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Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790 [Indenture with Joseph and William Gibbons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00658.01 Author/Creator: Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790 Place Written: Chatham County, Georgia Type: Document signed Date: 13 June 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 45 cm, Width: 60 cm Order a Copy

Settles an old claim against the Gwinnett estate in Georgia and states that title to the land in question will be given to Joseph Gibbons. Noted on verso that the document was recorded in the clerk's office, Chatham County, Georgia.

Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790
Gwinnett, Button, 1735-1777
Gibbons, William, 1726-1800
Gibbons, Joseph, fl. 1785

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