Washington County GaArchives Deed.....Joseph Tomme - State of Georgia January 24 1787
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Written: January 24 1787
Recorded: February 1 1787

Georgia Land Grant Register, Book MMM, page 157

State of GEORGIA

          By the Honorable George Mathews Esquire, Captain General, Governor and
          Commander in Chief, in and over the said State.

          To all to whom these presence 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, by and with the Advice and Consent of the 
Honorable the Executive Council, given and granted, and by these Presents, in 
the Name and Behalf of the said State, DO give and grant unto Joseph Tomme his 
Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two 
hundred and eighty seven and an half Acres, situate, lying, and being, in the 
County of Washington in the said State, and butting and bounding 
Northwestwardly by Stephen Mitchells Land, Southwestwardly by Jones’s Land, 
Southeastwardly by Capt Blasingham Harveys Land, and Northeastwardly by unknown 
Land, 
                                       ------------( On Bounty )------------

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 appurtenances 
thereof, whatsoever, to the said Tract or Parcel of Land belonging, or in any 
wise appertaining; and also all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and 
Demand, of the State aforesaid, 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 Premises 
aforesaid, with their and every of their Rights, Members, and appurtenances, 
unto the said Joseph Tomme his Heirs and Assigns, to his and their own proper 
Use and Behoof forever, in Fee-Simple.

             GIVEN under my Hand in Council, and the Great Seal of the said 
State, this twenty fourth Day of January in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand 
Seven Hundred and Eighty-seven and in the Eleventh Year of American 
Independence.

Signed by His Honor the Governor in Council the 24 Day of Janry 1787
 
J Meriwether C.C.
Registered 1st Febry 1787


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