General Notes

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL-COLONIAL RECORDS OF GEORGIA VOLUME 12 PG 168  YR 1772

READ THE PETITION OF WILLIAM AND SAMUEL GIBSON, SETTING FORTH THAT THEY
CAME PROVINCE SOME YEARS SINCE FROM IRELAND IN CONSEQUENCE OF
ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN BY THE PUBLIC BUT YET NEVER HAD ANY LAND GRANTED
THEM. THEREFORE PRYING FOR US AS TENNANTS IN COMMON TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF
LAND IN OLD QUEENSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP---

ALSO ON PG. 72  YR 1771

READ THE PETITION OF SAMUEL GIBSON SETTING FORTH THAT HE HAD HERETOFORE
ORDERED HIM FOURHUNDRED ACRES
OF LAND IN QUEENSBOROUGH TWP WHICH  HAD BEEN SURVEY  AND A PLAN  THEREOF
RETURNED  INTO THE SURVEYER GENERAL'S
BUT THE TIME WAS ELAPSED IN WICH THE GRANT FOR THE SAME SHOULD HAVE
PASSED. THEREFOR PRAYING THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAPSE OF TIME HE
PERMITTED TO TAKE OUT HIS MAJESTY GRANT FOR SAID LAND AND THAT THE
SERVEYER GENERAL MIGHT BE ORDERED TO PREPARE AND CERTIFY A PLAN THEREOF
FOR THAT PURPOSE...