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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763
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                     June Court            1761              91
that he this day heard the Said William Furnis the Present Possessor of the Same Land held then by
his Said Grandfather and William Thomson now in Possession of the Land then held by the Said Andrew
Thomson Severally Acknowledge in the Presence and hearing of Capn. Ephraim Wilson and Messrs. Levin
Wilson, William Wheatly and Samuel Wilson that the Same tree was the bounder Between them and
Concerning the Said Bounder this Deponant further Saith not But at a marked Red Oak with Sixteen
Notches being between the Same Land of the Said William Furnis and the Land of Joseph Tilman
Called Amitte Standing on the North Side of Back Creek Branch near the point Between two dreans
both tending Northerly of the Same tree the Said James Furnis this Deponant Saith that thirty years
                                                             Standing
past or upwards he Saw an old Dead Stump ^ near the Said Red Oak which James Strawbridge Patrick
Mathews and William Furnis told them was the Last Bounder of a tract of Land Called Amitte and that
the Same was the divisionall tree Between the Land of Furnis Called Double Purchase and the Said
Land Called Amitte and this deponant further Saith that they the Said James Strawbridge and Patrick
Mathews and William Furnis Marked the Said Red Oak in the Room of the Said Old Dead Stump in
the Presence of this deponant and this deponant further Saith that he hath often Seen the Said Red Oak
Since and the Same hath always been Acknowledged to be the Last Bounder of Amitte and the division tree
as afd. and further Saith not this 18th day of Febry Anno Dom. 1761               James Furnis
The Deposition of Aaron Tilman of Somerset County Aged Sixty four Years or there Abouts being
Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and Saith that about forty Years Past he Saw
a Marked Oak which he Imagined was a bounder but if so he knows not What which tree Stood on a Point
of Land of the South Side of Back Creek and of the West Side of A Gully Issuing from the Said Creek and
Running Southerly Between the Lands of Levin Wilson and William Furnis and further Saith not this
13th May Anno Dom 1761                                                              his

 Aaron      Tilghman

mark
The Deposition of James Furnis Aged fifty Seven Years or thereabouts being Sworn on the holy
Evangelist of Almighty God Saith that About forty Years past one James Strawbridge Informed him that
Mr. Ephraim Wilson made a Resurvey on his Land on the South Side of Back Creek at Which time the
Said Wilson Settled a Post as a divisional Bounder Between his Land and a tract of Land Called Fair spring
then in the Possession of the Said Strawbridge but now in the Possession of the Present William Furnis
And this deponant further Saith that the Said Strawbridge Informed him that he was Present at the Setting
of the Said Post which as this Deponant was informed was Set in the Spot where there Appeared then to be an
Original Bounder and this Deponant further Saith that he hath many times Seen the Said Post Standing
in a Piece of Marshey Ground about ten feet from the Bank of the South Side of Back Creek below the
Wading Place and about thirty five Yards to the Westward of a Small Gully Issuing from the Said Creek &
Running Southerly Between the Lands of Levin Wilson and William Furnis and this deponant further
Saith that he hath Several times Since been Shewed the Said Post by his Brother William Furnis decd. who
told him it was the Beginning Bounder of the Said William Furnises Land Called Fair Spring and further
Saith not Taken the 13th of May Anno Dom. 1761                                James Furnis
The Deposition of William Polk of Somerset Aged thirty Years or thereabouts being Sworn on the holy
Evangelist of Almighty God Saith that About November Last he was Imployed by Mr Samuel Wilson to
Make a Resurvey on a tract of Land Called Double Purchase and being Ordered by the Said Wilson to
Set a Course to Strike a Beach of the South Side of Back Creek Supposing the Same to be a Bounder of a tract
of Land Called Fair Spring the Land of William Furnis tho Possessed by Isaac Holland and when this
deponant Came to the Said Beach he was met by the Said Isaac Holland Who told this deponant he
                                                             at
was Rong and Shewed him another Beach ^ a Small Distance and told him that the Same was a Bounder of
the Land he Lived on which is a Large Spreading Beach Standing on the Very Edge of the Bank

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