352 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.

         Liber E menconed notwithstanding the Said Johnson in his lifetime nor the
               Sd Francis & Elizabeth Since his death hath payd the above Said
               Sume of Seaven hundred pounds of tobaccoe to him the Sd plt but
               doth altogether refuse to pay the Same to the great damage & injury
               of him the Sd Plt whereupon he Saith he is damnified & hath loss to
               the vallew of 1000 lb tob & thereupon he bringeth his Suite.
                And for the proofe of this his Complaint he produced these En-
               sueing wittnesses.
                Robert Philips aged 30 yeares or thereabouts Sworne in open
               Court Saith That Some time in the yeare 1670 he did heare Daniel
               Johnson owne that he had hired Jeremy Canedagh & was to give him
               from Some time of July till the last of october the Sume of Seaven
               hundred pounds of tobaccoe & that he the Sd Deponent being a
               Sharer in the Crop payd Daniel Johnson 200 lb of tobaccoe towards it.
                Thomas Helgar aged 26 yeares or thereabouts Sworne Saith, That
               the Said Jeremy Canedagh was att the time aforemenconed & did
               worke on Daniell Johnsons plantation in the Crop but on what
               agreemt he knoweth not
                Whereupon the Court granted Judgement to the Said Jeremy
               Canedagh against the Sd Francis Kilborne & Eliza his wife for the
               Said Sume of 700 lb of tobaccoe Costs of Suite.

                The parties above named Likewise appearing in another Suite
               Comenced by the Said Jeremy Canedagh against the Said Francis
               Kilborne & Eliza his wife Admrx of the goods & Chattells of Daniel
               Johnson deed
                The plt for the prosecution of his Suit Comenced prsented this
               Ensueing petition
                To the Worshipfull the Comrs of Charles County.
                The Humble peticon of Jeremy Canedagh Humbly Sheweth.
                That yor peticoner having Served Daniel Johnson the tearme of
               one yeare in the yeare of our lord 1667 in Consideracon of which
               Service the Said Daniel was obliged to to pay or deliver to yor
         [fol. 50]  peticoner two Cowes with Cow Calves by their Side which Cowes
               the Said Daniel Dellivered according to his agreement but they
               hapning to bring bull Calves the Said Daniel did order them to be
               marked for his owne use obliging himselfe to delliver to yor petr
               two Cow Calves in lieu of them the Same yeare wch he not per form-
               ing & the next yeare being Surprised by Sudden Death that he
               Could not doe the Same & Francis Kilborne & Elizabeth his wife
               utterly refusing to make yor petr any equivalent Satisfaction for the
               Same yor peticoner humbly Craves yor worshyps would be pleased
               to passe Judgement against the Sd Francis & Eliza his wife Admrx
               of the goods & Chattells of the Sd Dan: Johnson deed for two heyfers
               of the Same age, these would have been if at pnt or the vallew
               thereof as yor worships Shall See fitt And yor petr duty bound
               Shall Ever pray.