Friday, September 17, 2021

Shem Cook land in Jackson Co. GA(1802)


Tax Collector's Sale
On Tuesday the 28th of September next,
will be sold at the Court-house in
Jackson County, between the hours of
10 and 2 o'clock, to satisfy an ar-
rearage of Taxes for the year: 1786,
1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792,
1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798
and 1799.

A valuable Tract of Land,
containing 690 acres, lying on the
Walnut fork of the Oconee river, in
the said county, originally surveyed to
Shem Cook, and afterwards grant-
ed to the heirs of the said Cook.--
The amount of taxes is 27 dollars and
50 cents.

The Heirs of the said
Shem Cook, or their Executors, Ad-
ministrators or Assigns, are hereby
notified, that the aforesaid lands will
then be sold, for the payment of the
above Taxes and contingent expenses,
unless the same shall be previously paid.

Wm POTTS, T.C.J.C.

Jackson County,
July 24, 1802

Source:  "Tax Collector's Sale", Columbian Museum & Savannah Advertiser.(Savannah GA) 20 Aug 1802, p 2 col 1,  https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014741/1802-08-20/ed-1/seq-2/ Presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia.

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