Land Grant to Miream Linucum 1784

submitted by:Bob Ellis

Transcribed by Bob & Linda Ellis

STATE OF GEORGIA

                                      By the Honorable John Houstoun Esquire,

                                                Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief,                                                        in and  Over the said State

                        To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING:

KNOW YE, That in Pursuance of the act for opening the Land Office, and by virtue of the Powers in me vested, I HAVE, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Honorable the Executive Council, given and granted, and by these presents, in the Name and Behalf of the said state, DO give and Grant unto Miream Linucum

Her Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two hundred Acres, situate, lying, and being, in the County of   Wilkes   in the said State, and butting and bounding   North Eastwardly by lands of Micajah  Williamsons and on all other sides by Vacant

having such Shape, Form, and Marks, as appear by Plat of the same hereunto annexed;

together with all and singular the Rights, Members, and appurtenances thereof whatsoever, to the said Tract or Parcel of Land belonging, or in any wise appertaining;  and also all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand, of the State aforesaid, of, in, to, or out of the same;  TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Tract or Parcel of Land, and all and singular the Premises aforesaid with their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances unto the said  Miream Linucum her Heirs and Assigns, to her and their own  proper

Use and Behoof forever, in Fee-Simple.

GIVEN under my Hand in Council and the Great Seal of the said State, this Twenty second Day of             October  in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four

And in the Ninth Year of American Independence.

Signed by His Honor the Governor in Council the 22^nd   Day of October 1784

David Rees Clk. Council

Registered the 26^th day of October 1784.      

Transcribed by Bob & Linda Ellis

Ga. Archives Drawer 52 box 20 Book EEE page 276