Deed, GA, Hancock, Robert Bryan, 1797 Georgia By the court of Justices of Hancock County. To JOHN RAGAN, Esq., county surveyor. You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out or cause to be admeasured and laid out unto ROBERT BRIAN a tract of land containing one hundred and seventy [170] acres in said conty of Hancock on his own headrights. Taking special care that the same hath not been heretofore laid out to any person or persons. And you are hereby also directed and require to record the plat of the same in your office and transmit a copy thereof together with this warrant to the surveyor general withing two years from the date hereof. Given under our hands this 6th day of March 1797 J. T. BAILEY, JP BENJAMIN WHITFIELD, JP WILLIAM BATTLE, JP WILLIAM RABERN, Clerk Page 1 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, GA, Hancock, Robert Bryan, 1797 State of Georgia BY HIS EXCELLENCY JARED IRWIN Captain-General, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in, and over, the said State, and of the militia thereof. TO ALL To whom these presents shall, greeting. KNOW YE that in pursuance of the act for opening the land office, and by virtue of the powers in me vested, I have given and granted, and, by these presents, in the name and behalf of the said state, do give and grant unto ROBERT BRYAN his heirs and assigns forever, all that track or parcel of land, containing 170 Acres, situate, lying and being in the county of Hancock in the said State, and butting and bounding Northwest by NATHAN JONES’ land, Northeast Buy JOHN ADAMS’, JONADAB REED land, Southeast by SAMUEL HART’s land, and Powell's Creek having such a shape, form, and marks as appear by a plat of the same hereunto annexed. TOGETHER WITH ALL and singular the rights, members, and appurtenances thereof whatsoever, to the said tract or parcel of land belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and also all of the estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand of the said scratch state aforesaid, of, in, too, or out of, the same. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land, and all and singular the premises aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members, and appurtenances, unto the said ROBERT BRYAN his heirs and assigns, to his and their on proper use and behoof forever, in fee simple. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, and in the Great Seal of the said State, this 12th day of December in the year of Our Lord 1797 and in the 22nd year of American Independence. Signed by his Excellency the governor of his 12th day of December 1797 JARED IRWIN J. MERIWEATHER S. E. D. Registered the 12th day of December 1797 Page 2 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, GA, Hancock, Robert Bryan, 1797 Page 3 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Deed, GA, Hancock, Robert Bryan, 1797 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 4 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK **