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GEORGIA.
Jlj 'his Excellency JOHN MU -
Ll .DGE, (lovernor and Com
mander in Chief of the Army
and Navy of this fate, and
of the Militia thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS in and by an
aft, faffed thfc itth day
of May 1803, entitled, “ An
Aft to make diftribution of the
lace ceffion of lands obtained
from rhe: Creek Nation, by the
United States Commiftioncrs, in
a treaty entered into, at or near
Fort Wilkinfon, on the ftxteench
day of June 1802/' the Gover
nor is authorized and required
forthwith, to iffue his proclama
tion, and caufe the fame to be
published in all the Gazettes of
this (lace, fetting forth the out
lines of the aft, and requiring all
perfons interefred therein, to
exhibit their claims in the coun
ties of their refpeftive refidence,
Pup ported by the oath or a flit
luation of one or more credita
ble witneffes, where doubts ex
id in the minds of the Juftices
of the Inferior Courts, or the
perfons by them appointed to
receive the lame, i have there
fore thought fit to iffue this my
proclamation, in order to make
known the out-lines of the laid
aft, which are as follows:
The Territory to which
the Indian tide has been extin
guifhed by the faid treaty of
Fort Wilkinfon, and for the
diftribution of which, the afore
recited aft has been patted, is
in conformity to the twenty
third ftftion of the firft article
of the conftitution of this ftate,
to be laid off into three counties,
that is to fay, that part of the
faid territory lying fouth of the
Aiatamaha, to form and confti
tute one county, to be called
Wayne, and that part of the
faid territory lying fouth of the
Oconee River, to be divided in
to two counties, the taftern to
be called Wilkinlon, and the
weilcrn Baldwin : the County of
Wayne is to be divided into
three diftrifts, r.s nearly equal
as circumllances will admit, in
fuch manner as the Surveyor-
General may deem moft expe
dient; and the Counties of
Wilkinfon, and Baldwin, into
five diftrifts each, as nearly
equal in extent as can be.
I he land contained in the
fevcral diftrifts is to be divided,
by lines plainly and diftinftly
marked, into trails of forty-five
chains fquare, containing two
hundred two and an hail acres
each— except in the County of
Vvayne, where the land is robe
Lid eft into tracts of leventy
chains fquare, to contain four
hundred and ninety acres each—
uniefs where the line which is
to form a temporary boundary
between the laid territory and
Creek Indians, or the courfe oi
navigable rivers, may render h
iinpi afticable, then this uile
may be departed from; but no
further than Inch particular chr
cumUanccs may require*.-—All
baftional parts of Purvey s, and
all iflands within the limits of
iaid teniiory, ionth-weft of the
mid die of the Oconee or Alar a
in ah a Ri \ cis, arc to be refer ved
fed fold, giving to rhofe who
drafv crafts of land adjoining
fuch fraftional parts of furveys
or iflands, rcfpcftively, a prefe
rence for twelve months, from
and after the completion of the
drawing of the lottery contem
plated toy the aft, and a right to
purchafe them ac fuch lutes as
may be ftipuJutcd by law—ex
cept where iflands contain more
than one hundred acres—then
they are to be drawn for, in the
manner pointed out by the aft.
The ibrveyors are to com
mence making rhe furveys of the
diftrifts to which they are ref
peftivcly appointed, in their
own proper perlbns, immediate
ly after the boundary line has
been run by the proper authori
ty.
The land is to be diftributed
by lottery, (the drawingof which
is to commence after the
furveying is completed,) in
which every free male white
perfon, twenty-one years of age
and upwards, who is a citizen of
the United States, and who has
been an inhabitant of this (lace
twelvemonths immediately pre
ceding the pufllige of the aft,
or paid a tax towards the fop
port of government, (including
fuch as may be abfenc on law
ful buflnefs) is entitled to one
dray/. Every free male white
perfon of the like de
feription, having a wife, le
gitimate child or children,
under twenty-one years of age,
to two draw's. All widows
having legitimate child or
children, under twenty-one
years of age, who have reflded
twedve months in this fta:e im
mediately preceding the paf
fage of the aft, are entitled to
two draws. And all families of
orphans, under twenty-oneyears
of age, to one draw.
Lifts of perfons entitled to
draw, are to be made out with
in three months from the paffage
of the aft, by any three or more
of the juftices of the Inferior
Courts of the refpeftive coun
ties, or fuch perfons as they
may appoint, not exceeding one
for each county, who (hall, be
fore they enter on the duties of
their appointments, feverally
give bond and fecurity, to be
approved of by the faid juftices,
in fuch fum as they may deem
neceffary, and cake and fubferibe
an oath in writing, to perform
the duties required of them by
the faid aft. The faid Juftices,
or fuch perfons as they may ap
point, are to attend at the
court houfes of the refpeftive
counties, on as many fevers!
days as the J uftices may think
neceffary, to appoint, for the
purpole of taking and nuking
out fuch lifts, giving at haft ten
days notice of fuch attendance,
by advemfement at five ermore
of rhe moft public places in the
itipcwiivc counties. 1 he names
oi me perlolls entitled to draw,
j with the number of draws to
j v/ h’.ch they may be entitled, are
| to be filtered in a book, to be
; provided for that purpoft in
| each county, which lifts or
j books, when completed, and
| tranftripts thereof depofited in
i tne C.'Ork s Olliccs of the Siroe
-1 • r 1 L
no. * Jxrcs, are to be tranfmit-
Vc{\ h t: c Mid fufaces to the
• .iTvernor, ioc whicn lervice the
JA::. cr Ach perfons as- they
may appoint as afortfald, are to
receive from the perfons enti
tled to draw, on entering their
* u
names refpedlivcly, for each
draw, twelve and an half cents.
After the receipt of the re
turns from the di Uriel finvey
ors and Jun ices of the Inferior
Courts, the Governor is to
cauft fair lifts to be made of the
perlbns entitled to draw, and the
lottery carried into effcdl, under
the fuperinrendancy of five ma
nagers, or a majority of them,
who are to give one month’s
public notice in all che Gazettes
of the Hate, previous to the
commencementoi the drawing,
and make known the days of
drawing tor the names enrolled
under the letter A. for thole un
der the letter B. and lb on
throughout the alphabet, com
mencing with the names under
the firft letter,
Perfons who draw lands, are
to pay into the treafury of the
Hare, within three months im
mediately after the drawing is
completed, for the parncal fur
vcy or farveys drawn again ft
their name 0 , lefpedlively, as fol
lows :—The fum ot nine dollars
per hundred acres, tor river
land ot the firft quality-—feven
dollars per hundred acres for ri
ver land of the fccondquality
feven dollars per hundred acres
for high land of the firft quali
ty —four dollars per hundred
acres for high land of the fecund
quality —two dollars per hun
dred acres for all third quality
land j and half a dollar per
hundred acres for all pine land.
Prices are to be affixed to
faid lands, in the following man-
O
ner, to wit:—All river land of
the fiift quality, at one dollar
per acre—all river land of the
fecond quality, at fifty cents
per acre—all upland of the firft
quality, at fifty cents per acre—
ail upland of the fecond quality,
twenty-five cents per acre—ail
upland of the third quality* at
twelve and an half cents per
acre—and all pine land, at fix
and a quarter cents per acre:
which ftiall be paid by the for
tunate drawers, in the following
inftaiiments, to wit:—one third
of the puce of the refpedlive
tradh, on or before the expira
tion of three years, to be com
puted from the full payment —
and one third annually thereaf
ter, until the whole price of the
land is dilcharged, beioie they
receive grants for the fame.
And in cafe of failure in any of
the aforelaid payments, the laid
lands ihall revert to, and be veil
ed in the flare; buc the laid
drawers may pay up the whole
amount at any tunc previous to the
expiration of 5 years, and receive
grants immediately on fo doing.
No contract for the convey
ance arm iaie of tickets in the
lottery, previous to obtaining
grants therefor, is to be obliga
tory on either of the conti adting
parties, their heirs, executors,
adminifiraton, a fir g ns, or devi
ates, in any court ct law or
equity in this ft ate.
Vacancies of any of the clif
iridl lurveyois, happening by
death, resignation, or other wife,
to be filled by the Governor.
Perlbns arc* to be appointed
by the difaidt furveyens, to at
tend them when surveying the
lands, and report the Cm:*.-
thereof,on oath, whoare for hch
fervice to leceivt* fifty cent; f‘ T
every furvey by them explored.
d'hree thoufand two hundred
and forty acres are referved for
a town, at fomc fuitable place at
or near the head or the navip’a
ticn, on the louth fide of The
Oconee River, which is to be
laid off immediately after the
boundary line is run.
No fiirveys, or grants for
land, m the aforefaid ceflion, to
be admitted tea jury as evidence
of title to the lands therein, ex
cept thefe obtained by virtue
and under the authority of the
afore-recited a£l.
Now therefore, the Jufticcs of
tne Infcrioi Courts of the reC
pedlive counties, and the ciu
zciii! of cue itate who arc entitled
ro craws in the lottery under
the aforefaid aft, are called up*
on and required to comply with
the requificions thereof.
Given under my hand, and
tne Great Seal of the (late,
at the State Houle, in
Louilville, this 18th day
of May, in the yeai*
of our Lord one thoufand
eight hundred &: three, and
or the Independence of the
United States of America
the twenty-feventh.
J OHN MILLEDGE.
By the Go vernoTy
Horatio Mar bury.
Secretary of ft ate.
God save the State.
On Saturday, the 18th June,
At the bouje cf the Juhfcriber, will
be fold.
All the Pcrfonal Property cf
Elizabeth Decs, late cf Jefferf on
County , dec cafe dy corfifting of
three Negroes, three Horfes , a
Stock of Hogs, Plantation Uten
fihy Houfehcld and Kitchen Fur
niture, three or four hundred
hujhels of Corn, iftc.
DRURY DEES >
Ad,A nift rater.
May yd, 1803.
A N Apprentice is wanted to
the finely cf Medicine, by
Doctor Hull, cf Align ft a .—
A young Lad of genteel connexions y
and qualified by education to begin
the above finely, will be taken on
moderate terms.
Augufta, May 5, 1803.
~N~O T~I~C~ eT
NINE months after the data
hereof, application will be made
to the honor able Inferior court cf
IVajhlngton county, for leave to
fell a trail of land of 100 acres ,
on Ogee bee, adjoining New Gol~
phinton , the property cf Ifaac
Betfll, deceafed~—fcr the benefit
of the h.irs and creditors.
GOD] KEY BETSILL>
ruu.amfttl.ici .
May 6, 1803.
NOTIFICATION.
A LL perfons having demands
dA\. (iQ’Jnft the inflate of Cilcyel
Trio hi A s MLRiWIi T H £ R« dt dd,
arc requeSted to render them to tie
ful[cribc . ofcr p ay merit, and thog
indebted c1 e defircd to make imme
diate per jr.enty to
J A K L PATT E P SO N , Eft ‘
and
Tohn Berrien, Luo, *
Lcufi t.*e, Ppn I* R; *■ %/'