250 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R.
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cursed the said Henry Enocks and threatned to tell of it,
and this Deponent further saith that he heard Henry Enocks
senior Father to the aforesaid Henry Enocks jun: acknowl-
edge that he had the said Kettle in his Possession, and
this Deponent further saith that he saw a Jugg at the House
of Henry Enocks senior, and heard Jacob Lane say that
Henry Enocks junior had brought it from the said Cresap's
House, and this Deponent further saith that he has often
heard the said Jacob Lane say that he would tell Col: Cresap

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that Henry Enocks had taken his Goods, and further this
Deponent saith not.
Sworn before me Tho^s Caton
May 10^th 1757

Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia to wit.

The Deposition of Davis Morgan aged thirty eight Years
and upwards taken on the holy Evangelists of almighty God
before Thomas Caton Gentleman a Justice of the Peace for
the said County the 10^th Day of May 1757.. deposeth and
saith that he was at the Plantation of Col: Thomas Cresap
called the old Town some Time last Fall in Company with
Henry Enocks junior and William Lockhart and saw the
said Henry Enocks have a brass Kettle which this Deponent
imagined would hold about two Gallons and understood that
the same was the Property of the said Cresap, and this
Deponent further saith that he saw the said William Lock-
hart take a Parcel of Spoons out of a Cask which had been
buried in the Ground but dug up again, and that this De-
ponent saw the said Henry Enocks receive the said Spoons
from the said William Lockhart, put them into his Wallet,
and carry them away and this Deponent further saith that
he saw another large Kettle by the aforesaid Hole which this
Deponent took carried into the Fort and left in a Shed, and
that this Deponent told John Nichols where he had left it,
that he might give an Account of the same to the said Cresap
or any of his Family that should come that Way, and this
Deponent further saith that Lawrence Ross and Robert Ross
told this Deponent there was two Pounds of Powder and 12..
or 13.. lb.. of Musquet Balls hid in the Loft of their Father's
House, and that if this Deponent would take the Trouble to
move some Corn and look for it he should be welcome to it
if he could find it, and this Deponent further, saith that in
looking for the said Powder and Lead he found sundry Look-
ing Glass hid in the said House some of which he took and
carried away, and that one Night when this Deponent was at
the said Ross's House on the South Branch of Potowmack