1830 Land Theft Record via “Georgia Land Lottery”

Written: October 29, 1830
Recorded: October 29, 1830

State of Georgia
	By His Excellency George R. Gilmer Governor and Commander in Chief of 
the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof. 
            To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting.
Know Ye, That in pursuance of the several acts of the General Assembly of this 
State, passed the 9th of June, and 24th December, 1825, and the 14th and 27th 
of December, 1826, to make distribution of the lands acquired of the Creek 
Nation of Indians, by a Treaty concluded at the Indian Springs, on the 12th day 
of February, 1825, and forming the Counties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta and 
Carroll, in this State I Have Given and Granted, and by these presents, Do Give 
And Grant unto   Albert Dunn of Sparks’s district Jasper County his heirs and 
assigns forever, all that tract or lot of land containing  two hundred two and 
a half acres, situate, lying and being in the    Sixteenth   District, of the 
First Section, in the County of Lee in the said State, which said tract or 
parcel of land is known and distinguished in the plan of said District by the 
number   One Hundred and twenty  having such shape, form and marks as appear by 
a plat of same hereunto annexed:  To have and to hold the said tract or lot of 
land, together with all and singular the rights, members and appurtenances 
thereof whatsoever, except all valuable ores, mines and minerals which have 
been reserved to the State by an act, passed the 24th of December, 1825,   unto 
the said 
                                            Albert Dunn his
Heirs and assigns, to his and their proper use, benefit and behoof forever in 
fee simple.

     Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the said State this Twenty 
ninth  day of  October  in the year one thousand eight hundred and  Thirty and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the fifty fifth  

Signed by his Excellency the Governor       George R. Gilmer
29th day of Oct   1830                                  E.H. Pierce  S.E.D.

Registered the   29th day of   Octo.   1830

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