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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 107b   View pdf image
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          August Court   1731            107

Hugh Porter
         petn
     To the worshipfull his Lordships Justices of Somerset County Court the Humble pet.n
of Hugh Porter Sheweth    that whereas Some of the bounders of a tract of Land belonging
                      to your petitioner whereon he now Lives Containing One hundred acres Called ^by the name of^ New Years Gift
    are very much decayed Your petitioner humbly prays Your worships to appoint Commissioners to Examine
Evidences in Order to prove and perpetuate the boundarys of Said Land and as in duty bound Shall ever pray
                                                                                                                                                 Hugh Porter
                         The petition the aforesaid being Read and Heard and fully understood and mature deliberation
thereupon had wherefore it is Considered here that a Commission Issue to the afd Hugh Porter as by the
petition afd is praid and that William Lane, W.m Handy W.m Mills and Robert Mitchell all of Somerset
County Gentlemen be Commissioners and Execute the Same Commission according to act of assembly in Such Case
made and provided &.c


Jack a negro boy of Thomas Benston of Nanticoke is adjudged by the Court to twelve Years &.c

Bess a negro Girle of Thomas Benston of Nanticoke is adjudged by the Court to the age of twelve years &c


Isaac Handy
   Petn
           To the wordshipfull Justices of Somerset County in Court Sitting  the petition of Isaac
Handy most Humbly sheweth that whereas your petitioner is possessed of a tract of Land
Lying on the north Side of Rockawakin River in Somerset County called Pemberton Containing Nine hundred
acres the bounds whereof are become doubtful and decayed and the wittnesses to prove them are
Ancient Your petitioner humbly prays your worships to appoint Commissioners to Examine Evidences
to prove or perpetuate the memory of any the bounds of Said Land according to an act of assembly
in Such Case made and provided and Your petitioner as in duty bound Shall ever pray
                                                                                                                                  Isaac Handy
                      The petition aforesaid being Read and Heard and fully understood and mature deliberation thereof
had wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that a Commission Issue to the aforesaid Isaac Handy
as by the petition aforesaid is praid and that Levin Gale, Thomas Humphrys , Thomas Gillis and James
Mackmorie all of Somerset County Gentlemen be  Commissioners and Execute the Same Commission according
to act of assembly in Such Case made and provided &.c


John Sturges Sen.r a poor blind man is by the Court discharged from paying of taxes for the future &.c

Francis Allen of Somerset County Gentleman is discharged by the Court from paying of taxes for the
future for his negro man Called Ceaser &.c

John Lay appointed Overseer of the road in Boquetennorton hundred in the Stead of Robert Hill &c

Ock a negro Boy of William Polks is adjudged by the Court to the age of tenn Years this term &c

London a negro Boy of John Outerbridges is adjudged by the Court to EIght Years this term &c


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
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