ROYLGRNT

South Carolina: Royal Land Grant, Volume 29, Page 348 (originally extracted 
by Mrs. Grace McIntyre, located in the Albany Public Library, Albany, Georgia)

ROYAL LAND GRANT OF JOHN SHIVER

GEORGE the THIRD by the Grace of God, of GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE and IRELAND,
KING, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS 
SHALL COME GREETING: KNOW YE, THAT WE of our special Grace, certain Knowledge
and mere Motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents, for us our 
heirs and successours, DO GIVE AND GRANT unto

			JOHN SHIVER his heirs
	and assigns, a plantation or tract of land containing

TWO HUNDRED Acres Situate in Fredericksburgh Township on Shoemake Branch 
the North Side of Wateree River bounded on all sides by vacant land

And hath such shape, form and marks, as appear by a plat thereof, hereunto 
annexed: Together with all woods, under-woods, timber and timber-trees, 
lakes, ponds, fishings, waters, water-courses, profits, commodities, 
appurtenances and hereditaments whatsoever, thereunto belonging or in 
anywise appertaining; Together with privilege of hunting, hawking and 
fowling in and upon the same, and all mines and minerals whatsoever; 
saving and reserving, nevertheless, to us, our heirs and successours, 
one-tenth part of mines of gold and silver only: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, 
the said tract of

TWO HUNDRED acres of land and all and singular other the premises
hereby granted unto the said

			JOHN SHIVER his heirs
	and assigns for ever, in free and common (usage?), the said

			JOHN SHIVER his heirs
and assigns yielding and paying therefor unto us, our heirs and successours, 
or to our Receiver-General for the time being, or to his Deputy or Deputies 
for the time being, yearly, that is to say on the TWENTY-FIFTH day of MARCH, 
in every year at the rate of three shillings sterling, or four shillings 
proclamation money, for every hundred acres, and so in proportion, according 
to the numr. of acres, contained herein; the same to commence at the expiration 
of TWO years from date hereof. Provided Always, and this present Grant is upon 
condition, nevertheless, that the said

			JOHN SHIVER his heirs
and assigns, shall and do, yearly, and in every year, and after the date of
these presents, clear and cultivate at the rate of THREE acres for every
hundred acres of land, and so in proportion according to the number of acres
herein contained; AND ALSO shall and do enter a minute or docket of these our
letters patent in the office of our Auditor-General for the time being, in our 
said Province, within SIX months from the date hereof; AND upon condition, that
if the said rent, hereby reserved, shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid for
the space of THREE years from the time it shall become due, and no distress can
be found on the said lands, tenements and hereditaments hereby granted; or if 
the said

			JOHN SHIVER his heirs
and assigns shall neglect to clear and cultivate yearly and every year, at the
rate of THREE acres for every hundred acres of land, and so in proportion, 
according the number of acres herein contained, or if a minute or docket of 
these our letters patent, shall not be entered in the office of our Auditor-
General for the time being, in our said Province, within SIX months from the
date hereof, that then and in any of these cases, this present Grant shall 
cease, and determine and be utterly void; and the said lands, tenements, and 
hereditaments hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, shall revert
to us, our heirs and successours, as fully and absolutely, as if the same had
never been granted.

			GIVEN under the GREAT SEAL of our said PROVINCE,

	W I T N E S S 	The Honble. William Bull Esqr. Lieut. Governor
	and Commander in chief in and over our said Province of SOUTH
	CAROLINA, this

					FIFTH Day of May
	Anno Dom. 1773 in the THIRTEENTH Year of our Reign

					Wm. (L.M.S.) Bull

Signed by his Honor the Lieut. Governor in Council	Geo. Davidson
								H. C.C.
And hath thereunto a plat there of
annexed, representing the same, certified by

JOHN BREMAR
Dy. Surveyor-General
10th October 1772