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MdrfhaVs Sales.
T O B E SOL D,
Qn Monday the jeth Apiil next, at the house in'Bt.
James’s Square where the Superior .Courts were
ialt holder, between the hours of ten o’clock in
the forenoon, and oite in the afternoon, the sale
to begjn at ten o’clock precisely,
A TRACT of Land in St. Paul’s parish, con
taining 900 acres, more or iefs, bounded on
the south by Savannah river and lands of Thomas
Ped, Widow’ Frier, and Peter Torquend, and on
the weft by vacant lands, late the property of
Francis Stringer.
Also a Traft in St. George’s parish, containing
jooo acres, more or less, bounded on the north
hy Great Ogechee river, and vacant on all other
tides ; and another Trrtfl of Land, containing zooo
acres, more or less, in St. John’s parish, vacant on
all tides; and another Trad of Land, containing
650 acres, more or less, in St. Philip’s parish,
bounded on all tides by vacant land j late the pro*
perty of Thomas Lynn.
And two Trafts of I.a’nd, fituatc at Wrfghtf
borougli, in the pfrMh.pf St. Paul, containing; 705-
acres, more or less; and also two Lots of Land
situate at Augusta, adjoining lands of Homy
and Bugg, the (aid lots 100 acres of swamp
land ; late the property of William G*oodgion.
The whole seized on exectAion.
- D. FRASER, A.P. M.
Savannah, March 28, 178 r.
TO BE SO LD,
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On Saturday the sth May next, ar the house in Sr,
James’s Square where the Superior Courts were
iafl holden, between the hours of ten o'clock in *
the forenoon and one in the afternoon, the tide
to begin at ten o’clock precisely, ,
A TRACT of Land, confining yao acres,
JKore,qrJcfewJn r 4ie jafife-of-bt. M*Lfehefr ri
life of the Church and lands of David Thom,
north-eaftcrlv by lands of Hillary Butt, and on the
Other tides by vacant lands; and another Traft of
Land, containing too acres, more or lefs* whereon
Hillary Butt latelv retided, in the said parish of
St. Matthew’, on Rooty Pond, joining lands for
merly grin ted one William Moore; late the pro
perty of Hillary Butt, deceased.
And a Traft of Land, containing 300 acres,
more or less, in the parish of St. Andrew, which
traft was granted to Stephen Drayton, bounded
fouth-eailerly by lands of Alan and Ann Stuart,
and oti all other fide* by vacant lands; and also
another Traft of Land, in the said parish of St.
Andrew, formerly granted to the laid Stephen
Drayton, containing 3op acres, more or less,
bounded northwardly by lands of Stephen Dray,
ton, fouthwardly by lands of Alan and Ann Stu
art, and on all other tides by vacant iandt; late
the property of A fan Stuart, deceafid.
All the above seized by virtue of executions.
, - ; I>. FRASER, A. P. M.
Savannah, 4th April, 1781.
T O B E S<Tl D,
On Monday the 21st of May next, at rhe hdufe
in St. James’s Square where the Superior Courts
were lad holden, between the hcnrs often o’-
clock in the forenoon and one in the afternoon,
the sale to begin at ten o’clock precisely,
I VV 0 Drafts of Land, containing by resurvey
Mjt :fCres lefs, in the parish of St.
Matthew. Both the said trafts adjoin each other,
and also adjoin lands of Jacob Gilley, Bor*-
man, Philip Snider, Heifler, John Williams,
containing 650 acres of prime land, situated on a
large itiand in the river Savannah, nearly opposite
to Puy(burgh, late the property ot Quintin Pooler,
The whole seized on execution.
P D FRASER, A. P. M.
Savannah, April 18, 1781.
Two Guineas Reward.
SI RA\ ED or stolen off the Common ofSa
vanpah on Sunday the ift inilant, THREE’
1 belonging to the Quartermafter'Gene
ra;.s Department, viz. A Black Mare, with half
n *ne and a short tail, about 1 5 hands high.
A Bay Mare, with a half roach mane and (hott
*4 hands high, with fome white saddle spots
? n j| er hack./ Andi Black Horse, near 14 hands
‘S’ 1 * half roach mane*and short tail, branded on “
the mounting (houlder D
, G R.—— Whoever bring?
tnern to the Quartcrmailer General’s Department -
at ‘‘ a n*acr;uv lhll have the abovementroned re
ward. “VJ.:
Tl'* 1 ‘* ‘ “ 1 “ jt 1 1 11 ‘ ■ y - ■- 1
A hliW Gentlemen may! be accoitrrnodated
Cu- n lodging and Break fail at the house of
‘ Wr£ * i crkms'Jn Broughjgp Street/
FfFftiiAS the Houle of Alfemof y
hath appointed Mr. Jenkins, Mr.Telfair,Mr.
Patterson. Mr. Douglafs,Mr. Bailfie, Mr. Moffman,
and,Mr. Hall, to bea Committee toafeertain the re
gular Depreciation of Paper Currency, commonly
failed Rebel or Congress Money, Circulated
in this province in time of the rebellion; and the
Committee are empowered to feud for persons,
papers, and records; And whereas the forming#
true, exaft, and extensive Table, for the purpose
aforefa'd, may be of the utmoll importance tb
publick jullice, as well as to the interest of indi
vidiials, and it is neettiary to obtain every infor
mation which can elucidate so Interesting a matter:
THEREFORE All PERSONS who efthM
bought or (old lauds, negroes, goods, or ahy o
thCr property, in this province, Or any gold or
silver coin or bullion, for the paper currency afore
mentioned, in time of the rebellion, are requested
to transmit to the Chairman of .the Committee,
within two months from the date hereof, the terms
of every filth purchase or sale ; And the said Com
mittee will meet every Tuesday, at the house of
the Chairman, and therfc fit from the hours of nine
to eleven o’clock m the forenoon for the dispatch
of bulfncfs. —* 4—, ■■■:-- ■■. -
SAMUEL HUNT JENKINS,
• Chairman of the Committee.
Skvannah, 20th of March, 1781.
G EoTgTI “
I THE Honourable Anthony Stokzs, Esquire, Chief
Juftisc ot his Alajefty’s Province of in purfu
mccof an aft ors the General A/femWyof the fai.l pr vin-ce*
entitod, *4n ede fur the Belief offueb of bis Af/tjefy's loyal
SuTirfh as have any real wferfinal Property in the Province
of Georgia,- and-whose Title Deeds, Bonds,’ Notes, Sftvinl
tin, and other Evidences, Vouchers, and Writings, bant.
■’ either hfl, defrayed, or carried off, during rhe Tim
herein after mentioned, DO CERTIFY, That the Honou
rable I Jfehnfton, Esquire, and James Simpson, have
refpe'fHvely made depofitious before the loss
. and dertrudtion of a certain marriage fetflcment made hy
part, the Honourable John Graham, and Cle- r
ment Martin the younger, Eft|uires, of tiie-fecond
• part, in tyuft for Miss Jean Niiber johnfton, daughter
of the said Lewi* Tohnrton, at the time <>f mukiag
fUc said deed of fettfement the intended wife, and now
widow, of the said Joseph Farley, and the iiFue of t!*e
said intended marriage, and, unieis good cause be shewn,
within four calendar months after publication hereof in the
Georgia Caret*-, I /hall declare, by certificate mv
hand, f-thfcribed under furh druo/<rons, that the fame
stand-. uncontroverted, and that a ee-tain copy of a marriage
fetd-mcnr, exhibited to me by the laid Lewtr johnffon.
be confiderrd as a ropy of the marriage settlement afore-
Uid, taken from the records in tbe Secretary's Office of
this province before they were ca,riei away during the
time of the rebellion. T f 5
Given under my hand, at Savannah, In the province
afore.aid, the ialh day of March, in the year of
our Lord 1781, and in flip zift year of his Maicf-
ty't reign. , J
Jtrus Cstiv taken from the Onyira! Ugedin the Prothorro ■
tars suffice, toe Iyb day of Afanh, 1781.
J°n Simpson, P. & C. Ot
G E O R G I ~A, ff.
II HE Honourable ANtkony’Stoick'S,
Efqurre, Chief Justice of his Majcdly’s
__ Trovincc of Georgia, in America, in pur
suance of an aft of the General Alfi-mbly of.thd said pro
vincc, cnthlrd, “ An AD for the Relief Os such of his
Mairfty’s loyal SubjeOs as have any rea( or personal Pro
perty in the Province ofGcorgia, and whose Title l)%cds
Bands, Notes, Specialties, aodaK-her F.vidences, Vouch
ers, and Writings, have been either loft, dfftrnyfcj, or
carried off,’ dmiag-the Time herein aftefmenttoned,'’ DO
CERTIF Y-,-that Catharine Morcock, of the parish of St.
Ji>hn, in the province aforefaid, Widow, and Marv Mill
Hr, the wife of Samuel Miller, late of Sunbury,'in tfte
province atorcfaid, merchant, ffite Mary MPherfon, wi
dow, have made depositions before me refpedf
ing the loss of a certain deed of settlement, made by and
between the said Samuel Miller and Mary M‘Pherfon be
fore her intermarriage with the said Samuel Miller, bear
ing date fome time in the year of our Lord t 7 6r, by which
deed a icrtain traH ot land, containing two hundred acres,
tally ! Birrtley’j, situated in the parish of Sc. John, in the
province, afofrfaid, and. the negro Haves named Peatv,
Norwich, Dembo, Venus, Sam, Dick, Cyrus, Cumba,
( lemcnt, Hanmh, Diapa, and Simon, (with the future
iiTue and incryafe of the laid femaht ftaves) the property of
the lajd Mary befifire her intermarriage, were conveyed to
E rancis Lee, then of Efquire, but since dereaf
cd, in tfnft to the use of*he” said Mary, and the ifTue of
her body forever; and which depolitions remain in the
Vrothonotary’s Office open t<f-the infpeftionof all persons
YVhatfocvpj, and, unless good cause is fhevrn on oafh to
the contrary, within four calendar months after the pub
lication of this notice in the Georgia Gette, I /hall d
cl ne, bv certificate under my l*nd, fublxribed under such
depofitior.s, that the fame stand uncontroverted.
Given under my hand, at Savannah, in the province
, afoYefaid, the twenty-firft day of March, in the
year of opr Lord and.an the twenty-ftrft
year of iris Majesty’s rcigfc.
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I H A VE enquired ito the PRICE of FLOUR,
winch I find to be 255. per too lb. of the belt
fort; Loaves (hqjjld therefore weigh as follows :
qd. Loaf, 1 lb. 1 oz. o 4r.
yd, Ditto, —ll3 12
14L Ditto,
-f—JOHNSTON, Tf*afu*f.
Two Guineas Reward.
STRAYED or fiolen o/F the CotnmoiVbf Sa
vannah on Monday the 2d instant, Foi&Mftf-*.
fes belonging to the Quartermafler General, vii,
A Cream Coloured Horse, 14* hands high. A
little remarkably fat Roan. A Grey young Marc.
And a large Bay Horfe* marked on the left fide
of bis neck D
G R.—-Whoeverbrings themto Lieut*
Frazer, Afiiftant Engineer at Savannah, (halHiavd
the aborementioned reward* and no queilioni will
be alked.
—■<i ■■ , tr> ~ ■ L, .. r - T
TO BE 8 O L D t
At Angufta in Georgia, 0,1 Wcuneliiar the ,;th
; of April next,
NUMBER of Negroes, a Stock of Cattle*
Household Furniture, belonging to the Estate of
Robert Rae, late of Augusta, Merchant.
Aifo, at the tame place and time* will be fold,
A Number of Negro Slaves, belonging to the
Mrs. Jane Somerville, late of Augusta,
Widow.
J AMES luE one of the Executors of the
Estate of Robert Rae* and foie Executof
to the Estate of Jane Somerville,
March is, 1781.
\I7HERS4S the Provojl Marflul of the
province of Georgia, by virtue of n
Writ cf Attachment to him direfled in the
(eye si causes undermentioned, did attach the
land* and tenements, good* and chattels,
monies, debts,, and books of account* of the
feveial defendants in the said ccufes, who are
absent from and without the limits of the said
province, at the suit of the several plain iffs;
And \vhereas t e plaintifFs refpec^
Court agair.ft the several defendants la
each of the foli'wir.g causes, via.
Samuel D >uglef & ml. v. John Gretn entb
James Roft ;
Samuel DougUfs & al. *O. John Jamiefoa}>
John Henderson <v, John lamiefon ;
John Linder juo. v. Gideon Kirk ;
Lawrence WatGn and Wife Jdfeph Ht
berfham ;
and have otpained in each of the said causes 9-
xule to the following effeft, viz.
Ordered, That the defendant and defend
ants in the said several aflions do appear and
plead within a year and a day, otberwife
judgment will pass against him or them by
default. By the Court,
John Simpson, P. Sc C. Qr
27th Oft. 1780.
Notice is therefore hereby given, That
judgment will be entered, agreeable to the
aforefaid rule or order, agait.fi every of the
said defendants who do net appear and plead
conformable thereto.
Wm. Jones, PlaintifFs Attorney in
the said fevertl caufes.’
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■\II7HEREAS the Provost Marshal of thr
vv province of Gaorgia, by virtue of *
Wtit of Attachment to him dirtfted in
the several causes undermentioned, did attach
the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, mo
nies, debts, and books of accouirt* cf the se
veral defendants in said causes, who are abfent>
from aad without the limits of the f*H pro-?
vines, at the suit of the several plaintiff* .
And whereas the said plaintiffs have respec
tively, agreeable to the directions of the At<-
tachment Aft, filed a'declaration in the Ge
neral Court against the several defendants in
the following causes, vi*.
Chrifiiaa Dasher John PofteM r
. Same v. Daniel Zetler;
Same v, Holzendorff;
Nicholas Hanrer <u. William Le Conte;
James Edward Powell Lachlan M ia
toih 5
Daniel Howell /. John [ones;
Luke Mann <v. John Twiggs
aad have obtained in each of the said causes a
rule to the following efireft, viz.
Ordered, That the defendant and defend
ants in the said several eftions do appear tndf
plead within n year and a day, otherwise
jedgment will pass against him or them by
default. By the Court,
Oft ay* 1780. * John Simpson* P. Sc C. Cj
Notice is hereby given, That* Judgment
•will be entered, agreeable to theafortfaid rule
or order, agimft every of the said defendant*
who do not appear and plead conformable
thc:eto.
* Thomas Gi bboks. PJaintiffa Auoraey
m the said several ciufcj,