Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.     351

     to the Land formerly taken up by Henry Morgan deed called              Liber W. C.
     Morgans st Michaels and being now in dispute betweene the said
     John Watkinson & Thomas Collins, And the Court finding it neces
     sary that the said One hundred and thirty Acres of Land Called
     Marron be Layd out according to the Knowne antient bounds
     thereof by some skilfull pson by the Discression of the neighbour
     hood that are most knowing thereof And that after the said Surveysr
     with the direction of the Neighbourhood hath Runn out the lynes
     thereof they may returne a faire plott and Certificate thereof to the  p. 685
     next Provinciall Court soe that upon pusall and veiwing thereof
     and hearing what can be said on both Side the Court may doe
     therein what to Justice appertaines, It is therefore by the Court
     this day ordered that Richard Peacock gent. deputy Surveyor of
     Talbott County be and is hereby especially appointed impowered
     and comanded to Lay out the aforesaid parcell of Land in the
     presence of the Sheriffe of the Said County, Wch said sheriffe is
     hereby Empowered and comanded to sumon and Impannell a Jury
     of Twelve good and honest men of the neighbourhood to goe upon
     the said Land and to sumon and examine witnesses upon oath
     that the truth of the matter and the bounds of the said One hun
     dred and thirty Acres of Land may be fully discovered And the
     said Richard Peacock is hereby ordered to run the lynes according
     to the Pattent and the direction of the Jury, and to returne a Cer
     tifficate of his proceedings herein and a faire plott of the land in
     question to the next Provinciall Court to be held at the Citty of
     St Maryes the fourth day of October next that soe his Lopps
     Justices being fully informed of the truth of the premisses may
     doe therein as to Justice appertaines, And the same Cause is Con
     tinued untill the next Provinciall Court
       Att wch next Provinciall Court (to wit) the fourth day of october
     1681 aforesaid Came aswell the said plantiffe as the said deft by
     their Attorneys aforesaid, and the said Richard Peacock the Deputy
     Surveyor aforesaid made returne to the Court here of the Comis
     sion of resurvey aforesaid by an Inquisition thereunto annexed
     wch is as followeth (Viz)
       To the Right honoble the Lord Propry (July the 14th 1681)
     Talbott ss
       By vertue of an order of the Provinciall Court held at the Citty
     of St Maryes the thirtyeth day of April last past, for the Laying
     out and Resurveying of a parcell of land Called Marron Lyeing
     on the East side of Chesepeake bay On the north side of a River
     in the said bay Called st Michaels River in the County of Talbott
     next Adjoyning to a parcell of Land formerly taken up by Henry
     Morgan deed called Morgans St Michaels, I Richard Peacock
     Deputy Surveyor of Talbot County doe hereby humbly certify that
     I have layd out and resurveyed part of the said Land called Marron