Liberty County GaArchives Deed.....Samuel Jones - Colonial Georgia November 1 1760 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Beth Collins collins@negia.net January 26, 2004, 12:24 pm Written: November 1 1760 Recorded: November 7 1760 Georgia Land Grant Register, Book G, page 211 George the Third by the Grace of GOD, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. To all Know Ye, of Our Special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, Have Given and Granted, and by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do Give and Grant unto Samuel Jones his Heirs and assigns all that Tract of Land containing five Hundred acres Situate and being in the Parish of Saint Andrews in our Province of Georgia Bounded South by Land of James Andrew North part by Land of Lydia Saunders and on all other sides by Vacant Land Having such Shape, Form, and Marks, as appear by a Plat of the same 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 Priviledge of Hunting, Hawking and Fowling, is and upon the same, and all Mines and Minerals whatsoever; Saving and Reserving, nevertheless, to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, all White Pine Trees, if any should be found growing thereon: And also Saving and Reserving, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, One Tract Part of Mines of Silver and Gold only. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract of four hundred acres of Land and all and singular the Premises hereby granted, with the Appurtenances, unto the said Samuel Jones his heirs and assigns forever in free and common Soccage, he the said Samuel Jones His Heirs or Assigns, Yielding and paying therefore, 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, recording to the Quantity of Acres contained herein, the same to commence at the End and Expiration of two Years from the Date hereof, PROVIDED ALWAYS, and this prefeat Grant is upon Condition nevertheless, That he the said Samuel Jones 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 or 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 Acres 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 meat Cattle or Six Sheep or Goats, and continue the same thereon until Three Acres for every Fifty Acres be fully cleared and improved, or otherwise, if any Part of the said Tract shall be stony or rocky Ground, and not fit for Planting or Pasture, shall and do, within Three Years as aforesaid, begin to employ thereon, and to continue to work for Three Years then next ensuing, in digging any Stone Quarry, or Coal, or other Mine. PROVIDED ALSO, That every Three Acres which shall be cleared and worked, or cleared and drained on 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 Samuel Jones 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 Arrears 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, that then and in such Case, 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 Register 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 Truly and Wellbeloved James Wright Esq our Capt General & Governor in Chief of our said Province, the first Day of November in the Year of Our Lord 1760 and in the ninth Year of Our Reign. Ja Wright Signed by his Excellency the Governor in Council Chas Watson C.C. Dated 1st Regr 7 Nov 1760 Additional Comments: Colonial land grant in St. Andrews Parish This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb