From 1741 AN ACCOUNT, SHEWING THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA IN AMERICA, FROM IT'S FIRST ESTABLISHMENT. [Edited for readability by Amy] From the 9th June 1738, to the 9th June 1739. Trustees resolved to allow female heirs The Trustees receiving an Account dated the 12th February 1738 from their Secretary in the Province, of an Uneasiness amongst several Persons upon the Tenures of their Lots being confined to the Heirs Male, and they considering that the Colony had been for some Time Established, and the People grown more numerous, and a Regiment being stationed in it for its Defense, whereby the former Tenures became less necessary, did on the 15 March following, at their Anniversary Meeting, resolve, That in Default of Issue Male, any legal Possessor of Land, might by 26 a Deed in Writing, or by his Last Will and Testament, appoint his Daughter as his Successor, or any other Male or Female Relation, with a Proviso, that the Successor should in the proper Court in Georgia, personally claim the Lot Granted or Devised within Eighteen Months after the Death of the Grantor or Devisor. Trustees resolved to allow freeholders to choose any successor This was soon after extended to every legal Possessor's being empowered to appoint any other Person to be his Successor.