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(493) near the Western Branch and there did declare that the said Poplar was the original bounded Tree of Chartsy afd & a bounded Tree of Perrywood thence carryed us to a Red Oake marked and bounded on the East side of a Meadow and did there declare that the said Red Oake was the South East bounded Tree of Chartsy and a bounded Tree of Perrywood afd Thence carryed us to a bounded Hiccory w.ch he declared stood about six Fathom from the place where the originall bounded Hiccory of Chartsey stood and was bounded and y.t he y.e s.d Coll.o Beale did mark this p.rsent Hiccory instead of the antient bounded Hiccory which was dead and now rotten and burnt all which the s.d Coll.o Beale testifies as his certain knowledge being then and there an Eye Wittness Jurat Coram Nobis Sam.ll Magreader (sigill) Tho.s Sprigg Jun.r (sigill) J Ninian Beale do subscribe to the truth of this above Deposition as wittness my hand and Seal Ninian Beale (sigill) Depositions for the Land blue plain for Wat Musgruder filed June y.e 28.th 1703 May y.e 24.th 1703 The Deposition of Rob.t Middleton Aged 53 years or thereabouts sworn saith That about sixteen years ago yo.r Deponant being along with M.r Giles Blizard and M.r Jn.o Wheeler upon a Tract of Land called blue plain the sd Wheeler being to show Blizard the beginning Tree of the s.d Land he brought him upon a Covell about a quarter of a Mile from the side of the Creek called Oxmor S.t Johns Creek and told him that M.r Lewyar showed him a bounded oake w.ch was the first tree of blue plaine but when M.r Blizard and we came to look for it we could find no bound Tree but Lewyar told M.r Wheeler that it was a Line Tree of Meeks his Land and further saith not Robert Middleton Jurat Coram Nobis R Bradly (sigill) Jn.o Hawkins (sigill) |
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