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I	The Great War for the Empire was different from the Seven Years War that was begun in central Germany in 1756. In the Seven Years War, Prussia and England were allied against Russia, and Sweden and most of the southern German states were allied to France. Different treaties terminated the two wars: the Treaty of Paris ended the ?Great War for the Empire,? and the Treaty of Hubertusburg in Germany ended the Seven Years War.
II	West Florida extended from Apalachicola River to the Mississippi bounded at north by 31 -degree latitude, and imaginary line drawn midchannel through lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the Rivers Amite and Iberville (Manchac).
George Gauld was deeded land in the area several years after his survey, in the area of Gainesville, Mississippi, a town that figured prominently in the 19th century. Other notable land owners in the area were Peter Chester, Governor of West Florida from X to X, and Payne (expand here).
IV Tyng, Edward 1776
May 24, 1776 (date of petition) Tyng, Edward, granted May 24. Lib. A, No. 3, 193 Record. Microfilm, in National Archives, British Land Grants: Abstract of British Grants of Land in West Florida, 1766-1767, volume 15.
November 29, 1776. Edward Tyng, a reduc... Suballora, 2000 acres, $0.00, 178, E. branch 7-8 leagues from the mouth. Date of petition May 24, 1776, granted May 24, Lib. A, No.3, 193 records. Microfilm, in National Archives, British Land Grants: Abstract of British Grants of Land in West Florida. 1766-1767, volume 15.
George Gants
December 12, 1776 George Gants East Pearl River, 7 leagues from the mouth, 2000 acres, $0.00, 177. Microfilm, in National Archives, British Land Grants: Abstract of British Grants of Land in West Florida, 1766-1767, volume 15.
John Meyer
December 12, 1776 John Meyer, east side of east branch of Pearl River 11/2 miles below, 2000 acres, a redu.... Warrant officer, $0.00, 178. Microfilm, in National Archives, British Land Grants: Abstract of British Grants of Land in West Florida, 1766-1767, volume 15.
v November 22, 1776. Peter Chester Esq. 1000 acres, $0.00; Just Rents Commence Michael 177 E. Side of
E.	branch of Pearl River, about 7 leagues from the mouth. Microfilm, in National Archives, British Land Grants: Abstract of British Grants of Land in West Florida, 1766-1767, volume 15.
Land Grants 1777-1819, MF 31.
? Original petition, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA; microfilm in P/K Yonge Library of Florida History, Gainesville, FL.
? 16 June 1774, Jerome Matulick on river Mobile, conveyed and released to Peter Chester land west of Bay St. Louis, track was to run east and west containing 1 league in length or about, bounded on one side by a Bayou forming an island, land granted to Mr. Frances Henry du Planty by Messers de Vaudreuil and Le Normand, gov. and ordinat. 1747 to him du Planty sold to Matulick 11 April 1762,4,659 acres. Item 335, Record of Evidence Filed with the Board of Land Commissioners, 1813-14, volume 202-204.
On May 25, 1779, Peter Chester conferred to Alexander McIntosh all that land on seacoast eight leagues west of Deer Island, eight miles NNW of Cat Island, from Bear Point to Bay St. Louis. Peter Chester, Esq., was Captain General and Governor in Chief at Pensacola. Elias Durnford was the surveyor. vm [ from Penicaut, Fleur de Lvs Chickasaw ask for young French boy, and Iberville gives them 14 year old St. Michel who already spoke well the language of the Oumas ?qui est la mesme chose que le Chicachas? (:68 fh 15). [Note 15 mentions that this was one of six cabin boys that Iberville left in Louisiana to study Indian languages so that they could serve as interpreters.]
IX	Jean Baptiste Favre is listed in Louisiana Troops, 1720-1770 (First Families of Louisiana, by Glenn Conrad Volume II, p.185. Pierre Favre, was discharged 9-15-1763. ( First Families of Louisiana, by Glenn Conrad p. 185.Volume I, p. 131) Nicholas Favre and Abraham Favre, on 11-4-1720, embarked on the Mutine, bound for Louisiana from Lorient.
x Abstract of British Grants of Land in West Florida 1766-1767 Volume 15. See also Lafon 1806; Ware and Rea 1982.
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