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June Court
1728
93 Holy Evangelist of almighty God and Laith his hand upon the white oak standing in the old feild deposeth that some time agoe being in Company with Andrew Caldwell & Jno rion the said Andrew told this Deponient that white Oake was ye first Bounder of a tract of Land Called Maiden head now in the possession of John Caldwell as Tho.s Cox told him ho sould said Land to his father and showed him when they first Come there to Live being about forty Years ago and going a Little into the woods along a path to ye westard that Leads to Jno Catons this deponient Comes to ye s.d stooping white oak & laying his hand thereon decleared that in Like Manner Andrew Caldwell showed him that tree and told him it was the Second Bounder of said Maiden head as Thos Cox told him when he showed his father & him the first Bounder of Said Land and further Saith Not Sworn before us this 10.th day of Oct 1726 Somersett fs Joseph Venables John Rion aged about fifty Eight years Sworn on of ye Thos Humphry's Holy Evangelist of almighty God and Laying his hand on ye afd white oak standing in ye s.d old feild deposeth and sayeth that some time agoe being in Company with Andrew Caldwell & Tho.s Hearn the said Andrew told this Deponient that white oak was the first Bounder of a tract of Land Called Maiden head now in the possession of John Caldwell as Tho.s Cox told him who sold said Land to his father and showed ye said Bounder to his father and him when they first Came there to Live being about forty years agoe and going a Little into ye woods along a path to ye westard that Leads to Jno Catons this deposeth Comes to the said Steeping white oak and Laying his hand thereon decleareth in Like Manner Andrew Caldwell showed him that tree and told him it was ye second Bounder of Said Maiden Head as Thos Cox told him when he Showed his father & him ye first Bounder of Said Land and further Saith not Sworn before us this 10.th day of Oct 1726 Joseph Venables Thos Humphrys Somersett fs Robert Hastins aged about forty years being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty god and Laying his hand on ye afd white oak in the old feild near ye Brick hole deposeth and sayeth that about Eight or ten years ago Tho.s Cox Sen.r showed this deponent that white oak and told him that it was the first Bounder of a tract of Land Called Maidenhead where John Caldwell now Lives and further saith Not sworn before us ye 10.th day of Oct 1726 Jos: Venables Tho.s Humphrys Somersett fs Thomas Hugg aged about forty five years being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth and Saith ^that^ he being Severall years in the possession of ye afd Land Called freinds Denyall he was showed by Severall of ye Neighbours that ye first Bounder of said ^Land^ was a pine Stump and that he hath seen a marked pine Post Standing there and that there was a marked white oak within two yards to the West of said Stump and Laying his hand on the said stump deposeth that Stump was what was Ever was showed him and allowed to be the first bounder of said Land and Goeing down Said Branch on ye south side of of said Branch showed us another Pine Stump as afd and Laying his hands Thereon Deposeth that Stump was in Like Manner showed |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
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