Richmond Co. GA, Land Grant to Alexander Berryhill, 100 acres

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	By his Excellency EDWARD TELFAIR Captain-General
Governor, and the Commander in Chief in and over said State, and of the Militia 
thereof.
all to whom these presents come, GREETING:
Know Ye, That in pursuance of the Act for opening the Land-Office, and by virtue 
of the powers in me vested, I HAVE given and granted unto ALEXANDER BERRYHILL 
his heirs and assigns forever, ALL that tract or parcel of Land, containing ONE 
HUNDRED acres, situate, lying, and being in the County of RICHMOND in the said 
State and butting and bounding
	EASTWARDLY NEAR ANDREW BERRYHILLS LAND, SOUTH BY MCBEANS CREEK, WEST BY 
VACANT LAND, AND NORTH BY LITTLE MCBEAN CREEK 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 appertaining; and also all the estate, title, interest 
claim and demand of the State afresaid, of, in, to, or out of, the same: TO HAVE 
AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of Land, and all and singular the premesies 
aforesaid with their and every of their rights, members, and appurtenances, unto 
the said ALEXANDER BERRYHILL his heirs and assigns, to HIS and their own proper 
use and behoof forever, in Fee Simple.
			GIVEN under my hand, and the great Seal
			of the Said State, this
			NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST
			in the year of our Lord One thousand
			seven hundred and ninety
			and in the FIFTEENTH year of
			American Independence.
Signed by his Excellency the 		  EDW'D TELFAIR
Governor, the 19TH DAY OF AUGUST 1790

J. MERIWETHER S.E.D.
REGISTERED, THE 20TH DAY OF AUGUST 1790

The following is the Warrant issued a few years earlier for the preceding Land 
Grant of Alexander:

GEORGIA
	BY THE COURT OF JUSTICES OF THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND
To John Walton County Surveyor,
You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay our, or cause to be 
admeasured and laid out, unto ALEXANDER BERRYHILL'S tract of land, which shall 
contain ONE HUNDRED acres, in the said County of Richmond, TO BE LAID OUT ON 
MCBEAN JOINING LAND OF AND'W BERRYHILL (ON HEADRIGHTS)  Taking especial Care 
that the same has not heretofore been laid out to any other person or persons: 
And you are hereby also directed and required to record the Plat of the same in 
your Office, and transfer a Copy thereof, together with the Warrant, to the 
Surveyor-General, within the term of six months from this date. Given under my 
hand, as Senior Justice of said County, this 5th Day of September 1785.

Test							Wm. Glascock AJ
J N Crawford. CC

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