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GEORGIA.
By His Excellency JAMES JACKSON,
Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army |n and
Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof,
AFRO C L A M A X I O N.
WHEREAS I have received infoimation from the
Mayor of the City of Savannah that certain Ne
nor people of eoleftre (hipped off from Port au Prince,
c Weft Indies, for the <poru of South Carolina and
Georgia, and many of them are on board vellels bound di
teftly to Savannah: AND WHEREAS,poIicy didates
that persons of color, used to the horrid feenes of maflacre
which of lace years have been so barbarously ptadifed in
the Weft Indies, without refped to age or sex, flionld be
prevented from coming within the limits of this ftatc, to
diflufe their seditious and cruel tenets, and the ad entitled,
< An Ad to organize the Militia in the several New
Counties of this State,” makes it the duty of the Officers
of Militia in the firft Brigade of the firft Division, in their
Vcfpedive diftrids, to apprehend any Negro, Muftee, Mu
latto freeman or freemen, flavc or llaves, who fliall here
after arrive in any port of this lUte from the Weft India
or Bahama Wands, and to keep such persons in fafe custody
until they can be examined before the Corporation of Sa
vannah, or any three Justices of tlie Peace for any county
In the said division, who are authorized to cause such per
font to be exported at the expence of the importer or own
er, who are also made liable for.tht expence of apprehending
them: Takiug the fame and the situation of the
■relent ftatc of public affairs, and our local concerns, into
my moft furious deliberation, I HAVE iHOUGHT
FIT to iflne this my proclamation, hereby charging and
requiring all Officers, Civil and Military, to be adive and
vigilant, within their refptdive diftrids, hi preventing and
oppofuig any of the people of color, deferibedby the afore
£itd law, palled the twenty-second day of February, one
thousand leven hundred and ninety-fix, from landing within
any port or place within this state; and in case of such
landing, that the Militia of the diftrid where such landing
may be, and tbofe of any other diftrid into Which’ such
persons may come, do immediately pnrfue and apprehend
♦them, and all of them, in order that they may be exported
agreeably to law: And I further charge and require the
different Magistrates of diftrids, and Captains of compa
nies, to be vigilant and adive iu having tlie Patrol Law
frilly enforced, without any excuse whatever, as they will
tnfwer the contrary at their peril: And I call on all clafles
of citizens to come forward with tbeerfulnefs and perform
\hofe duties which tlie situation of public and domestic af
fairs requires of them: And I alio further charge and require
ell Officers, Civil and Military, to be vigilant in appre
hending and exporting all and every other Negro, Muftee,
Mulatto freeman or freemen, Have or Haves, who has or
may have come within the limits of this state, under the
delcription aforefaid, since tlie palling of tlie afore-menti
oned law of the twenty-second of February, one thouiand
seven hundred and ninety-fix, in any manner or way what
ever; and to keep a watchful eye over ail and every suspi
cious Have or Haves, free Negroes or Mulattoes, although
not within the defeription of the said law.
GIVEN under my hand, and the great seal of the
said state, at the State lloufe in Louifviile, this
eleventh day of June, in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in the
twenty-second year of die Independence of the
United States of America.
JAMES JACKSON.
By the Governor,
JOHN MILTON, Sec’ry.
GOD SAVE IHE STATE.
asmzeFor
THE Price of Superfine Flour being 10 dollars per
barrel, and of Fine 9 dollars per barrel, of 196 lbs.
wt. nett, the Loaves mull weigh as follows: lbs. oz.
Os the best fuperfine quality, al2 1.2 cent loaf, a 9
6 i>4 cent ditto, 1 1
Os the second quality, *l2l-2 cent loaf, 2 5
ft 6 1-4 cent ditto, 1 a t*2
June t> 1795. W. H. Lange, c. t.
CITY COUNCIL, Savannah, June ii7i79^
RESOLVED, That notice be given in each of tlie Ga
zettes, that an Election for Ten Aldermen to re
present the different Wardsrim this City will be held on
Monday the 2d day of July next, at the places herein after
mentioned, that is to fay:
For Oglethorpe Ward, at Andrew’s Meeringhoufo;
Franklin Ward, at the Courthouse;
Decker Ward, at the Marfcethoufc;
Derby Ward, at D. B. Mitchell, Elq.’s nt .v building;
Reynold's Ward, at the FUature;
Anson Ward , at Mr. Port’s fchool room;
Percival Ward , at the Enginehoufej
Heatbcote Ward, at Mr. Childs’s house;
Warren Ward, at the New Theatre;
Wa/lineton Ward, at Mr. Brooks’s hoiife.
RESOLVED, That the MagHtrates of the County be
requested to attend on that day, at jo. o’clock in the fore
noon, at the Courthouse in Franklin ward, for tlie purpoie
of conducting the said Election.
Extraßfrxau the Minutes,
Thomas Pitt, c. c.
Tax ColL\iL>r’s iaft Notice.
AN Y -pgriba m- who are in arrears for tax of
Chatham county, for the year *797, coming forward
ftrnd fettling tbe fame, previous to the ill of July next,
■will prevent execution tafuig levied immediately tliereafttr.
June 10, 1798. W, Norment, t. c. c. c.
Union Society. .
THE Members of the Umoa Society are requested te
meet at the Filature, on Monday the 2d day of July
next, Drecifely at sunset, it befog ft Quarterly Meeting.
By Order,
PETER $. LAFFITTE, See’y.
Iff*
SHJsKTfT’iTbA
On tbe jtrjl Tuesday, being the 3 d day of July next,
will be fold , at toe Gourtboufe in tbe city of Savan
nah,
The Property under mentioned, viz.
A HOUSE and HALF LOT in Broughton ftreel, con
taining 30 feet in front and 90 feet in depth, seized
and to be fold as the property of Mr. John Gable.
A LOT OF LAND, fiuiate in Little Ogecliee Diftridt,
containing 45 acres, laid to be adjoining lands of George
Millen, Esq. seized as the property of Mr. Robert Greer.
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, situate and lying
in St. Philip’s parifti, on Great Ogechee river, bounded by
Zettler’s land, containing 450 acres, seized undtr execution
as the property of Thomas Lee, deeeafed.
Also at tbe fame time and place,
A NEGRO MAN, named POMPEY, seized and to
be fold as the property of Coxe, deeeafed.
Richard Wall, s. c. c.
Savannah, May 25. 179-.
r SHEKiFi s .vU i
On tbe firjl Tuesday, belli c tbe 3 d day of July next,
will be fold, at the Courtbotifc in tbe city cf Savan
nah, .
ALL that Trail of Land, containing acres, in
. Bry an county, formerly the property of Sir James
Wright, (known by the uamc cf the Orange Grove Plan,
tarion) now seized and to be Ibid as the property of Jo&ph
Day, Esq. deeeafed.
At tbe fame time and place will be fold,
*5 Negroes, seized as the property of Edward Davies,
Esq. deeeafed.
‘Alfo, Two Negroes, feizel and to be fold as belonging
to the Estate of Mr. Joseph Cuthbert.
Savannah , May 31, 1798. R. Wall, s. c. c.
SHER]FF , s SAI FS ;
On Tuesday tbe 3 d July next will be fold, at tbe
Gourtboufe in the Ciiy of Savannah,
The fallowing Tracts cl land.
Pointed out by tbe Executor cf Solomon
deeeafed , in order to pay the arrearages cf taxes due
for tbe year 1795:
287 1-2 acres in Montgomery county, surveyed in the
name of Samuel Pain, on the waters of Ganouchie river,
surveyed in January 1784.
287 i-a do. imfaid county, in the name of Reuben Ba
con, on Great Ogechee river) fiuveyed 10th March 1785.
287 1-a do. in laid county, m the name of William
Ayres, on Canouchie river, surveyed sth October 1785.
237 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Samuel
Crawford, on said river, surveyed 4th October 1785.
287 1-2 do. iu said county, in the name of Francis
Parker, on said river, lurveyed 2d October 1785.
287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Jacob Da
vis, on said river, surveyed sth October 1785.
287 I*2 do. in said county, in the name of John Willi
ams, on Boggy gut.
287 1-2 tio. in said county, in the name of John O’Neil,
on the Ohoopee river, surveyed January 1784.
200 do. in Camden county, in the name of Robert
Montfort, on Crooked river, surveyed in November 1786.
1150 do. in said county, in tlie name of Solomon Pen
dleton, on Great Setilia river.
500 do. in said county, surveyed if the name cf James
Hume, and purchaled at confifcated Tales by Solomon
Pendleton, on Great Setilia river.
Six Lots in the Town of Brunswick, granted Solomon
Pendleton, viz. Nos. 19, 79, 217, 218, 219, 216.
Also , at tbe fame time and place, wilt be fold,
A Halt Lui in Mis City, in Broughton lire et,
containing 30 leet in front and 90 feet in depth, seized and
to be fold as the property of Mr. James Meyers, deeeafed,
at the suit of Levi Skeftall.
All that T rad of Land, adjoining the East
Common, cbnuining about 108 acres of rice land and a~
bout 50 acres of high land, seized as the property of Mr.
John Peter Lange. N
Three complete Boat Hands, being the re
mainder of the Negroes belong ing to the Estate of Roger
Parker Saunders.
Alfa, A small Sloop, belonging to said
Estate.
1350 Acres of Cotton Land in several trads,
bt Mobley’s Ponds, in Burke county, to Be fold as belong
ing to the Estate of Samuel Elbert, Elq. deceaftd, the
former purchafcrnot having complied with the terms of
sale. v Richard Wall, s. £. c.
Savannah, btb fune, 1798.
ON the petition of Thomas Stone, (taring, that he was
pollened of a certain bond, figntd William Harden,
of South Carolina, for tbe sum of lixteen hundred pounds,
condition for the payment of the Turn of eight hundred
pounds, bearing date on or about the thirteenth day of June,
one thouiand leven hundred and eighty-two, a copy whereof,
as nearly as the petitioner could recollect, was annexed to
the said petition, and lodged In the Clerk’s office, together
with an affidavit, purluant to the act of AiTerably in that
case made and provided; that the laid bond was loft or
destroyed ; and praying the benefit intended by said act;
It is ordered , That, on other circumftantiai proof being
laid before the Court, the said- bond be eltabliflied as di
rected by the said act, the said Thomas Stone pubbftimg a
notice as therein required, and for the lpace of fix months,
in one of the Gazettes of this Hate, unless cause iliall be
Ihewn to the contrary within the laid fix months, or other
matter fliall appear to the Court against the fame.
J acob Wood, Attorney* for Petitioner.
Extra3 from the Minutes of tbe Superior Court, M'ln
tpjb County, >s tb September, 1797.
John Baillie, c. s. c. c. w‘i.
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KF* TO BE RENTED ,
A SMALL TENEMENT,
In an eligihle fituarioa for a retail (hop, being in a populous
part of ibc city. Apply to the printers.
Bufimfs.
Apply to John l’igot, \Yatchmaker, Market square.
• SHERIFF’S SALKS. ~ ~
On tbe firft Tuesday in August next will be fold, at Rice*
borough, between tbe hours of X and 111 o'clock, by
puUlic outcry, ■—**” *
The following PROPERTY,
ALL that vah- “ and well known Rice Plantation,
or Tract of Land, in the county, of Liberty, in
three separate surveys, containing, on a late rtfurvey, Bo#
acres in the whole, bounded eaftwardly by lands of John
Lambright, fouthwardly by lands of John Elliott, and
northwardly by lands of the Estate of John Hext.
600 Acres, in the said county of Liberty, in two fur*
veys, lying on Golhen swamp, which will be more parti*
cularW deferibed on the day of sale.
That handsome Situation on Colonel’s Island where John
Mitchell fen. Esq. now resides, containing 130 acres,
bounded weft by lands of the Estate of John Timmons,
northwardly by lands of Peter Winn, Esq. east and south
by fait inarfh.
Also the following Negroes, vi/. Sambo, Saul, Wally,
Pegg, Rose, and Jacob; the fellow Jacob is a carpenter,
and has been run away upwards of two years, is still out,
and will be fold as he runs.
Two Lots in the Town of Sunbury, known in the on*
ginal plan of the laid town by the numbers 237 and 238*
The whole of tW above property seized and taken under
and by virtue <£ fevers! executions as the property of John
Mitchell fen. Efq* and pointed outby the said defendant.
At the fame time and place will be fold ,
Two Negroes, viz. Nelly, a young wench, and Prince,
a final! boy, seized and taken under and by virtue of an
execution as the property of tiie Estate of William Bacon,
at the suit of the AsbniniPirators of G. Dupont, and point,
ed out by the adminiftrstor.
50 Acres of Land in the county of Liberty, commonly
called M‘Gift’s Cowpens, bounded on all Tides by vacant
land at the time of furvev, taken under execution as the
property of Robert Sallet, deceafcd, and pointed out by
the executor.
Three Negroes, viz. Dick and Cealy, common field
slaves; and Frank, a cooper; seized and taken under exe*
cution as the property of the Estate of Wniiam Norman,
and pointed out by the administrator.
500 Acres of Land in the county of Liberty, bounded
on the east by Samuel Burnley, and on every other fide by
lands vacant at the time of survey, taken under execution
as the property of Robert C. Baillie, deeeafed.
Also 200 Acres of Land in the said county of Liberty,
on North Newport river, adjoining lands of John Dollar,
deccafed, seized and takjn under execution as the property
of Robert Oswald, at the suit of Abraham Leggett, and
pointed out by the defendant.
Conditions cafli.
JN 0 . JONES, s. l. c.
Rkeborcugb , 3 otb May, 1798. - ;
Ci y ShcrtH's bare.
On Tuesday tbe %and day rs fitly next, will be fold, at
tbe Gourtboufe in Franklin ward ,
A NEGRO MAN, named TONY,
Taken as the j,roperty of Francis Mallory, pointed out by
the plaintiff.’ Petel S. Laffitte, s. c. u
fune 12.
r | ‘'HE following articles were fund in Yamacraw fonfc
X time in the month of May lull, supposed to have
been stolen, viz.
1 dozen figured handkerchiefs, 1 5 yards blue cotton ca*
lico, 14 yards ditto, xy blue check handkerchiefs, 1 3.4
yard blue striped silk aud cotton ftuff, 2 pair Tailors duck
trowfers.
The owner is dtfired to prove the property, pay charge?,
and take them away, within thirty days, otherwise they
will be fold lor the benefit of the County.
PETER S. LAFFITTE, J. P.
Savannah, June 20, 1798. ‘ . J
GEORGIATJ By Edward White, Register of Probatl I
(t.s. ) v > for the County of Chatham, in the ftaA
Ed. Wh i te. J aforefaid .
TTTHgRFAS John Esq. hath made applil
V V cation to-me for letters of administration on the!
estate and effeds Handley, deeeafed, Thefel
are therefore to cite and admonifti all and lingular the I
kindred and creditors of the said deeeafed to be and appear I
before me, at my office in Savannah, on the 14th day ofl
July next, to fliew cause, if any they have, why letters ofl
administration ftiould not be granted him.
Given - under m v hand ant Heal in Savannah, d*|
14th day of June, in the year of our LOHI
ijqß, and in the aid year of American I
dependence.’ *■-*'-*’ -•-• -
GEORGIA.) By Edward ‘&Vhite, Register of Probatll
( L.s. ) r for the County of Chatham, injthe lb* I
Ed. White. *■ z aforefaid. i
WHEREAS John Pooler and James B. Youflfrl
Efqrs. have made application to me for letters oil
administration on the estate and effects of Theodore Gay,l
late of Savannah, (hopkeeper, deeeafed, These are there*!
fore to cite and admonilh all and lingular the kindred anal
creditors of the said deeeafed to be and appeal’ before
at my office in Savannah, on the 20th day of July next,
ftiew cause, if any they have, why letter* of
lliould not be granted them. “ # M
Given under my hand and seal, in tbe city
Savannah, the 20th day of June, in the
of our Lord 1798, and in the aid yearß
American Independence. -M
” NQTiC L...<
ALL persons having any demands against the JwjPH
of Mast Low, late of liberty County, deceaiw j
are requested to fend them in, properly attested, to - A
fubferiber, within 12 months and a day from the
hereof, after which time the affairs of the said
be closed, and all accounts not rendered will be excW®^
John Joues, Ada* ■
Rural Felicity , Liberty County, March 28,
SAV.LNNAIi;’ItaiEpiTN. JOHNSTON^^I