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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
Volume 841, Page 91   View pdf image
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          June Court                           1728            91

William Jones
Commission &
Affadivitts
 Somersett fs
                    Charles absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of maryland
and avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &.c  To Ephraim Willson, Jeffry Long John
Trehearn and Boaz Walston all of Somersett County Gent.m Greeting Know ye
that we have appointed you or any three or two of you to be Our Commissioners to Examine
Evidences on behalfe of a Certain William Jones in relation to the Bounds of a tract of Land lying
in the County afd called Buck Ridge we therefore require you or any three or two of you
at some time and place as to you or any three or two of you shall Seem Convenient you
mete on the afd Land Called Buck Ridge (you first haveing taken your Oath on the Holy
Evangelist of almighty God according to act of assembly in such Case made & Provided &)
there Cause to Come before you or any three or two of you all such Evidences as shall be
to you or any three or two of you Nominated by the Said Complainent (or Deft if any) and
that you Examine them upon their Corporall Oaths to be by your or any three or two of you
administred on the holy Evangelist of almighty God in the presents of the Complainent
(or Deft if any) touching the truth or rememberances of their Knowledge or any thing that
may Relate to the Cause afd and that reducing the Severall Depositions into writing you
Send the Same together with this Our Commission under your or any three or two of your hands
to us to Our County Court of Somersett with all Convenient Speed Wittness Saml Hopkins
Gent.m Chiefe Justice of our said Court &c

    Somersett County   Aprill the 15.th 1728   The Deposition of Moses Tillman aged about
thirty Years Relating to the Bounds of a Certain tract of Land Belonging to Edward
Beachamp Called Buck Ridge
                                                                      The Deponient saith he was Living about
one Mile from the afd Tract of Land in the Year 1727 and the deponient saith that Last
October he was a Squerrill Hunting and Mett the afd Beachamp near the afd Tract of Land &
the deponient seeing a new marked Tree Marked with Sixteen Notches standing Near Marumsco
dam side and the deponient asked the afd Beachamp if he Know what marked white oake
that was and ye said Beachamp told him that he marked that tree to Know how far a tract of
Land that David Willson Surveyed for him Came over the Branch of ye deponient saith that
that the afd Beachamp told him then that the Bounder of his Tract of Land Called Buck
ridge was about a quarter of a mile Lower down the Dam & ye deponent saith that the
Upper most white Oake was not marked Last March was a year and further the deponient
saith that William Lane Survayor of ye afd Land told him that the Lowest white oak
was the Bounder of Edward Beachamps Land Called Buck Ridge and further
Saith Not                                                                                     his
                                                                                        Moses O Tillman
                                                                                                 Marke


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