Alachua County FlArchives Deeds.....Ancient Records Book, Deed: Sanchez

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"Transcribed by Jim Powell Jr from Records provided by Buddy Irby, Alachua 
County Clerk of the Court's Office"

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                  (Translation)
To the Governor
      Don Francisco Roman Sanchez native and inhabitant of this 
Province with close respect to your Lordship, says, that on the South 
part of the River known by the name of Santafe, about Ten miles to the 
westward of the Alachua Road to St. Marys, there is a great quantity of 
vacant Land, adapted for cultivation and raising of stock to which he 
***** dedicating himself for the purpose of increasing the same, and as 
the petitioner has not obtained any concession of Land, on which he can 
establish himself  as he wishes, with all his family and slaves, he 
therefore prays your Lordship will be pleased grant him four thousand 
Acres of Land at said place, bounded on the North by said River 
Santafe, and on the other sides by Vacant Lands, which quantity of Land 
are necessary not only on account of the number of Negroes he owns, but 
also for the raising of stock, and many other purposes useful to a 
planter __ A favour which he hopes to merit from the goodness of your 
Lordship    St. Augustine Florida Dec'r 18th 1815
                  Francis R. Sanchez
      St. Augustine December 18th 1815 _ In consideration of the Urgent 
necessity there is of fomenting in this Province, by all possible means 
the raising black cattle, on account of the great scarcity thereof, 
which is already noted, let it be granted to the Petitioner the four 
thousand Acres of Land in the place solicited by him, without injury to 
a third person, and for his security, let a certified copy of this 
Petition and decree be issued to him by the Secretarys office
(Seal)                              Estrada
I Antonio Alvarez, keeper of the Archives of East Florida do hereby 
certify the foregoing to be a true and correct Translation of the 
Original in the Spanish Language on file in my Office __
        Witness my hand and seal of Office at the City of St. Augustine 
Territory of Florida this twenty third day of March A.D. One thousand 
eight hundred & thirty Six
                  Antonio Alvarez
                        K P A
Recorded this 4th April 1840 by
            James McNeill  D.C. C.C. Alachua County