Franklin-Clarke County GaArchives Deed.....Georgia, University Of - Georgia, State Of February 25 1784
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Written: February 25 1784
Recorded: September 25 1784

Georgia Surveyor General, Register of Grants, Book DDD, p. 467

State of Georgia               
                    By the Honorable John Houstoun Esquire Captain General
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Said State.
    To all to whom these presents Shall Come Greeting:
                     Know Ye that in pursuance of an Act of the General 
Assembly passed on the twenty fifth day of February one thousand Seven hundred 
and eighty five and by virtue of the powers in me vested I Have by and with the 
advice and Consent of the Honorable the Executive Council given and Granted and 
by these presents in the name and behalf of the Said State Do give and Grant 
unto the following persons in trust and as a public body constituted by the 
said act of assembly for the purpose of erecting and endowing a Colledge or 
seminary of learning in the Said State.  That is to say, unto his Honor the 
Governor for the time being and John Houstoun, James Habersham, William Few, 
Joseph Clay, Abraham Baldwin, William Houstoun, and Nathan Brownson, Esquires, 
Trustees nominated in the said act and to their Successors in office forever, 
under and agreeable to the directions of the Said Law, and the future 
Regulations of the Legislature, All that Tract or parcel of Land Containing 
Five thousand acres, Situate, lying, and being, in the County of Franklin in 
the Said State , and butting and bounding on all sides by vacant land, having 
such shape form and marks as appear by a plat of the same hereunto annexed. 
Together with all and Singular the rights members and appurtenances thereof 
whatsoever to the said Tract or parcel of land, belonging or in any wise 
appertaining.  To Have and to Hold the said Tract or parcel of land and all and 
Singular the premises aforesaid with their and every of their rights, members 
and appurtenances unto the said trustees and to their Successors in office as 
aforesaid, and to and for the use and behoof of the Public in manner before set 
forth and as shall be agreeable to Law and the intent and meaning of the said 
Trust forever – 
     Given under my hand in Council and the great Seal of the Said State this 
Twenty first
     day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and 
Eighty 
     four and in the Ninth Year of American Independence.

Signed by his Honor the Governor in
Council the 21st September 1784                   J. Houstoun

      Wm Freeman D.C.E.C.
                 Registered 24th Sept 1784. 


Additional Comments:
One of University of Georgia's land grants.

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