Michael Henderson land grants and plats, 1795.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Michael Henderson land grants and plats, 1795.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82368302

This collection consists of 25 of Michael Hendrson's grants in Montgomery County, each for 1,000 acres, dated January 22, 1795, all signed by George Mathews, Governor, Joel Meriwether, Secretary of Executive Department, recorded and signed by John Milton, Secretary. Each has an attached plat, dated August 27, 1794, signed by the surveyor, and pendant seal. All of the lands are on the Oconee River.

1 box (.50 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8281386

Georgia Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Henderson, Michael O.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8gh0 (person)

Michael Henderson of Burke County received grants for land in Montgomery County, Georgia in 1795, totaling 287,000; there were only 407,000 acres in the county [See Index to Headright and Bounty Grants in Georgia (Vidalia, Ga.: 1970), 283; History of the Public Domain of Georgia, S.G. McLendon (Atlanta: 1924)]. During 1794 and 1795, many fraudulent grants were awarded in thousand-acre plots. Similar to the Yazoo Land fraud, the Pine=Barren speculation may account for the large number of grants a...

Mathews, George, 1739-1812

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v5jp7 (person)

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 ...