Thomas Dawson land grants, 1795 / Geo. Mathews.

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Thomas Dawson land grants, 1795 / Geo. Mathews.

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The Thomas Dawson land grants include forty-five grants issued by the State of Georgia in 1795 to Thomas Dawson. Each grant is for 1,000 acres of land in Montgomery County, Ga. and all are signed by George Mathews, Governor. These grants were probably for land involved in the "pine barren fraud," a scandal in which Georgia's public domain was recklessly given away under the administration of Governor Mathews. During 1793 alone, over 7,000,000 acres of land were granted in Montgomery County, a county which physically contained only a little over 400,000 acres. The original plats and pendant seals are attached.

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Dawson, Thomas, 1676-1740

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Thomas Dawson was a Georgia land speculator. In the 1790s he was granted 341,000 acres of land in Montgomery County, Ga. His holdings also included land in what is now Washington County, Ga. From the description of Thomas Dawson land grants, 1795 / Geo. Mathews. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 47130415 ...

Mathews, George, 1739-1812

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Army officer, governor, and U.S. representative of Georgia. From the description of Land grant of George Mathews, 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452870 Member of the U.S. Congress, 1789-1791, and governor of Georgia, 1793-1796. From the description of Papers, 1786-1794. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030137 George and Sampson Mathews, sons of John Mathews, were men of prominence in Augusta County, Virginia. Sampson Mathews rose ...