Jefferson Co. GA - Land Grant to Alexander Berryhill

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     GEORGE THE THIRD, By the Grace of God, of Great-Brition, France, and
Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. To all to whom these
Presents shall come, GREETINGS, KNOW YE, That We, of our special Grace, certain
Knowlege, and (?) Motion, have given and Granted, and by these Presents, for Us,
Our Heirs and Successors, do Give and Grant unto ALEXANDER BERRYHILL, HIS HEIRS
AND ASSIGNS, ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES,
SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE PARISH OF SAINT GEORGE, IN OUR PROVINCE OF
GEORGIA, BOUNDED NORTH-EASTWARDLY BY LAND OF PATRICK BUTLER; NORTH-WESTWARDLY BY
LAND OF SAMUEL CLARK; WESTWARDLY BY LAND OF GEORGE GALPHIN & QUINTON POOLER, &
SOUTH EASTWARDLY BY VANCANT LAND -- Having such Shape, Form, and Marks, as
appears by a Plat thereof hereunto annexed, together with all Woods, Underwoods,
Timber and Timber Trees, Lakes, Ponds, Fishings, Waters, Water-Courses, Profits,
Commodities, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances Whatsoever, thereunto belonging or
in anywise appertaining, together also with Privilege of Hunting, Hawking, and
Fowling, in and upon the same, and all Mines and Minerals whatsoever; saving and
reserving, neverless, to us Our Heirs and Successors, all White Pine Trees, if
any should be found growing thereon; And also Saving Reserving, to Us, Our Heirs
and Successors, One Tenth Part of Mines of Silver and Gold only. TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD the said TRACT OF TWO HUNDRED & FIFTY ACRES OF LAND ---and all and singular
other the Premises hereby granted, with the Appurtenances, unto the said
ALEXANDER BERRYHILL, HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER---in free and common Soccage,
HE the said ALEXANDER BERRYHILL, his Heirs or Assigns, Yielding and Paying
therefor, unto Us, Our Heirs and Successors, or to Our Receiver-General for the
time being, or to his Deputy or Deputies for the time being, yearly and every
year, on the TWENTY-FIFTH DAY of MARCH, At the Rate of TWO SHILLINGS STERLING
for every HUNDRED ACRES, and so in Proportion, according to the quantity of
acres conained herein, the same to commence at the End of Expiration of TWO
years from the date hereof. PROVIDED ALWAYS, and this present Grant is upon
condition neverless, That HE the said ALEXANDER BERRYHILL, HIS Heirs or Assigns,
shall and do, within THREE YEARS after the date hereof, for every FIFTY ACRES of
plantable land hereby granted, clear and work Three acres at least, in that part
thereof as HE or they shall judge most convenient and advantageous, or else do
clear and drain THREE Acres of Swamp or SUNKEN GROUNDS or drain THREE of Marsh,
if any such contained herein; and shall and do, within the time aforesaid, put
and keep, upon every Fifty Acres thereof accounted barren, three neat CATTLE or
six SHEEP or GOATS, and continue the same thereon until THREE acres of every
Fifty Acres be fully cleared and improved, or otherwise, if any part of the said
tract shall be stony or rocky Ground, not fit for Planting or Pasture, shall and
do, within the three years aforesaid, begin to employ thereon, and so continue
to work for three years then next ensuing, in digging any Stone Quarry, of Coal,
or other Mine, ONE GOOD AND ABLE HAND FOR EVERY HUNDRED ACRES; it shall be
accounted a sufficient Cultivation and Improvement. PROVIDED ALSO, That every
Three acres which shall be cleared and worked, or cleared and drained as
aforesaid, shall be accounted a sufficient Seating, Planting, Cultivation and
Improvement, to save for ever from Forfeiture, Fifty acres of land in any Part
of the Tract hereby granted. And the said ALEXANDER BERRYHILL, HIS HEIRS and
ASSIGNS shall be at Liberty to withdraw HIS or their stock, or to forbear
working in any Quarry or Mine, in proportion to such Cultivation and
Improvements as shall be made upon the plantable,Lands, Swamps, sunken Grounds,
or Marshes, herein contained. And if the said Rent hereby reserved shall happen
to be in Arrear and unpaid, for the space of ONE year from the time it shall
become due, and no Distress can be found on the said Lands, Tenements, and
Hereditaments, hereby granted,and every Part and Parcel thereof, shall revert to
us, Our Heirs and Successors, as fully and absolutely as if the same had NEVER
BEEN GRANTED, PROVIDED ALSO, if this Grant shall not be duly registered in the
Registers Office of Our said Province, within SIX MONTHS from the date hereof,
and a Docquet thereof also entered in the Auditor's Office of the same, That
then this Grant shall be void, any Thing herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Georgia. Witness
our Trusty and Well-beloved SIR JAMES WRIGHT, BARONET, CAPTAIN GENERAL, GOVERNOR
& COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF OUR SAID -- Province, the FOURTH Day of MAY in the Year
of Our Lord 1773 and in the THIRTEENTH Year of Our Reign.

                                                        (L.S.) JA: WRIGHT

Signed by his Excellency, SIR JAMES WRIGHT, Baronet
In Council                                      Alex. Wylly, C.C.
Reg,d 21 June 1773

The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants

This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before
her death in 1996. Her daughter Barbara gave me permission to put her
research online.

David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org