The Lower House. 507

A Reserve of loooo Acres in Prince Georges County within such
Meets & bounds as may be most Profitable for his Lordships and
Survey to be returned with all Convenient Speed.

Dated May 28^th 1724

Thus Located May 28^th 1724 the within Reserve is Located on
the most Convenient & Profitable Land on Potomack River at that
place Commonly called Conegosheigoe
p J. Stoddert D: Sur.

Warrant of loooo Acres to Charles Lowe and P: LI: Esq^r Dated
May 20^th 1726 returnable with all Convenient Speed, thus Located.

Memorandum.

The former Entry is Still Continued that is to Say 5000 Acres
next. Adjoyning unto his Lordships Manner of loooo Acres the
other 5000 to be laid out in the fork of Monocassy on Potomack
Side Above Mess^rs Carroll's Tract of loooo in the fork to be found
good & Convenient there Otherwise on Conegocheigo as Above said
this 24^th Day of November 1724
The Deposition of Coll. John Rider is as follows Viz.

That he being Actually in Conversation with one James Hayes
Deputy Surveyour of Dorset County And in Discourse Enquiring of
him Concerning Vacant Land at the head of Nanticoke River he In-
formed him that Esq^r Lloyd had Entered most of the Vacant Land
thereabout and had begun a Survey for the said Esq^r Lloyd upon an
Island on Marshy hope
Sometime Afterwards he falling into Discourse with one Cap"
Nutter he told this Deponant that no Lands Were to be taken up
thereabouts Untill Esq^r Lloyds Survey was finished, And this De-
ponant further Declares that the af^d James Hays Informed him that
the Location of Esq^r Lloyd Extended from Whereabout Cap" Charles
Nutter Lives unto Marshy hope, And further Says not
Jur. Cor. me 4^th dio of Aug^t 1732. John Rider
Rob^t Gordon.

L. H. J.

M^r Peter Taylor Affirms that Philemon Lloyd Esq^r in the Year
1719 Cautioned James Hays late Deputy Surveyour of Dorchester
County, As the said Hays Informed him, not to Survey or lay out
for any Person, Save him the said Philemon Lloyd, Any Lands
betwixt fowling Creek in Dorchester County and the fortieth Degree
of Northern Latitude or as far as the Lord Proprietarys Claims
Extended farther the said Taylor insists that Several People turned
Tenants to the Government of Pensilvania, even some that had
.Warrants out of his Lordships Land Office, the Surveyour aforesaid

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