Wright’s deductions resolved to be made from the estimate, April 14, 1761, received Oct. 27, read Nov. 20, 1761, C.O. 5/648, E. 35, enclosure C, No. 3, in Governor Wright July 13, 1761, to Board of Trade, in Wright’s hand.

Deductions Proposed to be made by the assembly.

J. Wright

Copy of June 9, 1761, address from the Upper House of the Assembly to Governor Wright, received Oct. 27, read Nov. 20, 1761, C.O. 5/648, E. 36, enclosure D, No. 4, in Governor Wright July 13, 1761, to Board of Trade.⁷³

Copy of the Report of the Committee of the Whole House, appointed to consider the extracts from the Journals of the Commons House of Assembly in the present session, June 8, 1761, C. O. 5/648, E. 37, enclosure E, No. 5, in Governor Wright, July 13, 1761, to Board of Trade, with the affidavit of William Clifton annexed.⁷⁴

Georgia

William Clifton Attorney general of the Province of Georgia maketh Oath as follows That this Deponent having seen an Extract from the Journals of the Commons House of Assembly of the said Province wherein is contained a Deposition of William Grover Esquire chief Justice of the said Province before a Committee of the said Commons House setting forth among other Things “That he had been informed whilst in England that additional Salaries had been given to the Attorney general and Provost Marshal on Memorials presented by them to the Lords of Trade suggesting that the Province did not raise Money for public Buisness but that he could not positively swear Lord Halifax told him so; but either his Lordship, Mr. Pownell, Mr. Martin, or the Attorney General told him so.”

This Deponent therefore as he looks upon himself to be the Person meant, by the Attorney general, he being about that Time in England, thinks it incumbent on him to declare upon Oath that he never informed the said William Grover either here or in England that Additional Salaries had been given to this Deponent and the Provost Marshal upon a Suggestion that the Province did not riase Money for Public Buisiness, nor did this Deponent understand such Augmentation to be an Exemption of the Province from the Charge of public Buisness, he having yearly been allowed his Fees (as settled by the Governour and Council) for Prosecutions at the Courts of Oyer and Terminer for which the general Assembly of the said Province have always provided.

(Signed) William Clifton

annexed to the Report by Order of the Committee

William Knox, Chairman

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Sept. 15, 1761, Savannah, read Jan. 20, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 39, containing an account of the colony, of the artifices used by the French at Mobile to excite the Creek Indians to hostilities, and asking for further allowances to Joseph Ottolenghe to induce him to instruct someone in the silk culture.

My Lords

With this your Lordships will receive a Copy of Mine of the 13th of July with a duplicate of the Bills Assented to by me on the 9th of June & my Observations thereon, Since writing which the material affairs of the Province in general Continue much the same. I have frequent visits from Numbers of the Creek Indians, seldom a week without, and from whom I receive the strongest assurances of their good Disposition, and this also from the Nation in the way they Reckon most formal & Solemn. That is on a general Summons for a Meeting of all their Head Men in their Public Squares or Places of Harangue. At these Meetings my Lords the most Solemn Engagements which these People ever make, or enter into, are Agreed upon, And they Promise to Observe all former Treaties etc., and my Lords to keep this kind of Friendship with them, has cost me infinite Pains & Attention. At the Same time that I receive these assurances, Some of the Perfidious wretches Murder our People. A Man & 3 Children have been Murdered by some of them Since I wrote your lordships last, and even Since those Murders, I have received Talks in the usual Stile. I have sent up a Formal Talk to the Head men in both upper & Lower Country, in which I demand Satisfaction, and Remonstrate on this Execrable Villany, at a time they are Openly declaring & giving me the strongest Assurances Possible of their Friendly & good intentions. You will See my Lords that there is no kind of security against these Savages but being put into Such a Condition as to be able to Compel them to do Justice whenever they Transgress.

I have frequent Accounts from the Albama Fort, which is in one of the Creek Towns, and where every Artifice Possible is Practiced to make a Breach between us & the Indians, and while the French are Suffered to remain there & at Mobile, we shall never be Safe against the Indians without some Military Force, and which must Baffle all Attempts to make this Province any thing Considerable. But I shall not Presume to Trouble your lordships further on this head as I did it before I left England & have Since, and shall only add that the more I see, the more am I Convinced of the Necessity of the measures I hint at. I am in great hopes the demand I have made on Account of the Above murders, will be Attended to by the Nation, have not yet received a Public answer, but have Private hints that the manner in which I have stated this matter to them Appeared striking & that they say I shall be regarded, I hope it will Prove so, but cannot say till I receive a Public answer.

This my Lords does not seem to be a Favourable time to Talk to the Indians about a Surrender of any of their Lands to the Westward, or a Release from our Engagement not to Settle above the Flowing of the Tides, as mentioned in your lordships letter of the 27th February last which is a Measure I shall Constantly have in View & not omit at a Seasonable Opportunity, and which I hope may yet offer ere long, if not by the time the Presents arrive.

The Silk my Lords is all put up ready for shipping, and as no Vessel is now going from hence it must lye till there is an Opportunity, and shall be forwarded by the first that offers and altho’ we have been Unfortunate this year in Seasons, yet hope they may Prove more Favourable next. I shall use every means I can think of to Encourage & Promote this Culture, but fear it will only be Pursued by the Poorer sort of People.

Mr. Ottolenge who has the Direction & Management of this Culture is I think Perfect Master of the whole Affair, and in Case of his Death, I believe no other Person here, is Capable of Conducting it. He is Advanced in years and will very readily instruct another, but seems to expect Some recompence, or a Small Annuity, he behaves well in every other respect, and is a very usefull Magistrate, the most Active Justice in the Town, and I am Informed takes Nothing for his Trouble. I thought it my duty to make Some mention of this matter, that your Lordships may in your great Wisdom give direction therein if Needfull.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Oct. 17, 1761, Savannah, read Jan. 20, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 40, informing the Board that the persons who settled at New Hanover in 1758 and subsequently were removed once again have returned.

My Lords,

On the first Instant I had the Honor to Receive your Lordships Commands of the 28th of April requiring me from time to time to give your Lordships frequent & very full Information of the State & Condition of this Province, as well with respect to the administration of Government & Justice, as to the Trade & Commerce thereof, also Regularly & Punctually to Transmit the Several Papers required by His Majesties Instructions, all which I shall most Carefully & diligently observe. I found the Journals a little backward when I came here, but have given strict Orders that they be Immediately brought up, and shall take care that they are kept up for the Future. I have already sent Two Copys of the Bills Passed on the ninth of June last, also the Minutes of the Council as an upper House, & of the Assembly to that time.

Your Lordships were likewise Pleased to send me a set of Queries for my speedy answer thereto, which I have now under Consideration, and shall Transmit my Answer as speedily as the Nature of the enquiry will Admit of. I think it my duty to Acquaint your Lordships that it has very lately come to my knowledge that a Set of People, who some years ago settled themselves to the Southward of the River Alatamaha at a Place by them called New Hanover, and who were in February 1759, by His Majesties Command & in his Name Ordered to remove from thence, did only make a show or appearance of so doing, and Immediately returned back to their Settlements, where they have continued ever since, & yet are, by the best Information I can get. These People in the whole amount to between 70 or 80 Men and are a Mixture of Runagates from the Two Carolina’s Virginia etc. They are not settled together, but scattered about the Country and on Lands at Present not within my Jurisdiction or Authority.

But I must beg leave to Observe that notwithstanding this Nominal Boundary by the Kings Charter to the Trustees of the Southermost Stream of the Alatamaha, yet General Oglethorpe extended his Settlements Southward without any Regard to that Boundary, and Many Plantations were settled far beyond the Alatamaha and marks of Possession held & the Lands claimed quite to St. Juan’s River, and there has been & to this day is by his late Majesties Order a Sergeants Guard kept at Fort William near the South End of Cumberland Island by a detachment from his Majesties Independant Companys in So. Carolina, not under my direction or Authority, but of the Governor of So. Carolina. The Inlet from the Sea at the South End of this Island is Called Amelia, & is at the Mouth of the River St. Maries I believe 50 Miles further South than where the New Hanover People are Settled.

I have Acquainted Mr. Secretary Pitt with this Matter, and also wrote to the Governor of Carolina on the Subject, as I think it my duty to do to your Lordships.

P.S. I did my self the Honor of writing to your Lordships on the 16th of May, 15th of June, 13th of July, & 15th of September.

Samuel Martin, Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, to the Board of Trade, Dec. 16, 1761, London, read Dec. 17, 1761, C.O. 5/648, E. 38, directing the Board to lay before the House of Commons an estimate of the expense of the civil establishment of Georgia between mid-summer 1761 and mid-summer 1762.

Sir

I desire You will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations That the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hath received his Majesty’s Commands, That their Lordships should prepare and lay before the House of Commons, an Estimate of the Expence attending the Colony of Georgia, from the 24th day of June 1761 to Midsummer 1762.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Dec. 28, 1761, Savannah, read April 1, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 42, asking directions for the disposition of a sum of money now in his hands from the sale of forfeited lots near the town of Savannah.

My Lords

On the 17th of October I did my Self the Honor to Write to your Lordships Acknowledging the receipt of your Commands of the 28th of April and now take Liberty to Acquaint your Lordships, that on the expiration of the Term Appointed by the Law of this Province for Limitting the time of claiming Lands under Grants & Nominal Titles etc. which was on the 20th of March last. It Appeared that Several Lots in the Town of Savanah remained without any Claim or Pretence of Right being made or given in, and by the Express words of the Law, all such Lots are declared Forfeited to His Majesty, and to be deemed as Vacant Land. And the Governor and Council are Authorised to grant the Same, to any Persons whomsoever.

This matter my Lords was taken under Consideration on the 21st day of April last, and it was then unanimously Resolved, That the said several Lots should be disposed of at a Moderate Price, and Public Notice was given that on the 22nd day of May such Vacant Lots would be disposed of and which was then done Accordingly to Sundry Persons & at different Prices amounting to £323 Sterling as will at Large Appear by the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor & Council on that day. This my Lords was the Amount of the Town Lots, and there are some 45 acre Lots, and 5 acre Lots that Lye beyond the Town Common which will raise a further Sume. But the time when they may be all disposed of, and the amount is uncertain, but it is Judged cannot in the whole with the above Sume of £323, Exceed £400. The grants for the above Town Lots are made out, and the Receivers Commissioner being Confined to the Receipts of the quit rents only, this Sume of £323 Sterling is in my Hands, Subject to such Orders as His Majesty shall be Pleased to give Relative thereto, which when received will be Immediately Complied with.

I must now beg leave to mention to your Lordships that it would be a very Acceptable thing to the Province if His Majesty would be Pleased to Permit the monies arising by the Sale of the Forfeited Lots, to be applied to some Public Provincial Building, or other use, the whole of which when the Lots are all disposed of, its thought cannot Exceed £400.

I must also observe to your Lordships that in the above Law there is a Provisoe, that Nothing Contained therein shall Extend to vacate the Right or Prejudice any Person under age, Non Compos,⁷⁵ or Imprisoned, at the time of making the act, Provided they Claim within 3 years after they come of Age, are Compos, or out of Prison, and if the Money is suffered to be applied to a Provincial use, then if any such Claim should happen to come, it may be thought Equitable for the Province to reimburse the Purchaser. I have now my Lords stated every Circumstance and Fact to your Lordships and shall hope soon to receive His Majesties Commands to whom this money is to be Paid, or to what use Applied.

On my Arrival here I found that Mr. Grover the Chief Justice had not been at Council for Several Months, but as I understood there was a very great difference subsisting between Governor Ellis & him, I Imagined it might be owing to that, and expected to see him take his seat in Proper time. But he not Coming, in February, I ordered a letter to be wrote to him requiring his Attendance, on which he came to me and brought a resignation of his Seat in writing. This I desired him to take back & reconsider the matter, and if he continued in the same mind, I would sometime afterwards Accept of his resignation, and which I Accordingly did about two months Ago. A man in Mr. Grovers Station my Lords might be very usefull to the Province, but this man does no one thing whatever, but attend the Courts at the Stated times, where there is little or nothing to do, a Court seldom lasting above a day. In Short my Lords its not in my Power to say any good of him. I Presume I need not now Recommend any gentleman to fill up this Vacancy in the Council, having formerly mentioned six, of whom only one is as yet appointed, Vizt. Mr. Elliott, at least no other Appointment is as yet come to my Hand. By this Conveyance I transmit to your Lordships the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council from the 6th of January 1761, to the 26th of June Inclusive, and those Since that time are Preparing with the Utmost Dispatch, and I hope very soon to send em down to the 1st of January 1762. My Answers to your Lordships Queries will also be finished and Transmitted as Soon as Possible.

Our affairs with the Creek Indians are quiet, but My Lords I don’t like the kind of Peace Settled in Carolina with the Cherokees, and am somewhat doubtfull as to its Continuance & Effect on my Neighbours the Creeks. I Cannot Say it Appears to me altogether in the Light Represented.

Sir Mathew Lamb’s report to the Board of Trade, Jan. 22, 1762, London, received Jan. 26, read Feb. 17, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 41, upon seven acts passed in Georgia in June, 1761.

My Lords

In Pursuance of Your Lordships Commands Signified to me by Mr. Pownall’s Letter wherein you are pleased to Desire my Opinion in Point of Law upon the following Acts Passed in the Province of Georgia in June 1761 I have Perused and Considered the same (vizt.)

Upon Perusal and Consideration of these Acts I have no Objection thereto in Point of Law.⁷⁶

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Feb. 20, 1762, Savannah, read April 28, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 43, giving the measures taken to improve the colony’s defense, informing the Board of Sir Patrick Houstoun’s death, of some Negroes and cattle escheated to the Crown by the death of a half-breed, and of the appointment of a person to be joint agent for the colony with Benjamin Martyn.

My Lords

With this your Lordships will Receive my Answers to the several Queries your Lordships were Pleased to send to me, which I have given with the greatest certainty and Exactitude in my Power, and hope they may Prove Satisfactory to your Lordships.

My last was of the 28th of december, and I have still the Pleasure to Acquaint your Lordships that we remain very quiet with the Creek Indians and I hope shall continue so, if the Cherokee disturbances in Carolina do not break out again. If they should, I fear the Effect on the Creeks would be very bad. Your Lordships will also receive Copys of two Bills assented to by me on the 19th of December last. The one Intitled an Act for Erecting a Fort & Battery on the Island of Cockspur in the River Savanah, and a Lookout or Battery on Medway River, and the other Intitled an Act for Raising & Granting to His Majesty £440 for Erecting a Fort & Battery at Cockspur, and £100 for Erecting a Lookout or Battery on Medway, and for Sinking the same by a Tax on deer skins etc.

The Building of a Fort upon Cockspur Island I thought to be a very Necessary & Expedient Service, for the Protection of the Province & its Commerce in time of War, and for Enforcing a due Observance of the Laws in time of Peace.

Tybee Bar my Lords at the Entrance from the sea into this River, Lyes 15 Miles from the Town of Savanah, & Cockspur is about 12 Miles from Savanah, on the hither Side of the Sound, where the River begins to Narrow. This Island makes 2 Channels up the River, one on each Side of it, and the Fort & Battery Proposed to be built, it is thought will Command both Channels into Savanah River, and by that means Protect the Town from being annoyed by any small Privateer, which might do a great deal of Mischief, even in the Night, unknown or discovered, for my Lords in July last, a small French Schooner came in & Lay very near this Island, and decoyed several Boats on Board, & Carried away Slaves to the Value of £1000 Sterling. The Vessel stayed there, from Early on Sunday Morning, till Monday at Noon, and in the Night time, sent up their Boat well Manned & Armed, with a design to cut out a Vessel & Carry off. But finding none fit for their Purpose, they returned. This Account I had from the Pilot & Other White People they had decoyed on Board, & who they afterwards let come away, keeping only the Slaves, and in the last War there was a Vessel Loaded with goods, taken & Carried away from this Island, by a Spanish Privateer.

My Lords there is Water enough there for any 20 Gun Ship, or I believe 40 Gun Ship in the Navy to Lye, and most of the large Vessels that come here take in only a Part of their Cargo at Savanah & then go down to Cockspur & take in the Remainder. This is found Necessary on Account of sand banks & shoals in the River between that & the Town, and therefore My Lords in every View, and on every Consideration, I Judged it a very Proper Measure for His Majesties Service & the benefit & advantage of the Province. The Measure was unanimously Approved, but the difficulty was to find money for it, and at length the Tax laid on Deer & Beaver Skins, as done by the Law now sent, was resolved on. This my Lords Appeared to me to be a very Just & Moderate Imposition on that Trade, for on taking a thorough View of it, I found the Persons Concern’d in it, Carried out of this Province to the amount of £26,000 Sterling per annum which all went to Charles Town for want of shipping to Carry it from hence. And which tho’ in Fact a Trade carried on in this Province, yet Appears as the Product of S. Carolina, and altho’ this is a most Profitable Trade to the Parties Concerned, and they are benefitted at least £6 per Cent by their Connection with this Province, that is my Lords they Carry on their Trade at so much less Expence than they used to do, or could do from Carolina, yet these People Paid little or nothing towards the Expence & Support of this Government, by which they were so much benefitted, and therefore my Lords a Tax was laid on all Skins Exported from this Province Except to Great Britain, and I hope my Conduct in this Particular will meet with your Lordships Approbation.

I also send by this Conveyance the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council from the 3rd of July to the 15 of September inclusive, the last I sent was down to the 26th of June inclusive, I also send the duplicate of the Minutes of the Assembly from the 24th of March to the 9th of June 1761, also the Custom House Accounts from the 10th of October 1761, to the 5th of January 1762.

Sir Pat Houstoun one of the Council here, and Register of Grants & Receiver of the quit rents dyed the 5th Instant and I have appointed his Son, now Sir P. Houstoun (I believe a very deserving young Gentleman) for those offices, and for his Seat in Council. I would take Liberty to recommend Lewis Johnson, the Speaker, & John Graham, who with the four Names remaining of those returned by me formerly, make the Number directed to be returned for your Lordships Consideration to fill up the two Present Vacancies. But my Lords these are all Assembly Men & very usefull there and I fear I should want them greatly, and as the Council is Pretty full, I must Submit it to your Lordships whether you may Judge it necessary to fill up these Vacant Seats in Council Immediately or not. Or your Lordships may think Proper only to fill up one at present, for my Lords if I was to Lose 2 or 3 good Men of the assembly, I really don’t know how their Places would be filled, and I might be put to some difficulty.

In the list of Offices your Lordships will See one of a very Trifling income to Mr. Charles Pryce, or rather several together, this Man is very deserving, and I Could wish him recommended for his Majesties Appointment, also Mr. Talley who is Naval Officer is a very deserving young Gentleman.

I have received a Letter from the Right Honorable the Earl of Egremont desiring me for the future to address my letters to him as Secretary of State for the Southern Department and have therefore by this Opportunity Acquainted his Lordship of the Vacancy Occasioned by the death of Sir P. Houstoun. This I have done in Consequence of the above Letter, and of a Copy of His Majesties Order in Council of the 15th of May last, sent out to me by Mr. Secretary Pitt. If I have err’d in this, I beg your Lordships Pardon, & shall hope to be informed, whether I am for the future to give an Account of all Vacancies to your Lordships only, or to the Secretary of State only, or to both at the same time, as I have not the Additional Instruction mentioned in the above Order, relative to the Mode of Correspondence.

I am to Acquaint your Lordships that by the Death of a half breed Indian Boy, some Negroes & a Stock of Cattle became vested in His Majesty for want of kin. This Boy was the Son of one Spencer an Indian Trader, by an Indian Woman. The Relations of Spencer applied for Letters of Administration & a grant of His Majesties Right, but this I refused & Committed the Administration to Mr. Clifton the Attorney General in behalf of his Majesty. The Value is supposed to be £385 Sterling as by an Inventory returned to me, of which I now take Liberty to Inform your Lordships, agreeable to His Majesties 72nd Instruction to me that His Majesties Pleasure may be known therein. Mr. Clifton tells me the Relations of Spencer intend to Petition His Majesty on this Subject, in hopes to Obtain a Grant of the Premises from His Majesty.

I am also to acquaint your Lordships that Mr. Knox one of the Council here, & Provost Marshall, has Obtained His Majesties Leave to return to Great Britain, and that the Council & Assembly Prepared an ordinance appointing him Agent for this Province for one year, to Join with or assist Mr. Martyn and to which Ordinance I have given my assent.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, April 26, 1762, Savannah, received July, read Nov. 29, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 45, transmitting Journals of the Council and Assembly and several acts lately passed together with his observations upon them.

My Lords

On the 20th of February I did my Self the Honor to Write to your Lordships fully, and to Transmit my Answers to the Several Queries your Lordships were Pleased to send to me and which I did with the greatest certainty and exactitude in my Power. These my Lords, with Copys of Two Bills I assented to on the 19 of december last, one for building a Fort & Battery on Cockspur Island etc., and the Other for Raising & Granting to his Majesty £540 for that Purpose with my Observations thereon, & Reasons for Passing the same, and also some Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council, & some other Minutes, & the Custom House Accounts to the 5th of January last, were all put up into a Box and delivered on Board His Majesties Ship Dolphin at Charles Town, which Ship sailed from thence on the 9th of March, and I hope those Papers are all ere now got safe to Hand, and as they Contain the fullest & clearest Account of the State and Condition of everything here to that time, to them therefore I beg leave to refer your Lordships.

Since which my Lords all my Accounts from the Indian Country have been Favourable & I hope will continue so.

On the 4th of March I assented to Eleven Bills Vizt., The Tax Bill for Raising & Granting to His Majesty £1421.5.0 Sterling for defraying the necessary Expences of Government from the 29th of September 1761, to the 29th September 1762, a Bill for the Preventing & Punishing Vice etc. & for keeping holy the Lords day, a Bill for Building a Church at Augusta & Repairing the Parsonage House and Continuing the Tax on Tavern Licences and Appropriating the same, a Bill to Explain & amend the Act for the Recovery of small debts, Two additional Road Bills, a Bill for Making Provision for Printing the Laws of this Province, & Encouraging a Printer, a Bill for Obliging Masters of Vessels & other Transient Persons Importing goods to Pay a Tax for the Same, a Bill for Regulating the Pilotage, a Bill for Raising & Granting to His Majesty £193.10.0 for the better Support of Pilots, and a Bill for Exchanging a Part of the Town Common. This last Bill my lords I am interested in, but it was brought in without my knowledge or hearing that it was intended. It is Certainly Convenient for me, as it joins some Lands I have Purchased and am Improving, and its an advantage to the People, as they will gain about Seven Acres of Commonage Equally good. The Lands I have since Purchased to make the exchange, Containing so much more than the Part of the Common Exchanged with me. All the other Bills my Lords appear to me to be of Public Utility & Convenience, and nothing in them that I saw Contrary to His Majesties Instructions to me, or Repugnant to the Laws of Great Britain.

I found it necessary my Lords for the more Easy & better Collecting of His Majesties Quit rents to have the draught of a Bill Prepared, which was laid before the assembly & has been Passed by them. And by this opportunity I Transmit the same to your Lordships, Pursuant to His Majesties 68th Instruction, and think if Such a Law is Passed, it will be greatly for His Majesties Service, and May Prove Effectual for the Recovery of the Quit rents. I shall hope to have your Lordships directions thereon, & if Approved of, the sooner it takes Place the better. ⁷⁷

With the above Bills I also now have the Honor to Transmit to your Lordships the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council as an upper House to the fourth of March when I Adjourned them till October on Account of the quit rent Bill. Also two Copys of the abstracts of the grants Enter’d from 27 July 1761 to 27 January 1762, for your Lordships & the Lords of Treasury, and the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council to this Month, and of the assembly to the 4th of March, will be all ready to send in ten days and if this Vessel does not Sail before, Shall ‘em by her.

We have had a Favourable Spring for the Silk Culture, and it gives me the greatest Satisfaction to see a Prospect of a good Crop. Mr. Ottolenghe found an inconvenience in baking the Cocoons, and recommended the Building of a Stove Room to answer the end of Baking and which its thought will be of great Utility, and the Quality of the Silk much better. This I have agreed to, and it is now near Finished, the whole Expence of Materials & everything, will be from £50 to £60 Sterling. I beg leave to refer your Lordships to mine of the 17th of October and to my Report in answer to your Lordships Queries, Relative to the new Hanover Settlement, the very bad Effects of which are daily felt and growing, & they Seem at Present out of my reach & Authority.

An abstract of land grants registered in Georgia from the 27th of July, 1761, to the 27th of Jan., 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 46, enclosed with Wright’s letter to the Board of Trade, April 26, 1762.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Henry Harramond for a town Lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 30th July 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To William Colson for 250 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 30th July 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Abraham Lunday for 400 acres of Land in the parish of St. George. Registered 30th July 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Jacob Beale for 300 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Paul. Registered 30th July 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To John Reitter for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 31st July 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To James Cornock for a town Lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 5th August 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Lewis Turner for 129 acres of Land being an Island and 2 Hammocks in Christ Church parish. Registered 5th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Jacob Mock for 200 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 5th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Benjamin Stirk for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 6th August 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Joseph Wood for 450 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 6th August 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Joseph Wood for a Wharf Lot in Savannah No. 1. Registered 6th August 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Lewis Johnson Esquire for a Town Lot & Garden lot in Savannah. Registered 7th August 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Moses Way for 150 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 14th August 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Hugh Clark for 200 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 14th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To John Baker for 300 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 14th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To John Gasper Hershman for 250 acres of Land in the parish of St. George. Registered 18th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Phillip Jacob Greiner for 300 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 18th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Catherine Magdalen Greiner for 300 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 18th August 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To William Knox Esquire for 500 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 28th August 1761.

Grant dated 23nd April 1761.

To Sir James Stirling Bart for 550 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Phillip. Registered 2nd September 1761.

Grant dated 23rd April 1761.

To Sir James Stirling Bart for 550 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Phillip. Registered 3rd September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To David Douglass for 500 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 24th September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Lachlan McGillivray Esquire for 1000 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 26th September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Peter Blyth for 300 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 24th September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To William Gerrard De Brahm for 300 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 25th September 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To John Mackay for 50 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 25th September 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Andrew Way for 150 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 25th September 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Thomas Lee for 200 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 29th September 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Jacob Heinly for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 29th September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Lucas Zeagler for 100 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 29th September 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Andrew McCurrie for 100 acres of land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 30th September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To John Snook for a town lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 30th September 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Mary Vanderplank widow for a town Lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 6th October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Josiah Powell for 460 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 7th October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To John Stailey for 200 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 7th October 1761.

Grant dated 5th February 1760.

To John Kill for 350 acres of land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 7th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To John Quarterman Junior for 300 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 7th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Arthur Carney for 150 acres of land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 7th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Anthony Le Bon for 50 acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 8th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To John Davis for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 8th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To John Davis for 200 acres of land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 8th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Samuel Augspourger for 500 acres of Land in the Parish of St. James. Registered 8th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Edward Somerville for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 14th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Edward Somerville for a Wharf lot in Savannah No. 13. Registered 14th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Edward Somerville for a Wharf lot in Savannah No. 1. Registered 13th October 1761.

Grant dated 25th April 1760.

To James Box for a Lot west of the town of Savannah No. 1. Registered 15th October 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To Thomas Cross for a town Lot & Garden Lot in Savannah. Registered 15th October 1761.

Grant dated 2nd October 1759.

To Fredrick Fain for 120 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 16th October 1761.

Grant dated 6th december 1759.

To Anne Margaret Finck for 50 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew, Registered 16th October 1761.

Grant dated 7th November 1758.

To Jonas Mick for 100 acres of Land in the district of Goshen. Registered 16th October 1761.

Grant dated 7th August 1759.

To Francis Arthur for 600 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 17th October 1761.

Grant dated 7th August 1759.

To Francis Arthur for 344 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 17th October 1761.

Grant dated 7th August 1759.

To Francis Arthur for 100 acres of land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 17th October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Clement Martin Esquire for 400 acres of land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 19th October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Clement Martin Esquire for 200 acres of land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 19th October 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To Clement Martin Esquire for a Lot of 50 acres of land at Abercorn. Registered 19th October 1761.

Grant dated 30th April 1760.

To James Edward Powell Esquire for a Lot of 20 acres of land West of Savannah. Registered 19th October 1761.

Grant dated 5th June 1759.

To Grey Elliott Esquire for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 20th October 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Grey Elliott Esquire for a Wharf lot No. 10 in Savannah. Registered 20th October 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Lewis Johnson, Alexander Wylly & Thomas Bruce for a Wharf lot in Savannah. Registered 20th October 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To Levi Marks for a town lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of land. Registered 20th October 1761.

Grant dated 1st May 1759.

To Levi Sheftall for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 21st October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Mordecai Sheftall for a Wharf Lot in Savannah No. 5. Registered 21st October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To James Graham for a Wharf Lot in Savannah No. 6. Registered 21st October 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To James Parker for 135 acres of land in Christ Church parish & town lot & Garden lot in Savannah. Registered 21st October 1761.

Grant dated 6th December 1757.

To James Rutherford for 250 acres of land in the district of Ogechee. Registered 22d October 1761.

Grant dated 2nd October 1759.

To Donald Monroe for 100 acres of land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 22nd October 1761.

Grant dated 2nd October 1759.

To Conrade Etchard for 200 acres of land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 22nd October 1761.

Grant dated 4th December 1759.

To John Matthews for 100 acres of land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 23rd October 1761.

Grant dated 5th September 1758.

To Thomas Parker for 300 acres of Land being an Island between Vernon and Little Ogechee Rivers. Registered 23rd October 1761.

Grant dated 4th December 1759.

To Mary Bowling, Spinster, for a town Lot & Garden Lot in Savannah. Registered 23rd October 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Hannah Unseld & Elizabeth Meyers for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 23rd October 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To David Unseld for a town lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 24th October 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To John Stacy for 50 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 3rd November 1761.

Grant dated 7th November 1758.

To Thomas Willson for 240 acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 4th November 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Joseph Summers for 200 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 4th November 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Alexander Wylly for 400 acres of Land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 4th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To William Mills for 250 acres of land in St. Johns Parish on Purchase from the Crown. Registered 6th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To his Honour James Wright Esquire for 2075 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 9th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To his Honour James Wright Esquire for 16 five acre Lots in Christ Church Parish. Registered 9th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Pickering Robinson Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah No. 10. Registered 9th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Charles Watson Esquire for a Town Lot in Savannah. Registered 10th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Charles Watson Esquire for a farm Lot No. 10 in the township of Savannah. Registered 10th November 1761.

Grant dated 3d November 1761.

To Grey Elliott Esquire for 500 acres of land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 11th November 1761.

Grant dated 3d November 1761.

To Grey Elliott Esquire for 300 acres of land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 11th November 1761.

Grant dated 3d November 1761.

To James Read Esquire for 500 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish on purchase from the Crown. Registered 11th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To [Robert] Bolton for a town Lot No. 4 in Savannah. Registered 11th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To James Houstoun for 285 acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 12th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Joseph Gibbons Esquire for 300 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 12th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To William Ewen for 500 acres of land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 12th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To James Box for 338 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 13th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Thomas Kelly for 200 acres of land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 13th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To James Bratcher for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Phillip. Registered 13th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Mary Bowling for a town Lot & Garden lot in Savannah. Registered 13th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Joachim Hartstone for 400 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 14th November 1761.

Grant dated 5th February 1760.

To Daniel Donham for 250 acres of land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 14th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Peter Berger for 200 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 14th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To John Eppinger for 300 acres of land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 16th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To Matthias Kugle for 350 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 16th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To James Willson for a town lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 17th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd November 1761.

To George Bollinger for a town lot in Savannah in the third tything Reynolds ward. Registered 17th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To James Baillou for 200 acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 17th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To James Baillou for a town Lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of land. Registered 17th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th November 1758.

To Ann Green wife of Thomas Greene for a town lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of land. Registered 19th November 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To William Camp for 300 acres of land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 19th November 1761.

Grant dated 9th December 1756.

To Lydia Dean, Widow, for a town Lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of land. Registered 19th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Andrew Greiner for 200 acres of land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 20th November 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To Michael Burghalter for 483 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 20th November 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Benjamin William Borneman for 500 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 21st November 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To John Burnet for 150 acres of land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 24th November 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To John Burnet for 57 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 24th November 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To Benjamin Baker for 200 acres of land in the parish of St. John. Registered 24th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To George Galphin for 499 acres of land in the Parish of St. Paul. Registered 27th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To George Galphin for 499 acres of land in the parish of St. Paul. Registered 27th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To George Galphin for a town Lot in Augusta No. 4. Registered 27th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To George Galphin for a town Lot in Augusta No. 10. Registered 27th November 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To John Williams for 500 acres of land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 27th November 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Richard Baker for 250 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 30th November 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Richard Baker for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 30th November 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Paul Dubors for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 1st December 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Audley Maxwell for 350 acres of Land in the Parish of St. John. Registered 1st December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To James Read Esquire for 238 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 3d December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To George Glamer for 100 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 3rd December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Thomas Mills for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 3rd December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Stephen Millen for 150 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 4th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To John Heinley for 100 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 4th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Christopher Cramer for 100 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 5th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Andrew Greiner for 50 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 5th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Peter Zipperer for 47 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 5th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Lachlan McGillivray Esquire for a Town Lot No. 2 in Savannah. Registered 7th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To William Clifton Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah No. 8. Registered 7th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Thomas Eatton for a Town Lot in Savannah No. 4. Registered 7th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Mary Bryan, Widow, for a Town Lot in Savannah No. 8. Registered 7th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Benjamin Goldwire for a town Lot in Savannah No. 2. Registered 7th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Thomas Tripp for a town Lot in Savannah No. 6. Registered 7th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To James Mutter for 200 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 8th December 1761.

Grant dated 4th December 1759.

To Walter Denny for a town Lot & 50 acres of Land at Vernonburgh & parish of Christ Church. Registered 9th December 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Timothy Barnard for 500 acres of Land on Wilmington Island. Registered 10th December 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To John Gasper Betz for 200 acres of Land on Wilmington Island. Registered 11th December 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To John Michael Betz for 100 acres of land on Wilmington Island. Registered 11th December 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To John Germany for 200 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Paul. Registered 12th December 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Robert Germany for 200 acres of land in the parish of St. Paul. Registered 12th December 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Samuel Chew for 50 acres of Land in the parish of St. Paul. Registered 12th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Thomas Goldsmith Esquire for a town Lot & farm Lot in Savannah. Registered 14th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Edmund Tannatt Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah No. 6. Registered 15th December 1761.

Grant dated 27 November 1761.

To Isaac LaRoche for a town Lot in Savannah No. 6. Registered 15th December 1761.

Grant dated 27th November 1761.

To Thomas Hamilton for a town Lot in Savannah No. 3. Registered 15th December 1761.

Grant dated 15th December 1761.

To John Milledge Esquire for 500 acres of land in the Parish of St. Phillip on Purchase from the Crown. Registered 19th December 1761.

Grant dated 15th December 1761.

To Michael Burghaulder for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 19th December 1761.

Grant dated 15th December 1761.

To Michael Burghaulder Junior for 50 acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 19th December 1761.

Grant dated 15th December 1761.

To Michael Weinkauff for 43 acres of land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 21st December 1761.

Grant dated 15th December 1761.

To Peter Tondee for a town Lot etc. in Savannah together 50 acres of land. Registered 21st December 1761.

Grant dated 15th December 1761.

To Joseph Wood for a town Lot in Savannah No. 6. Registered 21st December 1761.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Jonas Mick for 150 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered 22nd December 1761.

Grant dated 4th December 1759.

To James Sunier for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 23rd December 1761.

Grant dated 4th December 1759.

To Gasper Sneider for a town lot & fifty acres of Land at Vernonburgh. Registered 29th December 1761.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To William Dodds for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 31st December 1761.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To William Butler for 500 acres of Land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 31st December 1761.

Grant dated 3rd December 1760.

To William Butler for 350 acres of Land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 31st December 1761.

Grant dated 13th April 1761.

To Benjamin Andrew for 200 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 5th January 1762.

Grant dated 25th September 1760.

To Samuel Lewis for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 5th January 1762.

Grant dated 7th June 1759.

To Morgan Tabb for 500 acres of Land on great Ogechee. Registered 6th January 1762.

Grant dated 7th August 1759.

To His Excellency Henry Ellis Esquire for 500 acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 6th January 1762.

Grant dated 1st July 1760.

To Thomas Peacock for 150 acres of land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 13th January 1762.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Thomas Christie for 350 acres of land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 20th January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To William Knox Esquire for 315 acres of land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 20th January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Josiah Osgood Junior for 250 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 20th January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To John Mullryne Esquire for 50 acres of Land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 20th January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Catherine Mullryne for 500 acres of Land in the parish of St. Phillip. Registered 21st January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Thomas Irwin for 250 acres of Land in the Parish of St. George. Registered 21st January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Thomas Irwin for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. George. Registered 21st January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Mary Tatnall for 500 acres of land in the Parish of St. Phillip. Registered 22nd January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Samuel Lewis for 50 acres of Land in the Parish of St. Andrew. Registered 22nd January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To Hugh Kennedy for 50 acres of land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 22nd January 1762.

Grant dated 5th January 1762.

To John Gionovoli for a town Lot in Savannah No. 1. Registered 22nd January 1762.

Grant dated 7th July 1761.

To Thomas Carter for 150 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 22nd January 1762.

The aforesaid Abstract of the Grants Registered from the 27th of July 1761 To the 27th of January 1762 Compared With the Registers Books at Savannah this 4th day of February 1762.

Pat Houstoun, Register

James Wright to the Board of Trade, June 10, 1762, Savannah, received Aug. 26, read Nov. 29, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 47, giving an account of the state of affairs in Georgia with respect to the silk culture and Indian affairs, and including a plan of the fort on Cockspur Island.

My Lords

With this your lordships will receive a Copy of my last of the 26th of April, & Mine of the 20th of February with my Report, to which I beg leave to refer your lordships.

I must now Acquaint your lordships that within a Short time after I had wrote my last, I received Accounts from the Creek Country not so Favourable as formerly. I found that the French had been very Active, and that some Indians in their Interest had been Raising Jealousies amongst the others, and Endeavouring to Influence the Nation, & Embroil us with them. And things wore but a gloomy aspect, but I have very lately had some of them down with me, and if they are to be credited, matters will yet Continue quiet. But these Wretches are such a kind of People, that its Impossible my Lords to Answer for their Conduct for a Month together.

The Reasons my Lords given for the Commotion amongst them, According to my Information, were, the French told them that an English Army was Coming against Mobile, and if they Succeeded, that they would be just in the Neighbourhood of the Creeks, & intended to Extirpate their Nation next. This alarmed ‘em much & some Spys were sent down to see if any Preparations were making here, who were soon Convinced there was Nothing unusual, but on hearing that there was War with Spain, they were again alarmed, and had many Meetings & Consultations, at which some of them Harangued to the Following Effect, that the English said they were Victorious everywhere, had taken all the French Settlements at the Northward, and that they intended to take Mobile etc. and were now going to make War with the Spaniards, and would certainly take St. Augustine, and then what would become of them, that we should not forget the Murders they had Committed, and when Possessed of all those Places, would undoubtedly demand ample Satisfaction, & if every thing we thought Proper to direct, was not Complied with, would set the Numerous Nation of the Chactaws on them (these People join the French Settlements at Mobile & are mostly in their Interest).

These & many other matters were debated Amongst them & there was many divisions & Partys, and upon the whole I learn & believe the Resolution was to keep quiet till they saw further how things go on, but my Lords Certainly our Situation is very Critical with them, and this Circumstance I’m afraid has Produced an accommodation of the differences between the Spaniards & them. A great Part of the upper Creeks I believe have or Will agree to it, and am informed several have been at Pensacola to receive Presents on that Occasion, & Some few of the Lower Creeks, who favour the French & Spanish Interest talk of going to St. Marks on the same Errand. But a Party that was down here last week tell me the Lower Towns have Suffered most from the Spaniards, and by far the greatest Part of them are determined not to make up the Breach. If this should Prove so, it will certainly be a Favourable Circumstance for this Province. But the French have taken infinite Pains to bring this about, and I have great reason to believe that some Villains to the Southward of the Alatamaha have received rewards from the Spaniards at St. Augustine to Endeavour likewise to Accommodate matters between them and the dangerous & bad Effects of that Settlement appear more & more every day.

It is with great Pleasure I can now assure your lordships that this has been a very Favourable Season for the Silk Culture, and that there has been delivered into the Filature 15101 lb. Weight of Cocoons, & Mr. Ottolenghe tells me that they are the best he has yet received, and Exceed the greatest Quantity ever made here by about 5100 Pounds. The Quality of the Silk is Extremely good & fine. The Premium My Lords on this Quantity of Silk & Other Expences attending me Management of that Article will Amount to about £2350 Sterling which Sume my lords I shall find myself under the Necessity of Drawing, and giving Certificates for, or that Valuable Commodity which your Lordships have had so long at Heart to Encourage & Establish as a Staple in this Province, will be lost, for were it not for the Parliamentary Encouragement I am very Apprehensive few would go upon it. But by the Continuance of that for a while longer, so many will be Established in it, that when it is Withdrawn, yet, being well acquainted with the Culture and having their Plantations of Trees & every thing in order, they will still go on, tho’ at a very Considerably less Profit.

By your Lordships letter of the 27 February 1761, it appears that there was then a Balance in the Agents Hands on Account of the Silk Culture, tho’ your lordships are not Pleased to Mention to what amount, and besides which my lords there was a Saving in the last years grant of £140.14.0 only £859.6.0 being drawn for, and 332 lb. of Silk was shipt from hence in February last, Suppose [it] may sell for £300, to which add the grant by Parliament for this year Say £1000, & at least 900 lb. of Exceeding fine Silk that is now almost ready to Ship, which I suppose may neat [net] £900. Therefore my Lords on the Strength of all these Sumes & to prevent the bad Consequences that must attend the Culture by a refusal to pay the Premium, and to Support the Credit Interest & Advantage of the Province, I have declared that I will pay the Premium on the whole Quantity of Cocoons, and draw on, & give Certificates to the Agent for the amount of that, & the Other usual and Necessary Expences attending that Culture. Your Lordships see the Strength and Foundation I Propose to draw upon, and my reasons for so doing, and which I humbly hope you will approve of, I have my Lords in every respect acted with the greatest Frugality & Caution Possible, as Mr. Martyn can Clearly inform your Lordships, but I must beg your speedy directions with respect to this matter another year, and whether only so many Cocoons are to be received into the Public Filature as the £1000 (which I Presume will at least be Continued by Parliament) will answer the Bounty for, or whether none is to be received but the Produce of this Province, or whether any quantity that is brought is to be received, & that my drafts will be answered or in what manner am I to Conduct myself relative to this affair. I shall hope for your Lordships Commands on this Point which appears to me very essential to the Province.

I have now my Lords had the Honor to be in the Administration of this Government 19 Months, in which time I have stated many matters to your Lordships, Some of which I hoped for your Lordships commands & directions upon, being at a loss & under some difficulty without but have not been happy enough to receive any from your Lordships but of the 31 October 1760, 27 February 1761 & 28 April 1761. If others have been wrote, they did not come to hand.

By this Opportunity I send your lordships a Copy of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Governor in Council from the 5th of January 1762 to the 26th of March inclusive, also the Minutes of the Assembly from the 10th of November to the 4th of March inclusive, also the Custom House Accounts from the 5th of January 1762 to the 5th of April, & the Abstract of Grants from the 27th July 1761 to 27th January 1762.

The Indian Presents being taken last Summer Proved very unfortunate, they are now arrived at Charles Town, & I hope I shall get ‘em safe from thence, as they were never more wanted. I doubt not but Mr. Martyn will apply for more, for these being greatly reduced by the double Expence of Insurance etc., it will be impossible to attempt any thing with respect to the Lands claimed by the Indians, nor is this by any means a Proper time to touch on a Subject of that kind.

I am very Sorry my Lords to be under the Necessity of saying I have the greatest reason to Complain of the Conduct & behaviour of Mr. Grover the Chief Justice. He is Certainly a man of the most malevolent disposition, forward in thwarting & Opposing measures of Government and instead of giving the least assistance, or being of any use or service (Save only attending the Courts, which is next to Nothing) he is in Example & every other way injurious. I shall very soon take a view of his Conduct since my arrival, which I think will appear exceptionable & bad in almost every Particular, & what it was before I came, I doubt not but your lordships have heard from Governor Ellis.

P.S. 21 June

I have just received my Lords Pretty good information the Governor of Louisiana from New Orleans has sent a strong invitation to both the Cherokees & Creeks to come & see him, and that he is enabled to make them very Handsome Presents, two Vessels being lately arrived from old France with goods & Troops, and four more being daily Expected, all with Troops & Goods for his Friends the Indians, that will come & see him.

Inclosed, your Lordships have a Plan of the Fort now Erecting at Cockspur Island.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, July 26, 1762, Savannah, received Sept., read Nov. 29, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 49, explaining and enclosing a copy of a bill for better collecting quit rents in Georgia.

My Lords

Having wrote your Lordships fully on the 10 of last Month, by the Ships Vigilant & Violet, both which sailed from this Place, I have nothing now to Trouble your Lordships with, but to send a duplicate of the Bill which I found it necessary to Promote for the more easy & better Collecting of His Majesties quit rents, which Bill has been Passed by the assembly, and I now Transmit the Same to your Lordships, Pursuant to His Majesties 68th Instruction. I think if such a Law is Passed, it will be greatly for his Majesties Service, and may prove Effectual for the recovery of the Quitrents. I shall hope to have your lordships speedy directions thereon, as if approved of, the sooner it takes place the better. The 1st Copy of this Bill I sent in the Box with my letter 26th April, and the Copys of the Bills Passed the 4th of March last, all which I hope your lordships have received.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Oct. 1, 1762, Savannah, read Dec. 7, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 51, relating to the state of silk culture and other affairs within the province.

My Lords

On the 2d of August I had the Honor to receive your Lordships letters of the 4th & 25th February and the 8th of April. And on the 20th anothers of the 3d of June. The 1st intirely relative to the Appointment of some proper Person to be instructed by Mr. Ottolenghe in the Silk Culture on which Subject I have had some Conversation with him, and find his apprehension is that after he has Instructed another sufficiently to conduct the business Possibly he may be laid aside in his old age unable to help himself or turn his Hands to any thing else, be reduced to distress. He is very inclinable to give the best assistance & Instruction in writing & otherwise to qualify another, provided he is assured of being allowed his Salary for Life or being continued in the Employment, as it is the only dependance he has for his Support, and Submits his Case to your lordships equitable Consideration, whose further orders on this Point I believe he will readily obey.

I wrote your Lordships pretty fully on the Silk Culture in mine of the 10th of June last, to which I beg leave to refer, & hope to receive your lordships speedy directions thereon, least that Culture should Suffer. I have not yet had the satisfaction to be Informed that the £1000 usually granted by Parliament has been Voted for that Service for 1762. Possibly Mr. Martyn may have wrote me of it, but if he did his letter miscarried, and I have been under some difficulty in getting the money to Pay the Respective Persons who delivered Cocoons into the Filature, and for the other necessary Expences attending that Commodity, the whole Expence of which amount to £2376.6.6 and for which I have given Certificates. The Fund for Payment of which I Presume to be as follows, Vitz., Granted by Parliament £1000. 1048 Pounds weight of the finest & best Silk ever produced in Georgia Suppose to neat [net] £1050, the Savings in the £1000 granted for 1761, £ 140.14.0 and the Ballance of £185.12.6 to come out of such other Savings as may be in Mr. Martyns hands. [I] am Extremely sorry to find that the 332 lb. of Silk shipt on Board the Elizabeth in February last was not insured, as the Proceeds of that would have answered all Ends fully, & left an overplus. I hope to be Honored with your Lordships answer to mine in June relative to the Silk Culture, least any Prejudice should happen, from an Opinion that the Bounty will not be Continued, and that I may know how to Conduct my Self, and to Avoid the difficulties mentioned in that letter.

It gives me the greatest Satisfaction to have your Lordships Approbation of my Conduct, and Reasons for assenting to the several Bills on the 9th of June 1761. These Laws my Lords, as far as I have had any Opportunity of seeing, or judging of their operation & effect, seem salutary & usefull. A defect was discovered in that part of the Law laying a Tax on Transient Trade & on deliquent negroes Imported from other Colonies, which is Rectified by a Subsequent Bill Passed the 4th of March last, and I think it a very Proper Regulation.

My Lords in order to prevent all clandestine Trade & his Majesties Enemies from being supplied with Provisions & other Considerations, I judged it for His Majesties Service that Sunbury, a very well settled Town 25 Miles South in a direct line, but as the Road is made at least 40 Miles from hence, & having an exceeding good Harbour & inlet from the sea, should be made a Port of Entry. Therefore Pursuant to the Powers given me by his Majesties Royal Commission I have with the advice of the Council accordingly declared & Established the same to be a Port of Entry, and have appointed Mr. Thomas Carr Collector, John Martin Naval Officer and Francis Lee Searcher, of all which I have acquainted the Commissioners of His Majesties Customs & hope your Lordships will approve of my Conduct herein.

Immediately on the Receipt of your Lordships of the 8th of April relative to the Sale of the Forfeited Lots of Land in & near the Town of Savanah, I gave directions that all the grants that were ordered & had not passed through the Offices, should be immediately finished, and the whole of those Lots that were found to remain unclaimed & Forfeited, are now disposed of and amount to £663.12.7-1/2 Sterling the Reason of this difference my Lords is chiefly by one Lot, that is Built on and Improved, and which had been claimed by one Beneworth but has since appeared to be one of the Forfeited Lots & sold for £105 Sterling. This & some few other Lots since discovered to be Vacant, which were not known to be so till lately has raised the Sume from £400, as mentioned in Mine of the 28th of december last, to £663.12.7-1/2 which now the whole is settled & finished appears to be the Sume in my hands, and ready to be applied or paid as His Majesty shall be Pleased to direct, if towards Building our Church, it would be very acceptable.

Your Lordships approbation of the measure taken for the security of the Province & its Trade, by Erecting a Fort upon Cockspur Island, and of the Provision made for Effecting that service gives me great Pleasure, and I hope whenever your Lordships are pleased to fill up the Vacancies in the Council that some tolerable good men may be found to fill their seats in the Assembly. The additional Instruction & order of his Majesty in Council of the 15th of May 1761, I shall take due care to Observe.

Memorial of the agent for Georgia, William Knox, to the Board of Trade, Dec. 7, 1762, London, C.O. 5/648, E. 52, setting forth the advantages of the silk culture there and praying that the encouragement given it by the public may be continued.

Humbly Sheweth

That your Lordships Memorialist has been made accquainted by Governor Wright in his Letters dated in Georgia 21 June last, That the Season had proved as favourable to the Silk Culture in that Province, that more than 15,000 pounds weight of Coccoons had been brought to the Filature in Savannah and the Silk reeled from them is of the very best quality. So large a quantity produced in one Season, is a Proof that the climate and soil of Georgia are well adapted to the culture of Silk and that the Bounty granted by Parliament through your Lordships recommendation, for the encouragement of that Culture has had a very good Effect.

Your Memorialist on behalf of his Constituents, with all thankfulness acknowledges your Lordships Goodness in obtaining for them the continuance of the Parliamentary Bounty for so many years past, and for the prudent manner in which your Lordships have always directed it to be applied. To this bounty and your Lordships application of it is owing not only the increase of the Silk Culture in Georgia, but its existence there. And when your Lordships perceive, upon reviewing the Lists of the Families employed in that culture, that near half the white Inhabitants of that Province are engaged in it, Few of whom could have supported themselves in so warm a climate by severer Labour, Your Memorialist hopes your Lordships will be of opinion, that the Colony of Georgia has not only been greatly benefited, but that the Frontier to his Majestys Southern Provinces has been greatly strengthened by the encouragement given to the Silk Culture.

Your Memorialist laments that the Progress of the Silk Culture has not been greater and more rapid since the first transportation of Settlers to Georgia in the year 1732. But your Memorialist beseeches your Lordships to consider, that it was not untill the year 1752 that Georgia became a Kings Government, and that it was only a short time before that year that the Inhabitants could have an absolute Property in their Lands, could have Slaves to assist them in cultivating them, or could have a free trade with the West India Islands. And as these restrictions prevented the Settlement of the Province and the production of other Commodities notwithstanding the large Sums annualy granted by Parliament for the Settlement of Georgia, so did they likewise obstruct the progress of the Silk Culture. Since the Colony came under the Jurisdiction of your Lordships Board, It has began to flourish. Its Inhabitants have increased. Its Trade and Products have become of National Importance, and the culture of Silk has made a proportionable Progress.

Your Lordships Memorialist begs leave to represent to your Lordships that the culture of Silk in Georgia has still obstructions to struggle with, which prevent its Progress. The Principal of these is the narrow limits to which the Colony is confined by His Majestys Commission to his Governor, and by the Treatys subsisting with the Creek Indians. The number of white Inhabitants at present in that Province do not amount to Six thousand⁷⁸ and yet by an account deliverd your Memorialist by the Surveyor General of Georgia in February last, it appears that there are not Lands in the power of the Governor and Council to Grant, sufficient for the accommodation of Fifty Families more. And where there is and can be no greater number of Inhabitants it is impossible for any culture to thrive greatly. What adds to the difficulty s occasioned by the small number of Inhabitants, is, that their Settlements are confined to the Sea Coast. For in that situation the climate depends upon the sitting of the wind and is therefore always variable. A Southerly Wind blows immediately from the West Indian Seas and is therefore always warm, whereas a North Westerly wind by passing over the vast Continent of America which is coverd with Snow untill April, is in the Winter and Spring Months, always cold. Hence it often happens that when by the continuance of a Southerly wind for some days in February or March, The Mulberry Trees have put out their Leaves and the Silkworms have hatched. The wind has Shifted to the Northwest and brought with it so keen a Frost as to destroy the Leaves and perish the Worms. This could never be the case if the Settlements were carryed higher up in the Country, for the Southerly Winds in the Spring would be cooled in their passage over the Land and consequently the Trees would not put forth, nor the Worms hatch so early in the Season, and therefore would not be liable to be destroyed by Frosts when the Wind shifted to the North.

Your Memorialist flatters himself that these obstructions to the Progress of the Silk Culture in Georgia as well as to the Settlement of that Colony will now be intirely removed by the accquisition of the important Countrys of Mobile and Florida. He hopes that through your Lordships Interposition the boundarys of Georgia will be greatly extended as well along the Sea Coast as up in the Country, and that so many Inhabitants will thereby be admitted and settled in such situations that with other valuable Articles of Commerce. The culture of Silk will be greatly increased and less subject to failure. The Large Proffits the people employed in it this Season have made will excite every other Inhabitant to attend to that culture, and with more hands and closer attention a large increase may reasonably be expected. With so fair a prospect of Success your Memorialist humbly entreats your Lordships to continue your care of this valuable culture, and as you have attended it in its Infancy, to cherish it untill it arrives at maturity. The continuance of your Lordships care may now soon raise it to a state that will manifest its Importance to the Nation. Without your Lordships regard it must droop and in a little time altogether fail. The People of Great Britain will then be deprived of one great benifit of the accquisitions made by the Peace. Your Lordships will not have the Honor of having added Silk to the other valuable productions of the Colonys, and half the present number of White Inhabitants in Georgia must quit that Province, to their own ruin, the weakning the Southern Frontier and preventing new Inhabitants from settling in the Countrys ceded to Great Britain in that Quarter.

Your Memorialist therefore humbly Prays your Lordships to take the Premisses into consideration and that your Lordships will recommend to Parliament this Session the further continuance of the Bounty on Silk raised in Georgia, and that your Lordships will not make any alteration in the manner of applying the said Bounty.

The Petition of William Gray to the Board of Trade, London, received and read Dec. 8, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 53, asking for a copy of the Board’s representation upon which Reynolds was removed from the government of Georgia.

Humbly Sheweth

That your Lordships Petitioner in the year 1756 did arive in the Collony of Georgia on board an English vessel loaded with Deerskins which was entered at the Custom house in form and the Cargo intended to be disposed of there. But not finding the market to his mind he Cleard out for Charlestown in South Carolina when before his departure the Ship was Seized by order of Mr. Reynolds (who was then Governour of Georgia) and your Petitioner was made prisoner under the most absurd & groundless pretences. The Ship & Cargo being sold at the same time without any account ever being given of the application of the money arising from that sale for which unjust proceedings Your Petitioner has brought an Action against Mr. Reynolds in the Court of King’s Bench for false imprisonment and Damages. As in all disputes between persons in a private station and those in power the prejudices are naturally on the side of Authority. Your Petitioner begs leave to Corroborate the justice of his Cause by demanding a Copy of the Representation this Right Honourable board made to the King showing the reasons why his Majesty should be graciously pleased to remove the said Governour.

Samuel Martin, Treasury Chambers, to the Board of Trade, Feb. 14, 1763, London, read Feb. 17, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 54, asking that the Board lay before the House of Commons an estimate of the expense for Georgia from Tune 24, 1762, to June 24, 1763.

Sir

I desire you will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations that the Chancellor of the Exchequer hath Received his Majesty’s Commands, That their Lordships should prepare and lay before the House of Commons an Estimate of the Expence attending the Colony of Georgia from 24th of June 1762 to 24th of June 1763.

Copy of Order in Council of March 16, 1763, Court at St. James, read April 26, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 55, directing the removal of William Grover from the office of Chief Justice and one of the Council of Georgia.

Upon reading at the Board, a Report from the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs, dated the 3d of this Instant in the Words following, Vizt.

“In Obedience to Your Majestys Orders referring to this Committee an Address from the Council of Georgia, in their Legislative Capacity to the Governor of that Colony (laid before Your “Majesty by the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations) “together with a Report of a Committee of the said Council appointed to consider the Journals of the Proceedings of the Lower “House of Assembly, upon preparing the Tax Bill for the Year 1761, “in which Report some Matters are stated relative to the Conduct “of William Grover Esquire Chief Justice of the said Colony. The “Lords of the Committee of Council this day took all the said Papers into their Consideration, whereby it appeared, that a Committee of the said Lower House of Assembly had come to a Resolution not to make any Provision for the Publick Officers of the “Colony in their Tax Bill for the said Year, declaring that the “Estimate allotted for those Officers ought not to be paid by the “Publick of the Colony, in regard His Majesty had allowed each “of them a competent Salary, That the said Resolution being of “an unusual and extraordinary Nature, The Council of the Colony “judged it proper to direct a Committee of their own Body to make “Enquiry into the Cause thereof, and to Report whether there were “any, and what Grounds for their coming to the said Resolution; “That the Committee had thereupon reported, that it appeared to “them to have been founded upon an Information the said Committee of the Lower House had received from the aforenamed Mr. “Grover, the Chief Justice of the Colony, and likewise a Member “of Your Majestys Council there, who had not only voluntarily “offered himself to appear before the said Committee of the Lower “House, but had actually deposed upon Oath before them to the “following Effect Vizt. That in a Conversation which he had three “Years before in London with a Noble Lord, who was at that time “the first acting Commissioner in Your Majestys Board of Trade “and Plantations, he had been told by his Lordship (amongst other “things) That he must expect no Fees for his Office of Chief Justice from the Publick of Georgia, as the Province provided none “in their Tax Bill for the Publick Officers for Publick Services. “But the said Committee further reported, that notwithstanding “this Information of Mr. Grovers and the Resolution taken by the “Committee of the Lower House thereupon, that it appeared by “the Estimate annexed to the Tax Bill passed for the said Year, “that the usual Provisions were made therein for most of the said “Officers, And the Committee then concluded their Report with “the following Observations upon this proceeding of Mr. Grover “Vizt., That a Chief Justice in submitting himself to be examined “upon Oath before a Committee of the Lower House of Assembly, “or to attend that House without Leave first obtained for that purpose, from Your Majestys Governor of the Colony, is a precedent “which they apprehend to be of dangerous Consequence, and entirely subversive of the Constitution of the General Assembly of “the Province, as established by Your Majestys Commission and “Instructions to Your Governor, And likewise that the said Chief “Justice had taken upon himself to report as the Words of that noble Lord Expressions that do not consist with the Knowledge his “Lordship must be presumed to have of the Fact, by the Office his “Lordships held at that time.

“The Lords of the Committee having thus laid before Your Majesty the State of the Case with respect to the Conduct and Behaviour of the said Mr. Grover, together with the Sense of Your “Majestys Council of that Province thereupon, take leave to make “only this One Observation of their own, That in Case any Credit “had been given to Mr. Grovers Information, the Publick Officers “of the Province must have been left destitute of their Allowance “for a whole Year, it not appearing that Your Majesty had made “any such Provision in lieu thereof.

“Their Lordships do therefore humbly offer it as their Opinion, “that the said Mr. Grover ought to be removed from his Post of “Chief Justice of the Colony of Georgia, and likewise from his “Seat in the Council of that Colony. “

His Majesty this day took the said Report into Consideration, and was pleased, with the Advice of His Privy Council, to approve thereof, and accordingly to declare His Royal Pleasure, that the said William Grover be removed from his Post of Chief Justice of the Province of Georgia, and also from his Seat in the Council of that Province, And the Right Honourable the Earl of Egremont, One of His Majestys Principal Secretarys of State, is to receive His Majestys Commands for appointing some other Person to be Chief Justice of Georgia in the room of Mr. Grover. And the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations are to recommend to His Majesty at this Board a proper Person to supply his Seat in the Council of that Province.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762, Savannah, read May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 5 6, respecting the behavior of Chief Justice William Grover and giving his reasons for suspending him.

My Lords

The Extraordinary Conduct of Mr. Grover the Chief Justice appearing on all Occasions, and his whole behaviour being so excessively bad, and receiving Complaints against him, I found myself under a necessity of reviewing and Considering it and which I did from the time of my Arrival. The Result of which was, the Gentlemen of the Council Present declared “That it appeared to “them, and they were unanimous and clear in Opinion that Mr. “Grover’s Conduct & Behaviour as Chief Justice has been & is, “dishonorable, partial, arbitrary, illegal, indecent, & not consistent with the Character, duty & dignity of his Office, and “were also unanimous in Opinion that he is unworthy of, & not “fit to be Continued in the Office of Chief Justice of this Province, “and that it would be for the Honour & Service of his Majesty & “of this Province that he should be Suspended untill his Majesties “Pleasure be known thereon: and advised me to Suspend him Accordingly.” And which I have done, and agreeable to His Majesties Instructions, am now to give your Lordships my Reasons for so doing, and which I conceive will most evidently appear to your Lordships from the following Narrative of Fact, and Observations upon them.

Governor Ellis left the Province on the 2nd of November 1760 and Mr. Grover tho’ one of the Council did not attend for upwards of 3 Months, when I ordered a letter to be wrote summoning him, and requiring his Attendance, on which he came to me with a Resignation of his seat in writing under Hand & Seal. I desired him to reconsider the matter, & if he continued in the same Mind, I would sometime after Accept of it. And he continuing to absent himself, in October 1761, I received his Resignation, and Acquainted your lordships therewith. Here I would Observe that I Conceive it to be the duty of all Officers of the Crown to be assisting to Government in all things within their Respective Departments, and as Mr. Grover was one of the Principal Officers here, and received a Salary of £500 per annum for doing very little, it was more particularly his duty to have assisted in Council, but this he declined, & on the Contrary, has Constantly shewn a spirit & disposition to Thwart & Oppose proper Measures of Government.

With Respect to his improper Conduct in interesting himself with the Assembly about the Allowances to the Officers of the Crown, it would be Presumption in me to take any Notice of that, your Lordships having submitted it to his Majesties Consideration. On the 13th of July 1761, I received a Petition from George Leonard & six other Soldiers belonging to the detachment of His Majesties Independent Companies doing duty in this Province, complaining of being Imprisoned by Order of the Chief Justice, on Supposition of being concerned in an assault, and that altho’ the Principal Partys had settled the matter, yet they were detained in Prison, to their own great grievance, & the detriment of His Majesties Service, and therefore Praying Relief. On examining into the cause of the Imprisonment of these People, it appeared by Mr. Swetenhams deposition on oath, That on a Quarrel between him & Mesrs. McKeithen and Willson at Frederica, he & several Soldiers had been brought from thence to Savanah by a Warrant from Mr. Grover to answer the Complaint of the said McKeithen & Willson, and on his attending the Chief Justice he demanded Bail of him with 2 Sureties to swear themselves worth £2000 Sterling Clear of Debt. This my Lords was £2000 each, tho’ I observe it is not so clearly expressed in the Minutes. That sometime afterwards the Chief Justice told Swetenham that the Parties had left the affair to him to make up, and gave Swetenham the following Proposal in his, Grovers, own hand writing, Vizt: “That “all the Soldiers against whom warrants had been granted, shall “be exchanged, & the same Number from Savanah sent to replace “them, and shall not return to Frederica for 3 years, this to be “stipulated by Captains Demeré & Goldsmith. The Prisoners to “remain in Goal till the exchange is made. That Swetenham shall “acknowledge his misbehaviour & sign a proper Acknowledgement. “That Swetenham & the Soldiers shall continue on their recognizances, not to be prosecuted, unless any of the Parties shall “be guilty of future Misbehaviour, or any of the Stipulations broken. That Swetenham shall on his Acknowledgement of his Misbehaviour give McKeithen a weapon of the same kind that he used “on McKeithen (this tis said was a stick) to be used at McKeithens “Pleasure, and that Swetenham shall pay McKeithen all Expences.”

On which Mr. Swetenham (who is a Lieutenant in the Army) told him it was Impossible for him to Comply with those Terms, that he might as well give up his Commission, but that he could procure one Person to swear himself worth £1000 Sterling and desired Grover to accept of him for Bail, who then said he would take him & another, which other should not be obliged to swear, and gave him time to procure the said Bail.

Notwithstanding which the said Swetenham was very soon after, and within the time allowed him to procure Bail, taken into Custody by the Provost Marshall on a Warrant from the Chief Justice ordering him to be kept in close Imprisonment, untill he should be discharged by due Course of Law, and the next day the 26th of June the said Swetenham compromised & made up the matter with McKeithen & Willson, as he understood for the Soldiers as well as himself, and then applied to Mr. Grover to discharge the Soldiers, and at the same time offered Bail for them to appear and answer the complaint of McKeithen etc. if required, which the said Chief Justice refused, & declared they should be kept in Prison till the Terms abovementioned were complied with by the Captains Demeré & Goldsmith and then again repeated them as before.

Thus the matter rested till the 11th of July when Swetenham applied again to the Chief Justice for their discharge, and received the same answer as before. Notwithstanding the abuse given by the soldiers (if any) was understood by all Parties to be made up & satisfied by the Terms agreed on the 26th of June which is supported by the depositions of Mesrs. Roche & Simpson, as well as by the discharge in writing given Swetenham, on which the Soldiers finding they could get no relief Petitioned as above. On Reading their Petition the Clerk of the Crown was sent for & directed to attend with the depositions that had been taken on the above Complaint, but the Chief Justice refused to send them alledging he kept them for his own Justification etc. He was then ordered to attend with them himself, which he accordingly did, & left them with the Clerk of the Council. On fully hearing and Examining into the whole affair, the Council were unanimously of Opinion that a Noli Prosequi⁷⁹ should be granted to the Petitioners, and which was immediately done.

This is the material substance of the Proceedings on the Representation of Leonard & others as appeared on Oath, & is enter’d in the Minutes of the Governor & Council on the 13 of July 1761, and from which I Conceive the Chief Justices Conduct appears to have been very illegal, arbitrary & Oppressive, in demanding Bail of Mr. Swetenham with 2 Sureties to swear themselves Worth £2000, Sterling clear of debt, which is the case of such an assault etc. as this appears to have been, in effect amounted to a denyal of Bail, a Grievance to the Party, & an offence against the Liberty of the Subject. Also in detaining the soldiers in Prison, & depriving them of their Liberty from the 23rd of June to the 13 of July, 21 days, tho’ Bail was offered for their Appearance, and this even after the matter was Compromised between the Parties. But he refused Bail, & declared they should lye in gaol, till the arbitrary & unjustifyable Terms aforementioned which he demanded, were complied with, and which it was not Possible for either the Soldiers or their Officers to comply with. His behaviour was unbecoming the character & dignity of his Office, inasmuch as after he had allowed Swetenham a time to procure Bail, he immediately issued a Warrant against him ordering him to be kept in close Confinement a thing never done but in Capital or very extraordinary Cases. Also the Terms proposed by him in his own Hand writing to Mr. Swetenham (a Lieutenant in the army) were unbecoming the Station of a Chief Justice of a Province.

Neglect of duty in not reporting to me the Proceedings of the Court of Sessions with respect to Judgments Sentences or Fines set on any Person for offences or misdemeanours, that I might know what was done by the Court, and consider whether any Person proceded against might be a fit object of His Majesties Clemency and extend the same agreeable to His Majesties beneficent intention, & the Powers vested in me for that Purpose, no Report was ever made to me after December Sessions 1760.

Neglect of duty in not attending the Special Court of Oyer & Terminer held the 14th of April 1762. On a special Commission issued with the advice of His Majesties Council in Consequence of an address to me from the assembly for the Tryal of two vagabond Spaniards who had murdered a whole Family at or near Darien, Vizt, one Mackay & his Wife & 2 Negroes. The Chief Justice was very well and abroad the day before, and also the day after. This from many Circumstances appeared to me to have proceeded from a very bad improper and contumacious spirit and disposition.

Neglect of duty contempt & misbehaviour in not taking due Notice of, or shewing any regard to the order of the Governor in Council of the 27th of May 1762, Relative to one Pyles’s giving security for his good behaviour etc. but on the contrary declaring to the Attorney General (as he the Attorney General affirmed in Council) and to others, that he would discharge the said Pyles at the Court of Sessions to be held on the 8th of June. At which time the Attorney General agreeable to my order & a Minute of Council of the 7th of June moved the said Chief Justice then in Court, to know what had been done with Pyles in Obedience to the above order of the Governor in Council of the 27 of May. Finding that no one step whatever had been taken by the Chief Justice relative thereto, but that the said Pyles was in Custody of the Provost Marshall on Civil Process for debt, he then Moved that the said Pyles might be obliged to find Security for his good behaviour, & to appear at the next Court of Sessions, or that in default thereof he might be committed four days after which & not before the said Chief Justice Issued the Warrant of Committment, a Copy whereof is here inclosed.

From which Conduct appears a very great unwillingness to do his duty, and a disposition to thwart & oppose the Measures that were by me & the Council thought Expedient for His Majesties Service & the Safety of this Province (having positively declared that he would discharge Pyles) and which Warrant is of an unusual & extraordinary nature, Contains a false assertion as to my Command & shews very plainly the Malevolency of the Man.

I must here mention to your Lordships that Pyles is one of the New Hanover People or Settlers, and who had carried on a Provision Trade with the Spaniards at St. Augustine, and was certainly a very dangerous Person, his connection with them will more clearly appear from the Minutes of Council of the 27th of May last, which your lordships will receive by this Conveyance, and from the inclosed Copy of a letter from the Governor of St. Augustine to him, Mark’t A, which was intercepted by Captain Demeré, then Commanding Officer at Frederica, & sent down to me. In Obedience to His Majesties 93rd Instruction and his Orders signified to me by Lord Egremont with the declaration of war, I judged it expedient that Pyles should find security for his good Behaviour.

In the Case of Tuke my Lords there seems to be the strongest Tincture of Partiality throughout from first to last, and the suffering a new matter to be set up & proved at the Tryal, which was foreign to the Action, & not made a Part of the Plaintiffs Case by the declaration & proceedings, I humbly Conceive was illegal. I shall not presume to say whether it proceeded from mere error & mistake or otherwise, but only to mention that there was a very great intimacy between Mr. Grover & Wood & Rivers, and that the moment Rivers’s Tryal was over Mr. Grover left the Court, and did not go near it again, tho’ it sat the next day, and have barely transmitted the Case to your Lordships, to whose Superior judgment the whole matter is Submitted.

With Respect to orders & references from the Governor in Council to the Chief Justices, I must observe to your Lordships That it is very usual, and the Common Practice for the Chief Justices in the Colonies to sign warrants & take Conusance as a Magistrate, of Misdemeanours & Offences, and to Commit or bind the Parties over as the Case may require. This I know was constantly done by four Chief Justices in South Carolina During 21 years that I acted as Attorney General of that Province. In short my Lords this Man’s Conduct in every respect is exceptionable & I think bad, and there are many other Matters of gross Partiality & Misbehaviour in Office besides these mentioned. And he has never once shewed the least respect, or even decency by meeting at the Council Chamber as is usual on the Kings Birthday etc. nor did he so much as attend on proclaiming his present Majesty, tho’ in perfect health. Your Lordships will see I have not been hasty in taking up this matter. I was hopefull Mr. Grover might have seen his error & alter’d his behaviour, and it was rather with reluctance that I found myself under an absolute Necessity of taking notice of him. But my duty and Reputation would not suffer me to delay it any longer, and hope your Lordships will not impute my Tenderness to a Fault.

I shall not trouble your Lordships with a longer detail of this man’s general Misconduct, and altho’ I could furnish many more Particulars that were not before the Council, I shall only mention one or two, for which be pleased to see the Paper Mark’t B, which with other matters may easily be more Authentically transmitted if necessary. And I do very clearly agree in opinion with the Council, that he is unworthy, and not fit to be continued in the Office of Chief Justice, and that it will be greatly for the Honor & Service of the Province that he be removed. I have done what I thought to be an honest discharge of my duty to His Majesty and the Province, as well as to my own Character, and have not exaggerated or aggravated that matter against him. There are many things and Circumstances that it’s next to Impossible to Represent on such an occasion, and which tho’ consistent with ones own knowledge and striking to those on the spot, yet might not be so Proper to take Notice of, but if your Lordships would be Pleased to make any inquiry of Mr. Knox, I’m certain he can give an account of many instances of Misbehaviour etc. etc. in Mr. Grover. I shall not suppose my Lords that this man will be reinstated & return hither, sure I am if it should prove so, the whole Province will be in a Flame, for I can pronounce with the greatest Truth, that there is not 5 Men of any sort of Character that don’t think it a happiness that he is like to be out of the Province. I can’t help mentioning my Lords the great Contrast between Mr. Grover & Mr. Clifton, the Attorney General’s, Conduct. The latter is diligent in his Office and attentive to a proper discharge of his duty, assisting constantly in Council, and in all matters of Government that comes within his department, either as one of the Council or Attorney General, a well disposed man, and one who I really think very deserving.

I wrote your Lordships Twice lately relative to the Lot Money amounting to £663.12.7-1/2 and if it might be applied towards Building a Church and Court House it would be very pleasing to the Province.

P.S. 10th December. On the 17 of November the Inclosed Libel was published, which the Council & assembly thought it necessary to take Notice of, and appointed a Committee of both Houses for that Purpose, but were not able to fix it sufficiently, as your Lordships will see by the Copy of their Address now sent. Altho’ the matter could not be fully proved to them, yet it is the general received Opinion that it came from Mr. G_______r & his 2 or 3 adherents, and it seems to be a True Emblem of his inside.

The judgment paper of Wood and Sheftal vs. Samuel Pyles, June 11, 1761, Savannah, read May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 57, enclosed with Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.

The Case of Wood & Sheftal against Ephraim Alexander, Samuel Pyles, and Joseph Pruniere.

On the 28th of August 1759, Wood & Sheftal Petitioned for a writ of attachment against the Goods & Chattels of Ephraim Alexander, for the Ballance of an Account due to them, and an attachment was accordingly Issued tested the 5th of June 1759 & returnable the 1st Tuesday in September following, a Copy of which was served on Samuel Pyles, who on the 17th of April 1760, Appeared & Acknowledged that he was indebted to the said Alexander in £77.8.11 & upwards, which sume Pyles was ordered to Pay over to the Plaintiffs Wood & Sheftal. And nothing further was done till the 20th of November 1760, when the Plaintiff Wood swore to a Balance of £77.8.11 Sterling due to himself & Sheftal, and then & not before the Plaintiffs gave Bond to prosecute their Suit, and filed their declaration.

On the 12 of March 1761 an affidavit was made that on or about the 5th of December Pyles was served with the above order of Court to pay the money acknowledged by him to be due to Alexander, over unto the Plaintiffs Wood & Sheftal, and that he had not paid the same on which the Court ordered an Attachment of Contempt to Issue against Pyles for not Paying the money.

NB The Attachment Law on which the above writ & Proceedings were Founded, Expired on the fourth of June 1760, and a new attachment Law whereby Lands were subjected as well as goods & Chattels was Passed on the 21 of June 1761 & not before.

And on the 11th of June 1761, Joseph Pruniere Petitioned the Chief Justice for a Writ of Attachment against the Effects & Estate Real and Personal of the said Pyles under the new Attachment Law, and Swore to a debt of £420.7.4 Sterling due on Bond, and also £152.5.6 Sterling for goods sold etc. which Attachment the Chief Justice ordered to Issue, and was accordingly done.

And on the Said 11th of June 1761, the Chief Justice made an ex parte order at his Chambers out of Court for Judgment against Pyles at the Suit of Wood & Sheftal for the Sume aforesaid Acknowledged to be due from him to Alexander, and the same day a Judgment was drawn up reciting all the Proceedings, which Mr. Pryce the Clerk of the Court was ordered by the Chief Justice at his Chambers to Sign, but he declined signing it as irregular, and then the said Chief Justice signed it himself, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed. And an Execution was granted & delivered to the Provost Marshall the same day, and a House & Lot of Land seized by Virtue thereof the next day, as appears by the Provost Marshalls Indorsement thereon. And all this tho’ the Attachment Law on which the writ was founded had Expired, and no Provision made by the new Law for reviving or continuing Suits commenced & depending under the former Law, and before any damages Legally assessed for the Plaintiffs against Alexander the Original defendant.

And on the 12 of June Pruniere applied by his attorney to the Chief Justice to have the said Judgment and Proceedings against Pyles Set aside for irregularity, and an order was made by the Chief Justice for the Plaintiffs Wood & Sheftal to attend at his House the next day to shew Cause why the said Judgment should not be set aside for irregularity. At which time Mr. Watson the Attorney for Pruniere gave the following Reasons to the Chief Justice for setting aside the Judgment & Execution. Vizt. 1st. That the Proceedings in behalf of Wood & Sheftal were had under an act which is since expired, & whereon no Judgment was obtained, or further Proceedings had, than barely Issuing the Writ of Attachment, filing the declaration, and Obtaining an attachment against Pyles for a Contempt in not complying with the order of Court made as aforesaid and that nothing more being done when the first act expired, the Suit abated, and the former Proceedings against Pyles and Alexander dyed, or drop’t with the Act, when it expired, unless barely for the Contempt. 2nd. And if so, then there is no Law in being, nor anything whereon to ground or Warrant the Judgment & Execution now obtained, and Issued against Pyles’s Estate Real & Personal.

3d, No Execution can vary from the Original Action, therefore if the Proceedings could stand under the former Expired Law, yet that only gave a remedy against the Goods & Chattels of absent debtors, and the Judgment enter’d up in this Case, and Signed by the Chief Justice, and the Execution Issued is as well against the Lands and Tenements as the Goods & Chattels, and therefore Irregular and not Warranted by Law.

4th. If the Proceedings under the former act could Survive & be Supported, yet no man can make use of two remedies at the same time, for the Same thing, as is plainly done in this Case, an Attachment of Contempt for not Paying the money, & an Execution to levy it, being both out & Existing at the same time.

5th. The Execution in this Cause Expresses to be for a Sume of money Recovered in our Court, before our Justices, whereas the Attachment (whereon the Judgment is obtained, and Execution Issued, are said to be grounded) was for a debt on Simple Contract, an Account sworn to & filed, yet no writ of inquiry has ever been Executed in the Cause to ascertain the Real damages or Sume due to the Plaintiffs, & to Support the Judgment, and authorise the Execution, so that in the most Extensive Sense, the aforesaid Judgment can only be said Interlocutory, and the Sume of money ordered to be levied by the Execution is merely Suppositious, and as such illegal, oppressive & in itself void.

6th. That the Judgment was moved for & obtained out of Court, which was irregular & Clandestine, and a Proceeding in itself sufficient to set aside every subsequent Act. These were the arguments urged & Reasons given by Prunieres Attorney for setting aside the Proceedings, and yet after several hearings on different days the Chief Justice at length Confirmed the Proceedings & Established the Judgment and Execution against Pyles.

On the 19th of March 1762 & not before an interlocutory Judgment was ordered & Signed for Wood & Sheftal against Alexander the Original defendent That a writ of inquiry might be Executed at April Court 1762 in order to Settle the true debt or damages due by Alexander to them, but no writ of inquiry has as yet been executed. Notwithstanding Judgment & Execution was had a year & half ago against Pyles as aforesaid. NB all these matters are Fact, the Records in the Clerks Office I have Seen & Examined myself, and I have Mr. Watsons Brief by me containing the Reasons offered as aforesaid and which were given in writing, and Mr. Pryce the Clerk of the Court, declares the whole to be Fact & Truth.

The Attachment Act declares that Writs of Attachment shall Issue against the goods etc. of absent debtors, and that goods etc. being the Property of such absent debtor, in the Possession or Power of any Person, may be attached, and that attaching Part in the Name of the whole, shall make the whole Subject & lyable to any Judgment that shall be Recovered by Virtue of Such writ of Attachment. And that the Person Possessed of such goods etc. shall be Summoned to Appear at the return to shew Cause why the goods etc. attached should not be adjudged to belong to the absent debtor, and the Person is to appear Accordingly. If the Person neglects to appear, or does appear & refuses to discover upon oath what goods etc. he has belonging to the absent debtor, then such Person shall be Condemned for default of appearing, or discovering as the Case shall happen, and Judgment shall be given against his Proper goods & Chattels etc. The Plaintiffs debt or damage being first legally Proved, in like manner as in other Cases where Judgment is given by default. And if the Person appearing & discovering what goods etc. he has belonging to the absent debtor, shall refuse or Neglect to Pay or deliver the Same, over to the order of the Court, then Judgment shall be given against him so refusing or Neglecting, and Execution shall accordingly be awarded against his own Proper goods etc. These are the Words of the Law, but certainly no Execution could, or ought to Issue, untill the Plaintiffs debt or damages be first legally Proved, as directed just before in the very Same Clause, and also in the next following Clause.

And on this Law, and the Case as Stated, I should suppose that the Proceedings on the 1st act abated & were discontinued by the Expiration of the Law on which they were Founded, and the 2d or new Law Enacts That from & after the Passing of that act. Persons who shall not do as thereby required, shall be Lyable as thereby Enacted, Consequently could not Extend to Cases or matters done & transacted before the Law Passed, which only gives remedies in Cases etc. happening, or that may be done Subsequent, to the Law, & not Prior, and they ought to have Proceeded de novo under the new Act.

2nd. Proceeding against the Party on the Contempt (which is still depending to this very day, and the Man now actually in Custody on it) and Obtaining a Judgment & Execution against him at the Same time, it is conceived was improper, and illegal, as Punishing a Man two ways at once, or twice for the same offence.

3d. As the Clerk here signs all Judgments, I conceive it was Irregular for the Chief Justice to sign the Judgment in this Case, being the only instance of his ever signing one. The whole Transaction appears to have been out of Court, & ex parte, which ought to have been in Court.

4th. It is Presumed that no Execution ought to have Issued against Pyles untill the Plaintiffs had first ascertained their debt against the Original Defendent Alexander, by Executing a Writ of inquiry, and that the Writ being only to Attach the Personal Estate, the Judgment & Execution could not Legally be against both the Real & Personal Estate as they are.

But the Fact & Truth is, that there was a very Extraordinary intimacy and connection between Mr. Grover & the Plaintiff Wood, and it is Probable that all these irregular & Extraordinary Proceedings were to favour Wood, & prevent the operation & effect of the attachment Issued for Pruniere, all which is humbly submitted. This is a Case that was not before the Council, but being one that Appears on Record, and on which an application of Complaint was prepared to be made to me, I have therefore stated it, altho’ the Party stop’t the Complaint, and it never came before me in a Public way, but is one of several that have come to my knowledge.

Another flagrant instance of attempting to prevent Justice, and basely departing from the honor & dignity of his office, was in the Case of a negro, the point being whether he was a Slave or Free, Vizt. one John Kenedy purchased a Negro and gave a Valuable Consideration for him. John Kenedy dyed & administration of his Effects was granted to Daniel Kenedy. The Fellow afterwards pretended to be free, and applied to the Chief Justice, who Appointed a Guardian to the Negro, in order to commence an action to try whether he was a Slave or not, agreeable to the negro Law of this Province, and the Chief Justice told the negro he would make him free, and sent for Mr. Burrington who was Kennedys Attorney and told him that the Negro was Free, and that he Burrington knew him to be so, and wanted to prevail on Burrington to advise his Client to set him Free, but Burrington told him he Could not do it, being clearly of Opinion that the Negro was a Slave, upon which the Chief Justice again said he was free, and should be so, and that at the next Court he would make him so.

That soon after Kennedy the Person who claimed the Negro, came to Savanah, and the Chief Justice sent for him, and made the Man drunk, and told him the Negro was free, and that he would make him so, and advised him to Consent to his Freedom, which Kennedy not being willing to do, Grover offered him ten Pounds Sterling to free the Negro, but Kennedy refused it, and said he would be advised by his Lawyer. On the 13 of October 1761 there was a Tryal by a Special Jury, when they by their Verdict found the Negro to be a Slave & not free. This Matter was also Notorious.

A judgment against Samuel Pyles, June 11, 1761, Savannah, signed by W. Grover, Chief Justice, enclosed with Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.

By Virtue of the said Writ of Attachment against the said Ephraim Alexander a certain sume of money due & owing from Samuel Pyles of Frederica in the Province aforesaid Storekeeper to the said Ephraim Alexander was attached in the hands of the said Samuel Pyles, and the said Samuel Pyles was Summoned to appear before the Justices of the General Court at Savanah on the first Tuesday in September in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & fifty Nine, to shew Cause why the said money should not be adjudged to belong to the said Ephraim by serving the said Samuel Pyles with a True Copy of the said writ, with a notice thereon Indorsed requiring him to appear & shew cause as aforesaid.

And whereas the said Samuel Pyles did appear before the Justices of the said Court and did allow & acknowledge that he had of the Monies of the said Ephraim in his hands to the amount of Seventy Seven Pounds eight Shillings & Eleven pence money of Great Britain and whereas the said Samuel Pyles was ordered by the Justices of the said Court to pay over & deliver to the said Joseph Wood and Mordecai Sheftal the same sume of Seventy Seven Pounds eight Shillings & Eleven pence Sterling Pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly of the said Province in such Case made, the said Joseph Wood & Mordecai Sheftal first giving security as by the said act was required.

And whereas the said Joseph Wood & Mordecai Sheftal did give security as by the said Act was required, and the said Samuel Pyles was duly served with a copy of the said Order of Court. But the said Samuel Pyles hath refused or neglected, and doth yet refuse or neglect to pay over the said Money to the said Joseph Wood & Mordecai Sheftal in Obedience to the said order, whereby & by Virtue of a certain Act of the General Assembly of the said Province in such Case made, the said Samuel Pyles is become lyable to pay & satisfy to the said Joseph Wood & Mordecai Sheftal the said Sume of Seventy Seven Pounds eight shillings & Eleven pence Sterling so acknowledged by him as aforesaid to be in his hands of the Monies of the said Ephraim out of his own proper Monies Goods Chattels & Effects, and Lands & Tenements & Real Estate of the said Samuel Pyles stand also Chargeable therewith. Therefore it is Considered.

Copy of a letter from the Governor of St. Augustine to Samuel Pyles, March 1, 1762, Frederica, read May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 58, authorizing Pyles to transmit provisions and supplies to the Spanish in Florida. Enclosed A in Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.

Extract of a transmittal letter from Captain Demeré dated at Frederica the 1st of March 1762.

Sir

Some days ago Samuel Pyles received a letter from the new Governor of St. Augustine, & he sent it to me in order to get it translated into English, to know the meaning of it, before he should Sail for that Place, and desiring me to send him back the Governors letter with its Translation, which I refused, and have kept the Governors letter, and he is gone without either. His Cargo consists of Sixty large Hoggs, Corn & Pease, & a vast deal of other Trumpery.

Signed Raymond Demeré and directed to me as Governor of Georgia.

James Wright

NB His Majesties declaration of War against Spain did not come to my Hands till the 24th of May 1762.

The Contents of the Governor of St. Augustines letter is thus.

Sir

Having the Charge of this Government by the death of Don Lucas de Palacio late Governor of this Place. I herewith give you Notice of it, and to Proceed to this Place, with the Provisions and other Utensils, which are wanted for the Maintenance of this Government, at the Same time I shall acquaint you, that the two hundred Head of Cows and Steers that you have Negotiated, must be ordered on their March hither, and to procure as many more as you can, to Come with great care, & let us want no fresh Meat, and in so doing, I shall have the greatest Attention, and take Pleasure in serving you.

Signed Alonso de Cardones & directed to Mr. Samuel Pyles

Copy of affidavit of Capt. Thomas Goldsmith, Nov. 22, 1762, Charleston, read May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 59, respecting the confinement of several soldiers by Chief Justice Grover’s order, enclosed with Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.

Captain Thomas Goldsmith being duely sworn declared that he never consented to the Soldiers being sent to Gaol on Account of the Action brought against Lieutenant Swetenham by Mr. McKeithen, on the Contrary he applied to Mr. Grover to know by what Authority he had confined them Men, and desired he would release them, as it was very detrimental to His Majesties Service. Mr. Grover proposed (at the request of Mr. McKeithen) to Release them if Captain Goldsmith would keep them in the Town of Savanah, and send other men to Frederica to do duty, but that was what he could not Consent to, and was afterwards obliged to Apply to the Governor by Petition to have the Soldiers set at Liberty, in order to do duty at Frederica.

Signed Thomas Goldsmith

So. Carolina Charles Town

Sworn before me 22nd of November 1762.

John Hume J.P., Berkley County

Copied from the original             

James Wright.         

Mr. Knox was present when this affair was before me in Council and must recollect how the matter appeared in every respect.

Poem entitled “A Libel,” Savannah, received May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 60, enclosed with Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.

H. K.[?]

*The God of Lawyers and of Thieves

Address of the House of Assembly to the Governor, Dec. 10, 1762, Savannah, read May 3, 1762, C.O. 5/648, E. 61, desiring him to offer a reward for the discovery of the author of “A Libel,” enclosed with Wright to the board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.⁸⁰

Minutes of a Council held Sept. 21, 1762, Savannah, read May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 62, respecting Mr. Grover’s conduct enclosed with Wright to the Board of Trade, Nov. 8, 1762.⁸¹

James Wright to the Board of Trade, Feb. 22, 1763, Savannah, read May 3, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 63, giving an account of the flourishing state of the province and other affairs of government.

My Lords

I wrote to your Lordships on the 1st of October last, and sent a duplicate, I also had the Honor of writing to your lordships on the 8th of November, which lay for want of Opportunity till the 10th of December, in this letter of which I also sent a duplicate is contained my reasons for Suspending Mr. Grover from the Office of Chief Justice of this Province, and have not the least doubt but your Lordships will be Pleased to Approve of my Conduct therein, and Represent the same to His Majesty Accordingly. At the same time I forwarded to your lordships a Box with the duplicates of the Laws Passed the 4th of March last, and several Copys of the Journals & Minutes, which I hope will get safe.

The affairs of the Province my Lords are at Present all quiet & easy. I have lately had a Visit from many of the Creek Indians, amongst whom was one Called the Gun Merchant, a Man of by far the greatest interest & influence of any Indian in the Nation, and who has not been either at Charles Town or Savanah for a great Many years past. He was coming down to Augusta in the year 1755 to meet Governor Reynolds, but was disgusted & returned back without seeing Mr. Reynolds. With this Man & Some others I had several Private Conversations & gave them also a Publick Talk, I see no Appearance of any Uneasiness amongst them, unless it is Occasioned by the Province of South Carolina having given the Cherokees a Trade on a Cheaper footing Since the war than they had before, which Such of the Creeks as are in the French interest, & I suppose set on by the French, Say is a Consequence of the war with the White People, and that if they (the Creeks) were to make war against us, they would get their Goods on better Terms too. Unless any uneasiness should Proceed from this Motive, I am not Apprehensive of any from them.

The Province in general my Lords is in a very thriving Condition, our Trade considerably encreased, and our Produce this year will be one third more, if not double what it was in the year 1760 when I came to the Government, and whenever His Majesty shall be graciously Pleased to extend my Authority & Jurisdiction, I doubt not but we shall soon have a great Number of Inhabitants, the only thing now wanting to make this in a few years a Province of as much Consequence to Great Britain as some others in our Neighbourhood. The Climate & Soil is at least equal, the Spirit of Industry very Great, and the People beginning to have Property & Foundation Sufficient to Enable them to make Considerable Progress.

I formerly mentioned to your Lordships Messrs. James Read, Lewis Johnson & John Graham as proper Persons to fill the Vacant Seats in Council, and now think their Places in the assembly may be filled when your Lordships shall be Pleased to approve of them as Members of the Council. I have long hoped for a return of the Quitrent Bill and your Lordships directions thereon, but have not yet received them.

Memorial of William Knox to the Board of Trade on behalf of Joseph Ottolenghe, read May 3, 1763, London, C.O. 5/648, E. 64, asking a gratuity for his past and present services as Superintendent of the Silk Culture in Georgia.

Humbly Sheweth

That your Memorialist having been informed by Governor Wright, that your Lordships have directed His Excellency to put a Person under your Memorialist to be by him Instructed in the Art of the Silk Manufacture, and that your Lordships are further pleased to say in your Letter to the said Governor Wright, that your Memorialist ought to Instruct such Person because of the generous Rewards heretofore bestowed on him. Your Memorialist therefore humbly apprehends it consistent with his Duty to your Lordships to lay before you a just state of his Services as Superintendant of the Silk Culture in Georgia, and of the Rewards which have hitherto been conferd on him.

For this purpose your Memorialist thinks it proper to recur to the time of the late Honourable Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia under whose authority the Culture of Silk was first attempted in that Province. The Person first employd by the said Trustees was Mrs. Camuse who continued to superintend the said Culture for the term of Six years for each of the two first of which she was allowed the sum of Sixty pounds and for each of the Four last One hundred pounds, besides the Rent of a dwelling House in the Town of Savannah. That in none of these years were there more Cocoons brought to the Filature that were sufficient to occupy One Bason & one Reel.

That Mr. Pickering Robinson, who had been sent to France at the expence of the said Trustees in order to get some knowledge of the Silk Culture was then sent over to Georgia to Superintend the said Culture at the time of whose going over the said Trustees were pleased to order a Tract of Land to be allotted him in the neighbourhood of Savannah, which Tract he has since sold for £1300, and assigned him a Sallary of One hundred pounds together with an allowance of Twenty five pounds for a Clerk. That shortly after Mr. Robinson arrived in Georgia he declared to the then President and Council, that he was not sufficiently accquainted with the Silk business to undertake the management of it and therefore desired the said President and Council to apply to your Memorialist to assist him therein.

That your Memorialist was accordingly desired by the President and Council to manage the said Culture, and for two years did conduct it, without any agreement for Salary, and that as Mr. Robinson had during that term the Title of Superintendant the Trustee allowed your memorialist only the sum of Fifty pounds for each of those years, but when the Colony came under the Inspection of your Lordships Board, it having been represented to their Lordships that your Memorialist had realy performed the Service Mr. Robinson was appointed to, their Lordships were pleased to order your memorialist the sum of One hundred pounds in consideration of his services in the two preceding years which made up his Salary One hundred pounds for each.

That your Memorialist has ever since continued to Superintend the said Culture and has the satisfaction of seeing it thrive under his management insomuch that there have been last Season brought to the Filature a sufficient quantity of Cocoons to employ Ten Basons and Ten Reels. That notwithstanding the increase of his labour consequent to so great an increase of the culture, your Memorialist has taken upon himself the additional burden of raising Seed for each successive year which business was, in the times of Mrs. Camuse & Mr. Robinson managed by other Persons to whom a gratuity was annualy paid on that account.

That your Memorialist has never had any augmentation of his stipend of One hundred pounds since he has been Superintendant of the Silk Culture. He has had no House provided for him, nor has he had any Salary for a Clerk as was granted to his Predecessors, neither has he ever made any charge for raising Seed.

Your Memorialist therefore submits it to your Lordships equitable & humane consideration, whether as his labour has been so much greater than that of either of his Predecessors and his allowances considerably smaller that he ought to be required without any compensation to communicate to another Person all that knowledge of the Silk Culture, which his study and experience has furnished him with, and thereby put it in the power of such Person to undermine your Memorialist in his employment, at a time of Life when it is too late to apply himself to another Profession and when his constitution is so much decay’d as to be unable to support Fatigues and anxieties.

Your Memorialist therefore humbly hopes your Lordships will be pleased to order him a gratuity in consideration of his Instructing all such persons as the Governor of Georgia shall think proper to put under him for that purpose and that your Lordships will be pleased to intercede with His Majesty that he may be appointed by His Majestys Royal Warrant Superintendant of the Silk Culture in Georgia with a Salary thereunto adequate to the labour now incident to that employment.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, April 20, 1763, Savannah, received June 27, read July 6, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 66, acquainting the Board that he had received information that South Carolina had resolved to grant all the land south of the Altamaha River.

My Lords

A Matter which I conceive to be a very Extraordinary Procedure of the Governor of South Carolina, is the Occasion of my troubling your Lordships at this time. I was informed that Mr. Boone⁸² had come to a Resolution to give Grants for all the Lands to the Southward of the River Alatamaha, towards St. Augustine without Limits. And altho my Lords I received this Account in such a manner as to Admit of little or no doubt of the truth of it, yet as Mr. Boone had not thought Proper to take any the least Notice of it to me, and Considering His Majesties Commands Signified to the Governors of Georgia and Carolina on the 10th June 1758 relative to these very Lands,⁸³ and for a Number of other Obvious Reasons, I could not think it Possible for Mr. Boone to take such a Step, and therefore desired Mr. Grey Elliott one of His Majesties Council for this Province to go to Charles Town to Mr. Boone on the Occasion, and in case it should prove true; I furnished him with a Protest and Caveat to enter against their Proceedings, a Copy whereof your Lordships have here inclosed. And on Mr. Elliotts return, it appeared that such a resolution was come to, and that on Tuesday the 5th instant Warrants were actually Issued for upwards of 343,000 Acres of Land to several Persons Inhabitants of So. Carolina in the whole not exceeding the number of 200 Persons.

The reception my Protest & Caveat met with from Governor Boone will appear to your Lordships from Mr. Elliotts attestation underneath it, and he could not get Copy’s of the several Orders for Warrants, by which the Particular quantities of Land and Persons Names would appear, but if the Officers from whom these are to be had are not forbid to give them, (as the Secretary was to receive the Protest) I shall very speedily Transmit an exact Account to your Lordships. But Mr. Elliott came to the knowledge of part, Vizt. that 35,000 Acres of Land was ordered to 4 Persons, 16,000 Acres to one Howarth on Account of the Estate of James Michie deceased, 8000 to Mr. Thomas Smith Senior, 7500 Acres to Stephen Bull, and 3500 Acres to Mr. James Parsons, and that several other very large Tracts had been ordered for other Persons.

Your Lordships will very well Remember the frequent application from this Province for an extention of our South Boundary, a thing my Lords absolutely necessary for making this Colony Opulent and considerable, and your Lordships also well Remember the reasons that I conceive prevented it’s being done, and which now by the happy Peace do not subsist. And my Lords when I was in daily expectation of receiving such Orders from His Majesty as would Effectually make the Province considerable, and put it in a Condition of being usefull to the Mother Country, to receive almost it’s death wound or destruction by (what with great submission I conceive to be) an Extraordinary Stretch of Power by the Governor of Carolina, has occasioned a General discontent and dejection amongst the People. The Pretence my Lords for this Measure is the Charter to the Proprietors of Carolina, which extends to the Latitude of 29 inclusive, and which my Lords takes in St. Augustine, Pensacola, and Mobile, and therefore Mr. Boone may just as well pretend a right to Grant those Places, as any Spot of Land to the Southward of the River Alatamaha. Indeed the Persons who have Warrants may Actually run out St. Augustine, for Mr. Elliott who saw and read some of the Warrants says they are in General Words without Limitation or restriction, but to take up and survey Lands to the Southward of the River Alatamaha, and it is humbly conceived that this Charter being Purchased by the Crown from the Lords Proprietors could no longer continue to Operate with respect to His Majesty, and who alone from the time of that Purchase had and still has the right of declaring what shall, or shall not be his Province of Carolina, without any regard to the Limits mentioned in the Charter to the Proprietors.⁸⁴

I say my Lords this Procedure has struck a General damp and dispirited the whole Province. I have called this my Lords the death wound or destruction of the Province, for an Extention of Limits to the Southward if the Lands were properly parcelled out and Granted to People who would really Cultivate and improve them, would draw some thousand Inhabitants here. Whereas by this Step taken in Carolina, great Part of the Lands my Lords are ordered in very large Tracts to some wealthy Settlers in Carolina, who Probably will never see it themselves, and some of whom it’s said have already more Lands in that Province, than they can Cultivate or improve. This My Lords is pretty well known on this side of the Water, and who having a great number of Slaves, claim what they call their Family Right, that is 50 Acres of Land for each Slave, altho’ it’s highly Probable that their Ancestors have already had Lands for those very Slaves, And it is well understood here that many of those Persons, Especially those who have the largest Tracts, have no intention to remove there or Settle them, but Probably some years hence when it begins to be valuable will Sell it, and in the mean time those vast Tracts of Land, are to lye waste and Unimproved, as very great Bodys yet do in Carolina and if they should do any thing at all with these Lands, it is expected it will only be by sending an overseer and a few Negroes just to make a trifling Settlement seemingly to comply with the terms of the Grant, or by way of taking Possession.

What I mention here My Lords is not barely Imaginary, but proceeds from a number of instances of the like kind in Carolina, and Facts which are well known to every body in these Parts, and what my Lords it is pretty certain will be the Consequence of these Proceedings in Carolina if they are suffered to take Effect.⁸⁵ I Speak with respect to the large Tracts, for Possibly some of those who have small Tracts may remove and settle them. Your Lordships will be pleased to observe that no less than 35,000 Acres is Ordered to 4 Persons, so that your Lordships see that if this Procedure is not set aside by his Majesty, it will be the ruin of this Province, for my Lords 35,000 Acres of Land at 400 Acres to each Family, would Accomodate 87 good Substantial Settlers, who would each of them bring a Family of White People into the Province, besides Perhaps each as many, if not more Negroes than the Person in Carolina who holds 8000 Acres, and as many of the Grants to new Settlers would not exceed 200 & 250 Acres, your Lordships see it might very Probably accomadate 120 or 130 good settlers instead of being held uncultivated and waste by 4 Carolina Planters.

And my Lords this Quantity of Land was all ordered in One Day, the first Day, on about 200 Petitions, and I am Informed that the Surveyor General of Carolina, who is one of the Council has said that it is expected double that number will apply the next Land Day, or in a short time. And My Lords give me Leave to mention another Reason. Your Lordships will Remember an intention some time agoe, to remove the Seat of Government from Savannah, further South, and altho there might not be Occasion for that, whilst the Province remained confined to the River Alatamaha, yet with Submission my Lords, it may be a very proper Measure, when His Majesty shall be pleased to extend the Province, and the best Navigation, and most convenient Place in every respect for Trade and the Seat of Government is just where these great Tracts of Land are Surveying for the People of Carolina. How then my Lords is this Land to be come at? And what Town can ever be settled with advantage in this part of the World? Or supported when 343,000 Acres of Land all round is held by so few Persons, and it’s highly Probable waste and unimproved, and 35,000 Acres of it by only 4 Persons. And this as I have Observed is only the quantity already ordered, and as much more will be, very speedily Possibly by the time this Reaches your Lordships a Million of Acres may be Granted to Persons now Settled in Carolina and the greatest part of which it’s expected will continue to live there.

Your Lordships will also be pleased to consider how greatly this will affect his Majesties Service in the Settlement of this Frontier Province, and how much it must be weakened and impeded by these vast Tracts being held by such an handfull of People, who live in another Province. And this further 111 Effect it will have, for nobody will think of coming this way when they hear that the Carolinians have Ingrossed all the Lands, and how contrary My Lords does this Step seem to be to his Majesties Royal intention. And your Lordships will be pleased to Observe that those who have these very great Tracts, or any of the Persons who are to have these Lands have not one Negroe, or one Shilling Property on this Side of Savannah River.

I have had accounts my Lords of many hundred Families, I may say some thousand People, who were ready to come into this Province (Chiefly from North Carolina) as soon as it was extended, and I should be Authorised to Grant these very Lands, all which will be prevented if these Proceedings are suffered to take Effect. I must beg leave my Lords to mention another Objection against these Grants, which seems an equitable one, on the side of this Province. Mr. Elliott informs me, that one Mr. Young who has some Negroes in Carolina, and also some in Georgia, Petitioned for a Tract of Land for all his Negroes, and on his saying that part of those Negroes were in Georgia, he was refused Lands for them, and told he should only have Lands for such Negroes, as he had in Carolina, so that your Lordships see the Inhabitants of this Province are totally excluded. This my Lords seems to us here, to be very unequitable that the People of this Province who have Borne the Brunt and Fatigue of settling a new Colony and who have encounter’d and Struggled with inumerable difficulties and hardships, besides dangers from the Savages, and during the War from the Neighbouring French and Spaniards, and who by great Industry and Labour have Acquired a few Negroes, and are in a Capacity of Settling out their Children, or making other Settlements for themselves.

I say my Lords it seems to them hard & Unequitable, that they are not to have an inch of these Lands, but that the whole or most of the best, is to be swallowed Up by strangers who never contributed One farthing, or one hours Fatigue or hardship towards the Support of the Province. And for these Reasons and many more that must occur, your Lordships will see why I call it the death wound or destruction of Georgia. I have never yet my Lords Granted any Lands but to People who Actually undertook to settle and improve them forthwith, and only in moderate Quantities. For my Lords it’s the number of Inhabitants we Want here, and altho’ these Lands may be annexed to Georgia, Yet if they are Ingrossed and held by the Carolinians, in the manner I have mentioned, it will nevertheless Ruin the Province. For my Lords as I have already said altho’ some of those who have small Tracts may Probably remove there, and settle them, yet those who have large Tracts, it is pretty certain have no such intention, and never will. And your Lordships will Observe that no less than 343,000 Acres are ordered to less than 200 Persons, and which quantity alone, would Accomodate a thousand very good Families and Settlers, and such as are the Sinews, Wealth and Strength of an Infant Colony.

It might be Impertinent in me to trouble your Lordships any further on this Subject, the consequence of which your Lordships will see with so much more Perspicuity and Extension than I can. On the one hand my Lords with great deference, it seems to be a considerable Step towards the Ruin of a very flourishing Province. On the other, the advantage rather of a private Nature, and this done (it is humbly conceived) contrary to His Majesties Royal intention, and at a time when even in Charlestown it is the General Opinion, and they daily expect to hear that those Lands are annexed to this Province, all which is Submitted to your Lordships Consideration.

As His Majesties Commands relative to the Settlers on these Lands was signified in June 1758 by the Secretary of State, therefore I have now wrote to the Secretary of State to the same purpose as I have done to your Lordships, in which I hope I have not Acted Improperly as my Instructions are to correspond with the Secretary of State on all matters that come from that Office, and as I conceive their proceedings in Carolina are in some measure contrary to those Orders.

On the 7th Instant I assented to 12 Bills and An Ordinance, which I have Ordered to be Copyed and as soon as they are ready, shall transmit ‘em to your Lordships, with my Observations on them.

I have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordships that there is a very good Prospect of a fine Crop of Silk this Season. P.S. My Lords I hope Nothing has Slip’t my Pen but what is Consistent & Proper, if any thing should, I humbly entreat your Lordships will be Pleased to impute it to my Zeal for the Service of the Province I have the Honor to Preside over.

Protest and caveat of Governor Wright against the Governor of South Carolina’s surveying lands to the southward of the river Altamaha, March 30, 1763, Savannah, received June 27, read July 6, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 67, received with Wright’s April 20, 1763, letter to the Board of Trade.⁸⁶

An abstract of grants registered in Georgia from Jan. 27, 1762, to July 27, 1762, received June 27, read July 6, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 68.

Grant dated 4th December 1759

To Theobald Keifer for a town Lot & 50 acres of Land at Vernonburgh. Registered 10th February 1762

Grant dated 4th December 1759

To George Uland for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 10th February 1762

Grant dated 25th September 1760

To George Uland for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 10th February 1762

Grant dated 13th April 1761

To John Mitchell for 146 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 10th February 1762

Grant dated 2d October 1759

To Christian Lurnburgh for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 10th February 1762

Grant dated 2d February 1762

To Pickering Robinson for 1000 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 11th February 1762

Grant dated 2d February 1762

To Pickering Robinson for 500 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 11th February 1762

Grant dated 1st July 1760

To John Happacker for 50 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 4th February 1762

Grant dated 5th September 1758

To James Whitefield for 400 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 4th February 1762

Grant dated 1st July 1760

To Edmund Tannatt Esquire for 900 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 11th February 1762

Grant dated 1st July 1760

To Edmund Tannatt Esquire for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 11th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Samuel Fulton for 500 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 16th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Samuel Fulton for 400 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 16th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To John Jones for 500 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 16th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To John Jones for 500 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 16th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To John Graves for 300 acres of Land in St. Johns Parish. Registered 17th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Lewis Smith for 400 acres of Land in St. Phillip Parish. Registered 17th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To James Fisher for 250 acres of Land in St. Johns parish. Registered 17th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Burgon Bord for 400 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 17th February 1762

Grant dated 25th September 1760

To Thomas Davis for 200 acres of Land in St. Matthews Parish. Registered 17th February 1762

Grant 3d February 1762

To Thomas Morgan for 400 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 18th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Simon Frazer for 150 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 18th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Gasper Garbet for 200 acres of Land in St. Matthews Parish. Registered 18th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Martin Dasher for 200 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 19th February 1762

Grant dated 3rd February 1762

To Michael Weinkauff for 150 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 19th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Simon Rouviere for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 19th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Jonathan Fox for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 19th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Anthony Pagie for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 20th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Joseph Shubdrein for 145 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 20th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Nicholas Shubdrein for 40 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 20th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Alexander McGillivray for 100 acres of Land in Saint Georges parish. Registered 20th February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To William Gibbons for 73 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 20th February 1762

Grant dated 3rd February 1762

To William Gibbons for a Wharf Lot in Savannah No. 14. Registered 22d February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Lachlan McGillivray for a town Lot in Augusta No. 4. Registered 22d February 1762

Grant dated 4th December 1759

To [Matthias] Salfner for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 22d February 1762

Grant dated 3d December 1760

To Robert Houstoun for 100 acres of Land in Saint Phillips parish. Registered 22d February 1762

Grant dated 2d October 1759

To George Motte for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 22d February 1762

Grant dated 1st July 1760

To Baruch Norman for 150 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 22d February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To Lieutenant Robert Baillie for 500 acres of Land in St. Andrews parish. Registered 23d February 1762

Grant dated 3d February 1762

To John Lewis for 50 acres of Land in the parish of Saint Andrew. Registered 23d February 1762

Grant dated 7th July 1761

To Charles Story for 200 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 23d February 1762

Grant dated 5th September 1758

To William Sarcer for 65 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 2d March 1762

Grant dated 5th February 1760

To David Keifer for 2 Lots & 100 acres of Land at Vernonburgh. Registered 4th March 1762

Grant dated 1st May 1759

To Francis Pary for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 5th March 1762

Grant dated 4th December 1759

To Nicholas Hanner for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 6th March 1762

Grant dated 7th August 1759

To John Hanner for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 6th March 1762

Grant dated 7th July 1761

To John Hopkins for 150 acres of Land in St. George’s Parish. Registered 9th March 1762

Grant dated 13th April 1761

To George Whitefield Clerk for 500 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 15th March 1762

Grant dated 13th April 1761

To George Whitefield for 500 acres of land in Christ Church parish in trust for the Orphan House. Registered 16th March 1762

Grant dated 13th April 1761

To George Whitefield for 419 acres of Land in Christ Church parish in trust etc. Registered 16th March 1762

Grant dated 13th April 1761

To George Whitefield for 400 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 16th March 1762

Grant dated 1st July 1760

To William Grover Esquire for 125 acres of Land in St. Matthews parish. Registered 17th March 1762

Grant dated 5th June 1759

To James Gray for a town Lot in Augusta No. 17. Registered 19th March 1762

Grant dated 7th July 1761

To John Wereat for 360 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 26th March 1762

Grant dated 3d December 1760

To John McIntosh B for 500 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 27th March 1762

Grant dated 3d December 1760

To Martin Fenton for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 29th March 1762

Grant dated 4th December 1759

To David Ranstatler for a town Lot & 100 acres of Land at Vernonburgh. Registered 29th March 1762

Grant dated 3d December 1760

To Martin Fenton for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 29th March 1762

Grant dated 3d December 1760

To Martin Fenton for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 29th March 1762

Grant dated 4th December 1759

To Peter Young for a town Lot & 50 acres of Land at Vernonburgh. Registered 30th March 1762

Grant dated 3d December 1760

To David Dicks for 200 acres of Land in the parish of Saint Phillip. Registered 30th March 1762

Grant dated 7th August 1759

To Alexander Wylly for a Lot in Hardwicke No. 80. Registered 1st April 1762

Grant dated 5th February 1760

To Henry Miers for 200 acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered 5th April 1762

Grant dated 13th April 1761

To Samuel Tomlinson for 250 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 6th April 1762

Grant dated 7th July 1761

To Murdock McLeod for 150 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 6th April 1762

Grant dated 2d October 1759

To George Noble for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 6th April 1762

Grant dated 2d October 1759

To Robert Noble for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 6th April 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Thomas Camber for 450 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 1st June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Thomas Camber for 450 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 1st June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Samuel Fulton for 500 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 1st June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Francis Harris Esquire for 1300 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 2d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Mary McClelland Widow for 500 acres of Land in St. Andrews parish. Registered 2d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To James McClelland for 350 acres of Land in St. Andrews parish. Registered 2d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Mark Carr Esquire for 220 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 2d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Joseph Wood for 300 acres of Land partly in Christ Church parish & St. Matthews. Registered 3d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Robert Bevill for 550 acres of Land in Saint George’s parish. Registered 3d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Francis Goffe for 470 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 3d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Henry Kennan for 400 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 3d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Henry Kennan for a Wharf Lot in Savannah. Registered 3d June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Francis Goffe for a Wharf Lot in Savannah. Registered 5th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Talley Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah No. 5. Registered 5th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Agnes Parker for a town Lot in Savannah No.2. Registered 5th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Deborah Houstoun for a town Lot in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 5th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To William Glen for a town Lot in Savannah together 50 acres of Land. Registered 7th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Hugh Ross for 300 acres of Land in Saint George’s Parish. Registered 7th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Hugh Ross for 50 acres of Land in St. Andrews parish. Registered 7th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Thomas Bassett for 500 acres of Land in St. Pauls Parish. Registered 7th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Phillip Howell for 400 acres of Land in St. Matthews Parish. Registered 8th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Caleb Howell for 200 acres of Land in St. Matthews Parish. Registered 8th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To William Howell for 150 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 8th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To James Anderson for 500 acres of Land in St. George’s parish. Registered 8th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To James McKay for 300 acres of Land in St. George’s parish. Registered 10th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Lawson for 500 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 10th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Griffith Williams for 500 acres of Land in St. Phillips parish. Registered 10th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Thomas Marriott for 500 acres of Land in Saint Phillips parish. Registered 10th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Joseph Gibbons for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 10th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Thomas Carter for 400 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 11th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Joseph Raymond for 300 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 11th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Gasper Starkey for 250 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 11th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Joseph Andrew for 300 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 11th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Silvanus Robinson for 250 acres of Land in Saint Johns parish. Registered 11th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To James Jarvis for 300 acres of Land in the parish of St. Paul. Registered 12th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Richard Spencer for 176 1/2 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 12th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Gasper Greiner for 200 acres of Land in Saint Georges parish. Registered 12th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Robert Houstoun for 100 acres of Land in St. Phillips Parish. Registered 12th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Bryan Kelly for 400 acres of Land in St. Matthews parish. Registered 14th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Bryan Kelly for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. Matthew. Registered 14th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To David Dicks for 200 acres of Land in the parish of St. John. Registered 14th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To David Dicks Junior for 50 acres of Land in St. Johns parish. Registered 14th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To David Wetherspoon for 400 acres of Land in St. Andrews parish. Registered 14th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Richard Warren for 200 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 15th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Shute for 200 acres of Land in St. Andrews parish. Registered 15th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Shute for 200 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 15th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To David Huguenin for 450 acres of Land in St. Phillip’s parish. Registered 15th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To George Delegal for 200 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 15th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Francis Troiboudet for 400 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 16th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To William Johnson for 150 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 16th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Simon Rouviere for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 16th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Rouviere for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 16th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Peter Randon for 350 acres of Land in Saint George’s parish. Registered 16th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To John Hopkins for 200 acres of Land in Saint George’s parish. Registered 17th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Bartholomew Farrer for 200 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 17th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Christian Dasher for 150 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 17th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To William Alther for 150 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 17th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Arthur Carney for 100 acres of Land in St. Phillips parish. Registered 17th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Arthur Gibbons for 100 acres of Land in Saint Andrews parish. Registered 18th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Daniel Ryan for 100 acres of Land in St. Johns parish. Registered 18th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Benjamin Lewis for 100 acres of Land in the parish of St. Andrew. Registered 18th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Donald McIntosh for 100 acres of Land in St. Andrews Parish. Registered 18th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Isaac Baillou for 100 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 18th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Samuel Burnley for 100 acres of Land in Saint Johns parish. Registered 19th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Gasper Hack for 100 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 19th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Gasper Hack for 50 acres of Land in Saint Matthews parish. Registered 19th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Bartholomew Nibling for 55 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 19th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To David Tubear for a town Lot & 50 acres of Land at Vernonburgh. Registered 19th June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Henry Nongazer for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 21st June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To William Russell for 50 acres of Land in Christ Church parish. Registered 21st June 1762

Grant dated 21st May 1762

To Clement Martin Esquire for 200 acres of Land in St. Matthews parish. Registered 21st June 1762

The above Abstract of the Grants Register’d from the 27th January to the 27th July 1762 compared with the Register Book at Savannah this 2d day of August 1762.

Pat. Houstoun Register

James Wright to the Board of Trade, May 6, 1763, Savannah, read Aug. 4, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 69, respecting Governor Boone’s granting of lands southward of the Altamaha together with the names of several persons given land and the number of acres granted.

My Lords

On the 20th of April I did my self the Honor of writing to your Lordships on the Subject of Governor Boone’s granting warrants to Survey the Lands to the Southward of the River Alatamaha, in which letter my Lords I mentioned on the Information of Mr. Grey Elliott several large Quantities of Lands that had been ordered to some particular Persons, amongst others that 16,000 Acres had been ordered to one Howarth on Account of the Estate of James Michie Deceased, but that I should transmit to your Lordships a particular Account, if I could Procure it from the Offices. And by a letter I have just received from Charles Town, I find that the Person I directed to apply has not yet been able to get an Authentic Account of the Lands ordered, and to what Persons. I am Informed that 27250 Acres were Ordered to Eleven Persons Vizt. to one Donnour on Account of Colonel Bees Estate 5000 acres, to Lord William Campbell 2000, to Charles Ogilvie, now in England, 2000, to Henry Middleton 3000, to one Stephens 3000, to Henry Laurens 3000, to William Hopton 2000, To William Guering 2000, and to David & John Deas and one Vanderhorst together 5250 acres.

But my Lords untill I can get proper Certificates from the Officers, it will be Impossible for me to come at the exact Truth and knowledge in this Case. The same Information that I received of these Tracts being ordered mentions that Mr. Grey Elliott was mistaken in the Accounts he gave me that 16,000 Acres was ordered to Mr. Howarth Who its said had only 1,600 acres, but all the other Parcels mentioned, I believe will appear to be right, at least they are so, from the best Information I am as yet able to come at. What I wrote your Lordships Relative to the Lands ordered to Mr. Howarth, was on Mr. Elliotts Information, who I sent to Charles Town on the Occasion, and who still Says that it was asserted to be so, when he was there. But as I have heard from other Hands that he is mistaken, and that Howarth has only 1600 acres, and as my duty & sole intention is only to state Facts according to the best Information I can get, and it would give me the greatest uneasiness to Misrepresent any one circumstance. Therefore I take this Opportunity to rectify that matter, which does not now appear to be as Mr. Elliott was Informed, and Represented it to me.

On Tuesday last a great many more Warrants were ordered to other Persons, for Lands to the Southward of the River Alatamaha, to the amount of about 160,000 acres as appears by their Gazette, but its not in my Power to give your Lordships any further Particulars. I shall only add that those large Grants will soon reach St. Augustine. Some its said have already gone far up St. Juans Lake or River, and the Creek Indians are greatly alarmed at seeing a number of armed men Surveying these Lands & marking Trees. They have sent Runners all over the Nation to assemble them together, and what the Consequence may be I cant yet say but am apprehensive it may Involve us in difficulties, for my Lords there is a great difference between Extending our Settlements gradually & easily, and an Appearance as tho’ the whole country was to be Swallowed up at once, and that by armed People. And this the Indians say is a Confirmation of what the French have told ‘em “that we should take all their Lands from ‘em, and drive ‘em back & Extirpate them in time. “

James Wright, to the Board of Trade, June 3, 1763, Savannah, read Aug. 4, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 70, informing the Board of the uneasiness of the Creek Indians over the rapid granting of lands south of the Altamaha and of several acts recently passed in Georgia.

My Lords

On the 20th of April I wrote to your Lordships very fully with respect to the Procedure of the Governor of South Carolina Relative to the Lands lying to the Southward of the River Alatamaha, the Consequences of which appear every day in a Stronger & more Injurious light. One thing which occurred to me at first, I did not mention to your Lordships in that letter but have since in mine of the 6th of May, that is the great Hazzard of bringing the Creek Indians upon us, and imbroiling us with them. When I first arrived here my Lords I found the Province in very great danger of a War with these People. It is Impossible for affairs to be more Critical than ours were with the Indians at that time, and not being in a Condition to Oppose or Repel them (a Nation of above 2000 Gun Men & reckoned the bravest & most warlike of the Indian Tribes) it has been my constant care & attention to Prevent a Rupture & keep things quiet with them, and this was a most difficult Task I assure your Lordships.

And now seeing a great Number of armed Men riding all over the Southern Part of the Country, has alarmed them very much, and as I lately wrote your Lordships, they have had several Consultations upon it, and I have received a very strong talk from them on the Subject of the Cession of the Lands by France & Spain to His Majesty, and our Extending our Settlements, in which amongst other things they Say, “That formerly the Lands that the “White People Live upon was theirs, but now they believe the “White People have forgot it, or think the Indians have no Lands “belonging to them. That they hear we are going to take all the “Lands which they lent to the French & Spaniards, and they are “Surprized how People can give away Lands that do not belong “to them. That formerly the White People were to drink on one “Side of the River Savanah, & the red People on the Other, and “this is what they Still want. But instead of that the White People “Settle a great way up the River, and back from it, on lands which “were never granted to them by the Indians on Sittilly [?] to the “Southward of Georgia (NB The Lands lately run out by the People “of Carolina to the Southward of the Alatamaha) and therefore desire that all these straggling People may be ordered off, to Prevent any Misunderstanding that may happen hereafter. That now “they think the White People intend to take all their Lands & throw “away the old talks, and that it makes their hearts Cross to see “their Lands taken without their Liberty,” and more to the same Afect, so that your Lordships see how much they are alarmed at, & dislike the Cession by France & Spain to his Majesty, and also our Extending our Settlements nearer towards them, and that their Present disposition does not seem the most Cordial & Friendly towards us. But I am in great hopes that at the intended Congress so wisely judged & ordered by his Majesty all these Points may be better Cleared up & Settled.

On the 7th of April my Lords I assented to the following Bills, Copys whereof your Lordships will receive by this Conveyance, and agreeable to my Instructions I now give my observations thereon, and Reasons for Passing them Vizt. An Act for Raising & Granting to His Majesty the Sume of £1934.9.0 Sterling for the use and Support of the Government of Georgia. An Act to Prevent damages which may arise from dam’s or banks for Reserving or Stopping water. This my Lords seemed a very usefull & necessary Law, as the Planters in general make Reservoirs of water for their Rice Fields, and many inconveniencies happened for want of Proper Regulations in that Respect. An ordinance Appointing Mr. Knox Agent for the affairs of this Province in Great Britain. An Act Empowering the General Court of Pleas to grant Writs of Partition of Lands & Tenements held in Coparcenary, Jointenancy, & Tenancy in Common, in this Province, & appointing the Method of Proceeding therein. The Laws of Great Britain my Lords relative to these matters do not Extend here, and if they did Could not be Easily Executed. This Law my Lords is on the Plan of one in the Neighbouring Province, which has been found to answer the Ends proposed without any Objection or inconvenience for several years. It only differs in this Particular, that I have inserted a larger Number of Persons to make the Partition than are mentioned in the Carolina Law. An Act for Continuing an Act for Regulating the Assize of Bread, An Act for amending an Act for Constituting & dividing the Several Districts & Divisions of this Province into Parishes etc., An Act to Amend an Act to Prevent the Building Wooden Chimneys etc., An Act to Prevent Persons throwing Ballast or Rubbish or Falling Trees into the Rivers & Navigable Creeks within this Province, and for keeping clear the Channels of the Same. This my Lords seemed to be a very necessary Law for Preserving the Navigation free & open, & is upon the Plan of the Statute of the 19 Geo. 2, only the Convictions on that Act are Final, and this Law allows of an Appeal to the General Court.

An Act to Prevent the bringing into and spreading of Contagious distempers in this Province; and to Oblige Vessels going out of any Port within the same, first to Produce for that Purpose, a Pass Port from the Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, and to Prevent the harbouring of sick sailors & others. In this Act my Lords are several very necessary & usefull Regulations, adapted to the Local Circumstances & Situation of Affairs here, & such as Appeared to me unexceptionable & not inconsistent with the Laws of Great Britain. An Act to Empower the Commissioners Appointed in & by an Act of the General Assembly for the Repairing of Christ Church in Savanah, to Lay out a spot of ground for Erecting a Parish Church thereon. An Act for Regulating a Work house for the Custody & Punishment of Negroes, An Act for holding special or Extraordinary Courts of Common Pleas etc. A Law for this Purpose my Lords seemed very Reasonable for the Encouragement of Trade, that Transient Persons might not be Compelled to wait the sometimes tedious Proceedings at Law is such an one as I believe subsists in all or most of the Colonies, and I hope may appear without exception. An Act for Preventing Fraudulent Mortgages & Conveyances, and for making Valid all deeds & Conveyances heretofore made, in respect to any defect in the form and Manner of making thereof. This my Lords appeared to me to be a Just & Necessary Law, the first part is on the Plan of the British Acts of Parliament, and the latter Part calculated to Prevent Vexatious Suits, and Persons from being disturbed in their Possessions & Property, on account of any omission or trifling informality in the form of their Deeds or Conveyances. There formerly being very few Persons here Acquainted with the manner & form of drawing Deeds or Conveyances of Lands etc. upon the whole my Lords the several Bills I last assented to, Seemed to me to be of general utility & not repugnant to the Laws of Great Britain and hope they will also appear unexceptionable to your Lordships.

An abstract of grants registered in Georgia from July 27, 1762, to March 25, 1763, Savannah, C.O. 5/648, E. 71.

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To His Excellency James Wright Esquire for 177 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 18th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Jonathan Bryan Esquire for 600 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 18th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Jonathan Bryan Esquire for 300 Acres of Land in Saint Phillips Parish. Registered August 18th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Jonathan Bryan Esquire for 300 Acres of Land in Saint Phillips Parish. Registered August 18th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Jonathan Bryan Esquire for 150 Acres of Land in Saint Johns Parish. Registered August 19th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Jonathan Bryan Esquire for 45 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered August 19th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Jonathan Bryan Esquire for 8 Lots Containing 44 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered August 19th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Mary Bryan Widow for 300 Acres of Land in Saint Phillips Parish. Registered August 19th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Mary Bryan Widow for 200 Acres of Land in Saint Phillips Parish. Registered August 19th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Thomas Maxwell for 850 Acres of Land in Saint John’s Parish. Registered August 20th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To James Woodland for 500 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 20th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Christiana Margaretha Barbara Von Munch, Spinster, for 647 1/2 Acres of Land in St. George’s Parish. Registered August 20th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Evan Lewis for 350 Acres of Land in Saint George’s Parish. Registered August 20th 1762

Grant Dated August 3d 1762

To Mordecai Sheftal for 100 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 20th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To John Young for 250 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 21st 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Isaac Young for 100 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 21st 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Isaac Young for a town Lot and 50 acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered August 21st 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Margaret the Wife of Thomas Young for a Lot of 50 Acres of Land at Abercorn in the Parish of St. Matthew. Registered August 21st 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Samuel Moore for 300 Acres of Land in Saint George’s Parish. Registered August 21st 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William McDonnald for 200 Acres of Land in Saint George’s Parish. Registered August 21st 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William Bradley for 500 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 23rd 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William Bradley Junior for a town Lot & 50 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered August 23rd 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To James Bradley for a town Lot & farm Lot containing forty five Acres in Savannah township. Registered August 23rd 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William Liddle for 200 Acres of Land in Saint John’s Parish. Registered August 23rd 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William Case for 200 Acres of Land in Saint George’s Parish. Registered August 23rd 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To John Sheraus for 150 Acres of Land in Saint Matthew’s Parish. Registered August 23rd 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Christian Gieger for 100 Acres of Land in Saint Matthews Parish. Registered August 24th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Charles Watson Esquire for 100 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 24th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To Charles Watson Esquire for a town Lot & 50 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered August 24th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William Ewen for 53 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered August 24th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1761

To Peter Gandy for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered August 24th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Messrs. Harris & Habersham for 300 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered September 27th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Messrs. Harris & Habersham for a Lot & 50 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered September 27th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Messrs. Harris & Habersham for a Lot & 50 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered September 27th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James Habersham Esquire for 300 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered September 28th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James Habersham Esquire for 4 farm Lots containing 180 Acres in Savannah township. Registered September 28th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James Habersham Esquire for 2 farm Lots containing 90 Acres in the township of Savannah. Registered September 28th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To George Austin for a Garden Lot containing 5 Acres & farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered September 28th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To John Morell for 3 farm Lots containing 135 Acres in Savannah township. Registered September 28th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James McKay Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered September 28th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To John Tuckwell for a town Lot & farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered September 29th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Lachlan McGillivray Esquire for 100 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered September 29th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Lachlan McGillivray Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered September 29th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Noble Jones Esquire for a Garden Lot containing 7 1/2 Acres in Savannah township. Registered September 29th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Michael Switzer for a Wharf Lot in Savannah. Registered September 30th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To David Guinter for 400 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered September 30th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To John Stuart for 178 Acres of Land in Saint John’s Parish. Registered September 30th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To John Phillips for 150 Acres of Land in Saint Paul’s Parish. Registered September 30th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James Edward Powell Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered October 1st 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Edmund Tannatt Esquire for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered October 1st 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James McHenry for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered October 1st 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To William Patterson for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered October 1st 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Samuel Munday for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered October 2nd 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To William Norton for a town Lot in Savannah. Registered October 2nd 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To John Joachim Zubly for a farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 2nd 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Grey Elliott Esquire for 3 farm Lots containing 135 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 2nd 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To James Harley for 100 Acres of Land in Saint John’s Parish. Registered October 6th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To William Ewen for a Garden Lot containing 5 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 6th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Mordecai Sheftal for 2 Garden Lots containing 10 Acres & a farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 6th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To William Smith for a Garden Lot containing 5 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 6th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Thomas Bailey for 5 Garden Lots containing 25 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 6th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Paul Dubois for 53 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered October 7th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Frederick Helvenstine for 100 Acres of Land in Saint Matthew’s Parish. Registered October 7th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To David Nitchman for a town Lot & farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 7th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Joseph, Alias, Augustus Godlieb Spangenberg for a town Lot & farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 7th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Charles Watson Esquire for 2 farm Lots containing 90 Acres in Savannah township. Registered October 7th 1762

Grant Dated September 21st 1762

To Charles Watson Esquire for 100 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered October 8th 1762

Grant Dated September 21st 1762

To William Handley for 315 Acres of Land in Saint Matthew’s Parish. Registered October 8th 1762

Grant Dated September 21st 1762

To William Handley for 285 Acres of Land in Saint Matthew’s Parish. Registered October 8th 1762

Grant Dated August 3rd 1762

To William Bradley Senior for a town Lot & 50 Acres of Land in Savannah township. Registered October 8th 1762

Grant Dated September 7th 1762

To Frederick Closman for a town Lot in Augusta. Registered October 8th 1762

Grant Dated October 19th 1762

To William Grover Esquire for 100 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered October 20th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Adam Croady for 150 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 13th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John Willson for 300 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 13th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Lewis Mitchell for 50 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 17th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John Rae for 450 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 18th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To William Ewen for a Lot of 20 Acres of Land at Yamacraw in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 18th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Ann Green for a town Lot in Savannah with the Garden & farm Lots thereunto belonging. Registered November 19th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Henry Yonge Esquire for Six Garden Lots containing 30 Acres in Savannah township. Registered November 19th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Henry Yonge Esquire for 100 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 20th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Thomas Cater for 300 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 20th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John McCullock for 426 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered November 23rd 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John McCullock for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered November 24th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Frederick Holzendorff for 50 acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 24th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Frederick Holzendorff for 200 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 24th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Alexander Shephard for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 24th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Ann the Wife of Michael Mason for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered November 25th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Francis Mitchell for 550 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 25th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To George Moore for 200 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered November 26th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John Milledge Esquire for 650 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered November 26th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John Milledge Esquire for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered November 26th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John Willson for 200 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 26th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To William Baker for 350 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 2nd 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Frederick Herb for 250 acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Matthew. Registered November 2 6th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To James Ogleby for 200 Acres of land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered November 27th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To James Taylor for 150 Acres of land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered November 29th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To John Thomas for 50 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered November 29th 1762

Grant Dated November 2nd 1762

To Jacob Hensler for 50 Acres of land in Christ Church Parish. Registered November 29th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Abraham Hood for a town Lot in Augusta. Registered December 14th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Richard Pace for 22 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered December 14th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To John Van Junior for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 14th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Charles Weatherfoot for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 14th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To William Lindall for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered December 15th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To William Struthers for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 15th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Ezekiel Harlan for 100 Acres of land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 15th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Thomas Hickenbottom for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 15th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Isaac Wood for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 16th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Bryan Ward for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered December 16th 1762

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Grey Elliott Esquire for a farm Lot containing 45 Acres in Savannah township. Registered January 22nd 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To James Read & Grey Elliott Esquire for 250 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Phillip. Registered January 26th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Alexander Mackenzie for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered January 27th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Raymond Demeré Esquire for 425 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered January 27th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Raymond Demeré Esquire for 50 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint James. Registered January 28th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Nicholas Lawrence for 400 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered January 28th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Charles Reitter for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Matthew. Registered January 29th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To John Milledge Esquire for 50 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered January 31st 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To John Milledge Esquire in trust for a town Lot & Garden Lot containing 5 Acres in Savannah township. Registered January 31st 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Richard Baker for 150 Acres of Land in Saint John’s Parish. Registered February 1st 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Richard Baker in trust for 300 acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered February 1st 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Joseph Gibbons Esquire for 262 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered February 3rd 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To David Emanuel for 200 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered February 3rd 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To James Gray for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered February 4th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Matthias Bidenback for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Matthew. Registered February 4th 1763

Grant Dated December 7th 1762

To Frederick Helvinstine for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Matthew. Registered February 5th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To John Francis Triboudet for 150 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered February 5th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To George Cuthbert for 600 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered February 7th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To Joseph Ottolenghe Esquire for 4 Garden Lots containing 20 Acres in Savannah township. Registered February 7th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To Francis Butterfield for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered February 7th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To Francis Butterfield for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered February 7th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To Joseph & Sarah Day for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered February 8th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To Henry Bell for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Paul. Registered February 8th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To Thomas Cox for 300 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered February 8th 1763

Grant Dated January 4th 1763

To John Martin for 250 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered February 8th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To James Edward Powell Esquire for 500 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish. Registered February 12th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Elizabeth Butler, Widow, for 500 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Phillip. Registered February 14th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Elizabeth Butler, Widow, for 900 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Phillip. Registered February 14th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Francis Arthur for 300 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered February 18th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Francis Arthur for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered February 18th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Francis Arthur for 100 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered February 19th 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Joseph Ottolenghe, James Deveaux, David Montaigut & William Russell Esquires for 16 Acres of Land in Christ Church Parish in trust for public Uses. Registered February 21st 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To Peter Randon for 200 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint George. Registered February 21st 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To John Walsar for a town Lot, 5 Acre Lot & 45 Acre Lot in Frederica township. Registered February 23rd 1763

Grant Dated February 1st 1763

To James Jarvis for a town Lot in Augusta. Registered February 23rd 1763

Grant Dated March 1st 1763

To Joseph Andrew for 150 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint Andrew. Registered March 16th 1763

Grant Dated March 1st 1763

To Joseph Andrew for 262 Acres of Land in the Parish of Saint John. Registered March 16th 1763

The aforesaid Abstracts of the Grants, Registered from the 27th of July 1762 to the 25th of March 1763 compared with the Register Book at Savannah this 4th of April 1763.

Pat. Houstoun Register

James Wright to the Board of Trade, June 10, 1763, Savannah, Read Sept. 28, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 72, reciting the advantages from the continuation of the bounty on cocoons and congratulating the Board on the recent cession of Louisiana and Florida.

My Lords

I have had the Honor & very great Pleasure to receive your Lordships of the 20th of December last acknowledging the receipt of mine of the 2 6th April, 10th of June, 2 6th of July, and the 1st of October and it gives me infinite satisfaction to hear from your lordships that there is sufficient to answer the Bounties on the Cocoons without any restriction either to Number or Place. I am very clear my Lords that this is an article that may be brought not only to great Perfection, but extended to a considerable amount & value in a few years. But if the Bounty had ceased, I firmly believe it would have Decreased, & certainly been injurious to the Colony.

I had the greatest reason my Lords to expect that the Produce of this year would have very considerably exceeded that of the last, but an unfortunate Season of Cold Rains set in the latter end of April, which hurt the Food & did considerable damage. This happened my Lords when we thought every thing safe & secure, so that your Lordships see it depends greatly on the Weather as well as care and our Seasons here are very fluctuating, and a fine Prospect may in a few days be greatly reduced. However my Lords I have the pleasure to Inform you that 15472 lbs. weight of Cocoons have been this Season delivered in at the Filature, not at all inferior to last years in quality, and there is a few more yet to come, the Amount of last years was 15100 lbs.

I have communicated a Part of your lordships letter to me, to Mr. Ottolenghe & desired to know his Resolution that I may acquaint your Lordships therewith, and hope he will make no further difficulties. If he agrees to instruct another, I think he should be young, & bound by Articles to Serve the Province for a Number of years, and in the mean while to Qualify one or more. But as this need not be settled till towards next Spring, I hope your lordships will be pleased to Honor me with your Sentiments thereon, and what Allowance may be Proper to make the Person Mr. Ottolenghe may instruct. The Money received on Account of the Forfeited Lots will always be ready & Subject to His Majesties future directions. It is with Pleasure I find that your Lordships think the quitrent Bill is properly framed, and when I receive your directions thereon, I shall take the first Opportunity of getting it Passed into a Law. I observe what your lordships Mention relative to the Port of Sunbury, the 11th Section of the Statute of the 7th & 8th W. 3 Cap 22, really did not occur to me. I only on that Occasion consulted my Commission and Instructions, am glad your Lordships are pleased to Approve of the Measure, and as I acquainted the Commissioners of His Majesties Customs with what I had done. If they judge I have exceeded my Authority, I Presume I shall hear from them on the Subject. I can only say that I did not intend either to exceed my own Authority, or to encroach on that of others.

I most sincerely & heartily Congratulate your Lordships on the Peace which his Majesties Wisdom and equity has so happily concluded, so much to the Honor & advantage of Great Britain and of America in general. Pardon me my Lords for just mentioning that the immense advantage that will accrew to his Majesty by the Acquisition of Louisiana & fixing the French to their Natural Boundary of the River Mississipi, are not to be expressed, as well as those by the Cession of Florida, not only of the Settlements of St. Augustine & Pensacola; but the as yet almost unknown and invaluable Harbours in the Bay of Apalachee & along the Gulph of Mexico, almost the key of the Spanish Treasure. And now that your lordships are pleased to inform me that this Province will be freed from every obstacle that has obstructed its growth & Prosperity, and be no longer check’t & cramp’t, I have no doubt of its making great strides, & very soon becoming usefull to the Mother Country. Nothing I think can prevent this, unless the late Proceedings by the Governor of So. Carolina should be confirmed, and in that event, Georgia I concieve will receive such a Check as will still Obstruct its growth & Prosperity.

James Wright to the Board of Trade, June 22, 1763, Savannah, read Sept. 28, 1763, C.O. 5/648, E. 73, acknowledging receipt of the Board’s instructions regarding the cession of Indian lands. The French and Spanish infuse bad notions among the Indians.

Sir

Yesterday and not before I received your letter of the 12 of December 1761, Inclosing His Majesties Royal Instructions of the 9th of December 1761 Relative to the Indian Lands etc. etc. and the Judges Commissions, all which I shall most punctually & duely attend to, and forthwith issue a Proclamation accordingly. I must observe that there is not one Person in this Province (that I know of) who claims a Foot of Land under any Indian Title or Purchase except Bosomworth, which affair was settled 3 or 4 years ago, and His Majesties grants given for the same. Nor has any Application ever been made to me for a Licence to Purchase of any Indian or Indians. I fear the late Carolina Proceedings may be attended with some of the very Consequences or inconveniencies intended to be remedied, and mentioned, or mean’t in their Lordships Representation to His Majesty whereon the above Instructions are Founded. Where these dispatches have been so long detained I can’t Conceive, they were forwarded to me by Governor Boone, and this shews the impropriety of sending dispatches for the Southern Provinces by way of New York. They seldom come to hand in less than 6, 8 & 10 Months, whereas were they given to the Agents to be sent by the first Merchant Ship that offers, they would Probably come to Hand in 2 or 3 Months at furthest.

The French & Spaniards are still infusing bad notions amongst the Indians, & telling them his Majesties intention is to destroy them. I have had many down with me lately on that Head, and notwithstanding all I tell ‘em & my Endeavours to the Contrary, affairs seem just now very critical with them.