WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA

DUCKWORTH FAMILY

Deeds

Bk.Pg

Date

From

To

Acres

Location

Jeremiah Duckworth

GA Wilkes

DB A.040

2 Mar 1785

Hezekiah Bussey & his wife Amey

Hugh Rees

100

Bryar Cr.

£100. East part of 200 acres granted 23 Sep 1784 to Bussey on Jacob Barnes Headright of Bryar Cr. Adj. John Sallis, McMass, William Nichols, Jery. Duck. Witnesses: Ths. Bussey, Judith Bussey, Benj. Catching, J.P. Recorded 9 Aug 1785. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 5.

GA Wilkes

DB AA.019

10 Mar 1785

Hezekiah Bussey & his wife Amey

Thomas Jones

100

Bryar Cr.

£100. West part of 200 acres granted 23 Sep 1784 to Bussey on Jacob Barnes Headright of Bryar Cr. Adj. John Sallis, McMass, William Nichols, Jery. Duck. Witnesses: Thos. Bussey, Judith Bussey, Benj. Catching, J.P. Recorded 4 Jan 1786. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 17.

GA Wilkes

DB A.030

29 Mar 1785

Margaret Davison

Jeremiah Duck

200

Bryar Cr.

£50. Granted 23 Sep 1784 to Margaret Davison. Adj. Joseph Dunaway, Jeremiah Duck. Witnesses: Peleg Rogers, Phillip Pittman, William Duck. Recorded 5 Aug 1785. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 3.

GA Wilkes

DB DD.009

20 Sep 1787

Basil Lamar

Charles Nichols

Brier Cr.

£5. Adj. Edward Hall, James May, Jeremiah Duckworth. Witnesses: William Davis, George Nichols. Recorded 5 Feb 1788. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 68.

GA Wilkes

DB DD.041

8 Dec 1787

Jeremiah Duckworth & his wife Christian

James Carter

300

Brier Cr.

£150. 200 acres Granted Duckworth 23 Sep 1784. Adj. William Nichols, Duckworth Edward Hall. 200 acres obtained from Margaret Davison 29 Mar 1785. granted her 23 Sep 1784. Adj. Joseph Dunnohow. Witnesses: Peter Hodo, Jesse Carter, Jas. McCormick, J.P. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 72.

William Duckworth

GA Wilkes

DB A.030

29 Mar 1785

Margaret Davison

Jeremiah Duck

200

Bryar Cr.

£50. Granted 23 Sep 1784 to Margaret Davison. Adj. Joseph Dunaway, Jeremiah Duck. Witnesses: Peleg Rogers, Phillip Pittman, William Duck. Recorded 5 Aug 1785. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 3.

GA Wilkes

DB II.199

22 Aug 1792

Thomas Ansley

William Duckworth & Rebecca Duckworth (Grantor’s Daughter)

401

Mill & Briar Cr.

Gift. Part of 750 acres granted Thomas Ansley 19 Jan 1785 and 1800 acres granted Thomas Ansley 24 May 1787. Adj. Jacob Johnson, Jas. Granade, Jacob Pharr, Elijah Leonard, Thomas Ansley. [Further conditions.] Witnesses: Thos. Ansley, Jr., Matthew Gilmore, John Terrance, J.P. Recorded 5 Sep 1792. Michal Martin Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A - VV 1784-1806, p. 259. Note: This land is in present day McDuffie Co. See a research report by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., The Rock House, McDuffie County, Georgia, An Analysis of an Historic Site, available at the Georgia Archives.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com