====== Gideon Couturier, Royal Grant for 100 Acres, St. Stephen's Parish, Craven Co., SC, 01 Feb 1758 ====== [[transcriptions:wills:will_gideon_couturier_1756-04-22|Gideon Couturier's will]] was written 22 Apr 1756 and proved on 22 May 1756; thus, this grant was issued nearly 2 years after his death. ===== Text ===== dd to **Abm.** ''[**Abraham**]'' **Crouch** the 3d: Augt: 1758 ''[03 Aug 1758]'' South Carolina ٪ George the Second 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 & meer motion Have given and granted and by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do Give & Grant unto **Gideon Coutourier** ''[sic: **Couturier**]'' his Heirs and Assigns a Planation or Tract of Land containing One Hundred ''[100]'' Acres in St: Stephen's Parish Craven County bounded Northeast & South on Land of **Peter Gourdin** West on Land of **Isaac Dubose** & hath such shape & form and marks as appears by a Plat thereof hereunto annexed together with all Woods Underwoods Timber & Timber and ''[sic]'' Timber Trees Lakes Ponds Fishings Waters Water Courses Profits commodities Appurtenances & Hereditaments whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining together with Priviledge ''[sic]'' of Hunting Hawking & Fowling in and upon the same & all Mines & Minerals whatsoever Saving & Reserving nevertheless to us our Heirs & Successors all White Pine Trees if any should be found growing thereon And also Saving and Reserving nevertheless to us our Heirs & Successors one tenth part of Mines of Silver & Gold only ++++ [This portion of the text is not genealogically relevant...] | To have and to hold the said Tract of One Hundred ''[100]'' Acres of Land & all & singular other the Premisses hereby granted with the Appurtenances unto the said Gideon Coutourier his heirs & Assigns forever in free & common Soccage he the said Gideon Coutourier his heirs or Assigns Yielding and Paying therefore unto us our Heirs and Successors 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 every twenty fifth day of March at the rate of three shilling Sterling or Four shillings Proclamation money for every hundred acres & so in proportion according to the Quantity of Acres contained herein the same to grow due & be accounted for from the date hereof Provided always and this present Grant is upon Condition nevertheless that he the said Gideon Coutourier his Heirs or assigns shall and do Yearly & every Year from and after the date of these presents clear and cultivate at the rate of three Acres for every hundred Acres of Land & so in proportion according to the Quantity of Acres contained herein And upon Condition that if the said Rent hereby reserved shall happen to be in arrear ''[sic]'' and unpaid for the space of three Years from the time it became due & no distress can be found on the said Lands Tenements & Hereditaments hereby granted or if the said Gideon Coutourier his Heirs or Assigns shall neglect to blear and cultivate Yearly & every Year at the rate of three Acres for every hundred Acres of Land & so in proportion according to the Quantity of Acres herein contained that then & in either of such cases this present Grant shall cease determine and be utterly void & the said Lands Tenements & Hereditaments hereby granted and every part & parcel thereof shall Revert to us our Heirs & Successors as fully & absolutely as if the same had never been granted Provided also if the said Lands hereby mentioned to be granted shall happen to be within the Bounds or Limits of any of the Townships or of the Lands Reserved for the use of the Townships now laid out in our said Province in pursuance of our Royal Institutions that then this Grant shall also be void any thing herein to the contrary contained notwithstanding ٪ ++++ Given under the Great Seal of our said Province Witness His Excelly: ''[Excellency]'' Wm: Hy: ''[William Henry]'' Lyttelton Esqr: Captn: Genl: Govr: ''[Esquire Captain General Governor]'' & Commander in Chief in & over our said Province of South Carolina this first day of Febry AD 1758 ''[01 Feb 1758]'' & in the Thirty first Year of our Reign {signed} Willm: Henry (LS) Lyttelton Signed by His Excellency the Governor in Council {signed} William Simpson CC And hath hereunto annexed a [[transcriptions:land_records:plats:plat_gideon_couturier_1756-01-13|Plat]] Representing the same certified by Egerton Leigh Esqr Survor: Genl: ''[Surveyor General]'' the 13th day of Janry AD 1756 ''[13 Jan 1756]'' ===== Images ===== {{transcriptions:land_records:grants:s213015.vol_rr.p_159.1758-02-01.jpg?200|Royal Grants, Vol. RR, p. 159}} {{:transcriptions:land_records:grants:scdah.document_request.s213015.vol_rr.2019-09-10.jpg?150|Document Request Slip}} ===== Source ===== * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Item not on microfilm. Colonial Land Grants (Only Documents omitted from Copy Series). Series S213015, Volume RR, Page 159. {{tag>couturier st_stephens craven sc gourdin dubose}}