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850 a breif account in writeing of their Evidences which is what is contained within and that it is the substance of what they declared to the best of his knowledge the which Copy of y.e Evidences follows Viz.t Aug.t 25.th 1708 The Deposition of William Cathrop that he has knowne the white oake where the pl.t beginns to have been the Reputed bounded tree of Mount hope for Twenty odd Years and that he never knew any other Tree for that Land that John Edmondson told him that was the first bounded Tree And from that Tree sold the Lands out of Mount hope John Barker swears that he was upon ^a^ Jury as near as he cann remember about 13 or 14 years agoe at the Running out of Mount hope and that they was shewed the afd white oake to be the first Tree and then they begunn their survey Francis Neale on his Test declares that after John Edmondson bought the Land Called Mount hope said John Edmondson brought him with Joshua Baxter and diverse others to the afd Tree & from thence they runn out the Land and then there was no dispute but that this was the tree and as Near as cann be Computed by all Circumstances it was about 23 years agoe and that since it has been Runn out severall times from that Tree The Deposition of y.e said Low taken before us R Ungle Tho Collier Nicholas Low's Depo.s ab.t Griffeth Maryland fs Talbott County To the Reg.r of the high Court of Chancery Be it remembred that by Virtue of a Comission from her Majestys high Court of Chancery bearing date the thirteenth day of October in |
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