Crimes Offences Pleas Processes Plaints Actions Matters Causes & Things whatsoever arising or happening within the Province of Georgia in America or between any Persons inhabiting or residing there whether the same be Criminal or Civil & whether the said Crimes be Capital or not Capital and whether the said Pleas be Real Personal or Mixt, & for awarding or Making out Executions thereupon as in & by the said Letters Patents relation being thereunto had may more fully & at large appear. And Whereas sundry Poor People are Imbarked or Imbarking in order to go to & settle in the said Province of Georgia & intend for their security and convenience to build a Town there the same to be called by the Name of Savanah. And Whereas it is necessary for the punishing Offences & for the determining of Differences or Disputes that may happen to arise or be committed within the said Town or the Precincts thereof that there should be a Court of Record Erected & Established for the Purposes aforesd. Now Know Ye that we the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in pursuance & execution of the Power & Authority to Us in & by the said Letters Patents Granted & that the People of the said Town & the Precincts thereof may have their Laws & Possession secured to them in Peace & Quietness Have erected & Constituted & by these Presents do Erect & Constitute a Court of Record by the Name & Stile of the Town Court to be holden in the Name of his said Majesty his Heirs & Successors before such Persons as shall from time to time be Corrrnissioned & appointed Bailiffs & Recorder of the said Town by the Common Council for the time being of Us the said Trustees & We Do hereby give & grant to such Bailiffs & Recorder for the time being appointed in the Manner as aforesaid full Power Jurisdiction & Authority to Inquire by the Oaths of good & lawfull Men of the said Town & of the Precinets thereof and by all other Ways Manners & Means which they shall know of & have in their Power by which the Truth of the Fact may best be made appear of all Treasons Misprisions of Treason Insurrections Rebellions Counterfeitings Clipping Washing Coining & other falsyfyings of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominions Whatsoever. Also of all Murders Felonies Homicides Killings Burglaries Rapes of Women unlawfull Asemblies Conspiracys Confideracys Transgressions Trespasses Riots Routes Rescues Escapes Contempts Negligenees Concealments Maintenances Oppressions Deceits & of all other Crimes Offences & Injuries whatsoever & also of the Accessarys thereunto & which at any time after the Date hereof shall by any Person or Persons whatsoever or howsoever be had done perpetrated or Comitted within the sd. Town & Precincts thereof & also by whom to whom when how & in what Manner & of all other Articles Facts and Circumstances in whatever Manner soever Touching or concerning the said Crimes & Offences them or any of them. And also the said Treasons & all other the Crimes & Offences aforesaid to hear & determine according to the Law & Custom of the Realm of England Saving to Us & our Successors all Fines Forfeitures & Amerciaments & all other things to Us on Account thereof belonging. And therefore we command that on such Days & in such Place or Places as they the said Bailffs & Recorder shall for that Purpose from time to time publickly appoint they the sd. Bailiffs & Recorder shall with their utmost Diligence make inquiry into & of the sd. Crimes & Offences & all & singular the said Crimes & Offences shall hear & determine Therein doing as Justice directs according to the Law and Custom of the Realm of England. We also hereby further Command the Constables of the said Town of Savanah for the time being That on such Days & in such Place or Places as shall for that Purpose from time to time be publickly appointed as aforesaid & of which they the sd. Bailiffs & Recorder shall certifie the said Constables they shall cause to come before them the said Bailiffs and Recorder such & so many good & lawfull Men of the said Town & Precincts thereof by whom the truth of the Fact may best be imagined into & made known. And we do further give & grant to such Bailiffs & Recorder for the time being of the said Town of Savanah in manner aforesaid from time to time Commissioned & Appointed full Power Jurisdiction & Authority to hold Pleas in all & all Manner of Causes Suits & Actions as well Real as Personal & Mixt & of any Debt account Trespass in Ejectment & other Trespasses Covinants Promises Contracts & Detinues whatsoever within the said Town & the Precincts thereof arising happening or being & between any Persons whatsoever & to proceed in such Pleas Suits & Actions by such ways means & process as may with the greatest Safety Dispatch & Justice bring the same to a final Determination & also to hear & determine all such Pleas Suits & Actions & Judgment thereupon to give and Execution thereof to make according to the Laws of England. And We do hereby further ordain and Direct that all Juries Pannells Inquisitions Attachments Precepts Mandates Warrants Judgments & Process whatsoever necessary to be had or done touching or Concerning the Pleas Suits & Actions aforesaid shall be summoned Done & Executed by the Constables of the said Town & Precincts thereof for the time being. And We do hereby further Ordain & Direct that all Indictments Writs Process Returns & all Proceedings to be had on the said Crimes or Offences or any of them or in or upon any of the said Pleas Suits or Actions or any of them & also the Records thereof shall be in the English Tongue & in Words written at length & in a plain legible Hand. In Witness whereof the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the second Day of November in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & Annoque Dni. 1732.

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Common Council Appointment of bailiffs, recorder, constables, and tythingmen for Savannah. Nov. 7, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 17-20.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America sendeth Greeting. Whereas sundry poor Persons are embarked or embarking in order to go to & settle in the Province of Georgia in America and intend for their Security & Convenience to build a Town there the same to be called by the Name of Savanah. And Whereas the said Trustees have by their Deed bearing Date the second Day of November 1732 under their Common Seal Erected & Established a Court of Record by the Name of the Town Court for hearing & determining all Manner of Crimes Offences Pleas Processes Plaints Actions Matters Causes and Things Whatsoever arising or happening within the said Town of Savanah and the Precincts thereof as in & by the said Deed relation being thereunto had may fully & more at large appear which said Court is therein & thereby appointed to be Holden in the Name of his Majesty his Heirs & Successors before such Persons as shall from time to time be Commissioned & Appointed Bailiffs & Recorder of the said Town by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees. Now Know Ye That We the said Common Council in pursuance & Execution of the Power & Authority to us the said Common Council by his said Majesty King George the Second in & by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing Date the ninth Day of June in the fifth Year of his Reign most Graciously given Have nominated Constituted & appointed and Do by these Presents nominate Constitute & appoint Peter Gordon to be the first Bailiff of the said Town of Savanah and of the Precincts thereof To have & to hold the said Office of first Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities & Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and untill such Time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said Peter Gordon shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further Nominate Constitute and appoint William Waterland to be the second Bailiff of the said Town of Savanah & of the Precincts thereof To have & to hold the said Office of second Bailiff together with all Powers authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and untill such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room & stead of the said William Waterland shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further Nominate Constitute & appoint Thomas Causton to be third Bailiff of the said Town of Savanah & of the Precincts thereof To have & to hold the said Office of third Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during & untill such time only as some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said Thomas Causton shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate Constitute & appoint Thomas Christie to be Recorder of the said Town of Savanah. To have & to hold the said Office of Recorder together with all Authorities & Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during & untill such time only as some other Person by the said Comon Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said Thomas Christie shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby enjoyn & require you the said Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton & Thomas Christie and every of you that in your said Office you severally & respectively preserve the Peace and Administer Justice without fear favour or affection to the Terror of Evil Doers & to the Comfort of those who do well. And we the said Common Council Do hereby nominate & appoint Joseph Fitzwalter to be one of the Constables of the said Town of Savanah & of the Precincts thereof To hold perform & Execute the said Office of Constable for during & untill some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said Joseph Fitzwalter shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate & appoint Samuel Parker to be one other of the Constables of the said Town of Savanah & of the Precincts thereof To hold perform & Execute the said office of Constable for during and untill some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & Stead of the said Samuel Parker shall be nominated l, appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby nominate and appoint, John lest to be one of the Tything men of the said Town of Savanah & the Precincts thereof To hold Perform & Execute the said Office of Tything man for during and untill some other Person by the sd. Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees in the room & stead of the said John West shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate & appoint John Penrose to be one other of the Tything men of the said Town of Savanah & the Precincts thereof To hold Perform & Execute the said Office of Tythingman for during and untill some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said John Penrose shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby Command them the said Joseph Fitzwalter Samuel Parker John West & John Penrose That they and Every of them do in all things obey the Warrants Orders and Judgments of the Bailiffs & Recorder for the time being of the said Town Judges of the said Town Court as they ought according to Law for the better perserving of the Peace & Administring of Justice in the said Town & the Precincts thereof. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the seventh Day of November in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c.

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Common Council Appointment of conservators of the peace for Savannah. Nov. 7, 1732. C.O. 5/670, p. 21.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton Thomas Christie George Symes Richard Hodges Francis Scott & Noble Jones Sendeth Greeting. Know Ye that we the said Common Council in pursuance & Execution of the Power & Authority to us the said Common Council by his Majesty King George the second in and by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date the ninth Day of June in the fith Year of his Reign most graciously given Have nominated Constituted and appointed & Do by these Presents nominate constitute & appoint You the said Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton Thomas Christie George Symes Richard Hodges Francis Scott & Noble Jones & Every of you Jointly & severally Conservators to keep the Peace in the Town of Savanah & the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid. And likewise that you or any of you do cause to come before you or any of you all such Persons who shall threaten any of the People of the said Town & Precincts thereof with any Bodily hurt or harm or with burning of their House or Houses to find Sufficient Security for the Peace or for their good Behaviour towards our Soverign Lord the King and the said People & if they shall refuse to find such Security then to cause them to be kept safe in Prison Untill they find such Security. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Seventh day of November in the sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni. 1732.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to administer oaths to officials in Georgia. Nov. 7, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 22-23.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America sendeth Greeting. Whereas the Common Council of the said Trustees by their Deed bearing date the Day of the Date of these Presents pursuant to the Power to them given by his Majestys Letters Patent dated the ninth Day of June 1732 Did nominate Constitute & Appoint Peter Gordon to be the first Bailiff of the Town of Savanah & of the Precincts thereof in Georgia afores., William Waterland to be the second Bailiff, Thomas Causton to be the third Bailiff, and Thomas Christie to be Recorder of the said Town & Precincts & did also by the said deed nominate & appoint Joseph Fitzwalter & Samuel Parker to be Constables & John West & John Penrose to be Tythingmen of the said Town of Savanah & Precincts thereof To hold the said several Offices to them the said Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton Thomas Christie Joseph Fitzwalter Samuel Parker John West & John Penrose respectively together with such Jurisdictions Powers & Authorities as by the said Common Council was therein & thereby given & granted unto them severally as in & by the said Deed relation being thereunto had may more fully & at large appear. Now Know Ye That We the said Common Council Have authorized & impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. & Do by these Presents authorize & empower him the said James Oglethorpe to administer to them the said Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton Thomas Christie & to every of them the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy & Abjuration mencend in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Entituled an Act for the further Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestents & for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales & his open & Secret Abettors) and the following Oath of Office That is to say I.A.B. (first Bailiff second Bailiff third Bailiff Recorder according as the Case shall be of the Town of Savanah & the Precincts thereof) Do swear that I will duely & faithfully execute the Office of (first Bailiff second Bailiff third Bailiff, Recorder of the said Town & Precincts as the Case shall be) to which I am nominated constituted & appointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & that I will to the utmost of my Ability Capacity & Power preserve the Peace & administer Justice to all within the said Town & Precincts impartially without fear favour or affection. So help me God. And We the said Common Council have authorized & impowered and Do hereby authorize and impower him the said James Oglethorpe to administer to them the said Joseph Fitzwalter Samuel Parker John West & John Penrose & to every of them the said Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy & Abjuration and also the following Oaths of Office that is to say I.A.B. (Constable Tythingman as the Case shall be of the Town of Savanah & of the Precincts thereof) Do swear That I will duely & faithfully execute the Office of (Constable Tythingman as the Case shall be) to which I am nominated & appointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and that I will in all things perform & Execute the same without fear favour or affection. So help me God. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the seventh Day of November in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c A.D. 1732.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to administer oaths to conservators of the peace in Georgia. Nov. 7, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 24-25.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Sendeth Greeting. Whereas the Common Council of the said Trustees by their Deed bearing Date the Day of the Date of these Presents pursuant to the Power to them given by his Majestys Letters Patents dated the ninth Day of June 1732 Did nominate constitute & appoint Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton Thomas Christie George Symes Richard Hodges Francis Scott & Noble Jones Conservators to keep the Peace in the Town of Savanah and the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesd, with such Powers & Authorities as by the said Common Council was therein & thereby given & granted unto them Jointly & severally as in & by the said Deed relation being thereunto had may more fully & at large appear. Now Know Ye That we the said Common Council Have authorized & impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surrey Esqr. & Do by these Presents authorize & impower him the sd. James Oglethorpe to Administer to them the said Peter Gordon William Waterland Thomas Causton Thomas Christie George Symes Richard Hodges Francis Scott & Noble Jones & to every of them the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy & Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First (Entituled an Act for the further Security of his Majestys Person & Government & the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants & for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales & his open & secret Abetters) And the following Oath of Office That is to say I.A.B. Do swear that I will duely & faithfully execute the Office of Conservator to keep the Peace in the Town of Savanah & the Precincts thereof to which I am nominated Constituted & Appointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & that I will to the utmost of my Ability Capacity & Power preserve the Peace within the said Town & Precincts and in all things impartially execute the said Office without fear favour or affection. So help me God. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the seventh Day of November in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni. 1732.

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Trustee authorization to James Oglethorpe to appoint officers of the militia in Georgia. Nov. 23, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 25-26.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greetings. Whereas Our Soverign Lord George the second by his Letters Patent under the great Seal bearing date the ninth day of June in the fifth Year of his Reign amongst other things Hath of his Grace certain Knowledge & meer Motion Granted & Ordained for himself & his Successors That the Corporation of the sd. Trustees should have full Power by any Commander or other Officer or Officers by them for that purpose from time to time appointed To Train Instruct Exercise & Govern a Militia for the Special Defence & Safety of the sd. Colony to assemble in Martial Array & put in Warlike posture the Inhabitants of the sd. Colony & to lead & Conduct them & with them to Encounter Expulse Repell Resist & Pursue by Force of Arms as well by Sea as by Land within or without the Limits of the sd. Colany and also to kill slay destroy, & Conquer by all fitting ways Enterprizes & Means whatsoever all & every such Person or Persons as shall at any time hereafter in an Hostile Manner Attempt or Enterprize the destruction Invasion Detriment or Annoyance of the sd. Colony. Now know Ye that We the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Nominated Authorized & Impowered & by these Presents Do Nominate Authorize and Impower James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. Our lawfull Attorney for Us & in our Names & stead from time to time during such time as the sd. James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia to Constitute & appoint by Writing under his Hand & Seal such Commander or other Officer or Officers as he shall find Necessary & think most proper & fitt to Train Instruct Exercise & Govern a Militia for the Special Defence & Safety of the sd. Colony to assemble in Martial Array & put in Warlike Posture the Inhabitants of the sd. Colony & to lead & Conduct them & with them to encounter Expulse Repell Resist & Pursue by Force of Arms as well by Sea as by Land within or without the Limits of the sd. Colony And also to kill Slay destroy & conquer by all fitting Ways Enterprizes & Means whatsoever all & every such Person & Persons as shall at any time hereafter in an Hostile Manner Attempt or Enterprize the destruction Invasion Detriment or Annoyance of the sd. Colony. In Witness whereof the sd. Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal this twenty third Day of November 1732.

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Common Council Approval of the Charter Party for the Ship Ann to Beaufort, S. C., to take original colonists to Georgia. Nov. 6, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 26-30.

This Charterparty of Affreightment Indented & Made the sixth Day of November Annoque Dni. 1732 And in the Sixth Year of the Reign of George the second King of Great Britain & Between Samuel Wragg of London Merchant part Owner & John Thomas Master of the Ship Ann Burthen Two Hundred Tons or thereabouts now in the River of Thames of the one Part & the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America on the other part. Witnesseth that the sd. part Owner and Master have Letten & the sd. Common Council hired the said Ship for a Voyage with her to be made from London to Beaufort Town in South Carolina in America on the Terms & Condition following. First the sd. part Owner & Master for themselves their Executors & Administrators do Covenant Promise & Agree to & with the sd. Common Council & their Successors & Assigns by these Presents that the sd. Ship being Tight & Strong & well Manned Tackled and Provided fitt for Merchants Service shall on or before the seventh Day of November Instant depart from Gravesend with all such Goods & Merchandizes as the sd. Freightors or their Assign shall in the interim think fitt to Load & putt on Board her not exceeding what she may reasonably Stow & Carry in her except reasonable & convenient Room for the sd. Ships Crew her Stores & the Stowage of Eight Tons of Goods which is reserved for the Use of the sd. Master & Owners of the sd. Ship. And before such her departure from Gravesend shall receive & take on Board her from the sd. Freightors or their Assigns Passengers not exceeding one hundred whole heads & with the sd. Goods and Passengers directly as Wind & Weather will permitt proceed & Sail to Beaufort Town in South Carolina (or as near thereto as she can safely gett) And then stay four Days (if not sooner discharged) to deliver the Goods taken in at London & sett on Shore the sd. Passengers with all and singular their Baggage & so end her Voyage the Perils & Dangers of the Seas & restraint of Princes and Rulers during the Voyage always excepted. And further the Part Owner & Master do Covenant & Agree to & wth. the sd. Freightors that the sd. Passengers shall have four Beef Days Two Pork Days & one Fish Day in every Week during their being on their Passage & that they the said part Owner & Master will before the sd. Ship departure out of the River of Thames putt on board her for the use of the sd. Passengers a Convenient & Sufficient Quantity of Provisions Vizt. Eighty four Butts of Water eight Tons of Beer forty Hundred Weight of Beef nineteen hundred Weight of Pork Sixty Hundred Weight of Bread with a Sufficient Quantity of Fish Flower Pease Butter Suett & Plumbs & shall cause the sd. Passengers during all the time of their being on Board the said Ship to be served out daily their allowance of Provisions in this Manner to Wit on the four Beef Days four Pounds of Beef for every Mess of five Men & two Pound & a half of Flower & half a Pound of Suett or Plumbs on the two Pork Days five Pound of Pork & two pints & a half of Pease for every five Men & on the first Day two Pound & a half of Fish & half a Pound of Butter for every five Men the whole at Sixteen Ounces to the Pound & allow each Man Seven Pound of Bread of fourteen Ounces to the pound p Week & two Quarts of Beer p Man p Diem for the space of six Weeks. And Moreover that the sd. Part Owner & Master shall before the sd. Ships Departure from London cause thirty five Cradles to be built & fixt between the sd. Ships Decks with Boarded Bottoms the Cradles to be each Five feet eight Inches in the Clear in the inside & that there shall be a Canvas Curtain fixd to Hang four feet below the Beam from the Bulk head of the Lazeretta6 to the Bulkhead of the Gun Room on both sides. And further the sd. part Owner & Master do Covenant & agree to deliver the sd. Thirty five Cradles at the sd. Ships side within four Days after the sd. Ships arrival at Beaufort Town aforesaid being paid & allowd for the same at the rate of seven Shillings p Cradle. In Consideration whereof the sd. Freightors for themselves & their Successors do Covenant Promise & Agree to & with the sd. part Owner & Master their Exors. Admors. & Assigns by these Presents that they the sd. Freightors their Successors or Assigns shall & will not only put on board the sd. Ship at Gravesend Seventy whole Heads certain & dispatch her from thence by the seventh Day of November Inst. & upon her Arrival at Beaufort Town aforesd. unload and take out all the Goods & Passengers belonging unto them together with the sd. Thirty five Cradles & that within the four Days above Limitted for doing thereof. But also shall & will well & truely pay or Cause to be paid unto the sd. part Owner or Master or their or one of their Assigns in London the Sum of four Pounds Sterling p Head for each of the sd. Seventy whole heads certain & two Pounds of like Money p head for the remaining thirty heads if they shall not be Shipt. But if shipt or any Part of them then the Sum of two Pounds p Head more for as many of the sd. Thirty as shall be Shipt the Heads to be accounted in this Manner Vizt. Every Person Shipt above the age of twelve Years to be accounted a whole head & for all Persons Shipt of the Age of seven Years & under the Age of twelve to be accounted two for one and for Passengers shipt above the age of two Years & under the age of Seven to be accounted three for one But no Freight for any Passenger under the age of two Years the aforementioned Freight to be paid up on the Embarkation of the sd. Passengers & their Goods. Provided always yt. it shall be lawfull for the sd. Freightors their Successors or Assigns to keep the sd. Ship on demorage in the River of Thames & at South Carolina by the space of fifteen Days at each Place besides the Days above Limited for her Stay at the same or so many of them as need shall require. They the sd. Freightors or their Assigns paying to the sd. Master his Exors or Assigns for every Day of such Detention the Sum or Value of two Pounds ten Shillings p Day & eight pence Sterl. p Day p whole Head for Victualling Day by Day as the same shall grow due any thing aforesd. to the Contrary notwithstanding. And to the Performance hereof the sd. Master bindeth himself his Exors. Admors. & Ship & the sd. Common Council of the Trustees hereby bind & oblige themselves & their Successors the either to the other in the Penall Sum of Six hundred Pound Sterl. firmly hereby. In Witness whereof the sd. Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees to these Presents. And the sd. Samuel Wragg & John Thomas have severally sett their Hands & Seals to another part thereof remaining in the Hands of the sd. Trustees the Day & Year first above written.

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Trustee authorization to Dr. Henry Herbert to perform religious and ecclesiastical offices in Georgia. Nov. 8, 1732. C.O. 5/670, p. 30.

Whereas Henry Herbert Doctor of Laws has generously offerd by his Majestys leave & Permission to go & assist in settling the Colony of Georgia in America by performing all Religious & Ecclesiastical Offices We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby authorize & impower the said Henry Herbert to do & perform all Religious & Ecclesiastical Offices that shall be necessary for the better Establishing & promoting the Christian Religion in the sd. Colony & all other the good Ends & purposes thereby intended agreable to the Laws of England & the Tennour of our Charter. In Witness whereof the sd. Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the Eighth Day of November in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & Annoque Dni. 1732.

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Common Council Lease to William Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas Smith, and John Coates, London merchants, of 1200 acres of land for ten years to make potash. Nov. 7, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 31-45.

This Indenture made the seventh Day of December in the sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni. 1732 Between The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith & John Coates all of London Merchants of the other part. Whereas the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith & John Coates or some of them, do purpose with all Convenient speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to settle & Inhabit & to clear and improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall Demise to them and also at their own Costs Charges and Expences to try and endeavour by all ways and means which they or any of them shall be able to Devise Contrive and Execute of & with the Wood Trees and Shrubs or with such other Materials as shall or may be found fitt and proper in the said Province of Georgia to make and prepare the ashes commonly called or known by the name of Pot Ash. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the great advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the producing so valuable a Commodity in one of the Colonies thereunto belonging and also in Consideration of the Rents Services Conditions and Covenants herein after expressed by them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns to be paid done performed and Executed and also in Consideration of the Sum of Five Pounds and Five Shillings by them or some or one of them into the Bank of England will and truly paid for the Use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof the said Trustees do hereby acknowledge. They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Demised Set and to Farm Lett and by these Presents Do Demise Set and to Farm Lett unto them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns Twelve Hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which his Majesty graciously Granted to the said Trustees by his Letters Patents bearing Date the ninth Day of June Anno Domni 1732. The said Twelve Hundred Acres to be set out Limited and Bounded in such Manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most Convenient and Proper by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that purpose Authorized and appointed the same to extend and lie along the River Savanah in breadth half of a mile and no more and to extend from the said River up into the Country as near as may be in a Streight Line in Length so as to make up the said Number of Twelve Hundred Acres so granted as aforesaid (Reserved always and excepted out of this Grant all along by the side of the said River Two Hundred feet of Ground to be measured in breadth from the Bank of the said River the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better Carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of the said River) and also Convenient Extent and Space of Ground whereon they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns shall and may erect and build four Houses the same to be set out in such Part or Parts of the Town of Savanah as shall be thought most proper by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees be for that purpose Authorised and Appointed. To have and to hold Use and occupy the said Twelve Hundred Acres of Land and all other the Premises (except as before excepted) to them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns in Common for and during the Term of ten Years to be Computed from the Day of the date hereof. Yielding and Paying therefore Yearly and every Year for the Three last Years of the said Term hereby demised to such Person or Persons and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees shall from time to time be directed and appointed for the Use and Behoof of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors the sum of three Pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain the first Payment thereof to be made on the first Day of the Eighth Year to be computed from the Day of the date of these Presents. Provided always and these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said Yearly Rent of three Pounds hereby Reserved or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of six Calender Months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid Or if the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith & John Coates or some of them shall not within the space of Twelve Months to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with such Agents and Men Servant of the Age of Eighteen Years at the least as shall in the whole make up the Number of Ten Men. Or if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith & John Coates or some of them together with such Agents and Men Servants as aforesaid shall not abide settle inhabit and Continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of three Years to be Computed from the Day of the Registering of these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. Or if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or some of them shall not within the Space of three Years to be Computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents Clear and Cultivate Threescore Acres of Wood Ground being part and parcel of the said Twelve Hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesaid and set and plant in and upon the said Threescore Acres so cleared as aforesaid Six hundred Trees or Plants of the White Mulberry Tree and from time to time during the Term of Ten Years hereby demised sufficiently Fence Maintain and Preserve the same from the Bite and spoil of Cattle and in the room and stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set and plant other Trees or Plants of the same sort in and upon the said Threescore Acres with all Possible and Convenient Care and Speed. Or, if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators or Assigns shall during the said Term of Ten Years hereby Demised make or cause to be made within the said Town of Savanah any Pot Ash or shall make or Cause to be made within the said Town any greater Quantity of Soap than two Thousand Pounds Weight without the Leave or Licence of the said Common Council of the said Trustees first had and obtained or shall do make or exercise any Device Engine Matter or Thing which shall endanger the Burning of the said Town or be a Nusance to the Inhabitants thereof That then and from henceforth in any or either of the Cases aforesaid it shall and may be Lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Twelve Hundred Acres and other the hereby demised Premises and upon any part thereof in the Name of the Whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this Indenture had never been had or made, and them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns and all other the Occupiers and possessors of the said Twelve Hundred Acres or of any part or parcel thereof thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell putt out and amove. And also upon the Entry in any of the Cases before mentioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being be for that purpose Authorised and appointed the Demise and Lease hereby made shall cease Determine and become Void. And they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates and every of them for themselves Jointly and severally and for their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and for every of them Jointly and severally do hereby Covenant Promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in Manner following. (That is to say) That they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of them or some of them shall and will Yearly and every Year during the Continuance of the said Term of Ten Years hereby demised well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the said Yearly Rent of sum of three Pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain in such Manner as the same is herein before reserved and made payable. And the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do for themselves and their Successors Covenant Promise and Agree to and with them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates and their Executors Administrators and Assigns in Manner following (that is to say). That in Case they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or their Executors Administrators or assigns or some of them on or before the Expiration of the said Term of Ten Years hereby demised shall clear & Cultivate Six Hundred Acres of Wood Ground being part parcel of the said Twelve Hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesaid and also set and plant in and upon every hundred Acres of the said Six Hundred Acres as soon as the same shall be cleared One Thousand Trees and Plants of the White Mulberry Tree and from time to time sufficiently fence Maintain & Preserve the same from the Bite and Sport of Cattle and in the room and stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set and Plant other Trees or Plants of the same sort in and upon the said Six hundred Acres with all Possible & Convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon every Hundred of the said Six Hundred Acres One Thousand of the said White Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least. And shall also will and truly pay perform and Execute from time to time during the said Term hereby demised all and every the Rents Covenants Articles Agreements Provisors Matters and Things before in these Presents mentioned and Contained which on other Parts are or ought to be paid performed done & executed as aforesaid. They the said Trustees at the End and Expiration of the said Term of Ten Years hereby demised shall and will on the reasonable request of them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or of the Survivors or Survivor of them Grant Convey and Assure the said Twelve Hundred Acres of Land and Premises in such Shares and Parts to them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates and to such other Persons being Males not being more in Number than seven as at any time during the said Term of ten Years hereby demised by them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or by the Survivors or Survivor of them by any writting under the Hands and Seals of them or of the Survivors of them respectively shall be nominated and appointed. And of the severall and respective Heirs Male of the Bodies of them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates and the Bodies of Such other Person so by them to be Nominated as aforesaid lawfully begotten or to be begotten under such Rents Conditions Provisors Limitations and Agreements as are herein after reserved limited declared and Expressed. That is to say under the Yearly Rent of Six Pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid during the Continuance of the said Estates Tail or of any of them for the Use and Behoof of the said Trustees for Extablishing the Colony of Georgia in America to such Person or Persons and as such Peace in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall from time to time be directed and appointed the first Payment thereof to be made on the first Day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents and upon Condition That if the said Yearly Rent of Six Pounds or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of six Calender Months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid and also upon Condition that if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or such other Persons as shall by them be nominated as aforesaid or the several and respective Heirs Male of them or any of them possessed of or Intitled to the said Twelve Hundred Acres or any part or parcel thereof by Virtue of such Grant or Grants so to be made as aforesaid shall at any time Alien Assign or Transfer the said Twelve Hundred Acres or any part or parcell thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the said Twelve Hundred Acres to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be Authorized and Impowered to grant such Licences. And also upon Condition That if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or such other Persons as shall by them be Nominated as aforesaid shall dye without Issue Male or if the Heirs Male of them or any of them shall dye without Issue Male so that the Estates in Tail Male hereby intended to be granted shall respectively Cease and Determine. And also upon Condition That if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or such other Persons as shall by them be Nominated as aforesaid or the Heirs Male of them or any of them shall do or Committ an Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominion whatsoever shall do or Commit any Sodomy Murder Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawfull Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall be thereof lawfully Convicted. And also upon Condition That if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or such other Persons as shall by them be Nominated aforesaid or their Heirs Males of them or any of them shall hire keep lodge board or Employ without the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks or Negro or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized and Impowered to grant such Licences That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Twelve Hundred Acres or into and upon such Share or Shares Part or Parts as shall severally belong to them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or such other Persons as shall by them be nominated as aforesaid or to their several and respective Heirs Male as aforesaid. And upon any part of such Share or Shares in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain possess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if these Presents or such Grant or Grants so to be made as aforesaid had never had or made and all and every the Person or Persons acting or doing to the Contrary of any of the Conditions before mentioned and all other the Occupiers and Possessors of such share or shares as shall severally and respectively belong to him or them so neglecting or misbehaving him or themselves. In any of the aforesaid thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and that upon the Entry in of the Cases before mentioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees be for that purpose Authorised and Appointed the Grant or Grants thereby intended to be made as aforesaid shall severally Cease Determine and become Void anything therein or therein Contained to the Contrary thereof Notwithstanding. And it is hereby agreed and concluded between all the Parties to these Presents and the true intent and meaning thereof is that all and every the Persons by them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates to be nominated and appointed as aforesaid shall at the time of such Nomination be of the Age of Eighteen Years and upwards. And also that no Grant to be made to them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates to such other Persons by them to be nominated as aforesaid in Tail Male as aforesaid shall be for more than one Hundred Acres and the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for themselves and their Successors do hereby further Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates and their Executors Administrators and Assigns that in all and every the Grant or Grants that for and during the said Term of Ten Years to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents shall hereafter by the said Common Council of the said Trustees be made or executed to any Person or Persons whatsoever of any Lands in the said Province of Georgia there shall be inserted proper Clauses or Covenants whereby such Grantees shall be prohibitted or restrained from entring into any Company or Partnership for the making or Manufacturing the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash. And the said Trustees do hereby Declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent any Person (not entering into a Company or Partnership as aforesaid) from making or Manufacturing as best he or they severally may the Ashes Commonly called Pot Ashes any thing herein Contained to the Contrary hereof in any Wise Notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do hereby for themselves and their Successors further Covenant Promise and Grant to and with the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns that they will give and Grant Lands in the said Province of Georgia to such Men servants as they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or their Executors Administrators or Assigns being Occupiers or Possessors of the said Twelve Hundred Acres during the Continuance of the said Term of Ten Years hereby demised shall respectively employ in their Service in the said Province of Georgia at such time or times as they shall be thereunto requested by them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators or Assigns being Occupiers or Possessors of the said Twelve Hundred Acres as aforesaid (such their request to be signified in Writting under their Hands and Seal) the said Lands to be granted for such Estates and under such Rents Reservations Covenants Conditions and Limitations and in such Quantitys as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances. And the said Trustees for themselves and their Successors further Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors and Administrators That if they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or their Executors Administrators or Assigns or some of them on or before the Expiration of the said Term of Ten Years hereby granted shall clear and Cultivate Eight Hundred Acres of Wood Ground being part and parcell of the said Twelve Hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesaid and also set and Plant in and upon every Hundred Acres of the said Eight Hundred Acres One Thousand Trees or Plants of the White Mulberry Tree and from time to time sufficiently fence maintain and preserve the same from the Bite and Spoil of Cattle and in the room and stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set and Plant other Trees or Plants of the same sort in and upon the said Eight Hundred Acres with all Possible and Convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon every Hundred of the said Eight Hundred Acres One thousand of the said White Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least. That then and in such Case the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall and will on the reasonable request of them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates Grant Convey and Assure three Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia over and above the said Twelve Hundred Acres herein before mentioned in such Shares and parts to them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or such other Persons being Males as at any time after the said Eight Hundred Acres shall have been cleared Cultivated set and Planted as aforesaid shall be by them the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates or the Survivors or Survivor of them by any Writting under the Hand and Seal or under the Hands and Seals of them or the Survivors or Survivor of them respectively nominated and appointed in Tail Male and under such Rents Reservations Covenants Conditions and Limitations and in such Quantities as are herein before mentioned to be Reserved Limited Agreed and Declared in the Grant or Grants to be made of the said Twelve Hundred Acres. In Witness whereof the said Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation and the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates have severally set their Hands and Seals to another part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to James Lacy. Dec. 21, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 46-56.

This Indenture made the Twenty first Day of December in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoque Dni. 1732 Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part and James Lacy of London Merchant of the other Part. Whereas the said James Lacy doth purpose with all Convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to settle and Inhabit and to clear and Improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall Grant to him in Tail Male and particularly to plant and Cultivate the White Mulberry Tree and to breed silk Worms in Order to Produce Silk in the said Province. Now This Indenture Witnesseth That for and in Consideration of the great Advantage that May Accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by producing so valuable a Commodity in one of the Colonies thereunto belonging and also in Consideration of the Rents Services and Conditions herein after expressed by the said, James Lacy His Heirs Executors or Administrators to be done performed and Executed and also in Consideration of the Sum of One Pound and one Shilling by the said James Lacy well and truly paid for the Use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof is here by Acknowledged, They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Granted and Enfeoffed and by these Presents Do Grant and Enfeoff unto him the said James Lacy and unto the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten or to be forgotten Five hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America being part and parcel of the Lands which his Majesty graciously Granted to the said Trustees by his Letters Patent bearing date the ninth Day of June Anno Dni. 1732. The said Five hundred Acres to be set out limited and bounded in such Manner and in such Part or Parts of the said Province as shall be thought most Convenient and proper by James Oglethorpe of West brook Place in the County of Surrey Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees to whom the said Trustees do by these Presents give full Power and Authority for that Purpose. (Reserved and always Excepted out of this Grant in Case the said Five hundred Acres shall be set out by the side of any River Two hundred Feet of Ground to be Measured in breadth from the Bank of such River along by the side of such River the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better Carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River.) To have and to hold the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to him the said James Lacy and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said James Lacy lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Yeilding and Paying for such Five Hundred Acres of Land to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and is their Successors Yearly and every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of Two Pounds and ten Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first day of the Eleventh Year to be Computed from the Day of the date of these Presents. Provided always and these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said Yearly Rent of Two Pounds and Ten Shillings hereby reserved or any part or parcell thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of six Calender Months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid. Or if the said James Lacy shall not within the space of Twelve Calendar Months to be Computed from the day of the date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with four Men Servants being each of them of the Age of Eighteen Years and upwards. Or if the said James Lacy or his Heirs Male with such Men Servants as aforesaid shall not abide settle Inhabit and Continue in the said Province of Georgia for & During the Term of three Years to be Computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. Or if the said James Lacy or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and Intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall not within the space of Ten Years to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents clear and Cultivate one Hundred Acres of Wood Ground being part and parcell of the said Five Hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesaid and also within the Space of Twenty Years to be computed from the said day of the date hereof shall not clear and Cultivate other Three Hundred Acres part and parcel of the said Five Hundred Acres and set and plant one Thousand Trees or Plants of the White Mulberry Tree in and upon the said one hundred Acres and in and upon every Hundred Acres of the said other Three Hundred Acres When as the same shall be cleared and Cultivated respectively as aforesaid and from time to time sufficiently fence maintain and preserve the same from the Bite and Spoil of Cattle and in the room and stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set and Plant other Trees or Plants of the same sort in and upon the said one Hundred Acres and also in and upon the said Three Hundred Acres respectively with all possible and Convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon the said one Hundred Acres and also upon every Hundred of the said Three Hundred Acres one Thousand of the said White Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least. Or if the said James Lacy or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby Made from time to time possessed of and Intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time Alien Assign or Transfer the said Five Hundred Acres or any Part or Parcel thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorised and Impowered to grant such Licences. Or if the said James Lacy or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become Possessed of and Intitled to the said Five hundred Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or Manufacturing of the Ashes commonly Called or known by the Name of Pot Ash. Or if the said James Lacy shall dye without Issue Male or if the Heirs Male of the said James Lacy shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male hereby Granted shall Cease and Determine. Or if the said James Lacy or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and Intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall do or Committ any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominions whatsoever or shall do or Commit any Sodomy Murder Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawfull Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall be thereof lawfully Convicted. Or if the said James Lacy or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and Intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time keep lodge board or Employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorised and Impowered to grant such Licences. That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Five Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to the said James Lacy and upon any part whereof in the Name of the Whole Wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this Present Grant had never been had or Made. And all and every such Person or Persons so Neglecting or Misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other the Occupiers and Possessors of the said Five Hundred Acres or of any part or parcel thereof thereout and thenceforce utterly to expell putt out and amove. And also upon the Entry in any of the Cases before mentioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being be for that Purpose authorised and appointed the Grant hereby made of the said Five Hundred Acres of Land as aforesaid shall Cease Determine and become Void Any thing herein Contained to the Contrary thereof Notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent him the said James Lacy or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become Possessed of and Intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land (not entering into a Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that purpose as aforesaid) from making or Manufacturing as best he or they severally may the said Ashes commonly Called Potash. And the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said James Lacy his Executors and Administrators in Manner following. That is to say, That in Case he the said James Lacy shall dye without Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten as aforesaid in the Life time of any Woman to whom he shall be then lawfully Married and who shall not be ensient7 with a Male Child at the time of such his Decease they the said Common Council of the said Trustees on the reasonable request of such Woman shall and will Grant Convey and Assure the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to such Woman and to the Heirs Male of the Body of such Woman lawfully begotten under the like Rents Conditions Limitations and Agreements as are herein before reserved conditioned limited declared and expressed of and Concerning the same. And the said Trustees do hereby for themselves and their Successors further Covenant Promise and Agree to and with him the said James Lacy his Executors and Administrators That for and during the space of Twelve Months to be computed from the day on which the said James Lacy together with four Men Servants being each of them of the Age of Eighteen Years and Upwards as aforesaid shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia They the said Common Council of the said Trustees will at the Costs and Charges of the Corporation of the said Trustees provide and supply him the said James Lacy and such four Men Servants as aforesaid with Provisions in Manner following (That is to say) five Pounds weight of Flower and five pounds weight of Meat by the Week for him the said James Lacy and after the same rate for each and every of such four Men Servants as aforesaid. And further that the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall and will as Occasion shall require during the first Twelve Months as aforesaid provide and supply him the said James Lacy and such four Men Servants as aforesaid with Muskets or Firelocks together with sufficient Powder and Ball for the defence of themselves and of the Colony settled in the said Province of Georgia. The said Arms to be returned to the Common Magazine of the said Colony when demanded by the proper Officer. And the said Trustees do hereby for themselves and their Successors further Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said James Lacy his Executors and Administrators That at such time or times as the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the said James Lacy or his Heirs Male Occupying and Possessing the said Five Hundred Acres as aforesaid by any writing under their hands and Seals They the said Common Council will give and Grant to such Men Servants as shall arrive and settle with him in the said Province of Georgia as aforesaid Lands in the said Province to them and every of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations Agreements and in such Quantities as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances. And the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do hereby Ordain Constitute and appoint him the said James Oglethorpe their true and lawfull Attorney in their Name and Stead into and upon the said Five Hundred Acres of Land or into and upon any part or parcell thereof (being so set out limited and bounded as aforesaid) in the Name of the whole to enter and take possession and Seisin thereof and after such Possession and Seisin so taken as aforesaid In their Name and Stead to Deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any part or parcel thereof in the Names of the whole to the said James Lacy and him the said James Lacy to have in quiet and peaceable Possession there of according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents Ratifying and Confirming whatever their said Attorney shall by Virtue of these Presents do in their Names concerning the said Premises. In Witness whereof the said Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation the Day and Year first Above written

By Orders of the said Common Council

Benja. Martyn Sectary

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Indorsed on the Back

Memorandum

That on the day of in the Year of the Reign of Our Soverign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. Annoque Dni. 173 quiet and peacable Possession and Seisin of the said Five Hundred Acres of Land within Granted was had and taken by the within named James Oglethorpe for and in the Name of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and also for and in the Name of the said Trustees delivered by the said James Oglethorpe unto the within named James Lacy To hold to him the said James Lacy and his Heirs Male upon the Conditions and according to the force and true Meaning of this Deed. Within written In the Presence of

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The like Indenture of the same Tenour and Date to Roger Lacy of London Merchant as the aforegoing to James Lacy.

The like Indenture of the same Tenour and Date to Joseph Hetherington of London Merchant as the aforegoing Indenture to James Lacy.

The like Indenture of the same Tenour and Date to Theophilus Hetherington of London Merchant as the aforegoing Indenture to James Lacy.

The like Indenture of the same Tenour and date to Philip Bishop of London Merchant as the aforegoing Indenture to James Lacy.

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Common Council Grant of 300 acres of land to Henry Pinkerton. Jan. 10, 1732/33. C.O. 5/670, pp. 57-65.

This Indenture made the Tenth day of January in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & Annoque Dni. 1732 Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part and Henry Pinkerton Ensign on half Pay of Brigadier Farrers late Regiment of Foot of the other Part. Whereas the said Henry Pinkerton doth purpose with all Convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to Settle and Inhabit and to Clear and Improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall grant to him in Tail Male. Now this Indenture Witnesseth That for and in Consideration of the great advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the settling and Improving of the said Province and also in Consideration of the Rents Services and Conditions herein after expressed by the said Henry Pinkerton his Heirs Executors & Administrators to be done performed & Executed and also in Consideration of the Sum of one Pound and one Shilling by the said Henry Pinkerton well and truly paid for the Use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, [Here the wording is the same as the grant to James Lacy above beginning on p. 28, line 20, and continuing through p. 30, line 5, with the following exceptions:

Read always Three Hundred Acres instead of Five Hundred Acres.

The quitrent to be one pound and ten shillings instead of two pounds and ten shillings for Lacy.

Three male servants required to be brought by Pinkerton.

Pinkerton to clear and cultivate threescore acres in ten years and plant 600 white mulberry trees upon it.]

And these Presents further Witness and it is the true intent and meaning thereof That if it shall so happen That any part of the said Three Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to him the said Henry Pinkerton in Tail Male as aforesaid shall not be Cultivated Planted Cleared and Improved within Eighteen Years the same to be Computed from the day of the date hereof, That then and in such Case all and every part of such three Hundred Acres of Land which shall not have been Cultivated Planted Cleared and Improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to The said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such Part and Parts thereof shall cease determine and become Void and it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon such Part and Parts not having been Cultivated Planted Cleared and Improved as aforesaid to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this Present Grant had never been had or made and all and every Person and Persons Occupiers and Possessors of such Part and Parts thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also to grant and Dispose of the same in such Manner and for such Uses intents & Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall think fitt and proper. And the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors Covenant Promise & Agree to & with him the said Henry Pinkerton his Executors & Administrators in manner following (That is to say) That at such time or times as the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the said Henry Pinkerton or his Heirs Male Occupying & Possessing the said Three hundred Acres as aforesaid by any Writing under their hands & Seals. They the said Common Council will give & grant to such Men Servants as shall arrive & settle with him in the said Province of Georgia Twenty five Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia to each & every of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last Granted to any other Men Servants in like Circumstances. [From here to the end of the document is the same as the grant to James Lacy above beginning on p. 32, line 4.]

Benja. Martin, Sectary

With Livery & Seisin Indorsed of the said 300 Acres in the same manner as on the Grant to James Lacy.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to set out 1200 acres of land for William Reyner, John Salmon, Charles Harrison, Thomas Smith, and John Coates. Jan. 10, 1732/33. C.O. 5/670, pp. 66-67.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colany of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Sendeth Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorised and impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do Authorise and impower him the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America to set out limit and bound Twelve Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees by Indenture bearing date the seventh day of December 1732 to William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns in Common for and during the Term of Ten Years to be Computed from the day of the date of the said Indenture) in such manner and in such Part or Parts of the said Province as He shall Judge most proper and convenient but to extend and lie along the River Savanah in breadth half of a Mile and no more and to extend from the said River up into the Country as near as may be in a straight line in length so as to make up the said number of Twelver Hundred Acres Reserving all along by the side of the said River Two hundred Feet of ground to be measured in breadth from the Bank of the said River for touring Paths and such other Purposes as shall be directed and appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of the said River. And also to Set out convenient Extent and Space of Ground whereon they the said William Reyner John Salmon Charles Harrison Thomas Smith and John Coates their Executors Administrators and Assigns may erect and build four Houses in such Part or Parts of the Town of Savanah as He shall Judge most proper and convenient. (The said convenient Extent and Space of Ground being Granted to them by the said Indenture.) In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Tenth day of January in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoqui Dni. 1732.

By Order of the Common Council

of the said Trustees

Benja. Martyn, Sectary

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Common Council Grant of 3000 acres of land to John Pennefather. Feb. 21, 1732/33. C.O. 5/670, pp. 67-69.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 21st. of February 1732 to John Pennefather late of Dublin Gentleman of Three Hundred Acres of Land in Georgia. To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body Paying Yearly for ever a Rent of One Pound & ten shillings, the first Payment to be made on the first day of the Eleventh Year from the Date Upon these Conditions That if the said Rent shall be unpaid for six calendar Months after it ought to be paid, Or if he shall not within twelve Calendar Months from the date Go to and Arrive in Georgia together with three Men Servants each of the Age of Twenty Years and upwards, Or if he with such men servants shall not continue in Georgia for three years from the Registering the Grant there, Or if within Ten years from the date Threescore Acres thereof shall not be Cleared & Cultivated & Six hundred White Mulberry Trees or Plants Sett & Planted thereon & one Thousand of the said Trees upon every hundred of the said other Two hundred & Forty Acres when respectively Cleared & Cultivated & preserve & Maintain such Quantitys at least always growing thereon, Or if at any time the said Three hundred Acres or any part thereof shall be aliened assigned or transferred without Licence, Or if any Partnership for making Pot Ash shall be Entered into without Licence, Or if the Estate in Tail Male shall cease & determine, Or if he or whoever shall Possess or be Intitled to the said Three hundred Acres shall be Convicted of any Capital Crime, or shall hire keep lodge board or Employ any Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes without Licence, That then in any or either of the aforesaid Cases It shall be lawfull to Reenter & amove the Occupiers & Possessors thereof. And upon such Entry the Grant to be void. And the Trustees Declare they do not design thereby to hinder the making Pot Ash out of Partnership. And if it shall happen that any Part of the said Three Hundred Acres shall not within Eighteen Years have been Cultivated Planted Cleared and Improved such Part or Parts to Revert to the Trustees to Grant and Dispose of in such manner as the Common Council of the said Trustees for the time being shall think fitt. A Covenant from the Trustees, when requested That the Common Council of the said Trustees shall Grant to such Men Servants as shall Arrive and Settle with him in Georgia Twenty five Acres of Land to each severally in Tail Male under such Agreements as shall have been then last Granted to other Men Servants in like Circumstances. A Power for Mr. Oglethorpe to take & Deliver Possession & Seisin of the said Three hundred Acres. A Covenant from Jno. Pennefather to Go with three such Men Servants to Georgia & continue there as in the Conditions before mentioned. And that the Rent shall be Paid as Reserved & made payable. A Covenant from the Trustees That in Case he shall Pay Perform Do & Execute what is before mentioned & contained. And in Case he dye without Issue Male of his Body living at his Decease That then the said Three Hundred Acres shall be Granted to or amongst all or any Son or Sons of the Body of Mary Nary (his Daughter) lawfully begotten or to be begotten or to Francis Sheerman or Robert Sheerman his Nephews or either of them either whole and entire or in such Share & Parts as he shall by his last Will or any Writing under his hand & Seal Nominate and appoint. Provided that every Share or Shares so to be appointed contain One Hundred Acres at least in every such Share & all Appointments to the contrary to be void, that every Grant so to be appointed shall be of an Estate in Tail Male and for no other Estate whatsoever and under such Agreements as are declared concerning the said Three Hundred Acres Granted to him in Tail Male. A Counterpart whereof Executed by the said John Pennefather remains with the Trustees & thereby the said Grant more at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 80 acres of land to William Gough, Sr. Feb. 21, 1732/33. C.O. 5/670, p. 70.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 21st of Febry, 1732 to William Gough Senior Citizen and Haberdasher of London of Eighty Acres of Land. To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body Paying Yearly for Ever a Rent of Eight Shillings in the same manner & under the same Conditions as in the Grant to John Pennefather (Except in the Proportion of Land to be Cleared & Planted and that within ten Years only Sixteen Acres to be cleared and one hundred & Sixty Trees planted thereon and one Hundred Trees upon every Ten of the said other Sixty four Acres when respectively Cleared & Except one Man Servant of Eighteen years of age instead of Three of Twenty Years of Age). The following part of the Grant the same as in John Pennefathers (except in the Land to be Granted to the Servant only Twenty Acres instead of Twenty five Acres) to the End of John Pennefathers Covent, that the Rent shall Paid as reserved and made payable. And then the Grant to Wm. Gough Senior Ends As by a Counterpart thereof Executed by him remaining with the Trustees whereby the said Grant more at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 80 acres of land to William Gough, Jr. Feb. 21, 1732/33. C.O. 5/670, p. 70.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 21st of February 1732 to William Gough Junior of St. Bartholomews the Great Mariner of Eight Acres of Land in the same Words as in the Grant to William Gough Senior (except Junior instead of Senior). As by a Counterpart thereof Executing by him & remaining with the said Trustees whereby the said Grant more at large appears.

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Common Council Licence to James Lacy to stay in England and perform all other provisions of his grant. March 28, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 71-72.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall Come - Sendeth Greeting. Whereas by a certain Indenture bearing date the twenty first day of December 1732 and made between the said Trustees of the one part and James Lacy of London Merchant of the other part, certain Lands in the Province of Georgia in America are granted to the said James Lacy in Tail Male on Condition (among other things) That the said James Lacy shall within the space of Twelve Calendar Months to be computed from the day of the date of the said Indenture Go to and Arrive in the said Province of Georgia and there abide settle inhabit and continue for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the day of the Registering the said Indenture in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia otherwise the Grant thereby made to Cease Determine and become void. And Whereas Roger Lacy Brother of the said James Lacy, Joseph Hetherington, Theophihus Hetherington, Robert Hetherington & Philip Bishop are Going to settle in the said Province and are desirous that the said James Lacy should reside and continue in London to Manage Transact for them here, and have requested our Leave and Licence in that behalf. Now Know Yee That the said Trustees taking into Consideration the said Request Have granted and by these Presents Do Grant Leave and Licence to and for the said James Lacy to remain and be in London for the Purposes aforesaid. And Do for themselves and their Successors agree and declare that neither they nor their Successors will Enter on the Land Granted to the said James Lacy in Tail Male or otherwise Evict or Disturb him the said James Lacy in the Possession and Enjoyment thereof for or on account of his not going to Georgia and abiding and continuing there according to the Condition beforementioned. Provided always that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to alter vacate invalidate or make void any other Condition Provisoe or Limitation in the before mentioned Indenture contained and which the said James Lacy without his Going to and resideing in Person in Georgia for the time aforesaid may by his Agents and Servants do perform and execute or cause to be done performed and executed. In Witness whereof The Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation the Twenty Eighth day of March in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. and in the Year of Our Lord 1733.

By Order of Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Robert Hetherington. Feb. 28, 1732/33. C.O. 5/670, p. 72.

An Indenture of Grant & Enfeoffment dated the 28th. of Febry. 1732 to Robert Hetherington of London Merchant of the same Tenor as the Grant to James Lacy Page 46.8. A Counterpart whereof remains with the Trustees. Note this Grant is since agreed to be delivd. up.

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Common Council Grant of 200 acres of land to Henry Fletcher. March 28, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 72.

An Indenture of Grant & Enfeoffment dated the 28th. of March 1733 to Henry Fletcher late of Leeds in the County of York Dry Salter of 200d. Acres of Land in Georgia. To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the Yearly Rent of One Pound, the first Payment to be made on the 1st. day of the 11th Year from the date. Conditions are to Go with one Man Servant in a Year, & abide 3 years to clear 40 Acres in 10 years & Plant 400d. White Mulberry Trees & 100d. White Mulberry Trees upon every 10 Acres of the other 160 Acres as cleard which is to be in 18 Years from the date or such part thereof uncleard to Revert with a Covenant from the Trustees, to Grant 20 Acres to such Man Servant when requested by the Grantee. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Common Council Grant of 200 acres of land to Samuel Holmes. April 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 73-80.

This Indenture made the Eighteenth Day of April in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. and in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty three Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part and Samuel Holmes of Bow in the County of Middlesex Bricklayer of the other Part. Whereas the sd. Samuel Holmes doth purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America & there to settle & inhabit & to clear & improve such Lands as the Common Council of the sd. Trustees shall grant to him in Tail Male. Now This Indenture Witnesseth That for & in Consideration of the great advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the settling & improving of the said Province & also in Consideration of the Rents Services & Conditions hereinafter expressed by the sd. Samuel Holmes his Heirs Executors & Administrators to be done performed and Executed & also in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings by the sd. Samuel Holmes well & truly paid for the Use of the sd. Trustees The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged they the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have granted & Enfeoffed & by these Presents Do Grant & Enfeoff unto him the sd. Samuel Holmes & to the Heirs Male of His Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten Two Hundred Acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America being part & parcell of the Lands which his Majesty graciously Granted to the sd. Trustees by his Letters Patent bearing date the ninth Day of June One thousand seven Hundred & thirty two. The sd. Two Hundred Acres to be set out limited & bounded in such manner & in such Part or Parts of the sd. Province as shall be thought most Convenient & Proper by James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esquire one of the sd. Common Council of the sd. Trustees to whom the sd. Trustees do by these Presents give full Power & Authority for that purpose. (Reserved & always excepted out of this grant in Case the sd. Two Hundred Acres shall be set out by the side of any River Two Hundred feet of Ground to be measured in breadth from the Bank of such River along by the side of such River the same to be for towing Paths & for such other Purposes as shall by the sd. Common Council be directed & appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation & Fishery of such River.) To have and To hold the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land to him the sd. Samuel Holmes & to the Heirs Male of the Body of Him the sd. Samuel Holmes lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Yeilding & Paying for such Two Hundred Acres of Land to the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & to their Successors Yearly & every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of One Pound of Lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons & in such Place in the sd. Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees shall be directed & appointed. The first Payment to be made on the first Day of the eleventh Year to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents. Provided always & these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the sd. Yearly Rent of One Pound hereby reserved or any part or parcell thereof shall be behind & unpaid for the space of six Calender Months next after any day of payment on which the same ought to be paid as afd. Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes shall not within the space of twelve Calender Months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents Go to & arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with two able bodyd Young Men Servants being each of them of the age of twenty Years & upwards. Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes or His Heirs Male with such able bodied Young Men Servants as aforesaid shall not abide settle inhabit & continue in the sd. Province of Georgia for & during the Term of three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the common Register of the sd. Province of Georgia, Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become Possessed of & Entitled to the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land shall not within the space of Ten Years to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents Clear & Cultivate Forty Acres of Wood Ground being Part & Parcell of the sd. Two Hundred Acres hereby Granted as aforesaid & sett & Plant Four Hundred Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in & upon the sd. Forty Acres & in & upon every Ten of the sd. other One hundred & Sixty Acres One Hundred of the sd. white Mulberry Trees or Plants when as the same shall be cleared & cultivated respectively as afd. & from time to time sufficiently fence maintain & preserve the same from the Bite & Spoil of Cattle & in the room & stead of such of the sd. Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set & plant other Trees or Plants of the same Sort in & upon the sd. Forty Acres & also in upon the sd. One Hundred & Sixty Acres respectively with all possible & convenient Care & Speed so that there may always be growing upon the sd. Forty Acres Four Hundred of the sd. white Mulberry Trees or Plants & also upon every ten of the sd. One Hundred & Sixty Acres One Hundred of the sd. white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least. Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become Possessed of & Intitled to the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time alien assign or transferr the sd. Two Hundred Acres or any part or parcell thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave & Licence of the sd. Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the sd. Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized & impowered to grant such Licences. Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave & Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees first had & obtained Enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or manufacturing of the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash. Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes shall dye without Issue Male or if the Heirs Male of the sd. Samuel Holmes shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male hereby Granted shall Cease & Determine Or if the sd. Samuel Holmes or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become Possessed of & Intitled to the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land shall do or comit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominions whatsoever or shall do or committ any Sodomy Murder Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawfull Conspiracy or Confederacy & shall be thereof lawfully convicted or if the sd. Samuel Holmes or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tale Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time here lodge board or employ within the Limits of the sd. Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave & Licence of the sd. Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the sd. Common Council shall be from time to time Authorised & Impowered to grant such Licences That then & from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesd. Cases it shall & may be lawfull to and for the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors into & upon the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to the said Samuel Holmes & upon any Part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter & the same to have again retain repossess & enjoy as in their first & former Estate as if this Present Grant had never been had or made and all & every such Person or Persons so neglecting or misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid And all other the Occupiers & Possessors of the sd. Two Hundred Acres or any Part or Parcell thereof thereout & thenceforth utterly to expell put Out & amove. And also upon the Entry in any of the Cases before mentioned of such Officer of Officers as shall by the sd. Common Council for the time being be for that purpose authorised & appointed the Grant hereby made of the sd. Two hundred Acres of Land as afd. shall cease determine & become void any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And the sd. Trustees do further Declare That they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent him the sd. Samuel Holmes or such Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land (not entering into a Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that purpose as afd.) from making or Manufacturing as best he or they severally may the sd. Ashes commonly called Pot Ash. And these Presents further Witness & it is the true intent & meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any part of the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to him the sd. Samuel Holmes in Tail Male as afd. shall not be Cultivated Planted Cleared & Improved within Eighteen Years the same to be computed from the day of the date hereof That then & in such Case all & every part of such Two Hundred Acres of Land which shall not have been Cultivated Planted Cleared & Improved as aforesd. shall be belong to the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors & the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such Part & Parts thereof shall Cease Oetermi ne & become Void. And it shall & may be lawfull to & for the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors into & upon such Parts & Parts not having been Cultivated Planted Cleared & Improved as aforesaid to reenter & the same to have again retain repossess & Enjoy as in their first & former Estate as if this Present Grant had never been had or made & all & every Person & Persons Occupiers & Possessors of such Part & Parts thereout & thenceforth utterly to expell put out & amove & also to grant & dispose of the same in such Manner & to such Uses Intents & Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall think fitt & proper. And the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do hereby for themselves & their Successors Covenant Promise & Agree to & with the sd. Samuel Holmes his Executors and Administrators in manner following (That is to say). That at such time as the sd. Common Council of the sd. Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the sd. Samuel Holmes or his Heirs Male occupying & possessing the sd. Two Hundred Acres as afd. by any Writing under his or their Hands & Seals They the sd. Common Council will give & grant to such able bodyd young Men Servants as shall arrive & settle with him in the sd. Province of Georgia Twenty Acres of Land in the sd. Province of Georgia to each of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations and Agreements as shall by the sd. Common Council of the sd. Trustees have been then last granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances. And the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do hereby Ordain Constitute & Appoint him the sd. James Oglethorpe their true & lawfull Attorney in their Name & Stead into & upon the sd. Two Hundred Acres of Land or into & upon any Part or Parcell thereof (being so set out limited & bounded as afd.) in the name of the whole to Enter & take Possession & Seisin thereof and after such Possession & Seisin so taken as afd. In their Name & Stead to deliver full & quiet Possession & Seisin thereof or of any Part or Parcell thereof in the Name of the whole to the sd. Samuel Holmes & him the said Samuel Holmes to leave in quiet & peaceable Possession thereof according to the true intent & meaning of these Presents Ratifying & Confirming whatever their said Attorney shall by Virtue of these Presents do in their Name concerning the Premises. In Witness whereof the sd. Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the sd. Corporation the Day & Year first above written.

By Order of the sd.

Common Council

Benja. Martyn Sectary

With Livery & Seisin Indorsed of the said 200 d. Acres in the same manner as on the Grant to James Lacy.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Robert Williams. May 11, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 81-90.

This Indenture made the Eleventh day of May in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred & thirty three Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the One Part & Robert Williams of Bristol in the County of Somerset Merchant of the other Part. Whereas the sd. Robert Williams doth purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America & there to settle & inhabit & to clear & improve such Lands as the Common Council of the sd. Trustees shall Grant to him in Tail Male. Now this Indenture Witnesseth That for & in Consideration of the great Advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Settling & Improving the sd. Province & also in Consideration of the Rents Services & Conditions hereinafter expressed by the sd. Robert Williams his Heirs Executors & Administrators to be paid done performed and Executed, and also in Consideration of the Sum of one Pound & one Shilling by the sd. Robert Williams Well & truly paid for the Use of the sd. Trustees the receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged They the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have granted & enfeoffed And by these Presents Do grant & enfeoff unto him the said Robert Williams & to the heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten Five Hundred Acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America being Part & Parcell of the Lands which his Majesty graciously Granted to the sd. Trustees by his Letters Patent bearing date the ninth Day of June 1732. The sd. Five Hundred Acres to be sett out Limited and Bounded in such manner & in such Part or Parts of the sd. Province as shall be thought most convenient & proper by James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esquire one of the sd. Common Council of the sd. Trustees to whom the sd. Trustees do by these Presents give full Power and Authority for that Purpose. Reserved & always Excepted out of this Grant in Case the sd. five Hundred Acres shall be set out by the side of any River Two hundred feet of Ground to be measured in breadth from the Banks of such River along by the side of such River the same to be for towing Paths & for such other purposes as shall by the sd. Common Council be directed & appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation & Fishery of Such River. To have and to hold the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land to him the sd. Robert Williams and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the sd. Robert Williams lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Yielding & Paying for such Five Hundred Acres of Land to the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors Yearly & every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of Two Pounds & ten Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons & at such Place in the sd. Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees shall be directed & appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents. Provided always & these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the sd. Yearly Rent of Two Pounds & ten Shillings hereby reserved or any Part or Parcel thereof shall be behind & unpaid by the space of six Calender Months next after any day of Payment on which the same ought to be pd. as afd. Or if the sd. Robert Williams shall not within the space of Twelve Calender Months to be computed from the day of the date of the Presents go to & arrive in the sd. Province of Georgia together with Six able Bodied Young Men Servants being each of them of the Age of Twenty Years & upwards Or if the sd. Robert Williams or his Heirs Male with such able Bodied Young Men Servants as afd. shall not abide settle inhabit & continue in the sd. Province of Georgia for & during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the sd. Province of Georgia Or if the sd. Robert Williams or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land shall not within the space of Ten Years to be computed from the Day of the date of these Presents Clear & Cultivate One Hundred Acres of Wood Ground being Part & Parcel of the sd. Five Hundred Acres hereby Granted as afd. and also within the space of Eighteen Years to be computed from the day of the date hereof shall not Clear & Cultivate other Five [Two?] Hundred and Forty Acres part & parcell of the sd. Five Hundred Acres & Set & Plant one Thousand Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in & upon the sd. One Hundred Acres and in & upon every Hundred Acres of the sd. other Two Hundred and Forty Acres & remaining one Hundred & Sixty when as the same shall be cleared & cultivated respectively as afd. from time to time sufficiently Fence Maintain & Preserve the same from the Bite & Spoil of Cattle & in the room & stead of such of the sd. Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set & Plant other Trees or Plants of the same sort in & upon the sd. one Hundred Acres and also in & upon the sd. Two Hundred & Forty Acres & remaining One hundred & Sixty Acres respectively with all Possible & convenient Care & Speed so that there may always be growing upon the sd. One Hundred and also upon every Hundred of the sd. Two Hundred & Forty Acres and remaining one hundred sixty Acres One thousand of the sd. white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least. Or if the sd. Robert Williams or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & entitled to the sd. five hundred Acres of Land shall at any time alien Assign or Transfer the sd. Five Hundred Acres or any Part or Parcell thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave & Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the sd. Common Council shall be from time to time Authorised & Impowered to Grant such Licences Or if the sd. Robert Williams on such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become Possessed of & intitled to the sd. five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave & Licence of the sd. Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees first had & obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or Manufacture the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash Or if the sd. Robert Williams shall dye without Issue Male Or if the Heirs Male of the sd. Robert Williams shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male Hereby Granted shall Cease and Determine Or if the sd. Robert Williams or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land shall do or commit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting & Clipping Washing Coining or other falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominions whatsoever or shall do or commit any Sodomey Murder Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawfull Conspiracy or Confederacy & shall thereof be lawfully convicted Or if the sd. Robert Williams or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time hire keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the sd. Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any account whatsoever without the special Leave & Licence of the sd. Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorised and Empowered to Grant such Licences That then & from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesd. Cases it shall & may be lawfull to & for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors into & upon the said Five Hundred Acres of Land hereby Granted to the sd. Robert Williams & upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter & the same to have again retain repossess & enjoy as in their first & former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made & all & every such Person or Persons so Neglecting or Misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the cases afd. & all others the Occupiers & Possessors of the sd. Five Hundred Acres or of any part or parcel thereof thereout & thenceforth utterly to expell put out & amove and Also upon the Entry in any of the Cases before mentioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the Common Council for the time being be for that purpose Authorised & Appointed The Grant hereby made of the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land as ofd. shall cease Determine & become Void any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof Notwithstanding. And the sd. Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent him the sd. Robert Williams or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents & of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of & intitled to the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land not entering into any Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that Purpose as afd. from making or Manufacturing as best he or them severally may the sd. ashes commonly called Pot Ash. And these Presents further Witness and it is the true intent & meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any part of the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to him the sd. Robert Williams in Tail Male as afd. shall not be cultivated planted cleared & improved within Twenty Two Years the same to be computed from the day of the date hereof that then & in such Case all & every Part of such Five Hundred Acres of Land which shall not have been Cultivated Planted Cleared & Improved as afd. shall be & belong to the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors & the grant hereby made of such Lands as to such Part & Parts thereof shall cease determine and become Void. And it shall & may be lawfull to & for the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors into & upon such Part & Parts not having been Cultivated Planted Cleared & Improved as afd. to reenter & the same to have again retain repossess & enjoy as in their first & former Estate as if this Present Grant had never been had or made at all & every Person & Persons Occupiers & Possessors of such Part & Parts thereout & thenceforth utterly to Expell put Out & Amove & also to Grant & Dispose of the same in such Manner & for such Uses Intents & Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the sd. Trustees shall think fitt & proper. And the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do hereby for themselves & their Successors Covenant Promise & Agree to & with the sd. Robert Williams his Executors & Administrators in manner following. (That is to say) That at such time or times as the sd. Common Council of the sd. Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the sd. Robert Williams or his Heirs Male Occupying & possessing the sd. five Hundred Acres as afd. by any writing under their Hands & Seals They the sd. Common Council will give & grant to such Able Bodied Young Men Servants as shall arrive & settle with him in the sd. Province of Georgia as afd. Twenty five Acres of Land in the sd. Province of Georgia to each & every of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations & Agreements as shall by the sd. Common Council of the sd. Trustees have been then last Granted to any other Men Servants in like Circumstances. And the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do hereby Ordain Constitute & Appoint him the sd. James Oglethorpe their true & lawfull Attorney in their Name & Stead into & upon the sd. Five Hundred Acres of Land or into & upon any part or parcell thereof (being so set out limited & bounded as afd.) in the Name of the Whole to enter & take possession & Seisin thereof & after such Possession & Seisin so taken as afd. in their name & stead to deliver full & quiet Possession & Seisin thereof or of any Part or Parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to the sd. Robert Williams & he the sd. Robert Williams to leave in the quiet & peaceable Possession thereof according to the true intent & meaning of these Presents. Ratifying & Confirming whatever their said Attorney shall by Virtue of these Presents do in their name concerning the Premises. And the sd. Robert Williams for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns & for every of them doth hereby Covenant Promise & Agree to & with the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors in manner following. (That is to Say) that he the said Robert Williams shall & will within the space of Twelve Months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents Go to the sd. Province of Georgia together with six able bodied Young Men Servants being each of the Age of Twenty Years at the least & will together with such Men Servants as afd. abide settle inhabit & continue in the sd. Province of Georgia for & during the Term of three Years to be computed from the day of the registering these Presents in the Common Register of the sd. Province of Georgia. And further that he the sd. Robert Williams his Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns or some of them shall & will yearly & every Year well & truly pay or cause to be paid unto the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors the sd. Yearly Rent or Sum of Two Pounds & ten shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain in such Manner as the same is herein before reserved & made Payable. In Witness whereof the sd. Common Council of the Corporation of the sd. Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the sd. Corporation & the sd. Robert Williams hath set his Hand & Seal to another Part thereof remaining with the sd. Trustees the Day & Year first above written.

By Order of the sd.

Common Council

Benya. Martyn Sectary

With Livery & Seisin Indorsed of the sd. 500 sd. Acres in the same Manner as in the Grant to James Lacy.

A Counterpart of the aforegoing Grant was sent to Mr. Oglethorpe to be Executed in Georgia by the sd. Robert Williams & so sent by the Susannah Captn. Bailey.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to John Williams. May 11, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 90.

The like Indenture of the same Tenour & Date to John Williams of Bristol Merchant as the aforegoing to Robert Williams.

A Counterpart of Which Grant was sent to Mr. Oglethorpe to be Executed in Georgia by the sd. John Williams & so sent by the Susannah Captn. Bailey.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Cornelius Standford. May 11, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 90.

A Like Indenture of the same Tenour & Date to Cornelius Standford of Bristol Merchant as the aforegoing to Robert Williams.

A Counterpart of which was sent to Bristol by Sr. Abraham Elton to be Executed by the sd. Cornelius Standford & returned to the Trustees.

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Common Council Grant of 100 acres of land to Edward Jenkins. May 17, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 90.

An Indenture of Grants Enfeoffment dated the 17th of May 1733 to Edwd. Jenkins of Shipton Mallet in the County of Somerset Hosier of 100d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him & the Heirs Male of his Body under the yearly Rent of 10s the first Paymt. to be made on the 1st day of the 11th Year from the date. Conditions are to Go with 2 men Servants in a Year & abide 3 Years to clear 20 Acres in 10 Years & Plant 200d. White Mulberry Trees & 100d. white Mulberry Trees upon every 10 Acres of the other 80 Acres as cleared which is to be in 18 years from the date, or such part thereof uncleard to Revert. With a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Common Council Appointment of constables for Savannah. July 4, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 90-91.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Send Greeting. Whereas sundry poor Persons are imbarked or imbarking in Order to Go to and settle in the Province of Georgia aforesaid and be added to and Inlarge the Town of Savanah now building in the said Province. And Whereas It is therefore necessary to Increase the Number of Constables of the said Town and Precincts thereof. Know Ye that We have nominated constituted & appointed and by these Presents Do nominate constitute & appoint William Brown John to be one of the Constables of the said Town of Savanah and of the Precinets thereof. To hold perform and execute the said Office of Constable for during and untill some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said William Brownjohn shall be nominated and Appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby Command him the said William Brownjohn That he do in all things Obey the Warrants Orders and Judgments of the Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being of the said Town Judges of the said Town Court as he ought according to Law for the better preserving of the Peace and Administring of Justice in the said Town and the Precincts thereof. And We do hereby authorise and direct the first Bailiff of the said Town for the time being to Administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Entitled an Act for the further Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open Abetters.) And also the Oath of Office to him the said William Brownjohn and to direct the same to be Entered upon Record. In Witness Whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Fourth Day of July in the seventh Year of the Reign of Our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And in the Year of our Lord 1733.

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The like appointment of the same Tenour & Date of Henry Parker to be one other of the said Constables.

The like appointment of the same Tenour & date of James Turner to be one other of the said Constables.

The like appointment of the same Tenour & date of John Barnes to be one other of the said Constables.

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Common Council Grant of 2800 acres of land to John Barnes, Henry Parker, and Joshua Sacheverel. June 10, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 92-93.

This Indenture made the Tenth Day of June in the sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c Annoqui Dom. 1735 Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part & John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel of London Labourers of the other Part. Witnesseth That the said Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings of Lawfull Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in Hand paid by the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel or one of them at on or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledges and for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted bargained & Sold and by these Presents do give grant bargain and Sell unto the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel All those Two Thousand eight Hundred Acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America part & parcel of the Lands which his Majesty by his Royal Charter bearing date the ninth day of June in the Year of Our Lord 1732 granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever In trust for Establishing the said Colony of Georgia To have and to Hold the said Two Thousand eight hundred Acres of Land unto the said John Barnes Henry Parker & Joshua Sacheverel and the Survivors and Survivor of them and his Executors & Administrators of such Survivor from the Day of the Date of these Presents unto the full end Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat & Ended. Yielding & Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of one Pepper Corn upon the Feast Day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next comimg (if lawfully demanded) and no more. To the Intent that by Virtue of these Presents and of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the Actual Possession of the said hereby bargained Premises and be thereby Enabled to Accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to them the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel or the Survivors or Survivor of them on the Heirs of such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one Part and the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel of the other Part and to bear Date the day next after the day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in Ammerica have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

By Order of the sd. Common Council

Benj Martyn Sectary

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An Indenture of Release bearing date the 11th day of June 1733 from the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the beforementioned 2800 Acres of Land to the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverell and their Heirs and to the Survivor of them. To the Uses Intents and Purposes & Subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are in the said Indenture contained. A Counterpart whereof Executed by the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverell remains with the said Trustees and thereby the said Indenture at large appears.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to grant 2800 acres of land to John Barnes, Henry Parker, and Joshua Sacheverel. July 4, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 94-96.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by a certain Indenture of Release dated the Eleventh Day of June 1733 And made Between the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and John Barnes Henry Parker & Joshua Sacheverel of London Labourers of the other part. The said John Barnes Henry Parker & Joshua Sacheverel for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly nor the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Have Covenanted Promised and Agreed to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them would from time to time according to the best of their Skill and knowledge duely & faithfully Execute the Trust thereby in them reposed and should and would at all times Obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as should from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council for that purpose be Authorised and appointed touching the Granting and Disposing of certain Lands and Premises in and by the said Indenture of Release Granted and mentioned and also touching the Execution of the Trust thereby in them reposed. Now Know Ye That We have authorised James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surrey Esquire one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees & by these Presents Do Authorise & appoint him the said James Oglethorpe from time to time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America Or in any of the British Colonies adjoyning to the said Province to give such Orders & Directions (Touching the Granting and Disposing of the said Lands & Premises & touching the Execution of the Trust in and by the said Indenture in them the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel reposed) to them the said John Barnes Henry Parker & Joshua Sacheverel as he the said James Oglethorpe shall Judge fitt and necessary. And We do further by these Presents strictly enjoyn & Require them the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel duely and faithfully to Execute all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by him the said James Oglethorpe according to the several Covenants of them the said John Barnes Henry Parker & Joshua Sacheverel in that behalf made as aforesaid as they and every of them will Answer the Contrary at their Peril. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Fourth Day of July in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And in the Year of our Lord 1733.

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The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorised and impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees And by these Presents Do Authorise & impower the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America to set out limit divide & bound Two Thousand Eight Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees by several Indentures of Lease and Release bearing date the Tenth and Eleventh Days of June 1733 respectively to John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel for the Uses and Purposes (therein mentioned) in such manner & in such Part or Parts of the said Province as he shall Judge most proper & convenient for the Settling and Establishing the Colony there. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the fourth Day of July in the seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovreign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c And in the Year of Our Lord 1733.

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Robert and Theophilus Hetheringtons Petition to the Trustees to assign to Thomas Fawsatt 500 acres of their grants. May 16, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 97-98.

To The Honble The Trustees for Establising the Colony of Georgia in America.

The Humble Petition of Robert Hetherington and Theophilus Hetherington

Sheweth:

That your Petitioner Robt. Hetherington Obtaind from your Honours a Grant of five Hundred Acres of Land in Georgia bearing date the 25th of February last Under the Conditions in the said Grant mentioned and hath sent over the said Grant with Mr. Lacys in order to go over himself with Servants afterwards. But your said Petitioner having since Married an only Daughter on whose Father Your Petitioner has Dependance and having been applyd to by Mr. Thomas Fawsatt of Woodstock an Architect who greatly desires to perform the Conditions of Your said petitioners grant and to have an Assignment thereof and in Consideration of such Assignment to Repay your said Petitioner whatever Costs your said Petitioner hath been at in preparing to go over to Georgia to which Your said Petitioner has agreed if Your Honrs. will give leave for such Assignment to be made.

And Your Petitioner Theophilus Hetherington having sent to Georgia the Grant he Obtained from Your Honrs. of five Hundred Acres of Land in Georgia dated the 21st. of December last is now getting his Servants ready to go by the first Ship in order to follow himself as soon as possible and being requested by his brother Robert Hetherington in case Your Honrs. shall give leave for him to Assign his five Hundred Acres to Mr. Thomas Fawsatt to have an Assignment to him in the same manner as Your Petitioners five hundred Acres are Granted of Two Hundred & fifty of Your said Petitioners five hundred Acres (after such Assignment to the said Thomas Fawsatt is made) Which Your said Petitioner hath agreed to if Your Honrs. please and your Petitioner is also Willing notwithstanding such Assignment to his said brother to clear Cultivate & Perform all Conditions on the whole Five hundred Acres in order that his said brother Robert Hetherington may remain in England and not hinder any benefitt happening from the Dependance he has on his said Wifes Father.

Wherefore Your Petitioners humbly Pray such Licences may be Granted and Confirmation as Your Honr. shall think fitt.

And Your Petitioners shall Ever Pray &c.


Dated 16th May 1733


Robt. HetheringtonTheophilus Hetherington

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An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 4th of July 1733 to Thomas Fawsett of Woodstock in the County of Oxford Architect of 500d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the Yearly Rent of 5 the first Payment to be made on the 1st. day of the 11th. Year from the date. Conditions are to go with four Men Servants in a Year, and abide 3 years to clear 100d. Acres in ten Years & Plants 1000d. White Mulberry Trees & 1000d. white Mulberry Trees upon every 100d. Acres of the other 1000d. Acres as cleared, whereof 240 Acres in 18 Years & 160 Acres in 22 Years from the date, or such part thereof uncleard to Revert with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 25 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. And that in Case he should dye having no Issue Males of his Body lawfully begotten alive at the time of his Decease (having performd his Covenants) the said Trustees to Grant the said 500d. Acres to Elizabeth Fawsett his Daughter & the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully to be begotten under the same Covenants As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 4th. of July 1733 to Robert Hetherington of London Merchant of 250th Acres of Land in Georgia to hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the Yearly Rent of One Pound & five shillings the first Payment to be made on the 1st. day of the 11th. Year from the date. Conditions are to send two Men Servants in a year & Go himself within 3 Years & all to abide 3 years to clear 50y Acres in ten Years & Plant 500d. White Mulberry Trees & 500d. White Mulberry Trees upon every 50y Acres of the other 200 Acres as cleard, whereof 120 Acres in 18 Years & 80 Acres in 22 Years from the date or such part thereof uncleard to Revert. With a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 25 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. And that in Case he should dye without Heirs Male of his Body in the Life time of any Woman to whom he was lawfully married & she not then ensient [pregnant] with a Male Child the said Trustees on her Request to Grant the said 250ty Acres to such Woman & the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten under the same Covenants and to supply such Men Servants for 12 months from their Arrival in Georgia with Provisions after the rate of 5 pds. wt. of Flower & 5 pds. wt. of Meat by the week for each of men & with the use of Arms and Ammunition for the defence of themselves & the Colony the said Arms to be returnd to the Common Magazine of the sd. Colony. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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A like Indenture of the same Tenor and Date to Theophilus Hetherington of London Merchant (except to Go himself in 12 Months instead of 3 Years) as the aforegoing to Robert Hetherington. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Common Council Authorization to Roger Lacy as to inheritance of his Georgia land. July 4, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 99.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Comon Council of the Corporation of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Send Greeting. Whereas by Indenture bearing date the twenty first day of December in ye Year of Our Lord 1732 and made or mentioned to be made Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part and Roger Lacy of London Merchant of the other Part. The said Trustees did Grant and Enfeoff unto the said Roger Lacy Five Hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia in America in Tail Male under the Terms & Conditions in the said Indenture mentioned. And Whereas the said Trustees in and by the said Indenture did Covenant with the said Roger Lacy That in Case the said Roger Lacy should Dye without Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten as aforesaid in the Life time of any Woman to whom he shall be then lawfully married and who shall not be Ensient with a Male Child at the time of such his Decease The Comon Council of the said Trustees on the reasonable request of such Woman should and would Grant the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to such Woman and to the Heirs Male of the Body of such Woman lawfully begotten under the like Rent, Conditions, Limitations and Agreements as are therein mentioned. Now Know Ye That the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America at the Humble Petition and Request of them the said Roger Lacy and Mary his Wife (the said Mary having been first examined and freely consenting and desiring the same) Have Agreed and Do hereby Agree That in Case the said Roger Lacy shall in the Life time of the said Mary depart this Life without Heirs Male of his Body on the said Mary begotten and also in Case the said Mary shall not be Ensient with a Male Child at the time of such his Decease That then and in such Case the Comon Council of the said Trustees shall and will Grant, Convey and Assure in a reasonable time from and after the Decease of the said Mary Lacy One Moiety [share] of the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to Monsieur Francois Guillart of Everdon in the Canton of Bearn in Swisterland and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said Francois Guillant lawfully begotten or to be begotten a One other Moiety of the same to Theophilus Lacy Brother of the said Roger Lacy and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said Theophilus Lacy lawfully begotten or to be begotten under the like Rent Conditions Limitations and Agreements as are reserved conditioned limited declared and expressed in the before mentioned Indenture of and concerning the said Five Hundred Acres of Land Granted to the said Roger Lacy as aforesaid. In Witness whereof the said Comon Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Comon Seal of the said Corporation the fourth day of July in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and thirty three.

By Order of the said Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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William Houstouns Letter of Attorney in favor of Philip Miller. Oct. 11, 1732. C.O. 5/670, pp. 100-101.

Know all Men by these Presents that I William Houstoun late Surgeon of the South Sea Company Ship Don Carlos Have made ordained constituted and appointed and by these Presents Do make Ordain constitute and appoint Philip Miller of Chelsea in the County of Middx. Gardiner my true and lawful Attorney for me in my Name and on my behalf to Ask Demand and Receive of and from all and every Person or Persons whatsoever indebted unto me upon Bond Bill Note specialty Book account or otherwise howsoever. The several Sum and Sums of Money by and from them to me due and owing or becoming due and owing and to Sign and give proper Receipts Acquittances and Discharges And in Case of Refusal or Delay by such Person or Persons of or in Payment of such Debt and Debts Sum and Sums of Money him and them making default to Sue and Compell thereto by all lawful waies and means whatsoever And to Account adjust and settle with all and every Person or Persons whom I have had Transactions with or Dealings now depending relating to Merchandize otherwise. And in all Cases nothing reserved or Excepted (saving only so far as relates to my Claim and Interest in and to Ten Baggs of Havana Snuff in the Custody of the South Sea Company for transacting which I have executed a peculiar power to Mr. Silvanus Bevan) me to Represent and all for and my Affairs and Business to Transact and Negotiate And for the Ends and purposes aforesaid at all times to appear before all Lords Judges and Justices in any Court or Courts of Law or Equity and there in the Name of Me the said William Houstoun or otherwise as the Case shall require to Commence Suffer Enter Sue and prosecute Accon. or Accons. Complaint or Complaints against all and every such Person and Persons Indebted and making default as aforesaid or refusing to Account settle adjust and deliver over to my said Attorney what to me shall belong. And to Answer Defend and Reply in all Actions Matters and causes touching and concerning the Premises And to sue Prosecute Implead Seize Sequester Attach Imprison and to Condemn and out of Prison again to deliver. And if occasion to my said Attorney shall seem proper to Compound and to submit to Arbitration And Generally in and about the Premises to do perform and Execute all and whatsoever shall be requisite and necessary as fully amply and Effectually to all intents constructions and purposes as I myself might or could do if personally present. And One more Attorney or Attorneys under him to Appoint and again at pleasure to Revoke. And I Do hereby Ratify and Confirm and Declare I will hold for good and valid all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do pursue or cause to be done in and about the Premises by virtue of these Presents. In Witness whereof I the said William Houstoun have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Eleventh day of October Anno Dom 1732 And in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Lord George the Second King of Great Britain Sealed and Deliverd (being first duly stamped) in the presence of

William Houstoun

Peter Gandy

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Patrick Houstoun. Aug. 1, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 101.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 1st. of August 1733 to Patrick Houstoun of Glasgow Merchant of 500d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him & the Heirs Male of his Body under the yearly Rent of 510 the first Payment on the 1st. day of the 11th. Year from 9 June 1732. Conditions are to go with ten Men Servants in a year & abide 3 Years to clear 200d. Acres in ten years & Plant 2000d. White Mulberry Trees & 1000d. white Mulberry Trees upon every 100d. Acres of the other 300d. Acres as cleard which is to be in 18 Years from the date, or such part thereof uncleard to Revert, with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appear.

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Common Council Grant of 400 acres of land to George Moore. Aug. 1, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 101.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 1st of August 1733 to George Moore of the Parish of St. John the Evangelist Westminster Sugar Boyler of 400d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him & the Heirs Male of his Body under the yearly Rent of Four Pounds the first Payment on the 1st. day of the 4th. year from 9 June 1732. Conditions are to Go with 8 Men Servants in a year & abide 3 Years, to clear 160 Acres in 10 Years & Plant 1600d. White Mulberry Trees & 1000d. White Mulberry Trees upon every 100d. Acres of the other 240 Acres as cleard which is to be in 18 years from the date or such part thereof uncleard to Revert. With a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. And that on Performance of Geo. Moores Covenants & in case he dye in his present Wifes Life leaving no Issue Male & she not ensient of a Male Child the said Trustees to Grant the said 400d. Acres to his said Wife during her Natural Life and after her Decease one Moiety to such Person as by his last will he shall Nominate & the other Moiety to such Person as his said Wife by her last Will shall nominate under the same Covenants & in Tail Male. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Trustee Letter of Attorney to Harman Verelst to receive 10,000 from the Lord High Treasurer to carry protestants to Georgia. Aug. 1, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 102.

Know all Men by these Presents. That We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have made ordained and constituted and in Our Stead & Place put and deputed, And by these Presents do make ordain constitute and in Our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst Our Accountant to be Attorney for Us, and in Our Names and for Our Use to ask & receive of the Right Honble The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain or whom else it shall & may concern, The Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds out of the Money arisen by Sale of the Lands in the Island of St. Christopher, to be applied towards defraying the Charges of carrying over and settling foreign and other Protestants in the Colony of Georgia aforesaid. Pursuant to a Clause for enabling his Majesty to Issue the said Sum out of the Money arisen by Sale of the Lands in the Island of St. Christopher, in an Act passed the last Session of Parliament for enabling his Majesty to apply Five hundred thousand Pounds out of the Sinking Fund for the Service of the Year One thousand Seven hundred & thirty three and for the further Disposition of the said Fund by Paying off One Million of South Sea Annuitys and for enabling his Majesty out of the Monies arisen by the Sale of the Lands in the Island of St. Christopher to Pay the Sum of Eighty Thousand Pounds for the Marriage Portion of the Princess Royal and Ten thousand Pounds to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and for other Purposes in the said Act mentioned. And accquittance or other sufficient Discharge to the same for Us and in Our Name to make Seal & deliver and to do all other Acts & Things whatsoever concenring the Premises as fully in every respect as We the said Trustees might or could do. And We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever Our Said Attorney shall lawfully do in Our Name by the force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused our Comon Seal to be affixed this first day of August in the Seaventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c and in the Year of Our Lord 1733.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benja. Martyn Sectry.

L. S.

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Trustee Request to the Commissioners of the Treasury to issue the 10,000 for Georgia without the deduction of six pence in the pound. Aug. 11, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 103.

To the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners of his Majestys Treasury.

May it Please your Lordships

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Humbly Represent to your Lordships That the Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds is ready to be Issued to the said Trustees pursuant to your Lordships Order in that behalf and that the Officers of his Majestys Receipt of Exchequor will Deduct from the said Sum Six pence in the Pound charged for the civil List, without your Lordships particular Direction to the contrary, which amounts to the Sum of Two hundred and Fifty Pounds. But as the said Ten Thousand Pounds is to be Applyed for a Charity and National Benefit, and your Lordships have in some Cases eased particular Issues from being charged with the said Pound Rate. The said Trustees hope your Lordships will in the present Case remit the said Six pence in the Pound, That the said Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds may be Issued without such Deduction.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this 11 day of August 1733.

Benj. Martyn Secretary.

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Trustee Establishment of the Village of Thorpe to be a part of the Precincts of Savannah. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 104.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greetings. Whereas Our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date the ninth day of June in the fifth year of his Reign amongst other things Hath of his Grace certain Knowledge & Meer Motion Granted Established & Ordained for himself & his Successors That the Corporation of the said Trustees & their Successors shall have full power & Authority to Erect & Constitute Judicatories & Courts of Record or other Courts to be held in the Name of his said Majesty his Heirs & Successors for the Hearing & Determining of all Manner of Crimes Offences Pleas Processes Plaints Actions Matters Causes & things whatsoever arising & happening within the Province of Georgia in America or between any Persons inhabiting or residing there whether the same be Criminal or Civil & whether the said Crimes be Capital or not Capital & whether the said Pleas be real personal or mixt & for awarding or makeing out Executions thereupon as in & by the said Letters Patent relation being thereunto had may more fully & at large appear. And whereas the said Trustees have by their Deed bearing Date the second day of November in the Year of Our Lord 1732 under their Common Seal Erected & Established a Court of Record by the Name of the Town Court of Savanah to be holden before the Bailiffs & Recorder of the said Town to be appointed by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees. And Whereas so many poor people have already been sent to settle in the said Town & sundry other poor People are Imbarked or Imbarking in order to Go & settle in the said Province of Georgia that the said Town & Precincts thereof at present sett out will not be Sufficient to receive all the said Poor people. And Whereas such of the said poor people as the said Town & Precincts thereof will not contain are for their Security & Convenience to be settled as near to the said Town as may be in a Village to be called by the Name of Thorpe. And Whereas it is necessary for the punishing Offences & for the Determining of Differences or Disputes that may happen to Arise or be Committed within the said Village to Establish that the said Village shall be part of the Precincts of the said Town of Savanah & subject to the said Court of Record Erected & Established by the Name of the Town Court of Savannah as aforesaid. Now Know Ye that we the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America that the people of the said Village may have their lives & possessions secured to them in Peace & Quietness Have Ordained & Established & by these Presents Do Ordain & Establish That the said Village of Thorpe be part of the Precincts of the Town of Savanah & to be within the Jurisdiction of the said Town Court of Savanah. In Witness whereof the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these presents Affixed their Common Seal the Eighteenth Day of October in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & soforth & in the Year of Our Lord 1733.

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Common Council Appointment of officials for the Village of Thorpe. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 105-106.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Send Greeting. Whereas Sundry poor persons are Imbarked or Imbarking in Order to Go & settle in the Province of Georgia in America & so many of them as the Town & Precincts of Savanah at present sett out will not be sufficient to Receive are for their Security & Convenience to be Settled in a Village as near to the said Town as May be to be called by the Name of Thorpe. And Whereas the said Trustees have by their Deed bearing Equal Date herewith under their Common Seal Ordained & Established that the said Village shall be part of the Precincts of the said Town & shall be within the Jurisdiction of the said Town Court of Savanah. And Whereas the Common Council of the said Trustees did by their Deed bearing date the seventh day of November in the Year of Our Lord 1732 Nominate Constitute & Appoint Conservators to keep the peace in the said Town of Savanah & precincts thereof. And Whereas it is necessary to Appoint a Chief Constable Constables & Tything Men of the said Village to be called Thorpe as aforesaid who shall obey the Warrants Orders & Judgements of the said Bailiffs & Recorder for the time being as well as of the said Conservators to keep the peace for the better preserving of the peace & Administring of Justice in the said Village part of the precincts of the said Town of Savanah. Now know ye That we the said Common Council Have Nominated and Appointed & Do by these presents Nominate & Appoint Robert Parker Senior late of Lyn Merchant to be chief Constable of the said Village. To hold perform & Execute the said Office of Chief Constable for during & untill some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & Stead of the said Robert Parker Senior shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And we the said Common Council Do hereby further Nominate & Appoint George Buckman of Seightenberg to be one of the Constables of the said Village. To hold perform & Execute the said Office of Constable for during & untill some other person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said George Buckman shall be nominated & Appointed to the said Office. And we the said Common Council Do hereby further Nominate & Appoint William Johnson Dalmas to be one other of the Constable of the said Village. To Hold Perform & Execute the said Office of Constable for during & untill some other person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said William Johnson Dalmas shall be Nominated & Appointed to the said Office & we the said Common Council Do hereby Nominate & Appoint Arthur Ogle Edgecombe to be one of the Tything Men of the said Village to hold perform & Execute the said office of Tything Man for during & until some other person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said Arthur Ogle Edgecombe shall be Nominated & Appointed to the said Office. And we the said Common Council Do hereby further Nominate & Appoint William Riley to be one other of the Tything Men of the said Village To hold perform & Execute the said Office of Tything Man for during & untill some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room & stead of the said William Riley shall be nominated & appointed to the said office & we the said Common Council Do hereby command them the said Robert Parker Senior George Buckman William Johnson Dalmas Arthur Ogle Edgecomb & William Riley That they & every of them do in all things Obey the Warrants Orders and Judgements of the Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being of the Town of Savanah Judges of the said Town Court and of the said Conservators to keep the Peace in the said Town of Savanah & Precincts thereof, as they ought according to Law for the better preserving the Peace & administring of Justice in the said Village and we do hereby Authorise & Direct the first Bailiff of the said Town of Savanah for the time being to Administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy & Abjuration mentioned in an act made in the first year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Entitled an Act for the better security of his Majestys Person & Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants & for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales & his open Abettors.) And also the Oath of Office to them the said Robert Parker Senior George Buckman William Johnson Dalmas Arthur Ogle Edgecombe & William Riley and to direct the same to be entered upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these presents Affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Eighteenth day of October in the seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth & in the Year of our Lord 1733.

By Order of the said Common Council


Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Patrick Tailfer. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 106.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 18th of October 1733 to Patrick Tailfer of Edinburgh Physician of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia and of the same Tenor as the Indenture to Patrick Houstoun End. in Page (101)11 as by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 400 acres of land to John Baillie, Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 106.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 18th. of October 1733 to John Baillie of Edinburgh Merchant of 400d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him & the Heirs Male of his Body under the Yearly Rent of 4 The first Payment to be made on the 1st. day of the 11th. year from 9th. of June 1732. Conditions are to go with 8 Men Servants in a year from the date and abide 3 Years; to clear 160 Acres in ten Years & Plant 1600d. White Mulberry Trees & 1000d. White Mulberry Trees upon every 100d. Acres of the other 240 Acres as cleard; which is to be in 18 years, from the date or such part thereof uncleard to Revert, with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee, As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Common Council Grant and Release of 2800 acres of land to John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke, and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe. Oct. 17, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 107-108.

This Indenture made the seventeenth day of October in the seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. & in the Year of Our Lord 1733 Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the One part & John Ambrose, Isaac King Clark & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe of London Labourers of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Trustees in Consideration of the sum of Five Shillings of Lawfull Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in Hand paid by the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe or one of them at on or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge & for divers other good Causes & Considerations them hereunto moveing have given Granted bargained & sold & by these presents do give grant bargain & Sell unto the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clark & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe all those Two thousand eight hundred Acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America part & parcell of the Lands which his Majesty by his Royall Charter bearing date the ninth day of June in the Year of Our Lord 1732 granted unto the said Trustees & their Successors for ever In trust for Establishing the said Colony of Georgia. To have and to hold the said Two thousand Eight Hundred Acres unto the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe & the Survivors & Survivor of them & the Executors & Administrators of such Survivor from the day of the date of these presents unto the full end & term of One whole Year from thence next ensuing & fully to be compleat & Ended. Yielding & paying therefore unto the said Trustees & their Successors the Rent of One pepper Corn upon the Feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next comeing (if Lawfully Demanded) & no more. To the intent that by Virtue of these presents & of the statute of transferring Uses into possession the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clark & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe or the Survivors of Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the Actual possession of the said hereby bargained Premises & be thereby Enabled to accept & take a Grant & Release of the Reversion & Inheritance thereof to them the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecomeb or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the One part & the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe of the Other part & to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day & Year first above written

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An Indenture of Release bearing date the 18th day of October 1733 from the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the 2800d. Acres of Land to John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe and their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivors of them To the User Intents and Purposes and subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are in the said Indenture containd a Counterpart whereof Executed by the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe remains with the said Trustees, and thereby the said Indenture at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 400 acres of land to Andrew Grant. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 108.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 18th. of October 1733 to Andrew Grant of Edinburgh Merchant of 400d. acres of Land in Georgia and of the same Tenor as the Indenture to John Baillie Ent. in Page (106)12 as by a Counterpt. thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 300 acres of land to William Sale. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 108.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 18th. of October 1733 to William Sale of London Merchant of 300d. Acres of Land in Georgia & convenient space of Ground for a House in the Town of Savanah To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the Yearly rent of 3 the 1st. Payment on the 1st. day of the 11th. Year from the 9th. of June 1932. Conditions are to Go with 6 Men Servants in a year and abide 3 Years to clear 60 Acres in 10 Years & Plant 600d. White Mulberry Trees & 1000d. White Mulberry Trees upon every 100d. Acres of the other 240 Acres as cleard which is to be in 18 years from the date or such part thereof uncleard to revert, with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. And in Case he should dye in the Life time of Elizabeth his present Wife having no Issue Male & she not then ensient of a Male Child (having performed his Covenants) The said Trustees to Grant the said 300d. Acres & all other the Premises to his said Wife Elizabeth for her Life & after her Decease to such Person or Persons as the said Wm. Sale shall by his last will appoint not less than 100d. to one person in Tail Male under the same Covenant As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to set out 2800 acres of land for John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke, and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 109.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall Come Send Greeting. Know Ye That we have Authorised James Oglethorpe of Westbrook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and in his Absence James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina & Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia & by these Presents Do Authorise & Impower the said James Oglethorpe & in his Absence the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott at any time to Set out limit divide & bound Two thousand and Eight hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees by Several Indentures of Lease & Release bearing date the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Days of October One thousand Seven hundred thirty three respectively to John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe for the Uses & purposes therein mentioned) in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as he the said James Oglethorpe and in his absence they the said James St. Julain & Francis Scott shall Judge most proper & convenient for the settling & Establishing the Colony there. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Eighteenth day of October in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Soverign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty three.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to give necessary orders to John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke, and Arthur Ogle Edgecombe concerning their lands. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 109-110.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Whereas in & by a Certain Indenture of Release dated the Eighteenth day of October 1733 and made between the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part & John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe of London Labourers, of the Other part. The said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe for themselves severally & respectively & for their Several & respective Heirs Executors & Administrators & not Jointly or the ones for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Have Covenanted Promised & Agreed to & with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors That they & every of them would from time to time according to the best of their Skill & knowledge duely & faithfully Execute the Trust hereby in them reposed & should & would at all times Obey & perform all such Orders & directions as should from time to time be Given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such person or persons as should by the said Common Council for that purpose be Authorised & Appointed touching the Granting & Desposing of Certain Lands and Premises in & by the said Indenture of Release Granted & mentioned & also touching the Execution of the trust hereby in them reposed. Now know Ye That we have Authorised James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. One of the said Common Council of the said Trustees & in his Absence James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina & Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia And by these presents Do Authorise & Appoint the said James Oglethorpe & in his Absence them the said James St. Julian Esqr. & Francis Scott from time to time to give such orders & directions touching the Granting & disposing of the said Lands & Premises & touching the Execution of the Trust in & by the said Indenture in them the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe reposed) to them the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe as he the said James Oglethorpe and in his Absence as they the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott shall Judge fitt & necessary. And We do further by these presents strictly Enjoyn & Require them the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe duely & faithfully to Execute all such Orders & directions as shall from time to time be given them by him the said James Oglethorpe & in his absence by them the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott according to the severall Covenants of them the said John Ambrose, Isaac King Clarke & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe in that behalf made as aforesaid as they & every of them will Answer the Contrary at their Peril. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these presents affixed Their Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Eighteenth day of October in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth & in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & thirty three.

By Order of the said Common Council.

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Common Council Lease of 2500 acres of land for one year to George Buckman, Christopher Ortman, and William Sale. Oct. 17, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 111.

This Indenture made the Seventeenth Day of October in the seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth & in the Year of Our Lord One thousand-seven hundred & thirty three Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one Part And George Buckman of Leightonbergh Farmer Christopher Ortman of Redriff Schoolmaster & William Sale of London Merchant of the Other part. Witnesseth That the said Trustees in Consideration of the sum of Five Shillings of Lawful Money of Great Britain to them or One of them in hand paid by the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale or one of them at on or before the Ensealing & Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they Do hereby acknowledge & for divers other good Causes & Considerations them hereunto moving Haven. Given Granted Bargained & Sold & by these Presents Do Give Grant Bargain & Sell unto the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale All those Two thousand Five Hundred Acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America part & parcell of the Lands which his Majesty by his Royall Charter bearing date the ninth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & thirty two granted unto the said Trustees & their Successors for ever in Trust for Establishing the said Colony of Georgia To have & to hold the said Two thousand five hundred Acres unto the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale & the Survivors & Survivor of them & the Executors & Administrators of Such Survivor from the day of the Date of these presents unto the full end & Term of One whole Year from thence next ensuing & fully to be Compleat & ended Yeilding & Paying therefore unto the said Trustees & their Successors the Rent of one pepper Corn upon the Feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angell now next ensuing (if lawfully demanded) & no more. To the Intent that by Virtue of these Presents & of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the actual possession of the said hereby bargained Premises & be thereby Enabled to Accept & take a Grant & Realease of the reversion & Inheritance thereof to them the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale or the Survivors or Survivar of them or the Heirs of Such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one part & the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale of the other part & to bear date the day next after the day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the day & year first above written.

By Order of the said Common Council

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Common Council Release of 2500 acres of land to George Buckman, Christopher Ortman, and William Sale. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 112.

An Indenture of Release bearing date the 18th day of October 1733 from the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the 2500d. Acres of Land to George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them To the Uses Intents and Purposes and subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are in the said Indenture containd, a Counterpart whereof executed by the said Christopher Ortman and William Sale remains with the said Trustees and thereby the said Indenture at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 200 acres of land to William Terry. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 112.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 18th of October 1733 to William Terry of Brentford in the County of Middlesex Merchant of 200d. Acres of Land in Georgia and convenient space of Ground for a House in the Town of Savanah. To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the Yearly Rent of 2 the 1st. Payment on the 1st. day of the 11th. Year from the 9th. of June 1732. Conditions are to Go with 4 Men Servants in a year, and abide 3 years to clear 40 Acres in 10 Years and Plant 400d. White Mulberry Trees & 100d. White Mulberry Trees upon every 10 Acres of the other 160 Acres as cleard, which is to be in 18 Years from the date or such part thereof uncleard to Revert with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. And in case he should dye in the Life time of Mary his present Wife having no Issue Male & she not then ensient of a Male Child (having perform his Covenants) The said Trustees to Grant the said 200d. Acres & all other the Premises to his said Wife Mary & the Heirs Male of her Body under the same Covenants; as by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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[Trustee or Common Council] Memorial to Auditor of Plantations of 32 indentures from Oct. 25, 1732, to Oct. 18, 1733. Undated. C.O. 5/670, p. 112.

A Memorial registerd with the Auditor of his Majestys Plantations of 32 Indentures from 25th. of October 1732 to the 18th. of October 1733 both inclusive required so to be by the Charter & so required the 23d. of October 1733 by the Trustees the Grantors in the said Indentures, as by the said Memorial appears.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to lay our 2500 acres of land for George Buckman, Christopher Ortman, and William Sale. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 113.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall Come Send Greeting Know Yee That we have authorised James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. One of the said Common Council of the said Trustees & in his Absence James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina & Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia And by these Presents Do Authorise and impower the said James Oglethorpe & in his Absences the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott at any time to set out limit divide & bound Two Thousand Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said province of Georgia in America (granted by the said Trustees by severall Indentures of Lease & Release bearing date the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Days of October One Thousand seven hundred thirty three respectively to George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale for the Uses & purposes therein Mentioned) in such manner & in such part or parts of the said Province as he the said James Oglethorpe & in his Absence as they the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott shall judge most proper & convenient for the Settling & establishing the Colony there. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have in these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Eighteenth day of October in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second by the grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King defender of the Faith & so forth, and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & thirty three.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to give directions touching the granting of 2500 acres of land to George Buckman, Christopher Ortman, and William Sale. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 114.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Whereas in and by a Certain Indenture of Release dated the Eighteenth Day of October 1733 & made between the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the One part & George Buckman of Leightenbergh Farmer Christopher Ortman of Redriff Schoolmaster & William Sale of London Merchant of the other part the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale for themselves severally & respectively & for their severall & respective Heirs Executors & Administrators & not Joyntly nor the one for the other of them or for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Have Covenanted Promised & Agreed to & with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors That they & every of them would from time to time according to the best of their skill & knowledge duely & faithfully execute the Trust hereby in them reposed & should & would at all times obey & perform all such Orders & Directions as should from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorised & Appointed touching the granting a disposing of Certain Lands & Premises in & by the said Indenture of Release granted & mentioned, And also touching the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed. Now Know Yee That we have Authorised James Oglethorpe of West Brook place in the County of Surry Esqr. One of the said Common Council of the said Trustees & in his Absence James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina & Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia & by these Presents Do Authorise & appoint him the said James Oglethorpe & in his Absence them the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott from time to time to give such Orders & Directions (touching the granting & disposing of the said Lands & premisses & touching the Execution of the trust in & by the said Indenture in them the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale reposed) to them the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale as he the said James Oglethorpe & in his absence as they the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott shall judge fitt & necessary. And we do further by these Presents strictly enjoyn & require them the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale duely & faithfull to execute all such orders & directions as shall from time to time be given them by him the said James Oglethorpe & in his Absence by them the said James St. Julian Francis Scott according to the severall Covenants of them the said George Buckman Christopher Ortman & William Sale in that behalf made as aforesaid as they & every of them will Answer the Contrary at their Peril. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Council [Seal] of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Eighteenth day of October in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & thirty three.

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Common Council Ratification of Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between James Oglethorpe and the Chief Men of the Lower Creek Nation. Oct. 18, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 114-117.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To the Chief Men of the Nation of the Lower Creeks Send Greeting. Whereas the Great King George the Second King of Great Britain did by his Letters patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain bearing Date the ninth day of June in the fifth Year of his Reign Constitute & Appoint a Body Politick & Corporate by the Name of The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America And Whereas the said Trustees have received from their Beloved Man James Oglethorpe of West Brooke Place in the County of Surry Esquire One of the Common Council of the said Trustees a Copy of Certain Articles of Friendship & Commerce between the said Trustees & the said Chief Men which is in the words following. (That is to say) Articles of Friendship & Commerce Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & the Chief Men of the Nation of the Lower Creeks. First The Trustees bearing in their hearts great Love & Friendship to you the said Head Men of the Lower Creek Nation do engage to let their People carry up into your Towns all Sorts of Goods fitting to Trade in the said Towns at the Rates & Prices settled & agreed upon before you the said Head Men & annexed to this Treaty of Trade & Friendship. Secondly The Trustees do by these Articles Promise to see Resitution done to any the People of your Towns by the People they shall send among you upon Proof made to the Beloved man they shall at any time send among You That they who have either committed Murther or Robbery or have beat or wounded any of your People or any ways injured them in their Crops by their Horses or any other ways whatever & upon such Proof the said People shall be tryed & punished according to the English Law. Thirdly The Trustees when they find the hearts of you the said Head Men & your People are not good to the People they shall send among you or that You or your People do not mind this paper they will withdraw the English Trade from the Town so offending. And That you & your People may have this Chain of Friendship in your minds & fixed to Your hearts they have made fast their Seal to this Treaty. Fourthly We the Head Men of in Behalf of all the Lower Creek Nation being firmly perswaded that he who lives in Heaven & is the Occasion of all good things has moved the hearts of the Trustees to send their Beloved Men among us for the good of us our Wives & Children & to instruct us & them in what is Streight do therefore declare that we are glad that their People are come here & though this Land Belongs to us the Lower Creeks yet we that we may be instructed by them do Consent & agree that they shall make use of and possess all those Lands which Our Nation hath not occasion to use Provided always that they upon the settling of every new Town shall set out for the Use of Our Nation such Land as shall be agreed upon between their Beloved Men & the Head Men of Our Nation & that those Lands shall Remain to us for Ever. Fifthly We the Head Men Do Promise for Our Selves & the People of Our Towns that the Traders for the English which shall Settle among us shall not be Robbed or Molested in their Trade in our Nation, And that if it should so happen that any of Our People should be mad & either kill Wound or Beat or rob any of the English Traders or their People Then We the said Head Men of the Towns aforesaid do engage to have Justice done to the English & for that purpose to deliver up any of Our People who shall be guilty of the Crimes aforesaid to be tried by the English Laws or by the Laws of Our Nation as the Beloved Men of the Trustees shall think fitt. And we further Promise not to Suffer any of the People of our Said Towns to Come into the Limits of the English Settlements without leave from the English Beloved Man & that we will not Molest any of the English Traders passing to or from any Nation of the Indians in friendship with the English. Sixtly We the Head Men for Our Selves & People do Promise to Apprehend & Secure any Negro or other Slaves which shall run away from any of the English Settlements to Our Nation & to carry them either to this Town or the Savanah or Paltachuchula Garrison & there to deliver him up to the Commander of such Garrison & to be paid by him four blanketts or Two Guns or the Value thereof in other Goods Provided such run away Negro or other Slaves shall be taken by Us or any of Our People on the further Side Oconoy River & in Case such Negro or run away Slave shall be taken on the hither side of the said River & Delivered to the Commanderas aforesaid then we Understand the Pay to be One Gun or the Value thereof. And in Case we or our People shall kill any Such Slave for resistance or running away from us in apprehending him then we are to be paid One Blankett for his head by Any Trade we shall Carry such Slaves head unto. Lastly we Promise with Streight hearts & love to Our Brothers the English to give no Encouragement to any other White People but themselves to Settle among Us and that we will not have any Correspondence with the Spaniards or French. And to Show that we both for the Good of Our Selves Our Wives & Children Do firmly Promise to keep this Talk in our hearts as long as the Sun shall shine or the Waters run in the Rivers We have each of us set the Marks of Our families. Schedule of Prices of Goods Agreed on Annexed. Two Yards Strouds, five Buckskins, One Yard Plaines. One Buckskin weighing a pound & quarter or Doeskins Answerable. One white Blankett, five Buckskins or ten Doeskins, One Blew Duffell blankett, three Buckskins or Six Doe Skins. A Gun, ten Buckskins or twenty Doeskins. A Pistoll five Buckskins or ten Doeskins. A Gun lock, four Buckskins or Eight Doeskins, Four Measures of Powder One Buckskin or two Doeskins. Sixty Bulletts One Buckskin or two Doekins. A White Shirt, two Buckskins or four Doeskins. A Knife, one Doeskin. Eighteen Flints, One Buckskin or two Doeskins. Three Yard Cadez, One Doeskin. Three Yards Gartering, One Doeskin. A Hoe, two Buckskins or four Doeskins. A falling ax, two Buckskins or four Doeskins. A Large Hatchett, answerable13 or three Doeskins. A Small Hatchett, one Buckskin or two Doeskins. A Brass Kettle per pound one Buckskin or two Doeskins. Two Yards Brass Wire, One Doeskin a Looking Glass One Buckskin or two Doeskins. A Hatt, two Buckskins or four Doe skins. A Leather Belt, one Buckskin or two Doeskins. One Dozen Buttons, one Doeskin. And Whereas the said Trustees are greatly Desirous to maintain & preserve an inviolable Peace Friendship & Commerce between the said Chief Men of the Nation of the Lower Creeks & the People the said Trustees have sent & shall send to Settle & inhabit in the Province of Georgia aforesaid to Endure to the Worlds End. Now Know Ye that we the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do by these Presents Ratify & Confirm the said Articles of Friendship & Commerce Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & the Chief Men of the Nation of the Lower Creeks & all & every the Articles & Agreements therein Contained and also the Rates & Prices of Goods Abovementioned Settled & Agreed upon before the said Head Men & Annexed to the said Treaty of Trade & Friendship. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents made fast the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Eighteenth Day of October in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth & in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & thirty three.

By Order of the said Common Council.

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Common Council Authorization of James St. Julian and Francis Scott in the absence of James Oglethorpe to grant licence to people to leave Georgia. Nov. 14, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 118.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Know Yee That we have Authorised & Impowered in the Absence of James Oglethorpe Esqr. James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina & Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia And by these Presents Do Authorise & Impower in the Absence of the said James Oglethorpe them the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott at any time to Grant to such Person or Persons for Such times and on such Occasions as they shall Judge fit & proper Leave & Licence in Writing under their hands & Seals to Depart or pass out of the said Province of Georgia & Such Person or Persons so licenced by the said James St. Julian & Francis Scott shall not incurr any Penalty or Forfeiture for such their Passing out or Departure from the said Province of Georgia. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Fourteenth day of November in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth & in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & thirty three.

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Common Council Authorization to James St. Julian and Francis Scott in the absence of James Oglethorpe to set out and deliver land grants in Georgia. Nov. 14, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 119-122.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Whereas by Deed bearing Date the first Day of November in the Year of Our Lord 1732 the said Common Council did Authorize and impower James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. One of the said Comon Council of the said Trustees at any Time during such Time as he the said James Oglethorpe should be in the Province of Georgia aforesaid to set out limit divide and bound Five Thousand Acres of Land in the said Province (granted by the said Trustees by several Indentures of Lease and Release bearing Date the 25th. and 26th. Days of October last past respectively to Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned) in such Manner and in such Part or Parts of the said Province as he should judge most proper and convenient for the settling and Establishing the Colony there. And Whereas by One other Deed bearing Date the same Day the said Common Council did Authorize and appoint the said James Oglethorpe to give such Orders and Directions to them the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert from Time to Time (touching the granting and disposing of the said Lands and Premises and the Execution of the Trust in and by the said Indenture of Release in them reposed) as he the said James Oglethorpe should [think] fit and necessary. And Whereas in and by Four several Indentures of Grant and Enfeoffment made by the said Trustees to Roger Lacy, James Lacy, Joseph Hetherington and Philip Bishop all of London Merchants respectively of Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province to each of them in Tail Male and severally bearing Date the 21st. Day of December in the Year of Our Lord 1732. The said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Five Hundred Acres to each of them the said Roger Lacy, James Lacy, Joseph Hetherington and Philip Bishop in such Manner and in such Part or Parts of the said Province as he should think most convenient and proper and was also Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin of the said Five Hundred Acres to each of them the said Roger Lacy, James Lacy, Joseph Hetherington, and Philip Bishop. And Whereas in and by One other Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the 10th. Day of January in the Year of our Lord 1732 made by the said Trustees to Henry Pinkerton Ensign on Half Pay of Brigadier Farrers late Regiment of Foot of Three Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male the said James Oglethorpe was impowerd to set out limit and bound the said Three Hundred Acres and Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said Henry Pinkerton. And Whereas in and by One other Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the 21st. Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1732 made by the said Trustees to John Pennefather late of Dublin Gent of Three Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Three Hundred Acres and Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said John Pennefather. And Whereas in and by Two several Indentures of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date respectively the said 21st Day of February made by the said Trustees to William Gough Senior Citizen and Haberdasher of London and William Gough Junior of St. Bartholomews the Great Mariner respectively of Eighty Acres of Land to each of them in Tail Male the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Eighty Acres to each of them, and Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin as aforesaid of the said Eighty Acres to each of them the said William Gough Senr. and William Gough Junr. And Whereas and by One other Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the 28th. Day of March in the Year of our Lord 1733 made by the said Trustees to Henry Fletcher late of Leeds in the County of York Dry Salter of Two Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male, the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Two Hundred Acres and Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said Henry Fletcher. And Whereas in and by One other Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the 18th. Day of April in the Year of our Lord 1733 made by the said Trustees to Samuel Holmes of Bow in the County of Middlesex Bricklayer of Two Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male, the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Two Hundred Acres and ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said Samuel Holmes. And Whereas in and by Three several Indentures of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date respectively the 11th. Day of May in the Year of our Lord 1733 made by the said Trustees to Robert Williams John Williams and Cornelius Standford all of Bristol in the County of Somerset Merchants respectively of Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province to each of them in Tail Male, the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Five Hundred Acres to each of them, And Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin as aforesaid of the said Five Hundred Acres to each of them the said Robert Williams, John Williams and Cornelius Standford. And Whereas by Deed bearing Date the 4th. Day of July in the Year of our Lord 1733 the said Common Council Authorize and impower the said James Oglethorpe to set out limit divide and bound as aforesaid Two Thousand Eight Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province (granted by the said Trustees by several Indentures of Lease and Release bearing Date the 10th. and 11th. Days of June then last past respectively to John Barnes, Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverell for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned). And Whereas by One other Deed bearing Date the same Day the said Common Council did Authorize and appoint the said James Oglethorpe to give such Orders and Directions to them the said John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverell from Time to Time (touching the granting and disposing of the said Lands and Premises and the Execution of the Trust in and by the said Indenture of Release in them reposed) as he the said James Oglethorpe should judge fit and necessary. And Whereas in and by One Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the same Day made by the said Trustees to Thomas Fawsett of Woodstock in the County of Oxford Architect of Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Five Hundred Acres and ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said Thomas Fawset. And Whereas in and by several Indentures of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date respectively the same Day made by the said Trustees to Robert Hetherington and Theophilus Hetherington both of London Merchants respectively of Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land in the said Province to each of them in Tail Male, the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Two Hundred and Fifty Acres to each of them, and ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin so aforesd. of the said Two Hundred and Fifty Acres to each of them the said Robert Hetherington and Theophilus Hetherington. And Whereas in and by One other Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the first Day of August in the Year of our Lord 1733 made by the said Trustees to Patrick Houstoun of Glasgow Merchant of Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male, the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Five Hundred Acres and Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said Patrick Houstoun. And Whereas in and by One other Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the same Day made by the said Trustees to George Moore of the Parish of St. John the Evangelist Westminster Sugar Boyler of Four Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province in Tail Male, the said James Oglethorpe was impowered to set out limit and bound the said Four Hundred Acres and Ordained constituted and appointed by the said Trustees their true and lawful Attorney to take and deliver Possession and Seisin thereof as aforesaid to him the said George Moore. And Whereas the said James Oglethorpe may not continue in the said Province of Georgia to execute all the above mentioned Powers and Appointments made to him by the several Deeds and Indentures before mentioned. And in Case of his Absence it is necessary to impower and appoint some Person or Persons that may in such his Absence execute the said Powers and Appointments or so many of them as shall remain unexecuted by him Know Ye That We have Authorized and impowered Ordained constituted and Appointed, And by these Presents do Authorize and impower Ordain constitute and appoint in the Absence of the said James Oglethorpe, James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina and Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia to set out limit divide and bound to give such Orders and Directions as they shall judge fit and necessary to the several Trustees in the respective Grants of Trust Lands abovementioned, and to take and deliver Possession and Seisin of all and every the several Parcels of Land granted to the respective Persons abovenamed as shall not have been set out limited divided and bounded, and such Orders and Directions as shall not have been given and Possession and Seisin as shall not have been taken and delivered by the said James Oglethorpe by Virtue of the above recited several authorities and appointments made to him in as full and ample Manner as if the said several Powers and Appointments were again particularly repeated which are hereby made in the Absence of the said James Oglethorpe to the said James St. Julian and Francis Scott, Ratifying and Confirming whatever they shall by Virtue of these Presents do in the Name of the said Trustees concerning the Premises to be as effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if done by the said James Oglethorpe under the several particular Authorities and Appointments before mentioned. In Witness the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the 14th. Day of November in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God by Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty three.

By Order of the said Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary

Seal

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to set out and deliver lands to Patrick Tailfer, John Baillie, Andrew Grant, William Sale, William Terry, James Houstoun, Hugh Stirling, and William Stirling. Nov. 14, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 123-124.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Know Ye That we have Authorized James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. One of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and in his Absence James St. Julian Esqr. in South Carolina and Francis Scott Gentleman in Georgia and by these Presents Do Authorize and impower the said James Oglethorpe and in his Absence the said James St. Julian and Francis Scott at any Time to set out limit and bound Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the 18th. Day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty three to Patrick Tailfer of Edinburgh Physician in Tail Male) Four Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the same Day to John Baillie of Edinburgh Merchant in Tail Male) Four Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the same Day to Andrew Grant of Edinburgh Merchant in Tail Male) Three Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia and to set out convenient Extent and Space of Ground to build One House in the Town of Savanah (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the same Day to William Sale of London Merchant in Tail Male) Two Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia and to set out convenient Extent and Space of Ground to build One House in the Town of Savanah (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing Date the same Day to William Terry of Brentford in the County of Middlesex Merchant in Tail Male) Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing equal Date herewith to James Houstoun of Glasgow Merchant in Tail Male) Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing equal [date] herewith to Hugh Stirling of Glasgow Merchant in Tail Male) and Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia (granted by the said Trustees by Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment bearing equal Date herewith to William Stirling of Glasgow Merchant in Tail Male) in such Manner and in such Part or Parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient and proper by him the said James Oglethorpe and in his Absence by them the said James St. Julian and Francis Scott. And further Know Ye That we have Ordained constituted and appointed and by these Presents Do ordain constitute and appoint him the said James Oglethorpe Attorney for the said Trustees and in his Absence them the said James St. Julian and Francis Scott Attorneys for the said Trustees in their Name and Head into and upon the said Five Hundred Acres granted to the said Patrick Tailfer, Four Hundred Acres granted to the said John Baillie, Four Hundred Acres granted to the said Andrew Grant, Three Hundred Acres granted to the said William Sale, Two Hundred Acres granted to the said William Terry, Five Hundred Acres granted to the said James Houstoun, Five Hundred Acres granted to the said Hugh Stirling, and Five Hundred Acres granted to the said William Stirling or into and upon any Part or Parcel of each of the said several Quantitys of Land granted as aforesaid (being so set out limited and bounded as aforesaid in the Name of the whole of each of the said respective Quantitys of Land to enter and take Possession and Seisin thereof. And after such Possession and Seisin so taken as aforesaid in their Name and Stead to deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any Part or Parcel of each of the said several Quantitys of Land granted as aforesaid in the Name of the Whole of each of the said respective Quantitys of Land to them the said Patrick Tailfer, John Baillie, Andrew Grant, William Sale, William Terry, James Houstoun, Hugh Stirling and William Stirling and they the said Patrick Tailfer, John Baillie, Andrew Grant, William Sale, William Terry, James Houstoun, Hugh Stirling and William Stirling severally to leave in the quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents. Ratifying and confirming whatever their said Attorney or Attorneys shall by Virtue of these Presents Do in the Name of the said Trustees concerning the Premises. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Comon Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the fourteenth Day of November in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty three.

By Order of the said Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary

Seal

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Trustee Authorization to the Rev. John Martin Boltzius to perform religious services in Georgia in the German language. Nov. 21, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 125.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Whereas the Reverend Mr. John Martin Boltzius Minister of the Gospel according to the Confession of Augsburgh hath agreed to go to the Province of Georgia aforesaid and there to perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the German Tongue for the Instruction and Benefit of the Protestant Saltzburghers and other German Protestants now going to settle in the said Province of Georgia or that shall hereafter go to and settle there, to the utmost of Ability. Know Ye That We the said Trustees Have authorized and Impowered, and Do hereby Authorize and Impower him the said John Martin Boltzius to Do and perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the German Tongue that shall be necessary for the better Establishing and promoting the Christian Religion in the said colony, and all other the good Ends and Purposes thereby intended agreable to the Confession of Augsburg and the Tenour of Our Charter. In Witness whereof the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the Twenty first Day of November in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty three.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to James Houstoun. Nov. 14, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 125-127.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 14th. of November 1733 to James Houstoun of Glasgow Merchant of Five hundred Acres of Land to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the Province of Georgia as shall be thought most convenient by such Person or Persons as shall by the Common Council of the Trustees be for that purpose Authorised & appointed. To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body Paying Yearly for Ever a Rent of Five Pounds the first Payment to be made on the first day of the 11th. year to be Computed from the 9th. of June 1732 Upon the following Conditions (That is to say) To Pay the reserved Rent, To Register The Grant with the Auditor as the Plantations within one Calendar month from the date, To arrive in Georgia with 10 Servants within 12 Calendar Months from the date & Abide with such Servants three Years from the Registering the Grant in Georgia, To clear and Cultivate 200d. Acres thereof in 10 Years from the date & Plant 2000d. White Mulberry Trees & on every 100d. of the other 300d. acres 1000d. White Mulberry Trees when cleared and preserve and Maintain the said Numbers of Trees, Not to Assign without leave, Nor make Potash in Partnership without leave; Land to Revert on the Determination of the Estate in Tail Male, Not to Commit Capital Crimes & be thereof Convicted, and Not to employ Negroes without leave. In either of which Cases the Trustees to reenter & upon the Entry the Grant to cease. The said Trustees declaring not to hinder the making Potash out of Partnership. If any part of the 500d. Acres shall not be Cultivated Planted cleared and improved within 18 Years from the date such part to Revert to the Trustees & they to Reenter on such part & to Grant and Dispose of such part as the Common Council shall think fitt. A Covenant when requested in Writing that the Common Council will give and Grant to such Servants as shall arrive & settle with the said James Houstoun in Georgia 20 Acres of Land in the said Province to each & every of them in Tail Male under such Rents & Agreements as shall have been then last Granted to any other Men Servants in like Circumstances, And that Possession and Seisin of the said 500d. Acres shall be taken and Delivered by such Person or Persons as shall by the Common Council of the said Trustees be for that purpose authorised & appointed to be their true & lawful Attorney or Attorneys in their Name and stead to take and deliver the same. A Covenant from James Houstoun to Register the said Grant with the audr. of the Plantations to go to Georgia with 10 Servants each of the age of 20 Years at the least & with them abide 3 years in Georgia And to Pay the said Rents as reserved & made payable. As by a Counterpart thereof Executed by Dr. Robert Houstoun by virtue of a Power of Attorney from the said James Houstoun remaining with the Trustees whereby the said Grant more at large appears.

Indorsed on the back.

Memorandum.

That on the day of the year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the year of our Lord 173 quiet and peaceable Possessin and Seisin of the said 500d. Acres of Land within Granted was had & taken by in pursuance of an Authority for that purpose for and in the Name of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America And also for and in the Name of the said Trustees delivered by the said in pursuance of the said Authority unto the within Named James Houstoun To hold to him the said James Houstoun and his Heirs Male upon the Conditions and according to the Force and true Meaning of this Deed within written. In the presence of

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Hugh Stirling. Nov. 14, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 127.

The like Grant of the same Tenour and Date to Hugh Stirling of Glasgow Merchant as the aforegoing to James Houstoun. Of which a Counterpart was Executed in the same manner and remaining with the Trustees whereby the said Grant at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to William Stirling. Nov. 14, 1733. C.D. 5/670, p. 128.

The like Grant of the same Tenour and Date to William Stirling of Glasgow Merchant as the aforegoing to James Houstoun. Of which a Counterpart was Executed in the same manner, and remaining with the said Trustees whereby the said Grant at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 150 acres of land to Nathaniel Polhill. Nov. 21, 1733, C.O. 5/670, p. 128.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) Made the 21st of November 1733 to Nathaniel Polhill of Southwark Upholsterer of One hundred and Fifty Acres of Land to be set out &c. as in the Grant to James Houstoun14 Paying Yearly a Rent of One Pound and ten shillings as in James Houstouns Grant But to Arrive in Georgia with three Servants To clear & Cultivate 60 Acres thereof in 10 Years & Plant 600d. White Mulberry Trees & on every 10 of the other 90 Acres 100d. White Mulberry Trees when cleared the rest as in James Houstouns Grant altering only the Number of Acres and Servts.

Indorsed on the back for Livery & Seisin to be taken & Delivered

Of which Grant a Counterpart was Executed & remains with the Trustees whereby the said Grant at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 150 acres of land to Joseph Wardrope. Jan. 30, 1733/34. C.O. 5/670, p. 128.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 30th. of January 1733 to Joseph Wardrope of the City of Edinburgh Burgess House Carpenter of the same Tenour with the precedent Nathl. Polhill (Excepting in the Clause & Covenant for Registering the said Grant with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations the words or a Memorial containing the Substance and Effect thereof are added). Of which Grant a Counterpart was Executed and remains with the Trustees whereby the said Grant at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 150 acres of land to James Haselfoot. Feb. 27, 1733. C.O. 5/670, p. 129.

The like Grant of the same Tenour and Dated 27th. of February 1733 to James Haselfoot of Ludgate Street London Mercer as the aforegoing to Joseph Wardrop, Of which a Counterpart was Executed and remains with the said Trustees, whereby the said Grant at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 75 acres of land to William Bateman. March 13, 1733/34. C.O. 5/670, p. 129.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery & Seisin indorsed) made the 13th. of March 1733 to William Bateman of Cheame in the County of Surry Mariner of Seventy five Acres of Land to be Set out &c in the Grant to James Houstoun Paying Yearly a Rent of Fifteen Shillings as in James Houstouns Grant. But to arrive in Georgia with one Servant to Clear & Cultivate 30ty. Acres thereof in 10 years & Plant 300d. White Mulberry trees & on every 10 of the other 45 Acres 100d. White Mulberry trees when cleared, the rest as in James Houstouns Grant altering only the Number of Acres & Servants.

Indorsed on the back for Livery & Seisin to be taken and delivered

Of which Grant & Counterpart was Executed & remains with the Trustees whereby the said Grant at large appears.

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Robert Millar Letter of Attorney to Andrew Millar. March 25, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 129.

Letter of Attorney from Robert Millar of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex Surgeon to Andrew Millar of the Parish of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Bookseller of the same Tenour with the Letter of Attorney from the late Mr. Wm. Houstoun Entd. Page (100)15 to which the said Robert Millar Sat his hand & Seal the 25th day of March 1734 in the presence of James Ingles & Harman Verelst.

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Reports laid before the Trustees at their meeting. March 21, 1733/34. C.O. 5/670, pp. 130-134.



For the General Meeting of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be held March 1733.





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Common Council Grant of 100 acres of land to George Brigham. July 23, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 134.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 23d. of July 1734 to George Brigham of the County of Hertford Farmer of 100d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the yearly Rent of Twenty shillings. The first Paymt. to be made on the 1st. day of the 11th. Year from the 9th. of June 1732. Conditions are to Go with two Men Servants in a year from the date & abide 3 years to clear 40 Acres in ten years & Plant 400d. white Mulberry Trees & 100d. While Mulberry Trees upon every ten Acres of the other 60 Acres as cleard, which is to be in 18 Years from the date, or such part thereof uncleard to Revert, with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants, when requested by the Grantee, As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Common Council Grant of 200 acres of land to Sir Francis Bathurst, Baronet. June 7, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 135.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the 7th. of June 1734 to Sr. Francis Bathurst of the County of Gloucester Baronet of 200d. Acres of Land in Georgia To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body under the yearly Rent of forty Shillings. The first Payment to be made on the first day of the 11th. year from the 9th. of June 1732. Conditions are to Go with four Men Servants in a Year from the date, and abide three Years to clear 80 Acres in ten Years and Plant 800d. white Mulberry Trees and 100d. White Mulberry Trees upon every ten Acres of the other 120 Acres as cleard which is to be in 18 Years from the date, or such part thereof uncleard to Revert with a Covenant from the Trustees to Grant 20 Acres to each of such Men Servants when requested by the Grantee. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees more fully appears.

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Trustee Authorization to the Rev. Samuel Urlsperger to secure persecuted protestant German colonists to come to Georgia. Sept. 12, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 135-136.

Omnibus ad quos hae Praesentes Literae Pervenerint Curatores Coloniae Georgianae in America Salutem Plurimam dicunt. Cum Serenissimo et Potentissimo Magnae Britanniae Regi Georgio Secundo nihil magis in votis sit, quam ut Inopiae et Miseriis Pauperum Succurrat, tarn inter subditos suos quam inter Extraneos qui e Patria sua Religionis Causa exulare Coguntur, Majestas Sua Britannica eum in finem Coloniam instituit sub Ipsius Auspiciis in Terras suae Ditionis in America sitas deducendam Ejusque Curam et Administrationem Nobis per Literas suas Patentes Regio suo Magnae Britanniae Sigillo munitas commisit. Nos itaque Regia hac Authoritate instructi et communiti dictae Coloniae Curatores de Humanitate et Pietatis vere Christianae Zelo Reverendi admodum Doctique Viri Samuel is Urlespergeri Ecclesiae Sanctae Annae apud Augustanos Rectoris Dignissimi certiores facti Ipsum plena Potestate muniendum esse judicavimus, sicut per Praesentes hasce Nostras Literas rite munimus ut Exules quoscunque sive Emigrantes e Patria sua Professionis Evangelicae Causa qui sese Coloniae supradictae aggregare voluerint et in America Proficissi [Proficisci] tanquam Colonas admittat et cum illis de Conditionibus, quae aptae et consentaneae fuerint transigat, secundum formam Eorum quae hac super re praescribere aequum esse duximus, quaeque hisce Nostris Literis adjuncta sunt; Promittentes quicquid per dictum Dominum Urlespergerum cum Praefatis Exulibus sive Emigrantibus transactum et conventum fuerit, Id Nobis ratum gratum acceptumque fore. In cujus rei fidem his Literis Nostris per Mandatum Nostrum a Secretario Nostro subscriptis Sigillum Nostrum Commune affigi curavimus quae dabantur duodecimo die mensis Septembris Anno Domi 1733 Regnique Majestatis suae Britannicae Septimo

By Order of the said Trustees

Translation of the above Document.16

To all to whom these presents shall come, the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia in America send heartfelt greetings. Inasmuch as there is nothing of greater concern to the most powerful king of Great Britain George II than that he should aid the poverty and miseries of the poor, not only among his subjects but also among the foreigners who are compelled to abandon their own country for religious sake, his British Majesty has decreed that for this purpose a colony shall be founded under his own protection in the territory in America which is subject to his dominion, and he has committed the care and administration of this colony to us through his own patent letter sealed with his own royal seal of Great Britain. We, therefore, the Trustees of the aforesaid Colony, relying on and fortified by this royal authority, having been informed of the humanity and zeal for truly Christian piety of the very reverend and learned man, Samuel Urlsperger, the most worthy rector of the Church of St. Anne in Augsburgh, have adjudged the same should be empowered with full authority, and so through this present letter we do properly authorize him to admit as colonists any exiles or emigrants from their own country who for the sake of professing the gospel wish to join the aforesaid colony and to set out for America, and that he should treat with them concerning conditions which are suitable and fitting in accord with the form of those conditions which, concerning this matter, we have thought it just to prescribe and which are attached to this our letter; and we promise that whatever shall have been transacted and agreed upon by the said Mr. Urlsperger with the aforementioned exiles or emigrants shall be right and pleasing and acceptable to us. In pledge of which we have taken care that our common seal should be affixed to this our letter which has been written by our secretary at our command. Given on the 12th day of this month of September in the year of Our Lord 1733 and the seventh of the reign of his British Majesty.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn, Sectry.

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Trustees Instructions to the Reverend Samuel Urlsperger of Augsburg giving specifics about the settling of emigrants from Saltzburg and Bertholdsgoden in Georgia.17 Sept. 12, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 136-137.

Instructions to the Reverend Mr. Samuel Urlesperger from the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.


First


The Trustees will defray the Charges by Land, and of Passage and Provisions for the Voyage to Georgia in America of Three Hundred heads (to be computed of the Age of twelve years and upwards as one head; of the Age of seven Years & under twelve two for one; Of the Age of two Years and under seven, three for one; and under the Age of two years, are not to be computed but Go freight free) of Emigrants from Saltzburgh and Bertoldsgoden18 or any other from the neighbouring Countrys persecuted for the Protestant Religion.


2dly.


To all those who want it, they will be furnished with Tools.


3dly.


On their Arrival in Georgia, each family will have Provision given them Gratis till they can take in their Harvest, and also Seed will be there given them sufficient to Sow all the Lands they shall in the first Year make ready for Sowing.


4thly.


Each Man shall be Intitled to three Lots of Land that is to say a Lot for House and Yards; a Lot for Garden Plots, and a Lot for Tillage sufficient in the whole to give a comfortable Maintenance to themselves and families, And that they shall have the said Lands Freehold to themselves and their Heirs Male for ever.


5thly.


That they shall be Protected in the free Exercise of their Religion, and in the full Enjoyment of all the Civil and Religious Rights of the Free Subjects of Great Britain.


6thly.


They shall obey such Orders and Regulations for the Maintenance of Property, Peace, and good Government, as shall be Established; and on their Arrival shall assist each other in clearing their Lands, building Houses, and such other Works as shall be necessary for their mutual Safety, in common with His Majestys other Subjects there.


Lastly


There will be a Provision made for the Maintenance of a Minister who shall Officiate in their own Language.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this 12th day of September 1733.

Benj. Martyn Sectry.


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Trustee Petition to the King asking that instructions be sent to the British Minister at Vienna to apply for permission that Salzburgers may be admitted to Augsburg on their way to Georgia. Sept. 26, 1733. C.O. 5/670, pp. 137-138.

To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for the Colony of Georgia.

Humbly Sheweth.

That Your Petitioners ever since their being incorporated by Your Majestys Letters Patent have Applyed themselves to the Procuring Settlements in the Province of Georgia for many familys of your Majestys Subjects who were fallen into Decay and become unable to Subsist themselves without being a burden to the Publick.

And Having been Encouraged by considerable Contributions (made with your Majestys Permission) towards the relief of the Persecuted Saltzburghers; We have Undertaken to settle for the present Three hundred of the said Saltzburghers in Your Majestys Province of Georgia. And the Sieur Urlesperger Senior Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Augsburg being employed by us for that purpose has lately informed your Petitioners that he meets with great Obstruction in this good work from the Popish part of the Magistracy of Augsburg, who will not suffer the Saltzburghers Engaged to settle in Georgia to Enter or Abide in their City. But force them to quarter without the Gates to their great Inconvenience and Expence.

We therefore become humble Petitioners to your Majesty That You would be Pleased to send Your Royal Instructions to Your Minister at Vienna to apply in the best manner he shall think proper at the Imperial Court that the Popish Magistrates at Augsburg may be induced to consent as well as the Protestant that our said Colonists may be admitted into their City & have liberty to continue there till such time as there are a sufficient Number to set out together on the intended Journey; since by the Contracts they are entred into they may be looked upon as being now become Subjects to your Majesty, and as such are Intitled to all good Usage within the Empire Agreable to the Peace and Amity Subsisting between Your Majestys Dominions, and those of the Emperor of Germany.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this 26th of September 1733.

Benja. Martyn Secy.


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Common Council Contract with and Instructions to Robert Millar to be Trustee Botanist. March 6, 1734/34. C.O. 5/670, pp. 139-142.

To all whom it May concern. Whereas Doctor Wm. Houstoun did Covenant & Agree with the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in Consideration of the yearly Salary of Two hundred Pounds for three Years from Michas 1732 That he would Go to America and for the Space of two Years at his own Charge and Expence travel to such parts thereof as the said Trustees should think proper in order to Collect all such Plants as should be contained in his Instructions from the said Trustees to be carryd to Georgia and after the Expiration of the said two Years or sooner if the said Trustees should think proper would Go and reside in the said Colony of Georgia at his own Charge & Expence & use his utmost Endeavours there for Preserving & Propagating of the said Plants and follow such Orders therein as he should receive from the said Trustees. And Whereas the Right Honble. The Lord Petre did engage to Pay unto the said Dr. Wm. Houstoun Fifty Pounds a Year towards defraying the Charge of his said Travels which the said Dr. Wm. Houstoun did accept as part of the said Two hundred pounds a year Salary. But in Case of the said Lord Petres Death before the Expiration of the said Three Years & the said Trustees should not think fitt to Pay the said Salary of two hundred Pounds a year then the said Three Years should be shortend proportionally as the whole Sum to be paid the said Dr. Wm. Houstoun should fall short of Six hundred pounds. And Whereas the Following Persons did Agree to pay Yearly To the said Trustees for three Years the Several Sums hereafter Mentiond. Vizt. His Grace the Duke of Richmond & Lenox the Sum of Thirty pounds a Year. The Rt. Honble. the Earle of Derby the sum of Fifty pounds a Year; Sr. Hans Sloane Bart. the Sum of Twenty pounds a Year, the Company of Aphothecarys The Sume of Twenty Pounds a Year; Charles Du Bois Esqr. the sum of Ten Pounds p Year; George Heathcote Esqr. the Sum of Five pounds p Year; and James Oglethorpe Esqr. the sum of Five pounds a Year in Order to Defray the Expence of Employing proper Persons for Collecting valuable Trees Plants Dyes and Drugs and also for Cultivating a Farm in Georgia in ye Best Manner and in Improving Agricultur by makeing Experiments for Raising all Kind of Productions which that Climate is Capable of, and which England now Purchases from Foreign Countries all which Severall Sums So to be paid to the said Trustees Yearly amount to no more than the Sum of One hundred and Forty Pounds a year. And Whereas the said Dr. William Houstoun did Imbarke pursuant to the above Recited Agreement and the Instructions he Received and when to the Maderas and Jamaica for the Purpose he was So Imployed and on the 14 of August Last happened to Dye at Jamaica but was paid his said Salary to Midsr. 1733 and by Letter to Mr. Philip Millar his Attorney Directed him to Receive no more of his Said Salary on Acct. of his Ill State of health whereby only Nine Months Salary of the said three years have been paid and Remaines to Compleat the said Term two Years and three Months to be Served in the same Manner by some other proper Person to be Imployd for that purpose. And Whereas Robt. Millar of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex hath been proposed to the said Trustees as a fitt person to be Imployed in the Said Service and the said Trustees haveing been Informed that the Several Contributors before Mentiond do Approve of the said Robt. Millar to be so Imployd. Know Yee that the said Robt. Millar doth by these Presents Covenant & agree to and with the said Trustees that in Consideration of the Yearly Salary of two hundred pounds to be paid unto him or his Order for the Space of two Years & three Months from Lady19 next Ensuing the Date hereof; the said Robert Millar will Imbark with all Convenient Speed for Jamaica and will from thence proceed to America & will for the Space of one Year and Nine Months at his Own Charge & Expence Travel to such parts thereof as the Trustees shall think proper in Order to Collect all such plants as shall be Containd in his Instructions from the said Trustees & that he will Use his Utmost Dilegence for Collecting the Same and that he will Carry or cause them to be Carryd to Georgia and that he will Constantly Correspond with & from time to time transmit to the said Trustees all such Observations as he shall apprehend may be usefull to the said Colony and after the Expiration of the said one Year and Nine Months or Sooner if the said Trustees shall think proper he will go & reside in the said Colony of Georgia at his Own Charges and Expence and use his Utmost Endeavours there for the preserving & propagating of the said plants and Follow such Orders therein as he shall Receive from the said Trustees and in Case it shall so happen that any Deficency shall be of the before Mentiond Contributions And Engagement of Lord Petre or that the Said Trustees should not think Fitt to Advance ten pounds by ye Year to make up the said Two hundred Pounds a Year, then the said Term of two Years & three Months shall be Shortend proportionably as the whole to be received shall Fall Short of Four hundred and fifty Pounds. In Witness whereof the said Robert Millar hath hereunto Set his hand and Seale the 6 Day of March in the year of Our Lord 1733.


Signd Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of


Signd Robt. Millar L.S.


Benj. Martyn, Sectary

Hartman Verelst, Accountant.








London 7th. of March 1733.

Received of the said Trustees by Order of the said Common Council Seventy five pounds for half a years Payment commencing at Lady Day next 1734 by me.


75.0.0


Robt. Millar

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Instructions.

Sr. you are Ordered by the Common Council of the Trustees For Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to go with all Convenient Speed to Mr. Cochrane at Kingston in Jamaica for the Observation of Botany made by Dr. Wm. Houstoun in writing & his Collections of Dryd plants he Left in the said Mr. Cochranes Possession in Case they are not Sent to England, and send Copys of the said Observations to the Trustees together with a List of the Dryd plants so Collected which with the future Collections you make are to be Carryd to Georgia to be Preserved and Propagated there. If you touch at Madera and have time you are Ordered to Inform your Self of the Manner of Cultivating the Vines and making the Wines there; and to Carry with you to Jamaica Cuttings of there best Sorts of Vines & Seeds Roots or Cuttings of any other usefull Plants you shall meet with on that Island, which are Wanting in the British Colonies but particularly the Cinnamon Tree, and if you can find any Vessell going from thence to South Carolina you must also Send sum of each of Ye above Mentioned things Directly there, Addressed to Mr. [James] St. Julian at Charles Town to be forwarded to Georgia on advice from him thereof to James Oglethorpe Esqr. or in his Absence to the Suprenintendant for the Trustees there for Instructions if proper to be Sent, or preserved at Charles Town till Wanted.

From Jamaica you are Ordered to go to the Several Spannish Settlements at Carthagena20 Puerto Bello,21 Campechey & Vera Cruz22 as Soon as you have the Oppertunity of any Vessels going to the said Places and if you can you are to Cross the Country to Panama. At all these Places you are to Use your Utmost Diligence to purcure the Seeds & Roots of all Usefull Plants, Such as Ipecacuana, Jallop Contrayerva, Sarsaparilla, and Jesuits Bark, the Trees which Yield the Peruvian and Capivi Balsoms the Gum Elemi & the Cochineal plants with the Animals23 upon it, and all other things that you shall judge may be of use to the Colony of Georgia.

When you Return from the said places to Jamaica you are to Leave the things you shall have Brought over, with the Person you shall find most Capable and willing to take care of them, while you go to the other Spannish Ports in Search of others, but if you can have the Opportunity of a Ship going to Charles Town, you are Still to Send sum of Each Kind to Mr. St. Julian there, when you have Visited Each of the aforesaid Places and Collected from ym all that shall be in your Power, you are to Expect our further Orders to be sent you to Jamaica Directing how to proceed in transporting your Self & them to Georgia, where you are to Spend the Remaining part of the two Years and a Quar. in taking care of the Culture of what you shall Carry with you. And you are particularly Desired to Inform your Self of the Nature & Culture of the White Mulberry Tree which is most proper for the Nourishment of Silk Worms as Likewise of all Sorts of Logwood & other wood & Barks of Use in Dyeing in Order to the Propagating of them in Georgia, and in Case that a War Should Break out before you finnish your Travels you are to proceed Directly for Georgia. And you are from time to time by all Opportunitys to write to the Trustees of the Progress you make.

Signd by Order of the said Common Council the 6 March 1733.

Benj. Martyn, Sectary.

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Sir Francis Bathursts Petition to cancel his former land grant and to be issued a new one. Oct. 2, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 143.

To the Trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America. The humble Petition of Sr. Francis Bathurst Bart.

Sheweth

That your Petitioner having read over the Grant made to him the seventh of June last of Two hundred Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia in America To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body in Order to his Executing a Counterpart thereof. Your Petitioner did not Agree to Execute such Counterpart or take out the said Grant, by reason that instead of the Land going to the Heirs Male of his Body, he desired a Provision for his Wife and his Youngest Son and three Daughters and that no part of the said Land should Go to his eldest Son.

Wherefore Your Petitioner Humbly Desires that the said Grant of the seventh of June last may be Vacated and Cancelled and such other Grant made to him in Exchange thereof pursuant to Your Petitioners Request He Paying the Charge thereof.

And Your Petitioner shall ever Pray &c.

2d of October 1734 Francis Bathurst

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Trustees Petition to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to issue 2561 without the usual deducation of six pence in the pound. Oct. 7, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 144.

To the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury

May it please Your Lordships

The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Humbly Represent to Your Lordships that pursuant to his Majestys Royal Sign Manual the Sum of Two thousand Five hundred and Sixty One pounds is ready to be issued to the said Trustees without Account for the Uses & Purposes following (That is to say.)


With respect to the Indian Chiefs & their Attendants lately brought over here


1,061.-.-


And for and in consideration of the Service, Charge and Expences which the said Trustees have been at in building a Fort in Georgia, the better to secure the Trade and Commerce of his Majestys Subjects there and in the Province of Carolina.


1,500.-.-

And That the Officers of His Majestys Receipt of Exchequer will deduct from the said Sum Six Pence in the Pound charged for the Civil List without Your Lordships particular Direction to the contrary which amounts to the Sum of Sixty four Pounds and Six Pence. But as the said Sum is issued to defray & reimburse the above Expences, which requires the full amount thereof. And Your Lordships have in the last Issue to the Trustees eased the same from being charged with the said Pound Rate The Trustees hope Your Lordships will in the present Case remit the said Six Pence in the Pound, That the said Sum of Two Thousand Five hundred and Sixty One Pounds may be issued without such Deduction.

Signed by Order of the Trustees the 7th. of October 1734.

Benjamin Martyn Secty.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Bulfinch Lambe. Oct. 7, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 145.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the seventh day of October 1734 to Bulfinch Lambe of London Merchant of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia, and of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entd. in Page (125)24 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at Large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Andreas Godofredus Dietzius. Oct. 7, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 145.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the seventh day of October 1734 to Andreas Godofredus Dietzius of the Parish of St. Martin in the fields in the County of Middlesex Merchant of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the Same Tenor as the aforegoing Grant to Bulfinch Lambe as by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 200 acres of land to Sir Francis Bathurst. Oct. 7, 1734. C.O. 5/670, pp. 145-152.

This Indenture of Seven Parts made the Seventh day of October in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty four Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the first part Sir Francis Bathurst of the County of Gloucester Baronet of the Second part Dame Frances his Wife of the Third part Robert Bathurst youngest Son of the said Sir Francis Bathurst of the Fourth part Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Eldest Daughter of the said Sir Francis Bathurst of the Fifth part Mary Bathurst Second Daughter of the said Sir Fras. Bathurst of the Sixth part and Martha Bathurst youngest Daughter of the said Sir Francis Bathurst of the Seventh part. Whereas the said Sir Fras. Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock, Mary and Martha his three Daughters do purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to settle and inhabit and to clear and improve such lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall grant to them for the respective Estates herein hereafter mentioned now this Indenture witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the great Advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the settling & improving the said Province and also in Consideration of the Rents Services & Conditions herein after expressed by the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby to be made from Time to Time become possessed of and entitled to the said Lands to be paid done performed and executed and also in Consideration of the Sum of one Pound and One Shilling by the said Sir Francis Bathurst well and truly paid for the Use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have granted and enfeoffed and by these Presents do grant and enfeoff unto him the said Sir Francis Bathurst Two Hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America Being Part and Parcel of the Lands which His Majesty graciously granted to the said Trustees by His Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June 1732. The said Two Hundred Acres to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought convenient by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed (Reserved and always excepted out of this Grant in Case the said Two Hundred Acres shall be set out by the Side of any River Two Hundred Feet of Ground to be measured out in Breadth from the Banks of such River along by the Side thereof the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River) To have and to hold the said Two Hundred Acres of Land to him the said Sir Francis Bathurst for and during the Term of his Natural Life and from and after his Decease as for and concerning one Moiety of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land to be and enure to the Use and Behoof of Dame Frances Bathurst Wife of the said Sir Francis if She shall survive her said Husband for and during her Natural Life and from and immediately after her Decese to be and enure to the Use and Behoof of Robert Bathurst youngest Son of the said Sir Francis and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said Robert Bathurst lawfully begotten or to be begotten and as for and concerning the other Moiety of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land from and immediately after the Decease of the said Sir Francis Bathurst the same to be and enure to the Use and Behoof of the said Robert Bathurst and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said Robert Bathurst lawfully begotten or to be begotten. And in Case the said Robert Bathurst shall dye without Issue Male of his Body lawfully begotten as aforesaid then as for and concerning One Third Part of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land (the whole into three equal Parts to be divided) the same to be and enure to the Use and Behoof of the said Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst and the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and as for and concerning One other third Part of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land (the whole into three equal Parts to be divided) the same to be and enure to the Use and Behoof of the said Mary Bathurst and the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and as for and concerning the remaining third Part of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land (the whole into three equal Parts to be divided) to the Use and Behoof of the said Martha Bathurst and the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Yielding and Paying to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors yearly and every Year for Ever a Rent or Sum of Forty Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first Day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the Ninth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two Provided always and these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said yearly Rent of Forty Shillings hereby reserved or any Part or Parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of Six Calendar Months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall not within the Space of One Calendar Month to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents register or cause to be registered with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations this present Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment or a Memorial containing the Substance and Effect thereof Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall not within the Space of Twelve Calendar Months to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with four able bodied young Men Servants being each of them of the Age of Twenty Years and upwards Or shall not with such able bodied young Men Servants as aforesaid abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall not within the Space of Ten Years to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents clear and cultivate Eighty Acres of Wood Ground being Part and Parcel of the said Two Hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesd. and set and plant Eight Hundred Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in and upon the said Eighty Acres and in and upon every Ten of the said other One Hundred and Twenty Acres One Hundred of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants when as the same shall be cleared and cultivated respectively as aforesaid and from Time to Time sufficiently fence maintain and preserve the same from the Bite and Spoil of Cattle and in the Room and Stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or otherwise be destroyed set and Plant other Trees or Plants of the same Sort in and upon the said Eighty Acres and also in and upon the said One Hundred and Twenty Acres respectively with all possible and Convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon the said Eighty Acres Eight Hundred of the said White Mulberry Trees or Plants and also upon every Ten of the said One Hundred and Twenty Acres One Hundred of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least. Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall at any Time Alien Assign or Transfer the said Two Hundred Acres or any Part or Parcel thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from Time to Time be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall at any Time without the Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or manufacturing the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash Or if the Estate hereby granted to the said Sir Francis Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert Bathurst his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst his Daughters as aforesaid shall cease and determine Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall do or commit any Treason Misprison of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominion whatsoever Or shall do or commit any Sodomy Murther Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawful Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall thereof be lawfully convicted Or if the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from Time to Time be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences, That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Two Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to the said Sir Francis Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert Bathurst his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst his Daughters as aforesaid and upon any Part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly, to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons so neglecting or misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other Occupiers and Possessors of the said Two Hundred Acres or of any Part or Parcel thereof thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also upon the Entry in any of the Cases beforementioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the Time being be for that Purpose authorized and appointed the Grant hereby made of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land as aforesaid shall cease determine and become void Any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent him the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of land (not entering into a Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that Purpose as aforesaid) from making or manufacturing as best he or they severally may the said Ashes commonly called Pot Ash Provided always and the Intent and meaning of all the Parties to these Presents is that if any or either of them the said Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst or Martha Bathurst shall be intitled to or in Possession of any Lands as her or their Dower or Dowers respectively in Virtue of their or any of their being or having been married to any Person or Persons possessed of Two Hundred Acres or upwards in the said Province that then and in such Case the said Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst and every of them being so intitled to or in Possession of any Lands as aforesaid shall respectively be adjudged construed and deemed to have no Claim or Right to such Third Part of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land herein before granted to the said Sir Francis Bathurst as aforesaid but the same shall be and remain to the said Trustees for the Benefit of the said Colony And these Presents further witness. And it is the true Intent and meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any Part of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to him the said Sir Francis Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert Bathurst his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst his Daughers and aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared and improved within Eighteen years the same to be computed from the Day of the Date hereof That then and in such Case all and every Part of such Two Hundred Acres of Land which shall not have been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such Part and Parts thereof shall cease determine and become void and it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon such Part and Parts not having been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons Occupiers and Possessors of such Part & Parts thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also to grant and dispose of the same in such manner and for such Uses Intents and Purposes as the Common Council for the Time being of the said Trustees shall think fit and proper. And the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said Sir Francis Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert Bathurst his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst his Daughters and to and with the several Heirs Executors and Administrators of the said Sir Francis Bathurst Robert Bathurst Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst in manner following (that is to say). That at such Time or Times as the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land as aforesaid by any Writing under their Hands and Seals They the said Common Council will give and grant to such able bodied young Men Servants as shall arrive and settle in the said Province of Georgia as aforesd. with the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said two Hundred Acres of Land as aforesaid Twenty Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia to each and every of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations and agreements as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances. And that Possession and Seisin of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall be taken and delivered by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed to be their true and lawfull Attorney or Attorneys in their Name and Stead into and upon the said Two Hundred Acres of Land or into and upon any Part or Parcel thereof (being so set out limited and bounded as aforesaid) in the Name of the whole to enter and take Possession and Seisin thereof and after such Possession and Seisin so taken as aforesaid in their Name and Stead to deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any Part or Parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become entitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land and him the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land to leave in quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and meaning of these Presents. And the said Sir Francis Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert Bathurst his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst his Daughters for themselves severally and for the several Heirs Executors and Administrators of the said Sir Francis Bathurst Robert Bathurst Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst and for every of them do hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in manner following (that is to say). That he the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land shall and will within the Space of One Month to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents register or cause to be registered with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations this present Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment or a Memorial containing the Substance and Effect thereof and shall and will within the Space of Twelve Months to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents go to the said Province of Georgia together with four able bodied young Men Servants being each of the Age of Twenty Years at the least and will together with such Men Servants as aforesaid abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. And further that he the said Sir Francis Bathurst or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said Land shall and will yearly and every Year well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors the said Rent or yearly Sum of Forty Shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain in such manner as the same is herein before reserved and made payable. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation and the said Sir Francis Bathurst Dame Frances his Wife Robert Bathurst his youngest Son and Elizabeth Peacock Bathurst Mary Bathurst and Martha Bathurst have set their Hands and Seals to another Part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

Indorsed on the back

Memorandum

That on the day of in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. and in the Year of Our Lord 173 quiet and peaceable Possession and Seisin of the said Two Hundred Acres of Land within granted was had and taken by in pursuance of an Authority for that purpose for and in the Name of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and also for and in the Name of the said Trustees delivered by the said in pursuance of the said Authority unto the within named Sir Francis Bathurst to hold to him the said Sir Francis Bathurst for and during the Term of his Natural Life and the Reversion thereof after his Decease to be held as within mentioned upon the Conditions and according to the Force and true Meaning of this Deed within written in the Presence of

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Common Council Lease of 2500 acres of land for one year to Peter Gordon, Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, and Thomas Christie. Oct. 15, 1734. C.O. 5/670, pp. 152-153.

This Indenture made the Fifteenth day of October in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Soverign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and thirty four Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Peter Gordon first Bailiff Thomas Causton second Bailiff Henry Parker third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia of the other part. Witnesseth That the said Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in hand paid by the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie or one of them at on or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving Have given granted Bargained and sold and by these Presents do give grant bargain and sell unto the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie all those Two thousand five hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which His Majesty by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty two Granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever in Trust for establishing the said Colony of Georgia To have and to hold the said Two thousand Five Hundred Acres unto the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor from the day of the date of these Presents unto the full end and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended yeilding and Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of One Pepper Corn upon the fast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next ensuing (if lawfully demanded) and no more To the Intent that by Virtue of these Presents and of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the actual Possession of the said hereby bargained Premises and be thereby enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to them the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them of the Heirs of such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one part and the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie of the other part and to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day & Year first above written.

By Order of the Common Council


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Common Council Release of 2500 acres of land to Peter Gordon, Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, and Thomas Christie for such purposes as the Trustees intend. Oct. 16, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 153.

An Indenture of Release bearing date the 16th. day of October 1734 from the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the 2500d. Acres of Land to Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them To the Uses Intents and Purposes and subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are in the said Indenture containd, a Counterpart whereof remains with the said Trustees and thereby the said Indenture at large appears.

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Common Council Authorization to Peter Gordon, Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, and Thomas Christie to set out and grant 2500 acres of land as directed.25 Oct. 26, 1734. C.O. 5/670, pp. 154-155.

The Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come Send Greeting. Whereas in and by a certain Indenture of Release dated the sixteenth day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four and made between the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Peter Gordon First Bailiff Thomas Causton Second Bailiff Henry Parker Third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia of the otheer part. They the said Trustees did grant release and confirm to them the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie in their actual Possession then being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of the said Indenture of Release Two thousand Five hundred Acres of Land to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the Province of Georgia aforesaid as should be thought most convenient by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed. And the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and by the said Indenture of Release have for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly nor the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Covenanted promised and Agreed to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them would from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully executed the Trust thereby in them reposed and should and would at all times obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as should from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council for that Purpose be authorized and appointed touching the Granting and disposing of the Lands and Premises in and by the said Indenture of Release granted and mentioned and also touching the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed. Now know Ye That we have authorized and impowered the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and the Survivors or Survivor of them and by these Presents do authorize and impower the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and the Survivors or Survivor of them at any time during such Time as they the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them will be in the Province of Georgia in America to set out limit divide and bound the said Two thousand five hundred Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees to them the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie for the Uses and Purposes in the said Indenture of Release mentioned) in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as they or the Survivors or Survivor of them shall judge most proper and convenient for the further settling and establishing the Colony there. And further know ye That we reposing especial Trust and Confidence in them the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie That they will to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully well and truly execute the Trust by the said Indenture of Release in them reposed, Have authorized and appointed the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and the Survivors or Survivor of them And by these Presents do authorize and appoint the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie and the Survivors or Survivor of them from time to time during such time as they the said Peter Gordon Thomas Causton Henry Parker and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them shall be in the Province of Georgiain America to grant and dispose of the said Two Thousand five hundred Acres of Land as they or the Survivor or Survivor of them shall judge most agreeable to the Execution of the Trust by the said Indenture of Release in them reposed. And we do hereby order and direct that the said Land be granted and disposed of to Protestants only And that in every Grant to be made in pursuance of this Appointment the following forfeitures shall be inserted. That is to say If any Person possessed of and intitled to such Land so to be granted shall do or commit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominion whasoever Or shall do or commit any Sodomy Murther Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawful Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall thereof be lawfully convicted or shall at any time keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences That then in any or either of the aforesaid Cases the Land so to be granted shall be forfeited and revert to the said Trustees to be granted and disposed of by them to such Person or Persons and in such manner as they shall think fit (being the Forfeitures referred to by the said Indenture of Release). In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Twenty sixth day of October in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four

By Order of the said Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Common Council Appointment of Thomas Causton as Second Bailiff of Savannah. Oct. 16, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 156.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Sendeth Greeting. Whereas Richard Hodges deceased was appointed second Bailiff of the Town of Savannah and the precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid in the room and Stead of William Waterland removed from the said Office. Know Ye That we have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents in the room & Stead of him the said Richard Hodges Do nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Causton to be the second Bailiff of the said Town and precincts thereof. To have and to hold the said Office of second Bailiff together with all powers Authoritys and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room and Stead of the said Thomas Causton shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And we do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to Administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (entituled an Act for the further Security of his Majestys Person & Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettor) and also the Oath of Office unto him the said Thomas Causton and to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the sixteenth Day of October in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four

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Common Council Appointment of Henry Parker as Third Bailiff of Savannah. Oct. 16, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 157.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Sendeth Greeting. Whereas Thomas Casuton appointed second Bailiff of the Town of Savannah and the precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid in the room and Stead of Richard Hodges deceased Know Yee That we have nominated constituted and appointed and by these presents in the room and Stead of him the said Thomas Causton Do nominate constitute and appoint Henry Parker to be the third Bailiff of the said Town and precincts thereof To have and to hold the said Office of third Bailiff together with all powers Authoritys and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and untill such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the room and Stead of the said Henry Parker shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And we do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Entituled an Act for the further Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the Oath of Office unto him the said Henry Parker and to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the sixteenth Day of October in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four.

By Order of the Common Council.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Nicholaus Ludovicus, Count of Zinzendorf and Pattendorf. Jan. 10, 1734/5. C.O. 5/670, p. 158.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the Tenth day of January 1734 to Nicolaus Ludovicus Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf of the Holy Roman Empire Lord of the Lordships of Freydeck Shoeneck Turnstein & Halswack and so forth Of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia and the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entd. in Page (125)26 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Instructions of the Bailiffs and Recorder of Savannah in the case of Joseph Watson.27 Jan. 17, 1734/5. C.O. 5/670, pp. 158-160.

To the Bailiffs and Recorder of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America. The Trustees very much Approve of your Conduct in Mr. Watsons last Affair, and will always Support those who Act with Justice and Intrepidity in putting the Laws in Execution for the good of the Province. And Mr. Causton acted very Judiciously in regarding the General Interest and Safety preferrable to any private Consideration. In justly Confining one Man, rather than Risqueing the Safety of the whole. Mr. Watsons behaviour has been so cruel, and has shown so much premeditated Malice, That his destroying Skee with Rum and then bragging of it Appears to the Trustees Murder, for Killing a Man, upon a fore thought and with malicious design, by means of a dangerous Liquor, Is as much Murder as killing him with any Sort of Weapon.

But as the Jury have brought him in Lunatick & therefore incapable of making his Defence The Trustees direct, that he should be confined as a Lunatick and proper Care taken for his Recovery, until he shall be in a Condition to take his Tryal. For which Tryal a special Commission will be sent over, And You at your Perils must take Care that he shall be forth coming when such Commission shall Arrive.

And no other Proceeding must be had on his Affair until the Arrival of the said Commission.

The Trustees are apt to Impute the Death of Skee (which has been a very great Detriment to the Province, by the Loss of so bold a Warrior, who both had been and would have continued of the utmost Service upon the Spanish Frontiers) to the Consequence of too great a Mildness, or rather Injustice in letting Mr. Watson go off with so slight a Fine when he was first convicted for the Assault on Esteeche.

You know that the Indians are very nice in point of Honour and that they are not to be Insulted. Had Mr. Watson at that time been severely fined and bound to his good behaviour It had very probably prevented him from running into those Extravagancies by which he lost his Senses; and from committing this Murder; And in the Consequence thereof had prevented Justus the Servant of Mr. [John] Musgrove from being killed.

You see by this a foolish Tenderness is the greatest of Crueltys. It has occasioned the Death of two Men, and if that kind of Spirit should continue of not punishing the Guilty, You will destroy Yourselves.

It is very surprizing to the Trustees That any Magistrate could think of Bailing a Murderer, for Murder is not bailable And bailing of a Lunatick is an Act of Lunacy; for his Distemper makes his Confinement necessary for the benefit of Mankind.

The new Started Opinion, That it is cruel to Imprison on Account of an Indian, is Itself very cruel and pernicious. For if Injustice is done to an Indian, the Person who does it, should be more severely punished; for doing it to one who is helpless from his Ignorance of Our Language, And because it is a Breach of Treaty, and an Act of Ingratitude to the first Possessors of the Land, who have always been exceeding friendly and kind to the Colony in its first weakness and Necessitys.

And as for the opinion, That it is right to let a Guilty Man go out of the Province without Punishment, That is giving up at once those valuable Priviledges of Trying all Fracts28 committed in it; and declaring Your selves incapable of supporting a Civil Government. If a Man is guilty You should Punish him in the Province according to his Deserts. And if he is not Guilty, You should acquit him. But you have no such thing as a Power of Banishing a Man from the Colony, nor ought You to let a Criminal Escape to another Colony in Safety.

The Expences arising by Mr. Watsons Confinement and also for the taking Care of him and having a proper keeper to watch him will be defrayd by the Store keeper at Savannah, till such time as they can be Defrayd out of his own Estate. And he being a Lunatick It is impossible for him to carry on the Indian Trade; The Trustees therefore hereby Recall his Licence and Continue the Licence to Mr. & Mrs. Musgrove.

Signd by Order of the Common Council of the Trustees the 17th of March 1734/5.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Instructions to the Magistrates at Savannah to inquire about the guardians for William Little, infant in Savannah. May 1, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 161.

Mr. Recorder

The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America hereby direct that the Town Court do make an Inquiry whether by the will of the late William Littel any Guardians have been appointed for William Littel the Infant. If there are none, the Trustees do Assign Samuel Marcer to be his Guardian at the request of William Littel the Grandfather. And the House of the late William Littel by the Intail belongs to William Littel his Son, the Rent of which must in the first place be applied in the Maintenance of the Infant, and the Residue to the Improvement of his Lot during his Minority; As for the Personal Estate, if the late Wm. Little made any Will, and gave any part thereof to the Infant, then the Court must take care to dispose of the same, and pay the Profits thereof to the Guardian to be disposed of in the manner aforesaid. If the late William Littel dyed intestate, then the Share belonging to the Infant by the Statute of Distributions of Intestates Estates being two third parts of his late Fathers personal Estate, of is to be disposed of and applied likewise for the Maintenance of the Infant during his Minority and the Improvement of his Lot. And the Guardian of the Infant must enter into a Recognizance with a sufficient Penalty by way of Security for his application of the Rents and Profits of the Infants real Estate and of the Disposal of his Personal Estate as before directed. The Infant in the Meantime must be kept at Mr. Parkers to whom he was recommended.

I am Sir


1st May 1735.


Yor humble Servant

Benj Martyn Sectary

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Common Council Grant of house and 50 acres of land to Mrs. Margaret Bovey. May 5, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 162-167.

This Indenture made the fifth day of May in the eighth year of the Reign of Our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty five Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Margaret Bovey of the Parish of St. James Westminster in the County of Middlesex Spinster of the other part. Whereas Thomas Pratt late of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America Freeholder and now residing in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square the County of Middlesex was lately possessed of a House or Tenement situate in Derby Ward and Tyrconnel Tything Number Three in the Town of Savannah aforesaid and Fifty Acres of Land Markd out and belonging to the said Town Lot five Acres whereof being situate to the Eastward of the said Town Number Fifty Seven and the rest described by Letter C Number Five To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body by Virtue of a Grant thereof to him made in Savannah by Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert in pursuance of a Deed of Trust bearing Date the Twenty Sixth Day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Thirty two and made between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert of the other part. And Whereas the said Thomas Pratt on the Twenty third day of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Thirty five did Personally appear before the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in Common Council assembled and did then and there refuse to return to Georgia to cultivate his Lands according to the Tenure of his Grant. And Whereas the said Thomas Pratt is not married and Whereas the said Common Council taking the Premises into Consideration and upon hearing the said Thomas Pratt did declare and Adjudge the said Thomas Pratt to be Guilty of a Forfeiture and that the Grant of the said House or Tenement and Lands to him the said Thomas Pratt as abovementioned is Determined and become void And that the said House or Tenement and Premises are vested in the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be Granted by the Common Council of the said Trustees to such Person and in such manner as they should think fit. And Whereas the said Margaret Bovey doth purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to settle and inhabit and to clear and improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall grant to her in Tail Male. Now this Indenture witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the great Advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the settling and improving the said Province and also in Consideration of the Rents Services and Conditions hereinafter expressed by the said Margaret Bovey her Heirs Executors and Administrators to be paid done performed and executed and also in Consideration of the Sum of Five shillings by the said Margaret Bovey well and truly paid for the use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, They the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have granted and enfeoffed and by these Presents do grant and enfeoff unto her the said Margaret Bovey and to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully to be begotten All that the said House or Tenement late in the possession of the said Thomas Pratt Number Three situate in Derby Ward and Tyrconnel Tything in the Town of Savannah aforesaid and Fifty Acres of Land belonging to the said Town Lot five Acres whereof being situate to the Eastward of the said Town Number Fifty Seven and the rest described by Letter C Number Five. To have and to hold the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land to her the said Margaret Bovey and the Heirs Male of the Body of her the said Margaret Bovey lawfully to be begotten. Yeilding and Paying for such Fifty Acres of Land to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors yearly and every Year for Ever a Rent or Sum of Two Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed, the first Payment thereof to be made on the first day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the day of the date of the Grant to the said Thomas Pratt made in Savannah by the said Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert as aforesaid. Provided always and these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said yearly Rent of Two shillings hereby reserved or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of Six Calendar months next after any day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid Or if the said Margaret Bovey shall not within the space of Twelve Calendar months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with one able bodied young Man Servant of the Age of Twenty Years and upwards Or if the said Margaret Bovey or her Heirs Male with such able bodied young Man Servant as aforesaid shall not abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia Or if the said Margaret Bovey or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land shall not within the Space of Ten Years to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents clear and cultivate the said Fifty Acres of Land and set and plant One Hundred Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in and upon every Ten Acres of the said Fifty Acres when as the same shall be cleared and cultivated and from time to time sufficiently fence maintain and preserve the same from the Bite and Spoil of Cattle and in the Room and Stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set and plant other Trees or Plants of the same Sort in and upon the said Fifty Acres with all possible and convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon every Ten of the said Fifty Acres One Hundred of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least, Or if the said Margaret Bovey or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time Alien Assign or Transfer the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land or any part or parcel thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized and impowered to grant such Licences Or if the said Margaret Bovey or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave & Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or manufacturing the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash Or if the said Margaret Bovey shall dye without Issue Male Or if the Heirs Male of the said Margaret Bovey shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male hereby granted shall cease and determine Or if the said Margaret Bovey or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land shall do or commit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any Realm or Dominion whatsoever or shall do or commit any Murder Felony Homicide Killing Burglary unlawful Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall thereof be lawfully Convicted Or if the said Margaret Bovey or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time hire keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized and impowered to grant such Licences That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land hereby granted to the said Margaret Bovey and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made & all and every such Person or Persons so neglecting or misbehaving her or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all others the Occupiers and Possessors of the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land or of any part or parcel thereof thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also upon the Entry in any of the Cases beforementioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the Common Council for the time being be for that purpose Authorized and appointed the Grant hereby made of the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land as aforesaid shall cease determine and become void Any Thing herein Contained to the Contrary thereof notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent her the said Margaret Bovey or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from Time to Time become possessed of and intitled to the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land (not entering into any Company or Partnerhsip with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that purpose as aforesaid) from making or manufacturing as best she or they severally may the said Ashes commonly called Pot Ash. And these Presents further Witness And it is the true Intent and Meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any part of the said Fifty Acres hereby granted to her the said Margaret Bovey in Tail Male as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared and improved within the Space of Ten Years as aforesaid That then and in such Case all and every Part of such Fifty Acres of Land which shall not have been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such part and parts thereof shall cease determine and become void And it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon such part and parts not having been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every Person and Persons Occupiers and Possessors of such Part and Parts thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also to grant and dispose of the same in such manner and for such Uses Intents and Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall think fit and proper. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said Margaret Bovey her Executors and Administrators in manner following (that is to say). That at such Time as the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the said Margaret Bovey or her Heirs Male occupying and possessing the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land as aforesaid by any Writing under their hands and Seals They the said Common Council will give and grant to such able bodied young Man Servant as shall arrive and settle with her in the said Province of Georgia as aforesaid Twenty Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations and Agreements as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby Ordain Constitute and appoint Thomas Causton Thomas Christie and Henry Parker or any one of them their true and lawfull Attorney in their Name and Stead into or upon the said House or Tenement and Fifty Acres of Land or into or upon any part or parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to Enter and take Possession and Seisin thereof and after such Possession and Seisin so taken as aforesd. in their Name and Stead to deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any part or parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to the said Margaret Bovey and she the said Margaret Bovey to leave in the quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents Ratifying and Confirming whatever their said Attorney shall by Virtue of these Presents do in their Name concerning the Premises. And the said Margaret Bovey for herself her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and for every of them doth hereby covenant promise and agree to & with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in manner following (that is to say). That she the said Margaret Bovey shall and will within the Space of Twelve months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents go to the said Province of Georgia together with one able bodied young Man Servant of the Age of Twenty Years at the least and will together with such Man Servant as aforesaid abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. And further that she the said Margaret Bovey her Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns or some of them shall and will yearly and every Year well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors the said yearly Rent or Sum of Two shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain in such manner as the same is herein before reserved and made payable. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation and the said Margaret Bovey hath set her hand and Seal to another part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

By Order of the Common Council

Benja. Martyn Secry SEAL

Indorsed on the back

Memorandum

That on the Day of in the Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth and in the Year of Our Lord 173 quiet and peaceable Possession and Seisin of the said House and Fifty Acres of Land within granted was had and taken by the within named for and in the Name of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and also for and in the Name of the said Trustees delivered by the said unto the within named Margaret Bovey To hold to her the said Margaret Bovey and her Heirs Male upon the Conditions & according to the force and true meaning of this Deed within written. In the Presence of

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons for funds to settle Salzburgers in Georgia. April 30, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 168-169.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled

The Petition of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America

Humbly Sheweth

That Whereas His Majesty hath been graciously pleased to take into Consideration that many of his poor subjects and many Foreigners who are willing to become his Subjects are reduced to great Necessities and would gladly be settled in the British Provinces in America, where by cultivating the Lands at present waste and desolate they might not only gain a comfortable Subsistance for themselves and Families but also strengthen His Majestys Colonies and increase the Trade Navigation and Wealth of Great Britain.

And Whereas His Majesty for the more orderly carrying on the said good Purposes hath by his Royal Charter, bearing Date the Ninth Day of June A D 1732, constituted a Body Politick and Corporate by the Name of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and hath granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever certain Lands and Territories in South Carolina in Trust for establishing the said Colony and hath erected the same into an Independent Province by the Name of Georgia and thereby empowered the said Trustees to take Subscriptions and to gather and collect such Monies as should by any Person or Persons be contributed, which said Trustees are at their own Desire restrained by Clauses in the Charter from receiving any Salary, Fee, or Profit whatsoever.

And Whereas many Saltzburghers and other persecuted and distressed Protestants would be glad to go and settle in the said Province of Georgia, where they may find under His Majestys Protection an Asylum from Persecution and Arbitrary Power, but are unable at their own Charges to transport themselves thither. And as the settling them there will be a Charity highly becoming this Protestant Kingdom, the employing them in raising rough Materials for several of our most useful Manufactures (with which none of our Plantations at present supply us) will be of great Service to the Trade of this Nation, increase the Number of His Majestys Subjects and give further Employment to our Poor at home.

And Whereas Your Petitioners (notwithstanding the Benefactions of many well disposed and charitable People) find themselves unable to send over any Number of the said distressed Protestants without the Assistance of Parliament.

We therefore Your Petitioners do humbly Pray this Honourable House to take the Premises into Consideration, and grant such Relief therein as this Honorable House in their great Wisdom shall think meet.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons for funds for Georgia. Undated.29 C.O. 5/670, pp. 169-170.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled.

The Humble Petition of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America

Humbly Sheweth

That Your Petitioners by the Assistance given them by this Honourable House in the last Parliament in 1733 together with the Contributions of well disposed Persons have been enabled to proceed so far in the Execution of the Trust reposed in them that as Lady day30 1734 there were settled in the Province of Georgia above One thousand persons, consisting of Such distressed Familys whose Circumstances deprived them of a Comfortable Subsistance here; and of Such Foreigners being Protestants as had been drove out of their County by Popish Persecution on Account of their Religion, and of others who have at their own Expence Settled themselves in this Colony. And untill the Ground is cleared and produces a Crop there is a Necessity for their being for the greatest part Subsisted at the Expence of the Trust.

That the principal Town named Savannah is already built, consisting of a great Number of houses and daily increasing, and a County laid out of the same name in which several Villages & Settlements are begun, and Forts already built upon the Principal Passes for the Defence of the whole.

That for the maintaining of good Government in the Colony, proper Courts of Judicature have been erected and civil Magistrates appointed.

And for the Conveniency of Ships frequenting of that Coast a Beacon is begun and near finished upon the Point of Tybee Island lying at the mouth of the River Savannah.

That by several Experiments already made by your Petitioners Directions They have found that the Soil and Climate of Georgia is proper for producing Wine, Oyl, Silk and other valuable Commodities which at present are purchased from Foreigners with ready Money.

That Your Petitioners think themselves obliged to observe the Importance of the Situation of this Province, which extending from the Sea to the Apalatian mountains (from whence descent great and wide Rivers) affords an Opportunity by making regular Settlements upon the banks thereof with White People to procure a Security not only to Carolina but to the other English Settlements upon the Continent of America and to prevent the Attempts of those who (in Case of a War) would endeavour to be Masters of the Same; By the loss of which, the Interest of this Nation in its Trade Navigation and Manufacture would be greatly affected.

Your Petitioners humbly hope that the Premises Considered, This Honourable House will Enable them to Carry on the good Work so happily begun on which so greatly depend the Increase of the Trade of this Kingdom, the Security of our Colonys on the Continent of America, the Providing a Comfortable Retreat for Persecuted Foreign Protestants and other Indigent Industrious Foreign Protestants as well as many of our own unfortunate Country Men who cannot Subsist at home.

And therefore Pray this Honourable House will give them such Assistance in the Premises as They in their great Wisdom shall think meet.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Agreement with George Lewis Wentz to secure servants in Germany to go to Georgia. May 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 171.

To all to whom it may Concern Know Ye That I George Lewis Wentz from Seckenheim in the Palatinate Student do Covenant and Agree That in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty shillings for every Person of the Age of twelve Years & upwards to be Ingaged and brought by me to serve in the Colony of Georgia in America pursuant to my Instructions in that behalf to be paid me by the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America as is hereafter mentioned. That is to say, The Sum of Twenty Pounds in Advance to Enable me to Go to Germany by the way of Haydelberg to Ingage One hundred Persons to Serve in Georgia aforesaid. The Sum of Four shillings a head to be paid me at Worms in Germany for so many People as I shall have then Ingaged to serve as aforesaid; The Sum of Four shillings a head more at Cologn for so many as shall be then Ingaged; The Sum of Four shillings a head more at Rotterdam for so many as shall be then Ingaged; And the Sum of Four shillings a head to be paid to the Master of the Sloop, who shall bring the People so Ingaged from Rotterdam to the River of Thames. All which Sums being to Amount to the Sum of Twenty shillings for each Person of the Age of Twelve Years and upwards Ingaged and brought into the River of Thames by me pursuant to my said Instructions. I the said George Lewis Wentz in Consideration thereof will forthwith Imbark and at my own Charge and Expence Travel to such parts in Germany as will be most likely to Enable me to Execute my said Instructions in. And that I will from time to time acquaint the said Trustees of my Proceedings thereon; And to the utmost of my Power will well and truly Execute all my said Instructions in every Article as they are hereunto annexed. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventh day of May in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty five.

Signd Sealed and Delivered(being first duly stampt) in George Lewis Wentz


the Presence of

Harman Verelst

Richard Atherton

7th. of May 1735.


Received of the within named Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Sum of Twenty Pounds advanced me to Go to Germany on my within mentioned Contract. I say received by me.

20 Witness George Lewis Wentz

Harman Verelst

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Common Council Instructions to George Lewis Wentz to engage servants in Germany to go to Georgia. May 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 172.

Instructions for Mr. George Lewis Wentz from the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

1st. You are to Engage none but Single Males between the Ages of Sixteen and Thirty.

2d. Those of twenty Years and upwards to serve four Years, and those under twenty to serve till the Age of twenty four.

3d. You are to Conduct them to the River of Thames, without any Additional Charge, more than agreed upon.

4th. They are to be carried from the River of Thames to Georgia at the Trustees Expence.

5th. They are during the time of their Service to be maintained by their Masters in Sickness & in health.

6th. They are also to be Cloathed during the same time, or receive if they Cloath themselves, Twenty shillings Sterling a Year, instead of Cloathing; And that to be at their Choice at the time of Engaging.

7th. And for Encouragement to serve well at the end of their Service, each Man (If he has a Certificate from his Master of his good Behaviour) will have twenty Acres of Land To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body.

8th. You are to Engage none but Protestants who will Injoy Liberty of Conscience, and the free and open Exercise of their Religion.

And you are to Ingage to the Number of One hundred Persons as abovementioned to be brought in the River of Thames the beginning of August 1735.

Private Instructions for Mr. George Lewis Wentz.

If you cannot find One hundred single Males of sixteen Years old and upwards, You are allowed to take twenty Persons more for Women and Children as follows Vizt. You are to Take

Young married People under the Age of Thirty not having above one Child.

If you take old Married People, You are to take such only who have five Children grown up, and the Youngest above the Age of Twelve Years, and who will Consent to their being put out to seperate Services.

All Persons to be paid Twenty shillings for to You, must be Twelve Years old and upwards.

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Trustee Memorial to the King for 1500 reimbursement for Indian negotiations in Georgia. Aug. 21, 1734. C.O. 5/670, pp. 173-174.

To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.

The Humble Memorial of the Trustees Appointed by Your Majestys Charter for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America

Sheweth

That to establish the said Colony and securely settle the People who so earnestly laid hold of Your Majestys Gracious Offer of Lands in the Province of Georgia the Trustees found themselves immediately under a Necessity to cultivate a Strict Friendship with Tomo Chachi Micho or King of Yamacraw and also with the other Michos or Kings & Nations of the Upper and Lower Creeks, whose Friendship is of the greatest Consequence to the Safety not only of Georgia, but of Carolina and all the Southern parts of Your Majestys Dominions on the Continent of America, and especially at a time when the French were (according to the best Advices) making proper Dispositions to extend their Borders and advance much nearer to the Province of Carolina. It became therefore necessary the more effectually to secure the Amity between them and Your Majestys Subjects and to Prevent the Designs of the French to build a Fort among these Indians and that the negotiating this Affair should be managed by such as were not obnoxious to them on account of a long and bloody War which had formerly been carried on between them and the People of Carolina and which altho ended appeared still to be resented by the Indians, and accordingly by our direction at the Solicitation of the Governor and Assembly of Carolina it was Undertaken with such Success that a Treaty of Commerce and Amity between the Colony of Georgia and them hath been Set led and their Consent obtained for building a Fort among them on the only River over which the French can invade Your Majestys Province of Carolina; Which has been lookd upon by that Province as so essential to their preservation in case of a Rupture between England and France, that they have Voted a Supply of Eight thousand five hundred Pounds of their Currency to be raised in two Years to commence in the Year 1735 making something more than One thousand Pounds Sterling for reimbursing in part the Expences of this important Service.

But May it Please Your Majesty to allow Your most dutifull Subjects to Represent to You That these Publick Services so Essential to the Preservation of your Majestys Dominions on the Continent of America have been carried on by the Trustees with a zeal very disproportionate to their Abilitys having no other Fund for Discharging the great Expence of Engaging the Friendship of this Nation by considerable Presents Building a Fort in their Country, and Preventing their being Drawn into the French Allyance. But the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds granted by Parliament for defraying the Settlement of several of Your Majestys poor Subjects and of several persecuted Foreigners desirous to become Your Subjects, and the Charitable Contributions of Private People and Communities amounting to Five thousand three hundred and Fifty pounds, both which Sums are already very near Expended for those Purposes for which they were given, there being now near a thousand Souls in that Colony, Six hundred of which will Perish if not Subsisted till such time as they have Cleared & Cultivated the Land.

And as the Carolina Fund cannot under Years produce a Sum to Reimburse what has been laid out by us for these Necessary Services. Therefore we are become Humble Petitioners to Your Majesty that the Sum of Fifteen Hundred Pounds at least Expended by us in the abovementioned Publick Services be Repayed us.

Signd by Order of the Trustees this 21st.Day of August 1734.

Benjamin Martyn Sectary

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Trustee Memorial to the King asking for payment of the passage and expenses of this visiting Indian chiefs from Georgia. Aug. 21, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 175.

To The Kings Most Excellent Majesty.

The Humble Memorial of the Trustees appointed by Your Majestys Charter for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

That Tomo Chachi, Micho by Interpretation King of Yamacraw with Senauki his Wife; Tooanahowi his Nephew; Umpychi one of the Chief of Pallachocalas, Hillispylli a chief Warrior, three Attendants, and an Interpreter making together nine Persons, Who arrived at the Trustees Office in Westmr. the 28th. of June last & were lately Admitted to an Audience of Your Most Gracious Majesty, are the Representatives of the Creek Nation Seated on the South and Extend from thence to the North West of the Province of Georgia, between Our Settlement and those of the Spaniards at Augustine, and of the French on the Missisippi & Moville Rivers.

That the Cultivation of their Friendship is of the greatest Consequence to the Safety not only of Georgia, but of Carolina and all the Southern Parts of Your Majestys Dominions on the Continent of America.

The Trustees therefore most humbly Desire Your Majesty will be Pleased to give Orders for the Defraying the Charges of the Passage and Entertainment of the said Indians during their Stay here and for such Presents at their departure as was Practised in the late Queens Reign with regard to the five Nations Whose Friendship was thereby Secured, to the great benefit and Security of Your Majestys Provinces on the North of America. As the Friendship of this Nation may now be secured for the benefit & Preservation of Your Majestys Subjects in the Southern Parts of Your Dominions on the Continent of America.

Signd by Order of the Trustees this 21st Day of August 1734.

Benjamin Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Letter of Attorney to Harman Verelst to receive 2561 from the Lords of the Treasury for Indian expenses. Oct. 9, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 176.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have made ordained and constituted and in Our Stead and Place put and deputed And by these Presents do make ordain constitute and in our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst Our Accountant to be Attorney for Us and in Our Name and for Our Use to ask and receive of the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain or whom else it shall and may concern. The Sum of Two thousand five hundred and sixty one Pounds payable to Us without Account Pursuant to His Majestys Royal Sign Manual for the Uses & Purposes following. (That is to say) with respect to the Indian Chiefs and their Attendants lately brought over here One thousand and Sixty one pounds. And for and in Consideration of the Service Charge and Expences which We have been at in Present to the Creek Nation Building a Fort among the Creeks and in other Disbursemts. for preventing their being drawn into the French Allyance thereby the better to secure the Trade and Commerce of His Majestys Subjects in Georgia and in the Province of Carolina. One thousand five hundred pounds. And Acquittance or other sufficient Discharge for the same for Us and in Our Name to make seal and deliver, and to do all other Acts and Things whatsoever concerning the Premises as fully in every respect as We the said Trustees might or could do. And We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever Our said Attorney shall lawfully do in our Name by the force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused Our Common Seal to be affixed this Ninth Day of October in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four.

By Order of the Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustees Letter of Attorney to Harman Verelst to receive 600 from the Lords of the Treasury to aid German and Swiss Protestants to come to Georgia and South Carolina. Jan. 21, 1734/5. C.O. 5/670, p. 177.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have made ordained and constituted and in Our Stead and Place put and deputed, And by these Presents do make ordain constitute and in our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst our Accountant to be Attorney for us, and in our Name and for Our Use to ask and receive of the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain or whom else it shall and may concern His Majestys Gracious Benefaction being the Sum of Six hundred Pounds payable to Us without Account Pursuant to His Majestys Royal Sign Manual to Enable us to lend Money to One hundred Foreign Protestants Swiss Grizons31 and Germans for their Passage and Assistance in their Voyage to Savannah and Purysburgh who are arrived here in their way from their own Countries to Savanah and Purysburgh and who have by various Accidents occasioned chiefly by the War which raged in the Countries through which they were Obliged to Pass expended and lost their Substance, and are now not only incapacitated from continuing their Voyage to Savanah and Purysburgh but also exposed to Perish through Want. Acquittance or other sufficient Discharge for the same for Us and in Our Name to make seal and deliver, and to do all other Acts and Things whatsoever concerning the Premises as fully in every respect as We the said Trustees might or could do; And We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever Our said Attorney shall lawfully do in Our Name by the force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused Our Common Seal to be affixed this Twenty first day of January in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty four.

By Order of the Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL.

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Trustees Memorial to the Commissioners of the Treasury for the 2600 granted by Parliament. May 21, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 186.

To the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury.

May it Please Your Lordships.

The Parliament having Granted His Majesty in the last Session The Sum of Twenty six thousand Pounds towards Settling and Securing the Colony of Georgia in America.

The Trustees for establishing the said Colony Pray Your Lordships Directions for the immediate Issuing the said Sum to them, without Deduction to be applyed to the Purposes aforesaid.

Signd by Order of the Trustees this twenty first of May 1735.

Benj Martyn Sectary

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Trustees Answer, delivered by the Earl of Egmont, to Tomo-Chi-Chi and other Indians. July 3, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 187.

The Answer of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America deliverd by the Right Honble. John Earl of Egmont President the third Day of July 1734 to Tomo Chachi Mico or King of Yamacraw, Senauki his Wife, Tooanahowi his Nephew, Umpychi One of the Chief of Pallachocalas, Hillispillia Chief Warrior, the Attendants and Interpreter.

You have done very well to trust Your selves under Mr. Oglethorpe. The Trustees are very glad to see You. They will be Fathers to You. You shall receive from them all the kindness and Security You can desire, and You are under a King who is good and gracious to all his People. The Trustees will endeavour to cement a strict alliance and Friendship with You. Your Children shall be Ours, and Ours shall be Yours, and We are all under one God, Who will punish any Who are guilty of Breach of Faith. If You have at any time any thing to offer, The Trustees will be very ready to hear You, and assist You on every occasion.

To which Answer the Trustees have Caused their Common Seal to be affixed this Twenty sixth day of October 1734.

By Order of the Trustees Benj. Martyn Sectary


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Account of monies received for and expended by the Trustees June 9, 1732 to Sept. 9, 1734 prepared pursuant to the order of the House of Commons. March 11, 1734/5. C.O. 5/670, pp. 178-179.

An Accompt of the Monies received applied and expended by the Trustees June 1732 to the 9th day of September 1734.

Monies received


From private Persons, Communities and Parishes


5,363. 2. 4


From the Receipt of His majestys Exchequer in pursuance of a Clause in an Act of the sixth Session of the last Parliament


10,000. 0. 0





15, 363. 2. 4

for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America from the 9th day of

Mmonies applied and expended

For establishing the Colony of Georgia

Applied in England


Applied in America





Memdm. There are two Bills of Exchange Accepted for Payment the 7th. of April next amounting to 370.-.-. which Mr. Heathcote has been Pleased to honour until there shall be Cash sufficient to Pay them. And there are several Bills of Exchange arrived, But the Accompts relating thereto being not settled. The amount thereof cannot yet be adjusted; and therefore the said Bills of Exchange have not been Accepted, although they amount to a very considerable sum.


Georgia TrusteesOffice Westminster


Harman Verelst Accompt19th. March 1734



For the General Meeting of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be held the 20th of March 1734.

After reading the General Abstract.

It is observed That of the Sum of 4,935.4.2 received in England and America charged since the 9th of June 1734 the following Sums are part vizt.

The Sum of 178.16.7 1/4 being the value in Sterling of 1,251.16.3 South Carolina Currency contributed in that Province for the Benefit of Georgia.

The Sum of 286.1.6 3/4 being the value in Sterling of 2002.11. South Carolina Currency the amount of the Duty of Three pence a Gallon on Rum imported into that Province Granted by the General Assembly for Raising 8000 Current Money for the Use of His Majestys Subjects of Georgia to Commence from the first day of December 1733, which Amount is for one Year ending the first day of December 1734.

The Sum of 1,061.-.- received from the Exchequer for the Charge of the Indian Chiefs and their Attendants that were lately in England.

And the Sum of 600.-.- received from the Exchequer being His Majestys Gracious Benefaction to Enable the Trustees to lend Money to 100d. foreign Protestants, Swiss, Grizons, & Germans for their Passave and Assistance in their Voyage to Savannah and Purysburgh.

And that of the Sum of 9329.5.2 applied and expended in England and America the following Expence of the Indians is a part, vizt.


For Charges in bringing them to London


14.16.2





For Subsistance of them in London


125.5.2 1/2





For Cloathing and Necessarys for them & Charges in Shewing them the Publick Places & giving them the Air


203.8.9





For Presents made them and to the other Chiefs of the Upper and Lower Creeks.


426.8.7





For Rewards to the Interpreter and others attending them


178.15.-





For Charges of carrying them back to America


130.12.1 1/2








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1079.5.10

And the Sum of 69.8.8 is other part thereof which was applied for Encouraging and Improving Botany and Agriculture in Georgia, more than the Money received on that head was sufficient to Answer, which the Subscribers for that Service will be Called upon to continue their Payments to Answer, over & above the Salary to the Botanist, which 69.8.8 arises as follows vizt.


The Charge in America of Working in and Pailing the Garden for Botany & Agriculture amoted. to


99.18.8





The Salary to Mr. Robert Millar the Botanist for a Quarter of a Year to Christmas last amoting. to


37.10.-



137.8.8


The Money remaining unapplied for encouraging & improving Botany & Agriculture on 9th. June 1734


48.-.-





Recd. since from the Company of Apothecarys.


20.-.-








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68.-.-





Applied more than received


69.8.8

It is further observed That of the Sum of 3,563.19.10 depending to be Accoted. for 600.- is part thereof, for which the Germans, Swiss &c. have given Bonds to the Trustees, which when repaid 540 thereof is to be applied for establishing an English School and for such other Charitys in Purysburgh as the Trustees shall direct & the remaining 60.-.- for the benefit of the Hernhouters32 Settled in Georgia.

And when Mr. [Isaac] Chardons33 and Mr. [Thomas] Caustons Accots. are Examined & Settled most part of the Residue of the said 3563.19.10 will be Accoted. for but is now returned depending until such time, as their Accompts. are passed.


The Lands Granted since the last General Meeting vizt.




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King George Seconds Answer to Tomo-Chi-Chi and other Indians. Aug. 1, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 188.

The Words of George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Given in writing to Tomo Chatchi Mico or King of Yamacraw the first Day of August 1734 at his Publick Audience together with Senauki his Wife and Tooanahowi his Nephew, Umpychi One of the Chief of Pallachocalas, Hillispilli a Chief Warrior and three Attendants besides his Interpreter that the same might remain for Ever with the Nation of the Creeks.

I am glad of this Opportunity of assuring You of my regard for the People from whom You come, and am extreamly well pleased with the Assurances You have brought me from them and accept very Gratefully this present as an Indication of their Good Disposition to me and my People I shall always be ready to Cultivate a good Correspondence between them and my own Subjects and shall be glad of any occasion to shew You a Mark of My particular Friendship and Esteem.

This Answer was Given in Writing by the Kings Order and by the hands of his Grace the Duke of Grafton Lord Chamberlain to His Magesty and to which the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have Caused their Common Seal to be affixed this twenty sixth Day of October 1734.

By Order of the Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Trustee Petition to the Countess of Harold, John Coke, and Peniston Lamb for funds. Oct. 2, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 189.

To the Rt. Honbl. the Countess of Harold, John Coke Esqr. and Peniston Lamb Esqr. Surviving Executors and Trustees of the late Earl of Thanets Charitable Requests.

The Humble Petition of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia.

Sheweth

That after the most thankfull Acknowledgemts. for the Benefaction of 300 received towards Establishing the said Colony the 17th. of October 1732, which the Trustees have applyed with great Success, as appears by their Publick Printed Accounts & many Persons having been thereby Relieved.

Your Petitioners beg leave to represent that as the said Benefaction has been applyed in doing so much good and many proper Objects are applying to be sent over for the like Relief, which by the great Expence of Your Petitioners they are not at present Enable to do.

Your Petitioners therefore Pray that the great Usefulness of their Trust may be taken into Consideration by You to Excite a further Allotment to Your Petitioners out of the said Earl of Thanets Charity.

And Your Petitioners shall ever pray &c.

Signd by order of the said Trustees this 2d. of October 1734.

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Trustee Petition to the Lord Commissioners of the Treasurey to issue 2561 without the 6 pence in the pound deduction. Oct. 7, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 190.

To the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasurey.

May it Please Your Lordships.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Humbly represent to Your Lordships That, pursuant to His Majestys Royal Sign Manual the Sum of 2561 is ready to be Issued to the said Trustees without Account for the Uses and Purposes following That is to say.


With respect to the Indian Chiefs & their Attendants lately brought over here


1061 ______


And for and in Consideration of the Service, Charge and Expences which the said Trustees have been at in Building a Fort in Georgia the better to secure the Trade & Commerce of His Majestys Subjects there and in the Province of Carolina


1500 ______

And That the Officers of His Majestys Receipt of Exchequer will Deduct frm the said Sum Six pence in the pound charged for the Civil List, without Your Lordships particular Direction to the contrary, which amounts to the Sum of 64.0.6. But as the said Sum is Issued to Defray and Reimburse the above Expences which requires the full Amount thereof, and Your Lordships have in the last Issue to the Trustees eased the same from being charged with the said Pound Rate. The Trustees hope your Lordships will in the present Case Remit the said Six pence in the pound, That the said Sum of 2561 may be Issued without such Deduction.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this 7th. of October 1734.

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Trustee Letter of Attorney to Harman Verelst to receive 26000 from the Commissioners of the Treasury. June 18, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 191.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have made ordained and constituted and in Our Stead and Place put and deputed And by these Presents do make ordain constitute and in Our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst Our Accomptant to be Attorney for us and in Our Name and for Our Use to ask and Receive of the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain or whom else it shall and may concern the Sum of Twenty six Thousand Pounds By Virtue of Her Majestys Royal Sign Manual in His Majestys Name to be applied towards Settling and Securing the said Colony of Georgia Pursuant to the Clause for appropriating the Publick Supplies for the Year 1735 and Enabling His Majesty to Issue the said Sum out of the said Supplies or any of them in an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament for Granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain for the Service of the Year 1735 And Acquittance or other sufficient Discharge for the same for us and in Our Name to make Seal and Deliver, and to do all other Acts and things whatsoever concerning the Premises as fully in every respect as We the said Trustees Might or could do. And We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever Our said Attorney shall lawfully do in Our Name by the Force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused Our Common Seal to be affixed this Eighteenth day of June in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord 1735.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj Martyn Sectary

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Common Council Instructions to Lt. Hugh Macksy as to Scots Highlanders he is to secure to go to Georgia. July 16, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 192-195.

Instructions for Lieutenant Hugh Mackay.

You are Impowered to Agree with and bring together One Hundred and Ten Freemen and Servants, to which Fifty Women & Children are Allowed.

You are to bring them down to Crommarty34 where a Ship will be prepared to take them on board for Georgia.

Who are to be Provided for in the Passage in the following manner Vizt. In every Week four Beef Days one Pork Day and two Burgou35 Days, and their Allowance served out dayly as follows, That is to say

On the four Beef Days

4 pounds of Beef or every Mess of five heads, and 2 pounds & 1/2 of Flour, & 1/2 a pound of Suet or Plumbs.

On the Pork Day

5 pounds of Pork & 2 pints & 1/2 of Pease for every 5 heads.

And on the two Burgou Days

5 pints of Pease or Oatmeal Gritts, 1/2 a pound of Butter and a pounds of Cheese for every 5 heads.

The whole at sixteen Ounces to the pound.

And allow each head seven pounds of Bread of fourteen Ounces to the pound by the week.

And three pints of Beer and two Quarts of Water (whereof one of the Quarts for Drinking and the other for boiling Victuals) each head by the day for the Space of a month, and a Gallon of water (whereof two Quarts for Drinking and the other two for boiling Victuals) each head by the day after, during their being on their Passage.

The Heads to be accounted in this manner.

Every Person above the Age of twelve to be accounted a whole head. All Persons of the Age of seven Years and under the Age of twelve Years to be accounted two for one. All Persons above the Age of two Years & under the Age of seven Years to be accounted three for one. And any Person under the Age of two Years is not to be accoted.

And who are to be maintained in Georgia for a Year after their Arrival there in the following manner Vizt. with

12 Bushels of Indian Corn at 56 pounds for each bushel

100 pounds of Meat

30 pounds of Butter To each head

1/4 Cwt. of Cheese

& a Bushel of Salt

And a Cow and Calf and Sow to five heads to be delivered in such proportions, and at such times as the Trust shall think proper.

Each Freeman will have for his use in Georgia a Firelock a broad Sword and an Axe.

And for the Use of every five men there, a brass Kettle a Shovel and Pick Axe will be provided.

And the better Sort of Freemen will be Provided with Targets.36 The Freemen must be of Gentlemens familys and of good Reputations, and Industrious, Laborious and Brave; speaking the Highland Language.

And to each Freeman Fifty Acres of Land will be Granted in Tail Male and Descend to the Heirs Male of his Body for ever, and in case of failure of Heirs Male Revert to the Trust, to be Granted again to such Persons as the Common Council of the Trustees shall think most for the Advantage of the Colony. And they will have a special regard to the Daughters of Freeholders, who have made Improvements on their Lots, not already Provided for by having marryed or marrying Persons in Possession or Intitled to Lands in the Province of Georgia in Possession or Remainder.

All Lots are to be preserved separate and undivided and cannot be united In order to keep up a Number of Men equal to the Number of Lots, for the better Defence and Support of the Colony.

No Person can lease out his House or Lot to another without License for that purpose, That the Colony may not be ruined by absentees receiving and spending their Rents elsewhere. Therefore each Man must Cultivate the same by himself or Servants.

And no Person can alienate his Land or any part or any Term Estate or interest therein to any other Person or Persons without special License for that purpose, to prevent the Uniting or Dividing the Lots.

If any of the Land so Granted shall not be Cultivated Planted Cleared Improved or fenced round with a worm fence or Payles [Palings] 6 feet high during the Space of ten Years from the date of the Grant. Then every part thereof not Cultivated Planted Cleared Improved or fenced as aforesaid shall belong to the Trust, the Grant as to such parts shall be void.

There is Reserved for the Support of the Colony a Rent Charge for Ever of Two shillings Sterling Money for each Fifty Acres. The Payment of which is not to Commence until ten Years after the Grant.

And the Reversion or Remainder expectant on the Demise of such Person without Issue Male shall remain to the Trust.

But the Wives of the Freeholders in case they should Survive their Husbands are during their Lives Intitled to the Mansion house and one half of the Lands improved by their Husbands; That is to say Inclosed with a Fence of 6 feet high.

Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony and Trade with the Indians, unless Licensed.

To each Man Servant and the Heirs Male of his Body for ever, after the Expiration of his Service; upon a Certificate from his Master of his having served well, will be Granted Twenty Acres of Land under such Rents and Agreements as shall have been then last Granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances.

Signd by Order of the Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America this sixteenth Day of July 1735.

Benj Martyn Sectary

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Private Instructions to Lieutenant Hugh Mackay & Mr. George Dunbar.

Mr. Dunbar on his Arrival at Inverness is to Correspond with Lieut. Mackay on all Occasions.

Out of the 110 Men there is to be 10 Servants to be distributed for Encouragements for raising the Men if Occasion shall so require 4 of which 10 are to be for the use of Lieut. Hugh Mackay and to be provided for at the Charge of the Trust as the others are, and the other 6 are to be allotted to Persons according to the Recommendations of the said Lieut. Hugh Mackay and Mr. George Dunbar in proportion to the Numbers that each shall get.

They are to be allowed for the Charges of Raising Marching & maintaining till put on board a Sum not Exceeding 20s. Sterling p head for 100d. men

You are to get thirty Targets at a Sum not exceeding ten shillings each.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Lt. Hugh Mackay. July 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 195.

An Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment dated the twenty fourth of July 1735 to Hugh Mackay of Westminster in the County of Middlesex Lieutenant in His Majestys Service of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia and of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entd. in Page (125)37 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 50 acres of land to William Woodrooffe, July 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 195-201.

This Indenture made the twenty fourth day of July in the ninth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty five Between The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and William Woodrooffe Citizen and Haberdasher of London of the other part. Whereas the said William Woodrooffe doth purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to settle and inhabit and to clear and improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall grant to him in Tail Male. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the great Advantage that may accrue to the Kingdom of Great Britain by the setting and improving the said Province and also in Consideration of the Rents Services and Conditions hereinafter expressed by the said William Woodrooffe his Heirs Executors and Administrators to be paid done performed and executed and also in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings by the said William Woodrooffe well and truly paid for the use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Granted and Enfeoffed And by these Presents Do Grant and Enfeoff unto him the said William Woodrooffe and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten Fifty Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America being part and parcel of the Lands which his Majesty graciously granted to the said Trustees by His Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth day of June 1732. The said Fifty Acres to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed. (Reserved and always excepted out of this Grant in Case the said Fifty Acres shall be set out by the Side of any River Two Hundred Feet of Ground to be measured out in Breadth from the Banks of such River along by the Side thereof the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River.) To have and to hold the said Fifty Acres of land to him the said William Woodrooffe and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said William Woodrooffe lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Yielding and Paying for such Fifty Acres of Land to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors yearly and every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of Two Shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the Ninth Day of June 1732 Provided always and these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said yearly Rent of Two Shillings hereby reserved or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of Six Calendar months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid or if the said William Woodrooffe shall not within the Space of Twelve Calendar months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia Or if the said William Woodrooffe or his Heirs Male shall not abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia Or if the said William Woodrooffe or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall not within the Space of Ten Years to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents clear & cultivate the said Fifty Acres of Land and set and plant One Hundred Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in and upon every Ten Acres of the said Fifty Acres when as the same shall be cleared and cultivated and from time to time sufficiently fence maintain & preserve the same from the Bite and Spoil of Cattle and in the Room and Stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or be otherwise destroyed set and plant other Trees or Plants of the same Sort in and upon the said Fifty Acres with all possible and convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon every Ten of the said Fifty Acres One Hundred of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least Or if the said William Woodrooffe or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time Alien Assign or Transfer the said Fifty Acres or any part or parcel thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized and impowered to grant such Licences Or if the said William Woodrooffe or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or manufacturing the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash Or if the said William Woodrooffe shall dye without Issue Male Or if the Heirs Male of the said William Woodrooffe shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male hereby granted shall cease and determine or if the said William Woodrooffe or his Heirs Male shall at any time depart the said Province without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized and impowered to grant such Licences Or if the said William Woodrooffe or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall do or commit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominion whatsoever Or shall do or commit any Sodomy Murder Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women Unlawful Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall thereof be lawfully Convicted Or if the said William Woodrooffe or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall be from time to time Authorized and impowered to grant such Licences, That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Fifty Acres of Land herby granted to the said William Woodrooffe and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons so neglecting or misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all others the Occupiers and Possessors of the said Fifty Acres of Land or of any part or parcel thereof thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out & amove and also upon the Entry in any of the Cases beforementioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the Common Council for the time being be for that purpose Authorized and appointed the Grant hereby made of the said Fifty Acres of Land as aforesaid shall cease determine and become void Any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent him the said William Woodrooffe or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land (not entering into any Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that purpose as aforesaid) from making or manufacturing as best he or they severally may the said Ashes commonly called Pot Ash. And these Pressents further Witness And it is the true Intent and Meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any part of the said Fifty Acres hereby granted to him the said William Woodrooffe in Tail Male as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared and improved within the Space of Ten Years as aforesaid That then and in such Case all and every part of such Fifty Acres of Land which shall not have been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such part and parts thereof shall cease determine and become void And it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon such part and parts not having been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess & enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every Person and Persons Occupiers and Possessors of such Part and Parts thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also to grant and dispose of the same in such manner and for such Uses Intents and Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall think fit and proper. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said William Woodrooffe his Executors and Administrators That Possession and Seisin of the said Fifty Acres of Land shall be taken and delivered by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed to be their true and lawful Attorneys in their Name and Stead into and upon the said Fifty Acres of Land or into and upon any part or parcel thereof (being so set out limited & bounded as aforesaid) in the Name of the whole to enter and take Possession and Seisin thereof and after such Possession and Seisin so taken as aforesaid in their Name and Stead to deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any part or parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to the said William Woodrooffe and he the said William Woodrooffe to leave in quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Present. And the said William Woodrooffe for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and for every of them doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in manner following (that is to say). That he the said William Woodrooffe shall and will within the Space of Twelve months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents go to the said Province of Georgia and will abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. And further that he the said William Woodrooffe his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns or some of them shall and will yearly and every Year well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors the said yearly Rent or Sum of Two Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain in such manner as the same is herein before reserved and made payable. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation and the said William Woodrooffe hath set his hand and Seal to another part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

Indorsed on the back.

Memorandum

That on the Day of in the Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord 173 quiet and peaceable Possession and Seisin of the said Fifty Acres of Land within Granted was had and taken by in pursuance of an Authority for that purpose for and in the Name of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and also for and in the Name of the said Trustees delivered by the said in pursuance of the said Authority unto the within named William Woodrooffe To hold to him the said William Woodrooffe and his Heirs Male upon the Conditions & according to the Force and true Meaning of this Deed within written. In the Presence of

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Common Council Grant of 50 acres of land to Mary Pember and Edward Seymour. Aug. 13, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 201-207.

This Indenture made the Thirteenth Day of August in the Ninth Year of the Rein of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Mary Pember Widow of Herbert Pember late Attorney General of Antiqua & Edward Seymour her Cousin of the other part. Whereas the said Mary Pember and Edward Seymour do purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to settle and inhabit and to clear and improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall grant to them for the respective Estates hereinafter mentioned. [Here the wording is the same as the grant to William Woodrooffe beginning on p. 144, line 33, and continuing through p. 145, line 20.] To have and to hold the said Fifty Acres of Land to her the said Mary Pember for and during the Term of her Natural Life and after her Decease to be and enure [succeed] to the Use and Behoof of the said Edward Seymour and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said Edward Seymour lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Yeilding and Paying for such Fifty Acres of Land to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors yearly and every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of Two Shillings of lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the Ninth day of June 1732. Provided always and these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said yearly Rent of Two shillings hereby reserved or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of Six Calendar months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid Or if the said Mary Pember or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of & entitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall not within the Space of Twelve Calendar months to be computed from the day of the date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia Or if the said Mary Pember or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of land [Here the wording is the same as the grant to William Woodrooffe beginning on p. 145, line 39, and continuing through p. 146, line 25.] Or if the Estate hereby granted to the said Mary Pember and Edward Seymour as aforesaid shall cease and determine Or if the said Mary Pember or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall at any time depart the said Province [Here the wording is the same as the grant to William Woodrooffe beginning on p. 146, line 29, and continuing through p. 148, line 9.] to the said Mary Pember or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land and She the said Mary Pember or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land to leave in quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents. And the said Mary Pember and Edward Seymour for themselves severally and for their several Heirs Executors and Administrators and for every of them do hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in manner following (that is to say). That She the said Mary Pember or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Fifty Acres of Land shall and will within the Space of Twelve months [Here the wording is the same as the grant to William Woodrooffe beginning on p. 148, line 17, and continuing through p. 148, line 45.]

in pursuance of the said Authority unto the within named Mary Pember to hold to her the said Mary Pember for and during the Term of her Natural Life and the Reversion hereof after her decease to be held as within mentioned upon the Conditions and according to the Force and true meaning of this Deed within written in the Presence of

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Trustee Petition to the Queen for cannon for use in Georgia. July 30, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 207-208.

To the Queens most Excellent Majesty Guardian of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and His Majestys Lieutenant within the same.

In Council.

The Humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Most Humbly Sheweth

That the Protection of His Majestys Province of Georgia by well Fortifying the same is of the greatest Importance to His Majestys other Dominions on the Southern part of America.

That Your Petitioners are now preparing to make a new Settlement for His Majestys Service which will stand in great need of Defence.

Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly Pray That Your Majesty will be graciously Pleased to Give Directions for 24 pieces of Cannon from Six pounds to Eighteen pounds with Irond Carriages & Shott & Iron for 24 spare Carriages.

4 small long Field Pieces with Carriages.

8 Cohorns & Granadoes.38

500 small arms & Shott Cartouch boxes & Moulds & Flints.

2 Flaggs & 2 Pendants.

50 Barrels of Powder, Spunges, Ladles, Rammers, Crows, &c.

To be delivered to Your Petitioners as soon as possible. And Your Petitioners shall every Pray &c.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees the 30th of July 1735.

SEAL Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Petition to the Commissioners of the Treasury to ship 1000 pounds of silver coin to Georgia. July 31, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 208.

To the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury.

May it Please Your Lordships.

The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America having occasion to make many small Payments for Work on the Roads & Fortifying in Georgia. And as six pences & shillings will be of great use therein.

The said Trustees most Humbly Desire His Majestys Licence to Suffer the Sum of one Thousand Pounds in Silver Coin of this Kingdom to be Shippd from hence for His Majestys Province of Georgia in America.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees the 31st. day of July 1735.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee instructions to Capt. George Dunbar for his voyage to Scotland and Georgia. Aug. 23, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 209-212.

Instructions from the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for Capt. George Dunbar in his Voyage to Scotland and Georgia.

You are to take in at Tilbury39 Fort four Cases of Arms marked G x CS No. 21 to 24 containing one hundred, all in List Cases. They are to be there on Friday the 22d. of August 1735.

When the Ship sails from Gravesend You are to send Advice thereof to the Trust.

You are to call in Leith Road40 to give Notice to the proper People at Edinburgh of Your Arrival and desire their Assistance, and then to proceed with the utmost Diligence to Crommarty41 or Inverness.

You are to take in One hundred and thirty heads of Passengers at Crommarty or Inverness as soon as You can get them.

You are to give Lieutenant Hugh Mackay Notice of Your Arrival and to take in the Men with the Women and Children that he shall bring down; and to make up the above mentioned Number in such manner as You are directed by your other Instructions.

In case that all the People that Lieutenant Hugh Mackay and Your Self can get will not Compleat Your Number You are to Sail for Georgia with those that You have before the Season of the Year makes the Scotch Seas dangerous.

You are to desire Mr. John Hossack one of the Bailiffs of Inverness to come on board the Ship; And in the Cabbin to have each single Man or Family brought before him; And You are to cause the Name of each to be Enterd in a List of the whole Single Men distinct and Familys distinct; with the Ages of each and Numbers of Persons in each family; and the heads of Freight that each family make; The Business each Man professes, and where he was born.

Each Person of twelve Years of Age & upwards is a whole head.

Each Person of seven Years of Age & under twelve Years of Age is computed two to a head.

Each Person of Two Years of Age and under seven Years of Age is computed three to a head.

And Each Person under the Age of Two Years is not to be Computed for Freight, but only Numberd in the Number of Persons.

Which List You are to desire Mr. John Hossack to sign and testify; That the Ages Names and Numbers of Persons are truely Enterd according to Examination before him; And that they are all on board. And which You are to send by the Post to the Trustees, keeping a copy thereof Your Self.

You are to acquaint the Trust of the day all the Passengers come on board at Crommarty or Inverness at which time the extraordinary Charge for the Ship ceases.

The Bedding Canvas and Blanketting on board is to be delivered only to those who have no Bedding of their own, and the residue You must be Accomptable for in Georgia to Mr. Causton in Mr. Oglethorpes Absence.

You may use Gun Powder on board for the Passengers not exceeding 25 pounds as also 50 pounds of Bullets for shooting at Marks.

Every Day that the Weather permits You are to Order the Passengers up upon Deck and Cause them to clean their Cabbins for the Preservation of their health and for that purpose the Vinegar on board is for sprinkling between Decks.

And the Box of Medicines and 2 Stone Bottles of Theracle42 are for Use in the Voyage.

And what is left of either You must be Accomptable for in Georgia as aforesaid.

You are to get 200d. Yards of bright Colourd Plads at Scotland from 12d. to 20d. a Yard, for the use of James Oglethorpe Esqr. to be delivered to him or Mr. Causton for his use.

When in Scotland You are to Inquire in what manner a Trade for Servants from the East Country to Georgia may be carried on, and at what Price they can be delivered in Georgia.

You are to deliver to the Secretary of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge in the Highlands of Scotland, The Letter sent by the Trust, And to Consult with him when and where You are to take on board the Minister of the Gospel which he pursuant to the Desire of the Trust shall recommend. And You are to take the Minister on board accordingly and to treat him with the utmost Civility during the Voyage, and to accommodate him in the best manner as the nature of a Sea Voyage will allow, and assit him in making the People during their Voyage to behave in a sober and Religious manner.

When You Arrive in Georgia If You meet Captain Gascoigne at Sea in His Majestys Man of War the Hawk, who will cruise for to meet You off the River Savannah in case Mr. Oglethorpe is arrived before You in Georgia, which we believe he will be. Then You are to Obey such Orders as Capt. Gascoigne shall Give You.

In case You shall not meet Captain Gascoigne at Sea You are to go into the River Savannah and the Ship, being in Safety, You are either to send or go up to the Town, and cause the Letter to be delivered to Mr. Causton, who will assist in getting Pettiauguas and other Craft.

You are to take such of the Men as Lieutenant Hugh Mackay shall think proper the one half of his own and the other half of the Men raised by Mr. John Cuthbert and put them on board the Craft, and with them go up to Barnwells Bluff upon the Alatamaha, where Lieutenant Mackay will stay with them and make Preparations for the Reception of the Remainder of the Familys.

If upon Tryal you find the Ship can go without Danger into the Alatamaha, and that there is not Craft sufficient to carry up the People and Goods You are then to carry the Ship into the Alatamaha for the more commodious Landing of the Remainder of the Passengers and Goods.

If Mr. Oglethorpe should not be arrived; and You find that You can gett the Ship into the River Alatamaha so as to make the Carriage of them up convenient You are to deliver to the care of Lieutenant Hugh Mackay four pieces of Cannon for the new Settlement taking his Certificate of the Delivery thereof.

You are to deliver all the Goods on board on the Trust Account to Lieutenant Hugh Mackay upon his Giving You a Certificate of his receiving the said Goods consignd by the Bill of Lading to Mr. Thomas Causton for the use of James Oglethorpe Esqr. at the new Town; And by that Certificate r. Causton has Instructions to discharge the Bill of Lading.

What Ship Provisions are left You may deliver to the care of Lieutenant Hugh Mackay upon his Certificate for the several Quantitys and Species so delivered, which with his Certificate for the Cannon delivered You are to Give to Mr. Causton, and take his Receipt for the same to Intitle Your owner to Payment.


Georgia OfficeWestminster


Harman Verelst Accotant.23d. August 1735.

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Common Council Lease of 10,000 acres of land to John Brownfield, Samuel Perkins, and Thomas Procter. Sept. 2, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 212-213.

This Indenture made the Second Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Fatih and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in hand paid by the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter or one of them at on or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted bargained and sold and by these Presents do give grant bargain and sell unto the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter All those Ten Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which His Majesty by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two Granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever In Trust for Establishing the said Colony of Georgia. To have and to hold the said Ten Thousand Acres of Land unto the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors & Administrators of such Survivor from the Day of the Date of these Presents unto the full End and Term of one whole Year form thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of one Pepper Corn upon the Feast Day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next coming (if lawfully demanded) and no more To the intent that by Virtue of these Presents and of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the Actual Possession of the said hereby bargained Premises and be thereby Enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one part and the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter of the other part and to bear Date the Day next after the Day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Release of 10,000 acres of land to John Brownfield, Samuel Perkins, and Thomas Procter in trust to make grants to settlers in Georgia. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 213-217.

This Indenture made the third Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part & John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter of the other part. Whereas His Majesty hath been graciously pleased to take into Consideration that many of his poor Subjects and many Foreigners who are willing to become his Subjects are reduced to great Necessities and would gladly be settled in the British Provinces in America where by cultivating the Lands at present waste and desolate they might not only gain a comfortable Subsistance for themselves and Familys but also strengthen His Majestys Colonies and encrease the Trade Navigation and Wealth of Great Britain. And Whereas His Majesty hath declared it highly becoming His Crown and Royal Dignity to extend his Fatherly Compassion even to the meanest and most unfortunate of his People and to releive the Wants of his abovementioned poor Subjects and that it will be highly Conducive for the accomplishing these Ends that another Colony of the said Poor People be settled & established towards the Southern Frontiers of the Province of Georgia. And Whereas His Majesty for the more orderly carrying on the said good Purposes Hath by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two constituted a Body Politick and Corporate by the Name of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and hath granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever certain Lands and Territories in America In Trust for establishing the said Colony and hath erected the same into an Independant Province by the Name of Georgia. And Whereas divers poor Persons hath represented to the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees that through Misfortunes and Want of Employment they are reduced to great Necessities insomuch that by their Labour they are not able to provide a Maintenance for themselves and Families and if they had means to defray the Charge of Passage and other Expences incident to New Settlements they would be glad to be settled in Georgia aforesaid. And Whereas the said Common Council taking into Consideration the Requests and Desires of the said poor Persons have resolved with all convenient Speed to send such and so many of them as by and with the Charitable Contributions of well disposed Persons by them already received they shall be enabled to convey settle and establish in the said Province of Georiga. Now this Indenture witnesseth That in pursuance of the Execution of the Trust in them the said Trustees by His Majesty most graciously reposed and to the intent that such Persons who shall now and such others as shall hereafter go to reside & inhabit in the said Province may have and enjoy to them and their Heirs Male a fit and sufficient Quantity of Land whereby they may maintain and provide for themselves and Families. They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for themselves and their Successors Have Granted released and confirmed and by these Presents Do Grant release and confirm to them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter (in their Actual Possession now being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the Date of these Presents in Consideration of Five shillings by them or one of them paid to the said Trustees and by force of the Statute for transferring Uses into Possession) and to their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them Ten Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which His said Majesty graciously granted to the said Corporation by His said Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two. The said Ten Thousand Acres of Land to be set out limited divided and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient and proper by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that purpose authorized and appointed. To have and to hold the said Ten Thousand Acres of Land to them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter & their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them To such Uses intents and purposes and subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are hereinafter limited declared and expressed (that is to say). To the intent and purpose that they the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Heirs of such Survivor shall from time to time as Occasion shall require grant assign and transfer to Every man of the Age of Twenty one Years or upwards being Protestants who within the Space of Two Years from the date hereof shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a Design to settle and inhabit there and shall signify to them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor his Desire to have Lands granted to him a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man To have and to hold to him and his Heirs Male upon the Terms and subject to the Reservations Conditions Provisoes and Limitations hereinafter limited declared and expressed of and concerning the same (that is to say) upon Express Condition that if any such Person or Persons to whom such Grant shall be made shall not abide settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years from & after the Day on which he or they shall request and desire such Grant to him or them to be made and shall not cultivate such Lands as shall be allotted and given him or them by all such ways and means as according to their several Abilities & Skill he or they shall be best able and capable or if any such Person or Persons shall depart or pass out of the Limits of the said Province of Georgia without Licence in Writing first had and obtained under the Hand and Seal of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences or if any such Person or Persons to whom any such Lands shall be granted as aforesaid shall alien assign or transfer the said Lands or any part or parcel thereof or any Term Estate or Interest therein to any other Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council of the said Corporation for the time being or of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences That then and from thenceforth in any or either of these Cases it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Lands hereby intended to be granted as aforesd. or into and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if such Grant or Grants had never been had or made and such Person or Persons so misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other the Occupiers and Possessors of the said Lands or of any part thereof thereout and from thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also that upon such Entry by such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being be for that purpose authorized and appointed such Grant or Grants shall respectively cease determine and become void. This Indenture or the said Indentures of Grant so to be made as aforesaid or any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding and also on this further Condition That if any of the said Lands so to be granted as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared or improved during the Space of Ten Years to be accounted from the Day of the Date of the Grant of such Lands that then and in such Case all and every part or parcel of such Lands not cultivated planted cleared or improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America & their Successors and the Grant or Grants of such Lands as to such parts or parcels thereof shall cease determine and be void and shall be granted and disposed of in such manner and to such Persons as the said Common Council of the said Corporation shall think fit. And further reserving in all and every the Grants so to be made as aforesaid a Rent Charge or Yearly Rent for ever after the rate of Four shillings for every hundred Acres of the said Lands which shall be so granted the Payment of which said Rent not to commence or be made until Ten Years after the making such Grant and to be paid to such Person and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be directed and appointed. And further as touching and concerning the Reversion or Reversions or Remainder or Remainders expectant on the respective Demise or Demises of any such Person or Persons to whom such Grants shall be made as aforesaid without issue Male or any Forfeiture or other Determination of the Estate of such Person or Persons It is hereby declared and agreed by all the Parties to these Presents & their Intent and Meaning is that the same shall be & remain to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and to and for their Use and Behoof and for none other Use whatsoever. And the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter by these Presents for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors & Administrators and not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other Do by these Presents Covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them will form time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully execute the Trust hereby in them reposed and shall and will at all times obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized and impowered touching the Granting and disposing of such Lands and Premises and the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees and the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter have severally set their Hands and Seals to another part thereof remaining in the Hands of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Power to James Oglethorpe to set out 10,000 acres of land to John Brownfield, Samuel Perkins, and Thomas Procter. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 218.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come sendeth Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorized and impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do authorize and impower the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America to set out limit divide and bound Ten Thousand Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees by several Indentures of Lease and Release bearing Dates the Second and Third Days of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five respectively to John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned) in such manner and such part or parts of the said Province as He shall Judge most proper and convenient for the settling and Establishing a Colony there. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Third day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Thomas Baillie. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 219.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery & Seisin Indorsed) made the third of September 1735 to Thomas Baillie of Orkney in Scotland Gentleman of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Enterd in Page (125)43 with the following Additional Covenant That in Case he shall dye without Issue Male of his Body the said 500d. Acres to be Granted to Alexander Baillie his Brother & the Heirs Male of his Body and in Case of his Death without Issue Male of his Body the said 500d. Acres to be Granted to Robert Baillie his Brother & the Heirs Male of his Body as by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to George Dunbar. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 219.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery & Seisin Indorsed) made the third of September 1735 to George Dunbar of the County of Inverness Gentleman of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the above (except the Rent 50s. a year instead of 5) with the following additional Covenant, That in Case he shall dye without Issue Male of his Body the said 500d. Acres to be Granted to William Dunbar his Brother & the Heirs Male of his Body As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to John Cuthbert. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 219.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the third of September 1735 to John Cuthbert of Drackies in the County of Inverness Gentleman of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the above and with the following Additional Covenant That in Case he shall dye without Issue Male of his Body the said 500d. Acres to be Granted to James Cuthbert of Inverness Merchant, and the Heirs Male of his Body As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Patrick Mackay. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 220.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 3d. of September 1735 to Patrick Mackay of Cyder Hall in the County of Sutherland Esqr. of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Enterd in Page (125)44 Except the Rent being 50s. with the following Additional Covenant That in Case he shall dye without Issue Male of his Body, the said 500d. Acres to be Granted to Catherine Mackay his Daughter and the Heirs Male of her Body, As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to John Mackay. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 220.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 3d. of September 1735 to John Mackay in the County of Sutherland Gentleman of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as above But without any additional Covenant; As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Power to James Oglethorpe to direct the granting of land by John Brownfield, Samuel Perkins, and Thomas Procter. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 221-222.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by a certain Indenture of Release dated the Third Day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five and made between the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter of the other part The said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter for themselves severally & respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors & Admrs. and not jointly nor the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Have Covenanted promised and agreed to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them would from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully execute the Trust thereby in them reposed and should and would at all times Obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as should from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized and appointed touching the Granting and Disposing of certain Lands and Premises in and by the said Indenture of Release granted and mentioned and also touching the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed. Now Know Ye that We have authorized and appointed James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees And by these Presents Do authorize & appoint him the said James Oglethorpe from time to time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the said Province of Georgia in America or in any of the British Colonies adjoyning to the said Province to give such Orders & Directions (touching the Granting and Disposing of the said Lands & Premises and touching the Execution of the Trust in and by the said Indenture in them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter reposed) to them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter as he the said James Oglethorpe shall Judge fit and necessary. And We do further by these Presents strictly enjoyn & require them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins & Thomas Procter duly and faithfully to execute all such Orders & Directions as shall from time to time be given them by him the said James Oglethorpe according to the several Covenants of them the said John Brownfield Samuel Perkins and Thomas Procter in that behalf made as aforesaid as they and every of them will answer the contrary at their Peril. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Third Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council License to James Oglethorpe to grant licenses to people to leave Georgia. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 222.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorized and impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do authorize and impower him the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America or in any of the British Colonies adjoyning to the said Province to grant to such Person or Persons for such times and on such Occasions as he shall Judge fit and proper Leave & Licence in Writing under his hand and Seal to depart or pass out of the said Province of Georgia and such Person or Persons so licensed by the said James Oglethorpe shall not incurr any penalty or forfeiture for such their passing out or departure from the said Province of Georgia. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Third Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Thirty five.

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Trustee Power to James Oglethorpe to appoint militia officers in Georgia. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 223.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas our Sovereign Lord George the Second by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing Date the Ninth day of June in the Fifth Year of his Reign amongst other things Hath of his Grace certain Knowledge and meer motion Granted and ordained for himself & his Successors That the Corporation of the said Trustees should have full power by any Commander or other Officer or Offices by them for that purpose from time to time appointed to Train Instruct Exercise and Govern a Militia for the special Defence and Safety of the said Colony to assemble in Martial Array and put in Warlike posture the Inhabitants of the said Colony and to lead & Conduct them and with them to Encounter Expulse Repell Resist and pursue by force of Armes as well by Sea as by Land within or without the Limits of the said Colony and also to kill slay destroy and conquer by all fitting ways Enterprizes and means whatsoever all and every such Person or Persons as shall at any time hereafter in an Hostile manner Attempt or enterprize the Destruction Invasion Detriment or Annoyance of the said Colony. Now Know Ye that We the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have nominated authorized and impowered and by these Presents Do nominate authorize and impower James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. our lawful Attorney for Us and in our Names and Stead from time to time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia to Constitute and appoint by Writing under his hand and Seal such Commander or other Officer or Officers as he shall find necessary and think most proper & fit to Train Instruct Exercise and Govern a Militia for the special Defence and Safety of the said Colony to assemble in Martial Array and put in Warlike posture the Inhabitants of the said Colony and to lead and Conduct them and with them to Encounter Expulse Repell Resist and pursue by force of Armes as well by Sea as by Land within or without the Limits of the said Colony and also to kill slay destroy and conquer by all fitting Ways Enterprizes and means whatsoever all and every such Person and Persons as shall at any time hereafter in an Hostile manner attempt or Enterprize the Destruction Invasion Detriment or Annoyance of the said Colony. In Witness whereof the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal this Third Day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Thomas Causton as First Bailiff of Savannah in the room of Peter Gordon, removed. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 224.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Know Ye that We Have removed and displaced and Do hereby remove and displace Peter Gordon from the Office of first Bailiff of the Town of Savannah and the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid and Have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents in the Room and Stead of him the said Peter Gordon Do nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Causton to be the first Bailiff of the said Town and Precincts thereof. To have and to hold the said Office of first Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Thomas Causton shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Entituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open & secret Abettors) and also the Oath of Office to him the said Thomas Causton and to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Henry Parker as Second Bailiff of Savannah. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 225.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in Amrica send Greeting. Whereas Thomas Causton is appointed first Bailiff of the Town of Savannah and the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid in the Room and Stead of Peter Gordon removed from the said Office Know Ye that We have nominated constituted & appointed and by these Presents in the Room and Stead of him the said Thomas Causton Do nominate constitute and appoint Henry Parker to be the second Bailiff of the said Town and Precincts thereof To have and to hold the said Office of second Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Henry Parker shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy & Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Entituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person & Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open & secret Abettors) and also the Oath of Office unto him the said Henry Parker and to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Henry Dearne as Third Bailiff of Savannah. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 226.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Whereas Henry Parker is appointed second Bailiff of the Town of Savannah and the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid in the Room and Stead of Thomas Causton who is appointed first Bailiff. Know Ye that We Have nominated constituted & appointed and by these Presents in the Room and Stead of him the said Henry Parker Do nominate constitute and appoint John Dearne to be the third Bailiff of the said Town & Precincts thereof To have and to hold the said Office of third Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities & Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said John Dearne shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Entituled an Act for the further Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the Oath of Office unto him the said John Dearne and to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth Day of September in the ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Release of 10,000 acres of land for one year to Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, John Dearne, and Thomas Christie. Sept. 23, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 227-228.

This Indenture Made the Twenty third day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty five Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Thomas Causton first Bailiff Henry Parker second Bailiff John Dearne third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shilling of lawfull Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in hand paid by the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie or one of them at on or before the Ensealing & Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted bargained and sold and by these Presents do give grant bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie All those Ten Thousand Acres of Land lying & being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which His Majesty by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousnd Seven Hundred and Thirty two Granted unto the said Trustees & their Successors for ever In Trust for Establishing the said Colony of Georgia. To have and to hold the said Ten Thousand Acres of Land unto the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie and the Survivors & Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor from the Day of the Date of these Presents unto the full End and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat & ended. Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of One Pepper Corn upon the Feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next coming (if lawfully demanded) and no more. To the intent that by Virtue of these Presents and of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor may be in the Actual Possession of the said hereby bargained Premises and be thereby Enabled to Accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance thereof to them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one part and the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie of the other part and to bear Date the Day next after the Day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Release to Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, John Dearne, and Thomas Christie of 10,000 acres of land to be granted to Georgia settlers. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 228-233.

This Indenture Made the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty five Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Thomas Causton first Bailiff Henry Parker second Bailiff John Dearne third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia of the other part. Whereas by Indenture of Release bearing Date the Twenty Sixth Day of October 1732 and made between the said Trustees of the one part and Thomas Christie Joseph Hughes and William Calvert of London Labourers of the other part Five Thousand Acres of Land in the Province of Georgia aforesaid was Granted Released and Confirmed to them and their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them to the Intent and Purpose that they and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Heirs of such Survivor should from time to time as Occasion should require Grant Assign and Transfer to every Man of the Age of Twenty one Years or upwards who within the Space of Twelve months from the Date thereof should arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a Design to settle and inhabit there and should signify his Desire to have Lands granted to him a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man. And Whereas by another Indenture of Release bearing Date the Eleventh Day of June 1733 & made between the said Trustees of the one part and John Barnes Henry Parker and Joshua Sacheverel of London Labourers of the other part Two Thousand Eight Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province was Granted Released and Confirmed to the like Intent and purpose excepting only the Number of Acres to be granted to every such Man being reduced to Forty. And Whereas by another Indenture of Release bearing Date the Eighteenth Day of October 1733 and made between the said Trustees of the one part and John Ambrose Isaac King Clark & Arthur Ogle Edgecombe of London Labourers of the other part Two Thousand Eight Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province was Granted Released and Confirmed to the like Intent and Purpose. And Whereas another Indenture of Release bearing Date the same day and made between the said Trustees of the one part and George Buckman of Leightenberg Farmer Christopher Ortman of Redriff Schoolmaster and William Sale of London Merchant of the other part Two Thousand Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province was Granted Released and Confirmed to the Intent and purpose to Grant to every Man Saltzburgher who within Twelve months from the date thereof should arrive in the said Province a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man. And Whereas by another Indenture of Release bearing date the Sixteenth Day of October 1734 and made between the said Trustees of the one part and Peter Gordon first Bailiff Thomas Causton second Bailiff Henry Parker third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia of the other part Two Thousand Five Hundred Acres of Land in the said Province was Granted Released and Confirmed to the like Intent and Purpose. And Whereas no lands have been Conveyed in pursuance of the two beforementioned Indentures of Release dated the Eleventh of June and Eighteenth of October 1733 and thereby the said several Trusts have never been executed. And Whereas only part of the Lands have been Conveyed in pursuance of the three other beforementioned Indentures of Release or some of them within the respective times severally limitted in the said Indentures for Conveying thereof. And it being necessary that every Freeman of the Age of Twenty one Years or upwards now in the Province of Georgia aforesaid who is desirous to have Lands granted to him should have a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man Conveyed and Assured to him and the Heirs Male of his Body and that every Man of the said Age being a Protestant who within the Space of Two Years from the date hereof shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a Design to settle and inhabit there should have the like Number of Acres Granted to him. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that in pursuance of the Execution of the Trust in the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America by His Majesty most graciously reposed and to the Intent that such Persons who are resident & Inhabitants in the said Province and such others as shall hereafter go to reside and inhabit there may have and enjoy to them and the Heirs Male of their Bodys a fit & sufficient Quantity of Land whereby they may maintain & provide for themselves & Families They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for themselves and their Successors Have Granted Released & Confirmed And by these Presents Do Grant Release and Confirm to them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie (in their Actual Possession now being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the Date of these Presents in Consideration of Five Shillings by them or one of them paid to the said Trustees and by force of the Statute for transferring Uses into Possession) and to their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them Ten Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part & parcel of the Lands which His said Majesty graciously granted to the said Corporation by His said Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord 1732. The said Ten Thousand Acres of Land to be set out limited divided and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient and proper by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed. To have and to hold the said Ten Thousand Acres of Land to them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie and their Heirs and to the Heirs of the Survivor of them To such Uses intents and purposes and subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are hereinafter limitted declared and expressed (that is to say) To the intent and purpose that they the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie and the Survivors or Survivor of them and the Heirs of such Survivor shall from time to time as Occasion shall require grant assign and transfer to every Man of the Age of Twenty one Years or upwards being Protestants who within the Space of Two Years from the Date hereof shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a Design to settle and inhabit there and shall signify to then the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor his Desire to have Lands granted to him a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man To have and to hold to him and his Heirs Male upon the Terms and Subjects to the Reservations Conditions Provisoes and Limitations hereinafter limited declared and expressed of and concerning the same (that is to say) upon Express Condition that if any such Person or Persons to whom such Grant shall be made shall not abide settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years from and after the Day on which he or they shall request and desire such Grant to him or them to be made and shall not cultivate such Lands as shall be allotted and given him or them by all such ways & means as according to their several Abilities and Skill he or they shall be best able and capable or if any such Person or Person shall depart or pass out of the Limits of the said Province of Georgia without Licence in Writing first had and obtained under the hand and Seal of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences Or if any such Person or Persons to whom any such Lands shall be granted as aforesaid shall Alien Assign or Transfer the said Lands or any part or parcel thereof or any Term Estate or Interest therein to any other Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council of the said Corporation for the time being or of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences That then and from thenceforth in any or either of these Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Lands hereby intended to be granted as aforesaid or into and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if such Grant or Grants had never been had or made and such Person or Persons so misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other the Occupiers and Possessors of the said Lands or of any part thereof thereout and from thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also that upon such Entry by such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council from the time being be for that purpose authorized & appointed such Grant or Grants shall respectively cease determine and become void. This Indenture or the said Indentures of Grant so to be made as aforesaid or any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding and also on this further Condition That if any of the said Lands so to be granted as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared or improved during the Space of Ten Years to be accounted from the Day of the Date of the Grant of such Lands that then and in such Case all and every part or parcel of such Lands not cultivated planted cleared or improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant or Grants of such Lands as to such parts or parcels thereof shall cease determine and be void and shall be granted and disposed of in such manner and to such Persons as the said Common Council of the said Corporation shall think fit. And further reserving in all and every the Grants so to be made as aforesaid a Rent Charge or yearly Rent for ever after the rate of four Shillings for every Hundred Acres of the said Lands which shall be so granted the Payment of which said Rent not to commence or be made until Ten Years after the making such Grant and to be paid to such Person and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be directed and appointed. And further as touching and concerning the Reversion or Reversions or Remainder or Remainders expectant on the respective Demise or Demises of any such Person or Persons to whom such Grants shall be made as aforesaid without Issue Male or any Forfeiture or other Determination of the Estate of such Person or Persons It is hereby declared and agreed by all the Parties to these Presents and their Intent and Meaning is that the same shall be and remain to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and to and for their Use and behoof and for none other Use whatsoever. And the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie by these Presents for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other Do by these Presents Covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them will from time to time according to the best of their Skill & Knowledge duly and faithfully execute the Trust hereby in them reposed and shall and will at all times Obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council or by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized and impowered touching the Granting and Disposing of such Lands and Premises and the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees and the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie have severally set their Hands and Seals to another part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to set out 10,000 acres of land released to Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, John Dearne, and Thomas Christie. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 233-234.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Know Ye that We have authorized & impowered James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council for the said Trustees and by these Presents Do authorize & impower the said James Oglethorpe at any time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the Province of Georgia in America to set out limit divide and bound Ten Thousand Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia in America (Granted by the said Trustees by several Indentures of Lease & Release bearing Date the Twenty Third and Twenty Fourth Days of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five respectively to Thomas Causton first Bailiff Henry Parker second Bailiff John Dearne third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned) in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as He shall Judge most proper and convenient for the settling and Establishing a Colony there. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Power to James Oglethorpe to direct the granting of land by Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, John Dearne, and Thomas Christie. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 234-235.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by a certain Indenture of Release dated the Twenty fourth Day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five and made between the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Thomas Causton first Bailiff Henry Parker second Bailiff John Dearne third Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of Savannah in Georgia of the other part. The said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly nor the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other of them Have Covenanted promised & agreed to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they & every of them would from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully execute the Trust thereby in them reposed and should and would at all times Obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as should from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America or by such Person or Persons as should by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized and appointed touching the Granting and Disposing of certain Lands & Premises in and by the said Indenture of Release granted and mentioned and also touching the Execution of the Trust thereby in them reposed. Now Know Ye That We Have authorized and appointed James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do authorize and appoint him the said James Oglethorpe from time to time during such time as he the said James Oglethorpe shall be in the said Province of Georgia in America or in any of the British Colonies adjoyning to the said Province to give such Orders and Directions (touching the Granting and Disposing of the said Lands and Premises and touching the Execution of the Trust in and by the said Indenture in them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie reposed) to them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie as he the said James Oglethorpe shall Judge fit and necessary. Adn We do further by these Presents strictly enjoyn and require them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie duly and faithfully to execute all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by him the said James Oglethorpe according to the several Covenants of them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker John Dearne and Thomas Christie in that behalf made as aforesaid as they and every of them will answer the contrary at their Peril. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Twenty Fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of James Oglethorpe as Commissioner to grant licenses to trade with the Indians. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 236.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council the third Day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province of Georgia) It is amongst other things Enacted That the said Common Council for the time being or the Major part of them who shall be present and assembled for that purpose shall and may from time to time as Occasion shall require nominate constitute and appoint one or more Commissioner or Commissioners as to them shall seem proper and convenient for the Licensing Persons to trade with the Indians and for the better regulating such Trade. Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We Have nominated constituted and appointed James Oglethorpe of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. one of the said Common Council of the said Trustees and by these Presents Do nominate constitute and appoint him the said James Oglethorpe to be Sole Commissioner for the Licensing Persons to Trade with the Indians and for the better regulating such Trade. To have and to hold the said Office of Commissioner together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging and particularly set forth in the said Act for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said James Oglethorpe shall be nominated constituted and appointed to the said Office. He the said James Oglethorpe conforming himself in all things as the said Act directs. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Charles Wesley as Secretary for Indian Affairs. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 237-238.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council the third day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province of Georgia) It is amongst other things Enacted That the said Common Council for the time being or the Major part of them who shall be present and assembled for that purpose shall and may from time to time as Occasion shall require nominate constitute and appoint one or more Secretary or Secretarys as to them shall seem proper and convenient for the better regulating the Trade with the Indians Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents Do nominate constitute and appoint Charles Wesley M.A. Student of Christ Church in the University of Oxford to be Secretary for Indian Affairs To have and to hold the said Office of Secretary at such Salary Fee Perquisite or other Reward for the said as shall be directed and appointed by the said Common Council of the said Trustees for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Charles Wesly shall be nominated constituted and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the senior Bailiff of the Town of Savannah for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the Oath of Office (particularly set forth in the said Act) to him the said Charles Wesley and to cause the same to be entered of Record by the Recorder of the said Town who is hereby required to enter the same accordingly. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Austin Weddell as Treasurer of funds arising from Indian licenses. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 238-239.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the Kings More Excellent Majesty in Council the third day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province of Georgia) It is amongst other things Enacted That the said Common Council for the time being or the Major part of them who shall be present and assembled for that purpose shall and may from time to time as Occasion shall require nominate constitute and appoint one or more Treasurer or Treasurers as to them shall seem proper and convenient for the better regulating the Trade with the Indians. Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We Have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents Do nominate constitute and appoint Austin Weddell of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America to be Treasurer for receiving all Sums of Money arising by the licensing Persons to trade with the Indians. To have and to hold the said Office of Treasurer at such Salary Perquisite or other Reward for the same as shall be directed and appointed by the said Common Council of the said Trustees for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Austin Weddell shall be nominated constituted and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the senior Bailiff of the Town of Savannah for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the following Oath of Office to him the said Austin Weddell (that is to say) That he the said Austin Weddell will duly and faithfully execute the office of Treasurer for receiving all Sums of Money arising by the Licensing Persons to Trade with the Indians and that he will faithfully and duly observe and perform all such Orders and Directions as he shall from time to time receive from the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees for the Paying over the said Sums so received and the Discharge of his Duty in the said Office and to Cause the same to be entered of Record by the Recorder of the said Town who is hereby required to enter the same accordingly. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Thomas Causton as officer to stave rum in Georgia. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 239-240.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the King Most Excellent Majesty in Council the third day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act to prevent the Importation and Use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia) It is amongst other things Enacted That from and after the Twenty fourth day of June 1735 all Rum and Brandies Spirits or Strong Waters either mixt or unmixt which shall be Imported or brought into the said Province contrary to the said Act in whose Hands or Custody or in what Place soever they shall be found shall and may be forthwith publickly staved and spilt in the Presence of such Officer as shall for that purpose be appointed by the Common Council of the said Trustees or by the Major part of such of them as shall for that purpose be present and assembled. Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We have appointed Thomas Causton Senior Bailiff of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia and in his Absence John Vanderplank Constable of the said Town and by these Presents Do appoint him the said Thomas Causton and in his Absence him the said John Vanderplank to be the Officer in whose presence all Rum and Brandies Spirits or Strong Waters either mixt or unmixt Imported or brought into the said Province contrary to the said Act are to be forthwith publickly staved and spilt. To have and to hold this Appointment for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Thomas Causton and in his Absence of the said John Vanderplank shall be appointed to be the said Officer. And We do hereby strictly enjoyn and require all Persons to be aiding and assisting to the said Thomas Causton and in his Absence to the said John Vanderplank in the putting in Execution of the said Act as they shall answer the Contrary at their Perils. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty fourth day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of the Bailiffs and Recorder of Savannah to grant licenses for retailing wine and beer. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 241-242.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council the third day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act to prevent the Importation and Use of Rum and Brandies in the Province of Georgia). It is amongst other things Enacted That if any Indian Trader or Traders or any Person or Persons whatsoever shall sell out by Retail any Wine Beer Ale or other Liquors either publickly or privately without first having obtained a Permission or Authority in Writing under the Hands & Seals of such Persons as shall be from time to time appointed by the Common Council of the said Trustees or the Major part of such of them as shall for that purpose be present and assembled for the granting of such Permissions or Authorities such Person or Persons shall respectively forfeit and pay for every such Offence the Sum of Twenty pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain. Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We Have appointed The Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being of the Town of Savannah in Georgia and by these Presents Do appoint them the said Bailiffs and Recorder In open Court to Grant Permissions in Writing under their Hands and Seals for the selling out by Retail any Wine Beer Ale or other Liquors to such Person or Persons only as shall be thought proper and fit to be permitted to Retail the same in a quiet and orderly manner. To have and to hold this Appointment for during and until such time only as some other Persons by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Bailiffs and Recorder shall be appointed to be the said Persons for Granting Permissions as aforesaid. And We do hereby direct the said Bailiffs and Recorder That if at any time any Person or Persons to whom Permissions shall be granted as aforesaid shall behave in a disorderly manner or give sufficient Cause for the recalling his or their Permissions That then and in such Case they do revoke annul and declare such Permissions to be void as the said Act directs. And further that the said Bailiffs & Recorder do from time to time transmit to Us an Account of all Permissions which shall be Granted in pursuance of this Appointment with the times of Granting them and the Persons Names to whom Granted And of all other their Proceedings under this Appointment. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty Fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Authorization to Constables of Savannah to seize any blacks or Negroes found in Georgia. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 242-243.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council the third Day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act for rendring the Colony of Georgia more defencible by Prohibiting the Importation and Use of Black Slaves or Negroes into the same) It is amongst other things Enacted That from & after the Twenty fourth Day of June 1735 all and every the Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes which shall at any time then after be found in the said Province of Georgia or within any part or place thereof in the Custody House or Possession of whomsoever the same may be shall and may be Seized and taken by such Person or Persons as for that purpose shall be authorized and impowered by the said Common Council of the said Trustees or the Major part of them who shall for that purpose be present and assembled. Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We Have authorized and impowered and by these Presents Do authorize and impower the Constables for the time being of the Town of Savannah in the said Province of Georgia or any of them to Seize and take all and every the Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes which shall at any time be found in the said Province of Georgia or within any part or place thereof contrary to the said Act in whose soever Custody House or Possession the same may be to be disposed of as the said Act directs and appoints. And We do hereby strictly Injoyn and Require all Persons to be aiding and assisting to the said Constables for the time being of the Town of Savannah aforesaid in the putting in Execution of the said Act as they shall answer the contrary at their Perils. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in Amnerica the Twenty Fourth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Trustee Creation of the Town Court of Frederica. Sept. 26, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 243-246.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by His Letters Patents under the great Seal bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Fifth Year of His Reign amongst other things Hath of His Grace certain Knowledge meer motion Granted Established and Ordained for himself and his Successors that the Corporation of the said Trustees & their Successors should have full Power and Authority to Erect and Constitute Judicatories and Courts of Record or other Courts to be held in the Name of His Majesty His Heirs and Successors for the Hearing and Determining of all manner of Crimes Offences Pleas Processes Plaints Actions Matters Causes and Things whatsoever arising or happening within the Province of Georgia in America or between any Persons inhabiting or residing there whether the same be Criminal or Civil and whether the said Crimes be Capital or not Capital and whether the said Pleas be Real Personal or mixt and for awarding and making out Executions thereupon as in and by the said Letter Patents relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large appear. And Whereas sundry poor People are Imbarked or Imbarking in Order to go to and settle in the said Province of Georgia and intend for their Security and Convenience to build a Town there the same to be called by the Name of Frederica. And Whereas it is necessary for the punishing Offences and for the Determining of Differences or Disputes that may happen to arise or be committed within the said Town or the Precincts thereof that there should be a Court of Record Erected and Established for the Purposes aforesaid. Now Know Ye that We the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in pursuance and Execution of the Power and Authority to Us in and by the said Letters Patents Granted and that the People of the said Town and the Precincts thereof may have their Laws and Possessions secured to them in Peace and Quietness Have Erected and Constituted and by these Presents Do Erect and Constitute a Court of Record by the Name and Stile of the Town Court to be holden in the Name of His said Majesty His Heirs and Successors before such Persons as shall from time to time be Commissioned and appointed Bailiffs and Recorder of the said Town by the Common Council for the time being of us the said Trustees. And We Do hereby give and grant to such Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being appointed in the manner as aforesaid full Power Jurisdiction and Authority to enquire by the Oaths of good and lawfull Men of the said Town and of the Precincts thereof and by all other Ways Manner and Means which they shall know of and have in their Power by which the Truth of the Fact may best be made appear of all Treasons Misprisons of Treason Insurrections Rebellions Counterfeitings Clipping Washing Coining & other falsifyings of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominions whatsoever Also of all Murders Felonies Homicides Killings Burglaries Rapes of Women unlawful Assemblies Conspiracys Confederacys Transgressions Trepasses Riots Routs Rescues Escapes Contempts Negliginces Concealments Maintenances Appressions Deceits and of all other Crimes Offences and Injurys whatsoever and also of the Accessarys thereunto & which at any time after the date hereof shall by any Person or Persons whatsoever or howsoever be had done perpetrated or Committed within the said Town and Precincts thereof and also by whom to whom when how and in what manner and of all other Articles Facts and Circumstances in whatever manner soever Touching or concerning the said Crimes and Offences them or any of them And also the said Treasons and all other the Crimes and Offences aforesaid to hear and determine according to the Law and Custom of the Realm of England. Saving to Us and our Successors all Fines Forfeitures and Americaments and all other things to Us on Account thereof belonging. And therefore We Command that on such Days and in such Place or Places as they the said Bailiffs and Recorder shall for that purpose from time to time publickly appoint they the said Bailiffs and Recorder shall with their utmost Diligence make inquiry into and of the said Crimes and Offences and all and singular the said Crimes and Offences shall hear and determine therein doing as Justice directs according to the Law and Custom of the Realm of England. We also hereby further command the Constables of the said Town of Frederica for the time being That on such Days and in such Place or Places as shall for that purpose from time to time be publickly appointed as aforesaid and of which they the said Bailiffs and Recorder shall certify the said Constables they shall cause to come before them the said Bailiffs and Recorder such and so many good and lawful Men of the said Town and Precincts thereof by whom the Truth of the Fact may best be inquired into and made known. And We do further give and grant to such Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being of the said Town of Frederica in manner aforesaid from time to time Commissioned and appointed full Power Jurisdiction and Authority to hold Pleas in all and all manner of Causes Suits and Actions as well Real as Personal and mixt and of any Debt Account Trespass in Ejectment & other Trespasses Covenants Promises Contracts & Detinues whatsoever within the said Town and the Precincts thereof arising happening or being and between any Persons whatsoever and to proceed in such Pleas Suits and Actions by such ways means and process as may with the greatest Safety Dispatch and Justice bring the same to a final Determination and also to hear and determine all such Pleas Suits and Actions and Judgment thereupon to give and Execution thereof to make according to the Laws of England. And We do hereby further ordain and direct that all Juries Pannells Inquisitions Attachments Precepts Mandates Warrants Judgments and Process whatsoever necessary to be had or done touching or concerning the Pleas Suits and Actions aforesaid shall be summoned Done and Executed by the Constables of the said Town and Precincts thereof for the time being. And We do hereby further ordain and direct that all Indictments Writs Returns and all Proceedings to be had on the said Crimes or Offences or any of them or in or upon any of the said Pleas Suits or Actions or any of them and also the Records thereof shall be in the English Tongue and in Words written at length and in a plain legible Hand. In Witness whereof the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the Twenty Sixth day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of Town Officers for Frederica. Sept. 26, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 247-249.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Whereas sundry poor Persons are Imbarked or Imbarking in order to go to and settle in the Province of Georgia in America and intend for their Security & Convenience to build a Town there the same to be called by the name of Frederica. And Whereas the said Trustees have by their Deed bearing Date the Twenty sixth Day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five under their Common Seal Erected and Established a Court of Record by the Name of the Town Court for hearing and determining all manner of Crimes Offences Pleas Processes Plaints Actions Matters Causes and Things whatsoever arising or happening within the said Town of Frederica and the Precincts thereof as in and by the said Deed relation being thereunto had may fully and more at large appear which said Court is therein and thereby appointed to be Holden in the Name of His Majesty His Heirs and Successors before such Persons as shall from time to time be Commissioned and appointed Bailiffs and Recorder of the said Town by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees. Now Know Ye that We the said Common Council in pursuance and Execution of the Power and Authority to Us the said Common Council by His said Majesty King George the Second in and by His Letter Patent under the great Seal bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Fifth Year of His Reign most graciously given Have nominated constituted and appointed and Do by these Presents nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Hawkins to be the first Bailiff of the said Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof To have and to hold the said Office of first Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during & until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Thomas Hawkins shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate constitute and appoint Samuel Perkins to be the second bailiff of the said Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof To have and to hold the said Office of second Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities & Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Samuel Perkins shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate constitute and appoint Edward Addison to be third Bailiff of the said Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof To have and to hold the said Office of third Bailiff together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions hereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Edward Addison shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council do hereby further nominate constitute and appoint Francis Moore to be Recorder of the said Town of Frederica To have and to hold the said Office of Recorder together with all Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Francis Moore shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby enjoyn and require You the said Thomas Hawkins Samuel Perkins Edward Addison Francis Moore and every of You that in your said Offices You severally and respectively preserve the Peace and administer Justice without fear favour or affection to the Terror of Evil Doers and to the Comfort of those who do well. And We the said Common Council Do hereby nominate and appoint John Brookes to be one of the Constables of the said Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof To hold perform and Execute the said Office of Constable for during and until some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said John Brookes shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate and appoint Samuel Davison to be one other of the Constables of the said Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof To hold perform and Execute the said Office of Constable for during and until some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Samuel Davison shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby nominate and appoint John Calwell to be one of the Tything Men of the said Town of Frederica and the Precincts thereof To hold perform and Execute the said Office of Tything Men for during and until some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said John Calwell shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby further nominate and appoint William Allen to be one other of the Tything men of the said Town of Frederica and the Precincts thereof To hold perform and Execute the said Office of Tything man for during and until some other Person by the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room & Stead of the said William Allen shall be nominated & appointed to the said Office. And We the said Common Council Do hereby Command them the said John Brookes Samuel Davison John Calwell and William Allen that they & every of them do in all things Obey the Warrants Orders and Judgments of the Bailiffs and Recorder for the time being of the said Town Judges of the said Town Court as they ought according to Law for the better preserving of the Peace and administring of Justice in the said Town and the Precincts thereof. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty sixth Day of September in the ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Authorization to James Oglethorpe to administer oaths to Town Officers of Frederica. Sept. 26, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 250-251.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Whereas the Common Council of the said Trustees by their Deed bearing Date the Day of the Date of these Presents pursuant to the Power to them given by His Majestys Letters Patent dated the Ninth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two Did nominate constitute And appoint Thomas Hawkins to be the first Bailiff of the Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid Samuel Perkins to be the second Bailiff Edward Addison to be the third Bailiff and Francis Moore to be Recorder of the said Town & Precincts and did also by the said Deed nominate and appoint John Brookes and Samuel Davison to be Constables & John Calwell and William Allen to be Tything Men of the said Town of Frederica and Precincts thereof. To hold the said several Offices to them the said Thomas Hawkins Samuel Perkins Edward Addison Frances Moore John Brookes Samuel Davison John Calwell and William Allen, respectively together with such Jurisdictions Powers and Authorities as by the said Common Council was therein and thereby given and granted unto them severally as in and by the said Deed relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large appear. Now Know Ye That We the said Common Council Have authorized and impowered James Oglethrope of West Brook Place in the County of Surry Esqr. and Do by these Presents authorize & impower him the said James Oglethorpe to administer to them the said Thomas Hawkins Samuel Perkins Edward Addison and Francis Moore and to every of them the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy & Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and the following Oath of Office That is to say I A. B. (first Bailiff second Bailiff Third Bailiff Recorder according as the Case shall be of the Town of Frederica and the Precincts thereof) Do swear that I will duly and faithfully execute the Office of (first Bailiff second Bailiff third Bailiff Recorder of the said Town and Precincts as the Case shall be) to which I am nominated constituted and appointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and that I will to the utmost of my Ability Capacity and Power preserve the Peace and administer Justice to all within the said Town and Precincts impartially without fear favour or affection So help me God. And We the said Common Council have authorized and impowered and Do hereby authorize and impower him the said James Oglethorpe to administer to them the said John Brookes Samuel Davison John Calwell and William Allen and to every of them the said Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration and also the following Oath of Office That is to say I A. B. (Constable Tything man as the Case shall be of the Town of Frederica and of the Precincts thereof) Do swear that I will duly and faithfully execute the Office of (Constable Tything man as the Case shall be) to which I am nominated and appointed by the Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and that I will in all things perform and execute the same without fear favour or affection So help me God. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Twenty sixth Day of September in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of John Brownfield to Register Grants in Georgia. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 252.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Know Ye That We Have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents Do nominate constitute & appoint John Brownfield of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia Freeholder to be Register of all Grants of Lands in the said Province. To have and to hold the said Office of Register for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said John Brownfield shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants & for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the following Oath of Office to him the said John Brownfield That is to say That he will truly and faithfully discharge the said Office of Register; and to Enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Seventh Day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Appointment of John Vanderplank as Naval Officer of Georgia. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 253.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Know Ye That We Have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Present Do nominate constitute and appoint John Vanderplank of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia Freeholder to be Naval Officer in the Province of Georgia aforesaid. To have and to hold the said Office of Naval Officer for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said John Vanderplank shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We do hereby authorize and direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the following Oath of Office to him the said John Vanderplank That is to say That he will truly and faithfully Discharge the said Office of Naval Officer and to Enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Seventh Day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Trustee Revocation of Authority of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Quincy to perform religious services in Georgia and appointment of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley in his stead. Oct. 10, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 254.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for good and sufficient Reasons Have revoked And by these Presents Do revoke all Power and Authority by Us heretofore given to the Revd. Mr. Samuel Quincy to do and perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the Colony of Georgia aforesaid and Have authorized and impowered And by these Present Do authorize and impower the Rev. Mr. John Wesley in the Room and Stead of him the said Samuel Quincy to do and perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices that shall be necessary for the better Establishing and promoting the Christian Religion in the said Colony and all other the good Ends and purposes thereby intended agreable to the Laws of England and the Tennour of our Charter. In Witness whereof the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the Tenth Day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Grant of 50 acres of alnd to Archibald MacGillivray. Sept. 3, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 254.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 3d. of September 1735 to Archibald Mac Gillivray Trader in the Creek Nation in America of fifty Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to William Woodroofe Entd. in Page (195)45 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to John Musgrove. Oct. 23, 1734. C.O. 5/670, p. 255.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 23d. of October 1734 to John Musgrove of the Province of Georgia in America Gentleman and then in England of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to Patrick Mackay Entd. in Page (220)46 Except four Servants instead of ten. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Paul Hamilton. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 255.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 24th. of September 1735 to Paul Hamilton of Edistow in South Carolina Gentleman of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as above. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Walter Augustine. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 255.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 24th. of September 1735 to Walter Augustine of Cat Island in South Carolina Gentleman of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as above. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Paul Jenys. Oct. 2, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 255.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 2d. of October 1735 to Paul Jenys Esqr. of Charles Town in the Province of South Carolina America of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125).47 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to John Baker. Oct. 2, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 256.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 2d. of October 1735 to John Baker Esqr. of Charles Town in the Province of South Carolina America of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entd. in Page (125). As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Capt. James Gascoigne. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 256.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 24th. of September 1735 to Captain James Gascoigne of the Parish of St. Martins in the fields in the County of Middlesex of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as above. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to William Horton. Sept. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 256.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 24th. of September 1735 to William Horton of the City of Hereford Gentleman of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as above. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Philip George Frederick de Reck. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 256.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 7th. of October 1735 to Philip George Frederick de Reck of Ratisbonne in Germany Gentleman of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as above. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Rowland Pytt. Oct. 2, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 257.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 2d. of October 1735 to Rowland Pytt of the City of Gloucester Ironmonger of five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entd. in Page (125)48 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 100 acres of land to John Brown. Oct. 2, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 257.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 2d. of October 1735 to John Brown of London Gentleman of One Hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to George Brigham Entd. in Page (134)49 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 50 acres of land to John Tuckwell. Oct. 2, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 257.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin Indorsed) made the 2d. of October 1735 to John Tuckwell of Wallingford in the County of Berks Ironmonger of Fifty Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to William Woodrooffe Entd. in Page (195)50 excepting the Addition of Carrying one Man Servant. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Elizabeth West. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 257-265.

This Indenture made the seventh day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five Between the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and John West of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia Freeholder and Elizabeth his Wife now in England Widow of the late Joseph Hughes of the other part. Whereas the said John West stands possessed of an House in Derby Ward and Tyrconnel Tything in the Town of Savannah in the said Province No. 1 a Garden Lot No. 13 situate to the East of the said Town and a Farm Lot known by Letter C and No. 3 making in the whole Fifty Acres of Land To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body. And Whereas the said John West hath one Son living aged nine to whom the said Fifty Acres will descend after the Decrease of the said John West the Father. Now this Indenture witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten Pounds secured to be paid by the said John West in Two Years from the Twenty Sixth Day of September 1735 They the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Granted and Enfeoffed And by these Presents Do Grant and Enfeoff unto her the said Elizabeth West and to the Heirs Male of her Body by the said John West lawfully begotten or to be begotten Five Hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America being Part & Parcel of the Lands which His Majesty graciously granted to the said Trustees by His Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June 1732. The said Five Hundred Acres to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed (Reserved & always excepted out of this Grant in Case the said Five Hundred Acres shall be set out by the Side of any River Two Hundred Feet of Ground to be measured out in Breadth from the Banks of such River along by the Side thereof the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River) To have and to hold the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to her the said Elizabeth West and to the Heirs Male of the Body of her the said Elizabeth West by the said John West lawfully begotten or to be begotten. And in Case the said Elizabeth West shall dye in the Life time of the said John West without such Issue Male as aforesaid and if the said John West shall surrender all his Right and Interest in and to the said above recited Fifty Acres of Land formerly granted to him as aforesaid unto his said Son John Then the said Five Hundred Acres shall be and remain to the said John West the Husband and the Heirs Male of his Body which shall be lawfully begotten by him the said John West on the Body of any Woman he shall then after marry. Yielding and Paying for such Five Hundred Acres of Land to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors yearly and every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of Five Pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first Day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the Ninth day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two. Provided always And these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said yearly Rent of Five Pounds hereby reserved or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of Six Calendar months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid, Or if the said Elizabeth West shall not within the Space of one Calendar month to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents register or cause to be registered with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations this present Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment or a Memorial containing the Substance and Effect thereof, Or if the said Elizabeth West shall not within the Space of Twelve Calendar Months to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with Ten able bodied young Men Servants being each of them of the Age of Twenty Years and upwards, Or if the said Elizabeth West or her Heirs Male with such able bodied young Men Servants as aforesaid shall not abide settle inhabit & continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia, Or if the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of land shall not within the Space of Ten Years to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents clear and cultivate Two Hundred Acres of Wood Ground being Part and Parcel of the said Five Hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesaid and set and plant Two Thousand Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in and upon the said Two Hundred Acres and in and upon every Hundred of the said other Three Hundred Acres One Thousand of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants when as the same shall be cleared and cultivated respectively as aforesaid and from time to time sufficiently fence maintain and preserve the same from the Bite & Spoil of Cattle and in the Room and Stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or otherwise be destroyed set and plant other Trees or Plants of the same Sort in and upon the said Two hundred Acres and also in and upon the said Three Hundred Acres respectively with all possible and convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon the said Two Hundred Acres Two Thousand of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants and also upon every Hundred of the said Three Hundred Acres One Thousand of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least, Or if the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time Alien Assign or Transfer the said Five Hundred Acres or any part or parcel thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences, Or if the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave & Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or manufacturing the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash, Or if the said Elizabeth West shall dye without Issue Male, Or if the Heirs Male of the said Elizabeth West shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male hereby granted shall cease and determine, Or if the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall do or commit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominion whatsoever, Or shall do or commit any Sodomy Murther Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawful Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall thereof be lawfully Convicted, Or if the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land shall at any time keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negroes on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Five Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to the said Elizabeth West and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first & former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons so neglecting or misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other Occupiers and Possessors of the said Five Hundred Acres or of any part or parcel thereof thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also upon the Entry in any of the Cases beforementioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being be for that purpose authorized and appointed the Grant hereby made of the said Five Hundred Acres of Land as aforesaid shall cease determine and become void Any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent her the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land (not entering into a Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that Purpose as aforesaid) from making or manufacturing as best She or they severally may the said Ashes commonly called Pot Ash. And these Presents further Witness And it is the true Intent & Meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any part of the said Five Hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to her the said Elizabeth West in Tail Male as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared and improved within Eighteen Years the same to be computed from the day of the date hereof That then and in such Case all and every part of such Five Hundred Acres of Land which shall not have been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such part and parts thereof shall cease determine and become void, And it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon such part & parts not having been cultivated planted cleared & improved as aforesaid to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons Occupiers and Possessors of such part and parts thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also to grant and dispose of the same in such manner and for such Uses Intents and Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall think fit and proper. And the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said John West and Elizabeth his Wife their Heirs Executors and Administrators in manner following (that is to say). That at such time or times as the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the said Elizabeth West or her Heirs Male occupying and possessing the said Five Hundred Acres as aforesaid by any Writing under their Hands and Seals They the said Common Council will give and grant to such able bodied young Men Servants as shall arrive and settle with her in the said Province of Georgia as aforesaid Twenty Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia to each and every of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations and Agreements as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last granted to any others Men Servants in like Circumstances. And that Possession and Seisin of the said Five Hundred Acres shall be taken and delivered by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that purpose authorized and appointed to be their true and lawful Attorney or Attorneys in their Name and Stead into and upon the said Five Hundred Acres of Land or into and upon any part or parcel thereof (being so set out limited and bounded as aforesaid) in the Name of the whole to enter and take Possession and Seisin thereof and after such Possession and Seisin to taken as aforesaid in their Name and Stead to deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any part or parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to the said Elizabeth West and She the said Elizabeth West to leave in quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents. And the said John West & Elizabeth his Wife for themselves their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and for every of them do hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in manner following (that is to say). That She the said Elizabeth West shall and will within the Space of one month to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents register or cause to be registered with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations this present Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment or a Memorial containing the Substance and Effect thereof and shall and will within the Space of Twelve months to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents go to the said Province of Georgia together with Ten able bodied young Men Servants being each of the Age of Twenty Years at the least and will together with such Men Servants as aforesaid abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. And further that She the said Elizabeth West or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant in Tail Male hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of land shall and will yearly and every Year well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors the said Rent or yearly Sum of Five Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain in such manner as the same in herein before reserved and made payable. And that he the said John West shall and will surrender his Right and Interest in and to the said Fifty Acres of land if Occasion shall require according to the above Limitation. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation and the said John West and Elizabeth his Wife have severally set their Hands and Seals to another part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council License to Rawland Pytt to remain in England. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 265-266.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas by a certain Indenture bearing Date the Second Day of October 1735 and made between the said Trustees of the one part and Rowland Pytt of the City of Gloucester Ironmonger of the other part certain Lands in the Province of Georgia in America are granted to the said Rowland Pytt in Tail Male on Condition (among other things) That the said Rowland Pytt shall within the Space of Twelve Calendar months to be computed from the Day of the Date of the said Indenture go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia and there abide settle inhabit and continue for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering the said Indenture in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia otherwise the Grant thereby made to cease determine and become void. And Whereas the said Rowland Pytt has requested our Leave and License to continue in England to transact his Affairs here. Now Know Ye That the said Trustees taking into Consideration the said Request Have Granted And by these Presents Do Grant Leave and License to and for the said Rowland Pytt to remain and be in England for the Purpose aforesaid and Do for themselves and their Successors agree and declare that neither they nor their Successors will Enter on the Lands Granted to the said Rowland Pytt in Tail Male or otherwise Evict or Disturb him the said Rowland Pytt in the Possession and Enjoyment thereof for or on Account of his not going to Georgia and abiding and continuing there according to the Conditions before mentioned. Provided always that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to alter vacate invalidate or make void any other Condition Provisoe or Limitation in the before mentioned Indenture contained and which the said Rowland Pytt without his going to and residing in Person in Georgia for the time aforesaid may by his Agents and Servants do perform and execute or cause to be done performed and executed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation the Seventh Day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council License to John Tuckwell to remain in England. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 266-267.

The Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas by a certain Indenture bearing Date the Second Day of October 1735 and between the said Trustees of the one part and John Tuckwell of Wallingford in the County of Berks Ironmonger ....

[License in the same words granted Rowland Pytt, of the City of Gloucester]

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Trustee Authorization to the Rev. Mr. John MacLeod to perform Ecclesiastical Offices in Georgia. Oct. 29, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 268.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have authorized and impowered And by these Presents Do authorize and impower the Revd. Mr. John MacLeod to Do and Perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices that shall be necessary for the better Establishing and Promoting the Christian Religion in the said Colony, and all other the good Ends and Purposes thereby intended agreable to the Laws of England the Tennour of our Charter. In Witness whereof the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the Twenty Ninth Day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to William Bradley. Nov. 17, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 268.

Grant and Enfeofment with Livery and Seisin indorsed made the 17th. day of November 1735 to William Bradley of London Farmer of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)51 as by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Trustee Petition to the King to prohibit the Governor of South Carolina from granting lands south of the Altamaha River. Nov. 17, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 269.

To the Kings most Excellent Majesty.

The Humble Petition of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Humbly Sheweth

That Your Petitioners are well Informed that Endeavours are using to obtain from the Lieut. Governor of South Carolina Grants of Lands to the South of the River of Alatamaha and being apprehensive that any attempt of making such Settlements will necessarily involve both the Provinces of Carolina and Georgia in a War with our Indian and other Neighbours.

Therefore from a Just Concern for the Welfare of our Infant Settlement as well as that of Carolina We become humble Petitioners to Your Majesty that Your Lieut. Govr. or Governors for the time being of South Carolina may be strictly enjoyned by an Instruction from Your Majesty not to permit the Running out of any Lands or making any such Grants to the South End of the River Alatamaha.

And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.


7 Novr. 1735


SEAL

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Trustee Memorial to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to assign 50 a year to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley as missionary in Savannah. Dec. 17, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 270.

To the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

The Memorial of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

That Whereas the said Society upon a Memorial from the said Trustees had out of a regard to the propagation of the Gospel allotted Fifty pounds P. Ann. for a Missionary to the Colony of Georgia in America, and were pleased at the Request and by the Nomination of the said Trustees to give the same to the Reverend Mr. Samuel Quincy, Who thereupon was Authorised by the said Trustees to perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the Town of Savannah in the said Province of Georgia. And Whereas the said Revd. Mr. Samuel Quincy has by Letter certified to the said Trustees that he is desirous of leaving the Colony of Georgia and returning home to England in the next month of March to which the said Trustees have agreed and have appointed in his Stead the Revd. Mr. John Wesley to officiate as a Clergyman in the said Town of Savannah.

The said Trustees therefore desire That the said Incorporated Society will allot the said Fifty pounds P. Ann. from the time the said Revd. Mr. Samuel Quincy shall leave the said Colony of Georgia to the said Revd. Mr. John Wesley for his Support and Maintenance in the said Town of Savannah.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this seventeenth day of Dec. 1735 --

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL

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Trustee Memorial to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to assign 50 a year to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley as missionary in Savannah. Dec. 24, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 271.

To the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Memorial of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

Whereas the Incorporated Society upon a Memorial from the Trustees had out of a regard to the Propagation of the Gospel allotted Fifty pounds P Ann. for a Missionary to the Colony of Georgia in America, and were pleased at the Request and Recommendation of the said Trustees to give the same to the Revd. Mr. Samuel Quincy; Who thereupon was Authorised by the said Trustees to perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the said Province of Georgia. And Whereas the said Reverend Mr. Samuel Quincy has by Letter certified to the said Trustees that he is desirous of leaving the Colony of Georgia and returning home to England in the month of March next to which the Trustees have agreed, and have appointed in his Stead the Revd. Mr. John Wesley to officiate as a Clergyman in the said Province of Georgia.

The Trustees therefore recommend the said Reverend Mr. John Wesley to the Incorporated Society, and desire that they will allot the said Fifty pounds P Ann. from the time the Revd. Mr. Samuel Quincy shall leave the Colony to the Reverend Mr. John Wesley above mentioned, as their Missionary in his Room.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this twenty fourth day of December 1735.

Benj. Martyn Sectary

SEAL

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Trustee Memorial to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to assign 50 a year to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley as missionary in Savannah. Jan. 12, 1735/6. C.O. 5/670, p. 272.

To the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

The Memorial of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

Whereas the Incorporated Society upon a Memorial from the Trustees had out of a regard to the Propagation of the Gospel allotted fifty pounds a year for a Missionary to the Colony of Georgia in America; and were Pleased at the Request and Recommendation of the said Trustees to Give the same to the Reverend Mr. Samuel Quincy, who was Authorized by the said Trustees to perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the said Province of Georgia. And Whereas the said Revd. Mr. Samuel Quincy has by Letter certified to the said Trustees That he is desirous of leaving the Colony of Georgia and returning home to England in the month of March next, To which they have Agreed.

The said Trustees therefore Recommend the Reverend Mr. John Wesley to the Incorporated Society; To have the said fifty pounds a year allowed to him, from the time the said Reverend Mr. Samuel Quincy shall leave the said Colony, In the same manner as the said Mr. Quincy had.

Signd by Order of the said Trustees this twelfth day of January 1735

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Account of how money voted by the last session of Parliament spent in settling Georgia. March 2, 1735/6. C.O. 5/670, p. 273.

An Accompt shewing how the Money granted in the last Session of Parliament to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America has been applied by them towards Settling and Securing the said Colony.


For Expences accrued in America for Provisions, Stores, Ammunition, Working Tools, Necessarys, Presents to the Chactaw and other Indians, Incident Charges, Reward for Services, and Charges of Fortifying the former Settlers in Georgia


7191. 2. 5 1/2

Applied in England



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Common Council Grant of 300 acres of land to Thomas Causton, Henry Parker, Thomas Christie, and John West to be cultivated for the religious uses of Georgia. March 31, 1736. C.O. 5/670, pp. 281-283.

This Indenture made the Thirty first Day of March in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty six Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and Thomas Causton first Bailiff Henry Parker second Bailiff and Thomas Christie Recorder of the Town of Savannah in Georgia aforesaid and John West of the same place Blacksmith of the other part. Witnesseth That in pursuance and Execution of the Resolution of the Common Council of the said Trustees of the Twenty sixth day of February One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five for Setting out and Cultivating Lands for the Religious Uses of the said Colony with such Moneys as had been or should be received for the said Uses They the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Given and Granted and by these Presents Do Give and Grant unto them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christie and John West and to the Survivors and Survivor of them Three Hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America being part and parcel of the Lands which His Majesty graciously granted to the said Trustees by His Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two. The said Three Hundred Acres to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient by James Oglethorpe Esqr. of Westbrook Place in the County of Surry one of the said Common Council (Reserved and always excepted out of the Grant in Case the said Three Hundred Acres shall be set out by the Side of any River Two Hundred Feet of Ground to be measured in breadth from the Banks of such River along by the Side thereof the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better Carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River). To have and to hold the said Three Hundred Acres of Land to them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christie and John West and the Survivors or Survivor of them for and during the good Will and Pleasure of the said Common Council & until some other Grant or Grants shall be made of the said Three Hundred Acres of Land to some other Person or Persons by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of them the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christie & John West or any of them In Trust to and for the Uses Intents and Purposes herein after mentioned and expressed (that is to say). That they the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christie and John West shall improve and Cultivate the said Three Hundred Acres of Land or cause the same to be improved and cultivated by all such ways and means as they or the Major part of them shall think best according to such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees. And also that they the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christie and John West shall take the best care they can of the several Produces of the said Land and shall every Six months send over to the Common Council of the said Trustees a time and exact Accompts of the Moneys they shall have laid out the Work that shall have been done and the Produces that shall have been raised on the said Lands and also shall and will from time to time apply the same to and for the Religious Uses of the said Colony in such manner as the said Common Council or the Major part of such of them as shall be for that purpose assembled shall think fit and proper. And the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christies and John West by these Presents for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other do Covenant Promise annd Agree to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them shall and will from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully Execute the Trust in them hereby reposed And also shall & will at all times Obey and Perform all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council or the Major part of them for that purpose assembled touching the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the said Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees and the said Thomas Causton Henry Parker Thomas Christie and John West have to another part thereof severally set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.

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General Abstract of Trustee Accounts from June 9, 1735, to March 17, 1735/6. March 17, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 274-280.


Memdm. Of the Balance remaining unapplied for establishing the Colony and for particular Persons stated as above the Sum of 171.5.7 appropriated towards building Churches in Georgia out of the 26000 granted in the last Session of Parliament is apart & reduces the same to 7,068.18.7 1/4 which Appropriation was Stated to Parlt. in the Accot. exhibited of the Disposition of the said 26,000 and thereby the Contributions towards building Churches in Georgia are so much increased. And of the said Balance 22.10.- to make up the Stated Balance of 15 remaining unapplied for encouraging and improving Botany and Agriculture to the Sum of 37.10 has been paid upon the Assurance of the Duke of Richmonds Payment of 30 Due from him being made which he has this day directed to be done, and further reduces the same until such Payment is made to the Sum of 7,046.8.7 1/4 and the Balance of 480.17.3 1/4 above Stated for building Churches, the Mission, a Catechest, and other Religious Uses is increased by the said Appropriation to the Sum of 652.2.10 1/4 which being added to the 7046.8.7 1/4 make together 7,698.11.5 1/2 which with the 37.10.- paid for the Botanists Salary to Michas 1755 to be Creditted when the Duke of Richmonds 30 is received makes the above Stated Balance of 7736.1.5 1/2.


And there is Advice come of 7 Bills of Exchange amounting to 1257.10.- to be paid out of the above Balance.

As to the Money depending to be Accompted for it is mostly returned in Super on Mr. Chardon and Mr. Causton until the Querys on their Accots. are answered.


GEORGIA TRUSTEES


HARMAN VERELST ACCOTANT


OFFICE WESTMINSTER


17 March 1735.

For the General Meeting of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be held the 18th of March 1735.

After reading the General Abstract It is observed That of the Sum of 26,756.17.8 received since the 9th of June 1735, for establishing the Colony and for particular Persons 9.10.- is the Produce ariseing from Bonds taken from Foreign Protestants to the Value of 44.- part of 600 advanced with His Majestys Benefaction for that purpose for the Passage to Georgia and Necessarys for them. Which Produce as to 9/10ths. parts thereof is to be applied towards establishing an English School and for such other Charitys as the Georgia Trustees shall direct, and the remaining 1/10th. part for the Benefit of the Hernhouters settled in Georgia.

That of the Sum of 383.12.9 received since the said 9th. of June for building Churches, the Mission, a Catechist, and other Religious Uses 230.13.- was Benefactions for the Mission Whereout the 106.18.10 1/2 applied has been wholly out of the said Benefactions for the Mission. Whereby the Balance unapplied of the said Benefactions is 125.14.1 1/2.

That the Moneys for building Churches paid in by Benefactors amot. to the Sum of 215.7.9 for a Catechist to 20 but there is 10 due for a year ending last month (being to be continued for 2 Years certain or the Benefactors Life if exceeding the 5 years) for to buy Bibles, Common Prayer Books, and the whole Duty of Man to 10.10.-. And for the other Religious Uses of the Colony to 111.5.4 3/4. All which added to the Balance unapplied for the Mission make together 480.17.3 1/4 Unapplied.

That the Appropriated Money to be Applied out of the 26,000 towards building Churches in Georgia together with the abovementioned Sum paid in for that Use, and the further Sum of 265.10.- Subscribed to be paid in one month after demand & to be applied for the same Use, Amount in the whole to the Sum of 652.3.4 towards building a Church at Savannah and another at Frederica in Georgia.

That the Reason for so large a Sum returned in Super is because the Accompts returned from Mr. Chardon & Mr. Causton cannot be adjusted till the Querys thereon are answered. And the Charge on Mr. Chardon amounts to 5,177.10.0 1/4 and Mr. Caustons Bills to 3,615.13.- part of the said Supers which together make 8,793.3.0 1/4.


The Monies remaining unapplied by the said General Abstract appear to be the Sum of





7,736.1.5 1/2


Whereof paid for the Botnists Salary to Michas 1735 & not Creditted in the Money applied and 22.10. thereof is to be replaced out of the 30 the Duke of Richmond has Ordered to be paid


37.10.





Cash in the Bank


7333.11.8





Cash in Aldn. Heathcotes hands


340.16.10





Cash to be received for a Drawback at the Custom house creditted by Deduction out of the Money applied; the said Drawback being for Stationary Ware & Spice Shipped on board the London Merchant.


8.12.-





Cash in the Accomptants hands


15.10.11 1/2 ______________


7736.1.5 1/2

Of which Money in the Bank 400 is to Answer the like Value in Georgia Bills of Exchange delivered to Mr. Oglethorpe in England and taken over with him to be Issued in America; thereby to Introduce a Method of preventing the Drawing Bills on the Trust at Pleasure, and at a detrimental Exchange; the Currency in Exchange for Bills having lately very much varyed. And such Variation not being duly Accompted for to the Trust.

That of the Balance for establishing the Colony & for particular Persons the following Sums remain unapplied for particular Persons. vizt.


For Richard Hart who went to Georgia in the London Merchant


1.1.-


For Richard Lawhey who went ot Georgia in the Simond


6.5.-


And for the Persecuted German Protestants in Georgia


148.-.-


In all unapplied for particular Persons


155.6.

Before the Lands granted since the last General Meeting are Stated It is necessary to acquaint the present Meeting That Mr. John West one of the first Settlers in Georgia, having married the Widow of another of the said Settlers, and coming to England with Leave did before his Return to Georgia apply for and obtain a Grant of 500d. Acres of Land to his Wife and the Heirs Male of her Body by him; in Consideration of his Securing by Note the Sum of 10 payable in two Years from 26th. September 1735. And She first Surrendering her Widows Estate for Life in the Land belonging to her former Husband, which Land so surrendered the Trust has agreed to Grant to such Person as the said John West and his Wife shall nominate on the Customary Tenure & such Persons not having Land in Georgia already.





Whereof Men 493, Boys above 16 Years old 28, Boys under 16 Years old 186, Females above 16, 248 & under 16, 119 making together the said 1074 Persons.


Besides the Wives & Children of those who went at their own Expence & the many Settlers from Carolina and other parts.

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Common Council Grant of 200 acres of land to Thomas Ormston. March 31, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 283.

Grant & Enfeofment (with Livery & Seisin indorsed) made the 31st. March 1736 to Thomas Ormston of Edinburgh Merchant of Two hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)52 Excepting in the Number of Acres being 200d. instead of 500d. Acres the Rent being 2 instead of 5 a Year and Condition to cultivate 80 Acres in 10 years instead of 200d.& Plant 800d. white Mulberry Trees thereon instead of 2000d on 200d. Acres & 100d. white Mulberry trees on every 10 Acres of the other 120ty. Acres instead of 1000d. on every 100 Acres of the other 300d. Acres.

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Trustee Memorial to the Commissioners of the Treasury for 10,000 granted by Parliament. June 2, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 284.

To the Right Honble. The Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury.

May it please Your Lordships.

The Parliament having Granted His Majesty in the last Session the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds towards Settling and Securing the Colony of Georgia in America.

The Trustees for establishing the said Colony, Pray Your Lordships Directions for the Issuing the said Sum to them to be applied to the Purposes aforesaid.

Signed by Order of the Trustees this second of June 1736.

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Common Council Grant of 100 acres of land to Patrick Graham. May 19, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 284.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 19th. of May 1736 to Patrick Graham of Crieff in the County of Perth in Scotland Chyrurgeon & Apothecary of One hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture of George Brigham Ent. in Page (134)53 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 100 acres of land to Isaac Young. June 2, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 284.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 2d. of June 1736 to Isaac Young of Eslech Martin in the County of Gloucester Miller & Malster of One hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the above As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 100 acres of land to William Aglionby. June 2, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 285.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 2d. of June 1736 to William Aglionby of Westminster Gentl. of One hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as that to Isaac Young As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Trustee Letter of Attorney to Harman Verelst to receive 10,000 from the Commissioners of the Treasury. June 23, 1736. C.O. 5/670, pp. 285-286.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have made ordained and constituted and in Our Stead and Place put and diputed And by these Presents do make ordain constitute and in our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst our Accomptant to be Attorney for Us and in our Name and for our Use to ask and receive of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain or whom else it shall & may concern, The Sum of Ten thousand pounds by virtue of Her Majestys Royal Sign Manual in his Majestys Name, to be applied towards settling and securing the said Colony of Georgia pursuant to the Clause for Appropriating the Publick Supplies for the year 1736 & Enabling His Majesty to Issue the said Sum out of the said Supplies or any of them, in an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament for enabling His Majesty to borrow 600,000 to be charged upon the Sinking Fund redeemable by Parliament; and for the further Dispostion of the said Fund, by paying off one million of South Sea Annuities; and for appropriating the Supplies granted in the said Session of Parliament. And Acquittance or other sufficient Discharge for the same for Us and in our Name to make Seal and deliver, and do all other Acts and things whatsoever concerning the Premisses as fully in every respect as We the said Trustees might or could do. And We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever our said Attorney shall lawfully do in our Name by the force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused our Common Seal to be affixed this twenty third day of June in the tenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty six.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benjm. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to David Blair. Aug. 4, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 286.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 4th. day of August 1736 to David Blair of Giffordland in the Shire of Air in Scotland Gentleman of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia, of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)54 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Thomas Boyd. Aug. 4, 1736. C.O. 670, p. 286.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 4th. day of August 1736 to Thomas Boyd of Piteon in the Shire of Air in Scotland Gentleman of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)55 As by Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Appointment of Hugh Anderson as Inspector of the Public Gardens and Mulberry Plantations in Georgia. Aug. 4, 1736. 5/670, p. 287.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Know Ye That We Have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents Do nominate constitute and appoint Hugh Anderson of Bridg Castle in Scotland Gentleman to be Inspector of the Publick Gardens and of the Mulberry Plantations in the Province of Georgia aforesaid. To have and to hold the said Office of Inspector of the said Gardens & Plantations for and during our Pleasure. And We do hereby authorize and Direct the Recorder of the Town of Savannah in the said Province for the time being to Administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open & secret Abettors) And also the following Oath of Office to him the said Hugh Anderson That is to say That he will truly and faithfully Discharge the said Office of Inspector of the said Gardens and Mulberry Plantations And to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the fourth day of August in the tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and thirty six.

Signd by order of the said Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary.


SEAL


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Common Council Instructions to the Magistrates in Savannah on the Memorial of Messrs. Rowland Pytt and John Tuckwell in case of the death of John Brownfield. Sept. 10, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 288.

Palace Court Westminster. At a Meeting of the Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in Common Council assembled on friday the 10th. of September 1736. On reading the Petition of Messieurs Rowland Pytt and John Tuckwell Setting forth That they had sent over large Cargoes of Goods consigned to Mr. John Brownfield their Agent and Factor at Savannah. And that they should continue so to do. And further Setting forth That as it is possible their said Agent and Factor may happen to dye possessed of large Effects belonging to them which may fall into unknown hands and be Imbezzled to their great Loss. And They therefore Praying That for the Prevention thereof The Magistrates of Savannah may receive Instructions from the Trustees to take Cognizance of the Petitioners said Effects, and the Books and Papers of the said John Brownfield in case of his Death; And that the said Magistrates may be directed upon such Accident of Death happening to Inspect the same to find out and Possess themselves of whatever Goods may then be in the hands of other Persons intrusted by the said John Brownfield for Sale thereof. And to examine what Debts may be then due to the said Petitioners and to cause Inventorys of such Goods and Lists of such Books Papers and Debts to be made at the Expence of the Petitioners and sent to them inclosed to the Trustees. And further Praying That the said Magistrates may be also directed upon such Accident of Death happening to appoint some proper Person to dispose of the said Goods and collect in the Debts for the use of the Petitioners and that such Person should regulate himself in the Disposal thereof according to Invoyce and the last Prices the said John Brownsfield sold for.

The said Common Council taking the same into Consideration have Ordered That the Magistrates of Savannah be Instructed; And they are hereby Instructed to comply with the several Prayers of the said Petition.

Signed by Order of the said Common Council.

Benjm. Martyn Secty.


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Trustee Memorial to the Queen in answer to Don Tomas Geraldins56 complanits against the inhabitants of Georgia. Oct. 20, 1736. C.O. 5/670, pp. 289-291.

Answer to Monsieur Geraldinos Complaints against the Inhabitants of Georgia.

SEAL

To the Queens Most Excellent Majesty Guardian of Great Britain; and His Majestys Lieutenant within the same.

May it please your Majesty

In Obedience to Your Majestys Pleasure signifyed to us by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the 27th. of last month We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have enquired into the Complaints against the Inhabitants of the Colony of Georgia contained in a Letter which his Grace the Duke of Newcastle received from Monsr. Geraldino Agent for the King of Spain.

And as to the first matter of Complaint mentioned in Monsr. Geraldinos Letter relating to the Fortress (situated in the Territorys of the King of Spain eight Leagues distant from St. Augustine) said to be attacked by the Inhabitants of Georgia the 3d. of March last; & that after they had killed a Soldier belonging to the Spaniards who defended, it they cut his Head off and carried it away with them in triumph.

The Trustees on examining the Accounts transmitted to them, do not find that any either English or Indians inhabiting the Province of Georgia had been concerned in the Outrage complained of But that the same was committed by some Neighbouring Indians, in Revenge for a more unheard of and Outrageous Injury acted by some Spaniards or Spanish Indians who had killed some Indian Women and Children and two Men, and after most wickedly abusing another Indian Woman, had burnt her alive.

As to the next Complaint in Monsieur Geraldinos Letter of rebuilding a Fort which he alledges had been formerly demolished by Order of the Court of England at the Request of the Court of Spain.

The Trustees Most Humbly Observe to your Majesty That the Spanish Minister has been very much misinformed; For that the said Fort having been left by the Independant Company without the Consent or Knowledge of His Majesty, was Ordered to be rebuilt by Instruction from His Majesty to the late Governor [Robert] Johnson.57

As to the Advices in Monsieur Geraldinos Letter mentioned to have been received from the Lieutenant of the Fort of St. Mark in the Province of Apalache, That the Indians of the Provinces of Uchisses and Talapuzes Subjects of the King of Spain had complained that the English were then employed in building a Fort on the Territory of His Majesty of Spain, which are inhabited by the Uchissise Indians and that they had even given out that they intended to build another on the Territorys of the Talapuze Indians to the North West of St. Augustine.

The Trustees Most Humbly represent to Your Majesty That they never gave any Directions for any Settlement to be made or Forts to be built but within the Limits of the Province of Georgia, as described by His Majestys Most Gracious Charter And That if the said Uchissese or Talapuze Indians inhabit within the same, they undoubtedly are within His Majestys Dominions and ought by no means to be Stiled Subjects of the King of Spain.

And as to the further Complaint That another Party of three hundred English had appeared on the Frontiers of the Province of Apalache, and that having Set up a Standard of War in a Town of Indians called Apalachicola, they had Summoned the chief Town of the abovesaid Province called Caveta to join them in order to make War against the Spaniards; acquainting them at the same time that they were resolved to demolish the Fort of St. Mark and afterwards to besiege St. Augustine.

The Trustees Most Humbly represent to Your Majesty That they have always had it at heart in the making their several Settlements to avoid all occasions of Contest with the Neighbouring Nations in Alliance with the Crown of Great Britain and do not believe that any of their People can have Acted so contrary to the designs and intentions of the Trustees and cannot but think that on a further Examination it will evidently appear That these Reports have been spread without any proper foundation; And that none of the People of Georgia have made any Incursions into the King of Spains Dominions or in any wise Molested his Subjects. The Trustees having in all their Actions confined themselves to the Limits which by His Majestys Charter are given to the Province of Georgia; to which they make no question but His Majesty has a Most Undoubted Right and Title, nor do they observe in the Treatys referred to by Monsieur Geraldino, anything contrary thereunto.

All which is Most Humbly Submitted by Your Majestys Most Dutifull and Obedient Subjects and Servants the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Signed by Order of the said Trustees this 20th. day of October 1736.

Benjamin Martyn Secty.

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Contract of Robert Millar to be Trustee Botanist. Nov. 10, 1736. C.O. 5/670, pp. 291-293.

To all whom it may Concern Know Ye That I Robert Millar of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex Surgeon do Covenant and Agree that in Consideration of the yearly Salary of Two hundred Pounds to be paid unto me or my Order in the manner following Vizt. Fifty Pounds at the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel58 Fifty Pounds at the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Christ59 Fifty Pounds at the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary60 of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist61 & Fifty Pounds at the Feast That I will serve the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America in the following manner Vizt. That I will at my own Charge and Expence forthwith Imbark on board a Ship bound for Jamaica and will from thence proceed to such parts of America as the Trustees shall think proper not only to send to Georgia those Plants remaining at Jamaica Carthagena and Campechy which I have already Collected but also to Collect such other Plants as shall be contained in my Instructions from the said Trustees and that I will use my utmost Diligence for collecting such other Plants and will carry or cause them to be carried to Georgia. And that I will constantly Correspond with and from time to time transmitt to the said Trustees all such Observations as I shall apprehend may be usefull to the said Colony And at such time as the Trustees shall think proper will go & reside in the said Colony of Georgia at my own Charge and Expence and use my utmost Endeavours there for the preserving and propagating of the said Plants and follow such Orders therein as I shall receive from the said Trustees all which I agree to do to the utmost of my Capacity and Power for the Space of two Years to be computed from Midsummer last. And Whereas the Right Honble. the Lord Petre has engaged to Pay unto me Fifty Pounds for the first year and Sixty Six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence for the second year towards defraying the Charge of my said Travels I declare that I do accept of the said Engagement as part of the said Two hundred Pounds a year Salary. And Whereas the following Persons are expected to Pay to the said Trustees the several Sums hereafter mentioned pursuant to an Agreement drawn up and in part Signed for that purpose in order to defray my said Charge Vizt. His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Lenox Thirty Pounds for the first Year and Forty Pounds for the second Year, The Right Honble. Edward Earl of Derby Fifty Pounds for the first year only, Sir Hans Sloane Twenty Pounds for the first year and Twenty six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence for the second year, The Company of Apothecarys Twenty Pounds for the first year and Twenty Six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence for the second Year, Charles Du Bois Esqr. Ten Pounds for the first Year and Thirteen Pounds Six Shillings and eight Pence for the second year, George Heathcote Esqr. Five Pounds for the first year and Six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence for the second year, and James Oglethorpe Esqr. Five Pounds for the first year & Six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence for the second year. But if it should so happen that any Deficiency shall be of the beforementioned Contributions or that the said Trustees should not think fit to advance Ten Pounds for the first year and Thirteen Pounds six shillings and eight Pence for the second Year to make up the said Two hundred Pounds a year Then the said Term of two Years shall be shortened proportionably as the whole to be received from the said Trustees shall fall short of Two hundred eighty three Pounds six shillings and eight pence. In Witness whereof the said Robert Millar hath hereunto set his Hand and Seal the Tenth Day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty six.


Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of


Rob. Millar

And. Millar SEAL

Harman Verelst

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Common Council Instructions for Robert Millar, Botanist. Nov. 10, 1736. C.O. 5/670, pp. 293-294.

Sir

You are ordered by the Common Council of the Trusstees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to go with all convenient Speed to Jamaica and to send to Carthagena and Campechy for obtaining those Plants Seeds and Roots which you left in the care of several Persons at those Places to be Preserved and Propagated; and on the obtaining thereof or any part thereof if you can find any Vessel going to South Carolina you must send them from time to time as obtained, to the care of Mr. St. Julian at Charles Town to be forwarded to Georgia and send him Advice thereof That it is in pursuance of your Instructions and therein desire him to send to the Superintendant for the Trustees in Georgia an Accot. thereof for Directions for forwarding them there.

If You touch at Madera in your Passage from England, and have time; You are ordered to inform yourself of the manner of Cultivating the Vines and making the Wines there; And to carry with You to Jamaica Cuttings of their best Sorts of Vines and Seeds Roots or Cuttings of any other usefull Plants you shall meet with on that Island which are wanting in the British Colonies but particularly the Cinnamon Tree; and if you can find any Vessel going from thence to South Carolina You must also send some of each of the abovementioned things directly there Addressed to Mr. St. Julian at Charles Town with Advice to him thereof as before directed.

You are to Renew the Correspondence which You had established with the Spaniards in the Countries thro which You have passed in order to be furnished by them with Seeds and Plants of the most usefull Drugs at their proper Seasons. And when you have an Opportunity of a Vessell going to La Vera Cruz and of your getting up the Country in Safety to Mexico You are to use your utmost Diligence to procure the Jalap and Cochineal with the Animals upon it and all other usefull Plants or the Seeds and Roots thereof which You have not yet Collected and that You shall Judge may be of use to the Colony of Georgia.

When You return to Jamaica you are to take the first Opportunity of going to Georgia with all the Plants and other things Collected by You and to take Care of the Culture there of what you shall carry with You.

And You are particularly desired to inform your self of the Nature and Culture of the white Mulberry Tree which is most proper for the Nourishment of Silk Worms, as likewise of all Sorts of Logwood and other Wood and Barks of use in Dyeing in order to the Propagating of them in Georgia.

And You are from time to time by all Opportunitys to write to the Trustees of the Progress you make.

Signed by order of the said Common Council the Tenth day of November 1736.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.


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Robert Millars Letter of Attorney to Andrew Millar. Nov. 25, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 295.

Letter of Attorney from Rober Millar of Chelsea in the County of Middlesex Surgeon to Andrew Millar of the Parish of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Bookseller (of the same Tenor with the Letter of Attorney from the late Wm. Houstoun Entd. Page 100)62 to which the said Robert Millar set his hand and seal the 25th. day of November 1736 in the presence of Benjamin Bayley and Harman Verelst.

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Trustee Representation to the King against South Carolinas opposition to Georgias Indian Act. Jan. 19, 1736/7. C.O. 5/670, pp. 295-296.

To the Kings most Excellent Majesty. The humble Petition and Representation of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

May it please Your Majesty

It is with great Concern That We find Our selves obliged to lay before Your Majesty a Representation of the Disregard shewn to Your Majestys Authority by the Lieutenant Governor Council and Assembly of South Carolina in openly opposing the Execution of an Act Approved by Your Majesty in Council on the third day of April 1735 intitled an Act for maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province of Georgia; Notwithstanding That Your Majesty was Pleased by a Letter Transmitted by His Grace the Duke of Newcastle the 11th. of October 1735 to Recommend to the Lieutenant Governor and Council of that Province their giving all Countenance and Assistance for the Execution of the said Act. But May it please Your Majesty instead of paying the Regard due to such a Recommendation or to an Act which had the Sanction of Your Royal Approbation in Council They proceeded so far in their Opposition as to Pass an Ordinance in an illegal manner for raising Two thousand Pounds Sterling to indemnify the Traders from Carolina in their Contempt of the said Act. And in Consequence of this illegal Ordinance several Traders came from Carolina into the Province of Georgia, and in particular Thomas Wright a Transported Convict was employed as a licensed Trader from Charles Town to animate the Indians inhabiting within the said Province against Your Majestys English Subjects by a great many villainous Reports and Suggestions, which occasioned the pulling down of an House within the Bounds of the Province of Georgia and the further endangering the Peace of the said Province.

And therefore, Your Majestys Dutiful Subjects the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Supplicate Your Majesty That taking the Premisses into Your Royal Consideration, You will be graciously pleased to give such Orders herein as May preserve Your Majestys Subjects in the Province of Georgia from the like Violences for their endeavouring to Execute the said Act for preserving the Peace with the Indians within the Province of Georgia.

Signed by Order of the said Trustees this 19th. of January 1736.

Benja. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Answer to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts about support of a missionary in Georgia. Jan. 19, 1736/7. C.O. 5/670, p. 297.

Answer of the Trustees to a Minute of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts dated Novr. 19, 1736.

The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia have with concern received from the Incorporated Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign Parts a Message signd David Humphrys which seems to imply a Doubt of the Intention of the Trustees towards making a sufficient Provision for the Missionary to be established in their Colony. The Resolution taken by the Trustees and the Orders given thereupon for improving Land for the Religious Uses of the Colony (Which may be seen in the Publick Books of their office) will sufficiently shew that they do not confine themselves to the bare Maintenance of a single Missionary, but are using proper means to have a sufficient Fund for providing likewise for a Catechist, and a School Master. And that they do at this time in fact maintain two Missionaries and a Catechist at their own Charge in that Colony.

The Trustees having given this Evidence of their sincere Intention for supporting a Religious Establishment among their People had great Reason to hope for an Encouragement from a Society Incorporated for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts, or at least that the Society would not have made an Order for the suspending the Payment of any Salary to the Missionary at Georgia before they had desired to have been informd what Resolutions the Trustees for the Colony of Georgia had come to.

Signd by Order of the Trustees Janry. 19, 1736/7.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons for additional funds for Georgia. Feb. 26, 1735/6. C.O. 5/670, pp. 298-299.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Humbly Sheweth

That Your Petitioners did in the last Session of Parliament humbly Represent to this Honourable House the several Steps they had taken to Settle Improve and Fortify the Province of Georgia; And did at the same time Observe to them the Importance of the Situation of the said Province which extending from the Sea to the Apalatian Mountains (from whence descend great and wide Rivers) did afford an Opportunity by making regular Settlements upon the Banks thereof with white People; to procure a Security not only to Carolina, but to the other English Settlements upon the Continent of America which so greatly Conduce to the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom.

That by the Assistance given to Your Petitioners the last Session of Parliament, they were Enabled to Subsist great Numbers of distressed Foreign and other Protestants, whom they had before sent to Georgia, whose Lands were not sufficiently Cultivated to afford them a Maintenance. And also since that to make several Imbarkations of Men Women and Children, consisting of persecuted and other Protestants; for establishing regular Settlements upon the Banks of the Alatamaha and Ocony (which descend from the Apalatian Mountains) in order to Fortify the Frontiers of the said Colony of Georgia so necessary to defend the same and to Secure the Province of Carolina, and the other adjacent English Colonys.

That Your Petitioners cannot but with great Concern Observe to this Honourable House That by several unforeseen Accidents and by contrary Winds, the greatest part of the said Imbarkations were delayed until the Season of the Year was so far advanced that it will be impossible for those People to clear any Lands whereby to raise a Subsistence for the ensuing Year, and who must in the mean time inevitably Suffer Hardships, even greater than those they have fled from without the farther Support and Assistance of this Honourable House.

That Your Petitioners beg Leave to Represent to this Honourable House That they have used their utmost Care and Deligence in applying the Money granted them in the last Session of Parliament to the Purposes it was intended with the greatest Frugality and Oeconomy. But that they still find themselves under a Necessity to apply to this Honourable House to Enable them to Support the Persons they have already sent to Georgia, and effectually to Settle and Fortify the Frontiers of the said Colony. They having already applied and expended very near all the Moneys which have been granted them for those Purposes.

That Your Petitioners have the Satisfaction to Inform this Honourable House, That the said Colony is Capable of Producing many valuable Commoditys at present purchased from foreign Countrys with Ready Money & particularly those of Pot Ash, Wine, Oyl and Silk. Some of which Silk having been manufactured in England was found to be equal, if not to exceed, the Produces of France or Italy.

Your Petitioners therefore Pray this Honourable House to give them such Assistance in the Premisses, as They in their Great Wisdom shall think meet.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons for additional funds for Georgia. March 2, 1736/7. C.O. 5/670, pp. 300-301.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Humbly Sheweth

That Your Petitioners by the Assistances given them by this Honourable House, together with the Contributions of well disposed Persons, have been enabled to proceed so far in the settling and securing the Province of Georgia, That there are some thousands of Foreign and other Protestants now inhabiting within the said Province.

That Your Petitioners have at a great Expence Erected a Light House ninety feet high upon the Island of Tybee (an advantage hitherto unknown in those parts) to the great Encouragement of the English Navigation and the Trade and Commerce on that Coast.

That Your Petitioners have made Settlements upon the Southern Limits of the Province of Georgia on the Sea Coast of the Continent of North America, as far as the Spanish Out Guards have opened a Passage by Land for Horses and Cattle ninety miles in length from the River Alatamaha to the River Savannah, and thereby procured a Communication from the Southern part of Georgia to all His Majestys other Provinces upon the Continent of America. And for the Security of the Southern part of the said Province have Erected the Forts of Frederica, St. Andrew & Amelia.

That a Town is laid out upon the Island of St. Simon called Frederica, and another upon the Alatamaha River called Darien, in both which Towns several Houses are already Erected and Inhabited and many others are now Building; which Towns when finished and Peopled will by their Situation be a Benefit and Defence to the Southern Frontier. But Your Petitioners are utterly unable to defray the Expences thereof until further Assisted by this Honourable House.

That the Necessitys of the Persons who have been last Settled in the said Province and of some others who have not yet been able to Cultivate Lands sufficient for their Support; make it incumbent on Your Petitioners to represent to this Honourable House the melancholy Circumstances to which they will be reduced unless there be some further Provision for their Maintainance.

That the Cultivating a good Correspondence with the Indians, the Support of a Civil Magistracy the encouraging the Produce of Wine, Oyl, Silk and other valuable Commoditys, and other accidental Charges are necessary to be defrayed in the Infant State of the Colony.

Your Petitioners therefore Pray this Honourable House to give them such Assistance in the Premises As they in their great Wisdom shall think meet.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL

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Account of funds granted by Parliament in 1735 which remained unspent March 2, 1735/6. March 8, 1736/7. C.O. 5/670, pp. 301-302.

An Accompt shewing how the Money remaining unapplied the 2d. of March 1735 of the Money granted in Parliament in the year 1735 to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America has been since applied by them towards settling and securing the said Colony.

Applied in America


Applied in England


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Account of how funds granted by Parliament in 1736 were spent for Georgia. March 8, 1736/7. C.O. 5/670, pp. 302-303.

An Accompt shewing how the Money granted in the last Session of Parliament to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America has been applied by them towards settling and securing the said Colony.

Applied in America


Applied in England


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Accounts of the Trustees from June 9, 1736 to March 15, 1736/7. March 18, 1736/7. C.O. 5/670, pp. 304-309.

THE GENERAL ABSTRACT of the Accompt of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America from the 9th. day of June 1736 to the 15th. day of March following. To be laid before them at their Anniversary Meeting on Thursday the 17th. of March 1736 being the third Thursday in the said month.


Memdm. besides the 171.5.7 of the above Balance for establishing the Colony appropriated towards bldg. a Church the Sum of 41.13.4 was applied to make up the half yrs Salary advanced to the Botst on last Contract with him till Subscrs had paid in their Money, & thereby the said Balance for the Colony to be applied amts. to 376.2.6 1/4. In the Accots. deld by Mr. Ogleth. there are 4 Bills of Exchange Entd. as drawn by him on the days and for the Sum following which have never been presented for Acceptance & Payment. vizt. 4 March 1735 to Paul Jenys Esqr. & Co. for 200. 27 April 1736 to the same Persons for 200 8 June 1736 to Mr. Thomas Causton for 25 and the 20th of Septr. 1736 to Captn. Mackpherson for 100 making together 525.-.-

The several Purposes for which Monies have been received, and applied and expended


For establishing the Colony





For the Use of particular Persons





For the following Religious Uses of the Colony


vizt.


The Building of Churches





The Use of the Missionaries for converting to Christianity the Native Indians and for Schools to Instruct them





The Use of the Missionaries and Schoolmaster for the Saltzburghers





And for the Religious Uses of the Colony in General such as the buying of Books, the cultivating Lands to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister, and the Appropriation towards the Maintenance of a Catechist


For encouraging and improving Botany & Agriculture in Georgia





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The several Purposes for which Monies have been received, and applied and expended




For establishing the Colony





For the Use of particular Persons





For the following Religious Uses of the Colony


vizt.


The Building of Churches





The Use of the Missionarires for converting to Christianity the Native Indians and for Schools to Instruct them





The Building of Churches





The Use of the Missionaries and Schoolmaster for the Saltzburghers





The Building of Churches





And for the Religious Uses of the Colony in General such as the buying of Books, the cultivating Lands to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister, and the Appropriation towards the Maintenance of a Catechist


For encouraging and improving Botany & Agriculture in Georgia





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[Note: The center portion of this table is repeated as the table is too large to go on two facing pages.]


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For the Anniversary Meeting of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be held the 17th. of March 1736.

After reading the General Abstract It is observed That the Sum of 124.2.2 3/4 charged received in America is the Sterling Money at 7 for 1 on 868.15.7 1/2 South Carolina Currency for the Duty of 3d. a Gallon on 69502 1/2 Gallons of Rum imported into that Province from the 1st. of March 1735 to the 1st. of June 1736 Granted by the General Assembly of South Carolina the 9th. of June 1733 for the use of the Colony of Georgia.

That the Trustees have received from Georgia by the Ship Two Brothers which arrived in January last 266 Barrels of Rice and 7 Cases of Deer Skins. The Rice producing 257 barrels sold to John Duffield weighing net 1127:0:20 at 15s p Cwt. 845.7.8. 4 barrels sold to John Woodbridge weighing net 16 cwt. 1.3 at 16s p cwt. 13.-.-, making together 858.7.8 and the remaining 5 barrels were emptyd by the Dirt in Garbling and by Damage. Of which 858.7.8 333.14.0 had been received and is Charged as part of the 10,701.6.7 received in England since the 9th of June 1736 and the residue will be payable on Saturday the 19th. of this Instant March. The Skins on the Entry weighd 3,128 pounds but are yet unsold only 2/9 a pound having been bid, and it is expected from the goodness of them they will fetch 2/10 a pound before Lady Day next, but at 2/9 a pound if they continue the same weight will produce 430. 0 and will make the Gross Produce by the said Ship 1,288.9.8.

That to the Sum of 321.19.9 received towards the building of Churches in Georgia 171.7 appropriated by the Trustee for that use and 285.10.0 Subscribed for the same use to be paid at one months Notice are to be added; And make together 778.15.4 for building of Churches in Georgia.

That the Settlements are so extended from the Northern to the Southern part of the Province a Minister for each Division is become necessary; besides an Itinerant Minister for the several Villages in the Northern Division.

That notwithstanding the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts did on the 16th. of January 1735 approve of Mr. John Wesley to be a Missionary at Georgia in the Room of Mr. Samuel Quincy and agreed That 50 a year should be by them allowed him from the time Mr. Quincys Salary should cease. Yet the said Society on the 19th. of November last Ordered the Payment thereof to be Stopped. Wherefore until a Provision for the Maintenance of Ministers and Catechists can be raised form the Lands set apart to be cultivated for that use there is no present annual Provision for such Maintenance Which is Humbly offered for Consideration if it may not be proper to open a Subscription for annual Contributions until the other Maintenance can be raised.

As to the Instructing the Native Indians and Converting them to Christianity That wholly Employs the time of one Missionary and a Schoolmaster besides the occasional Assistance of the other Ministers and Benefactions often come in for that very use, which at present amount to 382.17.1 1/2 remaining unapplied.

As to the Sum of 11687.8.11 3/4 Depending on several Persons in America to Accompt for. It is necessary to explain the Reasons of so large a Sum being still returned not Accoted. for which chiefly are two the one is That though Mr. Caustons Cash Accompts are received up to the end of July last yet most of the Payments therein taken Credit for do not express the Services for which such Payments were made and some mention for several Services without the Particular Accompts referred to that would distinguish the same. Which Defect is soon expected to be Supplied from Georgia proper hands being employed to make out such Particulars, and which when received will be regularly entered in the Payment Book for America and Posted to their different heads of Service in Discharge thereof. The other Reason is for want of Mr. Caustons Accompt from the end of July last and the Accompt of the Storekeeper at Frederica; Mr. Caustons are soon expected and Mr. Moores will be delivered here as soon as settled.

The Sola Bills issued in Georgia amount to 4,000 whereof there has been paid to the 13th. Instant 2,323. There is also directed for Payment to the 15th. Instant and not yet due 152.-.- and then standing out 1,525.-.- which makes the 1677.-.- appropriated Money for the said bills whereof in the Bank 1000 directed on Messrs. De Smith and Heathcote 152.-.- Balance in their Hands for Sola Bills to be directed on them 525.

The Balance in the Bank the 15th. instant 2672.16.9 whereout deduct the 1,000 appropriated for Sola Bills the remainder is 1672.16.9.

The Balance to be applied by the General Abstract is 1991.14.8 1/2 whereout 41.13.4 must be deducted advanced to the Botanist more than was payable by the Trustees until the Subscribers repay it and which is not taken Credit for in the said Abstract, and thereby the said Balance to be applied will be the Sum of 1950.1.4 1/2 whereof in the Bank as above 1672.16.9 in the hands of Messrs. De Smith and Heathcote 244.15.2 and in the Accomptants Hands 32.9.5 1/2.

Which Balance of 1950.1.4 1/2 is to be applied as follows For establishing the Colony 376.2.6 1/4. Particular Persons 261.1.0. Building of Churches 493.5.4. Missionarys 382.17.1 1/2. Missionarys to the Saltzburghers 50. And the General Religious Uses 386.16.4 3/4.

The Lands granted since the last Anniversary Meeting are; vizt.




Besides the Wives and Children of those who went at their own Expense the 40 Servants bought for the Publick in Georgia and the many Settlers from Carolina and other parts which together with the abovementioned 213 Persons at their own Expence and the 10 Moravians are computed to amount to in the whole 1,810 Persons besides the 1050 sent on the Charity making together 2,860 Persons computed to be now in Georgia whereof Men 1,097.

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Common Council Grant of 150 acres of land to Thomas Upton. May 11, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 309.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 11th. day of May 1737 to Thomas Upton of London Gentleman of One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to George Brigham Entered in Page (134)63 Excepting in the number of Acres being 150 instead of 100d. Acres the Rent 1.10.0 instead of 1 And Condition to Cultivate 60 acres in 10 years instead of 40 and Plant 600d. white Mulberry Trees thereon instead of 400d. on 40 Acres and 100d. White Mulberry Trees on every 10 Acres of the other 90 Acres instead of the other 60 Acres and to carry three Servants instead of two. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Trustees Instructions to the Bailiffs and Recorder of Savannah about Joseph Watsons mental state. June 6, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 310.

To the Bayliffs and Recorder of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America. You are to make a particular Enquiry into the State of Joseph Watsons Mind and if he shall appear to be of Sound mind and Understanding It is the Duty of the Court before which he was tried to proceed to give Judgement against him pursuant to the Verdict.

Signed by order of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the sixth Day of June 1737.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Memorandum to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for issuing the 20,000 granted by Parliament. June 22, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 310.

To the Right Honourable The Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury.

May it please Your Lordships

The Parliament having granted His Majesty in the last Session the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds towards Settling and Securing the Colony of Georgia in America.

The Trustees for establishing the said Colony Pray Your Lordships Directions for the Issuing the said Sum to them to be applied to the Purposes aforesaid.

Signed by order of the Trustees this Twenty second of June 1737.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Letter of Attorney to Harman Verelst to receive the 20,000 voted by Parliament. July 6, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 311.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have made ordained and constituted and in Our Stead and Place put and deputed And by these Presents Do make ordain constitute and in our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst our Accomptant to be Attorney for us and in our Name and for Our Use to ask and receive of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, or whom else it shall and may concern, The Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds by Virtue of His Majestys Royal Sign Manual to be applied towards Settling and Securing the said Colony of Georgia, pursuant to the Clause for Appropriating the Publick Supplies for the Year 1737 and Enabling His Majesty to Issue the said Sum out of the said Supplies or any of them in an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament for repealing the present Duty on Sweets, and for granting a less Duty thereupon; and for explaining and enforcing the Execution of an Act passed in the ninth Year of His present Majestys Reign Intituled An Act for laying a Duty upon the Retailers of Spirituous Liquors and for Licensing the Retail thereof, And for Appropriating the Supplies granted in the said Session of Parliament and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets and Orders lost, burnt or otherwise destroyed. And Acquittance or other sufficient Discharge for the same for Us and in Our Name to make seal and deliver, and to do all other Acts and things whatsoever concerning the Premisses as fully in every respect as We the said Trustees might or could do; and We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever our said Attorney shall lawfully do in our Name by the force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused Our Common Seal to be affixed this Sixth day of July in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty seven.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to William Stephens and his son Thomas with a preamble and agreement with William Stephens to act as Secretary for the Trust in Georgia. April 27, 1737. C.O. 5/670, pp. 312-322.

This Indenture of three parts made the Twenty seventh day of April in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and thirty seven. Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the first part William Stephens of the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton Esqr. of the second part and Thomas Stephens third Son of the said William Stephens of the third part. Whereas the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens do purpose with all convenient Speed to go to the Province of Georgia in America and there to Settle and inhabit and to clear and improve such Lands as the Common Council of the said Trustees shall grant to them for the respective Estates and upon the several Conditions herein after mentioned. And Whereas the Common Council of the said Trustees did on the Eighteenth instant April Appoint the said William Stephens Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia and did Agree to grant to him five hundred Acres of Land in the said Province To hold unto him for the Term of his Natural Life and after his Decease to his said third Son Thomas Stephens and the Heirs Male of his Body with Remainder to his fourth Son Edward Stephens and the Heirs Male of his Body and with Remainder to his fifth & youngest Son Newdigate Stephens and the Heirs Male of his Body. To defray the Charges of Passage of the said William Stephens and three more belonging to him including his said third Son and a Woman Servant And to defray the Charges of Procuring Cloathing Bedding and Passage of ten Men Servants to be engaged by the said William Stephens to cultivate the said Five hundred Acres of Land. To Supply the said William Stephens with the following Working Tools for the use of his Men Servants Vizt. Ten Falling Axes Ten Field Hatchets Ten shod Shovels Ten broad Hoes Ten narrow Hoes Ten Gimblets Ten Drawing Knives Two Whip Saws and one Cross Cutt Saw with Lockers Tillers and Files for them a Grindstone with Spindles & Handles Six Hammers and two thousand Nails sorted. And to Supply the said William Stephens and two others including his said third Son with the following Provisions in Georgia for the first Year vizt. Six pounds of Beef a week each Two pounds of Rice Two pounds of Pease and two Quarts of Flour a week each a Pint of strong Beer a day each a Quart of Molasses a week each Four pounds of Cheese Two pounds of Butter Two Ounces of Spice Two pounds of Sugar a Gallon of Vinegar Six pounds of Salt three Quarts of Lamp Oyl and three pounds of Soap a quarter each and a pound of Spun Cotton each and his Woman Servant and each of his Ten Men Servants Two hundred pounds of Meat and three hundred and forty two pounds of Rice Pease or Indian Corn together with Contingent Food for the said Eleven Servants to the value of eight shillings Sterling each. To pay to the said William Stephens the Sum of Fifty pounds for his Cloathing Linnen Kitchen Furniture and other Family Necessarys before his Departure from England and the further Sum of Fifty pounds in the first Year after his Arrival in Georgia to defray diverse extraordinary Charges in Georgia at such times and in such manner as the said Wm. Stephens shall find occasion for it. And in Case any particular Expences should arise and Water or Land Carriage should be necessary in pursuing Such Instructions the said William Stephens shall receive from the Common Council of the said Trustees such particular Expences should be defrayed. In Consideration of the said William Stephens and his said third Son Thomas Stephens (in case of his Fathers Death) Agreeing to Execute the Office of Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia for the Term of six Years and from and after the end of the said six Years for and during so long time as either of them the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens shall continue in the Colony of Georgia not exceeding sixteen Years in the whole without any further Charge or Expence to the Trust whatsoever (except as Provided aforesaid). Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the Rents Services and Conditions herein after expressed by the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby to be made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the herein after mentioned Lands to be paid done performed and executed And also in Consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings by the said William Stephens well and truly paid for the Use of the said Trustees the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged And also in pursuance of the above recited Agreement They the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Granted and Enfeoffed And by these Presents Do Grant and Enfeoff unto him the said Wm. Stephens Five hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America being part and parcel of the Lands which His Majesty graciously granted to the said Trustees by His Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June 1732. The said Five Hundred Acres to be set out limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that purpose authorized and appointed (Reserved and always excepted out of this Grant in Case the said Five hundred Acres shall be set out by the Side of any River Two hundred feet of Ground to be measured out in breadth from the Banks of such River along by the Side thereof the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River). To have and to hold the said Five hundred Acres of Land to him the said William Stephens for and during the Term of his Natural Life and from and after his Decease to be and enure to the Use and Behoof of the said Thomas Stephens third Son of the said William Stephens and to the Heirs Male of the Body of him the said Thomas Stephens lawfully to be begotten Yielding & Paying for such Five hundred Acres of Land to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors yearly and every Year for ever a Rent or Sum of Five Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain the same to be paid to such Person or Persons and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall be directed and appointed. The first Payment thereof to be made on the first Day of the Eleventh Year to be computed from the Ninth Day of June One Thousand Seven hundred and thirty-two. Provided always And these Presents are upon these Conditions That if it shall happen that the said yearly Rent of Five Pounds hereby reserved or any part or parcel thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of Six Calendar months next after any Day of Payment on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid Or if the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens shall not within the Space of One Calendar month to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents register or cause to be registered with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations this present Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment or a Memorial containing the Substance & Effect thereof Or if the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens shall not within the Space of Twelve Calendar months to be computed form the Day of the Date of these Presents go to and arrive in the said Province of Georgia together with Ten able bodied young Men Servants being each of them of the Age of Twenty Years and upwards Or if the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens or one of them or the Heirs Male of the said Thomas Stephens with such able bodied young Men Servants as aforesaid shall not abide settle inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia Or if the said William Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five hundred Acres of Land shall not within the Space of Ten Years to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents clear and cultivate Two Hundred Acres of Wood Ground being part and parcel of the said Five hundred Acres hereby granted as aforesaid and set and plant Two Thousand Trees or Plants of the white Mulberry Tree in and upon the said Two hundred Acres and in and upon every hundred of the said other Three hundred Acres One Thousand of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants when as the same shall be cleared and cultivated respectively as aforesaid and from time to time sufficiently fence maintain and preserve the same from the Bite and Spoil of Cattle and in the Room and Stead of such of the said Trees or Plants as shall happen to dye or otherwise be destroyed set and place other Trees or Plants of the same Sort in and upon the said Two Hundred Acres and also in & upon the said Three hundred Acres respectively with all possible and convenient Care and Speed so that there may always be growing upon the said Two hundred Acres Two Thousand of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants and also upon every Hundred of the said Three Hundred Acres One Thousand of the said white Mulberry Trees or Plants at the least Or if the said William Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five hundred Acres of Land shall at any time Alien Assign or Transfer the said Five hundred Acres or any part or parcel thereof for any Term of Years or any Estate or Interest in the same to any Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be authorized and impowered to grant such Licence or if the said Wm. Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made form time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five hundred Acres of Land shall at any time without the Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees first had and obtained enter into any Company or Partnership whatsoever for the making or manufacturing the Ashes commonly called or known by the Name of Pot Ash Or if the said Thomas Stephens shall dye without Issue Male Or if the Heirs Male of the said Thomas Stephens shall at any time dye without Issue Male so that the Estate in Tail Male hereby granted to him the said Thomas Stephens shall cease and determine Or if the said Wm. Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five hundred Acres of Land shall do or commit any Treason Misprision of Treason Insurrection Rebellion Counterfeiting Clipping Washing Coining or other Falsifying of the Money of Great Britain or of any other Realm or Dominion whatsoever Or shall do or commit any Sodomy Murther Felony Homicide Killing Burglary Rape of Women unlawful Conspiracy or Confederacy and shall thereof be lawfully Convicted Or if the said William Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and if the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and entitled to the said Five hundred Acres of Land shall at any time keep lodge board or employ within the Limits of the said Province of Georgia any Person or Persons being a Black or Blacks Negroe or Negores on any Account whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the said Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees or of such Officer or Officers as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be authorized & impowered to grant such Licences That then and from thenceforth in any or either of the aforesaid Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Five hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to the said William Stephens and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons so neglecting or misbehaving him or themselves in any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other Occupiers and Possessors of the said Five hundred Acres or of any part or parcel thereof thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also upon the Entry in any of the Cases before mentioned of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being be for that purpose authorized and appointed the Grant hereby made of the said Five hundred Acres of Land as aforesaid shall cease determine and become void Any Thing herein contained to the Contrary thereof notwithstanding. And the said Trustees do further declare that they do not design or intend hereby to hinder or prevent him the said William Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Two Hundred Acres of Land (not entering into a Company or Partnership with any Person or Persons whatsoever for that Purpose as aforesaid) from making or manufacturing as best he or they severally may the said Ashes commonly called Pot Ash. And these Presents further Witness And it is the true Intent and meaning thereof That if it shall so happen that any part of the said Five hundred Acres of Land hereby granted to him the said William Stephens as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared and improved within Eighteen Years the same to be computed from the Day of the Date hereof That then and in such Case all and every part of such Five hundred Acres of Land which shall not have been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant hereby made of such Lands as to such part and parts thereof shall cease determine add become void. And it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon such part & parts not having been cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as if this present Grant had never been had or made and all and every such Person or Persons Occupiers and Possessors of such part and parts thereout and thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also to grant and dispose of the same in such manner and for such Uses Intents and Purposes as the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees shall think fit and proper. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do hereby for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens severally and to and with their several Heirs Executors and Administrators in manner following (that is to say). That at such time or times as the said Common Council of the said Trustees shall be thereunto requested by the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens or one of them or the Heirs Male of the said Thomas Stephens occupying and possessing the said Five hundred Acres as aforesaid by any Writing under their Hands and Seals they the said Common Council will give and grant to such able bodied young Men Servants as shall arrive and settle with them in the said Province of Georgia as aforesaid Twenty Acres of Land in the said Province of Georgia to each and every of them severally in Tail Male under such Rents Conditions Limitations and Agreements as shall by the said Common Council of the said Trustees have been then last granted to any other Men Servants in like Circumstances. And that Possession and Seisin of the said Five hundred Acres shall be taken and delivered by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council be for that purpose authorized and appointed to be their true and lawful Attorney or Attorneys in their Name and Stead into and upon the said Five hundred Acres of Land or into and upon any part or parcel thereof being so set out limited and bounded as aforesaid in the Name of the whole to enter and take Possession and Seisin thereof and after such Possession and Seisin is Holden as aforesaid in their Name and Stead to deliver full and quiet Possession and Seisin thereof or of any part or parcel thereof in the Name of the whole to the said William Stephens and him the said William Stephens to leave in quiet and peaceable Possession thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents. And the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens for themselves severally and for their several Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and for every of them do hereby respectively covenant promise and agree to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors in manner following (that is to say). That they the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens shall & will within the Space of one month to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents register or cause to be registered with the Auditor of His Majestys Plantations this present Indenture of Grant and Enfeoffment or a Memorial containing the Substance and Effect thereof and shall and will within the Space of Twelve months to be computed from the Day of the Date of these Presents go to the said Province of Georgia together with Ten able bodied young Men Servants being each of the Age of Twenty Years at the least and that they the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens or one of them will together with such Men Servants as aforesaid abide settle and inhabit and continue in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years to be computed from the Day of the Registering these Presents in the Common Register of the said Province of Georgia. And that he the said William Stephens or such other Person as shall by Virtue of these Presents and of the Grant hereby made from time to time become possessed of and intitled to the said Five Hundred Acres of Land his or their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns or some of them shall and will yearly and every Year well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors the said Rent or yearly Sum of Five Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain in such manner as the same is herein before reserved and made payable. And further that he the said William Stephens shall and will well and truly Execute the Office of Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia for the Term of Six Years from his Arrival in the said Province if he shall as long live And in Case of his Decease before the End of the said Six Years That he the said Thomas Stephens shall and will well and truly Execute the said Office agreable to such Instructions as the said William Stephens shall have received from the Trustees for and during the rest and Residue of the said Term of Six Years And that from and after the xpiration of the said Term they or one of them shall and will continue well and truly to Execute the said Office for and during so long time as either of them shall be in the Colony of Georgia not exceeding sixteen Years in the whole And shall and will at all times Obey all such Orders and Instructions as the said Trustees shall from time to time send over for the regular and fully Executing the said Office. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Do for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens severally and to and with their several Heirs Executors and Administrators in manner following (that is to say). That in Case the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens shall well and truly Pay Perform Do and Execute from time to time all and every the Rent Covenants Articles Agreements Matters and Things before in these Presents mentioned and contained which on their parts are or ought to be paid performed done and executed as aforesaid. And in Case the Estate in Tail Male hereby granted to the said Thomas Stephens shall cease and determine for want of Issue Male of his Body or the Heirs Male of his Body That then and in such Case the said Trustees shall and will Grant Convey and Assure the said Five hundred Acres of Land and all other the Premises to Edward Stephens the fourth Son of the said William Stephens and to the Heirs Male of his Body under such Rents Conditions Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are herein before mentioned to be reserved limited agreed and declared of concerning the said Five hundred Acres herein before granted to the said Thomas Stephens in Tail Male with a Covenant That in Case the Estate in Tail Male to the said Edward Stephens shall cease determine for want of Issue Male of his Body or the Heirs Male of his Body That then and in such Case as the said Trustees shall and will Grant Convey and Assure the said Five hundred Acres of Land and all other the Premisses to Newdigate Stephens the fifth and youngest Son of the said William Stephens and to the Heirs Male of his Body under such Rents Conditions Provisoes Limitations & Agreements as are to be reserved limited agreed and declared of & concerning the said Five hundred Acres to be granted as aforesaid to the said Edward Stephens in Tail Male. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the said Corporation and the said William Stephens and Thomas Stephens have to another part thereof set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.

Indorsed on the back

Memorandum

That on the Day of in the Year of the the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And in the Year of our Lord 173 quiet and peaceable Possession and Seisin of the said Five hundred Acres of Land within granted was had and taken by in Pursuance of an Authority for that purpose for and in the Name of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and also for and in the Name of the said Trustees delivered by the said in pursuance of the said Authority unto the within named William Stephens To hold to him the said William Stephens for the Term of his Natural Life and the Reversion thereof after his Decease to be held as within mentioned upon the Conditions and according to the force and true meaning of this Deed within written in the Presence of

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Common Council Appointment of William Stephens as Secretary of the Affairs of the Trust within Georgia. April 18, 1737. C.O. 5/670, pp. 322-323.

The Common Council of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Know Ye That We the said Common Council reposing especial Trust & Confidence in the Ability Care and Circumspection of William Stephens of the Isle of Wright in the County of Southampton Esqr. Have nominated constituted and appointed And by these Presents Do nominate constitute and appoint him the said William Stephens to be Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia aforesaid. To have hold perform and execute the said Office of Secretary for during and until some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said William Stephens shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. He the said William Stephens conforming himself in all things according to the Instructions which he shall from time to time receive from the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees under the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees. And We do hereby direct and require all and every the Magistrates and other Peace Officers and all other the Inhabitants of the said Province to observe & pay due Regard to all and every the Instructions that shall be from time to time produced by the said William Stephens for the due Execution of his said Office and to aid & assist him therein to the utmost of their Skill & Knowledge and in all things well and truly to behave themselves to him as they shall be answerable for the contrary. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the eighteenth Day of April in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty seven.


The 27th. of April 1737 The said William Stephens was Sworn to his said Office of Secretary before the Common Council then Assembled,

Benj. Martyn Sectary


By Order of the said Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary

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Common Council Instructions to William Stephens as Secretary of the Affairs of the Trust within Georgia. July 20, 173764. C.O. 5/670, pp. 323-325.

Instructions for Mr. William Stephens from the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, who was appointed Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the said Province on Monday the eighteenth Day of April 1737.

As to Military Concerns

1st. You are to send an Account to the Trustees of all Fencible

Men65 in the Province from the Age of Twenty to Fifty Five according to every Town and Village.

2d. You are to send an Account of the Number of Forts, Description of them, the Garrisions in them, what Number they are capable of maintaining, the Number of Cannon in each, and what is wanting, the Bore of the Cannon in each Fort, and how mounted, what is wanting to compleat them; the Store of Powder for Cannon & Musket, and if any be damaged, the Quantity of Ball, and if Suited to the Cannon and Musket, the Number of Swords and Bayonets, and what Condition every thing of that Sort is in for Service.

3d. You are to send an Account of the Condition of the Storehouses built within the Forts, and what Supply of fresh Water there is.

As to Civil Concerns

1st. You are to send to the Trustees an Account of the Behaviour of the Inhabitants towards their Magistrates, of their Industry Sobriety and Obedience to the Laws.

2d. You are to send the Peoples Reasons, good or bad, for not having Cultivated their Lands according to the Condition of their Grants.

3d. You are to send a just Report of the Surveyors Negligence f; who among the People there are capable of taking that Business upon them.

4th. You are to send the Number of Souls, English Scotch & Foreigners according to their Towns and Villages, and according to Families or Single Persons.

5th. You are to send the Number of Gentlemen Freeholders & Servants.

6th. You are to send an Account how Cultivation and Inclosure goes on, who have been remarkably industrious, and who have been otherwise.

7th. You are to send an Account of what Progress is made in the Silk, planting out Mulberry Trees and preserving them, and the Condition of Amatiss Machines.

8th. You are to send an Account of the Publick Gardens, how the Plantation of Vines goes on, and what Prospect there is of making Wine.

9th. You are to send an Account whether Coffee is cultivated and what other usefull Berries, Medicinal Drugs, Roots or Bark for Dying.

10th. You are to send an Account whether the Timber cut down be turnd to the best Use for building or Traffick and with Prudence to preserve enough for Fireing for some Years to come.

11th. You are to send an Account whether the Timber on the Trust Lands in Town and Country be preserved.

As to Religious Concerns

1st. You are to inform the Trustees whether the People frequent Divine Service according to their several Persuasions; by wch. means they will know whether any concealed Papists are among them; and to inform the Trustees what Example the Magistrates give the People.

2d. You are to acquaint the Trustees how the Cultivating the Lands set apart for Religious Uses goes on.

3d. You are to recommend to the Magistrates a strict Care to Punish Vice and Immorality, and in the Courts of Justice to pay Reverence when Oaths are administered by rising up and enjoyning Silence as in Scotland. And that they encourage our Ministers in their Duty all they can.

4th. You are to recommend to the Magistrates that they encourage the Children at School, and sometimes inspect their Learning, and exhort their Parents to send them.

5th. You are to recommend to the Magistrates that they do the same by the Indian Children.

Other General Instructions

1st. You must call regularly at set times upon the Magistrates; the Recorders, the Surveyors, the Publick Gardeners, and the Register to make up their Accounts and send them Quarterly to the Trustees.

2d. You must Suggest to the Trustees whatever You may think may further the Good and Prosperity of the Colony.

3d. You must advertise the Trustees of all Material Occurrences, News and Reports that You think well grounded.

4th. You must See that the Naval Officers inform the Trustees of all Ships coming into the Ports of Georgia, of their going out, when they Arrived or Sailed, their Cargoes, from whence they came, and whither bound.

5th. You must miss no Opportunity of writing to the Trustees, whether You have much to Say or little, that they may timely provide & direct what is found necessary, or have the Satisfaction to know that all things go well.

6th. You are to send Duplicates of all Letters You write to be sent by the next Ship.

7th. You are to enter all Letters sent by You to the Trustees in a Book noting by what Ship Such Letters and their Duplicates are sent And all Letters received by You from the Trustees. You are to indorse on them the time when You received them and by what Ship or Conveyance they came to Your Hands.

Signed by Order of the Common Council of the said Trustees.

Benj. Martyyn Sectary.

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Common Council Private Instructions to William Stephens as Secretary of the Affairs of the Trust within Georgia. July 20, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 326.

Private Instructions for Mr. William Stephens from the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

As to Civil Concerns

1st. You are to send an Account of the Behaviour of the Magistrates and other Officers of Savannah and Frederica, then Diligence or Carelessness, Abilities &c, without Fear, Affection or Partiality and of what Care is taken in Distributing the Stores.

2d. You are to send an Account of the Peoples Pretences of Complaint against the Magistrates.

Signed by Order of the Common Council of the said Trustees.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Articles of Agreement between the Trustees and William Bradley to be Overseer of Trust Servants in Georgia. Oct. 7, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 326-328.

Articles of Agreement Indented Made Concluded and Agreed upon the Seventh Day of October in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty five Between William Bradley of London Farmer of the one part and the Corporation of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the other part as followeth that is to say.

First The said William Bradley doth hereby Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said Trustees and their Successors That he the said William Bradley and Elizabeth his Wife and Robert James William Riehard Jane and Martha his Children shall and will forthwith imbark on board the good Ship or Vessell called the London Merchant John Thomas Commmander now lying in the River of Thames and proceed directly for the Colony of Georgia in America And shall and will remain and be imployed in the Clearing Draining Cultivating and Improving Lands in the said Colony for the Space of one Year next after the Arrival of him the said William Bradley there and during that time Oversee and Employ therein Thirty (or any greater Number not exceeding one Hundred) of the Servants belonging to and maintained by the said Trustees as James Oglethorpe Esqr. shall direct. And with the Assistance and Labour of Thirty of such Servants within the said Space of one Year next after his said Arrival in the said Colony shall and will clear and cultivate One hundred Acres of the Public Lands belonging to the said Trustees for the Use and Benefit of the said Trust and lay out the same in proper Divisions either as Arable Meadow or Pasture in a Husbandlike manner with all necessary Fences Inclosures and Draines to the good Liking and Satisfaction of and in such manner the said Mr. Oglethorpe shall direct. And which said One hundred Acres so to be Cleared and Cultivated are to be allotted and appointed by the said Mr. Oglethorpe. In Consideration whereof the said Trustees for themselves and their Successors do hereby Covenant promise and Grant to and with the said William Bradley That they the said Trustees shall and will bear and pay the Expences of the Passage of the said William Bradley and his Wife and Children to Georgia and maintain them in the said Voyage and during the Space of one Year next after their Arrival in the said Colony. And that he the said William Bradley shall by or out of such part of that Years Produce of the said One hundred Acres so to be by him Cultivated as the said Mr. Oglethorpe shall appoint be paid the Value of One hundred pounds Sterling and also shall at his Arrival in the said Colony be furnished and provided with ten other Servants belonging to the said Trustees for his own Use and Benefit and to be employed by him in Cultivating the Lands to be Allotted to him for his own Use by the said Mr. Oglethorpe. Each of which Ten Servants are to be provided by the said Trustees for the Space of One Year with Tools and Provisions according to the Custom of the said Colony provided nevertheless And it is the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents And the said William Bradley doth hereby Covenant promise and Grant to and with the said Trustees and their Successors that if he the said William Bradley shall at any time during the said Term of One Year next after his Arrival in Georgia depart or absent himself from the said Colony without the special Licence and consent of the said Mr. Oglethorpe first had and obtained in Writing Signed by him whereby or by means whereof the Cultivating of the said One Hundred Acres shall be neglected Then he the said William Bradley for every month of Thirty days that he shall so absent himself shall forfeit and lose the Sum of Forty shillings (and so after that rate for any greater or lesser Space of time than one such month) to be Substracted and Deducted out of the said Sum of One hundred pounds so agreed to be paid him out of the said first Years Produce of the said Lands as aforesaid. Provided also and the said William Bradley doth hereby further Covenant promise and Grant to and with the said Trustees and their Successors That if at the Expiration of the said Term of One Year any part of the said One hundred Acres shall remain uncultivated Then for every Acre thereof which shall so remain uncultivated he the said William Bradley shall forfeit and lose the Sum of Forty shillings which is in like manner as aforesaid to be Subtracted and Deducted out of the said Sum of One hundred pounds as Agreed to be paid him out of the said first Year Produce of the said Lands as aforesaid. Provided also And it is hereby further Covenanted Declared and Agreed That if the said William Bradley shall within the said Space of One Year next after his Arrival in the said Colony by the Direction and to the good Liking and Satisfaction of the said Mr. Oglethorpe Clear Drain and Cultivate any greater Number than the said One hundred Acres of the publick Lands belonging to the said Trustees for the Use and Benefit of the said Trust Then he the said William Bradley shall out of that Years Produce of every Acres (over and above the said One hundred Acres) which he shall so Clear Drain and Cultivate for the benefit of the said Trust be paid the Value of Forty shillings Sterling. In Witness whereof to one part of these Presents the said Trustees have Caused their Common Seal to be affixed and to the other part thereof the said William Bradley hath set his Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written.

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Trustee Memorial to the King for protection of Georgia from the Spaniards. Aug. 10, 1735. C.O. 5/670, p. 329.

To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty The humble Memorial of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Humbly Sheweth

That they being entrusted by Your Majesty with the Care of the Colony of Georgia, which was formerly part of Your Majestys Province of Carolina, And Your Majestys Colony of Georgia being very much exposed to the Power of the Spaniards, and become an Object of their Envy by having valuable Ports upon the homeward Passage from the Spanish West Indies, and the Spaniards having increased their Forces in the Neighbourhood thereof The Trustees in Consequence of the great Trust reposed in them by your Majesty, find themselves obliged humbly to lay before Your Majesty their Inability sufficiently to protect Your Majestys Subjects Settled in Georgia under the Encouragement of your Majestys Charter against this late Increase of Forces. And therefore become humble Suppliants to Your Majesty on behalf of Your Subjects Settled in the Province of Georgia; That Your Majesty will be pleased to take their Preservation into Your Royal Consideration. That by a necessary Supply of Forces the Province may be protected against the great Danger that seem immediately to threaten it.

All which is most humbly Submitted to Your Majestys Great Wisdom.

Signed by Order of the Trustees this Tenth day of August 1737

Benj. Martyn Sectary

SEAL

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Robert Williams Letter of Attorney to Papillon Ball. Jan. 13, 1735/6. C.O. 5/670, pp. 330-331.

Know all Men by these Presents That I Robert Williams of Bristol Merchant now bound out on a Voyage to the West Indies have made ordained constituted & appointed And by these Presents Do make ordain constitute & appoint Papillon Ball of London Merchant my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name and for my Use to Ask Demand and Receive of and from all and every Person and Persons whatsoever all and every Debt and Debts Sum and Sums of Money Goods Chattels Merchandizes and Effects whatsoever now due or owing or hereafter to be due or owing to me the said Robert Williams or to me and my Partner John Williams in Company or otherwise howsoever. And upon Non Payment thereof the said Persons or any of them their or any of their Executors or Administrators for me and in my Name to Sue Arrest Imprison implead and prosecute for the same and upon such Suit to proceed to Judgment and Execution and thereupon the said Persons any or either of them their or any or either of their Executors and Administrators in Person to hold and keep until Payment thereof be made with all Costs and Damages Sustained and to be Sustained by Occasion of the detaining of the same. And upon Payment thereof the said Persons any or either of them their or any or either of their Executors and Administrators forth of Prison to discharge and Acquittances for the same or any part thereof for me and in my Name to make Seal and deliver and also to do perform and execute all and every other lawful and reasonable Acts and things whatsoever both for Obtaining and Discharging the same as shall be needful to be done giving and by these Presents granting unto my said Attorney my full and absolute Power in the Premisses Ratifying and holding firm all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in or about the Premisses by Virtue of these Presents. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Thirtieth Day of January in the Ninth Year of the Reign of my Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five.

Robert Williams

Be it Rememberd that I the above named Robert Williams have also constituted and appointed the above named Papillon Ball my Attorney to prevent and defend any Action or Suit in Law or Equity brought or to be brought against me during my Absence Ratifying and Confirming all and whatsoever he shall lawfully do or cause to be done therein or to Submit for me any Demand to Arbitration.


Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Us Den. Hamond Wm. Fisher


Robert Williams

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Common Council Grant of 150 acres of land to John Amory. Oct. 5, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 331.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 5th. of October 1737 to John Amory of Boston in the County of Lincoln yeoman of One hundred and fifty Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to Joseph Wardrope Entd. in Page (128)66 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Robert Hay. Oct. 5, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 331.

Grant and Enfeoffment (with Livery and Seisin indorsed) made the 5th. of October 1737 to Robert Hay late of Edinburgh and now of Georgia in America Cooper of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entd. in Page (125)67 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the said Trustees at large appears.

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Trustee Petition to the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Plantation Affairs asking for a hearing against the Report of the Board of Trade. Nov. 16, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 332.

To the Right Honourable The Lords of the Committee of His Majestys most Honourable Privy Councill for Plantation Affairs.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

That pursuant to Orders of the 8th. of Deer, and 4th. of February 1736 referring to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations; One Petition from the Councill and Assembly of South Carolina and also another Petition from Your Petitioners. The said Lords for Trade have sent in a Report to Your Lordships dated the 14th. of September last.

By which Report Your Petitioners humbly conceive themselves and His Majestys Colony under their Care to be very much aggrieved.

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly Pray Your Lordships to appoint a Day for hearing them, by their Councill learned in the Law against the said Report.

Signed by Order of the Trustees this 16th. of November 1737.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL

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Bishop Martin of Gloucesters Certificate of his ordination of George Whitefield as Deacon. June 20, 1736. C.O. 5/670, p. 333.

Be it known unto all Men by their presents that We Martin by divine Permission Bishop of Gloucester holding by the Assistance of Almighty God a General Ordination on Sunday the twentieth day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty six in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester did according to the Rites and manner of the Church of England in this Case made and provided admit into the Holy Order of Deacon George Whitefield of Pembroke College Oxon being very well recommended to Us for His exemplary Life Morals and good Qualities and well Instructed in sound Literature and sufficiently entituled examined and approved (he having in the first Place takes the Oaths and Subscribed the Articles which are in this Case by Law required to be taken and Subscribed). And that we did then and there in due form canonically Ordain him Deacon. In Witness whereof We have Caused Our Seal Episcopal to be to these presents affixed. Dated the Day and Year above written.

M. Glocester

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Trustee Authorization to the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield to perform Ecclesiastical Offices at Frederica as a Deacon in the Church of England. Dec. 30, 1737. C.O. 5/670, pp. 333-334.

Whereas the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield of Pembroke College in Oxford hath been Canonically Ordained Deacon in the Church of England by the Right Reverend Father in God Martin Lord Bishop of Gloucester and is willing and desirous to Go over to Frederica in the Southern part of the Province of Georgia to perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices there as a Deacon according to the Rites and manner of the Church of England. We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America approving of the Commendable Zeal of the said Mr. George Whitefield have authorized and impowered and by these presents Do authorize and impower the said Reverend Mr. George Whitefield to do and perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices as a Deacon in the Church of England according to the Rites and Manner of the said Church and that shall be necessary to be done and performed at Frederica aforesaid for the better Establishing and promoting the Christian Religion in the Southern part of the Colony of Georgia and all other the good Ends and purposes thereby intended agreeable to the Laws of England and the Tenour of Our Charter. In Witness whereof the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the thirtieth day of December in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty seven.

By Order of the Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Lt. Col. James Cochran. Nov. 23, 1737. C.O. 5/670, pp. 334-335.

Grant and Enfeoffment with Livery and Seisin endorsed made the 23d. day of November 1737 to James Cochran Esqr. Lieutenant Colonel of His Majestys Regiment of Foot under the Command of the Honourable James Oglethorpe Esqr. of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)68 Except the Land being appointed to be set out by the said James Oglethorpe Esqr. and the addition of the following Covenant vizt. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said James Cochran his Executors and Administrators in manner following (that is to say). That in Case the said James Cochran shall well and truly pay perform Do and Execute from time to time all and every the Rent Covenants Articles Agreements Matters and Things before in these presents mentioned and Contained which on his part are or ought to be paid performed done and executed as aforesaid. And in Case the said James Cochran shall dye having no Issue Male of his Body lawfully begotten alive at the time of his Decease That then and in such Case the said Trustees shall and will Grant Convey and Assure the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to Mary Ann Cochran his Eldest Daughter and to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully to be begotten under such Rent Conditions Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are hereinbefore Mentioned to be reserved limited Agreed and declared of and concerning the said Five Hundred Acres hereinbefore Granted to the said James Cochran in Tale Male and in Case the said Mary Ann Cochran shall dye having no Issue Male of her Body lawfully begotten alive at the time of her Decease That then and in such Case the said Trustees shall and will Grant Convey and Assure the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to Betty Cochran the second Daughter of the said James Cochran and to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully to be begotten under the said Rent Conditions Provisoes Limitations and Agreements and in Case the said Betty Cochran shall dye having no Issue Male of her Body lawfully begotten alive at the time of her Decease That then and in such Case the said Trustees shall and Grant Convey and Assure the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to Caroline Cochran the Youngest Daughter of the said James Cochran and to the Heirs Male of her Body lawfully to be begotten under the said Rent Conditions Provisoes Limitations and Agreements As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to George Preston. Nov. 25, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 335.

Grant and Enfeofment with Livery and Seisin indorsed made the 23d. day of November 1737 to George Preston Junior of Valyfield in the County of Perth Esqr. of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)69 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Samuel Eveleigh Letter of Attorney to Samuel and William Baker. Dec. 22, 1735. C.O. 5/670, pp. 335-336.

So. Carolina ss.

Know all Men by these Presents That I Samuel Eveleigh of Charles Town in the Province aforesaid Mercht. Have constituted ordained and made and in my Stead and Place put and by these Presents Do Constitute Ordain & make and in my Stead and Place put Messrs. Samuel and William Baker of London Merchants to be my true sufficient & lawful Attorneys for me and in my Name and Stead and to my Use to Ask Demand Levy Require Recover and Receive of and from all and every Person and Persons whomsoever the same shall & may Concern all and singular Sum and Sums of Money Debts Goods Wares Merchandize Effects and Things whatsoever and wheresoever they shall and may be found due owing payable belonging and coming unto me the Constituant by any Ways and means whatsoever nothing Excepted or Reserved Giving and hereby Granting unto my said Attorneys my full and whole Strength Power and Authority in and about the Premisses and to take and use all due means Course and Process in the Law for the Obtaining and Recovering the same And of Recoveries and Receipts thereof In my Name to make Seal and Execute due Acquittances and Discharges and for the Premisses to Appear and the Person of me the Constituant to Represent before any Governour Judges Justices Officers and Ministers of the Law whatsoever in any Court or Courts of Judicature And there on my behalf to Answer Defend and Reply unto all Actions Causes Matters and Things whatsoever relating to the Premisses with full Power to make and Substitute one or more Attorneys under them my said Attorneys and the same again at pleasure to Revoke. And generally to say Do Act Transact Determine Accomplish and Finish all Matters and Things whatsoever relating to the Premisses as fully amply and effectually to all Intents & Purposes as if I the said Constituant my self ought or might personally altho the Matter should require more speical Authority than is herein Comprised. The said Constituant Ratifying allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said Attorneys or their Substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and above the Premisses by Virtue of these Presents. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Twenty second Day of December Anno Domini One thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty five And in the Ninth Year of His Majestys Reign.

Saml. Eveleigh


Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of Francis BakerLester Falkner


SEAL

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons for funds for Georgia. Feb. 15, 1737/8. C.O. 5/670, p. 337.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Assembled.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Humbly Sheweth.

That Your Petitioners since their last Application to this Honourable House have been put very great Expences in Fortifying their Settlements and preparing for a vigorous Defence against the Attempts of the Spaniards, who continually threatened the Colony of Georgia with an Invasion.

That the Inhabitants were by frequent Alarms hindered in the Cultivation of their Lands from whence they might otherwise have hoped to have raised themselves a Subsistance.

That Your Petitioners have proceeded further in the Settling of the said Colony by sending over Foreign & other Protestants And think it their Duty to lay before this Honourable House the Necessity Your Petitioners are under to desire a further Supply in order to the more effectually establishing this Colony; having already applied with the greatest Care and Frugality almost all the Monies which have been granted them for that purpose.

And this Your Petitioners humbly hope this Honble. House will be induced to do when they shall Consider the Importance of the Situation of this Province and the Advantages which may arise to this Kingdom by producing in Georgia those Materials for the Manufactures of Great Britain which are at present purchased from Foreigners with ready Money.

Your Petitioners likewise humbly beg Leave to lay before this Honourable House That the Securing the Friendship and Assistance of the Indians in Case of need is at this time more particularly necessary for the preservation of the Colony & which must be attended with Charge and Expence.

And further That the Support of a Civil Magistracy, the encouraging the Raising of such Produces as this Province is capable of, and other incidental Charges are necessary to be defrayd in the Infant State of the Colony.

Your Petitioners therefore Pray this Honourable House to give them such Assistance in the Premises, as they in their Great Wisdom shall think meet.

By Order of the said Trustees.

Benj. Martyn, Sectary.

SEAL

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Major William Cook. Nov. 23, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 338.

Grant and Enfeofment with Livery and Seisin indorsed made 23d. day of November 1737 to William Cook Esqr. Major of his Majestys Regiment of Foot under the Command of the Honourable James Oglethorpe Esqr. of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)70 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to William Wood. Dec. 21, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 338.

Grant and Enfeofment with Livery and Seisin indorsed made 21st day of December 1737 to William Wood of Saint John Wapping Captain in Sea Service of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125)71 Except the Addition of the following Covenant vizt. And the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America do for themselves and their Successors covenant promise and agree to and with the said William Wood his Executors and Administrators in manner following (that is to say). That in Case the said William Wood shall well and truly pay perform Do and Execute from time to time all and every the Rents Covenants Articles Agreements Matters and Things before in these Presents mentioned and contained which on his part are or ought to be paid performed done and executed as aforesaid. And in Case the said William Wood shall dye having no Issue Male of his Body lawfully begotten alive at the time of his Decease That then and in such Case the said Trustees shall and will Grant Convey and Assure the said Five Hundred Acres of Land to such Person not then having any Lands in the Province of Georgia in Possession or Remainder as the said William Wood shall by his last Will or any Writing under his Hand and Seal nominate and appoint. Provided That the Grant so to be appointed shall be of an Estate in Tail Male And for no other Estate whatsoever and under such Rent Conditions Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are hereinbefore mentioned to be reserved limited agreed and declared of and concerning the said Five Hundred Acres herein before granted to the said William Wood in Tail Male. As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Trustee Account of how money granted by the last session of Parliament was spent. March 8, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 339.

An Accompt shewing how the Money granted in the last Session of Parliament to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America has been applyed by them towards settling and securing the said Colony.

Applyed in America


Applyed in England



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General Abstract of Trustee Accounts from June 9, 1737, to March 15, 1737/8. March 15, 1737/8. C.O. 5/670, pp. 340-345.

THE GENERAL ABSTRACT of the Accompt of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America from the 9th. day of June 1737 to the 15th. day of March following. To be laid before them at their Anniversary Meeting on Thursday the 16th. of March 1737, being the third Thursday in the said month.


Memdra. by the Appropriations out of the Balnce for the Colony the same is reduced to 2897:7:8 And the Bal. for Churches increased to 783:15:4 And for Botany to 46:13:4 But there is a Bill of Exchange standing out drawn by Mr. Oglethorpe 27 April 1736 to Paul Jenys Esqr. & Co. for 200. And there will be at least 211:12:6 due to Mr. Wragg for the German Servants which further reduces the Balance for the Colony to 2,485:15:2

The several Purposes for which Monies have been received, and applied, and expended.


For establishing the Colony





For the Use of particular Persons.





For the following Religious Uses of the Colony


vizt.


The Building of Churches





The Use of the Missionaries and Schools for Instructing and Converting to Christianity the Native Indians


The Use of the Minister to the Scots Settlement in Georgia





And for the Religious Uses of the Colony in General, such as the buying of Books, the cultivating Lands to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister, and the Appropriation towards the Maintenance of a Catechist


For encouraging and improving Botany & Agriculture in Georgia





TOTALS



The several Purposes for which Monies have been received, and applied, and expended.


For establishing the Colony





For the Use of particular Persons.





For the following Religious Uses of the Colony


vizt.


The Building of Churches





The Use of the Missionaries and Schools for Instructing and Converting to Christianity the Native Indians


The Use of the Minister to the Scots Settlement in Georgia





And for the Religious Uses of the Colony in General, such as the buying of Books, the cultivating Lands to raise a Provision for the Maintenance of a Minister, and the Appropriation towards the Maintenance of a Catechist





For encouraging and improving Botany & Agriculture in Georgia





TOTALS



[Note. The center portion of this table is repeated as the table is too large to go on two facing pages.]


For the Anniversary Meeting of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America to be held the 16th. of March 1737.

After reading the General Abstract It is observed That there is no Money charged, received from America in this Accompt of the Trust since the 9th. of June last. The Money charged in the Accot. to the 9th. June 1737 being for the Duty of Three pence a Gallon on Rum to the 1st. of March 1736 Granted by the General Assembly of South Carolina the 9th. of June 1733 for the Use of the Colony of Georgia until the Sum of 8,000 Current Money was paid whereof 7,361.0.4 1/2 has been already paid from 1st. of December 1733 to the 1st. of March 1736. And no further Accots. have been since received. The Balance therefore remaining chargable thereon amounts to 638.19.7 1/2 Current Money of South Carolina.

That of the Sum of 48.7.0 received for the Use of the Missionaries the Sum of 5.5.0 may be applied towards an Orphan House in Georgia in Case such House shall be Erected.

As to the Sum of 13,800.8.9 1/2 Depending on several Persons in America that includes the 4,667.- imprested in Sola Bills sent over for the Service of the Colony the particular Accompts of the Services for which they were Issued or how many remain unissued are not yet returned from Georgia. The Residue being 9,133.8.9 1/2 has been expended in Georgia but the Particular Payments thereof dont sufficiently explain the several Services to be Posted off to each proper Head. Mr. Causton has sent some Copys of Accots. Currant and the rest are very soon expected he having had Assistance sent him to make them out from the Store Ledgers in Georgia; Whereby the same may appear regularly applied in the Trustees Accompt Books in England.

The whole amount of Sola Bills sent to Georgia to be Issued there for the Service of the Colony instead of Drawing Bills is 9.150 whereof there has been returned and paid & Accepted for Payment 6,668. The outstanding Sola Bills remaining for which Money is Appropriated to Answer amounts to 2,482. whereof 233. are of the first 4000 sent in the Year 1735. Which 2,482. is in the Bank of England and in the Lands of Messrs. De Smith and Heathcote vizt. in the Bank of England 2,332 and in the hands of Messrs. De Smith and Heathcote 150.

The Balance in the Bank the 15th. instant is 6,135.12.9 whereout deduct the 2,332. appropriated for Sola Bills, the remainder is 3,803.12.9.

The Balance to be applied by the General Abstract is 4,556.4.2 whereof appropriated for the Outstanding Bill of Exchange and for paying for the German Servants 411.12.6 whereby the said Balance to be applied will be the Sum of 4,144.11.8 Whereof in the Bank as above 3,803.12.9 in the hands of Messrs. De Smith and Heathcote (besides the above Appropriatiion) 308.1.5 and in the Accomptants hands 32.17.6.

Which Balance of 4,144.11.8 is to be applied as follows: To establishing the Colony 2,485.15.2. Particular Persons 100. Building of Churches 783.15.4. Missionarys 277.14.11 1/4. The Scots Minister 144.15.6 The General Religious uses 408.17.4 3/4 and for Botany 46.13.4.

Of which Sum of 2,485.15.2, 1,252 is Stated in tbe Accompt to Parliament to Answer the Cloathing and Maintenance of 156 1/2 heads of Servants sent from Germany and Scotland to Georgia at 8 p. head Which will reduce the same to 1,283.15.2.

The further Demands besides the Certified Accompts unpaid are for the Copper Mace Gilt, the Deal Boards bought and sent by the last Transport Ships, the extraordinary Pilotage of the Ship Three Sisters for want of a Boat at Tybee, the Charges of Passengers by Captain Nicklesons Ship from Charles Town to Georgia, and for the Law Charges, Whereof 330 has been paid.

The Certified Accompts whereof Payment has been postponed until an Accompt of the Sola Bills sent has been received amounts to 2163. 5. 0, whereon Interest at 4 p. Cent p. Ann. is payable from the 8th. of February last. And another Certified Accompt has been received for 65.10. 5 due to William Clay the 10th. of October 1737 before the Arrival of the abovementioned Sola Bills. Whereby the whole Certified Accompts unpaid amounts to 2,228.15. 5.

Sir Jacob Des Bouverie having paid 1,000, his Benefaction for Sending over Servants to Georgia upon the 31st of March last. The Common Council of the Trust Resolved upon the 27d. of April following that Forty Servants should be employed to clear and cultivate a Farm Lot to be called Bouveries Farm in Discharge of the said Benefaction. And that the Annual Produce of the said Farm Lot should be kept in a distinct Accompt to be applied for the Benefit of the Colony.

The said Common Council on the same day appointed William Stephens Esqr. Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust within the Province of Georgia.

The Lands granted since the Last Anniversary meeting are vizt.



The Common Council of the Trust on the 15th. of August last Resolved that each Man Servant who shall be out of his time in Georgia before Christmas 1737 should on proper Certificates of their good Behaviour be Intitled to fifty Acres of Land to be set out in Villages and have a Cow and a Sow given to each of them. And on the 25th. of November last Resolved That each Soldier of General Oglethorpes Regiment who shall at the End of Seven Years from his Inlisting be desirous to quit His Majestys Service, and shall have his regular Discharge and shall settle in Georgia, shall on his Commanding Officers Certificate of his good Behaviour be intitled to a Grant of Twenty Acres of Land To hold to himself and the Heirs Male of his Body for ever.

The Number of Persons sent upon the Charity are vizt. whereof


Besides the Wives and Children of those who went at their own Expence the forty Servants bought in Georgia for the Publick Service, and the many Settlers from Carolina and other parts who have joined the Colony.

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Peter Gordons Surrender of his lot in Savannah to the Trustees. April 10, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 346.

To the Honourable the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

May it please Your Honours.

In pursuance of Your Honours Leave I Peter Gordon and Katherine my Wife do hereby Surrender unto Your Honours All that my House, Garden Lot, and Farm Lot Situate at Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America and described as follows Vizt. The House containing 24 feet in front and 16 feet in depth, the Garden Lot containing 5 Acres and the Farm Lot containing 45 Acres, Making in the whole 50 Acres, Adjoyning to the like Lot belonging to Mr. Thomas Causton.

And I do hereby humbly propose to Your Honours for my Successor therein Mrs. Ann Cook and Mrs. Susanna Cook Daughters of Mayor William Cook, and the Heirs Male of their Bodies, to be joint Proprietors thereof and the Survivors of them.

And Pray Your Honours Approbation That the said Lot may be Granted to them accordingly.

We are

Honble. Gentlemen

Your Hoonours Most Obedt. Servants


10th. April 1738


Peter GordonKatherine Gordon

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Trustee Grant of 500 acres of land to James Carteret. March 22, 1737/8. C.O. 5/670, p. 347.

Grant and Enfeofment with Livery and Seisin indorsed made the 22 day of March 1737 to James Carteret of the Parish of St. George Hanover square Esqr. of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125).72 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustees at large appears.

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Common Council Grant of 500 acres of land to Capt. Alexander Heron. April 26, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 347.

Grant and Enfeofment with Livery and Seisin indorsed made the 26th. day of April 1738 to Alexander Heron Esqr. Captain in His Majestys Regiment of Foot under the Command of the Honble. James Oglethorpe Esqr. of Five hundred Acres of Land in Georgia of the same Tenor as the Indenture to James Houstoun Entered in Page (125).73 As by a Counterpart thereof remaining with the Trustrees at large appears.

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Major William Cooks Petition to the Trustees about his daughters property in Georgia. May 6, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 347.

To the Honourable the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

The humble Petition of Major William Cook on behalf of his two Infant Daughers, the one named Ann aged 20 and the other Susanna aged 16.

Sheweth

That on the 12th. of April last the Common Council of the Trustees having approved of your Petitioners Daughters and the Heirs Male of their Bodies to be Successors and Proprietors of the House and Garden Lot and Farm Lot at Savannah in Georgia lately the Property of Peter Gordon Surrenderd unto Your Honours the 11th. of the same month.

That your Petitioner being Stationed in Genl. Oglethorpes Regiment at Frederica and therefore desirous of building a Good House in that Town.

Your Petitioner Prays Leave for permitting his Daughter Ann when of Age to Surrender her Interest in the above mentioned Lot at Savannah to her Sister Susannah in Order that She may be Enabled to hold an House Garden and Farm Lot at Frederica which I shall build and cultivate for her Property.

6 May 1738. And Your Petitioner shall ever Pray &c.

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Common Council Appointment of John Clarke as Secretary for Indian Affairs in Georgia. May 3, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 348.

The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. To all to whom these Presents shall come send Greeting. Whereas in and by an Act Confirmed Enacted and Ratified by the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council the third day of April 1735 (Intituled an Act for Maintaining the Peace with the Indians in the Province of Georgia) It is amongst other things Enacted That the said Common Council for the time being or the Major Part of them who shall be present and assembled for that purpose shall and may from time to time as Occasion shall require nominate constitute and appoint one or more Secretary or Secretarys as to them shall seem proper and convenient for the better regulating The Trades with the Indian. And Whereas Charles Wesley MA Student of Christ Church in the University of Oxford was in pursuance of the said Act appointed Secretary for Indian Affairs on the Twenty fourth day of September in the Year of our Lord 1735. And Whereas the said Charles Wesley for want of his Health is not able to perform the said Office, Know Ye That in pursuance of the said Act We Have nominated constituted and appointed And by these Presents Do nominate constitute and appoint John Clarke to be Secretary for Indian Affairs. To have and to hold the said Office of Secretary at such Salary Fee Perquisite or other Reward for the same as shall be directed and appointed by the said Common Council of the said Trustees for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said John Clarke shall be nominated constituted and appointed to the said Office. And We Do hereby authorize and Direct the Senior Bailiff of the Town of Savannah for the time to Administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Intituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the Hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors and also the Oath of Office particularly set forth in the said Act) to him the said John Clarke and to cause the same to be entered of Record by the Recorder of the said Town who is hereby required to enter the same accordingly. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Third day of May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Thirty eight.

By Order of the Common Council.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Appointment to Robert Gilbert as Third Bailiff of Savannah. May 3, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 349.

To all to whom these Presents shall come The Common Council of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America send Greeting. Whereas John Dearne the third Bailiff of the Town of Savannah and the Precincts thereof in Georgia aforesaid is lately deceased. Know Ye That We Have nominated constituted and appointed and by these Presents in the Room and Stead of him the said John Dearne Do nominate constitute and appoint Robert Gilbert to be the third Bailiff of the said Town and Precincts thereof. To have and to hold the said Office of third Bailiff together with able Powers Authorities and Jurisdictions thereunto belonging for during and until such time only as some other Person by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of the said Robert Gilbert shall be nominated and appointed to the said Office. And We Do hereby Authorize and Direct the Recorder of the said Town for the time being to administer the Oaths of Allegiance Supremacy and Abjuration mentioned in an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first (Entituled an Act for the further Security of His Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the Hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors) and also the Oath of Office unto him the said Robert Gilbert and to enter the same upon Record. In Witness whereof the said Common Council have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America the Third Day of May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Thirty eight.

By Order of the Common Council

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Grant of 300 acres of land to William Horton, Thomas Hawkins, Willes Weston, and Thomas Hird for religious uses at Frederica. June 6, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 350-351.

This Indenture made the Sixth Day of June in the Tenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty seven Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the part and William Horton Gentleman Thomas Hawkins first Bailiff of Frederica Willes Weston Gentleman and Thomas Hird Dyer of the other part. Witnesseth That in Pursuance and Execution of the Resolution of the Common Council of the said Trustees of the Twenty seventh Day of April One Thousand seven Hundred and Thirty seven for setting out and Cultivating Lands for the Religious Uses of the said Colony with such Moneys as had been or should be received for the said Uses. They the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have Given and Granted And by these Presents Do Give and grant unto them the said William Horton Thomas Hawkins Willes Weston and Thomas Hird and to the Survivors and Survivor of them Three Hundred Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America being part and parcell of the lands which His Majesty graciously granted to the said Trustees by His Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two. The said Three Hundred Acres to be set out and limited and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient by James Oglethorpe Esqr. of Westbrook Place in the County of Surry one of the said Common Council. (Reserved and always excepted out of this Grant in Case the said Three Hundred Acres shall be set out by the side of any River Two Hundred Feet of Ground to be measured in Breadth from the Banks of such River along by the thereof the same to be for towing Paths and for such other Purposes as shall by the said Common Council be directed and appointed for the better carrying on the Navigation and Fishery of such River.) To have and to hold the said Three Hundred Acres of Land to them the said William Horton, Thomas Hawkins, Willes Weston and Thomas Hird and the Survivors or Survivor of them for and during the good Will and Pleasure of the said Common Council and until some other Grant or Grants shall be made of the said Three Hundred Acres of Land to some other Person or Persons by the Common Council for the time being of the said Trustees in the Room and Stead of them the said William Horton, Thomas Hawkins, Willes Weston and Thomas Hird or any of them. In Trust to and for the Uses Intents and Purposes herein aftermentioned and expressed (that is to say). That they the said William Horton Thomas Hawkins Willes Weston and Thomas Hird shall improve and cultivate the said three Hundred Acres of Land or cause the same to be improved and cultivated by all such ways and means as they on the Major part of them shall think best according to such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the Common Council of the said Trustees and also that they the said William Horton Thomas Hawkins Willes Weston and Thomas Hird shall take the best Care they can of the several Produces of the said Land and shall every six Months send over to the Common Council of the said Trustees a true and exact Accompt of the Moneys they shall have laid out the Work that shall have been done and the Produces that shall have been raised on the said Lands and also shall and will from time to time Apply the same to and for the Religious Uses of the said Colony in such manner as the said Common Council or the Major Part of such of them as shall be for that purpose assembled shall think fit and proper. And the said William Norton, Thomas Hawkins, Willes Weston and Thomas Hird by these Presents for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other Do Covenant promise and Agree to and with the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them shall and will from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully Execute the Trust in them hereby reposed And also shall and will at all times Obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council or the Major part of them for that purpose assembled touching the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees and the said William Horton Thomas Hawkins Willes Weston and Thomas Hird have to another part thereof severally set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.

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Trustee Application to the Commissioners of the Treasury for 5000 granted to the Trustees by Parliament. May 31, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 352.

To the Right Honourable The Lords Cammissioners of His Majestys Treasury. May it please Your Lordships.

The Parliament having granted His Majesty in the last Session the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds towards Settling the Colony of Georgia in America.

The Trustees for establishing the said Colony Pray Your Lordships Directions for the Issuing the said Sum to them to be applied to the Purpose aforesaid.

Signed by Order of the Trustees this 31st day of May 1738.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Lease to the Bailiffs of Savannah of 3000 acres of land for one year. May 16, 1738. C.O. 5/670, pp. 352-353.

This Indenture made the Sixteenth Day of May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty eight Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the One part and the Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America for the time being of the other part. Witnesseth That the said Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of Five shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in hand paid by the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being or one of them at on or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted bargained and sold and by these Presents Do give grant bargain and sell unto the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being All those Three Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which his Majesty by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two Granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever In Trust for establishing the said Colony of Georgia. To have and to hold the said Three Thousand Acres of Land unto the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being from the Day of the Date of these Presents unto the full End and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended. Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of One Pepper Corn upon the Feast Day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next coming (if lawfully demanded) and no more To the intent that by Virtue of these Presents and of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savnnah aforesaid for the time being may be in the Actual Possession of the said hereby bargained Premises and be there of Enabled to Accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one part and the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being of the other part and to bear Date the Day next after the Day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Release to the Bailiffs of Savannah of 3000 acres of land to grant 50 acre lots to arriving settlers. May 17, 1738. C.O. 5/670, pp. 353-357.

This Indenture made the seventeenth Day of May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty eight Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and the Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah in the Province of Georgia in America for the time being of the other part. Whereas It is necessary That every Freeman of the Age of Twenty one Years or upwards being a Protestant now in the Province of Georgia aforesaid who is desirous to have Lands granted to him should have a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man Conveyed and Assured to him and the Heirs Male of his Body. And that every Man of the said Age being a Protestant who within the Space of Three Years from the Date hereof shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a Design to Settle and inhabit there should have the like Number of Acres granted to him. Now this Indenture witnesseth that in pursuance of the Execution of the Trust in the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America by His Majesty most graciously reposed and to the Intent that such Persons who are resident and Inhabitants in the said Province and such others as shall hereafter go to reside and inhabit there may have and enjoy to them and the Heirs Male of their Bodies a fit and sufficient Quantity of Land whereby they may maintain and provide for themselves and Families They the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for themselves and their Successors Have Granted Released and Confirmed And by these Presents Do Grant Release and Confirm to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being (in their Actual Possession now being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made for one whole year by Indenture bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the Date of these Presents in Consideration of Five shillings by them or one of them paid to the said Trustees and by force of the Statute of transferring uses into Possession) Three Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America, part and parcel of the Lands which His said Majesty graciously granted to the said Corporation by His said Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two. The said Three Thousand Acres of Land to be set out limited divided and bounded in such manner and in such part or parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient and proper by William Stephens Esqr. Secretary for the Affairs of the Trust in Georgia Thomas Causton first Bailiff of Savannah William Horton Esqr. and Thomas Hawkins first Bailiff of Frederica or any two of them. To have and to hold the said Three Thousand Acres of Land to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being upon Trust nevertheless and to and for such several Uses Intents and Purposes and subject to such Powers and under such Provisoes Limitations and Agreements as are hereinafter limited declared and expressed (that is to say). To the intent and purpose that they the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being shall from time to time as Occasion shall require Grant Assign and Transfer to every Man of the Age of Twenty One Years or upwards being Protestants who within the Space of Three Years from the Date hereof shall arrive in the said Province of Georgia with a Design to settle and inhabit there and shall Signify to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being his Desire to have Lands granted to him a certain Number of Acres not exceeding Fifty to every such Man. To have and to hold to him and his Heirs Male upon the Terms and subject to the Reservations Conditions Provisors and Limitations herein after limited declared and expressed of and concerning the same (that is to say) upon Express Condition that if any such Person or Persons to whom such Grant shall be made shall not abide settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia for and during the Term of Three Years from and after the Day on which he or they shall request and desire such Grant to him or them to be made and shall not cultivate such Lands as shall be allotted and given him or them by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skill he or they shall be best able and capable Or if any such Person or Persons shall depart or pass out of the Limits of the said Province of Georgia without Licence in Writing first had and obtained under the Hands and Seal of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences Or if any such Person or Persons to whom any such Lands shall be granted as aforesaid shall Alien Assign or Transfer the said Lands or any part or parcel thereof or any Term Estate or Interest therein to any other Person or Persons whatsoever without the special Leave and Licence of the Common Council of the said Corporation for the time being or of such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council be authorized and impowered to grant such Licences. That then and from thenceforth in any or either of these Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors into and upon the said Lands hereby intended to be granted as aforesaid or into and upon any part thereof in the Name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in their first and former Estate as of such Grant or Grants had never been had or made and such Person or Persons so misbehaving him or themselves on any or either of the Cases aforesaid and all other the Occupiers and Possessors of the said Lands or of any part thereof thereout and from thenceforth utterly to expell put out and amove and also that upon such Entry by such Officer or Officers as shall by the said Common Council for the time being be for that purpose authorized & appointed such Grant or Grants shall respectively cease determine and become void. This Indenture or the said Indentures of Grant so to be made as aforesaid or any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. And also on this further Condition That if any of the said Lands so to be granted as aforesaid shall not be cultivated planted cleared or improved during the Space of Ten Years to be accounted from the Day of the Date of the Grant of such Lands that then and in such Case all and every part or parcel of such Lands not cultivated planted cleared and improved as aforesaid shall be and belong to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and the Grant or Grants of such Lands as to such parts or parcels thereof shall cease determine and be void and shall be granted and disposed of in such manner and to such Persons as the said Common Council of the said Corporation shall think fit. And further reserving in all and every the Grants so to be made as aforesaid a Rent Charge or Yearly Rent for ever after the rate of four Shillings for every hundred Acres of the said Lands which shall be so granted the Payment of which said Rent not to Commence or be made until Ten Years after the making such Grant and to be paid to such Person and at such Place in the said Province of Georgia as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be directed and appointed. And further as touching and concerning the Reversion or Reversions or Remainder or Remainders expectant on the respective Demise or Demises of any such Person or Persons to whom such Grants shall be made as aforesaid without Issue Male or any Forfeiture or other Determination of the Estate of such Person or Persons It is hereby declared and agreed by all the Parties to these Presents and their Intent and Meaning is that the same shall be and remain to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and to and for their Use and Behoof and for none other Use whatsoever. And the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being by these Presents for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other Do Covenant promise and Agree to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them will from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duty and faithfully execute the Trust hereby in them reposed and shall and will at all times Obey and perform all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council or by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council for that purpose be authorized and impowered touching the Granting and Disposing of such Lands & Premisses and the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees and the said Bailiffs of the Town of Savannah aforesaid for the time being have severally set their Hands and Seals to another part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Lease of 3000 acres of land to the Bailiffs of Frederica. May 16, 1738. C.O. 5/670, pp. 358-359.

This Indenture made the Sixteenth day of May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty eight Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and the Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica in the Province of Georgia in America for the time being of the other part. Witnesseth That the said Trustees in Consideration of the Sum of Five shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain to them or one of them in hand paid by the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being or one of them at on or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and for divers other good Causes and Considerations them hereunto moving have given granted bargained and sold and by these Presents Do give grant bargain and sell unto the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being All those Three Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America part and parcel of the Lands which His Majesty by This Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two Granted unto the said Trustees and their Successors for ever In Trust for establishing the said Colony of Georgia. To have and to hold the said Three Thousand Acres of Land unto the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being from the Day of the Date of these Presents unto the full End and Term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended. Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Trustees and their Successors the Rent of One Pepper Corn upon the Feast Day of St. Michael the Arch Angel now next coming (if lawfully demanded) and no more. To the intent that by Virtue of these Presents and of the Statute of transferring Uses into Possession the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being may be in the actual Possession of the said hereby bargained Premisses and be thereby Enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion and Inheritance to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being by Indenture of Release intended to be made between the said Trustees of the one part and the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being of the other part and to bear Date the Day next after the Day of the Date of these Presents. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Release to the Bailiffs of Frederica of 3000 acres of land in trust to grant five acre lots to the soldiers and noncommissioned officers of Oglethorpes regiment. May 17, 1738. C.O. 5/670, pp. 359-361.

This Indenture Made the Sevententh day of May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty eight Between the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America of the one part and the Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica in the Province of Georgia in America for the time being of the one part. Whereas His Majesty hath by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two constituted a Body Politick & Corporate by the name of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and hath granted unto the said Trustees & their Successors for ever certain Lands and Territories in America In Trust for establishing the said Colony and hath Erected the same into an Independent Province by the Name of Georgia. And Whereas His majesty hath been graciously pleased to Order for the Protection and Defence of the said Province of Georgia a Regiment of Foot under the Command of the Honourable James Oglethorpe Esqr. Captain General and Commander in Chief of all His Majestys Forces in Carolina and Georgia. And Whereas it hath been represented to the Common Council of the Corporation of the said Trustee That it will be a great Encouragement to the Soldiers of the said Regiment and highly conducive to their well doing That each Soldier should have an Allotment of Land in the said Province to Cultivate and raise therefrom Subsistance for himself. And the said Common Council taking the same into Consideration Have Resolved to Encourage the said Soldiers and to Grant them Allotments of Land To hold to them during the time of their Continuance in His Majestys Service in Georgia. Now this Indenture witnesseth That in pursuance of the said Resolution the said Trustees Have Granted Released and Confirmed And by these Presents Do Grant Release and Confirm to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being (in their actual Possession now being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made for one whole Year by Indenture bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the date of these Presents in Consideration of Five shillings by them or one of them paid to the said Trustees and by force of the Statute for transferring Uses into Possession) Three Thousand Acres of Land lying and being in the Province of Georgia in America Part and Parcel of the Lands which His said Majesty graciously granted to the said Corporation by His said Letters Patent bearing Date the Ninth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty two. The said Three Thousand Acres of Land to be set out limited divided and bounded in such manner and in such Part or Parts of the said Province as shall be thought most convenient and proper by the said James Oglethorpe Esqr. To have and to hold the said Three Thousand Acres of Land to them the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being upon Trust nevertheless and to and for such several Uses Intents and Purposes as are hereinafter declared & expressed (that is to say). To the intent and Purpose that they the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being or any two of them shall from time to time Assign and Transfer Five Acres of Land and no more to every Private Soldier and Non Commissioned Officer in the said Regiment of Foot under the Command of the said James Oglethrope Esqr. To have and to hold the said Five Acres of Land to the separate Use and Behoof of every such Private Soldier and Non Commissioned Officer for so long time as he shall be and continue a Soldier in the said Regiment and no longer. Reserving in all and every the Grants so to be made as aforesaid a Rent Charge or yearly Rent for ever after the rate of Six pence for every Five Acres of the said Lands which shall be so granted the Payment of which said Rent not to Commence or be made until Ten Years after the making such Grant and to be paid by the Paymaster of the said Regiment for the time being to such Person and at such place in the said Province of Georgia as by the said Common Council shall from time to time be directed and appointed. And further as touching and concerning the Reversion or Reversions expectant on the Discharge or Non Continuance of any private Soldier and Non Commissioned Officer in the said Regiment It is hereby delcared and agreed by all the Parties to these Presents and their Intent and Meaning is That the same shall be and remain to every such Private Soldier and Non Commissioned Officer who shall be inlisted and taken into the Service of the said Regiment in the Room and Place of any Private Soldier or Non Commissioned Officer not continuing in or being discharged from the said Regiment. And from and after any Reduction of the said Regiment either in the whole or in part It is hereby further declared and agreed by all the Parties to these Presents and their Intent and Meaning is That the Reversion or Reversions expectant if any such Reduction shall happen shall be and remain to the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors and to and for their Use and Behoof and for none other Uses whatsoever. And the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being by these Presents for themselves severally and respectively and for their several & respective Heirs Executors and Administrators and not jointly or the one for the other of them nor for the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the other Do Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and their Successors That they and every of them will from time to time according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge duly and faithfully execute the Trust hereby in them reposed and shall and will at all times Obey and Perform all such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be given them by the said Common Council or by such Person or Persons as shall by the said Common Council for that Purpose be authorized and impowered touching the Granting and Disposing of such Lands and Premisses and the Executing the Trust hereby in them reposed. In Witness whereof the Common Council of the said Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have to these Presents affixed the Common Seal of the Corporation of the said Trustees and the said Bailiffs of the Town of Frederica aforesaid for the time being have severally set their Hands and Seals to another Part thereof remaining with the said Trustees the Day and Year first above written.

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Common Council Instructions for Thomas Jones as Storekeeper in Georgia. Undated.74 C.O. 5/670, pp. 363-364.

Instructions for Mr. Thomas Jones appointed to be Storekeeper for the Trustees in Georgia.

On your Arrival at Savannah You are to deliver to Mr. Thomas Causton the Letter directed to him from the Trustees and take his Receipt for the same and forthwith transmit it to the Trustees; And you are to affix on the Door of the Storehouse at Savannah the Notice ordered 29th. March 173875 by the Trustees and Signed by their Secretary and herewith delivered You That all Expences in America for the Use of the Colony of Georgia shall be defrayed and paid for in Georgia in Sola Bills of Exchange only under the Seal of the Trustees; And that no Person whatsoever has any Authority from the Trustees or in their Name or on their Account to purchase or receive any Cargoes of Provisions, Stores or Necessaries, or to contract any Debt or create any Expence whatsoever in America. And another like Notice herewith delivered to You, You are to Send to Frederica to some safe hand there to be affixed on the Door of the Storehouse at Frederica; And You are by Letter to Mr. Richard White the Storekeeper there to require him to Send You an Accot. of the Remain of Stores in his Custody and of the affixing up the said Notice; That the Trustees may from You be made acquainted with these Notices being so affixed.

In one month after the Delivery of the said Letter You are to take Possession of the Remain of Stores in the Custody of Mr. Thomas Causton and Issue them pursuant to the Orders of William Stephens Esqr. Mr. Thomas Causton and Mr. Henry Parker or any two of them; For which and the future Care of the Trustees Store in the whole Province You are to be allowed a Salary after the rate of 30 a year from the end of the said month and to be allowed the Assistance of one of the Trustees Clerks.

You are directed to examine into the Demands & Conduct of Mr. William Bradley who has had the Care of the Trustees Servants to be employed in the Cultivation of Trust lands to raise a Produce for the Use of the Colony. For which purpose Working Tools Provisions Necessaries and Cattle have been delivered to him. The Trustees Contract was to maintain himself family and Ten Servants for one Year with the particular Species of Maintenance as in the List thereof herewith delivered to You which they have performed. That on his Part he was to perform the several Conditions mentioned in the said Contract in Case he had Thirty Servants to employ in the Performance thereof (a Copy of which is also delivered You) but it happening that the Thirty Servants fell short yet so many of them as was under his Care over and above the Ten carried over for him their Labour belonged to the Trust; And You are therefore to enquire in what Labour they have been employed and how for the Benefit of the Trust. That if any of the Ten Servants he carried over and was taken as his own on his Arrival (but not any of the other Servants which went over with him) has been employed in the public Service. You are to inquire in what Service and by whose Order they were employed and for what time. And You are to examine & settle with Mr. Bradley what Sums have been paid him by Mr. Causton and what Surplus Provisions have been delivered him over and above the Allowances to himself and family and Ten Servants for one Year from his Arrival, and for the Maintenance of the Trustees Servants employed under him if they were so employed for the Trustees Service and Benefit.

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Common Council Instructions to Capt. John Thomas Relating to building a church at Savannah. May 17, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 365.

Instructions for Captain John Thomas relating to the Plan and Estimate for building a Church at Savannah in Georgia.

Sir

The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America have put in your Possession a Plan for erecting a Church to be built of Brick in the Town of Savannah in Georgia, and it is their Desire that as soon as conveniently You can after your Arrival there You will by enquiring into the Prices of Labour and Materials Qualify your self to acquaint the Trustees for what Sum that Plan may be Erected.

And if any small Alteration therein may make the said Building a Place of Refuge and Defence for the Inhabitants upon any Surprize. That the further Expence thereof be also computed by You, And that You likewise enquire of Mr. Causton what Number of the Trustees Servants can be spared to be employed in this Work, which will be in Diminution of the article of Labour.

I am

Your most humble ServantHarman Verelst Accotant.7 May 1738.


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Trustee Letter of Attorney for Harman Verelst to receive the 8000 granted by the last session of Parliament for Georgia. July 5, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 366.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America Have made ordained constituted and in our Stead and Place put and deputed And by these Presents Do make ordain constitute and in our Stead and Place put and depute Mr. Harman Verelst Our Accomptant to be Attorney for Us and in our Name and for our Use to ask and receive of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain or whom else it shall and may concern the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds by Virtue of His Majestys Royal Sign Manual to be applied towards Settling the said Colony of Georgia pursuant to the Clause for appropriating the Public Supplies for the Year 1738 in an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Two Miillions for the Service of the Year One thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty eight, and for paying to the Governour and Company of the Bank of England one Million for redeeming an Annuity of Forty thousand pounds payable to them, and for the further Appropriating the Supplies granted in the said Session of Parliament. And Acquittance or other sufficient Discharge for the same for Us and in our Name to make seal and deliver, and to do all other Acts and things whatsoever concerning the Premisses as fully in every Respect as we the said Trustees might or could do; And We the said Trustees do hereby Ratify and Confirm whatsoever our said Attorney shall lawfully do in our Name by the force of these Presents. In Witness whereof We the said Trustees have hereunto Caused our Common Seal to be affixed this Fifth day of July in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth; And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and thirty eight.

By Order of the said Trustees

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Trustee Authorization to the Rev. Mr. William Norris to perform religious and ecclesiastical offices in Georgia in the place of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley. July 12, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 367.

Know all Men by these Presents That We the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America for good and sufficient Reasons have revoked and by these Presents do revoke all Power and Authority by Us heretofore given to the Reverend Mr. John Wesley to do and Perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices in the Colony of Georgia aforesaid And have authorized and impowered and by these Presents do authorize and impower the Reverend Mr. Willaim Norris in the Room and Stead of him the said John Wesley to do and Perform all Religious and Ecclesiastical Offices that shall be necessary for the better Establishing and Promoting the Christian Religion in the said Colony, and all other the good Ends and purposes thereby intended agreeable to the Laws of England and the Tenour of our Charter. In Witness whereof the said Trustees have to these Presents affixed their Common Seal the Twelfth day of July in the Twelfth Year of the Rein of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty eight.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Trustee Instructions to the Rev. Mr. William Norris. July 17, 1738. C.O. 5/670, p. 368.

Instructions to the Reverend Mr. Norris.

You are to Correspond with the Trustees by every Opportunity; And as You are to keep a Register of the Births Christenings and Burials of the People under your Care and of those which come to your knowledge. You are to Send by every Opportunity an Account thereof and likewise of what Care there is taken of the Charity School.

You are also to Send an Account of the Number of your monthly Communicants and whether the People are regular in their Attendance on Divine Worship. And as the Trustees believe You will to your utmost promote a Spirit of Peace among the People, They desire You will constantly recommend to them that Industry in their Business, Sobriety in their Behaviour, a due Submission to the Magistray, with a constant Attendance at the Worship of God, will be the most effectual method of making them happy and best entitle them to the favour of the Trustees and Government in England.

Signed by Order of the Trustees this Seventeenth day of July 1738.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Common Council Instructions to John Mathias Kramer about securing foreigners to come to Georgia. May 11, 1737. C.O. 5/670, pp. 369-370.

Instructions for John Mathias Kramer from the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

You are to acquaint those Foreigners who may apply to You for Land in Georgia to Settle themselves upon at their own Expence That the Trustees will grant to each Man of twenty one Years of Age and upwards, whether married or single, Fifty Acres of Land To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body. But if he is a Father and has more Sons than one who are of the Age of twenty one Years, the Trustees will grant to each of such other Sons except the Eldest, because he is the Heir of his Fathers Land, Fifty Acres of Land also, That they may make so many distinct Families.

You are to acquaint such Persons whose Birth Honour, Reputation and Ability are made known to the Trustees and shall be approved by them; That the Trustees will grant to each of such Gentlemen Five Hundred Acres of Land To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body. The Gentleman carrying over & maintaining at his own Expence Ten able bodied Men Servants to cultivate the said Land. Which Lands will be marked out within three months after the Arrival of such Foreigners in Georgia.

You are to acquaint Men Servants That for their Encouragement to behave well, if their Masters certify to the Trustees their good Behavour, The Trustees will grant to each Man Servant, at the end of his five Years Service, twenty Acres of Land To hold to him and the heirs Male of his own Body.

If Persons apply to you who cannot pay their own passage, & are willing to bind themselves to the Trustees for Servants to the Publick to work in Families together for five Years all of twenty Years old and upwards, and all under twenty Years old until they are twenty five Years old. You may engage as far as Sixty Heads in number which the Trustees will advance the Passage for. And those Families so engaged shall have Six weeks time after their arrival in Georgia to try if they can repay their Passage and be free. But if they cannot repay their Passage in that time, then they to remain Servants to the Trustees as beforementioned, And no Family must be divided but each Family must repay their Passage together or remain Servants together.

And the Trustees agree That all Children under Six Years old shall remain with their Parents until they are Six Years old; But those Children who are Six Years old and upwards if Boys are to Serve until they are of the Age of Twenty five Years, and if Girls until they are of the Age of Eighteen Years.

You are to acquaint those Persons who bind themselves to the Trustees, That during their Service they will be provided with and allowed all necessary Cloaths, Meat, Drink, Washing & Lodging and all other Necessaries fit and convenient for them as other Servants in such Cases are usually provided for and allowed. And that at the End of their Service the Trustees will grant to each Man that has behaved well, Twenty Acres of Land To hold to him and the Heirs Male of his Body.

Persons born in Georgia and their Children & Posterity will have all Liberties of natural born Subject within any of the British Dominions.

And for the Encouragement of those who shall come to inhabit in Georgia, there is a Liberty of Conscience allowed in the Worship of God to all Persons inhabiting or which shall inhabit or be resident within that Province and that all such Persons except Papists shall have a free Exercise of their Religion so they be contented with the quiet and peaceable Enjoyment of the same not giving Offence or Scandal to the Government.

Signed by Order of the Common Council of the Trustees 11th. May 1737.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

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Harman Verelsts Instructions to Capt. George Dunbar relating to German passengers on board the Three Sisters. Sept. 17, 1737. C.O. 5/670, p. 371.

Instructions for Captain George Dunbar relating to the German Passengers on board the Ship Three Sisters Captain Hewitt Commander now at Cowes who are willing to go to Georgia. Sent him by the Accomptant 17th. September 1737:

If ninety or a hundred Heads of the German Families will bind themselves to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America You are to engage so many but not more than One hundred nor less than ninety, and You are to have three Originals of their Agreement wrote on Stampt Paper to which they are to Set their Hands and Seals; one the People are to keep one other You are to inclose to Mr. Causton and the other to bring to London with You.

You are to make a List of each family with their Sexes, Names and Ages. Every Person of fourteen Years old is computed a whole head. Every Person of four Years old and under fourteen is computed two for one. And every Person under four Years old is not computed but must be Entered down as part of the Family. And You are to Annex a Copy of the said List to each of the three Agreements computing the Number of heads in each family to be Entered in the said List.

You are to acquaint Captain Hewitt with the Inlet to Tybee where he is to send up to Mr. Causton at Savannah the samll Box and Letters for him; For which Box the Captain is to Sign Bills of Lading one of which You are to inclose to Mr. Causton. And You are to acquaint Mr. Causton that he is to give Captain Hewitt a Receipt for so many Heads of the said List of Passenges as have indented themselves for Georgia and shall be delivered Mr. Causton by Captain Hewitt.

You are to acquaint Captain Hewitt that if he shall have any spare Provisions when at Tybee which Mr. Causton may want for Georgia and shall take of him, The Captain is to take Mr. Caustons Receipt for the same specifying the Quantitys and Sorts.

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Privy Council Order Disallowing South Carolina Ordiance indemnifying Indian traders who trade in Georgia. May 25, 1738. C.O. 5/670, pp. 372-373.

At the Court at Kensington the 25th. day of May 1738.

Present

The Kings Most Excellent Majesty


Arch. BP. of Canterbury


Earl of Selkirk


Lord President


Earl of Ilay


Lord Steward


Early of Fitz Walter


Lord Chamberlain


Viscount Torrington


Duke of Bolton


Lord Harrington


Duke of Devonshire


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer


Duke of Newcastle


Sir Charles Wills


Earl of Scarbrough


Henry Pelham Esqr.


Earl of Grantham


Sir Charles Wager


Earl of Cholmondely




Whereas the Trustees for the Colony of Georgia have by their humble Petition and Representation to His Majesty at this Board Sett forth (amongst other things) That the Lieutenant Governor Council and Assembly of South Carolina have opposed the Execution of an Act prepared by the said Trustees and approved by His Majesty in Council on the 3d. of April 1735 For maintaining Peace with the Indians in the Colony of Georgia. And that the said Lieutenant Governor Council and Assembly have passed an Ordinance in an illegal manner for raising Two thousand pounds Sterling to indemnify the Traders from Carolina in their Contempt of the aforementioned Act. And therefore prayed that the said Ordinance might be Disallowed. And Whereas the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council to whom His Majesty referred the said Petition and Representation have this day reported to His Majesty at this Board that they have taken the same into their Consideration together with the said Ordinance which was passed in South Carolina the 26th. of June 1736 Entituled An Ordiance for asserting and maintaining the Rights & Privileges of his Majestys Subjects of this Province of South Carolina to a free open and uninterrupted Trade with the Creek Cherokee and other Indians in Amity and Friendship with His Majestys Subjects and for the better preserving those Indians in the Interest of Great Britain. And that it appeared to them that the said Ordinance was passed in a very irregular and precipitate manner, the Governor having issued his Proclamation on the 16th. of June 1736 for convening the Assembly on the 24th. of the said month notwithstanding the said Assembly was under an Adjournment from the 29th. of May preceding to the first Tuesday in September following. And that it likewise appeared that the said Ordinance was passed by the said Assembly and also by the Council and assented to by the Lieutenant Governor in so short a Space of time as between the 24th. and 26th. days of the said month of June. And that the said Lieutenant Governor is giving his Assent to the said Ordinance hath Acted contrary to His Majestys Instructions. And the said Committee being of Opinion that it is of the utmost Consequence to His Majestys Service and absolutely necessary for the well governing the several Plantations and Colonies in America that such extraordinary and unjustifiable Proceedings should be discountenanced Did therefore humbly advise That the aforementioned Ordinance should be disallowed by His Majesty. His Majesty taking the said Report into His Consideration is pleased with the Advice of His Privy Council to Approve thereof and accordingly to Declare His Disallowance of the aforesaid Ordinance, and pursuant to His Majestys Royal Pleasure thereupon Expresst the said Ordinance is hereby Repealed Declared void and of none Effect. Whereof the Governor Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of His Majestys said Province of South Carolina for the time being and all others whom it may concern are to take Notice and govern themselves accordingly.

Ja. Vernon

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons for funds for Georgia. Feb. 7, 1738/9. C.O. 5/670, p. 374.

To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Humbly Sheweth

That by reason of the extraordinary Charge attending the Defence of the Colony during the continual Danger and Alarm of a Spanish Invasion and before the Arrival of the Regiment which His Majesty in his great Wisdom thought proper to send for the Preservation of the Province; a considerable Debt has been unavoidably contracted. Which being unforeseen, could not be provided for by this Honourable House in the last Session of Parliament.

That the Inhabitants having been taken off from their Labour in the Season for Sowing to prepare for the Common Safety were thereby disabled from cultivating sufficient Quantitys of Land for their Maintenance. And those Lands which were cultivated and sowed, by reason of a general Drought for a Year past, which has afflicted that part of North America, have not yielded the Crops which might have reasonably been expected. v/hereby the Inhabitants do necessarily still remain Objects of Compassion to be for some time longer Supported by the Assistance of this Honourable House.

To the granting of which Your Petitioners humbly hope this Honourable House will be the more inclined from the Consideration that this Colony (as Your Petitioners are well assured) will within a few Years be found very profitable to its Mother Country by producing several Materials for the Manufactures of Great Britain which are now bought from Foreigners with ready money. And that its Situation and valuable Ports to the Southward are of that Importance to the Navigation of this Kingdom and for securing the Trade of the West Indies As to make it the constant Envy of its Neighbours.

That the Support of a Civil Magistracy, the continuing the Friendship of the Indians, the encouraging the raising Produces, and other incidental Charges are still necessary to be defrayed.

Your Petitioners therefore pray this Honourable House to give them such Assistance in the Premisses As they in their great Wisdom shall think meet.

By Order of the said Trustees.

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL

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Trustee Petition to the House of Lords that Georgia not be affected by the Covention for settling the limits of Florida and Carolina. Feb. 24, 1738/9. C.O. 5/670, pp. 375-376.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

That his Majesty by his Royal Charter bearing Date the 9th. day of June 1732 granted to Your Petitioners and their Successors for ever seven undivided parts of all those Lands Countries and Territories in that part of South Carolina in America which lyes from the most Northern Stream of the Savannah River all along the Sea Coast to the Southward unto the most Southern Stream of the Alatamaha River & Westward from the Heads of the said Rivers in direct Line to the South Seas, with the Islands in the Sea lying opposite to the Eastern Coast of the said Lands, within twenty Leagues of the same. All which His Majesty thereby made erected and created one Independant and separate Province by the name of Georgia.

That the Right Honourable John Lord Carteret (the Proprietor of the other undivided eight part of the said Lands Countries and Territories, which His Majesty granted to your Petitioners) by Indenture bearing date the 28th. day of February 1732 granted and released All his Right and Property in the undivided eighth part of Georgia in the same manner to Your Petitioners and their Successors for ever.

That the Province of Georgia was granted to Your Petitioners in Trust for Settling and Establishing a regular Colony in the southern Frontiers of Carolina and not for any Benefit or Profit whatsoever to your Petitioners.

That by divers Sums of Money granted by Parliament for this purpose and by voluntary Contributions Your Petitioners have been enabled to send at several times poor British Subjects and Foreign persecuted and other Protestants to Settle in Georgia, who as well as others that went thither at their own Expence have erected Houses and cultivated Lands in several parts of the Province and particularly in the Northern and the Southern parts thereof.

And whereas in a Letter from Monsieur Geraldino then Agent for the King of Spain to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle bearing date the 21st. of September 1736 (a Copy whereof was sent to Your Petitioners by Command of her late Majesty, when Guardian of the Kingdom for your Petitioners Answer thereto) it is asserted That the Colony of Georgia being to the Southward of the Colony of Carolina, is without dispute on the Territory of the King his Master. And whereas by a Convention between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain concluded at the Pardo on the 14th. of January last New Style, it is agreed That the Regulation of the Limits of Florida and of Carolina should be committed to Plenipotentiaries to confer and finally regulate the respective Pretensions of the two Crowns according to the Treaties therein mentioned.

Therefore Your Petitioners in Discharge of that great Trust, which His Majesty has been graciously pleased to repose in them and being fully Satisfied of the undoubted Right and Title of the Crown of Great Britain

to the said Province of Georgia think it their indespensible Duty humbly to lay this State of their Case before Your Lordships, and to implore your Lordships Protection in behalf of this part of the Dominions of the Crown of Great Britain in America, intrusted to the Care of Your Petitioners and also in behalf of his Majestys Subjects in Georgia for whose safety and Welfare Your Petitionersare so deeply concerned.

By Order of the said Trustees

Benj. Martyn Sectary.

SEAL

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Trustee Petition to the House of Commons that Georgia not be affected by the Convention for settling the limits of Florida and Carolina. Feb. 24, 1738/9. C.O. 5/670, pp. 377-378.

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled.

The humble Petition of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America.

Sheweth

[This Petition is in the same words as that to the House of Lords of the same date, above pp. 286-287.]

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1. On William Houstoun see Sarah B. Gober Temple and Kenneth Coleman, Georgia Journals (Athens, Ga., 1961), 121-122; Colonial Records of Georgia, I, 72; II, 5-6; III, 51-52; and Edith Duncan Johnston, Dr. William Houstoun, Botanist, Ga. Hist. Q., XXV, 325-339 (Dec., 1941).

2. September 29.

3. All these are medicinal plants.

4. Anno Domini. The que [and] at the end of Anno is unnecessary.

5. Remove.

6. A space in a ship between decks used as a storeroom.

7. A Law French spelling of the French word enceinte, meaning pregnant.

8. See above pp. 27-32.

10. The sign is not clear, but this seems to be what it is.

11. See above p. 57.

12. See above p. 63.

13. Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (London, 1755), gives equal as one meaning of answerable. In this list it must mean the same as listed before.

14. See above pp. 80-81.

15. See above pp. 56-57.

16. The editors thanks go to Professor Robert R. Harris, Classics Department, The University of Georgia, for this translation.

17. These instructions were undoubtedly issued in response to Henry Newmans letter of Sept. 7, 1733, read to the Trustees meeting of Sept. 12, 1733. Newmans letter is in George Fenwick Jones, ed., Hentry Newmans Salzburger Letterbook (Athens, 1966), pp. 53-55. Urlspergers letter of Aug. 31, 1733, to which Newman replied in is Ibid, 331-333.

18. An earlier form of Berchtesgarden, ten miles form Salzburg.

19. Lady Day or the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 25.

20. Carthogena is a seaport on the Northwest coast of presentday Columbia.

21. Porto Bello is on the Caribbean coast of the Isthmus of Panama.

22. Both cities in Mexico.

23. All medicinal plants.

24. See above pp. 80-81.

25. The Common Council Minutes for this date say the land is for the Salzburgers and others. CRG, II, 76.

26. See above pp. 80-81.

27. More details on Watsons case can be found in Temple and Coleman, Georgia Journeys, pp. 81-89.

28. Johnson, A Dictionary the English Language, gives fract as a verb meaning to break or to violate. Thus the meaning here would be infractions.

29. Undated, but evidently the petition authorized Feb. 26, 1734/5. See CRG, I, 204-206.

30. March 25.

31. Grizon, Grissons, or Graubunden was an eighteenth century protectorate of the Swiss Confederation which joined it in 1803 as its southeastern canton.

32. Or Herrnhuters, so called from the estate of Count Nicholas Ludwig Zinzendorf at Herrnhut in Saxony from which the Moravian settlers in Georgia came.

33. A Charleston merchant who dealt with Georgia in its early days.

34. A town on the Moray Firth north of Inverness in Scotland.

35. Burgoa is a thick oatmeal porridge.

36. A small shield.

37. See above pp. 80-81.

38. Cohorn, a small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block, used for throwing high shells. Granadoes were probably shells for the cohorns.

39. Tilbury is on the Thames 22 miles east of London, on the north shore opposite Gravesend.

40. Leith is the port of Edinburgh.

41. At the entrance to Inverness Firth.

42. Theracle or treacle is defined as a remedy for poison, any effective remedy, or molasses.

43. See above pp. 80-81.

44. See above pp. 80-81.

45. See above pp. 144-149.

46. See above p. 160.

47. See above pp. 80-81.

48. See above pp. 80-81.

49. See above p. 90.

50. See above pp. 144-149.

51. See above pp. 80-81.

52. See above pp. 80-81.

53. See above p. 90.

54. See above pp. 80-81.

55. See above pp. 80-81.

56. Don Tomas Geraldino was the Spanish Minister to Great Britain.

57. This would have been Fort King George, at the Georgia site of Darien.

58. September 29.

59. December 25.

60. March 25.

61. June 24.

62. See above pp. 56-57.

63. See above p. 90.

64. For the date of these instructions see Historical Manuscripts Commission, Diary of the First Earl of Egmont, II (London, 1923), 424.

65. Capable of bearing arms.

66. See above pp. 82-83.

67. See above pp. 80-81.

68. See above pp. 80-81.

69. See above pp. 80-81.

70. See above pp. 80-81.

71. See above pp. 80-81.

72. See above pp. 80-81.

73. See above pp. 80-81.

74. No date has been found for these instructions, but Jones was appointed storekeeper on May 10, 1738, (CRG, II, p. 239) so the instructions must be of about that date.

75. This notice is in CRG, II, pp. 226-227.

INDEX

Account, of Trustees funds, March 1733/34, 84-86, 130-135

how Parliamentary funds spent, 222-225, 256-257

abstract for 1735, 202-209

1736, 226-231

1737, 258-263

Addison, Edward, appointed third bailiff of Frederica, 181

Agriculture and botany, funds for, 135

Aglionby, William, land grant, 210, 232

Allen, William, appointed tything man of Frederica, 182

Altamaha River, settlement of Scots at, 153-154

S. C. grants south of, 195-196

Amatis, Nicholas, land grant, 87

Ambrose, John, land grant, 63-67

to grant land to settlers, 167

to set out land, 88

Amory, John, land grant, 249, 264

Anderson, Hugh, appointed inspector of public gardens, 212

Ann, charter party to take settlers to Ga., 18-20

Apothecarys, Company of, pay for botanist, 95

Auditor of Plantations, Trustee memorial to, 69

Augsburg, troubles of Salzburgers at, 93-94

Augustine, Walter, land grant, 186, 206

Ayers, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 265

Bailiff of Savannah, Robert Gilbert appointed, 268-269

Bailiffs, appointed for Savannah, 12-14, 110-112

Bailiffs of Frederica, grant of land for soldiers, 275-278 289

Bailiffs and recorder of Savannah, to grant licenses to retail wine and beer, 176-177

Bailiffs of Savannah, land grant for incoming settlers, 271-275

Baillie, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 89

Baillie, John, land grant, 61, 78-79, 88

Baillie, Thomas, land grant, 159-160, 206

Baker, John, land grant, 187, 207

Baker, Samuel, letter of attorney from Samuel Eveleigh, 253-254

Baker, William, letter of attorney from Samuel Eveleigh, 253-254

Ball, Papillon, Robert Williams, letter of attorney to, 248-249

Barnes, John, appointed constable for Savannah, 49-50

land grant, 50-53

to set out land, 76, 87

to grant land to settlers, 167

Barnwells Bluff, settlement of Scots at, 153-154

Bateman, William, land grant, 83, 88

Bathurst, Elizabeth Peacock, land rights, 100-106

Bathurst, Dame Frances, land rights, 100-106

Bathurst, Sir Francis, land grant, 90, 98, 100-106, 126

Bathurst, Martha, land rights, 100-106

Bathurst, Mary, land rights, 100-106

Bathurst, Robert, land rights, 100-106

Beaufort, S. C., Ann to sail to, 18-20

Bishop, Philip, land grant, 33, 75

Blair, David, land grant, 211, 232

Boltzius, John Martin, authorized to perform religious services in Ga., 80

Botanist, Robert Millars contract as, 94-98

Robert Millar, 215-218

See William Houstoun

Botany and agriculture, funds for, 135

Bovery, Mrs. Margaret, land grant, 115-120

Boyd, Thomas, land grant, 212, 232

Bradley, William, land grant, 195, 207

overseer of Trust servants, 246-247

Brigham, George, land grant, 90, 136

Brookes, John, appointed constable of Frederica, 181

Brown, John, land grant, 188, 207

Brownfield, John, to grant land to settlers, 154-159, 161-162, 206

appointed register of grants, 183-184

instructions in case of death, 213

Brownjohn, William, appointed constable for Savannah, 49-50

Buckman, George, appointed constable for Thorpe, 61-62

to grant land, 67-71; 167

to set out land, 88

Calvert, William, to grant land to new settlers, 3-9, 167

to set out land, 75, 86

Calwell, John, appointed tything man of Frederica, 181-182

Campechy, botanist to visit, 2

Cannon, Trustees petition for, 150-151

Carolina, settlers from, 208

Carteret, James, land grant, 266

Carthagena, botanist to visit, 2

Causton, Thomas, third bailiff of Savannah, 12-14

conservator of the peace, 14-15

second bailiff, 110-111

to set out land for settlers, 107-110

accounts, 135

to grant land, 136, 165-172, 206

first bailiff, 163-164

to stave rum, 175-176

land grant for religious purposes, 200-201, 231

Chardon, Isaac, accounts, 135

Charity settlers, land grants for, 154-159

number arrived, 207-208

number sent, 232-233

number by 1737, 265

Christie, Thomas, to grant land to new settlers, 3-9, 136, 165-172, 206

recorder of Savannah, 12-14

conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

to set out land for settlers, 75, 86, 107-110

land grant for religious purposes, 200-201, 231

Church and burying place, to be set out, 86

Church at Savannah, instructions for building, 279

Clarke, Isaac King, land grant, 63-67

to set out land, 88

to grant land to settlers, 167

Clarke, John, appointed Secretary of Indian Affairs in Ga., 267-268

Coates, John, land to make potash, 21-27, 34-35

to set out land, 86

Cochran, Betty, right to inherit land in Ga., 252

Cochran, Caroline, right to inherit land in Ga., 252

Cochran, Lt. Col. James, land grant, 252, 264

Cochran, Mary Ann, right to inherit land in Ga., 252

Coins, Trustees petition to send to Ga., 151

Coke, John, Trustee petition for funds, 139

Compton, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 137

Conservators of the peace, appointed for Savannah, 14-15

Constables, appointed for Savannah, 12-14, 49-50

Constables of Savannah, to seize any Negroes in Ga., 177-178

Cook, Ann, petition about lot in Ga., 267

Cook, Susannah, petition about her holding land, 267

Cook, Major William, land grant, 255, 264

petition about daughters lot, 267

Cornish, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 89, 208

Court, Town, for Savannah, created, 10-12, 14

Creek Indians, negotiations with, 71-74, 125-126

Cuthbert, John, settlement of Scots, 153-154

land grant, 160, 206

Dalmas, William Johnson, appointed constable for Thorpe, 61-62

Dauburg, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 208

Daubuz, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 89

Davison, Samuel, appointed constable of Frederica, 181

Dearne, Henry, appointed third bailiff of Savannah, 165

to grant land to settlers, 165-172, 206

Defense of Georgia, Trustees petition for cannon, etc., 150-151

Delafons, George, comes to Ga., 137

Derby, Earl of, pay for botanist, 95

Dietzius, Andreas Godofredus, land grant, 136

Dolphin, brings settlers to Ga., 208

Du Bois, Charles, pay for botanist, 95

Dunbar, Capt. George, brings settlers to Ga., 137, 208

to aid in securing Highlanders, 143-144

instructions for bringing Scots to Ga., 152-154

land grant, 160, 206

instructins about Germans coming to Ga., 283

Dymond, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 137, 208

Edgecombe, Arthur Ogle, appointed tythingman for Thorpe, 61-62

land grant, 63-67

to set out land, 88

to grant land to settlers, 167

Egmont, Earl of, answer to Indian visitors, 129

Eveleigh, Samuel, letter of attorney to Samuel and William Baker, 253-254

Fawsatt, Thomas, land grant, 53-55, 76-77, 87

Fitzwalter, Joseph, appointed constable of Savannah, 12-14

Fletcher, Henry, land grant, 39, 76

Florida-Georgia boundary, petitions about, 286-287

Florida-South Carolina boundary, petitions about, 286-287

Foreign protestants, number arrived, 207-208

Foreigners for Ga., instructions about securing, 281-283

Frederica, town court of created, 178-180

town officers appointed, 180-183

George Whitefield to perform religious services at, 251

land grant for religious purposes, 263, 269-270

grant of land for soldiers, 275-278

French, negotiations with Georgia Indians, 125

Fry, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 89

Funds for the Trustees, petition for, 58-59, 98-99, 139-140, 220-222, 254-255, 285-286

voted by Parliament, 129, 209-210, 211

voted by Parliament, how spent, 198-200, 222-225, 256-257

Gascoigne, Capt. James, land grant, 187, 206

cruize to Ga., 153

George Second, King, answer to Indian visitors, 138-139

Georgia Pink, brings settlers to Ga., 208, 265

Georgias southern boundary, petitions about, 286-287

Geraldino, Don Tomas, complaints about Ga. actions, 213-215

German settlers, Rev. Samuel Urlsperger to secure, 91-93

George Lewis Wentz to secure as servants, 123-124

funds to pay for bringing to Ga., 128, 134, 135

coming to Ga., 283

Gilbert, Robert, appointed third bailiff at Savannah, 268-269

Glebe, set out, 86

Gloucester, Bishop of, ordination of George Whitefield as deacon, 250-251

Godofredus, Andreas, land grant, 100

Gordon, Katherine, surrenders lot in Savannah, 265-266

Gordon, Peter, first bailiff of Savannah, 12-14

conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

to set out land for settlers, 107-110

to grant land, 126, 167

removed as first bailiff of Savannah, 163-164

surrenders lot in Savannah, 265-266

Gough, William, Jr., land grant, 37, 75-76

Gough, William, Sr., land grant, 37, 75-76

Graham, Patrick, land grant, 210, 232

Grant, Andrew, land grant, 64, 78-79, 88

Grants, register of appointed, 183-184

Guardian, for an infant, 114

Hamilton, Paul, land grant, 186, 206

Harold, Countess of, Trustee petition for funds, 139

Harrison, Charles, to set out land, 86

land to make potash, 21-27, 34-35

Haselfoot, James, land grant, 83, 88

Hawkins, Thomas, first bailiff of Frederica, 180-181

land grant for religious purposes, 263, 269-270

Hay, Robert, land grant, 250, 264

Heathcote, George, pay for botanist, 95

accounts, 135

Herbert, Dr. Henry, clergyman for Ga., 20

Heron, Capt. Alexander, land grant, 266

Hetherington, Joseph, land grant, 32, 75

Hetherington, Robert, land grant, 38-39, 77, 87

petition to assign land to Thomas Fawsatt, 53-55

Hetherington, Theophilus, land grant, 33, 77, 86

petition to assign land to Thomas Fawsatt, 53-55

Hewitt, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 265

instructions for bringing Germans to Ga., 283

Hillispylli, expenses of visit to England, 126-127

Trustees answer to, 129

Kings answer to, 138-139

Hind, Thomas, land grant for religious purposes, 263, 269-270

Hodges, Richard, conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

Holmes, Samuel, land grant, 39-43, 76, 87

Horton, William, land grant, 187, 207

land grant for religious purposes, 263, 269-270

Hossack, John, to aid in sending Scots to Ga., 152-154

House of Commons, Trustee petition to for funds, 120-122, 220-222, 254-255, 285-286, 287

House of Lords, petition about Ga. boundary, 286-287

Houstoun, James, land grant, 79, 80-81, 88

Houstoun, Patrick, land grant, 57, 77, 87

Houstoun, William, Trustee Botanist, 1-3, 94-95

letter of attorney to Philip Miller, 56-57

Hughes, Joseph, to grant land to new settlers, 3-9, 167

to set out land, 75, 86

land grant to widow of, 188-193

Indian act, S. C. opposes, 218-219

Indian affairs, treaty with Lower Creeks, 71-74

secretary for appointed, 267-268

Indian negotiations, Trustees ask for expenses of, 125-126

Indian trade, with Lower Creeks, 72-74; 172-175

Charles Wesley appointed secretary, 173-174

Indian traders, S. C. ordinance about disallowed, 283-285

Indian visit to England, 126-127, 129, 134

Inheritance of land, right of women in Ga., 36, 54, 55, 65, 98, 100-106, 252, 267

allowed by will, 255-256

Insane, treatment of in Ga., 112-114

Jamaica, botanist to visit, 2

James, brings settlers to Ga., 208

Jenkins, Edward, land grant, 48-49, 87

Jenys, Paul, land grant, 186, 207

Jones, Noble, appointed conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

Jones, Thomas, instructions as storekeeper, 278-279

Justus, slave of John Musgrove killed by Joseph Watson, 113

King George, brings settlers to Ga., 265

Kramer, John Mathias, instructions about securing foreigners for Ga., 281-283

Lacy, James, land grant, 27-32, 75

licence to remain in England, 37-38

Lacy, Roger, land grant, 32, 75

provisions about inheritance of his land, 55-56

Lamb, Peniston, Trustree petition for funds, 139

Lambe, Bulfinch, land grant, 99-100, 126

Land, reserved or servants, 207, 232, 264

Land grant, for religious purposes, 200-201, 231, 269-270

Land granted, report of March 21, 1733/34, 86-88

June-Jan. 1734, 136

Land granting, original Trustee regulations, 4-7

Land grants, for charity settlers, 154-159

for new settlers, 3-9, 165-172, 206

full grants, 4-7, 21-27, 27-32, 33-34, 35-37, 39-43, 43-48, 80-81, 100-106, 115-120, 144-149, 149-150, 188-193, 235-242, 272-275, 276-278

Land inheritance, rights of women, 36, 54, 55, 65, 98, 100-106, 252, 267

allowed by will, 255-256

Leaving Ga., Oglethorpe to grant licenses, 162

Licence to remian in England, granted to James Lacy, 37-38

Licenses, for Indian trade, 172-175

Licences to leave Ga., to be granted by James Oglethorpe, 9-10, 162

authorized, 74

Little, William, guardian for, 114

Logwood, botanist to find out about, 3

London Merchant, brings settlers to Ga., 208

Lunatic, treatment of in Ga., 112-114

Lusk, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 137, 208

MacGillivray, Archibald, land grant, 185, 206

Mackay, Lt. Hugh, instructions for Highlanders to come to Ga., 141-144

land grant, 144, 205

to aid in sending Scots to Ga., 152-154

Mackay, John, land grant, 161, 206

Mackay, Patrick, land grant, 160, 206

MacLeod, Rev. John, authorization to perform religious services in Ga., 194-195

Marcer, Samuel, guardian for William Little, 114

Mary Ann, brings settlers to Ga., 265

Medicinal plants, botanist to find out about, 2-3

Miffant, Capt., brings settlers to GA., 89

Militia officers, to be appointed by James Oglethorpe, 17-18, 162-163

Millar, Andrew, letter of attorney from Robert Millar, 83, 218

Millar, Robert, letter of attorney to Andrew Millar, 83

Trustee botanist, 94-98, 215-218

Miller, Philip, letter of attorney from William Houstoun to, 56-57

Minerva, brings settlers to Ga., 265

Missionary for Ga., support of by SPG, 219-220

Money, Trustees position to send coins to Ga., 151

Moore, Francis, appointed recorder of Frederica, 181

Moore, George, land grant, 57-58, 77, 87

Moravians, land grant for Count Zinzendorf, 112

funds for, 135

come to Ga., 233

Mulberry trees, white, botanist to know about cultivation, 3

Murdered, treatment of in Ga., 113

Musgrove, John, slave killed by Joseph Watson, 113

land grant, 136, 186, 206

Naval officer in Ga., appointed, 184-185

Negroes, to be seized by constables of Savannah, 177-178

Nickleson, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 265

Norris, Rev. William, authorized to perform religious services in Ga., 280-281

Officials, to be sworn in by James Oglethorpe, 15-17

appointed for the village of Thorpe, 61-62

Oglethorpe, James, to give orders about granting of land, 8-9, 66-67, 70-71, 75-78, 78-80, 161-162, 171-172

authorized to grant licences to leave Ga., 9-10, 74, 162

to administer oaths to Georgia officials, 15-17, 182-183

to appoint militia officers, 17-18, 162-163

authorized to set out land, 34-35, 52-53, 65-66, 69-70, 78-80, 159, 170-171

pay for botanist, 95

settlement of Scots, 153-154

to grant licenses for Indian trade, 172-173

Oglethorpes regiment, land for soldiers in, 264, 275-278

Original settlers, charter party for voyage on Ann, 18-20

Ormston, Thomas, land grant, 209, 231

Ortman, Christopher, to grant land, 67-71, 88, 167

Parker, Henry, constable for Savannah, 49-50

land grant, 50-53, 136, 165-172, 206

to set out land, 76, 87, 107-110

third bailiff, 111-112

first bailiff of Savannah, 164-165

land grant for religious purposes, 200-201, 231

Parker, Robert, Sr., chief constable of Thorpe, 61-62

Parker, Samuel, appointed constable of Savannah, 12-14

Parliamentary grant of funds, 209-210, 211, 234-235, 270-271, 280, 283-286

how spent, 198-200, 222-225, 256-257

Pember, Herbert, land grant to widow of, 149-150

Pember, Mary, land grant, 149-150, 206

Pennefather, John, land grant, 35-37, 75

Penrose, John, appointed tything man of Savannah, 12-14

Perkins, Samuel, to grant land to settlers, 154-159, 161-162, 206

appointed second bailiff of Frederica, 181

Peter & James, brings settlers to Ga., 208

Petition to the King, to prevent S. C. granting lands south of the Altamaha River, 195-196

Petre, Lord, payment for botanist, 1-2, 95

Pinkerton, Henry, land grant, 33-34, 75, 86

Polhill, Nathaniel, land grant, 82, 88

Potash, land leased to make, 21-27

Pratt, Thomas, gives up land in Ga., 115-116

Preston, George, land grant, 252-253, 264

Prince of Wales, brings settlers to Ga., 208

Privy Council, Trustee petition to against S. C., 250

disallows S. C. ordiance about India traders, 283-285

Procter, Thomas, to grant land to settlers, 154-159, 161-162, 208

Protection against Spaniards, Trustee memorial on, 248

Protestants, foreign, number arrived, 207-208

Public gardens, Hugh Anderson appointed inspector, 212

Puerto Bello, botanist to visit, 2

Pytt, Rowland, land grant, 187-188, 207

license to remain in England, 193-194

fear of death of John Brownfield, 213

Quincy, Rev. Samuel, revocation of authority to perform religious services in Ga., 185

leaving Ga., 196-198

Quit rent, see land granting

Recorder, appointed for Savannah, 12-14

Register of grants, appointed, 183-184

Religion, Henry Herbert clergyman for Ga., 20

Rev. John MacLeod authorized to perform services, 194-195

salary for Rev. John Wesley, 196-198

land to support granted, 200-201, 231, 263, 269-270

George Whitefield authorized to perform services at Frederica, 251

instructions for building church at Savannah, 279

Rev. William Norris authorized to perform services in Ga., 280-281

Religious expenses, land grant to help provide for, 200-201, 231, 263, 269-270

Religious services, authority to perform granted, 185, 194-195, 251, 280-281

Reyner, William, land to make potash in Ga., 21-27, 34-35

to set out land, 86

Richmond & Lenox, Duke of, pay for botanist, 95

Riley, William, appointed tythingman for Thorpe, 61-62

Rum, Thomas Causton to stave, 175-176

St. Julian, James, authorized to set out land, 65, 69-70, 74-78, 78-80

to give orders about granting of land, 66-67, 70-71 74-78 78-80.

to license people to leave Ga., 74

Sacheverel, Joshua, land grant, 50-53

to set out land, 76, 87, 167

Sale, Elizabeth, right to inherit land, 65

Sale, William, to grant land, 65, 67-71, 78-79, 88, 167

Salmon, John, land to make potash, 21-27, 34-35

to set out land, 86

Salzburgers, Rev., Samuel Urlsperger may secure, 92-93

to be admitted to Augsburg, 93-94

land for, 108, 136

Trustee petition for funds to settle, 120-121

Savannah, Town Court for created, 10-12

land for incoming settlers, 271-275

instructions for building church, 279

Scots, Hugh Mackay to secure, 141-144

instructions for bringing to Ga., 152-154

settlement at Altamaha, 153-154

Scots minister, for Ga., 153

Scots servants, desired for Ga., 153

Scott, Francis, conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

to give orders about granting land, 65, 66-67, 69-70, 70-71, 74-78, 78-80

to license people to leave Ga., 74

Secretary, William Stephens instructions as, 243-246

Secretary of Indian Affairs in GA., John Clarke appointed, 267-268

Senauki, expenses of visit to England, 126-127

Trustees answer to, 129

Kings answers to, 138-139

Servants, George Lewis Wentz to secure German ones, 123-124

land reserved for, 136, 207, 232, 264

from America, 209

William Bradley as overseer in Ga., 246-247

instructions about securing foreign, 281-283

Settlers, charter party for voyage of Ann, 18-20

arrival of, 88-90, 111, 207-209, 232, 265

charity, number sent, 232-233, 265

from Carolina, 208

Seymour, Edward, land grant, 149-150

right to inherit land, 206

Shubrick, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 265

Simond, brings settlers to Ga., 208

Simond, Peter & J. C., paid for passage, 137

Sloane, Sir Hans, pay for botanist, 95

Smith, Thomas, land to make potash, 21-27, 34-35

to set out land, 86

Smyter, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 88

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in the Highlands of Scotland, to secure Scots minister for Ga., 153

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, petition for salary for Rev. John Wesley, 196-198

support of missionary for Ga., 219-220

Soldiers, land for in Ga., 264

South Carolina, relations with Creek Indians, 125-126

granting lands south of Altamaha River, 195-196

opposes Ga. Indian act, 218-219

Trustee petition against action, 250

ordiance about Indian traders disallowed, 283-285

South Carolina-Florida boundary, petitions about, 286-287

Spaniards, complaints against Ga. actions 213-215

Trustee memorial for protection against, 248

Standford, Cornelius, land grant, 48, 76, 87, 235-242

Stephens, Thomas, land grant, 235-242

Stephens, William, appointment as Secretary for Trust in Ga., 235-243

land grant, 235-242, 263

instructions as Secretary, 243-246

Stirling, Hugh, land grant, 79, 81-82, 88

Stirling, William, land grant, 79, 82, 88

Store, Trustees, people on, 138

Storekeeper, instructions to Thomas Jones, 278-279

Swiss protestants, funds for bringing to Ga., 128, 134, 135

Symes, George, conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

Tail male, see land grantings

Tailfer, Patrick, land grant, 62, 78-79, 88

Terry, William, land grant, 68-69, 79, 88

Thanet, Earl of, Chairtable Request, Trustee petition for funds, 139

Thomas, Capt., brings settlers, to Ga., 88, 89, 208, 233, 265

Thomas, Capt. John, master of Ann, 18-20

Thomas, John, instructions for building church at Savannah, 279

Thorpe, Village of, created by Trustees, 59-62

Three Sisters, brings settlers to Ga., 265, 283

Tome-Chi-Chi, Indian negotiations, 125-126

expenses of visit to England, 126-127

Trustees answer to, 129

Kings answer to, 138-139

Tooahowi, expenses of visit to England, 126-127

Trustees answer to, 129

Kings answer to, 138-139

Treasury, Trustee petition for funds from, 98-99, 129, 139-140, 209-210, 211, 234-235, 270-271

Trustees Garden, Hugh Anderson appointed inspector, 212

Tuckwell, John, license to remain in England, 194

land grant, 188, 207

fear of death of John Brownfield, 213

Turner, James, appointed constable for Savannah, 49-50

Two Brothers, brings settlers to Ga., 208, 233, 265

Tything men, appointed for Savannah, 12-14

Umpychi, expenses of visit to England, 126-127

Trustees answer to, 129

Kings answer to, 138-139

Upton, Thomas, land grant, 233-234, 263

Urlsperger, Rev. Samuel, authorization to secure German settlers, 91-93

Vanderplank, John, appointed naval officer in Ga., 184-185

Vera Cruz, botanist to visit, 2

Verelst, Harman, to receive funds from treasury, 58-59, 127, 128, 140-141, 211, 280

Von Reck, Philip George Frederica, land grant, 187, 207

Wade, Edward, land grant, 136

Wardrope, Joseph, land grant, 82-83, 88

Waterland, William, second bailiff of Savannah, 12-14

conservator of the peace for Savannah, 14-15

Watson, Joseph, instructions about his treatment, 112-114

mental state, 234

Weddell, Austin, treasurer for Indian licenses, 174-175

Wentz, George Lewis, agreement to secure German servants, 123-124

Wesley, Charles, secretary of Indian trade, 173-174

Wesley, Rev. John, appointed to perform religious services in Ga., 185

petition for salary, 196-198

West, Elizabeth, land grant, 188-193, 207

West, John, appointed tything man of Savannah, 12-14

land grant, 188-193

land grant for religious purposes, 200-201, 231

Weston, Willes, land grant for religious purposes, 263, 269-270

Whitaker, brings settlers to Ga., 265

Whitefield, Rev. George, ordination as deacon, 250-251

authorized to perform religious services at Frederica, 251

Whiting, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 265

Williams, John, land grant, 48, 76

Williams, Robert, land grant, 43-48, 76

letter of attorney to Papillon Ball, 248-249

Wine and beer, licenses to retail, 176-177

Women, right to inherit land in Ga., 36, 54, 55, 65, 98, 100-106, 252

land grants in Ga., 115-120, 149-150, 188-193, 206, 207

Wood, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 89

Wood, William, land grant, 255-256, 264

Woodrooffe, William, land grant, 144-149, 205

Wragg, Samuel, part owner of Ann, 18-20

Yamacraw Indians, negotiations with, 125-126

Yoakley, Capt., brings settlers to Ga., 89, 137, 208

Young, Isaac, land grant, 210, 232

Zinzendorf, Count of, land grant, 112, 136