Tattnall County GaArchives Court.....Holland, Frederick  & Et Al February 1850
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Source: Relative Of Parties
Written: February 1850

[Comment:  This document is in three sections – 1) The direction to do a 
survey, 2) the form of notice, and 3) the served by sheriff.]

[Comment:  Tattnall is often spelled “Tatnall”.]

Georgia Tatnall County
In Tatnall Supr Court
	Frederick Holland Action
		vs			Complaint; in Ejictment 
	Hanson Lewis

[Comment:  Ejectment is a civil action to recover possession of and title to 
land.]

	To Charles Blount County Surveyor of Tatnall County or his lawful 
deputy.

[Comment:  There was a Charles Bount, 56 years old and a farmer in the 1850 
census for Tattnall County.]

We command you to research an accurate survey of the premises in dispute, 
carefully delineating all interfering lines if any, and return a platt of the 
same to the next Superior Court to be held in and for the County of Tatnall on 
the Thursday after the Second Monday in April next, and that you give to the 
parties at interest at least ten days notice of the time and place of 
commencing the said resurvey of the said premises in dispute.

	Witness the Honorable Ebenezer Starns Judge of said Superior Court 
this 25th day of February 1850.

[Comment:  There is an Ebenezer Starns in Richmond County in the 1850 census 
and he is listed as a superior court judge.]

					(Signed) J. B. Smith Clerk

[Comment:  I was not able to find a J.B. Smith in Tattnall in 1850.  It’s 
possible he came from another county, perhaps Richmond.]

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Form of Notice to be served by the Surveyor on parties at interest

Georgia Tatnall County
Frederick Holland  ____
	vs
Hanson Lewis		Complaint in Ejictment

			In Tatnall Superior County

To ____  Take notice, that I shall proceed on _____ the day of _____ 1850 to 
survey the premises in dispute in the above state case.  You will attend at 
____
(the hour of __) on (plantation of such part or point on it) or (any specified 
___ or point) by ten o’clock A.M. of that day with your respective plats, 
grants, deeds or instrument of title, at which time there or there proceed to 
I will commence said survey ____  Given under my hand this day of           
1850
                                                 (Signed) C.D. ____ (or deputy)

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Served ____  the County Surveyor Charles Blount with a true copy of this 
original the 4th day of March 1850

                                 Cullen Cowart
                                                      Sheriff

[Comment:  There is a Cullen Cowart in the 1850 census.  He is a farmer and 
the only name even close to the one in the document and the only one that 
might be of the right age.]


Additional Comments:
This document is old and faded and very difficult to read.  

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