John Castleberry Land Grant 
24 May 1786 Washington County, GA

State of Georgia

                    By the Honorable Edw. Telfair, Esquire

                    Captain general, Governor and Commander in 

                    Chief, in and over the said State

     To all to whom these presents shall come,   

 GREETING:

Know ye, that in pursuance of the act for opening the Land

Office, and by virtue of the Powers in me vested, I HAVE, by and

with the Advice and Consent of the Honorable the Executive

Council, given and granted, and by these presents, in the Name

and Behalf of the said State, DO give and grant unto 

                    John  Castleberry his

Heirs and Assigns forever, ALL that tract or Parcel of Land,

containing two hundred eighty seven and a half acres, situate,

lying and being, in the County of Washington in the said State,

and butting and bounding

     southwestwardly by W. Farlands land, northwestwards by

     Dawson's land and on all other sides by vacant lands

          (on bounty)

having such shape, form and marks as appear by a plat of the

same hereunto annexed; together with all and singular rights,

members and appurtenances thereof, whatsoever, to the said tract

or parcel of land belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and

also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand, of

the State aforesaid, of, in, to, or out of the same; TO HAVE AND

TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land, and all the singular

the premises aforesaid, with their and every of their rights,

members and appurtenances, unto said John Castleberry his Heirs

and assigns to his and their own proper use and Behoof forever,

in Fee Simple.

                    Given under my Hand in Council, and the Great

               Seal of said State this twenty fourth    Day of

               May in the year of our Lord One Thousand

               Seven Hundred and Eighty Six and in the tenth 

               year of American Independence.

     Signed by His Honor the Governor in Concil the 24th Day of

May  1786.

                                      Edw. Telfair

G. Handley C.C.

Registered 26th  Day of May 1786