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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682. 205 William Chandler Sheriffe of Charles County aforesaid And a Jury Liber W. C. of twelve good and Lawfull men of the Neighbourhood by him the said sheriffe thereunto Sumoned Impannelled and sworne Hath re surveyed a Certaine Tract of Land formerly laid out for George Gooderick by Robert Clarke gentt. Begining att a bounded white oake by a Runn in the North west branch of Zachiah Swampe and proved by the oath of Robert Gooderick who was at the first Sur vey, Runing thence north and by west Three hundred perches to a bounded Oake standing in the said branch, Runing thence west & by north Three hundred and Twenty perches to a bounded oake, Thence south and by east Three hundred perches to a Locust post standing in the Cleare ground of the Plantacon of Philip Lynes being part of the said George Goodericks Land Thence Runing East and by south to the first bound tree Containing and Layd out for six hundred Acres according to the Tenor of his Lopps Grant And also in Obedience to the said Order of Court he hath resur veyed from the first bounded tree Runing thence north and by west Three hundred perches to the Second bound tree of the said Pattent, Thence north north west thirty one perches to a bounded Oake standing by the side of a Hill neare the Plantacon of John Aiwoods and Proved by the oath of the said Robert to be the second bounds of George Goodericks Land Runing thence west and by north Three hundred and Twenty perches Thence South and by east three hun dred thirty one perches to a Locust stake standing by a branch in the Cleare ground of the said Philip Lynes Runing thence East and by south to the first bounded tree Containing and resurveyd for six hundred Sixty and two Acres being all the lines and bounds that Can be Discovered by the Jury aforesaid Relateing to the said George Goodericks Land And also by the Orders and Directions of the Jury he hath runn part of the south by east Line of Michael Ashfords Land containing One hundred & Tenn perches wch hath its Dependence on the south and by east Line of the said Goodericks Land part thereof now in the Posession of the said Lynes and from thence continues its Course Two hundred and tenn perches accord ing to the Tenor of his Grant by meanes they finde most of p. 560 the said Lynes Plantation Fenceing and Tobacco houses to be in the Land of the said Ashford, And the said Cause was Continued untill this present day to wit the sixth Day of May aforesaid, On wch day it was alleadged to the Court by the said Defts Attorney that the said Survey of the Lands aforementioned was noe true Survey for that in the plotts of the said Goodericks Land drawne by the said surveyor and Returned to the Court doth not appeare to be the Quantity of acres mentioned in the Certificate aforesaid, And that the Defts witnesses that Could have proved the true antient bound trees and the Line trees from One bound tree to another were not permitted to be throughly examined Nor was there any |
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