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"

Page 315-316

                  (Translation)
His Excellency the Governor
                  Don Jose Simion Sanchez a native and inhabitant of 
this province to your Excellency respectfully showeth, that he wishes 
to employ himself and slaves in Agriculture forming a plantation, and 
as for this object he needs a grant of Land of good quality to which he 
considers himself intitled in virtue of the merits and services he has 
performed in the year 1812 against the disloyal inhabitants of the 
Province, and in 1817 Against those who took possession of Amelia 
Island, the particulars of which he does not state they being well 
known to the Government __ Therefore he prays that your Excellency will 
be pleased to grant him Two thousand Acres of Land, on Santafe River, 
bounded on the West by Lands of Don Francisco Roman Sanchez and on the 
other side by said River, which number of Acres are to him absolutely 
necessary not only for the establishment of a good plantation, but for 
raising of stock, to which he intends dedicating himself, which gifts 
he hopes to merit from the goodness of your Excellency,  St. Augustine 
January 7th 1818   Jose Simeon Sanchez
St. Augustine January 12th 1818 -  Grant to the Petitioner the Two 
thousand Acres of Land , which he selects, without injury to a third 
person, as it is well known to the Government, the services which he 
says he has rendered, and for his security let there be given him, from 
the Secretarys Office a certified copy of this memorial and decree in 
the usual form _
                        Coppinger

I, Antonio Alvarez Keeper of the Public 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
(Seal)            Witness my hand and Seal of Office at the City of St. 
Augustine, Territory of Florida this nineteenth day of April A.D. One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty six
                        Antonio Alvarez
Recorded this 4th April 1840           K P A
      James McNeill D.C.