The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-14
AN oLD-TIMz PAPER.
4 Relic Of the Reign OF King George
The Third.

The Third.
Chatham county doubtless bes more old
records and papers Of legal form than any
other county in Georgia The removal
of the court house records aud other
county property has brought lot OF these
! old papers AID ODDS ami ends OF various
kinds to light. A MORNING NEWS
reporter was in the attic OF the court house
/ yesterday With Capt. John X. Dillon and
I some of tue cleras- quantity OF the o.d
rubbish Of by gone years was being stored
away, and among other old papers was
found one OF l7I3, which duufully ac-
knJwledses the sovereignty OF King George
Ill Its legal terms are somewhat strange,
but the form does not materially diner
from the indenture Of the present day. IL
reads as follows:
This indenture made the twenty-firSt day of
August in the year Of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and Sc, enty-three, and IN the
thirteenth year OF the reign OF our soverelgn
LORD George tie Third by the Grace OF God, OF
Great Britain, Francs and Irelead King. De-
fender OF the Faltn and so forth between Aary
Magdalen DeRk, widow, Of the one part, aud
JohJ Norris Esq, OF Charleston, Comptroller
Of his Majesty's Customs, or the ether
ton of the sum of seven hundred
pounds, current money of the said province, 70
her in hand well and truly paid by the said John
Morris, Esq, at and before the sealing and de
livery hereof tine receipt whereof IS hereby
acknowledged, hath bargained and sold, and
by these presents doth bargain and sell, unIo the
said joan Morris, ESQ.,, his executors, admin
istratOrs and assigns, certain piece OF land
or lot Of ground. together with the house and
all other buildings Whatever, and every kind Of
improvement thereon, lying and being up the
path In st. Philips parish. fronting on the
broad road leading to and from Charleston,
containing in said front and bounding northeast
cry on sal road IS feet of asSize aud in depth
200 feet OF asslZe, wnicl said piece OF ground
or lot of land is distinguished in plan of the
lands Of kawiins Founders by the No. 5, etc.
describing boundary, together with all and
singular the gardens, orchards, fences. ways.
wells waters, water courses. ease ments, profits,
commodities, advantages, emoluments. here3i-
The deed provides that the purchaser
is to have possession of the prop
erty for one year. at the end OF
which time he is to pay unto the said Mary
Aagdalen Deak her executors or admlpistra
tors the rent of one psppercorn on the last day
Of the said term, II the same shall be lawfully
demanded. To the intent ana purpose that the
said John Morris, Esq, by virtue hereof
uses into possession may be in actual posses
sion OF the premises herein before mentioned,
and intended 10 be hereby bargained and sold,
and every part and pieces thereof, with their
hereby enabled to accept and take grant ard
release OF the reversion and inheritance of the
same to him and his heirs forever.
On the back of the document is inscribed
Lease for year." but it must mean that a
sale will be contaminated by the payment
OF the peppsrcorD.
An old trunk that had been brought over
was broken up and was found TO contain a
lot of old clothes, several cop
pers, some letters addressed to
Thomas Common, Savannah, Ga, y
an old double-barreled pistol, a dirk,
and couple of old pocket knives. The
letters were dated Jersey City, N. j., in
1866, and were evidently from relatives of
Connor's named Nolan. Capt. Dillon said
Conner mu have been murdered aud his
property brought into court as evidence.
The pistol is curious piece of workman
ship, old style, and must have been made
shortly after percussion caps came into use,
the locks being of that kind.
Two copies of the Southern Reporter
and Cork Commercial Courier Of Ireland,
of 1922. were found. They are filed largely
with English and commercial news. Poor
Ireland was in q troubled state then,
as ever, large portion OF the
country being in state of insurrection. 1t
was in the time of the white boys" and
several columns Of each paper were filed
with accounts of their "outrages.n The
papers are email and of large print, and
doubtless entirely different from the papers
of Cork of to-day.