﻿historical 
  outline. 
  59 
  

  

  "West 
  Florida, 
  ss. 
  

  

  " 
  George 
  the 
  Third, 
  by 
  the 
  Grace 
  of 
  God 
  of 
  Great 
  

   Britain, 
  France 
  and 
  Ireland, 
  King, 
  Defender 
  of 
  the 
  Faith, 
  

   and 
  so 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  all 
  to 
  whom 
  these 
  presents 
  shall 
  come 
  greeting. 
  

   Know 
  Ye 
  that 
  we, 
  of 
  our 
  special 
  grace, 
  certain 
  know- 
  

   ledge, 
  and 
  mere 
  motion, 
  have 
  given 
  and 
  granted 
  and 
  by 
  

   these 
  presents, 
  for 
  our 
  heirs 
  and 
  successors 
  do 
  give 
  and 
  

   grant 
  unto, 
  &c. 
  &c., 
  his 
  heirs 
  and 
  assigns, 
  all 
  that 
  tract 
  

   or 
  parcel 
  of 
  land, 
  &c. 
  &c., 
  together 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  woods 
  

   and 
  underwoods, 
  timber 
  and 
  timber 
  trees, 
  lakes, 
  j^onds 
  

   and 
  fishings, 
  waters, 
  watercourses, 
  profits, 
  commodities, 
  

   &c. 
  &c., 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  hunting, 
  hawlcing, 
  

   and 
  fmcling, 
  &c. 
  &c., 
  reserving, 
  &c. 
  &c. 
  With 
  a 
  quit- 
  

   rent 
  of 
  one 
  penny 
  sterling 
  per 
  acre, 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  

   feast 
  of 
  St. 
  Michael's 
  in 
  every 
  year." 
  

  

  Then 
  follow 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  clearing 
  three 
  acres 
  

   out 
  of 
  every 
  fifty, 
  of 
  seating 
  and 
  seeding, 
  draining 
  

   marshes 
  and 
  quarrying 
  rocks, 
  &c., 
  proof 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  made 
  under 
  a 
  penalty 
  of 
  forfeiture 
  within 
  a 
  stated 
  

   period. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  principal 
  grants 
  made 
  in 
  

   the 
  Natchez 
  District: 
  The 
  Earl 
  of 
  Egglenton, 
  20,000 
  

   acres 
  near 
  Natchez 
  j 
  Captain 
  Amos 
  Ogden, 
  25,000 
  acres 
  

   on 
  the 
  Homochitto 
  ; 
  Thaddeus 
  Lyman, 
  20,000 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  Bayou 
  Pierre, 
  between 
  Port 
  Gibson 
  and 
  

   Grand 
  Gulf; 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Harcourt, 
  10,000 
  acres; 
  Ad- 
  

   miral 
  Bentinck, 
  10,000 
  acres; 
  the 
  heirs 
  of 
  Thomas 
  

   Comyn, 
  10,000 
  acres; 
  Elihu 
  Hall 
  Bay, 
  several 
  tracts, 
  

   16,000 
  acres; 
  Admiral 
  Sir 
  George 
  Bridges 
  Rodney, 
  

   5,000 
  acres; 
  Sir 
  William 
  Dalling, 
  5,000 
  acres; 
  Philip 
  

   Barbour, 
  Governor 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  2,000 
  acres 
  on 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi 
  near 
  Grand 
  Gulf; 
  Admiral 
  Sir 
  Richard 
  Onslow, 
  

   1,000 
  acres, 
  and 
  Colonel 
  Anthony 
  Hutchins, 
  several 
  large 
  

  

  