Lucas Gilliland
Warrant for 200 Acres
Hancock County, Georgia
1817

Source: Georgia Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909
Images of the original documents may be viewed at https://familysearch.org

Kate’s notes: On the file tab for Lucas Gilliland the surname was misspelled as “Lucas Gilliand” so if you are searching for the original documents, take note.
    This file contains the record of one warrant for 200 acres in Hancock County, dated October 1817. William Gilliland signed the reverse with “DS” after his name which, I believe, was an abbreviation for “Deputy Secretary”. Even though printed forms had been available for some years, this record was handwritten. Interpreting any handwritten document can be tricky so any portions in doubt have been indicated by brackets. I have not made any corrections for capitalization, punctuation or spelling.

Primary document:

Georgia
    By the court of Justices of Hancock County –
To Joseph Roberts Esquire county Surveyor –
You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out or cause to be admeasured and laid out unto Lucas Gilliland a tract of land containing two hundred acres in said county of Hancock on his own headright taking especial care that the Same hath not been heretofore laid out to any person or persons and you are hereby further directed to record the plat of the Same in your office and transmit a copy thereof together with this warrant to the Surveyor General within two years from the date hereof given under our hands the 6th day of October 1817
Wm Gilliland  Clk                                                                             Isaac Birdsong J. P.
                                                                                                            Henry [Trippe] J. P.
                                                                                                            [L---] Reaves  J. P.

On the reverse:

Lucas Gilliland
Warrant 200 acres
Hancock
Executed in part 181 ½
Acres the 10th of October
1817   Wm Gilliland D.S

***********

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013