George Adam Yan received 150 acres of land in South Carolina through the Bounty Act of 1761, which was enacted by the colonial General Assembly to attract Protestant refugees to the colony. On page 60 of Council Journal 36 (pp. 842-846) dated October 17, 1766, George Adam Yan was among numerous applicants for warrants of survey on their bounty land. On page 762 it is noted that "The Petitioners also set forth that they were protestants arrived in this province in the ship Britannia from Amsterdam on the encouragement and Bounty given by the Act of the General Assembly passed the 25th, July 1761." (Source: A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina 1763-1773. Compiled by Janie Revill. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1974. Originally published in Columbia 1939. Reprinted with permission, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1968. Reissued by Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, 1979. A photocopy of this book is housed in the South Carolina Room of the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library in Florence, South Carolina.)