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(498) Years ago to the best of his Remembrance not Exceeding twenty years ago and at the same time Hugh Riley made oath upon the Holy Evangelist that the abovemenconed White Oake the 5.th day of May 1688 that Jn.o Boyd Sen.r held the aboves.d Hugh Riley & Marine Duvall that the aboves.d Tree was the deviding Tree betwixt Marine Duvall dec.d of A A.ll County and Gabriel Parrott furthe the Deponant saith not Jn.o Boyd Rob.t Anderson Hugh Riley & Marine Duvall In Wittness thereof we have here unto sett our hands & seals this Eighteenth day of August Annoq.r Dn 1702 Sam.ll Magruder (sigill) Tho.s Sprigg Jn.r (sigill) Certificate of the Execution of a Comission to Tho.s Smithson to Examin Wittnesses in perpetuam Rei Memoriam about the bounds of M.r Gouldsboroughs Lands Four Square Talbott County filed October y.e 9.th 1702 Maryland ss I John Nunam of Tallbott County Planter aged above fifty Years being sworn before Leiu.t Coll.o Thomas Smithson do declare upon my Oath that I did mark an Hiccory Tree for the first marked Tree of one Thousand Acres of Land Called the four Square (of w.ch four Square part is now in the Occupation of Robert Gouldsborough of Tallbot County Gen.t) in p.rsence of William Helmesley the then Surveyor who survey'd the sd Land And by the speciall order and direction of the sd Surveyor And that an Old fallen Hiccory Tree which this Seaventh day of August Anno Dni 1702 I Show'd to the Leiu.t Coll.o Thomas Smithson and near to w.ch Hiccory be markt an Oake with four Notches one eight over another is the very same Hiccory In Wittness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale y.e Day afores.d John Nunam (sigill) Maryland ss By Vertue of a Comission dated y.e 8.th of May 1702 from the High Court of Chancery of this Province at the Petition of a certain Robert Gouldsborough directed to me Thomas Smithson of Tallbott County in w.ch s.d Com.n I am nominated & appointed Com.r to Examine Wittnesses touching the bounds of a certain Tract of Land lying in Tallbott County containing One Thousand Acres called the four Square &c requiring me to call and cause to come before me all and singular such Witnesses as should to me be produced and diligently to Examin them and every of them the said Wittnesses upon their Corporall oath to be by me administred touching the |
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