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August Court
1734
187 Heard the Markt pine or pine Stump before Mentioned Reputed and taken to be the first bounder of the Land Called Deep afores.d and this Deponant further saith that at ye time the above pine was prov'd as ^is^ above Exprest the first Course from the said pine or pine stump was run according to the pattent thereof by order of a jury then called there for that purpose the first Course as well as the Deponant Remembers was South East One hundred and fifty pole and Coll William Whittington then surveyer after the Number poles was out on the first Line af.d would not be rul'd by the Jury any further for when the jury proposed to take a Little time to Consider what Easterly Course the surveyor ^should runn^ next he the surveyor afs.d to whit Coll William Whittington told them that since they had found him one Course he would find the rest himself and run as he thought fitt himself or words to that purpose and this Deponant further saith the jury did not order running any Course but the first South East Course & that there happyned some Angry words between Nathaniel Horsey forman of the jury afores.d and Samuel Worthington and Coll Will Whittington or both to the best of this Deponants Remembrance And this Deponant further saith that he has heard it often said that Edward Wheeler who first bought the Land Called Manloves Discovery of Tho.s Manlove did afterwards let Samuel Worthington have the said Land and M.r Worthington af.d became paymaster to Tho.s Manlove and further this Deponant saith Not Matthew Dorman Wee the subscribers being duely Quallified as Appears by Indorsement on a Commission to us Directed from somerset County Court and having Complyd with all the Requisits therein Required by Giving Due Notice Agreeable to Act of Assembly doe Certifie that the above Deposition was Taken before us and Signed by Mathew Dorman Sen.r this 10th day of June Ann 1734 James Strawbridge Thos Browne Abraham Heath Aged forty Nine Years or there abouts Deposeth on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he was present when the pine or pine Stump standing in ye forke of the Branches of the head of Monokin River a Little above the bridge where a Ceadar post is not fixed in the Root thereof by Consent of Henry Dorman Ju.r & John Finch was prov'd by White John Brown and William Heath the Brother of this deponant and Severall Others Evidences to be the first Bounder of a Tract of Land Called Deep pattened by John Shipway and further this Deponant Saith he Saw the pine afores.d a Marked Tree of four Sides and that the Said Tree was always Deem'd and Taken to be the first Bounder of the Land af.d Called Deep this Deponant further Saith that he has often seen and heard his Mother Ursly Heath Clame a right to the plantation Called Manlove Discovery (when John Mulrain Lived a Tenant thereon Under Samuel Worthington) in right of the Children to whom the Land Called Deep was Bequeathed by John Shipways Will and that this Deponant has Seen his Mother Ursley Heath afores.d when the afores.d Tenant Lived on Manloves Discovery Under Samuel Worthington Call up Hogs many a time and pull down the orchard fence and Turn them in before the face of the Tenant afores.d John Mulrain or his family and the said Deponant further Saith not that at the Time the above Mentioned pine was proved to be the first Bounder of Deep before a Jury Called there for that purpose the first Course of Deep was Run from the pine afores.d according to pattent by Order of the Jury the Course and Distance there Mention'd And the Surveyer to Witt Coll ^Wm^ Whittington after the Number of One hundred and fifty perches was Run Out Run the Rest of the Lines as he thought fit himself without Taking any further Directions from the Jury and further this Deponant Saith Not Wee the subscribers being Duly Quallified as Appears by Indorsment his on a Commission to Us Directed from Somerset County Court and having Abraham A Heath marke Comply'd |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
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