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July 9, $861.THE AM E B1CFL0IEEDINA.Afriend'of'tlrt FtatUla Mirror has placed in it^hadds a. letter frori^tlBaa.written many ***8 rittce^enckwHig'** dfEnglish grantsi^eTffebaltlyliellbre which we ex-triet'the sfottowing^—•rbdinet^dthi^/YranlffiBrin1 Paris in 1873-.^♦i»,i4rtM»*em«ofijgeace-4flter?dig war forrade-nendflBce. He*died'#h ©dtober,* 1784, and this document was 'omn'^Z bis.papera. • Yon will see inin th«/£ patoeiLElotida.^ thWk'Someof ins emi-muCSrtrae d!'th«MM“Ben^ltwSbn. Thisilist of MastfElorida fda®dagra»tis prior uto theiAmerioanreroli^oi^m^t;(POs«»W,5h»ve -Jihaae Hrtarestiw the pfent lnhairttanta of that State.LIST; 0? .OfrJttW 4RUMKDA.ill#.,'% tilifft, No. of acrestfWWted-TO.OOO.*dJW»4-*jHdiv. 'I George 'lt;Ww«* N(* ■ acreB Hiliated.IOjOQO : .-lt;-*• J' ^, d4—Nlt;. £-ri®*»ma» jWtfcbbndge, Pro-iJMArabal General, Jb*.jof'iaeilt;M.igr«iifeed,qgdb. iJji^o.'T^-Jariifes ^Crtsp, No. {6t gores petitioned for, 20,000; No. ‘df “UdrbkSttt*^^8q.,Bnparin-... W^Mtda.’Wt). _ _$SWflMWwfc.^fcq., No. hl;wtieeajpetisioned! fOr^^idt^dOt 'No. of ’acres®^5^^So l^Robqr); ,Jpbarl«s,Ssq., No. gOfes .petitioned for, 20^0Q4 No. of, aorae4-2$fo. 11-T-DeritBlaokbar n, Esq., No.:tae'’16-^Eo^ 12-*iWa!teT Camming, Esq.,NOldf oereoRniBtfd.S.OOO. ^ XTiJjane, 18«-No. 13*-Arthar Jones, Esq., No. lt;jf.jiacreB-giwited, 5,000.Jane 18—No. M-*¥n. Jackson, Esq., No. of^mel8-Nof 'iS^-Kender Mason, Esq., No. fjf‘ acres grafted, 5;000.June 18-No. 16-iBidhat‘d Oswald, Esq., No. of -acree-granted, 20,000.Jane 18—No. 17—Dennis Bdlle, Esq., M.P., No. of acres granted,.20,000.Jane 18-No. 18—John, Tucker, Esq., M.P., No. of aores granted, 20,000. w vJone 48—No. 19—Bight Honorable Chae. ToWnshend, Esq., M.P', No. of aores granted, 20 000.June 18—No. 20—Lord Adam Gordon, M.P., No. of aores granted,:20,000.June 18—No. 21—Franou Kenlook, Esq., No. Of- acres granted, 20,000.Jane 18—No. 22—Richard Lord Groavenor, No. of atrrei granted. 20,000.Jane 18—No. 28—Wm. Knox, Esq., Ne. ofacres granted. 6,000.June 18—No. 24—George TJdney, Esq., No. of acres granted, ‘20.000. _June 18—No. 25—Samuel Tonchit, Esq., M.P., No. of acres granted, 20,000.Jane 18—No. 26—John Grier, Esq., No. of •ores granted, 10,000.June 18—No. 27.—Dr. Oeorge MoCanlay, No. of acres granted,-20.000.Jane 18—No. 28—John ©rover, Esq., No. nf aores granted, 5,000.#aae 18—No. 29—John Graybmwt,Esq., No. bf acres’granted. 20,000.'TtonelS-^No. 30—Wm. Elliot, Esq., No. ofJuly “29—NOT 51—Lord Wm. Campbell, reported, No. of acres granted, 20,000.Jaly 29—No. 52—James Johnson, Esq., re-ported, No. of wCres granted, 10,000.Jaly 29—No. 58—Sir John Lindsay, Baronet, reported, No. of acres granted, 20.000.Julj29—No. 64—Alex. Montgomery, Esq., reported. Na of acres petitioned for, 20,000; No. of acres granted, 10,000.July 29—No. 55—Lieut.-Col- Wm. Faucet, reported. No. Of acres granted. 20.000.Jaly 29—No. 66—Thos. Coutts, Esq.,reported, No. aLaeres granted, 10,000.July 29—.vo. 57—James Coaite, Esq., reported, No. of acres granted, 10,000.Jgjy 29—No. 58—Caleb John Garbrand, reported. Na of acres granted, 5,000.July 28—No. 59—Sir Alex. Grant, Baronet, M.P., No. of acrea granted, 20,000.July 26—No. 60—Duncan Grant, Esq., No. of acres petitioned for, 20,000 ; No. of acres granted.■ Jaly 29—No. 61—Lancelot Raid, Esq., No. of acres toasted, 5,000.Jply~29—No. 62—Henry Baden, Esq., No. ofEarl of Moira (N.B.—Another N. 8for 10,000.) No. of acres petitioned rf)?r, 80.000i No. of acres, granted, 20.000.July.29—No. 64—Bobpft Paris Taylor, Esq., No, 3f. acre8 gaWnted, 10,000.ffah’ 20—WO.^5—John Mnrray, Esq., No. of , neres-petitioned- for, 20,000; No. of acres granted, ***00. ... , -J%;29—No.lt;66—Earl of Cassills, No. of acres gmnfcedi 20,000.Jyfc 29—No. 67—Wm. Fitzherberfc, Esq., M.P., Np. of acres granted, 20,000.J% 29—1To. ‘68—Col James Robertson, No. df acrei gnrtted, 10,000. „ _Jdiy29—No. 169—Earl of Bessborough, M.P , No. acres granted. 20,000.Total, 842jU0fr acres.It Will be noticed in the list that grant thirty, three WM to Andrew Tttrnbull, Esq., Clerk of the CrowirabdPJeas—2O;0bO acres. ^ is undoabtedly the same gentleman- usuaHy styled 'Dr. Turnbull, who brought out the colony of Greeksaud Minor-eane. -wfaidh he settled at New Smyrna for the cultivation of tropical productions, and wbich proved a failure. Dr. Turnbull removed to Charleston and died there. Some of his descendants now reside in Jacksonville. The name of Oswald is perpetuated on Halifax river at Mt. GfWald, at the junction of Tumoka and Halifax rivers. All of these grants were upon the con-dition of settlement, which was probably complied -with -but in few instances.Grant No. 17 is to Dennis Rolle, Esq., M.P., who established his settlement at Rollestowa, on the east bank of the St. John’B, a short distance above Paltftka, spoken of in Bertram's Journal Grant No. 18 is to John Tucker, Esq., and probably Mount Tucker, in Putnam county, owes its name to-this gentleman. The English settlements -were made, along the St. John’s, the banks of which, Forbes (1821) says, “ exhibit in a number of places sad monuments of the folly and extravagant ideas of the first European adventurers and schemers, and the viHiany of their managers.[Jttne 18—Noi 31*—James Crisp, E«q, No. of Mra granted, 15,000. _Jane J8—No. 32—Sir Wm- Dunoan, Berenet, Otaber of acres granted, 20,000. jjttfce 13—No. 33—Andrew Turnbull, Esq., IWifc'bf ttoe Crown fihd Pleas, No. of acres tented.’20-,000.June 18—No. 34—Themes Bradshaw, Esq.,ro. of *uree granted, 20i000. ‘June 18—No. 35—James T*ylorrEsq., No. df ores granted, 10,000.June 18—No. 36—Peter Taylor, Esq. No. of ores granted 10,000.June 18—No. 37—Thomas Townshend, Esq., !o. of acres gtanted, 10,060.June 18—No. 88—Alex. Popham, Esqi, No. df cres granted, 20,000.June 18—No. 39—James Penman, Esq^ No. of ores granted. 10-.000. ...July 29—No. *40—Sir John Hussey, delsval Uronet, reported, No. Of acres granted 20,000 July 29—No. 41—Wm. Crowle,E»q„ reported, Jo. of acres granted, 10,000.July 29—No. 42—Luke Lillipgstone, Esqn retorted, No. of acres granted 10,«)00.July 29—No. 43—James Anderson, Esq., re-torted. No. of acres grauted,10,000.July 29—No. 44Kichttrd1 Brett, Esq., re-Mited, No. of -acres granted, 10,000.July 29—No. ^45—(Edward Wood, iBsq^ ^«e-jorted, No. ,of aareagra»ted, 5^G0.July 29—No. 46—JameS 'Morrison, E*q^ re-lortea, No. of acreaemnted. £.000.
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American Settler
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