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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 335   View pdf image
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       said two thousand five hundred Acres of Land first to be laid
       out & surveyd for Me y.e s.d George Thompson viewing and
       searching up & down y.e s.d Land & River for y.e first bound
       tree of y.e s.d two thousand five hundred acres of Land  And
       finding by an Asshen Swamp a bounded white Oak which
       Oak I will not cannot nor dare upon Oath Affirm to be
       y.e very Oak was bounded for y.e first bound tree of y.e s.d two
       thousand five hundred Acres of Land  And consequently the
       first bound tree of y.e s.d John Meeks's Land it being now very
       near three or four & thirty years since I was upon & caused
       s.d Land for me to be surveyed but to y.e best of my Memory
       Judgm.t & Understanding by these presents upon Oath do declare
       y.t y.e s.d bounded white Oak doth stand Within twenty or     
       thirty paces where y.e first bounded oak of y.e s.d two thousand
       five hundred Acres of Land did stand to y.e best of my Memory
       & knowledg I being hereunto confirmed by y.e Memory I both
       now retain of y.e s.d Asshen Swamp & y.e thereunto adjacent
       ground  Which s.d Asshen Swamp is by y.e River side & third
       swamp above a great high point by y.e River side on y.e s.d two
       thousand five hundred Acres of land & comonly known & called
       by y.e name of y.e hollowing point  To y.e verily & truth hereupon
       & have given my oath & here unto do set my hand & fix my
       seal this 27.th day of May An° 1696

This to be y.e truth & y.e whole            George Thompson      (loc)
truth to y.e best of my knowledg
& Memory
          Juravit coram Me
Will Tannehill                    This is a true Record (according to y.e Original
Will Hutchison                   papers filed in y.e Chancery office) & here
                                         entered by Me
                                                                      John Freeman
                                                                Regist.r in Chanc.ry


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