648 Somerset County Court Proceedings, 1665 1668.







        Liber B No. 1 Wee the Comrs for the Countie of Sommersett Doe order & ap
               pointe Jinkin Prise Ambros Dixson Roger Woliford John Wailer
               & James Dashiell to be surveyors for the High wayes & to proceed
               to the makeing of A high way according to Act of Assembly
        [p. 401At A Court helid the 27th November 1666 for the Countie of
                  Sornmersett in the province of Maryland
                               Present
                          mr William Stevens
                     Capt William Thorne  mr Henry Boston
                     mr John Winder     mr George Johnson
                Whereas Macurn Thomas prferd a peticon agst Jinkin Prise
               wherein he Complained tht he had bought a parcell of Land of Jinkin
               Prise & paid one thousand flue hundred pounds of tobacco in part
               for itt; & that Jinkin Prise denyed to make over the said Land by
               Conveyance according to Lawe whereupon the Court ordered that
               Jinkin Prise shoulld by Conveyance make over the said land to
               Macurn Thomas & pay Cost of sute, & that Macurn Thomas &
               Thomas Ball shoulld giue bond to Jinkin Prise for flue hundred
               ponds of tobacco to be paid this yeare & one thousand pounds of
               tobacco to be pd next yeare or the value thereof as alsoe the said
               Macurn Thomas to pay foure Matchcoates

       At A Court helid the 27th November 1666 for the Countie of
           Sommersett in tht pvince of Maryland Present
                        Mr William Stevens
                     Capt William Thorne  mr Henry Boston
                     mr John Windermr George Johnson
                This Day mr Steven Horssi high Sherriffe prsented A Jury of
               Inquest who were sworne, vizt:
             me James Davis Foreman      William Boyes
                     Jeffery Minshall    Robert Cattling
                     Allexander Draper   Robert Hignett
                     Edward Southern     William Jones
                     Daniell Hast        James Prise
                     William Furnis      John Kinge

                   The Oath of the Jury of Enquest
                You shall dilligently inquire & true prsentmt make of all such things
               as you shall be charged wth Concerning the Lord Proprieters & the
               Lawes established; you shall not conceale nor hide any thinge for
               fauour feare promise or affeccon you beare to any person or persons
               or present any thing for hatred or Malice you beare to any Man but
               you shall prsent the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth Soe
               help you God & by the Contents of this booke/








         Nehemiah Covington was sworne this day Constable