Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 407

Henry Hardy and Now in Question, By a Jury of the Neighbour-
hood to goe upon the said Land, and to see the Lines of the said
two Tracts of Land according to the Antient bounds runn out, and
then the Lines of the aforesaid One hundred & fifty Acres of Land
now in the Posession of Henry Hardy aforesaid and the Land now
in Question, by the said Rand^o Brandt according to the Evidence
then to be given, and the direccon of the Jury, By vertue of w^ch ord^r
of Court William Chandler sheriffe Did by the Oathes of Cap
James Neale, John ffaning, James Beamount, Thomas Clipsham,
Thomas Gibson, Ralph Smith, Arthur Turner, William Hatch,
Mevorell Hulse, Edmond Dennis, ffrancis Wyne, & Cleoborne Lomax,
Goe upon the aforesaid Two Tracts of Land, and the One hundred
and ffifty acres now in Question To see the same by the Surveyo^r
Laid out according to the antient bounds thereof, w^ch Juro^rs upon
their oathes sayes That According to the best of their Knowledges
that they have Run out the bounds of that parcell of Land formerly
Surveyed for ffrancis Posey and John Berlaines plant" and lately
in the Tenure and occupacon of Richard Watson, w^th the surveyo^rs
in the presence of the sheriffe aforesaid, Begining att a markt
white oake standing upon a point neare the Mouth of Batchello"
Creeke on the north side of the said Creeke, but Whether it be
really the southermost bound tree of the Land belonging formerly
to Richard Watson or not wee doe not certainely Know because
wee have noe proofe to the same, but runing north from thence
according to the Certificate at the end of one hundred and sixty five
perches wee Could not finde any bound tree, but runing on North-
westerly fifty foure perches and a bal f e further in the Course of the
said Line, Wee came to a bounded white oake standing upon the
Clifts by a Path side according to the words of the Certificate, w^ch
said tree wee doe verily beleeve to be the Northermost bound tree of
Watsons Land, Then Runing east into the woods for the full length
of ffive hundred perches, Thence south Two hundred & nineteene
perches & a halfe, Thence west to the first markt tree, and bounding
on the south with the paralell Line and Creeke, and on the west with
the said River according to the Certificate, And further the Juro"
aforesaid sayes that they have also w^th the surveyo^r aforesaid in the
presence of the Sheriffe Runn out the bounds of that parcell of Land
formerly Surveyed for Thomas Batchelo^r Called Stumpe Dale accord-
ing to the best informacon wee can get, Begining att a bounded
white Chesnutt Oake standing upon a Pointe by a Marsh on the
Creeke side, w^ch said Tree by the oath of ffrancis sheffeild was

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proved to bee showne by John Jenkins once the Owner of the said
parcell of land unto Robert Long to be the Northermost bound
tree betwixt this parcell of Land and Richard Watsons, w^ch said
bound Tree according to the Certificate brings us neare the Mouth
of Hampton Creeke on a South Course, And Whereas wee ought

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