signed
1793-1794 · Washington County, Georgia
by Mathews, George, as Governor of Georgia.
Washington County, Georgia, 1793-1794. Acceptable. 2 leaves with pendant wax seal. Georgia Land Office grant, 33 cm x 33cm, signed by Governor George Mathews, countersigned by Edward Watts and docketed by Secretary of State John Milton. Attached surveying document 17cm x ~28cm, with manuscript plan of property and surveyor's warrant, signed by surveyor George Wetherby, and endorsed by T. McCall, naing chain carriers H. Holley and J. Coleman
1000 acres granted to Richmond Dawson by the governor who would in the succeeding years mastermind the Yazoo Land Fraud, selling large tracts of land at bargain basement prices to political insiders. The grant for 1000 acres in Washington County is to Richmond Dawson. (Inventory #: 6592)
1000 acres granted to Richmond Dawson by the governor who would in the succeeding years mastermind the Yazoo Land Fraud, selling large tracts of land at bargain basement prices to political insiders. The grant for 1000 acres in Washington County is to Richmond Dawson. (Inventory #: 6592)