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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  tracts 
  embracing 
  the 
  White 
  Apple 
  Village 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  

   on 
  Second 
  Creek. 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  these 
  grants, 
  known 
  as 
  Ogden's 
  Mandamus 
  and 
  

   Lyman's 
  Mandamus, 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  character 
  from 
  

   the 
  others, 
  emanating 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  king. 
  

  

  To 
  Captain 
  Amos 
  Ogden, 
  a 
  retired 
  officer 
  of 
  the 
  Pro- 
  

   vince 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  the 
  king, 
  at 
  the 
  Court 
  of 
  St. 
  

   James, 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  of 
  May, 
  1767, 
  issued 
  his 
  order 
  to 
  the 
  

   governor 
  of 
  his 
  majesty's 
  province 
  of 
  West 
  Florida, 
  to 
  

   cause 
  25,000 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  to 
  he 
  surveyed 
  in 
  one 
  '' 
  con- 
  

   tiguous" 
  tract, 
  in 
  such 
  part 
  of 
  said 
  province 
  as 
  the 
  said 
  

   Ogden 
  or 
  his 
  attorney 
  shall 
  choose, 
  and 
  to 
  pass 
  a 
  grant 
  

   therefor 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  Ogden 
  under 
  the 
  seal 
  of 
  the 
  

   province. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  April, 
  1772, 
  Captain 
  Ogden 
  sold 
  

   19,000 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  grant 
  for 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  nine 
  hundred 
  

   pounds 
  2^'^oda'matio7i 
  money 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  to 
  two 
  

   brothers, 
  Samuel 
  and 
  Richard 
  Swayze. 
  This 
  grant 
  was 
  

   located 
  on 
  the 
  Homochitto 
  River, 
  about 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Natchez, 
  and 
  the 
  purchasers, 
  with 
  their 
  families 
  

   and 
  connections, 
  removed 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  formed 
  what 
  is 
  

   known 
  to 
  this 
  day 
  as 
  the 
  Jersey 
  settlement. 
  

  

  Major-General 
  Phineas 
  Lyman, 
  of 
  Connecticut, 
  had 
  

   served 
  with 
  distinction 
  against 
  the 
  French 
  in 
  Canada, 
  

   and 
  subsequently 
  led 
  a 
  large 
  detachment 
  of 
  provincial 
  

   troops 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  Lord 
  Amherst 
  against 
  the 
  

   West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  Havana 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  

   command 
  of 
  that 
  place. 
  Standing 
  in 
  high 
  favor 
  with 
  

   the 
  British 
  government, 
  and 
  contemplating 
  after 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  company 
  of 
  

   military 
  adventurers 
  chiefly 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  

   soldiers 
  who 
  had 
  served 
  with 
  him 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   making 
  a 
  settlement 
  on 
  lands 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  he 
  repaired 
  

   to 
  England 
  in 
  1763, 
  to 
  solicit 
  the 
  grant 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  

  

  