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March
Court 1726
217 tree by Phillip Truitt Son of the afd George Truit Sen.r & told him it was a Corner tree of Whites Land and further Saith not The Deposition of Jn.o Parker Aged being duly Sworn Sayeth yt he has been told that y.e afd Corner tree by the Mouth of Deep Branch which we were then at was a Corner tree & that George Truitt Sen.r Said that Whites Land Came over Deep Branch & further Saith not We the afd Commissioners Meeting again on the afd Land y.e 27th of Febr 1726/7 to Examine other Evidences took the Deposition of W.m Whittington aged about 43 years which is this yt Coll Will.m Whittington told this Depon.t yt Coll Francis Jinkins Surveyor of y.e tract of Land Called Partners Choice told the afd Coll Wm Whittington yt the first bounder of the s.d Land Stood in a Low pice of Ground by the Swamp side about a quarter of a mile above Snow hill Landing & that by the Directions of the afd Coll W.m Whittington he y.e s.d Depone.t found a marked Corner tree being a White Oak aboute the afd Distance from the afd Landing & that some time after Comeing to s.d tree with the afd Coll W.m Whittington he the sd Coll Whittington said that was the very tree he found by the afd Coll Jinkinses Directiones and this Depon.t further Sayeth that the afd Coll Jinkins Either Wrote to or told this Depont.s father Coll Whittington & withall sent him the Surveys of the following Lands that the Corner tree Standing by the Mouth of Little Bridge branch otherwise Called Deep Branch was the first Bounder of a tract of Land Surveyed for Either Jn.o Emett Will.m Dennsson or Abram Emmett & the afd Coll Jinkins Desired the afd Coll Whittington to Joyn with him in taking up the afd two tracts of Land Surveyed for y.e afd Emmetts & Dennsson Certificates for the same Never being returned and further Saieth not The above Evidences Examined & their Depositions taken as above by us Jno Scott Jno Donelson
County Gent Greeting know ye that we have you or any three or two of you to be Our Commissioners to Examine Evidences on behalfe of a Certain John Magee of the County afd in relation to the Bounds of a Certain tract of Land Lying in the Co.ty afd Called Coxes Choyce to the Bounds We therefore require you or any three or two of you at Some time & place as to you or any three or two of you Shall Seem Convenient you Meet on y.e afd Land Called Coxes Choyce (you first haveing taken your Oath (on) |
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