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August Court 1761 105 of the Peace and was duly Qualified to Execute the within Commission before Samuel Addams Somerset County fst The Deposition of Majr. Sampson Wheatly Aged fifty One Years or there Abouts being Sworn on the holy Evagelis of Almighty God deposeth as followeth (to witt) that as near as this Deponant Can Remember the time About Eighteen or Nineteen Years past Capn. David Wilson and Capn. Saml. Wilson and himself were Chosen Arbitrators to determine A Certain Controversy between John Williams and Robert Boyer in Relation to the title of a tract of Land Called Gleneath then in Possession of John Williams afd. and One Other tract of Land Called Morrises Hope then in Possession of the afd. Robert Boyer and this Deponant Saith that then and there upon the afd. tract of Land Called Gleneath a Certain James Otley was Sworn to Relate what he knew of the bounds of the afd. tracts of Land who upon Oath (before him and the Other Arbitrators afd. declared as follows (to wit) that he the Said James Otley had lived Soun or on the South Side of Pocomoke ^ Bay for forty or fifty Years before that time and used frequently to go fishing to or near Spenscicks Point at the Mouth of Pocomoke River and used to go a Shore thereon Spensciks point often and this deponant Saith that James Ottley declared that when he first knew of Spensciks Point there was a Small Hamock of Land on the End of the Said Point with Sundry Small trees Growing thereon and one Large White Oak with Sixteen Notches on it and the Oak was then dead but not Rotten So that the Notches were Very plain in the Said tree and the Deponant Saith that James Otley declared that he Asked the Reason of the Notches being on the aforementioned Oak and Simon Smith and Other persons told him the Said Otley that the afore Mentioned Oak was the Bounder of Jenckin Prices Land that he Lived on or had formerly lived on but which this deponant does not Remember and this deponant Saith that they had Agreed to Give an Award in Robert Boyers favour but Samuel Wilson and Boyer both died About that time and put an End to the Matter and this deponant further Saith not Sampson Wheatley Somerset County fst The Deposition of Benjamin Benston Aged forty Six Years or thereabouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelis of Almighty God Deposeth as followeth (to witt) that Some Years past but how Long this Deponant does not Remember that heard James Otley Say that there Stood a White Oak on the End of Spenciks point marked with Sixteen Notches and further this deponant declareth that he heard his first Wife Say that when She was a Girl that She Saw a Stump with Notches on it Standing down the Soun or bay Side from the End of the Point near the Mouth of a Small drean Near to where there is now a Small Slipe pine which is a Small distant Easterly from Elias White fence which is Partly made with Whole Cuts of Timber Commonly Called and known by the name of Water Work And this deponant further Saith not Benja. Benston The Above is a true Deposition taken by us the Subscribers Jno. Broughton Edwd. Waters Somerset County fst The Deposition of John Ellis Aged Eighty Years or there Abouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelis of Almighty God Deposeth as followeth to witt that Robert Boyer Shewed him this Deponant a Stump which is down the Soun or bay Side from the End of Spenciks Points near the Mouth of A Small Drain near to Where there is now a Small Slipe Pine which is a Small distant Easterly from Elias White fence which is Partly made with Hole Cust of timber Commonly Called and known by the Name of the Water Work and this deponant declareth that Robert Boyer told him that the aforementioned Stump had been or was Bounder of a tract of Land Called Morrises Hope and this deponant further Saith not John Ellis the Above is a true Deposition taken by us the Subscribers Jno. Broughton Edwd. Waters Somerset County fst The Deposition of Capn. Henry Schoolfield Aged Sixty three Years or there abouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelis of Almighty God deposeth as followeth (to wit) that about Eight or nine Years past as near as this Deponant Can Remember the time that this deponant hapned to be present when Certain Commissioners took the Deposition of James Otley of What he knew in Relation to the Proof of the bounds of a tract of Land Called Gleneath and this Deponant Saith that the afd. James Otley declared before the Said Commissioners that he the Said James Otley and Simon Smith hapned upon the Said Land Gleneath and the Said James Otley declared he Set down under a Marked White Oak near to Where the Point of Marsh Maketh from the high Ground by the Side of Pocomoke River About Eighteen or Nineteen Yards Easterly from a Marked Pessimon tree Marked with Twelve Notches by we the Commissioners and this deponant Saith that the afd. James |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763
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