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1730 58 Janry the 13.th 1730 came the within named M.r John Caldwell and made Oath In due forme to Execute the within Commission according to act of Assembly in such case made and provided before me &c J Handy Janry th 14 1730 Come Before me the within named ^Mr^ Thomas Gillis and made oath on the holy Evangelist that he would Execute the within Commission according to act of assembly to the Best of his ^skill and^ knowledge John Caldwell Maryland Somerset County ss These are humbly to Certifie that we the subscribers by vertue of his Lordships Commission to us Directed from the Justices of ye said county court Bearing Date the 24.th day of November 1730 to Examine Evidences concerning the Bounders of a Certain tract of Land Called Trouble now in the Possession of William Allexander and having sett up notes under our hands as the Law directs we did apoint to meet on ye said Land on the 14.th day of Janry 1730 and having Given our Summonses for John Godert Geo.e Godert Isaac Noble and Thomas Bruerton we ware Derected by Geo.r Godert and others to the stump of an old oak tree about an hundred yards to the north of a point of a swamp that Devides two Ridges being in the fork of the two main Rodes that Leades from Gilleys mill to monoken Bridge and Whitehaven Town appositt to M.r Adamses Plantation by the chapell and about three hundred yards Distance from Each of the said Roads which said Stump was proved by the oath of George Godertt and John Godertt as well appear by their Depositions hereunto Annexed and we did mark three Pine Saplens standing in a triangle Round the said Stump with four notches on one side next to the ye Stump to Gelleys mill Branch and Near to the Edge of William Allexander Clear ground and about about an hundred yeards to the North ward of ye said Allexanders tobacco house which said white oake the said Noble and Bruerton Proved to be a bounder of the afd Land as will appear by their Dippossitions hereunto annexed and being Directed by the said Bruerton over the said Branch to a marked seader Post by the side of a smale Branch and by a fence side that now divides Betwext ye said Allexander and a Plantation now in the Possition of Robert Harris which said Place where the said post now stands is proved by the said Bruerton as Per his Depossion doth appear as Wittness our hands this 14.th day of Janry 1730/1 John Coldwell Thom.s Gilliss The deposison of John Godert aged about 41 years being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of allmighty God Deposeth that about twenty years ago he was sold by his Father or Brother George or Both that one old Dead Red oak at the place here he this Deponant now stands which now is fell Down and Roten was the bound^er^ of Thomas Standbridges Land that is now in the Possion of W.m Allexander and forder sayeth not taken Before us this 14.th day of Janry 1730/1 John Coldwell Thom.s Gilliss The depossion of George Godartt aged about forty nine years Being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of allmight god Deposeth and sayeth that about twenty five or their thirty years ago he was shew'd a marked Red Oak standing in the Place where he this deponant now stands the said trees being now done and Roten to a Stump by his father who Told this Deponant that the said Read oak was a bounder of Thomas Standbridges Land Called Trouble now in the Possion of W.m Alexander and forder sayeth not taken before us this 14.th day of Janry 1730/1 John Caldwell Thom.s Gilliss The Depossition of Isaac Noble aged fifty years being sworn on the holy Evangelist of Allmighty God Deposeth and sayeth and sayeth that about twenty seven years ago Being in company with Griffin Jones and old Geo.e Godartt Robert Given Being Employed as a Survay^or^ to Lay out a Parcell of Land Given by sd Godortt to said Jones and Runing a Line of weles Chance to the End of one hundred and fifty Perches and then the said Godortt said Lett us go tot Standbriges Bounder Being a marked white oak Near a Branch Where |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
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