Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 381

Worcester County ss^t

Thomas Evans of Sussex County on Delaware Aged thirty
four years or there abouts being sworn on the holy Evangels
of Almighty God Deposeth and saith that about seven years
past he did live in Worcester County in the Province of
Maryland near unto the Borders of Sussex County aforesaid
& in a neck of Land called Cars Neck which Neck he hath
always been informed was within Worcester County in the
Province of Maryland and that as far up as the Beaver
Dams or Drains was within the Province of Maryl^d And this
Deponent further saith that at the time that he lived in
Worcester County there was an allowance for Squirrel Scalps
and that he made it his Business to kill a great number of
Squirrels in order to procure an Allowance for the Scalps
and that he might be certain of getting his allowance for the
Scalps within the County of Worcester he made Inquiry of
the old Settlers how far the Province extended & where the
limits thereof were because that when he went to Claim an
Allowance for any Squirrel Scalps that he should deliver to the
Justices of Worcester County he must and was obliged to
swear that they were got within the Bounds of the County
and that the said old Settlers then informed this Deponent
that all that he killed to the Southwestward of the Beaver
Dams and Drains was within the Province of Maryland &

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County of Worcester & that he this Deponent was allowed
for all the Squirrels that he killed to the Southward of the
Beaver Dams and Drains aforesaid And this Deponent
further saith that he is well Acquainted with the Place
where the County Road Crosses Gravelly Branch being the
Place formerly called the Wading Place & where now a
Bridge is and that the same is Seven or Eight miles below
the Beaver Dams & Drains aforesaid and within the Reputed
Bounds of Maryland by that Distance and further this
Deponent saith not.
Thomas Evans
Jo^s Collins
Before W^m Ellegood

Worcester County ss^t

Philip Connaway of Worcester County in the Province of
Maryland Aged thirty five years or there abouts being sworn
on the holy Evangels of Almighty God Deposeth & saith that
about eighteen years past he removed to the head of Nanti-
coke River and near unto the Branches of Deep Creek and
the Borders of Sussex County and that he is well Acquainted
with a Branch called and known bv the name of Green

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