Wilcox County GaArchives Photo Document..... Little River Plat 
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                                        Little River Land Plats

        (All plats cited are from the records of the Surveyor General’s Office
in the State of Georgia.)

Absalom Bedell - The 450 acre plat for Absalom Bedell is found in Plat Book A,
page 85. It was surveyed by virtue of a warrant dated August 12, 1783 that was
issued by a Land Court in Wilkes County, presided over by William Downs Esq.,
Senior Justice. The survey was executed on the 26th day of August 1783 by
William Downs D.S. The grant was issued to Absalom “Biddle” on February 13, 1784
by Governor John Houstown and it was registered on July 16, 1784. (Grant Book
DDD, page 95) The most telling feature on the plat is its bisection by Little
River. The plat also plat presents us with a key marker, that being the
confluence of Beaverdam Creek with Little River. Beaverdam Creek forms the
eastern boundary of Bedell above the Little River.  It is interesting to note,
that the wife of Absalom Bedell was Ruth Jackson and the wife of Robert McGinty
was Deborah Jackson. Ruth Jackson Bedell was the Aunt of Deborah Jackson
McGinty. Along the southwestern side of the plat,  Robert McGinty is shown as a
neighbor. Along the northwest side, the land of John Wilson appears and wrapping
around the northern and eastern side is the land of William Foster. Curiously,
lands attributed to Carr on the southeast and the south sides of the plat, were
in fact granted to Thomas Wingfield. (See notes on the plat of Thomas Wingfield.)

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