Jacob Castlebury Land Warrant 06 Sep 1784 Richmond County, GA Georgia By the Court of Justices of the County of Richmond To John Walton county surveyor fo the said county. You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out or cause to be admeasured and laid out unto Jacob Castlebury a tract of land which shall contain two hundred acres in the said county of Richmond on his own headright free from purchase to be laid out adjoining the lands of John Walton, Johnson Clark & Francis Donnelly taking especial care that the same has not heretofore been laid out to any other person or persons and you are hereby directed and required to record the plat of the same in your office and transmit a copy thereof together with this warrant to the Surveyor General within the term of three months from this date. Given under my hand as senior Justice of the said court this 6th day of Sept. 1784. N. Harris C.C. Cha. P. Crawford S.J. Jacob Castlebury 200 Acres Executed the 5th day of October 1784 By W. Jones. Fees paid Recorded in book B page 294 No. 836 State of Georgia Richmond County This is to certify, That Jacob Castleburry had stedfastly done his duty, from the time of passing an Act at Augusta, to wit, on the 20th of August, 1781, until the total expulsion of the British from this state; and the said Jacob Castleburry cannot, to my knowledge or belief, be convicted of pludering or distressing the country; and is therefore, under the said Act, entitled to a Bounty of Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of good Land, free from taxes for ten years. Given under my hand, at _________, the 16th eday of April 1785. G.C. Lee Coles May it please the Honorable the Land Court ___to grant your petitioner, two hundred and fifty acres of land + 15_____ on the within certificate in Washington County___I your petitioner will prey.____ Nenian oft. Magruder Jacob Castleburry To Joseph Pannole, Surveyor for the County of Washington. You are bereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay our, or cause to be admeasured and laid out, unto Jacob Castleburry, a Tract of Land, which shall contain two hundred eighty seven and 1/2 acres in the said county of Washington Taking especial care the 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 transmit a copy thereof, together with this warrant, to the Surveyor General, within the Term of three Months from this date. Given under my hand, this sventeenth day of May 1784. Secretary's Office John Habersham Certified by President C. D. Rees Deputy Surveyor ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Linda L. Green linda_green@email.msn.com ====================================================================