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

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

been so for thirty five years past & that it is about Seven
Miles within the reputed limits aforesaid of the Province
of Maryland & that he this Deponent never heard or under-
stood by any Person that Gravelly Branch was ever reputed
a Division between the Province of Maryland & Sussex

County & further this Deponent saith not

George Fisher
Taken & Sworn to this 29^th Day of August Anno Domini

1759.
Jo^s Collins

Before W^m Ellegood

Worcester County ss^t
Thomas Hearne of Somerset County in the Province of
Maryland Gen^t Aged Sixty nine years or there abouts being
sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty God Deposeth and
saith that in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hun-
dred and thirteen he this Deponent Travelled from the Head
of Nanticoke into Sussex County where he met with one Abel
Pride a liver there who informed this Deponent that Green
Branch and the Beaver dam Drains were the Division be-
tween the Province of Maryland and the County of Sussex
And this Deponent further saith that in the year of Our
Lord seventeen hundred and thirty two he this Depon^t was
Sub sheriff to Joshua Caldwell high Sheriff of then Somerset
County and that all the Inhabitants to the Southwestward
of the aforesaid Branch Beaverdams & Drains paid their
Levies unto him this Deponent & submitted to any Precept he
had against them from the then County of Somerset And
this Deponent further saith that he was informed that the
Inhabitants of the Eastermost side of the Branch Beaver-
dams & Drains aforesaid were within the County of Sussex
and those of the Southwest Side were within the Province
of Maryland And this Deponent further saith that in the
year Seventeen hundred & thirty one he was present when a
Certain John Caldwell then Deputy Surveyor of Somerset
County Surveyed a Parcel of Land for one Dobson near the
aforesaid Drains and that he this Deponent then heard the
said Caldwell say that the aforesaid Drains were the Division
between the Province of Maryland and the County of Sussex
And this Deponent further saith that the Bridge across
Gravelly Branch at the Place formerly called the Wading
Place is six or seven Miles within the reputed lines aforesaid
of the Province of Maryland and further this Deponent
saith not. Tho^s Hearne Sen^r
Taken & Sworn to this 29^th Day of August Anno Dom 1759.
Jo^s Collins
Before W^m Ellegood