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1730 61 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 Def.t 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 Allmighty God in the presents of the Complainante (or Def.t if any) (touching the truth or remembrance of their knowledg or anything that may relate to the Cause aforesaid and that redeucing 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 Somrset with all Convenient Speed Wittness Sam.ll Hopkins Gent.m Chief Justices of our said Court the twenty Second day of August In the sixteenth year of our Dominion &.c Ann Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty On the Backside of the foregoing Commission it was thus Endorsed viz.t Two of the within Commission viz.t James Martin and James Rownd was Qualified According to Law this 18.th day of 7.br 1730/1 before me Sa: Hopkins Now hereat this day to witt the Sev^en^teenth day of March One thousand Seven hundred and thirty Came here into Court James Rownd and James Martin of Somerset County Gent and two of the Commissioners above Nominated and made Return of the foregoing Commission and the following affidavitts to the Same Commission annexed viz.t In Obediance to a preceipt hereunto annext we James Martin and James Rownd having Given due notice we met the Seventeenth day of October 1730 on that tract of Land of Edward Davis called Gudenbourough and in the presents of the Comp.t (no Defend.t appearing) came William Simpson an Evidence Aged about forty five years and being Sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God Saith that about fifteen years agon his father Walter Evans told him that there was a marked white oak tree Standing and now Stands at the head of Silver Street Drean which said tree is Standing to the Eastward of a pond called Silver Street pond which said tree he was Desired on William would haves death bed to Show to the Surviving Heirs and According to the said Evans Information this Depon.t Search and found a tree so marked and so Standing but whether it be the first Bound.r of Harmansons Land he can't say and further saith not the same day also came Andrew Smith an Evidence aged about fifty Nine and Being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Allmighty God saith that in a round swamp about one hundred and fifty yds from Hodges Evidence below Mentioned toward W.m Griffins plantation that Christian Harmanson and old James Bratton about twenty four years agon came to his house and Christian Harmanson told him that would have was a going to Lay of the Land from him that he had bought of him and Deser'd this Depon.t to assist him in Carrying the chain accordingly he wont and they began in the round swamp above mentioned fronting the Savanna Read and from thence they run some courses and run down a Gully between two old fields and that in that round swamp there stood a marked white oak which the depon.t took to be the first Bounder of Harmansons Land and old Andrew Miller told this depont that would have was very foolish and blame worthy to brake his Land so in Selling that piece of Land to the Eastward of the Gully and would have on his death bed Desired his Ex.rs and admrs George day and Walter Evins to come to this Depon.t and he would show them the said Bound.r and Division between him and the said Harmanson but never came and further the said Depon.t Declared that they run down ye aforesd Gully and branch to the fork of the main Branch and would have said you must go no further for ever the branch belonged to M.r James Rownd which then was in the possesion of Edgar and further the said Deponant saith that in that fork of the said Branch there then stood and now stands a marked read oak which is a bound.r of Harmansons Land and further saith not Also Rob.t Hodge the same day came as an Evidence aged about fifty odd and Being sworn (on) |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
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