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August Court 1761 107 20th Janry 1761 Then were Thomas Holbrooke and Charles Leatherbury Quallified upon the within Commission Agreeable to An Act of Assembly in Such Case made and Provided Before Thos. Jones We the Subscribers haveing being first Quallified to Execute the Within Commission and haveing also first Given twenty days Notice for the Execution thereof Agreeable to Act of Assembly we have proceeded to take the Several depositions hereto Annexed all which we hereby Certifie under our hands and Seals this
this Deponant had a Commission to Prove the Bounds of a tract of Land Called Second Choice and he this Deponant Caled upon the following persons to Prove the third and fourth Bounder of Second Choice William Alexander, Peter Surman, George Goddart, William Brereton, Thomas Brereton and Charles Mullen but they Said they did not know Where they were and further this Deponant Saith that he never Could Get nor fourth Any Intelligence where the third ^ Bounders Stood and further this Deponant Saith not Sworn this 24th day of January Anno Dom. 1761 Before Thos. Holbrook {Seal} Charles Leatherbury {Seal} The Deposition of William Pullet Aged forty Years or there Abouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth that on the Ninth day of July Anno 1760 that Nicholas Todvine Told this Deponant that near or at this Place Where we the Subscribers Are present that Ahab Costen told the Said Nicholas Todvine that to the Best of his knowledge that a Red Oak Was a Division Bounder Between him the afd. Ahab Costen and Thomas Pullitt and that he the Said Ahab Costen told the Said Nicholas Todvine that they Run to a Stuping Gum with a Small Read Oak Grown out from the Root Standing to the North Side of the Gum thence along to an Olde Path where there was a Great Pine Standing And further the Said Ahab Costen told the Said Nicholas Todvine to take Notice of a White Oak that Stands About Twenty feet from a Large Stone Where we the Subscribers Are now Present and further this Deponant Saith Not Sworn this 24th day of January Anno 1761 before Thos. Holbrook {Seal} Charles Leatherbury {Seal} The Deposition of Edmond Smullen Aged twenty nine Years or there Abouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God Deposeth that this Deponant heard Ahab Costen Say About Twelve Years Agoe that he the Said Ahab Costen held Some of Thomas Pullitts Clear Land and further this Deponant Saith not Sworn this 24thday of Janry Anno 1761 Before Thos. Holbrook {Seal} Charles Leatherbury {Seal} The Deposition of Ambros Fitzwaters Aged thirty Years or thereabouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God Deposeth that About four or five Years Agoe that Ahab Costen told this Deponant that he the Said Ahab Costen heald Sum of Thomas Pullitts Old field and the Said Costen told this Deponant to go and Cutt Timber on this Side of the Branch where we the Subscribers are Present and the Said Costen would keep this Deponant harmless and further this Deponant Saith that he never heard Ahab Costen Say Any thing About Any Bouner being Where we the Subscribers are and further this Deponant Saith not Sworn this 24th day of January Anno Dom. 1761 before Thos. Holbrook {Seal} Charles Leatherbury {Seal}
Assigns to the which payment well and truly to be made and done we bind our Selves and Each of us our & Each of our heirs Exrs. or Admrs. for the whole and in the whole Joyntly and Severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and dated this 20th day of August Anno Dom. 1761 The |
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