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THB1794 Printed Official Land Survey Order Signed Montgomery Cty, Georgia
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1794 Georgia Land Survey Order Signed William Neal for Montgomery County Settled in 1795 Now Mount Vernon
August 4, 1794-Dated Federal Period, Partially-Printed Official Land Survey Order Document Signed, "Wm. Neal, C,M,J" (County Montgomery Justice), Neal's home was both used as the early County Court and Jail), Montgomery County, Georgia, Fine.
A very rare and histoically pertinent Printed Georgia Broadside style Document regarding the Surveying of Land in Montgomery County, Ga. Signed "Wm. Neal," with three others, 1 page, about 8" x 6.5". A rare early George Federal period form having rich even overall patina to the laid period paper with still-dark black typeset and crisp printing. Several folds with fine separation started at center, docket on the black reverse. The Montgomery County, Georgia county seat is now Mount Vernon, which was settled in 1795. It was designated the county seat in 1813 but not incorporated until 1872. Initially court was held in the residence of William Neal. His home also functioned as the jail.The first we have encountered. Reads, in full:
"GEORGIA -- By the Court of Justices of MONTGOMERY County to WILLIS WOOD, ESQ., County Surveyor for Said County. --- You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out, or cause to be admeasured and laid out, unto "Robert Conners" a Tract of land - which shall contain one thousand acres, in said county, in lieu of an old Warrant. -- Taking especial care that the same hath not heretofore been laid out to any other person or persons: - And you are hereby also directed and required to record a plat of the same in your office, and transmit a copy thereof, together with this Warrant, to the Surveyor-General, within the term of two years from this date. -- GIVEN under out hands as Justices of the Said Court, this 4th Day of August, 1794. -- Attest, (Signed) Wm. Need, C.M.C. (and three other witnesses/justices) at lower right.
The Montgomery County, Georgia county seat name is now Mount Vernon, which was settled in 1795. It was designated the county seat in 1813 but not incorporated until 1872. Initially court was held in the residence of William Neal. His home also functioned as the jail. In 1797 these functions were moved to Arthur Lott's plantation.
When Mount Vernon was chosen as county seat, it is probable that a wooden frame building was constructed specifically for the court and other official business. Erection of a jail was authorized in 1838, and legislative authorization for the repair of a courthouse was enacted. The current courthouse, built in 1907 and renovated and restored in 1991-92, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Montgomery County, in east central Georgia, is the state's twentieth county. It was created from part of Washington County in 1793 and received additional land from Telfair County in 1812. The county is named for Richard Montgomery, a brigadier general in the Continental army who was killed leading an assault against Quebec in 1775.
Land speculators sometimes acquired acreage in the territory called the Pine Barrens, which consisted of land that was unsuitable for farming. In partnership with some state and local officials, the speculators then conducted fraudulent schemes to attract northern buyers, such as advertising the barrens as rich land good for raising cotton or advertising nonexistent plots. One such scheme, the Pine Barren Speculation, rivaled the infamous Yazoo Land Fraud in the magnitude of its deception.
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