Hi Bill, You are so right. Thank you for picking up on that. Dee All lookup requests will be permanently archived on the Bladen County Genweb site. For a detailed bibliography on the reference sources used for lookups refer to this Link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm -----Original Message----- From: William Reed [mailto:w2reed@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:46 AM To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Subject: RE: Bladen_County_lookup I suspect that you typed Jacob for Joseph. It occurs Joseph elsewhere in your doucument. Thank you for all your work. If anyone else is interested in Joseph Mickle, he/she might contact me. I am working on his descendants. Bill Reed --- Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > Hi William, > > Thank you so much for your patience. > > From Book # 170 > Meeting of Wednesday A.M. 3d October 1753 > Pages 631-632: The Petition of Jacob Mickle humbly > setting forth Alex'r > Rattrey had surveyed for him 50 acres of Land on his > warrant dated the 4th > of August 1752 which was platted off and the plat > Returned into the Surveyor > Generals offices as P'r the Surveyor Gen's > Certificates hereunto annexed > will appear, and as the Petitioner never has had any > Land Granted him in > this province, prays to issue an order to cause 50 > acres of Land to e > Certified and its plat to the Petitioner that so he > may obtain a grant for > the same. Charles Town, the 3d day of October 1753. > Joseph Mickle. > > I certify that pursuant to his Excellencys warrant > dated August the 4th 1752 > a tract of 50 acres of Land was Surveyed for Alex'r > Rattray on the 23d day > of October 1752 by John Hamilton, Deputy Surveyor, > who returned the plat on > the 8h day of Marc 1753 into the office where it now > lyes, and not applied > for in the time prescribed by the warrant aforesaid. > Octob'r 2d 1753. George > Hunter, Surv'r General. > > Mr. Hunter, Sir, as a plat being returned into your > office by Mr. Hamilton > in my name in March last, I desire the favour of you > for to let the Bearer > Joseph Mickle have the said Plat paying you your > fees, all from Sir, your > Humble Servant, Alexander Rattry. > > Dee > > All lookup requests will be permanently archived on > the Bladen County Genweb > site. For a detailed bibliography on the reference > sources used for lookups > refer to this Link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Reed [mailto:w2reed@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:40 PM > To: d7777@worldnet.att.net > Subject: Bladen_County_lookup > > Dee > > Would you please look in Items 169 and 170 for a > land > request by Joseph Mickle who probably arrived 1751- > 1753. > > I suspect that he came in August 1753 from Ireland > to > Charleston SC and obtained land near Camden SC. I > suspect that he accompanied Joshua English who was > a > Quaker from Ireland. > > Thank you > > William Reed > Knoxville TN > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com