Wilkes County GaArchives Photo Document.....Little River Land Plats 
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Thomas Wingfield - The 200 acre plat surveyed for Thomas Wingfield is found in
Plat Book B, page 196. The warrant for the survey, dated April 21, 1784, was
issued by a Land Court in Wilkes County presided over by Stephen Heard Esq.,
Senior Justice. The survey was executed on May 5, 1784 by William Downs D.S., in
lieu of an old warrant to Henry Kaar. This last phrase is very interesting
because on the plat of Absalom Bedell, the area where Thomas Wingfield should be
is occupied by Henry Kaar! The grant was issued to Thomas Wingfield on February
21, 1785 by Governor Samuel Elbert and it was registered on February 24, 1785.
(Grant Book GGG, page 78) There are several outstanding features to this plat.
Although positioned directly south of Robert McGinty, Absalom Bedell, and by
association Little River, on the Wingfield plat, Little River is depicted on the
east! This reflects a dramatic bend in the river as its flow changes from almost
due east to due south. Another feature is the thumb along the north that
separates McGinty and Bedell. This thumb is marked with a pine scrub oak and a
pine. The same feature appears on the plat of Robert McGinty. At the time of the
survey, the neighbors were described as follows: along the north were Robert
McGinty and Absalom Bedell, along the east was Little River, along the south
were Sanders Walker and Silas Mercer. The west was shown as vacant.

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