Town Creek, Hancock & Baldwin County

TOWN CREEK - Bounty surveys 1784-1785.

Orginally in Washington County, Town Creek begins west of Devereaux in Hancock County and flows south to the Oconee River in Baldwin County. See map. It was part of the boundary between Hancock & Baldwin counties from 1807-1812.

AUTREY, JOHN. 575 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant, on Town creek, survey 679. July 7, 1784, p. 335.

BARTON, WILLOUGHBY. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Holmes & vacant, E. vacant, S. Griggsby, W. vacant. Cut N. & S. by Town creek, survey 692. June 15, 1784, p. 339.

BECKHAM, ALLEN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Floyd, E. Walker, S. Shuffels, W. unknown, on south fork of Town creek, survey 650. Jan. 15, 1787, p. 309.

BENTLEY, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut S. to N. by Town creek, survey 89. Nov. 15, 1784, p. 47.

BECKHAM, SOLOMAN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Thos. Moxley, E. Eiland, S. Saml. Beckham, W. vacant, on Town creek, survey 478. Dec. 31, 1784, p. 239.

BISHOP, JOSHUA. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut S. to N. by Town creek and tributaries, survey 76. Dec. 30, 1784, p. 40.

CHRISTMAS, NATHANIEL. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut E. & W. by lower Town creek, survey 711. Oct. 7, 1785, p. 346.

CLARKE, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut N. & S. by Old Town creek, survey 728. June 4, 1784, p. 351.

COLEMAN, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Palmer, other sides vacant. Cut SE. to NW. by Town creek, survey 145. Nov. 14, 1784, p. 75.

DANIELLY, JAMES. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Michael Cup, E. & W. surveyed, S. vacant, bisected by north fork of Town creek, lot 1013. Warrant 1955. Jan. 2, 1785. p. 342.

DARDIN, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded W. Jesse Thompson, others vacant, on Town creek, survey 177. June 4, 1784, p. 91.

DIXON, EDWARD, SR. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded S. Sanders Walker, other sides vacant, on branches of Town creek, survey 198. Nov. 17, 1784, p. 102.

EDWARDS, JOSEPH. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. & E. vacant, S. branch of Town creek and Jno. Brown, W. surveyed, lot 1040. Warrant 3109. Oct. 19, 1784. p. 338.

GREENE, ISAAC. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut E. & W. by Town creek, survey 766. April 25, 1785, p. 364.

GREENE, JAMES. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded S. Adam Mannin, other sides vacant, cut by fork of Town creek, lot 1009. Warrant 555. Jan. 3, 1785. p. 341.

GODBY, WILLIAM. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant, on branch of Town creek, survey 760. Nov. 1, 1784, p. 362.

HILLIARD, JAMES. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. & E. vacant, S. Candler, W. Candler, on branch of Town creek, survey 317. Nov. 1, 1784, p. 161.

JOHNSTON, CALEB. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut E. to W. by Town creek, survey 331. Mar. 23, 1785, p. 168.

JOHNSTON, DANIEL. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Jas. Sanson, E. Napier, S. Jas. Grirsby, W. Barton, on Town creek, survey 350. June 28, 1784, p. 178.

KENDRICK, HEZEKIAH. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Wiggins, E. & S. vacant, W. Henry Williams. Cut by Town creek, survey 527. June 16, 1784, p. 304.

LEDBETTER, FREDERICK. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut N. & S. by Town creek, survey 822. June 3, 1784, p. 383.

McCARTHY, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded W. David Creswell, other sides vacant, on Island & Town creeks, survey 862. Oct. 26, 1785, p. 396.

MANNING, ADAM. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant. Cut E. to W. by S. fork of Town creek, survey 390. Jan. 2, 1785, p. 198.

McCARTHY, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded W. David Creswell, other sides vacant, on Island & Town creeks, survey 862. Oct. 26, 1785, p. 396.

MOSELEY, THOMAS. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. vacant, & Joshua Bishop, other sides vacant. Cut NW. to SE. by Town creek, survey 400. Sept. 30, 1784, p. 203.

MARSHALL, ABRAHAM. 7471/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded E. Walker & Seals, other sides vacant. Cut SE. to NW. by Town creek, survey 436. Oct. 30, 1784, p. 221.

MIMMS, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant, or unknown, on Town creek, survey 445. April 21, 1785, p. 226.

NIMMS, DRURY. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. district line, E. vacant. Cut N. & S. by Town creek, survey 31. June 7, 1784. Warrant 1809, p. 11.

MOSELEY, THOMAS. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. vacant, & Joshua Bishop, other sides vacant. Cut NW. to SE. by Town creek, survey 400. Sept. 30, 1784, p. 203.

PALMER, SOLOMAN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Jno. Bentley, other sides vacant. Cut by Town creek, survey 505. Nov. 14, 1784, p. 255.

POWELL, LEWIS. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded all sides vacant, cut on E. by branch of Town creek and on W. by branch of Richland creek, lot 641. Warrant 1010. June 1, 1784. p. 217.

WILLIAMS, JOHN. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. & W. vacant, E. Joe Mooney, S. Phillips, on waters of Town creek, lot 1007. Warrant 452. Oct. 20, 1784. p. 340.

WRIGHT, WILLIAM. 2871/2 acres, Washington Co., bounded N. Candler, E. Henry Candler, S. & W. vacant, on Town creek, survey 645. April 14, 1785, p. 323.

Source - THE LE CONTE LIST. BOUNTY SURVEYS RECORDED BY THE SURVEYOR GENERAL AND
PRESERVED IN THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, ATLANTA, GA. Copied 1911, by Wm. L. Le Conte and Presented to the State.
Georgia's roster of the Revolution / compiled by Lucian Lamar Knight, State historian and director of the Dept. of Archives and History