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The Deposition of John Logsdon aged thirty Six years or
thereabouts being sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty
God saith .
That when a Certain John Lemon about sixteen or seventeen
years past as near as This Deponent can remember settled
the Place and built Houses where Martin Kitzmiller now lives,
this Deponent then lived in the Neighbourhood of the said
Place near Conewago and had lived there for some years
before and was well acquainted with John Lemon and after-
wards with the aforesaid Martin Kitzmiller
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That sometime before the said John Lemon settled the
aforesd Place and had the same surveyed for him (as This
Deponent understood) by Order of Mr John Digges, this
Deponent in Company of some Others & particularly amongst
whom was Robert Owings, had been riding near the said
Place looking for Hogs, and as they came down the Branch,
the said Robert Owings told this Deponent or some of his
Company, they should now soon get upon Mr John Digges
Land, and at the time he the said Deponent and Company
came to, and entered upon a rich Piece of well timbered Land
a little distance above the aforesaid Settlement made by the
aforesaid Lemon, He this Deponent very well remembers,
that the aforesaid Robert Owings told this Deponent and
Company they were now upon the said Mr Digges Land,
this was about 18 or 19 years past
This Deponent further saith that he very well remem-
bers that the afd John Lemon built Houses and lived some
time on the afd Place where this Dept is certain that the Land
then shewed this Dept & Others at the time of their Hog
hunting as afd includes the afd Settlement of John Lemon and
is where the afd Martin Kitzmiller now lives
This Deponent also Saith that some time after the said
John Lemon Settled on the aforesaid Place the aforesaid
Martin Kitzmiller bought the same and lived thereupon and
went to work about Cutting a Race or Water Course for a
Mill and at the same time the said Kitzmiller lived in the same
houses that were built by the aforesaid Lemon and is now
about fourteen Years past.
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P. 498
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