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Land Grant from the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks and Seminoles to Thomas Brown, 1783
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A Grant of Indian Territory from the Upper Creek Indians and also The Lower Creeks & Seminolies to Colonel Thomas Browne Superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern District of North America.
We The Undersigned Kings & Warriors of the Upper & Lower Creek Nations and Seminolies assembled in Congress and herein aforementioned vix Apoi Mico, Efa Hadjou, Mico chateo, Apoi hadjou, Capatooka hadjou, Mickinee lackoo, Philotougi, Wacca puchajou, Tomapee hadjou, Tavanna hadjou, Tallassee mico, Slasso[?] chapco, Virginia hadjou, Coosa mico, Chipee mico, Witumkee mico, Cussita mico, Euchee mico, Savanna mico, Tomo Chigi mico
In consideration of the regard and esteem we have for our father and friend Colonel Browne who on various occasions has successfully led our Kings & Warriors to battle against the common enemy the Virginians and as the Giver of Breath has been pleased to endow him with the qualities of a warrior in a superior degree to any of our nations; We therefore the Kings, Chiefs & Warriors having chosen our father & friend our chief king & head Warrior with the war title of the Great Eagle as a mark of our regard & affection for him and to enable him to support his rank & station have given and by these presents do give to him & his children forever the Land on the Westernside of East Florida bounded on the North by the river Amajura, the East by the St. Johns river and the Islands therein including the same and on the South by the Point River on the West by the sea with the Islands on the Coast including to have & hold the same forever.
In Testimony whereof we have set our Names & family Marks
Apoi mico
Efa hadjou
Apoi hadjou
Capatooka hadjou
Mikinee lackoo
Philotougi
Wacca puchajou
Tallassee hadjou
Savanna hadjou
Tallassee mico
Slasso[?] chapco
Virginia hadjou
Coosa mico
Chipee mico
Witumkee mico
Euchee mico
Savanna mico
Tomo chigi
Signed in the presence of us Pat Tonyn Governor & Gen.
Archibald McArthur
Brigadier General
St. Augustine March 1, 1783
St. Vincents
I do surely swear that the foregoing is a faithful copy taken from the original Grant lodged amongst the records of my department & of which there are copies lodged in the Secretarys office of the province of East Florida and also of the Surveyor Generals Office & the Registers office
Thomas Browne Superintendent and General of the late Southern Indian department of North America
Thos. Browne
Sworn before me [?] Governors Commissioner [?] of St. Vincents
Sworn before me the Senior Assistant Justice of His Majesty South of Kings [?] [?] [?] of Saint Vincent this 28th day June 1820
John [?]
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A Grant of Indian Territory from the Upper Creek Indians and also The Lower Creeks & Seminolies to Colonel Thomas Browne Superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern District of North America.
We The Undersigned Kings & Warriors of the Upper & Lower Creek Nations and Seminolies assembled in Congress and herein aforementioned vix Apoi Mico, Efa Hadjou, Mico chateo, Apoi hadjou, Capatooka hadjou, Mickinee lackoo, Philotougi, Wacca puchajou, Tomapee hadjou, Tavanna hadjou, Tallassee mico, Slasso[?] chapco, Virginia hadjou, Coosa mico, Chipee mico, Witumkee mico, Cussita mico, Euchee mico, Savanna mico, Tomo Chigi mico
In consideration of the regard and esteem we have for our father and friend Colonel Browne who on various occasions has successfully led our Kings & Warriors to battle against the common enemy the Virginians and as the Giver of Breath has been pleased to endow him with the qualities of a warrior in a superior degree to any of our nations; We therefore the Kings, Chiefs & Warriors having chosen our father & friend our chief king & head Warrior with the war title of the Great Eagle as a mark of our regard & affection for him and to enable him to support his rank & station have given and by these presents do give to him & his children forever the Land on the Westernside of East Florida bounded on the North by the river Amajura, the East by the St. Johns river and the Islands therein including the same and on the South by the Point River on the West by the sea with the Islands on the Coast including to have & hold the same forever.
In Testimony whereof we have set our Names & family Marks
Apoi mico
Efa hadjou
Apoi hadjou
Capatooka hadjou
Mikinee lackoo
Philotougi
Wacca puchajou
Tallassee hadjou
Savanna hadjou
Tallassee mico
Slasso[?] chapco
Virginia hadjou
Coosa mico
Chipee mico
Witumkee mico
Euchee mico
Savanna mico
Tomo chigi
Signed in the presence of us Pat Tonyn Governor & Gen.
Archibald McArthur
Brigadier General
St. Augustine March 1, 1783
St. Vincents
I do surely swear that the foregoing is a faithful copy taken from the original Grant lodged amongst the records of my department & of which there are copies lodged in the Secretarys office of the province of East Florida and also of the Surveyor Generals Office & the Registers office
Thomas Browne Superintendent and General of the late Southern Indian department of North America
Thos. Browne
Sworn before me [?] Governors Commissioner [?] of St. Vincents
Sworn before me the Senior Assistant Justice of His Majesty South of Kings [?] [?] [?] of Saint Vincent this 28th day June 1820
John [?]
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Land Grant from the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks and Seminoles to Thomas Brown, 1783. 1783-03-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/339316>, accessed 30 November 2024.
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Land Grant from the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks and Seminoles to Thomas Brown, 1783. 1783-03-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/339316>