Grants to John Reeves

Note: The following two warrants and grants are among five contained in a folder at the Georgia Archives under the name of John Reeves. Given that the five warrants and grants are in the same folder might suggest that all concern the same John Reeves; however, there is nothing in the folder to substantiate that assumption. The five warrants are:
        1785 Washington County
        1785 Washington County
        1793 Columbia County
        1800 Columbia County
        1816 Jackson County

The warrants for counties other than Washington County can be found in entries made in those respective counties.

Transcriptions

Two Hundred Acre Warrant

Georgia
By the Justices of Washington County

To Francis Tannell Esqr County Surveyor of Washington

You are hereby Authorized and required to admeasure and lay out or Cause to be admeasured and laid out unto John Reeves which Shall Contain two hundred acres on his family headrites in the County of Washington.

Taking especial Care that the Same has not been heretofore laid out unto any person or Persons and you are also Directed & Required to Record the platt of the Same in your office and transmit a Copy thereof together with this warrant to the Surveyor General within Six months from this date Given under my hand as Senior Justice of Sd Court 6th April 1785.

Th. Napier(?) S. J.
Test.
J. Thornton C. W. C.

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John Reaves
Warrant
200 Acres
Executed the
20th Day of July
1785
David Gunn

Grant

State of Georgia

By the Honorable George Mathews Esquire, Captain General, Governor and Commander in and over the sad State.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETINGS:

KNOW YE, That in Pursuance of the At for opening the Land Office, and by virtue of the Powers in me vested, I HAVE, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Honorable the Executive Council given and granted, and by these Presents, in the Name and Behalf of the said State, DO give and grant unto John Reaves his Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two hundred Acres, situate, lying, and being, in the County of Washington in the said State, butting and bounding on all sides by Vacant land

having such 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 the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand, of the State aforesaid, of, in, to, 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 John Reaves his Heirs and Assigns, to his and their own proper Use and Behoof forever, in Fee-Simple.

GIVEN under my Hand in Council, and the Great Seal of the said State, this thirty first Day of December in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Severn Hundred and Eighty-Seven and in the twelfth Year of American Independence.

Signed by His Honor the Governor in Council 31 Day of Dec’r 1787
J. Meriwether C.C.

Registered 3rd day of January 1788

One Hundred & Fifty Acre Warrant

Georgia
By the Justices of Washington County

To Francis Tannell Esqr County Surveyor of Washington

You are hereby Authorized & Required to admeasure and lay out or Cause to be admeasured and laid out unto John Reeves which Shall Contain one hundred and fifty acres on his family headrites in the County of Washington County.

Taking Especial Care that the same has not been heretofore laid out unto any person or persons and you are also Directed & Required to Record the platt of the Same in your office and transmit a Copy thereof together with this warrant to the Surveyor General within Six months from this date Given under my hand as Senior Justice of Sd Court 6th April 1785.

Th. Napier(?) S. J.
Test.
D. Thornton C. W. C.

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John Reeves
150 Acres
Executed the 20th Day of June 1785
David Gunn C. S.

Grant

State of Georgia

By the Honorable George Mathews Esquire, Captain General, Governor and Commander in and over the sad State.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETINGS:
KNOW YE, That in Pursuance of the At for opening the Land Office, and by virtue of the Powers in me vested, I HAVE, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Honorable the Executive Council given and granted, and by these Presents, in the Name and Behalf of the said State, DO give and grant unto John Reaves his Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that Tract or Parcel of Land, containing one hundred and fifty Acres, situate, lying, and being, in the County of Washington in the said State, butting and bounding On all Side by Vacant Land,

having such 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 the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand, of the State aforesaid, of, in, to, 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 John Reaves his Heirs and Assigns, to his and their own proper Use and Behoof forever, in Fee-Simple.

GIVEN under my Hand in Council, and the Great Seal of the said State, this Twenty Second Day of September in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven and in the twelfth Year of American Independence.

Signed by His Honor the Governor in Council 22nd Day of Sept 1787
J. Meriwether C.C.

Registered 29th Sept 1787

Sources

Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1809 Family Search, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-26299-6932-44?cc=1914217&wc=MMYG-GZ2:n1418440277
Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1809, Register of Grants, 1787-1788, Vol. OOO, p. 465, Family Search, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18980-10624-44?cc=1914217&wc=MMYG-G6M:n80226366
Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1809, Register of Grants, 1788, Vol. PPP, p. 79, Family Search, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18980-5934-49?cc=1914217&wc=MMYG-G69:451530979