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July 9, 1861.the amebicFL0IEEDINA.A'friend'of'tbC FlortSa ^Mirror has placed in ftiaftdi a letter frirtfil^tlriid.written many years since, ^enctosiug'** ^iit bfEnglish grants ^..-pr^HlV’before 17-80,'ftom which we ex-triet'the sfottowing-—I atl^»‘fcichwwbdmet^with ir/F^HiBrin' Paris inl«78-4 sod ^-**ia^Artw»a«ma»otjelt;aee-«ftey*he war forrade-Sice. He *died.Sa Octebmy 1784, and this ^ocui^ent wasamopg b^p*pera.^You wpseein theJiit of knd.jgteato wEast ^Florida he had a orantfor 2O‘O06acres, and he biid sent outcolo-gjitirfroffl this ctodntry (Scotland), from which it E^na^afrVefMeh^^Hteto m thwpansh /£ uatoe,Fllt;*ida. -T thWk'Someof ins emi-muterwae df'Chw^ffleaatwfcbn. Thisilist of ShstfElorida fdsaidagrantti prior uto the ^soeriean reTolotioi^m^t;(P«swW.5h»ve -aOae mtarest'iw the present inhabitants of that State.1XST: or .OfrftfS WUHKDA.ill#.,lofthvdRh Begib, No. of acres ^ifcfea-io.ooo. v ' ' ' 3i0H4-bi¥; i George uWeW, «lt;*•** acreB Hiliated.IOjOQO : • - - i'' ^T^efe- iW—No. -fi-H©*»na» jWtbhbndge, Pro* jiJMArabal Genewd, Jh^ ,(«£ |lt;a«ree grant^,\ Feb/W—No- 6-^ia.iJrwar/Esq,, QW«* Jlfedei^o.'hf ^J^res^5Mtl{6neaifor, $fflO; No.w^a^rfcrsh ted/3\uw. ggtfo. iJii-tNo.'T^-'dsriifes ^Crtsp, :Btq., No. {6t gores jjetitioned for, 20,000 ; No. 'dfwemhJB^sssas*^hl;wtieeajpetisioned! 'No.of 'acres«^Ko JQ—Bol^felicbariaavIsq^ No. j^rltipned for, 20#Q4 No. of, sumsIlVIsetlt^Biaokharn, Esq., No.Camming, Esq.,IfejJOf «weaJW«rtfd)*5jOOO. _I'Jjane, 18«-No. 13*-Arthur Jones, Esq., No. J^rii^fo^W^Vni. Jackson, Esq., No. of*%ffSS^Sis»ar Mmm, Esq.. So.iW'seres greeted, 5;ooo. ^June 18-No. 16-Bidba*d Oswald, Esq., No. of -acres-granted, 20,000.June 18—No. 17—Dermis Bdlle, Esq., M.P., No. of acres granted,.20,000.Jane 18-No. 18—John, Tucker, Esq., M.P., No. of sores granted, 20,000.Jane 18—Na 19—Bight Honorable Chas. Totfmihend, Esq., H P1, No. of aores granted,July “29—NOT 51—Lord Wm. Campbell, re-1 ported, No. of acres granted, 20,000.Jaly 29—No. 52—James Johnson, Esq., re-ported, No. of werea 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.July 29—No. 66—Thos. Coutts, Esq.,reported, No. «f 'acreagtanted, 10,000.July 29—vo. 57—James Coatte, Esq., reported, No. of acres granted, 10,000.fvfo 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 acres granted, 20,000.July 26—No. 60—Duncan Grant, Esq., No. of acres petitioned for, 20,000 ; No. of acres granted,10*000. g■ Jaly 29—No. 61—Lancelot Raid, Esq., No. of acres ignated, 5,000.Jkly-28—JNa €2—Henry Baden, Esq., No. of“SJ^S^^SLrEarl of Moira (N.B.—Another N. 8~for 10,000.) No. of acres petitioned rff?r, 89.000; No. of acres, granted, 20.000.July.29—No. 64—liobjert Paris Taylor, Esq., No^df. acres griuited, 10,000.Jnh 20—Wd.^5—John' Mnrray, Esq., No. of , acres'petitioned for, 20,000; No. of acres granted, ... ,. No.*66—Earl of Cassflls, No. of acresgmittedi 20,000.. 29—No. 67—Wm. Fitzherbert, Esq., M.P.,Np. of acres granted, 20.000.July 29—No. 68—CoL James Robertson, No. tff acre* granted, 10,000.July129—No 169—Earl of Bessborougb, M.P , No.bf acres granted. 20,000.Total, 842y00O acres.Ttwfllbe n'oticedin tbe list that grant thirty, three WM to Andrew Turnbull, Esq., Clerk of the erowmriidFIeas—2O;0bO acres. ^ is undoubtedly the same gentleman- trsuallystyled 'Dr. Turnbull, who brought oat the colony of Greeks^nd Minor-eans. -whidh he settied at New Smyrna for the cultivation of tropical productions, and which 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. Oswald, at-the junction of Tomoka and Halifax rivers. All of these grants were upon the con-dition of settlement, which was probably complied -with -but iln few instances.Grant No. 17 is to Dennis Rolle, Esq., M.P., who established his settlement at Kollestowa, on tbe east bank of the St. John’B, a short distance above Paltftka, spoken of in Bartram's Journal Grant No. 18 is to John Tucker, Esq., and probably Mount Tucker, in Putnam county, owes its name tathis 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.June 18—No. 20—Lord Adam Gordon, M.P., No. of aores granted,'20;000.Jane 18—No. 21—Franois Kenlook, Esq., No. of acres granted, 20,600.June 18—No. 22—Richard Lord Grosvenor, No. of acres granted. 20,000.Jane 18—No. 28—Wm. Knox, Esq., Ne. ofacres granted. 6,000.June 18—No. 2f-Georga Udney, Esq., No. of aores granted, *20.000.June 18—No. 25—Samuel Touchit, 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. Ceorge MoCanlay, No. of acres granted.-20.000.June 18—No. 28—John Grover, Esq., No. nf •ores granted, 5,000..Jane 18—No. 29—John Grayhuiet,Esq., No. amres’granted. 20,000.;Ttone !8-tiNo. 30^-Wm. Elliot, Esq., No. of —taiiijjmitiT1 nrvnftAd Jttne 18—Noi 31*—James Crisp, Esq, No. of WCjiee granted, 15,000.Jane 18—No. 32—Sir Wm- Dnnoan, Barenet, SUtaber of-acres granted, 20,000.jjttfce 13—No. 33—Andrew Tnrnbnll, Esq., CMifc'bf tbe ’Crdwn slid Pleas, No. of acres 'grentad;,20i,000.June 18—No. 34—Themes Bradshaw, Esq., No. of uuree granted, 20;000. *June 18—No. 85—James T*ylorrEsq., No. df acres granted, 10,000.June 18—No. 36—Peter Taylor, Esq. No. of acres granted 10,000.June 18—No. 87—Thomas Townshend, Esq., No. of acres gtanted, 10,060.June 18—No. 88—Alex. Popham, Esqi, No. of acres granted, 20,000.June 18—No. 89—James Penman, Esq., No. of acres granted. lO-.WO.Jaly 29—No.-40—Sir Jehu Hussey, delsval Banmet, reported, No. df acres granted20,000 July 29—No. 4rl—Wm. Crewie, Esq.,reported, No. of acres granted, 10,000.July 29—No. 42—Luke Lillipgstone, Esqn reported, No. of acres granted 10,000.July 29—No. 43—James Anderson, Esq., re-ported. No. of acres' gnmted,TO,000.Joly -29—No. *44-^Ricbard Brett, Esq., reported, No. of -acres granted, 10,000.July 29—No. ^45—Edward Wood, iBsq^ deported, No. ,otac*e*graated,6jQG0.July 29—No. 46—JameS 'Morrison, Esq^ re-portea, No. -of screo gmnted, £,000.
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