Case Name: Richard Collis and Elizabeth his Daughter v. Lachlan MacGillevrey
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1764-05-12
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 531
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard Collis and Elizabeth his Daughter v. Lachlan MacGillevrey
Judges: Present, His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor; The Honorable Othniel Beale, Henry Middleton, John Guerard, Charles Shinner, Esquires for executing the Office of Chancellor. William Burrows Esq. Master.
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 531–531

Head Matter:
Present, His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor; The Honorable Othniel Beale, Henry Middleton, John Guerard, Charles Shinner, Esquires for executing the Office of Chancellor. William Burrows Esq. Master.
Richard Collis and Elizabeth his Daughter v. Lachlan MacGillevrey
Lachlan McGillivray, an Indian trader and politician, was one of the men to whom James Adair dedicated his History of the American Indians, London, 1775. A loyalist, he returned to Scotland after the confiscation of his estates in Georgia. His son was the well known Creek chief, Alexander McGillivray (c. 1759-1793). See Dictionary of American Biography.

Opinion:
On Motion of Mr. Rutledge Sollicitor for the Complainants in this Cause, upon reading the Affidavit, of the Complainant Richard Collis, Ordered that a Writt of ne exeat Provincia do issue against Lachlan McGil-levrey one of the Defendants in this Cause in the usual Manner and that he do find sufficient Bail or Security in the Sum of Four Thousand Pounds Current Mony.
John Troup Register in Chancery