Vernon of Richmond County
Isaac Vernon and Joseph Maddox, Quakers, were granted 131 acres on the waters of Upton Creek in Wrightsborough Township, which was later deeded by said Maddox and James Brown, Administrators of the Estate of Isaac Vernon, to said Hodgins. Bounded north by lands of the heirs of said Vernon, Deceased and heirs of George Beck, deceased, west by Williams, south by heirs of late Vernon and lands of Mercer Brown. Another deed dated dated 15 December 1796, Columbia County of William Smith to Camm Thomas, millwright and Quaker for 375 pounds, helps to clarify the holding of 237 acres on Maddock Creek. This was part of a tract of land originally granted to Joseph Maddock and Isaac Vernon called the Old Mill tract, being part of a tract of 1604 acres known as the Horse Pens which was granted by Sir James Wright. When Maddock went bankrupt, the tract was purchased by James Habersham at a Marshals sale in Savannah in 1775. Then Habersham sold it to Jacob Bull, Sr., and Bull sold to William Smith. Land was bounded by Amos Embree, Mercer Brown and William Scott.
Daniel Williams was the Executor of the Estate of James Vernon, who was the son and heir of Isaac Vernon, deceased, because on 8 March of 1791, James and Hester Habersham of Chatham County deeded to Daniel Williams, as executor, all the southern moiety of the Mill Tract in the vicinity of Wrightsborough, granted to Joseph Maddock and Isaac Vernon (purchased by Habersham at the bankruptcy sale). Isaac apparently had a son, Amos Vernon, who lived in North Carolina. (Deed between Amos Vernon to Stephen Hodgins, said Vernon being late from North Carolina, 127 acres adjoining lands of Isaac Vernon, Henry Williams and the Vernon estate, and being part of a 350-acre tract surveyed for Isaac Vernon, deceased. Another son was Isaac Vernon, Jr., who, along with his wife, Mary, sold 280 acres for $800.00 to John Wilson of Warren County, bounded by the land of Isaac Vernon, Sr., Deceased, all other said is vacant, being land originally granted to said Vernon 7 May 1769.
Old Plat of Wrightsboro
