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HALL, Lyman (1724-1790), Signer (Georgia). Autograph document signed ("LHall," with flourish) "In Council," 26 March 1783. 1 page, oblong (6½ x 7,3/4 in.), small pinholes at central fold, otherwise in good condition.
AN ORDER TO AWARD A VETERAN SLAVES CONFISCATED FROM TORY MASTERS. A highly unusual document, written almost at the end of the Revolution, authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution: "Ordered that the Commissioners, of the Confiscated and Annexed Estates, furnish Mr. Henry Ellison with such Numbers of Negroes, as he is entitled to Receive, by Virtue of his Certificates in Col. Jackson's Corps, agreable to the Laws of this State & that this Order do issue in Favour of Mr. Ellison Directed to Messrs Chas. Adingsell, Alexr. Ravot & High Lawson...." Docketed "An order for negros to H. Allison."
While most of Georgia's veterans were rewarded with bounty lands, Ellison (or Allison) may have specifically asked to be awarded slaves, hence the need for this special order in council. It is likely that the firm to which Ellison is directed was a slave-trading establishment.
AN ORDER TO AWARD A VETERAN SLAVES CONFISCATED FROM TORY MASTERS. A highly unusual document, written almost at the end of the Revolution, authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution: "Ordered that the Commissioners, of the Confiscated and Annexed Estates, furnish Mr. Henry Ellison with such Numbers of Negroes, as he is entitled to Receive, by Virtue of his Certificates in Col. Jackson's Corps, agreable to the Laws of this State & that this Order do issue in Favour of Mr. Ellison Directed to Messrs Chas. Adingsell, Alexr. Ravot & High Lawson...." Docketed "An order for negros to H. Allison."
While most of Georgia's veterans were rewarded with bounty lands, Ellison (or Allison) may have specifically asked to be awarded slaves, hence the need for this special order in council. It is likely that the firm to which Ellison is directed was a slave-trading establishment.