South Carolina Archives
Royal Grants Vol 30, p 91
Grant to William Bramblett
300 A. - Craven
25 Apr 1774
Order No. 8197
GEORGE the third by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, To all to whoe THESE PRESENTS shall come, Greetings: KNOW YE THAT WE of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and mere Motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents for us, our heirs and successors, DO GIVE AND GRANT unto William Bramblett his heirs and assigns, a plantation or tract of land containing three hundred acres in Craven County on a small branch call'd the Beaver Dam, waters of Enoree River, bounding East by old Sand, the name not known, West by ?aughn's land, the other sides by vacant land. And hath such shape, form and marks as appear by a plat therof, hereunto annexed: Together with all woods, under-woods, timber and timber-trees, lakes, ponds, fishings, waters, water-courses, profits, commodities, appeartenances, and hereditamens whatsoever, thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining together with privilege of hunting, hawking and fowling in and upon the same, and all mines and minerals whatsoever, saving and reserving, nevertheless, to us, our heirs and successors, all white pine-trees, if any there should be found growing theron: And also saving and reserving, nevertheless, to us, our heirs, and successors, one tenth part of mines of gold and silver only: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said tract of three hundred acres of land and all singular other the premises hereby granted unto the said William Bramblett his heirs and assigns for ever, in free and common soccage?, the said William Bramblett his heirs and assigns yielding and paying therefor 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 the twenty-fifth day of March, in every year, at the rate of three shillings sterling, or four shillings proclamation money, for every hundred acres, and so in proportion according to the number of acres, contained herein; the same to commence at the expiration of two years from the date hereof. Provided always, and this present Grant is upon condition, nevertheless, that the said William Bramblett his heirs or assigns, shall and do yearly, and every year, after the date of these presents, clear and cultivate at the rate of three acres for every hundred acres of land, and so in proportion according to the number of acres herein contained; And also shall and do enter a minute or docket of these our letters patent in the office of our Auditor-General for the time being, in our said Province, within six months from the date hereof; And upon condition, that if the said rent, hereby reserved, shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid for the space of three years from the time it shall become due, and no distress can be found on the said lands, tenements and hereditaments hereby granted; or if the said William Bramblett his heirs or assigns shall neglect to clear and cultivate yearly and every year, the rate of three acres for every hundred acres of land, and so in proportion, according to the number of acres herein contained, or if a minute or docket of these our letters patent, shall not be entered in the office of our Auditor-General for the time being, in our said Province, within six months from the date hereof, that then and in any of these cases, this present Grant shall cease, and determine and be utterly utterly void; and the said lands tenements and hereditaments hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, shall revert to us, our heirs and successors, as fully and absolutely, as if the same had never been granted.
William (c1732 - c1787) descended from Henry Sr, William Sr. His children were Enoch Sr, William, Sandford, Elizabeth, Newton and Reuben. He is often mistaken for the earliest known William Sr., especially in writings about the Forsyth County, GA Brambletts.
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