Little Saint Simons Island collection, 1772-1908.

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Little Saint Simons Island collection, 1772-1908.

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The collection consists of 12 documents pertaining to ownership of Little St. Simons Island. They are: 1.) Survey for James Graham - 600 acres in Parish of St. James, 12 June 1772; 2.) Handwritten copy of Graham survey; 3.) Crown land grant to James Graham - 600 acres in Parish of St. James, 19 January 1773; 4.) Purchase of titles to Little St. Simons Island between Pierce Butler and Episcopal Clergy Society, 23 July 1794; 5.) Hand drawn map of Little St. Simons Island, partially in watercolors, from a survey done by Hopkins and Parker in 1790 (oversize), 1797; 6.) Survey for Pierce Butler, 1,000 acres, 29 March 1802; 7.) Survey for Harriot Butler, 1,000 acres, 29 March 1802; 8.) Land grant to Pierce Butler, 1,000 acres, 16 July 1802; 9.) Land grant to Harriot Butler, 1,000 acres, 16 July 1802; 10.) Newspaper clipping from Brunswick Journal re: possible sale of Little St. Simons Island to Mr. Chichester, 16 February 1908; 11.) Printed map of Little St. Simons Island (oversize), 1908; 12.) Three land grant seals.

12 items (1.0 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621947

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Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

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Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 – February 15, 1822) was an Irish-American South Carolina rice planter, slaveholder, politician, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a state legislator, a member of the Congress of the Confederation, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention where he signed the United States Constitution, and was a member of the United States Senate. Born in County Carlow, Ireland, Butler pursued preparator...

Graham, James, 1773-1829

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Butler, Harriot, 1775?-1815.

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