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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1806
Page
4
Georgia proclamation credits Excellency John Mellettge as governor and commander in chief of the army and navy of the state and militia, issuing directives.
Governor Milledge issues procedures for distributing lands taken from the Creek Nation by treaty at Washington in 1805. It outlines district division, survey methods, bonds, and duties for surveyors, a lottery for two hundred and two and a half acre plots, and oaths for applicants and clerks. Public notices and gazette publication are required, with penalties for fraudulent entries and reversion to the state for nonpayment or misdraws.
The executive department of Louisville announces that settlers who drew land in Baldwin Wilkinson and Wayne counties and have not fully paid will lose their rights after September 1 next. Unpaid lots will revert to the state and be sold as fractional parts, per the December 16 1803 act. Secretary GEO R CLAYTON signs the notice.
Commissioners appointed by the Legislature announce sales of fractional surveys for Wilkinson Baldwin and Wayne counties. Sales begin Monday August 15 and proceed daily with district schedules from August to mid October, Sundays excluded, until all lots are sold.
Purchasers bond with approved security for purchase money to be paid in four equal annual instalments in gold or silver. First payment due twelve months after date, plus a mortgage on the premises. Commissioners Moses Speer Reddick Simms Patrick Jack Louisville June 26 1806.
An old notice lists a four part book The Married Lady's Companion and an August sheriff sale in Columbia and Wilkinson counties. Items include 275 acres on Little River and multiple enslaved people and livestock. numerous land parcels with owners like William Stark Abel Fir and Zachariah James. and other property tied to executions.
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