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[IIURSDAY, January 18, 1781.
T II K
GEORGIA
SAVANNAH :■ Printed by
fG E O £ G I A.
he P R F S F. N T M ENTS of the
GRAM) JURORS for the Pro
vince a are fa id, at the GENER AL
COURT, begun and holdcn at Sa
vannah 1 uefday the 9th, We 1-
nefday the u>th, Thursday the j ith,
Friday ‘Re I2tfo, and Saturday the
13th Day sos JANU AR Y, I\B 1,
be'ore the FTonoura >k’ Anthony
I Stokes, F quire, Chief Jufhee,
ard the H incurable Martin Jol
lie and Lewis Johnston, Esquires,
AOl Rant Ju g *s.
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Vl[ jTE di'? G';m I Jar-os cf our sovereign Lord
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>f Georgia, upon our oaths present:
k F. Tfe a greit grievance of a dangerous tendency ,
; the number of Negroes who are fuffeied to erea
Land inhabit houfta in and about the town of Sa
ji van nah and panfli of Cimft Church, and who
Sharbour, and even proxedi with fire arms, Negroes,
liun away from their owners By information of
If William .Hafiimond, of St John’s parilh, mill
-1 Wright, \
9 11. We present, as a great grievance to his
jSMajefty s liege fubjedb, the protection given to
who absent tbemfelves fom thqir owoets
and take reluge in the Citadel, by which the own
ers are excluded making feaich for them.
hi. VVe present, as a grievance of dangerous
gponfequence, the ruinous condition of the rodaL and
bridges in the pa<i(hes of m. John and St. And-
ItlU’U F v in for nution of Mr. lfaac Antrobut and
■Mr. Jofeph* Baker.
£ f F’ rt!ent > as a great grievance, the want
||> a Magi it rate in the d.ilrhlVof Little Qgechre,
I ■ We prelent the minout coiiidon of the
gChurch in the town of Savannah,
| VI. We prclenT, as a grievance, the practice of
B" re bunting. By information of Mr. G .urge Fox.
■ ‘ We prelent the ru.nous co H'tion of the
|Market in the town of savannah. By information
of John Pvuppert. -
VIII. VVe present, a* a grievance, the want of
|,a Harpourmafter/gi- the port of Savannah.
“ ° ur rec I u est tint these our preferment* be
ipublilhed in the next Gazette.
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ydiiam Struthers, Foreman, -r— (L S )
*Mnuel fvraus, (I/S )
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I— T”g.Eyming, ___ (-L.S.)
Joseph Baker, (f
Christopher Bantz, r (LSI
Jishn Inlyf (lV
I Hy. Kcall, L !
I, James Low, . _ , (L.,.)
John l ouus, - (L.S.)
Jonathan Foix, c \
I. I. Antrobus,
Peter Henry Morel, - (L.S.)
Aaron Moore, . ‘■ } (L.S.)
p Nathaniel Ott, <*, /r es?
Mathias Afo, (LSfo
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K. A1 Curmick, (]_, s.j
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TO JANUARY, 1781, the follow
jn ~ ORDERS were made by the
COURT on the foregoing Present-
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i That the Attorney General do tain
ps many C f the laid prelentments into bills d*i’ in*
ieictment as t|ie nnture of the said several pfelenG ;
pients will admit of. v .
KzAno IT J.s J IITHER Qrderep, That the
Clerk of the C r own do cause a copy of the said
prclentment?, Aviui thefe'fo.ders, to be lafd before
h.s Excefeney the Governor, the Honourable hb
Majuty s Comol. and the Honourable the Com
mons Houle ot Affembl) ; and do also cause a copy
of the fame to be infeiced in the Gazette.
By the Con rt,
JOHN SIMPSON, P. & C. C.
Crown Ofdce, 13 th January, 73i. .
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GEO R G I A.
By his MajUly’s General Court, Hol
den at SaVan!iah on the qth, ioth,
■- nth, 1 2th, and 13th Days pj Ja-
WnFPvEAS Robert R.eiJ, of Skidaway Aand,
planter j and— • ~ * 4
Shepherd, of St. John’s parifli, planter;
were rtfpedively by ballot, and summoned
to appear as Giand Jurors at this Court, as it is
said, but they the laid Robert Reid and Samuel
Shepherd did rcfpeflively negleA to appear at this
Court; it is therefore Ordered, That they be se
verally firseJ in a sum not exceeding eight pounds
sterling, and that a capias do dfue out against each
of them lor such sum as they (hall be severally fined
in, unlcfj each of them do ihew good and luftcient
cause ofexcufe to thi Judge* of this Court, or one
of them-at his Chambers, such excuse to be made
upon oath, before one of the Jukices of the Peace
of this province, within thirty days from the date
hereof, cxdalive of this day. And it i> further
Ordered,. That a copy hereof be inserted in the
publick Gazette of this province. Dated in Court,
the 1 3th day of January, in the year cf our Lord
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By the Court,
JOilN SIMPSON, P. h C. C.
Crown 0(E:e, 1 3th Januaryi 1781.
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GIORG 1 A. I
‘XTTTIriREAS Thomas Gibbons jun. of Christ
’ Church parilh, planter ;
William Thompson, of Savannah, merchant;
John Wallace, of Savannah, merchant;
Matthew Roche, of Savannah, taylor; and
John Hobbs, of Christ Church parilh, planter ;
were fcverally drawn by brtttot, and summoned to
appear as Petit Jurors at this Court, as it is said,
but they the said Thomas Gibbons jun. William
Thompson, John Wallace, Matthew Roche, and
John I ;obbs, did refpedlively neglect to appear at
this Court; it is therefore Ordered, That they be
feveral’y fined,in a sum not exceeding four pounds
sterling, and that a capias do iflue againll each of
them for such sum as they shall be relpedtively fined
in, anlefs of such defaulters do Ihew good and
fufficient of exculc to the Judge* of this
Court, or one of them at bis Chambers, such ex.
cu fo to be made on oath, before one of the Julfices
of the Peace of this province, within thirty days
-from the date hereof, exclusive of this day. *nd
it is further Ordered, That a copy hereof be ipferted
in thfc Gazette of this province. Dated in Court,
the 1 3th day of January, 1781.
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By the Court,
JOHN SIMPSON, P. & C. C.
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i* BLANK FORMS of different forts to be fold
<*t lklFrin{ini Offer,
rNfow-i
ROY A L
GAZETTE.
JAMES JOHNSTON.
-4 J&f -IY ber in tall Florida fome time
’ in September last,
A Negro* Fellow,
named CAiSAR, formerly the pro*
■ perty of Thomas Netberclift, Esq.
A&tmm IS a m irtac^c feiiow,
4 1 iuii bad Englilh for a country
born, is by trade a carpenter, but having been
used to go in a schooner he may pass for a sailor.
Whoever takes up the said fellow, and comim**
him to the Workboufe in Savannah, (hall receire
*1 mo Guineas reward, and Ten Guineas to any ber
fon or persons prcfecute the
person who harbours him noW, or wbd brought
him from Florida. Wm, CANTON,
Jan. 10, 178 r. ’ //
V A BSE NT ED them-
* L Y selves from the fub
fciiber, and supposed to
have followed the at my
- into Georgia in 1779, the
Negroes:
Edinburgh, st tall Him fellow, formerly the
property of Mr. Herriot, a cooper by trade!
Simon, a tall flout mode fellow, formerly the
property of George Palmer, deceased ; he is ren
dered remarkable by having the end of his nofocut
off.
These two had the smallpox before they went
away, and are a good deal marked with it.
, Cuctjse, a tail Aim fellow, about 20 years old.
York, a flioit thick fellow, about 25 years old.
Primus, a Ihort thick fellow, about 30 years old.
Billy, a Ihort thick fellow, about 3 5 years old.
Johnny, a well made fellow, about 20 years old.
lfaac , a tall fellow, about 20 years old, difablei
in his hands by being burnt when a child, but not
so much bat he can handle an axe or a hoc.
One Guinea will be given for each of the above
Negroes, and all reasonable charges, on their be
ing delivered to Mr. John Charles JLucena at Sa
vannah, o; to the fubferiber in Beaufort. If they
will return to their duty they will be forgiven.
JANE GEOVE.
Beaufort, January 6, 17 81.
Commons House of AfTemblj,
15th January, 1781.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons hav
ing demands again ft the Publick of this Pro
vince, That they do deliver in their accounts, at
tested on path, to the Clerk of this House, dn or
before the sth day of February next, after which
time no accounts will be received.
jiv % Order of the House, /
1 ‘ JOHN M. TATTNALL, Clerk.
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LOST between Cherokeehill and Savannah last
Sunday afternoon, .
Afaikloth Wallet,
Containing feme wearing apparel, a pocket-book
with papers that can be of no use to any but the
owner, and a letter directed to Mrs. Anne Moore
in Savannah. Any person leaving it with the
printer flial! be well rewarded.
