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Newspaper

Augusta Chronicle

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1811

Page

6

Long list of acts from Georgia 1811 session including county and road laws

A consolidated record of acts passed at the last Georgia General Assembly session listing numerous measures. Items include county seat relocation for Telfair, road and probate reforms, incorporation of banks and towns, land sales, divorces, relief grants, militia law revisions, and new institutions such as the Planters Bank and various academies. The document also contains a declaration from the Baton Rouge convention asserting West Florida independence and commitments by the convention delegates.

General Assembly Telfair Ocmulgee Wilkinson St. Mary's Fredericka John Nelson Celiah Keneth Irvine Savannah Tagalo Rivers Franklin Charles Sthal Thomas Harvey Martha Twiggs Montgomery Jefferson Putnam County Jones Genry Greensboro Agricultural Society of Georgia Bank of Augusta Warrenton Lewis Calffrey John Coats Augusta Washington Richmond Academy Wm. Brown Stephen Moble Isaac Hughes Henry Joice Oconee River Glynn Mary M. Wright Planters Bank State of Georgia Wayne Camden Angutta Edward Downing Watford Wrightsborough Columbia Green County Eldred Simkins Broadriver John Barnes Wilkes Manufacturing Company Midway Church Liberty County Monticello Randlph Milledgeville Burke Richmond Tattnal Ogechee John M‘loud Micajah Little Mount Enon Academy Richmond County Charles O. Scriven Hascock Ta‘tnall Lincoln Baldwin James Simms Peter H. Collins Wills, &c Oconee Wishing Creek John Barnetts Hartford Pulaski Bulloch Baldwin and

Declaration of West Florida Independence in Convention

Representatives of the people declare West Florida independent from the mother country. They recount loyalty to the sovereign, critique the governor, and assert a shift to self protection as a free state, invoking a supreme authority to sustain their new stance.

West Florida West Foriday Baton Rouge John Rhea Eele

West Florida land rights stir congressional debate

In a December House session the Yazoo settlers issue prompts a resolution to seek full Treasury records on illegal settlements on public lands in the Mississippi Territory. Members clash over extending inquiry beyond Mississippi, with fears Georgia’s land and money interests may be affected by Supreme Court decisions.

Congress House of Resentatives Yazoo Troup U. States Secretary of the Treasury Missisippi Rhea Sissippi M'Kee Treasury Louisiana Committee of Public Lands Mississippi U. S Supreme Court U.S Georgia Supreme Court of the United States Rhee Missisippi Territory

List of Letters Remaining in the Columbia County Post Office

An 1811 notice lists names of correspondents with undelivered mail at the Columbia County Post Office. The long roster includes Agness Bacon, Samuel Crump, John Cole, Daniel Donnelly, Henry Hampton, Richard Jones, Telfair, Underwood, Williams, Walker, Weiffenger, and many others, with a note that delivery was executed on the shortest notice.

Also Mentioned on This Page

MR. Smith Rnor Holmes Wel Brida R. Smith David Holmes Misssippi C. H. Geo Mrs Agness Bacon Col. Brown William Bell Thomas Butts Andrew Bell Thomas Carr Samuel Crump Joseph Cotten John Cole Claban Clifton William Cox John Colvard Daniel Donnelly Gazaway Davis Hannah Bew Nancy Flemin Jane Flint James Gairdner H Robert Hagens Henry Hampton Sally Harden The Richard Jones Senior Court of Co. Thomas Jones Lumbia County Richard Jelks Peebles Ivy James Landersy Solomon Marshall Daniel Mercer James M‘gowen Hugh M‘collin Samuel Magroder Duncan M‘neil Thomas Marrell Edward Morgan William Neilson Jeslee Offutt Francis Pitman Charles Porter T. Pitman Maurice Rouse Randal Ramsey Reuben Reynolds Edmond Reynolds Martha Speller T Robert Tayior G. Telfair Wim. Underwood Benj. Williams Elitha Walker George Weiffenger Edward Walker Wn. Wilkins James Cary
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