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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 42   View pdf image
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November Court     1730     42

the Mouth of holly Branch  And this Deponant further Saith that he Saw some Trees falen
where the af.d Freeman was going to set he a Tenant one W.m Colborn and that it was in
the Little Neck between holly branch and Small branch below Call.d Little branch
And further Saith Not                                                                                 his
                                                                                                    Edmond M Dickerson
                                                                                                                Marke
                                                                                                                         Jn.o Scott
                                                                                              Taken before us   W.m Lane


Samuel Gilletts
Commission & affidavitts
 Somerset ss     Charles absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of maryland
and avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &.c  To John Scott, William Lane, William Handy
and Robert Mitchell all of Somerset County Gentm Greeting Know Yee that we have
    appointed you or any three or two of you to be Our Commissioners to examine evidences on behalfe of a Certain
    Samuel Gillett of the County aforesaid in the Relation to the bounds of a tract of Land lying in the County ^afd^ containing
    two hundred acres called Kings Land 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 meet on the afd Land Called Kings Land (you
    first having taken your oath on the holy evanglist of Almighty God according to act of assembly in such
    case made and provided) and 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 Complainant (or deft if any) and
    that you or any three or two of you Examine them upon their Corporall Oaths to be by you or any
    three or two of you Administred on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God in the presents of the Corplainent
    (or Def.t if any) touhing the truth or remembrance of their knowledge or any thing that may relate
    to the Cause af.d and that reduceing 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
    Sumerset with all Convenant Speed Wittness Sam.ll Hopkins Gent.m Chiefe Justice of our Said Co.t
    the 22 day of August in the 16.th Year of Our Dominion &.c   Anno Dom 1730   to the Foregoeing Commission
    it was thus answered viz.t   Somerset County ss   Depositions of wittnesses taken upon the Land Called Kings
    Land in ye County aforesaid the 12.th day of September anno Dom 1730 before us the Subscribers Commissioners appointed
    by the worshipfull ^the^ Justices of Somerset County Court to Examine Wittnesses concerning ye bounds of the afd Land
    as follows viz.t            John Gillett Sen.r of Somerset County planter aged Sixty two Years or thereabouts being
    by us sworn upon the holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth and Saith that about thirty Eight Years agoe
    he was told by the Alexanders (which was then Owners of the aforesaid Kings Land) that the red oak now in
    his view was the first bounder of Francis Alexanders Land now belonging to Samuel Gillett and the Second bounder
    of James Alexanders and that the aforesaid red oak is markt with Sixteen notches and Standing by the
    Side of a Small branch and this deponant further Saith that the Second bounder of the afd Francis Alexanders was
    a white Oak and that it stood near the north west Corner of a Small parcell of Cleared Ground about fifteen
    or twenty yards northwest from a Small Gum Sapling which we then Caused to be Sliped on four Sides
    and further Saith not                                                                                          his
                                                                                                                     John A Gillett
                                                                                                                            marke

    The above deposition was taken before us ye Subscribers being first duely qualified according to Law ye day
    and year above written                                                John Scott, William Lane


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