Manuscript DS, signed “Geo. Walton,” one page, 11.75 x 7.25, April 26, 1784. Official document issued in the County of Richmond, Georgia, in part: "To all and singular the Sheriffs within the said State…You are hereby Commanded that you cause to be made of the Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements of John O'Neal and Josiah Dunn…as well Twenty Pounds Specie which in the Superior Court of the said County before the Chief Justice and his Associates was adjudged to Lyman Hall Esquire Governor of the said State and successor to Nathan Brownson Esquire for his Damages which he had sustained by reason of the not performing certain Promises and Undertakings made by the said John and Josiah to the said Lyman…this Writ Witness the Honorable George Walton Esquire Chief of the said State." Signed in the left margin by Walton as chief justice of Georgia, and countersigned at the conclusion by Attorney General Samuel Stirk. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and toning, and splits at the ends of folds partially repaired with old tape on the reverse. An interesting document connecting Walton with Lyman Hall and George Walton, his fellow Georgian signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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