Notice by the proprietors of Transylvania, respecting settlements on their lands

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Whereas disputes have arisen respecting the title of the Proprietors of Transylvania to the soil of that country, and, as some short time will elapse before they may be fully and satisfactorily determined, (being anxious to avoid all cause of complaint,) the said Proprietors earnestly desire that no person may, in the mean time, take possession of any entered or surveyed lands in the said country, with expectation of procuring a title in consequence thereof, as such lands ought of right to be granted to the respective persons in whose names those entries were made; and should the absolute title be adjudged in favour of the subscribers, on the present dispute, (as they have no doubt will be the case.) they hereby declare their intention of granting such lands, on application, to the proper claimants, according to the rules of their office. And as the Proprietors have hitherto reserved the lands below Green River, and as high up Cumberland, on both sides, as Mansker' s Lick, for themselves, until they could lay off a small quantity therein for their separate use, they hope that no person will make improvement within the said bounds before such surveys shall be made, as such improvement may possibly interfere with the choice of some of the copartners and consequently not be granted. And as it is unsafe at this time to settle the country in small detached parties, and the alarming reports with respect to the hostile intention of the Cherokee Indians on the frontiers will no doubt prevent emigration for some time to that country, care will be taken to cause those lands to be laid off as soon as conveniently may be; so that when, from the more pacifick disposition of those people, a removal to that country may be thought safe, every person, on application to the books of the Land Office at Boonsborough may be informed of the entered and reserved lands as aforesaid, and direct their choice accordingly.

JOHN LUTTRELL,
JAMES HOGG,
DAVID HART,
LEONARD H˙ BULLOCK,
RICHARD HENDERSON,
THOMAS HART,
NATHANIEL HART,
JOHN WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM JOHNSTON.

Williamsburgh, Virginia, June 26, 1776.