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THE COLONIAL RECORDS
OF THE 
STATE OF GEORGIA
Compiled and Published under Authority of
THE LEGISLATURE 
by
ALLEN D. CANDLER
VOLUME X

PROCEEDINGS AND MINUTES OF THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL
FROM
JANUARY 6, 1767, to DECEMBER 5, 1769

From Manuscripts in British Public Records Office, London,
Except Minutes from February 7, 1769, to July 4, 1769, 
which are from State Archives

Atlanta, Ga
THE FRANKLIN-TURNER COMPANY
Printers, Publishers, Binders
1907

Page 696
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL

To       Samuel Farley (Purc) 500 Acres in St. Mathew's Parish ___
         John Graham Esqr 700 Acres in St. Mary's Parish
         John Graham Esqr 300 Acres in St. Mary's Parish
         
         Jacob Helvenstine (Purc) 500 Acres in St. David's Parish
         Jacob Helvenstine (Purc) 80 Acres in St. David's Parish
         
         Moses Way 200 Acres in St. Andrew's Parish
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         GEORGIA  At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah on
         Monday the 20th February 1769 --
                   Present
         His Excellency James Wright Esqr.
         The Honble (All Esquire)           James Habersham
                                            Noble Jones
                                            James Mackay
                                            James Edwd Powell
                                            Grey Elliott
                                            Lewis Johnson
                                            James Read
                                            
On Reading a Petition of Noble Wimberly Jones,
Lachlan McGillivray, John McMullryne, John Smyth
and Alexander Wylly Esqrs. nominated and appointed
to carry the Execution an Act of the last General
Assembly for setting a Township on the Branches of
Great Ogechee River upon Lands some time since
reserved for that purpose It Is Ordered that the
following Tracts, out of the said reserve, be
Surveyed and laid out to the several per-(Page
697) sons hereunder Mentioned And that the
Surveyor General do issue his Precept or Precepts
for that purpose, and that Grants do pass to them
for their Several Tracts Accordingly - That is to
say -


   To    Clotsworty Robson............One Hundred Acres
         Joseph Saunders.............. Four Hundred Acres
         David Russell................Four Hundred Acres
         Matthew Lyle.................One Hundred Acres
         Robert Virvin................Four Hundred Acres
         Matthew Moore................Two hundred and fifty Acres
         John Kennedy.................Two hundred and fifty Acres
         Walter Stephenson............Two hundred Acres
         Patrick Mackay...............One Hundred Acres
         William Mackay...............One Hundred Acres
         William Harding..............One Hundred Acres
         James Haddin.................Two Hundred and fifty Acres
         John Martin..................Four hundred acres
         Robert Warnock,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,One hundred and fifty Acres
         Robert Cooper................Four hundred and fifty Acres
         John Ingram..................Four Hundred Acres
         Samuel Fleming...............Three hundred and fifty Acres
         James Fleming................One Hundered acres